ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Sparked by a 3-point barrage from Sophie Russell and Jessica VanDyke, Central Washington’s women upset Seattle Pacific 80-75 in a GNAC women’s basketball game Saturday night at Nicholson Pavilion, snapping a nine-game losing streak to the Falcons.

Russell and VanDyke were both 5 of 11 from 3-point range en route to team-best totals of 19 and 18 points, respectively, as Central (7-14, 4-10) beat Seattle Pacific (15-8, 9-6) for just the second time in the past 21 meetings.

Russell and VanDyke were part of a balanced attack that also had Alex Dunn (16 points) and Stacy Albrecht (12) reach double figures.

“We really came together as a team,” said first-year Central coach Shawn Nelson, who enjoyed the best victory in his young Wildcat tenure. “Everybody wearing a Wildcat uniform tonight contributed, especially during the final five minutes when we could have packed it in.

“We stepped it up and took it to a level where we should be able to be at on a consistent basis.”

Central overcame a 13-point first-half deficit, and played with poise late in the game. The Wildcats never trailed in the final 5 minutes, although the game was tied twice in that span, and they opened a seven-point lead three times, including twice in the final minute.

Katie Benson led Seattle Pacific with 22 points and 10 rebounds.

SEATTLE PACIFIC — Benson 9-14 4-5 22, Murray 7-8 0-0 14, Sims 5-12 2-2 12, Kingma 2-8 4-5 9, Gorman 3-6 3-4 9, Harazin 3-8 0-0 7, Ohlsen 1-5 0-0 2, Butler 0-1 0-0 0, Reimer 0-1 0-0 0, Callen 0-5 0-0 0, Teng 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 30-68 13-16 75.

CENTRAL WASHINGTON — Russell 6-16 2-4 19, VanDyke 6-13 1-2 18, Dunn 5-14 6-7 16, Albrecht 5-9 2-4 12, Johnson 2-4 2-2 7, Valdez 2-3 1-2 6, Moser 1-3 0-1 2, Fettig 0-0 0-0 0, Burke 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 27-65 14-22 80.

Halftime—SPU 38, CWU 37. 3-Point goals—SPU 2-20 (Harazin 1-4, Kingma 1-5, Sims 0-3, Gorman 0-2, Ohlsen 0-1, Callen 0-4, Benson 0-1), CWU 12-30 (VanDyke 5-11, Russell 5-11, Valdez 1-2, Johnson 1-1, Burke 0-3, Dunn 0-2). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—SPU 37 (Benson 10), CWU 42 (Dunn 8). Assists—SPU 16 (Gorman 5), CWU 16 (Dunn 6). Total fouls—SPU 19, CWU 17.

Yaks host CBC today

Yakima, Wash. — Yakima Valley will host Columbia Basin for a women’s and men’s basketball doubleheader today.

The women are scheduled to tip off at 2 p.m. in Sherar Gym with the men to follow at 4.

The Yaks and Hawks are battling for the East Region women’s lead, with NWAACC No. 1-ranked CBC coming in at 8-1 in the region and 20-2 overall. Fourth-ranked YVCC, 7-2 and 17-5, dealt CBC its lone region loss in Pasco earlier this season.

Yakima Valley’s men (6-3, 13-8) are attempting to secure at least the region’s fourth spot for a final NWAACC Tournament berth. CBC is fifth at 3-6 and 7-13.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Central falls at Seattle Pacific

SEATTLE — Shooting only 36 percent from the field, including 3 of 16 from 3-point range, Central Washington dropped a 72-64 decision to Seattle Pacific in GNAC action Saturday night in Royal Brougham Pavilion.

The defeat left CWU 5-9 in the conference and 11-11 overall. The Wildcats are tied for sixth in the GNAC with four games remaining.

The top six teams advance to the GNAC tournament.

Point guard Lacy Haddock scored 18 points for the Wildcats, Jody Johnson had 15 and Roby Clyde 13, but Central was unable to match the 1-2 SPU punch of David Downs and Andy Poling.

Downs led the Falcons (11-4, 19-5) with 23 points while Poling had 20. They were a combined 18 for 21 from the foul line as SPU shot a collective 27 for 40 from the stripe compared with CWU’s 15 for 21.

Central hosts Simon Fraser on Thursday night and conference-leading Western Washington on Saturday night.

CENTRAL WASHINGTON — Jody Johnson 5-10 4-4 15, Tyler 1-9 0-0 2, Roby Clyde 5-11 3-4 13, Lacy Haddock 8-19 1-1 18, Coby 1-4 0-0 3, Gross 0-0 0-0 0, Starr 1-1 0-0 2, Lieser 0-1 0-0 0, Magee 1-5 6-9 8, Davis 1-3 0-0 2, Nelson 0-1 1-3 1. Totals 23-64 15-21 64.

SEATTLE PACIFIC — Wall 1-7 4-4 7, Hutsen 2-6 2-8 6, Andy Poling 6-10 8-11 20, David Downs 5-10 10-10 23, Stockton 2-4 1-3 5, Carel 0-0 0-1 0, Dorman 1-4 0-0 2, Anderson 1-2 0-0 3, Morse 0-2 0-0 0, Niang 2-3 2-3 6. Totals 20-48 27-40 72.

Halftime — SPU 38-31. 3-point goals — CWU 3-16 (Johnson 1-1, Tyler 0-4, Clyde 0-1, Haddock 1-4, Coby 1-3, Magee 0-3); SPU 5-16 (Wall 1-5, Downs 3-4, Stockton 0-1, Dorman 0-2, Anderson 1-2, Morse 0-2). Fouled out — None. Rebounds — CWU 35 (Johnson 7); SPU 47 (Poling 10). Assists — CWU 6 (Tyler 2, Haddock 2); SPU 10 (Wall 4). Turnovers — CWU 11, SPU 16. Total fouls — CWU 29, SPU 19.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

CWU wins first game of season

SEASIDE, Calif. — Brothers Brett and Kasey Bielec were both 3 for 5 in the opening game of a doubleheader, with each collecting an RBI single in a four-run ninth that helped Central Washington beat California State Monterey Bay 8-7 in a college baseball game Saturday.

Cal State Monterey Bay came back to earn the split with a 6-1 victory in game two.

In the opener, starter Davis Engel, an Ellensburg High graduate, threw six innings, allowing four runs. Central (1-4) broke a 4-4 tie with that four-run ninth.

Game 1

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Engel, Jones (7), Davidson (7), Bushman (9) and Sani; Owen, Crose (4), Holland (8), Grotz (9) and White, Olson (6). W—Davidson (1-0). L—Holland (0-1).

HITS—CWU, Brett Bielec 3-5 (2b), Kasey Bielec 3-5, Kyle Sani 2-5, Derrick Webb 2-5, Brady Kincannon 1-3, Ethan Sterkel 1-5, Chris Hashimoto 1-5 (2b). CSUMB, David Garcia 3-4, Matt Urakami 2-3, James Merjano 2-4, Tommy George 2-5, Jared DeCastro 2-5, Jeff Phillips 1-1, Danny Nelson 1-4, Brian Haggett 1-4.

RBI—CWU, K. Bielec 2, Hashimoto 2, B. Bielec, Sterkel, Webb. CSUMB, George 2, Phillips 2, Merjano, George, DeCastro.

Game 2

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Cruzen, Jones (5), Davidson (6) and Leid, Swartz (6); Medlinger, Noack (6), Thiel (7) and Valletta. W—Medlinger (2-0). L—Cruzen (0-1). HR—CWU, Jimmy Reyerson (1).

HITS—CWU, Glen Reser 2-3 (2b), Derrick Webb 2-3, David Leid 1-2, Kasey Bielec 1-3, Jimmy Ryerson 1-4, Ethan Sterkel 1-4. CSUMB, James Merjano 2-4, Garrett Gemgnani 1-1, Brian Haggett 1-2, Jared DeCastro 1-2, Danny Nelson 1-3.

RBI—CWU, Ryerson. CSUMB, Merjano 2, Nelson, Haggett, Gemgnani.

SPOKANE, Wash. — Ellensburg had a Valley-best five quarterfinal winners during the first day of the Class 2A Region IV wrestling tournament on Friday at West Valley High School.

Competition resumes today at 1 p.m. with the top four placers advancing to state.

Othello scored 91 points for the first-day lead ahead of three Great Northern teams — Deer Park, East Valley and Cheney.

Ellensburg tallied 48 points in seventh with Selah one spot back with 46.5 points.

Toppenish had three quarterfinal winners Friday.

Team scores: Othello 91, Deer Park 87, East Valley-Spokane 77, Cheney 73, Quincy 52, Clarkston 51.5, Ellensburg 48, Selah 46.5, West Valley-Spokane 38.5, Toppenish 34.5, Ephrata 29.5, Grandview 29, East Valley-Yakima 24, Pullman 16, Medical Lake 16, Wapato 15, Prosser 8.

Today’s semifinal pairings

106: Aaron Klauder (DP) vs. Gabe Martinez (Q); Anthony Barrera (O) vs. Christian Alejandrez (Q).

113: Zeb Klemke (ML) vs. Sergio Morales (T); A.J. Garza (O) vs. Wyatt Scribner (Ell).

120: Jake Konzal (DP) d. Casey Ourada (EVS); Aaron Guz (Clark) vs. Michael Leonard (DP).

126: Cole Harris (DP) vs. Hunter Pederson (Ch); Lucas Garza (O) vs. Anton King (ML).

132: Alex Rockstrom (EVS) vs. Aaron Arredondo (T); Eric Benton (Clark) vs. Logan Merkle (EVY).

138: Joe Grable (DP) vs. Blake Haberman (Ell); Dakota Mauzay (Ch) vs. Kody Ergeson (Se).

145: Matt Miller (DP) vs. Chance Blackburn (EVS); Isias Jimenez (Q) vs. Kamal Qteishat (Ell).

152: Elias Mason (Ch) vs. Darren Damon (Clark); Braydan Berezay (EVS) vs. Eric Garza (O).

160: Dylan Miller (DP) vs. Antonio Melendez (Q); Matthew Melo (O) vs. Anton Yates (EVY).

170: Brock Beeler (Clark) vs. Ricardo Rodriguez (Wap); Jason Jorgensen (DP) vs. Tyler Coates (Ell).

182: Spencer Rassier (Ch) vs. Perry Simpson (Ell); Stephen Villarreal (O) vs. Zach Goodpaster (Se).

195: Cameron Schlotter (Ch) vs. Kyle Murphy (Clark); Brandon Heide (EVS) vs. Tyrus Kemp (Eph).

220: Kyle White (WVS) vs. Raul Pech (T); CJ Rodriguez (DP) vs. Joey Gomez (O).

285: Alex Hachman (WVS) vs. Bubba Ruiz (O); Ricky Miller (WVS) vs. Martin Torres (Gv).

COLLEGE BASEBALL

Central falls to Monterey in 14

SEASIDE, Calif. — Brady Kincannon had three hits for Central Washington on Friday, but the Wildcats fell to Cal State Monterey Bay 7-6 in 14 innings.

The 3 hour, 40-minute game was the second-longest in CWU history and dropped the Wildcats to 0-3 while CSUMB improved to 4-2.

The teams meet again today for a doubleheader and conclude their series with a single game Sunday.

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Monterey 011 200 001 000 02 — 7 18 1

Button, Lotzer (7), Jones (10), Knutson (13) and Sani; Appino, Noack (6), Auker (7), Zosel (8), Paolinetti (11) and White, Olson (9).

CWU highlights: Brady Kincannon 3-7, 2 RBI; Brett Bielec 2-6, RBI.

COLLEGE FASTPITCH

CWU opens with two losses

LAS VEGAS — Central Washington lost its first two games of the season Friday in the MSUB Desert Stinger at Majestic Park.

CWU lost to Sonoma State in the first game 6-3. The Wildcats lost to California Baptist 4-1 in the second game.

Statistics were not available from either game.

The Wildcats face Dixie State and Western New Mexico today, and conclude tournament play Sunday against California State Monterey Bay.

GOLF

Cobleigh earns regional honor

YAKIMA, Wash. — Paul Cobleigh, the head professional at SunTides Golf Course, has been named a 2011 PING regional club fitter of the year.

Cobleigh was recognized for “his commitment to helping golfers of all abilities improve their games through custom fitting,” according to a news release from the company, which pioneered custom fitting nearly 40 years ago.

“Golfers know PING for our leadership in custom fitting, and we are held to a higher standard, so we’re grateful for experts like Paul who demonstrate every day how properly fit equipment leads to lower scores and more fun on the golf course,” John A. Solheim, PING Chairman and CEO said in the same release. “Paul is a consummate professional who combines excellent communication skills with technical expertise, and is a tireless advocate for PING’s fitting philosophy. For all these reasons, he is very deserving of this recognition.”

BILLINGS, Mont. — With a 57-point second half and six players scoring in double figures, Central Washington stormed to a 99-89 victory over Montana State Billings in GNAC men’s basketball Thursday night.

Jody Johnson and Lacy Haddock had 16 points each and Toussaint Tyler and Jordan Coby had 15 apiece as the Wildcats, who trailed 46-42 at halftime, picked up a big road win against a team above them in the conference standings.

“We shot the ball a lot better in the second half and really cleaned up the rebounding,” said Central coach Greg Sparling.

CENTRAL WASHINGTON — Jody Johnson 4-7 7-9 16; Lacy Haddock 6-10 3-6 16; Toussaint Tyler 4-6 5-9 15; Jordan Coby 5-10 2-4 15; Brandon Magee 5-9 3-4 13; Roby Clyde 5-6 3-3 13; Davis 3-7 1-2 7; Lieser 1-4 0-0 2; Starr 1- 2 0-0 2; Nelson 0-0 0-0 0; Gross 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 34-62 24-37 99.

MONTANA STATE BILLINGS — Antoine Proctor 7-18 15-16 30; Taylor Stevens 4-7 7-7 17; Robert Mayes 4-6 5-6 13; Myaer 3-6 0-0 7; Richards 3-5 0-0 6; Arnold 1-7 4-6 6; Trabing 2-2 0-0 6; Cusworth 1-1 0-0 2; Henning 0-1 2-2 2; Hook 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-53 33-37 89.

Halftime: MS Billings 46, Central Washington 42.

3-point goals: Central Washington 7-14 (Coby 3-7; Tyler 2-3; Johnson 1-1; Haddock 1-1; Gross 0-1; Magee 0-1), MS Billings 6-21 (Trabing 2-2; Stevens 2-5; Myaer 1-4; Proctor 1-6; Arnold 0-4). Fouled out: Clyde, Tyler. Rebounds: Central Washington 34 (Davis 8), MS Billings 30 (Mayes 13). Assists: Central Washington 11 (Haddock 6), MS Billings 17 (Myaer 6). Total fouls: Central Washington 32, MS Billings 25. Technical fouls: MS Billings team.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Montana St. Billings tops CWU

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Bobbi Knudsen scored a career-high 25 points and added five assists, and Montana State Billings topped cold-shooting Central Washington University 61-52 in a GNAC women’s basketball game Thursday at Nicholson Pavilion.

The Yellowjackets (17-8, 9-5) didn’t shoot particularly well themselves at 37.7 percent (23 of 61) but Central (6-14, 3-10) was even worse at 32.2 percent (20 of 62).

MONTANA STATE BILLINGS — Knudsen 10-23 2-2 25, Olson 4-8 1-2 10, Peoples 3-5 2-2 10, Tolman 2-5 1-1 6, DePuydt 2-3 1-2 5, Grimsrud 1-3 0-0 3, Goggins 1-4 0-0 2, Reed 0-1 0-0 0, Stanhope 0-8 0-2 0, Emerson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 23-61 7-11 61.

CENTRAL WASHINGTON — Russell 6-16 0-0 17, Albrecht 5-9 1-2 11, VanDyke 3-10 0-0 7, Dunn 2-11 1-2 5, Valdez 2-5 1-2 5, Burke 1-4 0-0 3, Johnson 1-3 0-0 2, Moser 0-2 2-2 2, Fettig 0-0 0-0 0, Martinez 0-0 0-2 0, Rethwill 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 20-62 5-10 52.

Halftime—Montana State Billings 33, Central Washington 24. 3-Point goals—MSUB 8-22 (Knudsen 3-8, Peoples 2-4, Tolman 1-3, Grimsrud 1-2, Olson 1-2, Stanhope 0-3), Central 7-24 (Russell 5-9, VanDyke 1-6, Burke 1-2, Valdez 0-3, Johnson 0-1, Rethwill 0-2, Dunn 0-1). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—MSUB 40 (Olson 8), Central 43 (Albrecht 10). Assists—MSUB 15 (Tolman 5, Knudsen 5), Central 11 (Valdez 4). Total fouls—MSUB 16, Central 15. A—176.

BASEBALL

Central loses second straight

TURLOCK, Calif. — Justin Manci hit a pair of home runs and drove in three runs, and Eli Davis and Andy Yingling had two RBI apiece in leading Cal State Stanislaus to a 9-4 victory over Central Washington (0-2) in a college baseball game Thursday.

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Long, Davidson (5), Knutson (6), Bushman (8) and Swartz; Lemon, Maltese (7), Baisdon (9) and Turay, Arellano (7). W—Lemon (1-0). L—Long (0-1). HR—CSUS, Justin Manci (2).

RBI—CWU, Matt Herbert. CSUS, Justin Manci 3, Eli Davis 2, Andy Yingling 2, Joe Medeiros, Colt McLaughlin.

WALLA WALLA, Wash. — What looked to be a dynamite pairing of highly ranked NWAACC teams turned out to be a colossal dud thanks to a horrendous shooting night from Yakima Valley.

The fourth-ranked Yaks came to Walla Walla on Wednesday tied for first with idle Spokane in the East Region with the third-ranked Warriors, a game behind.

But this was never the competitive contest it promised to be as Yakima Valley shot just 23 percent from the field for the game as Walla Walla raced away for a 69-47 victory.

Yakima Valley (7-2, 17-5) made just 15 of 65 field goals for the game. The Yaks failed to break 30-percent shooting in either half, firing at 17.6 percent (6 of 34) in falling behind 30-19 at the break, and warming only slightly to 29 percent (9 of 31) in the second half.

Hannah Lekson was the Yaks’ lone double-figures scorer with 10 points and she was 3 of 10 from the field.

Tai Jensen led Walla Walla (7-2, 16-5) with 22 points and 10 rebounds. She was 7 of 11 from the field and a perfect 8 of 8 from the foul line.

Hailey Felgenhauer added 16 points, former Granger standout Janae Klarich added 13 points, five rebounds and four assists, and Alex Pfefferle had 12 points for the Warriors (7-2, 16-6).

YAKIMA VALLEY — Newcomb 2-9 4-4 8, A. Gonzales 1-1 0-0 2, Brewster 0-2 0-0 0, Cox 1-5 4-4 6, K. Gonzales 2-6 2-2 6, Weaver 1-3 0-0 2, Lekson 3-10 4-5 10, Ferguson 0-3 0-0 0, Jordan 2-17 0-2 5, Smythe 1-1 0-0 2, Zapien 2-8 2-4. Totals 15-65 16-21 47.

WALLA WALLA — Seitz 0-1 0-0 0, Klarich 5-8 2-2 13, Hawkins 0-0 1-3 1, Stillar 1-6 0-0 3, Pfefferle 5-9 1-2 12, Felgenhauer 5-9 6-6 16, Edmunson 0-1 0-0 0, McDonald 0-0 0-0 0, Tynam 0-0 0-0 0, Jensen 7-11 8-8 22, Amderspm 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-49 18-23 69.

Halftime—WWCC 30, YVCC 19. 3-Point goals—YVCC 1-12 (Jordan 1-4, Weaver 0-1, Newcomb 0-2, K. Gonzales 0-2, Lekson 0-3), WWCC 3-10 (Klarich 1-2, Stillar 1-3, Pfefferle 1-4, Felgenhauer 0-1). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—YVCC 31 (Brewster 5), WWCC 49 (Jensen 10, Felgenhauer 9). Assists—YVCC 3 (3 with 1), WWCC 12 (Klarich 4). Total fouls—YVCC 19, WWCC 16. Turnovers—YVCC 13, WWCC 25.

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

YVCC men fall at Walla Walla

WALLA WALLA, Wash. — Yakima Valley produced better quality shooting the ball Wednesday, but Walla Walla generated far more quantity from 3-point range to pick up a key NWAACC East Region victory.

Yakima Valley had a better overall shooting percentage than Walla Walla, but the Warriors made seven more 3-pointers, helping produce a 74-67 victory.

The win broke a tie for second in the region between the teams, with Walla Walla improving to 7-2, and 16-6 overall. YVCC fell to 6-3 and 13-8.

Yakima Valley shot 41.8 percent from the field (23-55) to Walla Walla’s 39.7 (23-58), and both teams made 18 free throws. The difference was the Warriors’ 10 of 31 from long distance, compared to YVCC’s 3 of 12.

Jay Payne led the charge in that department, with all six of his made field goals from 3-point range en route to a team-high 20 points. Mac Stannard added 17 points, including two triples, and seven rebounds.

DeShawn Battle led the Yaks with 20 points. Amir Royal added 11 points and five rebounds, and Johnnie Diggs had 10 points.

YAKIMA VALLEY — Diggs 4-8 2-2 10, Battle 5-10 8-12 20, Royal 5-6 1-4 11, Martinez 1-3 1-1 3, Bigby 3-5 3-4 9, Molina 1-5 0-0 2, Henton 3-12 2-3 9, Jensen 0-3 0-0 0, Romero 1-1 0-0 2, Flowers 0-2 1-2 1. Totals 23-55 18-28 67.

WALLA WALLA — Crane 2-6 1-2 5, Radliff 2-8 3-6 7, Payne 6-15 2-2 20, Stannard 6-7 3-5 17, Bravard 2-9 2-2 7, Bills 2-4 5-6 9, Hahn 2-7 0-0 5, Arias 1-2 2-2 4. Totals 23-58 18-25 74.

Halftime—WWCC 41, YVCC 36. 3-Point goals—YVCC 3-12 (Battle 2-3, Henton 1-6, Jensen 0-1, Flowers 0-2), WWCC 10-31 (Payne 6-15, Stannard 2-3, Hahn 1-2, Bravard 1-7, Arias 0-1, Radliff 0-5). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—YVCC 39 (Bagby 7), WWCC 37 (Crane 8, Stannard 7). Assists—YVCC 3 (Martinez 2), WWCC 13 (Radliff 9). Total fouls—YVCC 19, WWCC 20. Turnovers—YVCC 16, WWCC 14.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

Central falls in season opener

SAN FRANCISCO — Kyle Sani both went 3 for 4 and drove in two runs, and Brandon Wang homered, but Central Washington couldn’t hold an early lead and fell 7-5 to San Francisco State in the season-opening college baseball game for both teams Wednesday.

Behind Sani’s two-run double and Wang’s solo blast, Central jumped ahead 4-0 in the first inning but the offense went cold after that.

Starting pitcher Brandon Rohde allowed just one hit through the first three innings, but gave up two runs in both the fourth and fifth innings to tie the game, and San Francisco State took advantage of three Central errors to score three times in the sixth.

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Rohde, Lotzer (6), Jones (7) and Sani, Swartz (8); DeJesus, Watts (2), Jorgensen (6), Reyes (7), Lopez (7), Petrangelo (7) and Lindsay. W—Jorgensen (1-0). L—Rohde (0-1). Sv—Petrangelo (1). HR—CWU, Brandon Wang (1).

RBI—CWU, Sani 2, Wang, Leid; SFSU, Wood, Pianto, Lindsay, King, Wilkins.

YAKIMA, Wash. — They have rarely won impressively or decisively, but Yakima Valley’s men have nonetheless won.

And they did it again Wednesday night, downing Wenatchee Valley 82-74 in Sherar Gym to remain atop the East Region standings.

The Yaks are 6-1 in the East and 13-6 overall while Spokane is 5-1 and Walla Walla is 5-2. YVCC visits Big Bend (5-3) on Saturday.

Amir Royal led four Yakima Valley double-figure scorers with 19 points. Dabrail Henton had 17 points, DeShawn Battle came off the bench for 17 and Dallin Molina added 12.

YVCC committed only eight turnovers and was 24 of 27 (89 percent) from the foul line.

“Wenatchee is pretty good at slowing it down and shortening the game somewhat,” Yaks coach Ray Funk said. “I don’t think we rebounded very well, but offensively we shared it well and we did a nice job of executing our zone offense.”

Travis VanDiest had 20 points and 10 rebounds to lead Wenatchee Valley (1-6, 5-11).

WENATCHEE VALLEY — Crawley 1-12 0-0 5, Patrick Manning 5-10 7-8 18, Matt Franz 7-14 3-7 18, Joseph 2-6 0-0 4, Travis Van Diest 7-11 6-7 20, Skurdal 0-3 0-0 0, Farias 2-6 0-0 5, Parker 1-5 1-1 3, Ayers 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 25-67 21-29 74.

YAKIMA VALLEY — Amir Royal 7-12 4-4 19, Martinez 0-3 0-0 0, Dallin Molina 4-6 4-4 12, Dabrail Henton 4-8 7-8 17, Jensen 2-6 0-0 4, Diggs 1-7 5-6 7, DeShawn Battle 6-12 3-3 16, Bagby 2-5 0-0 4, Romero 1-1 0-0 2, Flowers 0-3 1-2 1. Totals 27-63 24-27 82.

Halftime — YVCC 36-27. 3-point goals — WVCC 3-20 (Skurdal 0-2, Farias 1-4, Manning 1-4, Parker 0-2, Franz 1-4, Joseph 0-1); YVCC 4-13 (Diggs 0-1, Battle 1-3, Royal 1-1, Henton 2-5, Jensen 0-3). Fouled out — None. Rebounds — WVCC 53 (VanDiest 10); YVCC 29 (Royal 5, Molina 5). Turnovers — WVCC 17, YVCC 8. Total fouls — WVCC 20, YVCC 19.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Newcomb shoots Yaks to win

YAKIMA, Wash. — Brittney Newcomb scored a game-high 24 points Wednesday night to pace Yakima Valley past Wenatchee Valley 75-46 in an East Region women’s game in Sherar Gym.

The Yaks, ranked fourth in the newest NWAACC coaches poll released Wednesday, stayed tied with Columbia Basin for first place in the East at 6-1 while improving to 16-4 overall.

Newcomb connected on 5 of 7 shots from 3-point range for YVCC, which forced 31 turnovers while committing only 11. She also collected three steals.

Simone Jordan was the only other player in double figures, totaling 17 points and a team-best six rebounds.

“We were only up six with about a minute to go in the first half,” Yaks coach Cody Butler said, “but Simone had a bunch of steals and we had about a 10-0 run. It’s another win and now we go to Big Bend (Saturday), and we lost to them down here the first time.”

Jordan was 6 for 6 from the foul line as the Yaks were a collective 17 for 21 (81 percent) while Wenatchee Valley (2-5, 7-12) was 8 for 13.

WENATCHEE VALLEY — Pateneaude 1-6 0-0 2, Dario 0-1 0-0 0, Van Tussenbroek 3-11 3-4 9, Larson 2-5 1-2 5, Posey 3-5 1-3 7, Alvarado 2-5 0-0 5, Kolb 3-3 1-2 8, Werner 1-3 0-0 2, Grilley 2-4 0-0 4, Thompson 1-1 2-2 4. Totals 18-44 8-13 46.

YAKIMA VALLEY — Brittney Newcomb 9-15 1-2 24, Cox 1-8 0-0 2, K. Gonzales 3-9 1-2 9, Simone Jordan 5-15 6-6 17, Zapien 0-0 3-4 3, Brewster 0-4 1-2 1, Swetzof 3-7 0-0 2, Weaver 1-3 3-3 5, Lekson 2-5 0-0 4, Ferguson 1-2 2-2 4, Smythe 0-0 0-0 0, A. Gonzales 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-69 17-21 75.

Halftime — YVCC 37-26. 3-point goals — WVCC 2-9 (Alvarado 1-3, Pateneaude 0-2, Kolb 1-1, Van Tussenbroek 0-3); YVCC 8-23 (Newcomb 5-7, Brewster 0-1, Swetzof 0-2, K. Gonzales 2-7, Lekson 0-1, Jordan 1-5). Fouled out — None. Rebounds — WVCC 43 (Larson 6); YVCC 34 (Jordan 6). Turnovers — WVCC 31, YVCC 11. Total fouls — WVCC 17, YVCC 13.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

Central picked 5th in GNAC

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Central Washington has been picked to finish fifth, or last, in a preaseason poll of GNAC baseball coaches.

The Wildcats, 14-32 overall last year and 7-25 for fifth place in the conference, return six position players and three pitchers.

Third baseman Glen Reser was an all-conference first team pick and Brandon Rohde was one of only 12 pitchers to post an ERA under 4.00.

Western Oregon was picked to win its 11th consecutive conference crown, followed in order by Northwest Nazarene, MSU Billings, Saint Martin’s and Central.

PREP BASKETBALL

Kittitas girls beat Warden

WARDEN, Wash. — Senior Tori O’Shaughnessy broke loose for 18 points and led Kittitas to a 47-36 victory over Warden in North Central 2B girls basketball Wednesday night.

Kittitas will play its third game in three days today at Highland.

KITTITAS — Al. Sabin 0, Kilgore 7, Baker 0, Larson 1, Steiner 3, Moreno 2, Dakota Adams 10, Lawrence 4, As. Sabin 2, Tori O’Shaughnessy 18.

WARDEN — Yamane 6, Iris Rodriguez 21, Whitney 5, Guerrero 0, Ahmann 0, Brown 4, Burkholter 0.

Kittitas 9 11 10 17 — 47

Warden 8 7 6 15 — 36

GREATER COLUMBIA 1B

SUNNYSIDE CHRISTIAN 59, KLICKITAT 9: At Sunnyside, Wash., Marisa Broersma had 10 points and six rebounds to lead second-ranked Sunnyside Christian (8-0, 17-1).

KLICKITAT — Kessinger 2, Parsens 1, Mack 0, Templeton 4, Quinton 0, Tambert 0, Oldfield 2, Clack 0.

SUNNYSIDE CHRISTIAN — Haak 0, Williams 7, DeGroot 6, Long 3, den Hoed 1, Brouwer 6, B. Broersma 8, Marissa Broersma 10, Van Belle 6, Wavrin 8, Daylrymple 4.

Klickitat 3 4 0 2 — 9

Sunnyside Christian 22 15 9 13 — 59

Highlights: M. Broersma (SC) 6 rebs; Stormee Van Belle (SC) 6 rebs.

LATE TUESDAY

MABTON 60, RIVER VIEW 47: At Mabton, Wash., Jazzee Sustaita scored nine of her game-high 22 points in the decisive second quarter and Adiline Barajas and Alyssa Nash combined for 25 points as Mabton won the SCAC East game.

RIVER VIEW — Sallee 0, Wilhelm 0, Kim Gier 17, Hull 0, M. Smith 10, Hess 7, Dickinson 5, Williamson 0, Burnett 4, Robertson 4.

MABTON — Rojas 0, Cerrillo 3, McCallum 5, Alyssa Nash 11, Jazzee Sustaita 22, Adiline Barajas 14, Zaragoza 2, Rodriguez 3, Villalobos 0.

River View 9 8 18 12 — 47

Mabton 12 18 9 21 — 60

Highlights: Nash (M) 10 rebs.

BOYS

WARDEN 63, KITTITAS 44: At Warden, Wash., Ty Poole had 16 points and nine rebounds, and Michael Dohrman had 14 points and eight rebounds for Kittitas (4-5, 7-9) in the North Central 2B makeup game.

KITTITAS — Leaton 3, Driver 0, Forman 0, Guisti 2, Grinrod 3, McIrvin 4, Michael Dohrman 14, Ty Poole 16, Eslinger 0, Johnson 2.

WARDEN — Jesse 8, Cole 1, Brown 5, Flores 9, Ty Bates 12, Garrett Marks 19, Ruge 9.

Kittitas 17 7 15 5 — 44

Warden 14 16 20 13 — 69

Highlights: Poole (K) 9 rebs; Dohrman (K) 8 rebs; Isaac Johnson (K) 5 assists.

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Central Washington’s Glen Reser has been awarded a gold glove for his fielding prowess at third base by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA).

Reser, a junior from Spokane, compiled a .950 fielding percentage with only seven errors in 139 chances last season. He began the year by handling his first 45 chances without an error and later went 14 games without one.

Reser and Saint Martin’s outfielder Andrew Elke were the only GNAC players to receive ABCA gold gloves.

COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD

Self 15th at D-II nationals

TURLOCK, Calif. — Torrie Self concluded a stellar track and field career at Central Washington on Thursday night by finishing 15th in the women’s hammer throw at the NCAA Division II track and field championships.

A senior from Kent, Self fouled on her first and third attempts, recording one toss of 162 feet, 10 inches. The mark was 191/2 feet short of the throw that qualified her for nationals.

Self finished 10th in the hammer last season.

CWU junior Kaitlin Davis will compete in the women’s pole vault tonight.

GOLF

Roy records first ace

SELAH, Wash. — Alcid Roy had his first career hole-in-one during his round Wednesday at the Yakima Elks. Roy aced the 140-yard eighth hole using a 7-iron.

Mick McDonald, Steve Weaver, Rich Vanhorn, and Tim Macke witnessed the shot.

MEETINGS

QB Club cancels Monday meeting

YAKIMA, Wash. — The Yakima Monday Morning Quarterback club has cancelled next week’s meeting because of the Memorial Day Holiday.

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Tickets are still available for Saturday night’s Central Washington University Athletics Hall of Fame banquet and induction ceremony.

The festivities, to be held in the Student Union & Recreation Center ballroom, are scheduled to start with a 6 p.m. social hour with the program to follow at 6:30.

Tickets cost $35 and reservations can be made by phoning Kim Thomas at (509) 963-2762.

This year’s inductees include former Ellensburg High School and CWU football great John Hallead, Eric Boles (football), the late Gil Coleman (men’s basketball coach), Marc Greeley (baseball), Kristi Wilson (women’s basketball) and the 1988-89 men’s basketball team.

ADULT FASTPITCH

Fischer’s 7 RBI leads JRW

Tim Fischer went 5 for 5 with a pair of three-run homers and seven RBI as JRW & Associates rallied to beat the Morton’s Supply Gamblers 13-12 at Kiwanis Park on Thursday.

JRW prevailed with six runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, capped by David Beavert’s two-out, two-run homer.

Gamblers 101 321 4 — 12 14 1

JRW & Assoc. 001 042 6 — 13 18 4

McCauley and Ward; Arndt and Roinestad.

Highlights: Derrick Garcia (MSG) 4-5, 3 RBI; Shane Jones (MSG) solo HR; Tim Fischer (JRW) 5-5, 3b, 2 HR, 7 RBI; Tim Roinestad (JRW) 2-5, solo HR, 2 RBI; David Beavert (JRW) 2-run HR.

YAKIMA, Wash. — Yakima Valley, seeking its first NWAACC baseball tournament berth since 2000, will open East Region playoff action at 11 a.m. Friday against Treasure Valley at Pasco’s Gesa Stadium.

The playoffs, in which the Yaks will vie with two other teams for one tournament berth, will continue Saturday and possibly Sunday. Playoff host Columbia Basin, which meets Walla Walla at 11 a.m. Friday on its home field, is guaranteed a tourney berth but is playing for seeding.

The NWAACC Tournament is scheduled for May 26-30 in Longview.

YVCC, 28-9 and ranked third in the most recent NWAACC poll, is 4-0 this season against the Chukars (33-10). The Yaks swept an April 16 doubleheader with TV at Parker Field, 5-4 and 8-6, then won 5-2 and 6-5 at the Ontario, Ore. school on May 7.

If Yakima Valley beats Treasure Valley on Friday, it will meet the CBC-Walla Walla winner at 3 p.m. If the winner is CBC, the Yaks will play on the Hawks’ field, but will stay at Gesa if Walla Walla wins. Should YVCC lose its opener, it will meet the CBC-WW loser in a loser-out matchup at 3 p.m. Friday.

Two ’Cats on GNAC 1st team

ELLENSBURG — Central Washington’s Kelly Gau and Glen Reser have been named to the GNAC’s baseball all-conference first team.

Gau, a senior second baseman from Woodinville, led the Wildcats with a .364 batting average and topped CWU in seven other offensive statistics. Junior third baseman Reser hit .301 with a team-high 25 runs batted in.

Junior pitcher Brandon Rohde, junior first baseman Brady Kincannon and senior outfielder Nate Wallen made the second team while sophomore outfielder Jimmy Ryerson received honorable mention.

TRACK AND FIELD

CWU’s Self, Davis to nationals

ELLENSBURG — Torrie Self and Kaitlin Davis of Central Washington have qualified for the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field National Championsips scheduled for May 26-28 in Turlock, Calif.

Self, a senior from Kent, will make her second straight national appearance. She’s seeded 10th in the hammer thrw with a season’s best toss of 182 feet, 4 inches.

Self won the event at the GNAC meet last weekend and placed 14th at nationals last year.

Davis, a junior from Tumwater, will compete in the pole vault after claiming the GNAC title in that event. Her best vault this year is 12-2 3/4.

Photos from Wednesday’s NWAACC East Region baseball doubleheader between Yakima Valley and Big Bend at Parker Field in Yakima, Wash.

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ONTARIO, Ore. — William Chavarria’s sacrifice fly in the 12th inning pushed Yakima Valley to a 6-5 win over Treasure Valley and a doubleheader sweep Saturday that moved the Yaks substantially nearer an East Region title.

Combined with a 5-2 first-game win, YVCC improved to 20-4 in the East and increased its lead over second-place Columbia Basin to two games with four left.

CBC (18-6) split Saturday with Big Bend’s Vikings, whom Yakima Valley (26-7 overall) host on Wednesday for its last regular-season home games.

Should YVCC win the East, it would secure the program’s first NWAACC Tournament berth since 2000 and host the regional playoffs May 20-22. While the Yaks would be assured a tourney slot, they would play off for seeding purposes while the next three teams would compete for the one remaining NWAACC berth.

Saturday, YVCC trailed in the second game 4-3 starting the ninth, but tied it on Jake Fife’s RBI single. Roeman Fields then put the Yaks ahead with a sacrifice fly, only to have the Chukars (16-8, 31-8) tie it on Jared Forbush’s two-out, run-scoring single in the bottom of the inning.

TV then loaded the bases with no outs in the 10th against YVCC reliever Matt Wargacki, but didn’t score.

In the 12th, Jose Sermo drew a leadoff walk, moved up on Konrad Mueller’s sacrifice bunt and took third on a walk to J.R. Weigel. Chavarria then delivered his run-scoring fly, after which Derek Welton worked his second scoreless inning of relief to get the win.

In the first game, Yakima Valley erased a 2-0 deficit with three fifth-inning runs. Cameron Padron had a pinch-hit leadoff double, then scored on Mueller’s pinch single. A second run scored on Weigel’s safety squeeze bunt and a third came home on an error.

Four walks and a sacrifice fly by Sermo scored two more Yaks runs in the eighth to back the pitching of Nic Fowler, who went the distance and struck out three while walking one.

Game 1

Yakima Valley 000 030 020 — 5 6 1
Treasure Valley 101 000 000 — 2 9 2
Fowler and Chavarria; Nyborg, Barr (5), Flannery (8), Brasse (9) and Blackwell.
YVCC highlights: Nic Fowler 3 Ks, 1 BB; Roeman Fields 2-5.

Game 2

Yakima Valley 000 030 002 001 — 6 9 5
Treasure Valley 004 000 001 000 — 5 10 4
Schoonover, Wargacki (8), Welton (11) and Kerns, Chavarria (9); Johnson, Fabricious (5) and Berg.
YVCC highlights: Trevor Dallman 2-6, RBI; J.R. Weigel 2-5, 2 runs; Jake Fife 2-5, 2 RBI.

CWU ends season with sweep

BILLINGS, Mont. — Central Washington finished its season with its first GNAC doubleheader sweep of the year Saturday, downing Montana State Billings 18-5 and 5-3.

The wins snapped a five-game losing streak for the Wildcats (7-25 conference, 14-23 overall), who had also lost 10 of their last 12.

Eric Sorensen was CWU’s first-game standout, going 4 for 5 with a double, homer and six RBI. Glen Reser added three hits and five RBI.

Brandon Rohda then scattered seven hits in a complete-game performance, walking none and striking out six to complete the sweep.

Over its last three seasons under coach Desi Storey, Central has gone 46-96.

Game 1

Central                 175 300 200 — 18 20 2
MSU Billings      000 000 320 — 5 9 0
Millbauer, Burnett (9) and Kathman; Smith, Sanchez (2), Gilder (4), Waldorf (7), Barnett (9) and Chavez.
CWU highlights: Kelly Gau 2-3, 2b, 3 runs, RBI; Daniel Kathman 2-4, 2b, 3 runs, 2 RBI; Glen Reser 3-7, 2b, 5 RBI; Kris Henderson 2-5, 2b; Derrick Webb 2-3, RBI; Eric Sorensen 4-5, 2b, HR, 6 RBI; Brett Bielec 2-4.

Game 2

Central            230 000 0 — 5 12 0
MSU Billings   102 000 0 — 3 7 0
Rohda and Leid; Hutchings, Howe (6) and Schultz.
CWU highlights: Jimmy Ryerson 2-3, 3b, RBI; Henderson 2-3, 2b, RBI; David Leid 2-4, 2b; Sorensen 2-3, 2b.

COLLEGE FASTPITCH

Cruz HR lifts GNAC champ CWU

ELLENSBURG — Keilani Cruz’s three-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning Saturday powered GNAC champion Central Washington to an 8-6 victory over Western Washington and a split of their regular season-ending doubleheader at Gary & Bobbi Frederick Field.

The Wildcats, who had secured their second straight conference title Friday when the second-place Vikings split a twin-bill with Saint Martin’s, will learn of their NCAA Division II playoff seeding Monday.

After the Viks won the opener 8-4, scoring five unearned runs on three CWU errors, Central (27-8 GNAC, 33-14 overall) trailed 4-3 going into the bottom of the fifth of the second game.

But the Wildcats scored two runs to take a 5-4 lead. Western (24-11, 36-14) scored single runs in each of the next two frames for a 6-5 advantage before Cruz clubbed the game-winner, her sixth homer of the season.

Kelsey Haupert homered in each game for CWU, running her single-season school record total to 20. As a team, Central hammered 70 long balls to set school and conference records.

CWU concluded the regular season by winning 23 of its last 26 games.

Game 1

Western 020 501 0 — 8 7 0
Central 300 001 0 — 4 7 3
Quint and Rothenberger; Hadenfeld and Carter.
CWU highlights: Taylor Trautmann 1-2, Samantha Petrich 2-3, 2b, RBI; Kelsey Haupert 2-3, 2b, HR, 2 RBI; Carrina Wagner 1-3, RBI.

Game 2

Western 201 101 1 — 6 7 4
Central 021 023 x — 8 6 4
Baker, Quint (6) and Rutherford; Gau and Hope.
CWU highlights: Bre Thomas 1-3; Keilani Cruz 2-4, HR, 3 runs, 3 RBI.

Yaks sweep Big Bend

YAKIMA, Wash. — Samantha Boelter collected three hits in each game to lead Yakima Valley to a 3-2, 11-4 sweep over Big Bend in an East Region doubleheader on Saturday at Dunbar Field.

Hannah Kranz and Monica Stout pitched six shutout innings each as the Yaks improved to 10-16 in the East and 20-21-1 for the season.

Yakima Valley will host Wenatchee Valley next Saturday at noon to close out the regular season.

Game 1

Big Bend             000 020 0 — 2 10 1
Yakima Valley   100 100 1 — 3 10 1
McCashland and Miller; Kranz and Ganuelas.
YVCC highlights: Sarah Moquin 2-4, run; Samantha Boelter 3-4, run; Hannah Hester 2-3, run, RBI; Chelsey Ganuelas 1-3, 2b, RBI; Hannah Kranz CG, 7 K, 0 BB.

Game 2

Big Bend               400 000 0 — 4 9 2
Yakima Valley     105 140 x — 11 13 2
Hanson, Eng (5) and Miller; Stout and Ganuelas, Kelly (5).
YVCC highlights: Monica Stout CG, 4 K, 1-3, run; Danielle Porter 2-4, run, RBI; Boelter 3-5, 2 runs; Tori Slobig solo HR; Hester 2-3, 3 runs, 2 RBI; Hollie Thierolf 1-2, run; Ganuelas 1-2, run, 2b, 2 RBI; Megan Kelly 1-4, 2 RBI; Rachel Aimone 1-4, run, RBI.

YAKIMA, Wash. — Samantha Boelter’s walkoff two-run homer gave Yakima Valley a 4-3 victory over Spokane in the first game of an East Region fastpitch doubleheader Friday at Dunbar Field.

The Yaks, down 3-2 starting the bottom of the seventh inning, saw Danielle Porter lead off with a single and then steal second. Boelter then worked the count to 3-2 before hammering a pitch over the center-field fence.

“That doesn’t happen very often,” YVCC coach Chuck Bodeen said. “We have the deepest fences in the league.”

Boelter already had doubled twice, walked and scored twice. The freshman third baseman from Cedarcrest High School went 2 for 3 with a walk, double and two RBI in the second game, which the Yaks dropped 4-2.

Monica Stout was 3 for 3 in the opener as Yakima Valley (8-16 region, 18-21-1 season) hammered out 13 hits. Stout added two more hits in the second game and also, on the mound, allowed only one earned run.

The Yaks host Big Bend today for a noon doubleheader.

Game 1

Spokane 110 000 1 — 3 7 0
Yakima Valley 011 000 2 — 4 13 3
Chrystal and Spear; Kranz and Ganuelas.
YVCC highlights: Sarah Moquin 1-4, Danielle Porter 1-4, stolen base, run; Samantha Boelter 3-3, 2 2b, HR, 2 runs, BB, 2 RBI; Tori Slobig 2-3, RBI; Hannah Kranz 1-3, 1 ER, 6 Ks; Monica Stout 3-3, run; Chelsey Ganuelas 1-3, 2b, RBI; Hollie Lamb 1-3.

Game 2

Spokane 000 003 1 — 4 5 2
Yakima Valley 000 010 1 — 2 6 3
Chrystal and Spear; Stout and Kelly.
YVCC highlights: Boelter 2-3, 2 RBI, 2b, BB; Stout 2-3, 1 ER, 2 Ks; Hollie Thierolf 1-3; Kranz 1-1, run.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

Skidding CWU swept at Billings

BILLINGS, Mont. — Struggling Central Washington committed seven errors in its GNAC doubleheader with Montana State Billings on Friday, leading to seven unearned runs in an 8-5, 11-8 sweep by the Yellowjackets.

Central, out-hit 30-14, lost its fifth straight game and has dropped 10 of 12.

The Wildcats got a combined 5 for 9 hitting performance from Kelly Gau, but lost an 8-3 lead in the second game, being outscored 6-0 over the final five innings while MSUB (9-17, 18-23) retired the last 13 CWU hitters.

Central ends its season today with another twin-bill against Billings.

Game 1

Central 002 201 000 — 5 8 3
MSUB 041 102 00x — 8 15 1
Brown, Hastings (7) and Kathman; Kennedy, Smith (7), Howe (9) and Loran.
CWU highlights: Kelly Gau 2-5; Clifton Coulter 2-3, 2b, 3 RBI.

Game 2

Central 350 000 0 — 8 6 4
MSUB 322 301 x — 11 15 2
Long, Miller (3), Holbrook (4), Marmesh (5) and Leid; Vulk, Gieselman (2), Howe (7) and Loran.
CWU highlights: Gau 3-4, RBI; Chaz Ocbina 1-2, 2 RBI; Glen Reser 1-2, 3 RBI.

YAKIMA, Wash. — Ben St. Mary won a rough-and-tumble season opener for the Super Streets classification at Yakima Speedway on Saturday night.

On lap 20 of the main event, St. Mary and Tony Huffines tangled while vying for the lead, resulting in Huffines spinning out and St. Mary serving a penalty for the incident.

Five laps later, Huffines returned the favor, spinning out St. Mary and drawing the black flag himself.

St. Mary would regain the lead for the final 15 laps for the victory.

Chuck Roberts finished second after setting a new track record in qualifying with a lap of 21.440 seconds. Huffines would finish third.

Greg Gargett won the Pure Stocks main event, followed by Chris Marang and Cody Denton.

Joe Stevens finished first in the Bump to Pass main event, with Josh Parmentier and Wes Heigh rounding out the top three.

Josh Washington, Jesse Eaton and Joshua Henne were the top finishers in the Hornets main event.

The Super Late Models, which had this weekend off, will return to the track on May 7 along with the Northwest Pro 4 Truck Series, Pure Stocks, Hornets and Bump to Pass.

Super Streets

Fast time: Chuck Roberts. Dash: Tony Huffines, Roberts, Jack Mondor, Ben St. Mary. Main: St. Mary, Roberts, Huffines, Mondor.

Pure Stocks

Fast time: Greg Gargett. A dash: Joe Estep, Gargett, Rob Allen, Chris Marang. B dash: Harold Emmons, Tim Breshears, Daniel Coble, Kyle Wade. Heat: Estep, Allen, Gargett, Marang, Emmons, Cody Denton, Breshears, Coble, Tim Sutton. Main: Gargett, Marang, Denton, Sutton, Breshears, Coble, Allen, Estep, Emmons (DQ).

Bump to Pass

Fast time: Donnie Stevens. A dash: Joe Stevens, Donnie Stevens, Peppie Rojas, Josh Parmentier. B dash: Ben Briggs, Mike Parmentier, Merle Stiltner, Dennis Clouse. Heat: Briggs, J. Parmentier, D. Stevens, J. Stevens, Wes Heigh, M. Parmentier, Rojas, Stiltner, Clouse. Main: J. Stevens, J. Parmentier, Heigh, D. Stevens, M. Parmentier, Rojas, Todd Nunn, Clouse, Briggs.

Hornets

Fast time: Josh Washington. Dash: Washington, Joshua Henne, Jeff Ball, Julie Melville, Jesse Eaton, Michael Beck. Heat: Eaton, Washington, Henne, Melville, Ball, Beck. Main: Washington, Eaton, Henne, Beck, Melville, Ball.

COLLEGE FASTPITCH

CWU sweeps Saint Martin’s

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Three days after being being swept by Montana State Billings, Central Washington bounced back to sweep Saint Martin’s on Sunday at Frederick Field.

Central Washington won the first game 10-0 and the second 7-6.

Samantha Petrich and Carrina Wagner each had home runs for the Wildcats in the opener to support pitchers Lauren Hadenfeld and Lindy Baxter who allowed only two hits.

Hadenfeld (20-8) won both games Sunday.

In the second game Kelsey Haupert and Molly Coppinger had three RBI apiece for Central Washington (21-7 GNAC, 27-13 overall).

Game 1

Saint Martin’s    000 00 — 0 2 4
Central                540 1x — 10 13 1
Eugenio, Gorlin (4) and Pocklington; Hadenfeld, Baxter (4) and Carter, Hope.
Highlights: Samantha Petrich (CWU) 2-2, hr, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Kelsey Haupert (CWU) 2-3, 2b, 2 runs; Liz Jusko (CWU) 2-2, 2 RBI; Carrina Wagner 2-2, hr, run, 2 RBI;

Game 2

Saint Martin’s     220 002 0 — 6 10 0
Central                 000 223 x — 7 7 2
Klemm and McGladrey; Gau, Hadenfeld (6) and Carter.
Highlights: Kristine Kaneshiro (SMU) 1-4, run, 3 RBI; Megan Antonovich (SMU) 2-4, run, RBI. Haupert (CWU) 2-3, 2 runs, 3 RBI; Molly Coppinger 2-3, run, 3 RBI.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

Central loses twice

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Daniel Dillard had six RBI to key Western Oregon’s doubleheader sweep of Central Washington on Sunday afternoon at CWU Baseball Field.

Western Oregon won the first game 19-3 and the second game 8-3.

Brandon Wang led Central in the first game with a pair of doubles and an RBI.

In the second game, catcher David Leid was 2 for 2 with a home run for CWU (5-22 GNAC, 12-29 overall).

Game 1

W. Oregon    440 236 000 — 19 22 2
Central            001 011 000 — 3 9 3
Wood, Hite (7), Shigeta (9) and Chiarelli, Clark; Millbauer, Hastings (2), Miller (5), Marmesh (6), Holbrook (9) and Kathman, Evans.
Highlights: Justin Peterson (WOU) 4-5, 2b, hr, 4 runs, 3 RBI; Grant Glover (WOU) 3-3, 3b, hr, 4 runs, RBI; Daniel Dillard (WOU) 3-5, 2 hr, 2 runs, 4 RBI; Mike Chiarelli (WOU) hr, 3 RBI; Steve Ockerman (WOU) 3-5, 2 RBI, Brady Locker (WOU) 3-3, 2b, 2 RBI; Brandon Wang (CWU) 3-3, 2 2b, RBI; Chaz Ocbina (CWU) 2-3, RBI; Scott Cooper (CWU) RBI.

Game 2

W. Oregon    013 100 3 — 8 14 1
Central           010 002 0 — 3 9 2
Lind, Bradshaw (7) and Chiarelli; Rohde, Holbrook (7) and Leid.
Highlights: Glover (WOU) 2-4, hr, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Dillard (WOU) 2 RBI; Jimmy Ryerson (CWU) RBI; David Leid (CWU) 2-2, hr, RBI; Alex Milden (CWU) RBI.

COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD

Mendoza, Stueckle star for CWU

LACEY, Wash. — Adriana Mendoza of Zillah and Jordan Stueckle of Selah were among Central Washington’s winners Saturday in the Saint Martin’s University track and field meet.

Mendoza, a junior, won the women’s 3,000-meter steeplechase in 11 minutes, 33.79 seconds. Her time was more than 12 seconds faster than the second-place finisher.

Stueckle, a senior, won the women’s discus with throw of 148 feet, 1 inch and was second in the shot put at 38-7.

PREP TRACK AND FIELD

RC boys win Bellevue Chr. Invite

SAMMAMISH, Wash. — Derek Byrne won four events and Kyle Gartrell won two more to help the Riverside Christian boys hold off the hosts to win the Bellevue Christian Invitational on Saturday at Sammamish High School.

Byrne won the 100 meters, 110 hurdles, 300 hurdles and the long jump.

Gartrell’s victories came in the pole vault and triple jump.

Riverside Christian’s girls finished eighth led by a second-place finish by Kendra Staymates in the high jump.

BOYS RESULTS

Team scores (Top 5): 1, Riverside Christian 95; 2, Bellevue Christian 921/2; 3, Sultan 65; 4, Morton/White Pass 51; 5, Lopez 501/2.

Riverside Christian placers

100: 1, Derek Byrne 11.47; 6, Kyle Gartrell 12.13. 400: 8, Kirk Gartrell 54.49. 800: 8, Nate Nobbs 2:09.96. 110H: 1, Byrne 41.22; 6, Jordan DeSanto 17.70. 300H: 1, Byrne 41.22; 8, DeSanto 45.55. 1600 relay: 4, Riverside Christian (Dusty Bender, Nobbs, DeSanto, Ki. Gartrell) 4:43.04. Discus: 6, Fernando Valencia 112-02. Javelin: 3, Valencia 157-02; 7, Josh Buchanan 140-11. PV: 1, Ky. Gartrell 13-06. LJ: 1, Byrne 21-07; 2, Ky. Gartrell 20-113/4. TJ: 1, Ky. Gartrell 43-011/2; 2, Ki. Gartrell 38-05.

GIRLS RESULTS

Team scores (Top 5, locals): 1, Bellevue Christian 116; 2, Morton/White Pass 73; 3, Sultan 72; 4, Chelan 56; 5, Bear Creek 47; 8, Riverside Christian 40.

Riverside Christian placers

1600: 5, April Soelberg 5:55.49. 300H: Bethany Imperial 48.60. Shot: 4, Hunter Roberts 87-07. HJ: 2, Kendra Staymates 4-10. PV: 4, Kendra Gartrett 7-06. LJ: 4, Imperial 15-601/4. TJ: Imperial 32-081/2.

WENATCHEE, Wash. — Steven Schoonover pitched seven strong innings and Ryan King and Dustin Stroud produced clutch hits Saturday as Yakima Valley downed Wenatchee Valley 5-3 for a split of its East Region doubleheader.

The Knights won the first game 2-0, dealing the Yaks their third straight loss.

YVCC (16-4 region, 22-7 overall) is tied with Columbia Basin, which swept Walla Walla on Saturday, for the region lead.

Schoonover, a sophomore left-hander from River Ridge High School, scattered seven hits while striking out three.

Yakima Valley, blanked in the opener on four hits by WV’s Aaron Gregory, got a two-run single from King in the first inning of the second game while Stroud had a pinch-hit RBI single in the sixth.

Tyler Berman doubled and singled twice in the nightcap for YVCC and Roeman Fields also had three hits.

The Yaks play doubleheaders Wednesday at Blue Mountain and next Saturday at Treasure Valley. Their final regular-season home games are scheduled for May 11 against Big Bend.

Game 1

Yakima Valley 000 000 000 — 0 4 0
Wenatchee Valley 000 110 00x — 2 8 3
Fowler, Wargacki (8) and Chavarria; Gregory and Hastings.
YVCC highlights: Ryan King 2b. tyring run on first in ninth. first shutut all year.

Game 2

Yakima Valley 201 002 000 — 5 14 3
Wenatchee Valley 200 001 000 — 3 7 3
Schoonover, Druffel (9) and Kerns, Chavarria (7); Stephens, Munos (4), Lauderbach (6), Bollinger (9) and Hastings.
YVCC highlights: Schoonover 8 IP, 3 Ks, 7 hits; Tyler Berman 3-5, 2b; Roeman Fields 3-5; Ryan King 2 RBI; Dustin Stround RBI; J.R. Weigel 2-4, 3b.

CWU splits with Western Oregon

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Palmer Brown pitched a five-hitter with three strikeouts and no walks Saturday as Central Washington knocked off first-place Western Oregon 4-2 in the first game of a GNAC baseball doubleheader.

The Wolves won the second game 6-2.

Brown, a senior, squared is record at 3-3 as Brady Kincannon, Daniel Kathman and Brett Bielec had two hits each.

Kathman was 3 for 3 in the second game for CWU (5-21 GNAC, 12-28 overall). Prior to the opener, the Wolves (18-4, 28-12) had won 15 straight against Central.

The Wildcats are scheduled to complete their home schedule today with a noon doubleheader against Western Oregon.

Game 1

W. Oregon    000 200 000 — 2 5 3
Central          020 110 00x — 4 10 1
Ward, MacDougal (8) and Chiarelli; Brown and Kathman.
CWU highlights: Brady Kincannon 2-4, 2b; Daniel Kathman 2-4; Brett Bielec 2-2.

Game 2

W. Oregon     401 000 1 — 6 7 2
Central           001 010 0 — 2 11 5
Nobles, MacDougall (7) and Chiarelli; Long and Kathman.
CWU highlights: Kelly Gau 2-4; Chaz Ocbina HR; Kathman 3-3; Nate Wallen 1-3, HR.

PREP BASKETBALL

Area teams advance at Showcase

BELLEVUE — The Yakima and Tri-Cities basketball teams advanced Saturday to the semifinals of the WIBCA Showcase at Bellevue Community College.

The Yakima squad, coached by Eisenhower’s Brad Schultz, defeated Eastern Washington 2 64-59 and Southwest Washington 80-40.

Grandview’s Daniel Nielsen scored 17 points in each game. Ellensburg’s David Jacobs had 14 points in the first game and his Bulldogs teammate Reece Ravet had 16 in the second contest.

Tri-Cities, coach by West Valley’s John Kinloch, topped Eastern Washington 1 87-60 and Olympia 94-73.

Sunnyside’s Israel Manzo had 17 in the first game.

The tournament concludes today.

COLLEGE FASTPITCH

Treasure Valley sweeps YVCC

Treasure Valley belted three home runs in the opener, and two pitchers combined on a five-hitter in the second game as the Chukars swept Yakima Valley 7-5 and 3-1 in an NWAACC East Region fastpitch doubleheader Saturday at Dunbar Field.

Hannah Hester had two hits and a run in the opener, and Chelsey Ganuelas had two hits and scored the lone run in the second game for Yakima Valley (7-15 region, 17-20-1 overall).

Game 1

Treasure Valley   010 130 2 7 11 0
Yakima Valley    000 002 1 — 3 9 1
Hutchinson, Christman (7) and Harrison; Kranz and Ganuelas.
YVCC highlights: Sarah Moquin 1-4; Danielle Porter 1-3, run; Samatha Boelter 1-3, RBI; Tori Slobig 1-3, RBI; Hannah Hester 2-3, run; Hannah Kranz 2b; Chelsey Gunuelas 1-2, RBI; Hollie Lamb 1-2, run.

Game 2

Treasure Valley    100 200 2 — 5 9 0
Yakima Valley       000 010 0 — 1 5 5
Garn, Hutchinson (7) and Harrison; Stout and Kelly
YVCC highlights: Slobig 1-3; Hester 1-3; Ganuelas 2-3, run; Megan Kelly 1-3.

PASCO, Wash. — Yakima Valley’s baseball winning streak has ended, and in a big way.

The Yaks, who’d won all 14 games since losing the second game of a March 30 doubleheader to Columbia Basin, dropped two to the Hawks on Wednesday, 10-3 and 4-2 on CBC’s field.

The sweep reduced YVCC’s East Region lead over Columbia Basin to one game.

CBC (14-4 region, 24-10 overall) came out scoring against Yakima Valley (15-3, 21-6), which was ranked second in the most recent NWAACC poll released Monday.

The Hawks followed a three-run first inning by scoring seven in the second. That was more than enough for starting pitcher Kody Young, who scattered six hits and struck out five through 8 2/3 innings.

Brian King had three of YVCC’s hits — two singles and a double — while Trevor Dallman was 2 for 4 and had two RBI.

Columbia Basin’s Cole McPherson hit a two-run homer in the second inning of the second game, and the Hawks added two more runs in the fourth.

Roeman Fields and Tyler Berman had two hits apiece for Yakima Valley, which managed only single runs in the third and seventh.

Game 1

Yakima Valley 000 100 002 — 3 6 2
Columbia Basin 000 370 00x — 10 9 2
Fife, Garrett (5), Schmit (7) and Chavarria; Young, Garza (9) and McPherson.
YVCC highlights: Brian King (YVCC) 3-4, 2b; Trevor Dallman (YVCC) 2-4, 2 RBI.

Game 2

Yakima Valley 001 000 100 — 2 7 0
Columbia Basin 020 200 00x — 4 8 0
Welton, Druffel (6) and Kerns; Acker, Garza (6), Minnich (8) and McPherson.
YVCC highlights: Roeman Fields (YVCC) 2-5, run; Tyler Berman (YVCC) 2-2, 2 bb, RBI.

Central-UPS postponed

TACOMA, Wash. — Central Washington’s non-league baseball game with Puget Sound was postponed Wednesday due to a forecast of inclement weather.

The Wildcats (11-27) are scheduled to meet UPS (16-15) at 4 p.m. today.

COLLEGE FASTPITCH

Hadenfeld lauded, CWU moves up

ELLENSBURG, Wash. — Lauren Hadenfeld was named NCAA Division II national pitcher of the week Wednesday and Central Washington moved up two spots to eighth in this week’s West Region poll.

Hadenfeld, a senior with an 18-6 record and 2.01 earned run average, was honored by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.

She has won her last 11 decisions and is 10-0 with a 1.32 ERA during CWU’s 15-game winning streak.

The Wildcats (19-5 GNAC, 25-11 overall) swept a doubleheader last week at Western Washington and hold a two-game conference lead over the Vikings, who were fourth in this week’s poll.

Central can secure its second straight D-II playoff berth by successfully defending its GNAC championship. The Wildcats visit Montana State Billings today for a conference doubleheader.

PREP BASEBALL

Chiawana completes win

YAKIMA, Wash. — In a resumption of a protested game from last week, Chiawana held its 6-4 lead through the final inning to beat Eisenhower on Wednesday and conclude its CBBN 4A sweep.

The Cadets, who have a bye during the league’s final round on Friday, finished 3-9 in league play and are hoping to get in a playoff for the final district berth. Wenatchee, Moses Lake and Chiawana are tied for fourth at 3-7.

PREP FASTPITCH

CBBN 3A

HANFORD 13-13, SUNNYSIDE 0-1: At Sunnyside, Wash., Cricket Louie had four RBI in the opener and Remy Bradley scored four runs in the second game as the Falcons leveled their league mark at 5-5.

Game 1

Hanford 111 82 — 13 8 2
Sunnyside 000 00 — 0 1 5
Bradley and Nash; Sustaita, Cornwell (4) and Chumley.
Highlights: Cricket Louie (H) 2-3, 3b, 4 RBI.

Game 2

Hanford 363 01 — 13 10 1
Sunnyside 000 01 — 1 5 0
De La Paz and Nash; Garza and Chumley.
Highlights: Remy Bradley (H) 2-2, 2b, sb, 4 runs, RBI; Maria Olivera (S) 2-2; Hannah Fernandez (S) 2-2; Marquisa Sustaita (S) 1-2, RBI.

PREP BOYS SOCCER
SCAC

ROYAL 2, HIGHLAND 1: At Cowiche, Wash., the Knights held off a late rush by Highland to keep a share of the league lead.

The Scotties are in fourth place at 6-5 with their league finale at Kiona-Benton on Saturday.

First half: 1, Royal, Luis Esquivel (Adam Martinez), 5:22; 2, Royal, Shaq Ledezma, 19:27.
Second half: 3, Highland, Alfonso Cervantes, 60:17.
Saves: Lupe Arceo (R) 5, Antonio Gonzalez (H) 1.

TUESDAY CLARIFICATIONS: Due to information provided by other sources, two goal scorers were misidentified. West Valley’s goal against Kennewick was scored by David Ellis and assisted by Jesus Esquivel, and Toppenish’s goal against Wapato was scored by Alex Betancourth.

PREP TENNIS
CWAC
Selah boys 3, Quincy 2

Singles: Garrett Van Dyke (Q) d. Jordan Shaffer 6-3, 6-4; Josh Shepard (S) d. Samuel Gregg 6-2, 6-2.

Doubles: Adam Wilson-Joe Avalos (Q) d. Ethan Willard-Peter Ripplinger 6-4, 6-4; Joe Godina-Kenny Blehm (S) d. James Bensch-Marco Hernandez 6-1, 6-1; Connor Henning-Cassidy Beebe (S) d. Miguel Tapia-Sonny Fregoso 5-7, 6-3, 6-3. Record: Selah 3-4 league.

Selah girls 5, Quincy 0

Singles: Ashley Bond (S) d. Ciara Rasmussen 3-6, 6-0, 6-4; Megan Schrenk (S) d. Sara Rigby 6-2, 6-2.

Doubles: Kaiti Dell-Taylor Silverthorn (S) d. Claudia Valenzuela-Blanca Corona 6-4, 6-2; Hannah Russell-Brianna Butler (S) d. Ashley Breeden-Rhyna Diaz 6-0, 6-0; Whitney Bertelsen-Kaly Barthlow (S) d. Antonia Valenzuela-Caitlin Silk 6-0, 6-0. Record: Selah 7-0 league.

East Valley boys 4, Wapato 1

Singles: Sam Johnson (EV) d. Luis Delgado 6-1, 6-4; Cameron Snyder (EV) d. Audel Rosas 6-1, 6-0.

Doubles: John Olsen-Austin Wilson (EV) d. Miguel Mandac-Gerardo Valencia 6-0, 6-1; Joe Garza-Francisco Reyes (W) d. Amrit Khinda-Spencer Klein 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-2; Garrett Rhynes-Stephen Aiken (EV) d. Joel DeLaTorre-Jerwin Garcia 6-1, 6-1. Record: EV boys 6-1 league.

East Valley girls 3, Wapato 2

Singles: Holly Grimm (EV) d. Alexia Botello 6-0, 6-2; Roslyn Perrault (EV) d. Michelle Cachero 6-0, 6-1.

Doubles: Lizette Melendez-Stephanie Velasco (W) d. Samantha Simmons-Emma Jo Scherschligt 7-5, 6-2; Daniela Solano-Nakota Strom (W) d. Leilani Edgar-Amy Wilson 6-1, 6-0; Ashleigh Eckert-Anna Fallstrom (EV) d. Isabel Alvarado-Alina Gutierrez 6-1, 6-1. Record: EV girls 4-3 league.

Toppenish boys 3, Grandview 2

Singles: Ryan Rodriguez (G) d. Emmanuel Rodriguez 6-1, 6-2; Ezequiel Zamora (G) d. Martin Cantu 6-0, 6-0.

Doubles: C.J. Stauffer-Gavin Reynolds (T) d. Angel Lopez-Stevan Ramirez 6-3, 6-4; Ricardo Palmas-Nick Huylar (T) d. Ivan Campazano-Abel Reyes 7-6 (7),1-6, 6-4; Reymundo Enciso-Enedeo Garza (T) d. Marcus Morales-Chris Galvan 6-0, 6-4.

Toppenish girls 5, Grandview 0

Singles: Leslie Avalos (T) d. Jessica Hernandez 6-2, 6-0; Yessica Regis (T) d. Ana Herrera 6-4, 6-4.

Doubles: Bailey Huylar-Vania Zuno (T) d Mayra Escareno-Sandra Hudon 6-2, 6-3; Araceli Aguilera-Andrea Padilla (T) d. Sadie Wyatt-Victoria Chambers 6-4, 6-1; Beatriz Graciano-Sussana Cruz (T) d. Gabby Avalos-Karissa Carpenter 6-3, 6-2.

SCAC
Zillah boys 3, Burbank 2

Singles: Troy Dunbar (Z) d. Rodney Butler, 6-2, 6-1; Aaron Kelly (Z) d. Tyler Lott, 6-1, 6-0.

Doubles: Jose Godoy-Mike Cardenas (Z) d. Mikey Mosqueda-Ben Zabarouskas, 6-7, 6-2, 6-4; Damian Tracy-Juan Gonzalez (B) d. C.J. Schuster-David Kelly, 6-3, 0-6, 6-2; Burbank won No. 3 doubles by forfeit.

Burbank girls 5, Zillah 0

Singles: Haley Butler (B) d. Felina Razey, 7-5, 2-6, 7-5; Alyssa Hope (B) d. Naomi Campbell 6-1, 6-1.

Doubles: Sydney Erickson-Jacki Linja (B) d. Madeline Dunbar-Elizabeth Fernandez, 6-2, 6-2; Marlen Castellanos-Marina Garcia (B) d. Genesis Rodriguez-Kiersten Ritchie, 7-6, 6-4; Jaky Calzadillas-Julie Mosqueda (B) d. Lizbeth Rodriguez-Brianna Limam 1-6, 6-2, 6-0.

PREP GOLF
Suncadia Girls Invite

Team scores — Top 3: Burlington-Edison 357, Bellingham 362, Glacier Peak 386. Locals: West Valley 419, Highland 447, Selah 454, East Valley 455, Ellensburg 474, Cle Elum 498, Wapato 528.

Medalist: Lauren Atkinson (B-E) 82.

Top locals: Lillian Mitchum (H) 99, Krista Nagle (WV) 101, Katie Gibbs (EV) 103, Brooklyn Wood (WV) 103, Haley Gredvig (H) 105, Kassie Hampton (H) 105, Miranda Swanson (WV) 106, Taylor Jones (Se) 107, Allyson Ingraham (EV) 107, Cassy Burns (Se) 107, Michelle Baluca (Wap) 109, Kendyl Comiskey (WV) 109.

CWAC
GIRLS
At Black Rock Creek

Team scores: Othello 404, Wapato 460, Prosser inc.

Medalist: Paulie Garza (O) 94.

Wapato: Jennifer Cruz 111, Michelle Baluca 113, Diana Baluca 114, Annie Milne 122. Prosser: Alex Riojas 95.