Sunday, May. 17, 2009

Roundup: Wa-Hi rolls to 4A district softball title

By the Herald staff

RICHLAND -- Alexis Bobadilla allowed only three hits and Tarynn Fortune hit a grand slam to lead Walla Walla to its first district softball title since 1999, routing Kennewick 12-0 in the CBBN 4A championship game Saturday at Columbia Playfield.

Eryn Nelson hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the seventh to give Kennewick an 8-7 win over Richland in the semifinals.

"It was a see-saw battle," Kennewick coach Dave Giancola said of his team's win over Richland. "Richland got ahead, we battled ahead and they battled back. It wasn't over until the final swing ... the right hitter, the right pitch and the right results -- that's what put us into the winner's championship round."

Kamiakin eliminated CBBN Columbia top seed Southridge 2-0 in the first game of the day and eventually finished as the No. 6 regional seed, losing to Richland 4-1 in the seeding game.

The top six teams advanced to the 4A Eastern Regonals next weekend in Yakima.

Championship game

Kennewick 000 00 -- 0 3 0

Walla Walla 204 6x -- 12 12 0

T.Bakos, Mullaly (4) and Nelson, S.Bakos (2); Bobadilla and Reardon. Highlights--Ashlen Ayers (K) 2x3; Tarynn Fortune (WW) 2x4, grand slam HR; Jill McDaniels (WW) 2x4, 2 2B.

Richland 100 041 1 -- 7 6 1

Kennewick 000 310 4 -- 8 10 4

Kelsey Jager and Emily Mills; Taylor Bakos and Erin Nelson. Highlights--Nelson (K) 2x4, walk-off 3R HR in bottom of 7th with 1 out; Amanda Hall (K) 3x4, 2R, RBI; Sara Bakos (K) 3x4, 2R, RBI.

Pasco 000 000 0 -- 0 4 1

Moses Lake 000 220 x -- 4 2 0

Kirk and Tome; Stoltman and Gonzales. Highlights--Stoltman (ML) 13K.

Kamiakin 000 001 1 -- 2 8 0

Southridge 000 000 0 -- 0 6 0

Kamphius and Miracle; Klepper and Worley. Highlights--W.Hunter (K) 2x4; Wilde (K) 3B; Olson (K) 2x3; Miracle (K) 3x3; Lowery (S) 2x4; K.Sams (K) 2x3; Ingalls (K) 2x3.

Eastmont 000 100 0 -- 1 3 1

Walla Walla 002 004 x -- 6 4 0

Andrus and Ellis; Ambler and Reardon. Highlights--Bobadilla (WW) 2x3, 2 2B; Ambler (WW) 8K.

Richland 200 000 0 -- 2 7 2

Moses Lake 100 400 x -- 5 8 0

Jager, Sparks (4) and Mills; Stoltman and Gonzales. Highlights--Walters (R) 2x4, R; Chambers (R) 2x4; Stoltman (ML) 10K.

Eastmont 002 012 3 -- 8 12 2

Kamiakin 040 001 0 -- 5 8 0

Andrus and Ellis; Kamphius and Miracle. Highlights--Ellis (E) 2B; Larimer (E) 3x4; Wilde (K) 2x4; Olson (K) 2x4, 2B; Miracle (K) 2B.

Eastmont 050 032 3 -- 13 13 2

Moses Lake 000 200 0 -- 2 3 0

Andrus and Ellis; Richardson and Gonzales. Highlights--Sandhop (E) 3x5, 2B; Jeffris (E) HR.

Richland 011 000 2 -- 4 5 0

Kamiakin 000 100 0 -- 1 4 1

Jager and Mills; Martell and Miracle. Highlights--Walters (R) 2x4; Elgin (R) 2x4; Wilde (K) 2B.

Hanford 5, West Valley 1

Alissa Prewett went 2-for-2 with a triple and three RBIs as Hanford won its first district title since 2003, beating West Valley in the CBBN 3A championship game in Richland.

The Falcons earned a bye into the semifinals of next weekend's 3A Eastern Regional tournament on their campus.

West Valley 100 000 0 -- 1 6 2

Hanford 001 022 x -- 5 6 2

Emily Harpel, Molly Rubidoux (6) and Madison Roberts; Hannah Garza and Emily Fine. Highlights--Jessica Albertson (H) 3x4, SB; Alissa Prewett (H) 2x2, 3 RBI, 3B.

Mountain View 3-1, Hermiston 1-3

HERMISTON -- Andrea Waters posted three RBIs for Hermiston in the nightcap as the Bulldogs split an Intermountain twinbill with Mountain View.

Mountain View 002 000 1 -- 3 6 1

Hermiston 000 100 0 -- 1 6 1

Mac Bateman and Whitney Bigby; Lindsey Walchli and Courtney Howard. Highlights--Kallee Padilla (H) 2x3.

Mountain View 000 000 1 -- 1 5 2

Hermiston 010 200 x -- 3 7 1

Kim Ridder and Erin Bent; Lindzey Ramos and Howard. Highlights--Walchli (H) 2B; Andrea Waters (H) 2x3, 3 RBI. Herm 6-21, 4-17 IMC.

Warden 10-1, Ki-Be 0-2

WARDEN -- Charlene Lumpkins hit a two-out RBI single in the seventh inning to score Michelle Ward, giving Kiona-Benton the win it needed to keep its season alive in SCAC East play.

With the split, the Bears forged a tie with Columbia (Burbank) for fourth place in the final standings, requiring a tiebreaker game Tuesday at River View for the final district berth.

Kiona-Benton 000 00 -- 0 2 1

Warden 110 53 -- 10 13 0

Two outs when 10-run rule invoked. Jessica Small and Sheridan McDonald; Randi Wright and Sandra Castoreno. Highlights--Sylvia Valdez (KB) 2B; Cassandra Kisler (W) 2B; Jenny Guerra (W) 3x3, 2B; Castoreno (W) 2B, 3x3, 3 RBI, 3 R; Kacey Kisler (W) 2x3; Eliza Pruneda (W) 2x2; Wright (W) 6 Ks.

Kiona-Benton 000 000 2 -- 2 3 1

Warden 000 010 0 -- 1 6 2

Kili Brundridge and McDonald; Wright and Castoreno. Highlights--Castoreno (W) 3B; Wright (W) 7 Ks.

Connell 14-13, Burbank 0-0

Columbia (Burbank) hung with Connell for five innings in the opener of their SCAC East twinbill in Burbank, but the Eagles exploded for 12 runs in the sixth inning and never looked back in sweeping the regular-season finale for both teams.

Connell 002 00(12) -- 14 12 0

Burbank 000 000 -- 0 1 4

Debbie Molsbarger and Shanika Sawyer; Nicole Roberts and Chelsea Riehle. Highlights--Molsbarger (C) 15K, 0BB, 2x4, 2B, 3 RBI: Kayla Bernsen (C) 3x4; Katie Hawk (C) 2B.

Connell 353 20 -- 13 9 0

Burbank 000 00 -- 0 2 6

Molsbarger, Hawk (4) and Sawyer; Kristyn Long and Ashley Zuhlke, Riehle (4). Highlights--Molsbarger (C) 3IP, 1H, 3K, 0BB, 2x4, 2 RBI; Yessenia Vergara (C) 3x4, 3B, 4 RBI. Bur 9-10.

River View 29-17, Wahluke 0-2

River View (13)81 43 -- 29 24 0

Wahluke 000 00 -- 0 0 7

Lexie Hess and Chani Brisby, Demi McGill (5); Cassandra Wilkerson, Amelia Cardnas (2) and Elizabeth Sandoval. Highlights--L.Hess 10 Ks, 1 BB, 2nd no-hitter this year; Jalissa Hutchins (RV) 3x4; Brisby (RV) 4x4, 4 RBI; Teri Thompson (RV) 3x5.

River View 682 01 -- 17 20 1

Wahluke 002 00 -- 2 2 3

Haley Hess and McGill; Wilkerson and Sandoval. Highlights--Brisby (RV) HR; Sadie McKee (RV) 3x3; Katie Westfall (RV) 4x4; Hattie Johnson (RV) 3x3; H.Hess (RV) 13 Ks; Wilkerson (W) 2 RBI.