Local report–YVCC baseball sweeps Wenatchee

WENATCHEE — If you’re trying to rebuild a college baseball program, starting pitching is a good place to start. And Yakima Valley, in its first season under coach Ken Wilson, seems headed in the right direction — in that regard and otherwise.

With Steven Schoonover and Derek Welton authoring dominant mound performances, the Yaks swept Wenatchee in Eastern Region play, 6-0 and 7-1 on Wednesday at Paul Thomas Stadium.

Schoonover, a freshman left-hander from Olympia, threw a complete-game four-hitter in the opener while Welton, a freshman righty from Selah, went eight strong innings in the nightcap.

The sweep improved YVCC to 4-2 in region play and 16-7 overall. Wenatchee Valley fell to 1-5 and 4-1 5.

Schoonover struck out two and walked none in the first game and Konrad Mueller snapped a 0-0 tie with a two-run triple to highlight the Yaks’ four-run seventh.

Trevor Dallman added a two-run single in the eighth and had three RBI for the game.

Tyler Berman drove in two runs in the second as YVCC again ended a scoreless deadlock in the seventh. Berman’s RBI increased his season to total to 24, which ranks among the NWAACC leaders.

Welton struck out three and walked three before Morgan Heiman worked a scoreless ninth.

Game 1

Yakima Valley    000    000    420    —    6    7    0

Wenatchee Valley    000    000    000    —    0    4    3

Schoonover and Kerns; Gardner, Dohrman (7) and Huwer.

YVCC highlights: Steven Schoonover CG 2 K, 0 BB; Konrad Mueller 3b, 2 RBI; Jacob Mann 2-4, 2 runs; Tyler Dallman 1-4, 3 RBI.

Game 2

Yakima Valley    000    000    502    —    7    9    2

Wenatchee Valley    000    000    100    —    1    5    0

Welton, Heiman (9) and Jones, Kerns (7); Martin, Munoz (7), Haight (9) and Hastings.

YVCC highlights: Welton 8 IP, 3 K, 3 BB; Gibby Briones 3-5, 2b, 2 RBI; Roeman Fields 2-5 sb, 1 RBI; Tyler Berman 1-3, 2 RBI; Mueller 1-3, 2 BB, 2 runs.

COLLEGE FASTPITCH

Central falls to 8th in region

ELLENSBURG — Two Saturday losses at Northwest Nazarene proved costly to Central Washington’s fastpitch team in the latest NCAA Division II West Region poll.

The Wildcats, fifth in last week’s rankings, fell to eighth in Wednesday’s rankings.

After being 19th in last week’s national poll, CWU (14-5, 19-10) received votes but was not among the top 25.

PREP BASEBALL

Rangers sweep Rochester

NACHES — Chris Walker’s solo homer highlighted a five-run fourth inning in the first game, and Nathan Giles and Wesston Parker each had an RBI in the second as Naches Valley (6-2) swept Rochester 5-4 and 2-0 in non-league baseball action Wednesday.

Rain halted the second game after four innings.

Game 1

Rochester    010    201    0    —    4    10    1

Naches Valley    000    500    x    —    5    5    2

Schultz, Decert (4), Caoile (4) and Cordell; Putas, Gonzalez (5), Weigel (6) and Ring.

Highlights: Chris Walker (NV) HR, RBI; Nathan Giles (NV) 1-3, 2b, RBI; Jake Frazier (NV) 1-2, 2b, RBI; Dylan Decert (R) 3-3, 2 RBI; Chris Bishop (R) 2-4 RBI; Chase Grimmett (R) 2-3.

Game 2

Rochester    000    0        —    0    3    1

Naches Valley    020    0        —    2    5    1

Dickson, Trauman (4) and Cordell; Walker and Ring.

Highlights: Walker (NV) 2-2, 3b; Giles (NV), 2b, RBI; Wesston Parker (NV) RBI.

CLE ELUM 9-11, RIVER VIEW 2-14: At Ellensburg, Seth Reynolds and Kraygen Craft drove in three runs apiece for Cle Elum (4-3) in the opener, and Jason Zapel plated three in the second.

Game 1

River View    001    001    0    —    2    5    4

Cle Elum    220    005    x    —    9    9    2

Hoch, Farnworth (7) and Bettencourt; Jason Zapel, Uchiyama (5) and C. Zapel.

Highlights: Seth Reynolds (CE) 2b, 3 RBI; Jason Zapel (CE) 3b; Kraygen Craft (CE) 3 RBI.

Game 2

River View    003    302    6    —    14    10    1

Cle Elum    002    801    0    —    11    13    3

Tracy, Wilhelm (6) and Bettencourt; Darling, Wagsholm (4) and C. Zapel.

Highlights: Ben Wagsholm (CE) 2b, 2 RBI; Mike Couey (CE) 2b; Jason Zapel (CE) 3 RBI; Seth Darling (CE) 2 RBI; Seth Reynolds (CE) 2 RBI.

LYLE 6, GOLDENDALE JV 5: At Lyle, Dillon Huffman’s RBI single capped a three-run seventh inning as the Cougars downed the Goldendale junior varsity.

Goldendale JV    202    001    0    —    5    8    0

Lyle    000    120    3    —    6    5    2

Bare, Casey (4), Schawder (7) and Faulconer; Davis, Kitchens (6) and Gutierrez.

Highlights: Ramon Garza (L) 2-2, 3 RBI; Trey Kitchens (L) 1-1 2 runs; Bartkowski (G) 3-4, 2 RBI.

PREP FASTPITCH

Creager’s hit lifts Warriors

ELLENSBURG — Karlee Creager’s two-out RBI triple in the bottom of the seventh inning gave Cle Elum a 4-3 win over River View in the first game of a non-league doubleheader on Wednesday.

Pitcher Hailey Bator struck out 12 in that game for the Warriors (4-2).

River View won the second game 8-3.

Game 1

River View    000    210    0    —    3    2    1

Cle Elum    000    200    2    —    4    5    4

Hess and Hamlin; Bator and Jones.

Highlights: Karlee Creager (CE) 3b, RBI; Hailey Bator (CE) 12 K; Codi Jones (CE) 3b.

Game 2

River View    050    030    0    —    8    9    1

Cle Elum    030    000    0    —    3    7    2

Hess and McGill; Bator, Soderstrom (6) and Jones.

Highlights: Laura Potts (CE) 2-4, 2b; Amber Rogers (CE) 2b, RBI; Danielle Sweigard (CE) RBI.

PREP GOLF

Rams second in CW Invitational

Eric Gravbrot’s 73 led West Valley’s Red squad to second place in the Class 3A-2A Division of the Central Washington Invitational at Apple Tree Golf Course on Wednesday.

Kameron Lamb backed up Gravbrot with a 76 as the Rams posted a score of 308, nine strokes behind Hanford.

Southridge won the 4A division.

4A DIVISION

Team scores: 1, Southridge 297; 2, Richland 307; 3, Kamiakin 313. Local: 13, Davis 409; 14, Eisenhower 420.

Medalist: Nick Mandell (So) 69.

Top locals: Martin Medina (D) 83, Alex Wilson (D) 94, Mark Lavis (E) 96, B.J. Pinn (D) 107, Jacob Schwehr (E) 107, Tim Elkington (E) 107.

3A-2A DIVISION

Team scores: 1, Hanford 299; 2, West Valley Red 308; 3, Bellingham 317. Local: 10, Sunnyside 375; 11, West Valley Blue 376; 12, Selah 380; 13, Ellensburg 398.

Medalist: Scott Kim (Han) 66.

Top locals: Eric Gravbrot (WV) 73, Kameron Lamb (WV) 76, Matt Mickelson (WV) 79, Jarrod Daily (WV) 80, Kyle Yates (Se) 83, Nathan Espinoza (Su) 86, Jimmy Wood (Se) 87, Kameron Schmidt (WV) 87, Chan Luther (Su) 89, Conor O’Brien (WV) 90, Bryce Gout (WV) 94, Sam Snipes (WV) 94, Jon King (Ell) 96, Justin Dellinger (Ell) 96, Carl Bender (Ell) 98, Michael Bradley (WV) 98.