Wednesday, Apr. 22, 2009

Softball roundup: Kennewick holds off Richland 2-1

By the Herald staff

RICHLAND -- Kennewick squeezed out a pair of runs in the top of the sixth inning and edged Richland 2-1 in a nonleague game at Columbia Playfield.

C.J. Elgin scored the Bombers' lone run in the bottom of the sixth on an RBI double by Ramey Chambers.

Kennewick 000 002 0 -- 2 2 1

Richland 000 001 0 -- 1 6 4

Hunter Mullaly and Sara Bakos; Kelsey Jager and Emily Mills. Highlights--Mullaly (K) K; Stephanie Voigt (K) R; Amanda Hall (K) R; Jager (R) 4K; C.J. Elgin (R) SB, R; Ramey Chambers (R) RBI 2B.

Southridge 16, Hanford 5

RICHLAND -- Caitlin Klepper struck out 12 and also drove in a pair of runs as Southridge won at Hanford in nonleague play.

Southridge 470 030 2 -- 16 16 2

Hanford 140 000 0 -- 5 8 6

Caitlin Klepper and Heather Worley; Hannah Garza, Danae DeVine (3) and Emily Fine. Highlights--Klepper (S) 12K, 2x5, 2B, 2 RBI; Katie Lowery (S) 3x4, 3R, 2 RBI; Worley (S) 4x4, 2 2B, 2R, 2 RBI; Kacie Sams (S) 2x4, 4R; Mo Smith (S) 2x4; Jessica Albertson (H) 2x3, 2R; Stacey Stanhope (H) 2x4. Sou 10-4 overall.

Othello 25, Davis 0

Davis 000 00 -- 0 2 2

Othello 686 5x -- 25 19 0

Julia Gonzales and Dathne Asher; Eden Garza, Julissa McKerlie (4) and Alyssa Martinez. Highlights--Stephanie Rodriguez (D) 3B; Martinez (O) 4x4; Kylee Mollotte (O) 3x4; Miranda Martinez (O) 3x4, 2B; Lindsay Garza (O) 2x3; E. Garza (O) 2x4; Lorena Garza (O) 2x2, 2 2B; Brenda Rodriguez (O) 2B.

River View 16-4, Burbank 0-3

FINLEY -- Lexie Hess scampered home and beat out the throw on a bases-loaded grounder to the shortstop by younger sister Haley with none out in the seventh, giving River View an SCAC East sweep of visiting Columbia (Burbank).

Lexie Hess tossed a five-inning two-hitter in the opener.

Burbank 000 00 -- 0 2 5

River View 643 3x -- 16 11 0

Kristyn Long and Grace Kirkelie; Lexie Hess and Chani Brisby. Highlights--Hess (RV) 7K, 0BB; Brisby (RV) 2x2, 2B, 2 RBI, 3R; Jalissa Hutchins (RV) 2x3, 2B, 3 RBI.

Burbank 100 200 0 -- 3 2 3

River View 000 003 1 -- 4 5 1

No outs when winning run scored. Nicole Roberts and Ashley Zuhlke; Haley Hess, L.Hess (5) and Brisby. Highlights--Long (B) 3B, RBI; Hutchins (RV) 2B, RBI. Burbank 3-7 overall.

Connell 26-23, Wahluke 0-0

Wahluke 000 00 -- 0 1 5

Connell (10)24 (10)x -- 26 17 0

Kasandra Wilkerson and Elizabeth Sandoval; Debbie Molsbarger and Shanika Sawyer. Highlights--Molsbarger (C) 14K.

Wahluke 000 00 -- 0 0 2

Connell 896 0x -- 23 26 0

Wilkerson and Sandoval; Kate Hawk and Sawyer, Shannon Jorgenson (2). Highlights--Hawk (C) 10K.

Royal 6-3, Ki-Be 2-8

Royal 230 001 0 -- 6 5 2

Kiona-Benton 001 001 0 -- 2 9 7

K. Werlinger and B. Guadarrama; Jessica Small and Sheridan McDonald. Highlights--D. Callahan (R) 3B; Ali Hirschi (KB) 3B; McDonald (KB) 2x3, 2B; Small (KB) 6K.

Royal 000 200 1 -- 3 6 2

Kiona-Benton 210 014 x -- 8 13 2

Werlinger and Guadarrama; Kili Brundridge and McDonald. Highlights--Callahan (R) 2x4, 2B; S. Seeley (R) 3x3; Sara Vannoy (KB) 2x4, 2B; Hirschi (KB) 2x3, 2R HR; Small (KB) 3x4, 2B; Brundridge (KB) 2x3; Michelle Ward (KB) 2x2, 2B.

Cle Elum 6-1, Warden 2-5

Warden 000 200 0 -- 2 0 4

Cle Elum 600 000 x -- 6 2 5

Jenny Guerra, Randi Wright (4) and Sanda Castoreno; Hailey Bator and Ka. Jones. Highlights--Wright (W) 6K, Guerra (W) 3K.

Warden 100 010 3 -- 5 10 1

Cle Elum 000 100 0 -- 1 4 3

Wright and Castoreno; Soderstrom and Jones. Highlights--Castoreno (W) 4x4, 3R; Wright (W) 2x4, 10K; Cassandra Kisler (W) 2x3, 3 RBI; Amanda Martinez (W) 3B; Kaitlyn Yamane (W) 2 RB.

Southeast 2B/1B

T-O/R 7, Lib. Christian 5

Tek-Oak/Rosalia 010 030 3 -- 7 8 4

Liberty Christian 101 021 0 -- 5 5 3

Simms and Hodges; Koopman and Lindquist. Highlights--Hodges (TOR) 2B, HR.

Garfield-Palouse 1, Dayton 0

Dayton 000 000 0 -- 0 4 3

Garfield-Palouse 100 000 x -- 1 3 0

Michelle Barker and Bilhe Marshall, Nicole Lockard (4); R. Witthuhn and Lopez. Highlights--Witthuhn (GP) 12K.