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Sunday, May. 11, 2008
Baseball roundup: Othello claims CWAC's No. 3 state berth
By the Herald staff
SELAH -- Othello survived a pair of loser-out games, defeating Ephrata 8-6 and avenging an earlier tournament loss to Ellensburg, beating the Bulldogs 11-5 to earn the CWAC's No. 3 state berth.
The Huskies, headed to state for the first time since 2004, travel to Chehalis to face the host team, W.F. West, in next Saturday's regional round.
Othello 8, Ephrata 6
Othello 010 241 0 -- 8 8 4
Ephrata 220 000 2 -- 6 3 1
Isaiah Suarez, Michael Garza (7) and Sean Valdez; Brett Robinson, D. Webb (6) and Bazaldza. Highlights--Jacob Scott (O) 3x4, 2 2B, HR, 2 RBI; J.P. Underhill (O) 3-run HR.
Ellensburg 15, Prosser 1
Prosser 001 000 0 -- 1 1 3
Ellensburg 416 301 x -- 15 16 1
Christian, Romero (5) and Finn; Stanavich, Dunlop (7) and Morris. Highlights--Cam Mowry (E) 4x5; Dan Stanavich (E) 2x4, 3 RBI; Tyler Morris (E) 3x3, 3B, 2 RBI; Kevin Thompson (E) 2x3, RBI; Ben Luce (E) 3 RBI.
Othello 11, Ellensburg 5
Othello 206 012 0 -- 11 16 2
Ellensburg 300 020 0 -- 5 9 3
M.Garza and Valdez; Sterkel, Dunlop (4), Farrell (6) and Morris. Highlights--Scott (Oth) 3x4, 2B, 3 RBI; M.Garza (Oth) 3x5, 3B, 2B, RBI; Matt Herbert (E) 2x4; Ethan Sterkel (E) 2x4, RBI.
SCAC districts
MOSES LAKE -- Lucas Forgey outdueled Connell's Morgan Heiman --helped along with three unearned runs -- as Naches Valley won the SCAC district title, 3-1 at Larson Field.
Naches takes the No. 1 seed to the regional round of state next Saturday in Wenatchee.
Connell, the second seed, will be back in Moses Lake along with Warden, which defeated Goldendale 12-5 in a seeding game after eliminating River View 5-4 earlier in the day.
Kiona-Benton earlier was eliminated 1-0 in eight innings by the Timberwolves. Blake Lesko singled off the fence with two out and the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth to score the only run.
Naches 3, Connell 1
Naches Valley 000 101 1 -- 3 4 0
Connell 010 000 0 -- 1 6 3
Lucas Forgey and Brandon Gilespe; Morgan Heiman and Wes Jenks. Highlights--Noe Marroquin (C) 2B; Tom Wilcox (N) 2B.
Warden 5, River View 4
River View 000 020 2 -- 4 6 4
Warden 001 400 x -- 5 8 1
Dennin Harding and Cody Wilson; Arte Reyes and Robert Pruneda. Highlights--Cody Greenwalt (RV) 2B; Josaiah Joiner (RV) 2B; Brendan Hoch (RV) 2B; Pruneda (W) 2x4; Reyes (W) 5 Ks, 2x3, 3RBI, 2B, 3B; Paul Martinez (W) 3x3.
Warden 12, Goldendale 5
Warden 140 115 0 -- 12 11 1
Goldendale 210 100 1 -- 5 7 3
Abraham Mendiola, Geo Flores (5) and Robert Pruneda; Austin Ross and Aaron Cohnran. Highlights--Reyes (W) 3x5, HR, 3RBI; Drew Jesse (W) 3x4, 2RBI; Flores (W) 2x3, 3RBI
Goldendale 1, Ki-Be 0
Kiona-Benton 000 000 00 -- 0 4 0
Goldendale 000 000 01 -- 1 9 3
Corey Brundridge, Anthony Pace (6) and Jesse Henderson; Nick Dohrman and Aaron Cochram. Highlights--Cochram (G) 2x4, 2B; Kyle Hamilton (G) 2x4, 2B.
BML 2B districts
WALLA WALLA -- Matt Wujek singled home the winning run in the bottom of the eighth inning as DeSales defeated Waitsburg-Prescott 11-10 to grab the Blue Mountain's No. 2 seed to the 2B state tournament.
Borleske Stadium
T-O-R 040 002 3 -- 9 6 2
W-P 204 210 1 -- 10 10 4
Zach Young and Jared Hereford; Matt Tucker, Kolby Weston, Ryan Mason (6) and Colby Mayberry, Josh Wilson (6). Highlights--Lucan Gerke (WP) HR.
W-P 332 020 00 -- 10 13 3
DeSales 013 060 01 -- 11 9 4
Tucker, Mayberry (5) and Brannock; Kevin Baffney, Nick Hazeltine (2), Pat Richard (4), Matt Wujek (5) and Wujek, Marcus Fazzari (5). Highlights--Tucker (W) 3H, HR; Weston (W) 2H; Wujek (D) 3B; Fazzari (D) 3B; Hazeltine (D) 3B.
BML 1B districts
Center fielder Joey Haggberg threw out the potential tying run at the plate for the final out of the game, preserving Touchet's 4-3 win over Pateros in the winner-to-state game of the BML 1B tournament at Gesa Stadium.
Garfield-Palouse 200 021 3 -- 8 8 2
Touchet 400 100 0 -- 5 5 2
Brock Slocum and Tyson Palmer; Brian Pisca and Marshall Byerley. Highlights--Jordan Palmer (GP) 3x4, 3 RBI; Byerley (T) 2x3, RBI; Miguel Preciado (T) 2-run 2B; Pisca (T) 14K, 3BB.
Pateros 200 010 0 -- 3 7 5
Touchet 100 210 x -- 4 6 2
Brandon Harvey and Andy Cook; Kelsey Cardwell and Byerley. Highlights--Roger Anderson (P) 2x4, 2B; Kyle Richardson (P) 2x3, RBI; Byerley (T) 2x4; Pisca (T) RBI 3B; Cardwell (T) RBI 2B, 4K, 1BB.
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