Women’s City title up for grabs

While the two women who’ve captured the past six Yakima Women’s City Golf Championships can be expected to stage another dual this week, the return of another savvy player and the influx of some young talent could create a crowded leaderboard.

Three-time defending champion and four-time winner Nancy Eglin heads a solid field of 51 golfers who will vie for the 2010 title today, Tuesday and Thursday at three local courses.

Should Eglin be victorious again, she will join Dorothy Carratt, Hazel Leland and Pam Hubbard as the only players to win this event four straight times.

That probably happen easily, however.

Eglin’s primary challenge figures to be Pat Martin, an eight-time winner and runner-up to Eglin the past three years.

And there are plenty of other contenders who could break up what has been a two-woman show of late.

Heading that group of challengers are Chris Scacco, who held the lead on the back nine of last summer’s final round, and two recent high school standouts — Christine Cook, who played at Eisenhower, and Liz Tikriti from West Valley.

That depth could make for a competitive event when play begins today at Apple Tree. The second round will be at SunTides on Tuesday, with the final round at the Yakima Country Club on Thursday.

Play begins at 8 a.m. each day and the public is welcome to attend.

WOMEN’S CITY FIELD

First Flight: Nancy Eglin, Christine Cook, Liz Tikriti, Pat Martin, Chris Scacco, Betty Gilmore, Robin Cole, Jenna Boyle, Cindi Stewart, Terri Schaake, Paula Williams, Pat Wehr, Pene James.

Second Flight: Janet Hall, Shelly Yarbrough, Nancy Slinkard, Pat Sugden, Barbara Fortier, Karen Cooper, Dorothy Brink, Claudette Haubner, Louise Snyder, Judy Callarman, Judy Rozelle, Judy Pozarich, Olive Ruff.

Third Flight: Sue Morganthaler, Christy Fordyce, Judy Cussons, Kris Sterns, Lynda Matthews, Carolyn Bowman, Nancy Graf, Judy Jones, Kim Wangler, Linda Lenseigne, Carolyn Henyan, Carol Finney, Melissa Keeter.

Fourth Flight: Torrie Melton, Pat Mosley, Sandi Morris, Judy Stone, Carol Judy, Helen Tweedy, Judy Warninger, Helen Wendt, Bev Morgan, Vi Bond, Evva Lange, Carol Hammermeister.

Local report: Beetles tie for fifth

SALEM, Ore. — The Yakima Beetles finished tied with the California-Hawaii Tides 9-9 in nine innings, in the fifth-place game Sunday at the Salem Senior Legion Tournament.

Down 9-7 entering the bottom of the seventh inning, the Beetles rallied for two runs on Justin Reyes’ two-run double to tie the game.

Neither team could manage to score a run in the final two innings before the game was called.

Will Scott went 3-for-4 with two RBI an Jens Jensen went 2-for-5 for Yakima (15-15-1).

The Beetles will host Hanford today at Parker Field at 5:30 p.m.

California/Hawaii     002    250    000    —    9    11    5
Yakima                          030    103    200    —    9    8    2
Wright, Fratlini (6) and Foster; Calderon, Walton (3), Lybeck (5), Reyes (5) and Lombardi.
Highlights: Will Scott (Y) 3-4, 2 RBI; Jens Jensen (Y) 2-5; Justin Reyes (Y) 2b, 2 RBI.

Youth Baseball

At Brent Edwards Tournament, Selah

Championship

Woodinville 12, Yakima Valley 6 (Allen Noble 3-3, 2 runs, RBI; Hugo Lemus 1-4, 2b, 2 RBI; Garrett Fife 2-2).

West Valley Baseball Club 6, North Thurston 5 (Trevor Hunter 1-3, 3b, 2 RBI, 2 runs; Cody McDonald 2-3, 2b, 2 runs).

At Walla Walla

Fifth-place game

Yakima Junior Beetles 9, La Grande Athletics 8 (Y: Jacob Sanders 3-4; Nate Villegas 2-2, 2 runs, HR; Josh Piper 2 RBI; Zach Alexander 2-3, 2 runs; John Piper 2-3, 3 RBI; Scottie Wilson 2-3).

Summer Sizzler Tournament at Parker Field

Championship

Naches 13, Peninsula 6

3rd/4th

Napa, Id. 14, East Valley 4

5th/6th

Rookie Beetles 9, West Valley 2 (RB: Landon Messmore 4-4, 3 RBI; Will Packard 4-4; Daniel Kloster 2-4. WV: Stephen Greco 2-4, 2b, RBI; Ronny Peckman 2-4, 2b; Jacob Warner CG, 4 K.)

YOUTH SOFTBALL

At Selah

Selah 16-U 9, Seattle Wrath 0 (S: Morgan McCallister 2-2, 2 run, RBI; Sarah Bersing 2-2, run, 2 RBI; Sierra Weedin 2-2, 2 runs, RBI; Kylee Morse 2-2, RBI)

Spokane Mudhens 11, Selah 16-U 7 (S: Ashley Wilkey 2-4, 2 runs; McCallister 3-4, run, RBI; Taylor Rath 4-4, 2 RBI)

Selah 16-U 5, Spokane Stealth 4 (S: McCallister 3-3, 2 runs, RBI; Bailey Turner 2-3, run, RBI; Bersing 1-3, RBI; Rath 1-3, RBI; Shelby Wilkey 2-4)

Third-place game

Selah 16-U 11, Lewiston Jinx 9 (S: A. Wilkey 4-4, 2 runs, 2 RBI; McCallister 1-4, run, 2 RBI; Wedin 2-2, 2 runs, RBI; Morse 2-4, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Brittany Adkison 2-4, runs, 2 RBI)

Vancouver Invitational At Vancouver, Wash.

Yakima Stealers 16-U 8, Puget Sound Stingers 2 (Y: Gracie Hernandez 3-3; Catherine Boatright 2-3; Ashley VanTress 2-3).

Yakima Stealers 16-U 7, Portland Lightning 1 (Y: Hernandez 2-2; Dani Sweigard 3-run double).

Portland Silver Bullets 11, Yakima Stealers 16-U 2

South Portland Storm 15, Yakima Stealers 14 16-U (9) (Y: Samantha Robillard 2-4; Emilee Raney 2-2; Alexa Krueger 2-2).

Yakima Stealers 16-U 7, Whatcom Warriors 4 (Y: Boatright 2-2; Raney 2-4; Kailynn Gylling 2-3).

Yakima Stealers 16-U 8, Portland Wildcats 5 (Y: Ashlee Betancourth 2-3, Robillard 2-4, 3 RBI; Gylling 2-2; Krueger 2-2, 3 RBI).

PDL SOCCER

Tide rolls over Reds

The Tacoma Tide defeated the Yakima Reds 7-1 on Saturday night at Marquette Stadium.

No further details were reported.

Defensive day for East

East all-stars shut out West in second half ||

YAKIMA, Wash. — With all the talk of offensive stars, particularly on the West side, fans probably came to the 16th Earl Barden All-Star Football Classic expecting a high-scoring affair.

A determined East defense had other ideas.

Outworking their larger counterparts, the East posted a second-half shutout, which included a fourth-down stop at their own 14 and a game-clinching interception from East defensive MVP Alex Wolf, to spark a 21-17 victory on Saturday at Zaepfel Stadium.

“They (the West) were bigger … but we played harder,” said Wolf, a defensive back from Deer Park. “Our game plan was to play as hard as we can the entire game and we did that.”

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“They were incredible,” quarterback Sam Fisk said of his team’s defense. “They took the challenge and met it head on. That’s why we won today.”

Fisk and his offensive mates did have a say in the victory, with the Chewelah quarterback earning East offensive MVP after directing two first-half scoring drives — both capped by touchdowns from Othello’s Devon Lind.

When DeSales’ Pat Richard hit Colfax’s Will Hatley on a 35-yard scoring strike late in the third quarter, the East moved ahead 21-17, erasing a 17-7 late-first-half deficit.

“We just stayed together as a team,” said Fisk, who finished 6-for-10 for 88 yards and a TD pass. “That’s what this team was made on. We played for each other, not as individuals.”

Even though the East had grabbed the lead, there was still plenty of work left to be done against a West offense directed in the second half by Lynden quarterback Jordan Hastings, the 2009 Class 2A state player of the year.

But the East was more than up to the challenge as the dual threat Hastings finished just 4 of 9 for 63 yards passing and he ran for a mere six yards.

“They’ve got a really tough team … but we have a lot of tough guys who just don’t want to lose,” said Selah defensive end Jake Lunceford, one of the East anchors up front. “This was just a matter of who wanted it more.”

Evidence of that came near the end of the third quarter when the West recovered a fumbled punt at the East 22. Digging in, the East surrendered eight yards on the first three downs before stopping Hastings for no gain on fourth down, taking over at the 14.

Later, after giving the West one more shot in the final minutes, the East defense delivered again.

At the East 38 with about 30 seconds remaining, Hastings fired a pass over the middle to teammate Ryan Seto near the 10.

Timing his arrival perfectly, Wolf put a resounding hit on Seto, jarring the ball loose. Then, as he fell to the turf, Wolf had the wherewithal to keep his eye on the ball, cradling with both arms as he landed to seal the victory.

“We knew he was a playmaker when he played at Deer Park,” said East head coach Craig Whitney, who coached against Wolf as West Valley of Spokane’s coach. “That just goes to show what an athlete he is.

“All the kids played fantastic. They believed in themselves and each other, and played unselfishly.”

“We took the underdog role, embraced it and took it to victory,” Fisk said.

West offensive MVP Micah Brown was a first-half force, with the Napavine running back carrying the ball 12 times for a team-best 63 yards, including a 15-yard scoring burst for the first touchdown of the game.

Jake McCoy, a linebacker from Mark Morris was the West’s defensive MVP.

West kicker Nick Swanson set an All-Star game record when he booted a 37-yard field goal in the second quarter.

West    7    10    0    0    —    17
East      7    7    7    0    —    21
West — Micah Brown 15 run (Nick Swanson kick)
East — Devon Lind 15 run (Nick Brown kick)
West — FG Swanson 37
West — Kyle Grosshans 1 run (Swanson kick)
East — Lind 13 pass from Sam Fisk (Brown kick)
East — Will Hatley 35 pass from Pat Richard (Brown kick)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — West, Brown 9-63, Alex Martinez 5-25, Chris Tinney 4-18, Swanson 1-15, Grosshans 2-14, D.J. Herbert 3-14, Brett Kirschner 4-10, Tanner Sturm 3-8, Anthony Tatum 2-8, Allen Erickson 3-7, Jordan Hastings 4-6, Caleb Statham 2-5. East, Richard 7-64, Tevin Heins 9-30, Sam Fisk 1-17, Lind 1-15, C.J. Lockwood 5-6, Alex Wolf 3-2, Mike McGree 1-(minus 7).
PASSING — West, Grosshans 7-12-1 67, Hastings 4-9-1 63. East, Fisk 6-10-0 88, Richard 3-5-0 57, Wolf 0-1-0 0, McGree 0-3-1 0.
RECEIVING — West, Ryan Seto 3-54, Ben Ternan 3-54, Anthony Tatum 3-16, Trevor Hurn 1-5, Brown 1-1. East, Jesse Davis 3-31, Lind 2-36, Hatley 1-35, Lockwood 1-25, Kane Koerner 1-19, Heins 1-(minus 1).

Barden Classic photo gallery

Photos from Saturday’s 16th Earl Barden All-Star Football Classic at Zaepfel Stadium in Yakima, Wash. All photos by Andy Sawyer of the Yakima Herald-Republic.

Fuerst helps East to rout of West

EVERETT, Wash. — The joy was visible in Joe Fuerst’s blue eyes. If only his nose felt better.

Fuerst played his final football game wearing an Eisenhower Cadets football helmet Saturday.

The East’s 28-9 victory over the West in the East-West All-Star Football Game was a culmination of a week-long stay in Everett that Fuerst called “an experience of a lifetime.”

Fuerst started at outside linebacker wearing his familiar No. 7 and played every quarter for an East defense that shut down the West. At times, he lined up alongside University of Washington-bound defense lineman Sione Potoa’e, one of the state’s most heralded signees from Lakes.

The game was a showcase featuring the state’s best players from the Class of 2010.

“It’s been awesome,” said Fuerst, the Columbia Basin Big Nine Conference Cascade Division’s co-most valuable player last fall. “Coming over here and being one of the top players in the state and being noticed for that. It was more about getting to know other guys on the team than playing the game of football.

“It’s one of those things you’ll never forget.”

Fuerst, who will play running back at Central Washington University, did have one experience he could have done without.

As he tackled West quarterback Andy Smith of Arlington on one play early in the fourth quarter, his nose was struck. Smith barely got off the pass to avoid the sack, prompting East players to yell Fuerst’s name in approval from the sideline.

“Coach, I broke my nose,” Fuerst said as he came to the sideline.

A trainer examined Fuerst’s nose and determined it wasn’t broken.

“I heard a crunch,” Fuerst said. “The guy said it wasn’t broken. He kind of straightened it out a little bit and bandaged it up and it was good to go.”

The next series, the East marched 68 yards for a touchdown to go ahead 21-9. Union’s 6-foot-6 receiver, Mitch Saylor, grabbed his second touchdown pass of the game and had seven catches for 118 yards in all to earn East most valuable player honors.

East quarterbacks Austin Dodge of Skyview and Travis Ward of Mount Spokane split time with each having success under coach Dave Miller’s air attack.

Dodge threw a 56-yard touchdown pass to Saylor in the first quarter to open the game’s scoring. Ward later found running back Nathaniel Penaranda of Union wide open for a 67-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter.

Levi Taylor of Lewis & Clark capped the scoring with a 1-yard touchdown run for the East with just over 3 minutes to go. That was set up by a fumble recovered at the West 5.

“They’re a pretty lethal combination,” West coach Mark Stewart said of Dodge and Saylor. “And they probably live about five minutes from each other.”

“We wanted to use our size advantage,” said Miller, who coaches at Lakes. “We actually had four or five pretty good receivers. Christian Wesley (6-4 receiver from Central Kitsap) didn’t get the ball his way very much but he’s a very good receiver. Greg Logan (from Graham-Kapowsin) made a couple of big catches for us.”

But, clearly, the focus was on getting the ball into the long arms of Saylor, who’s headed to the University of Montana.

“I just came here to have fun,” Saylor said.

So did Fuerst. And he did, playing linebacker and special teams. Everything was perfect until the nose incident.

“It isn’t bad,” he said. “As the adrenaline wears off it’s starting to hurt more.”

The East won in the series for the third year in a row. The game moves to Spokane next summer.

— Ron Newberry/For the Herald-Republic

East     7    7    0    14    —    28
West    7    0    2    0    —    9

First quarter

East – Mitch Saylor 56-pass from Austin Dodge (Jake Miller kick).
West – Trenton Pinson 3-run (Dominick Vizzare kick).

Second quarter

East – Nathaniel Penaranda 67-pass from Travis Ward (Miller kick).

Third quarter

West – Safety, punt blocked by Brandon Blinn out of end zone.

Fourth quarter

East – Saylor 10-pass from Dodge (Miller kick).
East – Levi Taylor 1-run (Miller kick).

Bears lose odd one to Canadians

Yakima falls victim to weird double play, two outs at home ||

YAKIMA, Wash. — It was a perfect night for baseball, but not for perfect baseball.

And given the unorthodox series of events that confronted the Bears, along with the Vancouver Canadians, it might have been the difference.

“I’ve been here three years,” manager Bob Didier said minutes after Yakima had fallen, 6-3, “and that was definitely one of the most frustrating losses we’ve had since I’ve been here.”

Frustrating because the Bears were unable to build on momentum gained from the previous night’s extra-inning win at Everett. Frustrating because they played in most respects the way Didier wanted them to, yet were undone by a  series of uncommon occurrences before an announced Saturday night throng of 2,027 at Yakima County Stadium.

Such as the unassisted double play that hamstrung their seventh-inning attempt to erase a 4-3 deficit.

After No. 9-hitter Tom Belza had led off with a walk, Ender Inciarte dropped a bunt down the first base line for his third hit of the game and his second bunt single.

Up next was Roberto Ortiz, who has hit in all four games since being inserted in Yakima’s starting lineup, and who’d produced a two-run double in the third inning.

Canadians shortstop Wade Kirkland, dancing behind Belza at second, hopped over the bag in anticipation of a pickoff attempt. Pitcher Drew Tyson threw to the plate, however, but the move proved golden when Ortiz’s soft liner went straight to Kirkland, who caught it and stepped on the bag.

Still, the Bears had a chance to tie when Kirkland’s low throw on Justin Hilt’s grounder eluded first baseman A.J. Kirby-Jones and Inciarte, having taken second on a wild pitch, sped plateward.

Inciarte appeared to have slid ahead of and perhaps under Kirby-Jones’ throw to catcher Ryan Lipkin, but plate umpire Chris Gonzalez called him out to the vocal disagreement of Didier.

He was the second Yakima player thrown out at home — Ortiz was cut down by center-fielder Jeff Bercume while trying to score from second on Justin Hilt’s second-inning single.

And the Bears (2-7) needed all they could get since Vancouver (6-3) tacked on two ninth-inning runs off a weary Yakima bullpen, after which Michael Hart came on for his Northwest League-leading fourth save.

“You get the double play where their player’s out of position and we hit the ball right to him,” Didier said, “then we get a ball that’s lost in the lights or sky or whatever, and we can’t capitalize on that, either.”

Oh yes, that play.

In the eighth, following Henry Zabala’s two-out, pinch-hit single, Kawika Emsley-Pai lofted a towering fly to center that Bercume was unable to track. While the ball fell perhaps six feet to Bercume’s right, Zabala had to hold at third and Emsley-Pai advanced to second on an errant throw.

But with the bases loaded and two out, pinch-hitter Raywilly Gomez grounded out.

The loss was  the Bears’ first by more than two runs, and it came despite an 11-hit attack that included Yazy Arbelo’s league-best third homer in six games — a solo shot to right in the sixth.

“If we play the way we’ve been playing — being aggressive, having good at bats, pitching and playing defense,” Didier said, “we’ll be fine.”

6/27/10 Yakima Bears update

Next game

Opponent: Vancouver Canadians.

When, where: 5:35 p.m. today, Yakima County Stadium.

Radio: KUTI (1460).

Website: www.yakimabears.com.

Probable pitchers: Yakima RHP Miles Reagan (0-1, 12.00) vs. LHP Anvioris Ramirez (0-1, 4.91).

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San Jose ends Warriors’ playoff hopes

YAKIMA, Wash. — Needing a top-flight effort to keep their slim playoff hopes alive, the Yakima Valley Warriors’ offense wound up grounded Saturday night.

Yakima Valley failed to score on six of its possessions — four in the first half and two in the fourth quarter — as San Jose, despite a sub-par scoring effort of their own, defeated the Warriors 44-28 before a boisterous crowd of 2,178 in the SunDome.

“It’s real tough,” Yakima Valley defensive back Jerome Williams said. “Every time it felt like we were getting into a groove, we’d get out of it one play later.”

As a result, Yakima Valley’s inaugural season in the American Indoor Football Association not only ends in defeat, although it was a success in that the Warriors finished with a winning record at 7-6.

“I was surprised that with the way we started, we’d be in a position to make the playoffs,” Warriors director of football operations Michael Mink said. “But as things went along, sometimes you start to believe.

“But you still have to win the game in front of you, and although we had chances tonight, we didn’t capitalize.”

Much of that was because of an offense that never hit its stride.

Quarterback Ben Running turned in one of his worst statistical performances of the season, going 16 of 43 for just 142 yards and two interceptions.

“They (San Jose) are a good defense, and I forced a lot of balls I shouldn’t have,” a disappointed Running said. “With our offense, we always feel like we can win. Tonight, it just seemed like we made at least one error on every play.”

Despite their struggles, Yakima Valley battled back from a 27-13 halftime deficit, closing to 37-28 after three, and the defense almost immediately setting up the offense with a golden opportunity early in the fourth.

The Warriors stopped San Jose on downs, sacking quarterback Omar Jacobs fourth down to set the offense up at the Wolves 8.

In a series the typified the offense’s game-long woes, Yakima Valley couldn’t gain a yard, with Running throwing three incompletions and a running play going for no gain.

“Our offense just didn’t have it,” Mink said.

Four plays after San Jose was handed the ball back, Jacobs hit Jerome McGree on a 30-yard touchdown strike, effectively ending the contest and helping the Wolves (9-4) clinch the West Division’s second playoff berth.

Even though San Jose finished 11 points under their season average, Jacobs was highly efficient, finishing 18 of 33 for 281 yards and five touchdowns. He also scored on a 20-yard run.

Although he wasn’t pleased with some of his team’s execution, he couldn’t fault them in one important regard.

“They fought hard all the way,” he said. “That’s Warriors football.”

Fans will just have to wait until next spring before seeing it again.

San Jose               13    14    10    7    —    44
Yakima Valley    13    0    15    0    —    28
YV — Ben Running (run failed)
SJ — Jerome McGee 13 pass from Omar Jacobs (Stephan Ferdinandi kick)
SJ — Jayson Boyd 22 pass from Jacobs (kick failed)
YV — Gabe Hatchett 5 pass from Running (Brandon Miller kick)
SJ — Boyd 14 pass from Jacobs (Ferdinandi kick)
SJ — Jacobs 20 run (Ferdinandi kick)
SJ — FG Ferdinandi 25
YV — Dan Huff 1 run (Miller kick)
YV — Uno Miller
SJ — A.J. Bennett 45 pass from Jacobs (Ferdinandi kick)
YV — Hatchett 11 pass from Running (Miller kick)
SJ — McGee 30 pass from Jacobs (Ferdinandi kick)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — San Jose, Fitu Tuua 4-8, Jacobs 5-4. Yakima Valley, Running 2-5, Huff 3-5.
PASSING — San Jose, Jacobs 18-33-0 281. Yakima Valley, Running, 16-43-2 142.
RECEIVING — San Jose, Bennett 6-122, McGee 5-69, Boyd 5-68, Joey Robinson 2-22. Yakima Valley, Jamel Harris 5-60, James Mayfield 5-46, Hatchett 4-24, Huff 2-12.

Local report: Beetles fall to Portland

SALEM, Ore. — The Portland Baseball Club snapped a scoreless tie with three runs in the fourth inning and added five more in the sixth en route to an 8-2 win over the Yakima Pepsi Beetles on Saturday in the Salem Senior Legion Tournament.

Travis Roybal was 2-for-4 with a double while driving in one of Yakima’s two runs.

The Beetles, 1-2 in the tourney and 15-15 overall, will play at 11:30 a.m. today for fifth and sixth places.

Yakima      000    010    1    —    2    6    4
Portland    000    305    x    —    8    6    3
Roddy, Hartwig (5) and Reyes, Lombardi (6); Snyder, Wilkerson (4) and Cornish.
Yakima highlights: Travis Roybal 2-4, 2b, RBI.

YOUTH BASEBALL

At Brent Edwards Tournament

Carlon Park

West Valley Baseball Club 7, Prosser 4 (WV: Cory Onustock 2-4, RBI; Tyler Ueltschi 2-3, 2 RBI; Kyle Conrad CG, 6 K).
Yakima Valley Peppers 10, Chehalis 5 (YV: Carson Petrea CG, 1 ER, 10 Ks; Hugo Lemus 2-3, RBI; Kody Ergeson 1-3, 3 runs; Allen Noble 1-4, 3 RBI; Andrew Gonzalez 2-4, 2b, 1 run, RBI; Connor O’Malley 1-4, 2 RBI. Jack Cavanaugh 1-3, 2b; Mason Hall 1-2, run, 2b, RBI.)13-12.

at Walla Walla

Triple Play 7, Yakima Junior Beetles 6 (Y: Scottie Wilson 2-4; Nate Villegas 2 RBI; Josh Piper 2 RBI; Zach Alexander 2-3; Jacob Sanders CG, 2 ER)
Junior Beetles 19, Seattle Rainiers 11 (Y: Jacob Sanders 2-6, 3 runs; Nate Villegas 2-3, 4 runs; Zach Alexander 3-5, 3 runs, 3 RBI; Erik Sauve 3-5 4 RBI; Andrew Melhorn 2-2; Trent Dupree 2-5, 2 RBI)

Summer Sizzler Tournament

Saturday at Parker Field

Nampa, Idaho. 17, Cadet Baseball 0
Naches 13, West Valley Bees 0 (WV: Kevin Schwartz 2-3, 2b, sb)
Peninsula 20, Rookie Beetles 8

YOUTH FASTPITCH

Aftershox 3, Yakima Stealers 18-U 1 (YS: Haley Floyd 3-4; Jessica Harris 1-4; Kodi Jones 2-3; Monica Stout 2-3, HR, 1 ER; Torrie Gonzalez 1-3.)
Tri-City Explosion 9, Yakima Stealers 18-U 1 (YS: Haley Floyd 1-3; Danielle Porter 1-3; Cassie Sharon 1-3, run; Jessica Harris 2-3, RBI.)
Spokane Mudhens 11, Selah 16-U 3 (Selah: Mary Graff 1-2, HR; Kylee Fullerton 1-2, run.)
Selah 16-U 4, Spokane Stealth 1 (Selah: Mary Graff 1-2, run; Morgan McCallister 1-2, run; Bailey Turner 1-3, 2b, run; Carly Minnick 1-1; Taylor Rath 1-2.)
Selah 16-U 9, Moses Lake Sting 6 (Selah: Ashley Wilkey 1-2, run; Mary Graff 1-1, RBI; Sarah Bersing 1-3, 2 runs, RBI; Kylee Fullerton 1-3, HR, 2 RBI; Taylor Rath 1-3, run; Sierra Weedin 2-2; Kylee Morse 2-2, run.)

ADULT FASTPITCH

Gamblers go 1-2

Larry McCauley was 3-for-3 in the second game to lead the Yakima Gamblers to a 4-2 victory over Kleon’s Auto on Saturday.

In their other games Saturday, the Gamblers lost to K-Club 1-0 and the Lynden Outlaws 2-1.

Game 1

K-Club    000    000    1    —    1    4    1
Yakima Gamblers    000    000    0    —    0    3    0
Rick Colda and Jed Collie; Mark Seward and Jason Schiebner.

Game 2

Yakima Gamblers    000    002    2    —    4    6    1
Cleon’s Auto    100    001    0    —    2    4    0
Sam Carr and Matt Ward; Divish and Loder.
Highlights: Larry McCauley 3-3,  RBI; Satero Ramos 2-3; Sean McCauley RBI.

Game 3

Yakima Gamblers    000    000    1    —    1    4    0
Lynden Outlaws    000    001    1    —    2    8    0
Seward and Jason Schiebner; Tunny and Dell.
Highlights: Shane Jones 1-3; Jason Schiebner 1-2, 3b; Shawn McCauley 1-3, RBI; Satero Ramos 1-2.

PDL SOCCER

Reds-Tide result unavailable

Saturday’s match between the Yakima Reds and Tacoma Tide at Marquette Stadium was not reported in time for this edition.

The result will be posted at sportsyakima.com when it’s available.

A dangerous dual threat

QB Hastings beat teams with his arm and legs||

As a junior, Jordan Hastings considered himself primarily a throwing quarterback. A year later his position stayed the same but his opinion changed, thinking himself more of a running signal-caller.

Either way success reigned.

Hastings directed Lynden to back-to-back Class 2A state football titles, was named the 2A player of the year last fall and will be part of a loaded West squad in today’s 16th annual Earl Barden All-Star Football Classic at Zaepfel Stadium.

The 6-foot-1, 190-pound Hastings certainly put the ball up last season, throwing for 2,400 yards and 23 touchdowns. But the dimension he added on the ground — 959 yards and 15 scores — made the Lions unbeatable.

“That’s sort of the Lynden way — they always want a quarterback who can run,” Hastings said. “In our spread one of the quicker options is to pull it down and run and I did more of that last season. As a junior I was definitely more of a throwing quarterback.”

Really? Could have fooled Prosser.

Hastings broke the Mustangs’ heart in the 2008 state title game, passing for 245 yards and three touchdowns — but adding a game-high 84 yards on the ground with 20 tough carries — while rallying the Lions to a 35-34 victory in double overtime.

“That game was pretty crazy and by far the most exciting I ever played in,” said Hastings, whose team trailed by 15 points with two minutes left in regulation. “We couldn’t get anything going and couldn’t stop them. But we just stuck with it. Actually, I wish that was our senior year — what a great way to go out.”

Lynden was junior-dominated in ’08 and a good bet to repeat, until it was humbled in the ’09 season opener 34-20 by Archbishop Murphy.

“We came back with a lot of us thinking we were No. 1 and then we got beat right away,” Hastings said. “That was good for us because we thought we were better than we really were.”

The Lions were that good eventually, reeling off 13 straight wins capped by a 16-6 victory over West Valley of Spokane to complete the repeat.

WATCH OUT WEST: On paper, the West looks formidable with most of the game’s major-college signees from the Feb. 3 national letter-of-intent day.

North Mason lineman John Fullington has the highest profile of the group, having signed with Washington State. The West also has the Black Hills tandem of lineman Ben Westrum (Idaho) and Marshall Green (Central Washington) and Hastings’ teammate Ryan Seto, a two-way standout going to Eastern Washington.

The East’s top college recruit is Asotin tight end Jesse Davis (Idaho).

The next level of college recruiting scooped up a bunch of skill kids on the West team — quarterbacks Trevor Hurn (Woodland, Southern Oregon) and Nick Fairhart (Eatonville, Linfield) and running backs Brett Kirschner (Interlake, Montana), Caleb Statham (Blaine, Montana) and Tanner Sturm (Aberdeen, Linfield).

ROOT ON THE LOCALS: The Selah trio of Quincy Davis (No. 8), Justin Lamson (66) and Jake Lunceford (71) comprise the Yakima-area representation from the CWAC on the East squad.

Ellensburg’s Blaze Affholter, an all-state defensive end alongside Lunceford, was on the roster until a spring injury forced him out.

The SCAC West has three players — offensive player of the year Nic Lukehart (34) of Naches Valley and Zillah’s all-state pair of Cameron Bounds (22) and Kane Koerner (44).

The Mid-Valley 2B League will have Mike McGree (10) and Josh Bartlett (76) from La Salle in the field.

ON THE SIDELINE: Chewelah’s Will Lohman, a 220-pound linebacker for the East, was a four-time 1A state throws champ in track. He was the overall state leader in the shot last spring at 61 feet, 5 inches. … Adna’s Kyle Grosshans, who will play for his coach K.C. Johnson today on the West team, was the 2B state player of the year. The 6-3, 200-pound QB led Adna to a 13-0 season and 32-24 win over Colfax in the title game. … Willapa Valley’s Will Rockett, a lineman for the West, is headed to Montana State for track as a discus thrower. His father, Bob, was a four-time NCAA All-American in the javelin while at the University of Washington. … Tickets prices for today’s 1 p.m. game are $6 for adults and $4 for students and seniors.

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