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YAKIMA -- Marc Garza led Othello to the 2A state baseball semifinals Saturday, tossing a complete-game victory in a 6-4 first-round win over Cheney and then driving in seven runs in a 9-4 quarterfinal win over Pullman at Davis High School.
Garza went 3-for-4 with pair of home runs -- one of them a grand slam -- against Pulllman and scattered three hits against Cheney.
Lee Gomez and Jakob Scott combined for four hits and three runs for the Huskies in the quarterfinal win.
Cheney 022 000 0 -- 4 3 2
Othello 001 212 x -- 6 6 2
Lowe, Walker (6) and Hennessy; Marc Garza and Shon Valdez. Highlights--Ma.Garza (O) R, 4K; Shon Valdez (O) RBI; Jakob Scott (O) R; Chris Brunetti (O) 2 R.
Pullman 003 100 0 -- 4 4 1
Othello 104 004 x -- 9 13 2
AJ Thierren, N.Scourney (6) and Alec Scourney; Isaiah Suarez, Mike Garza (6) and Valdez. Highlights--A.Scourney (P) 2x4, R; Ric Garza (O) R; Lee Gomez (O) 2x4, 2 R; Ma.Garza (O) 3x4, 2R HR, GS, 7 RBI; Scott (O) 2x3, 2B, R, RBI; Suarez (O) 8K; Mi. Garza 4K.
Class 3A regionals: Mount Rainier 11, Hanford 3
YAKIMA -- Hanford scored three runs in the top of the third to tie its game with Mount Rainier, but the Rams answered back with four runs in the bottom of the frame and never looked back en route to a win over the Falcons in a state-tournament, first-round game at Parker Field.
"We made some things happen. Got two guys on base, stole some bases ... got ourselves right back in the game," Hanford coach Tom DeWitz said of the third inning rally. "(The four runs Mt. Rainier scored in the third) were all unearned. We made an error and they capitalized."
Travis Chalk led Hanford with two hits.
Hanford 003 000 0 -- 3 4 2
Mount Rainier 304 121 x -- 11 11 1
Dan Schiebe, Kyle Saueressig (2), James Landen (6) and Chance Beebe; McDermitt and Bonafacio. Highlights--Travis Chalk (H) 2x4; Brad Elzie (H) 2B.
Class 1A regionals: River View splits
MOSES LAKE -- River View's season came to a screaming halt, literally, with an 8-3 loss to Naches Valley in the 1A state quarterfinals.
Panthers slugger Nate Remillard hit a ball out of the park with one out in the bottom of the seventh, but dislocated his right knee in the batters box and wound up being called out when he was unable to get around the bases.
Coach Brian Eisenbarth said Remillard was taken to the hospital -- his knee later popped back in on its own -- and the game finally concluded after an hour delay. Eisenbarth said Remillard was willing to have the Naches players carry him around the bases -- la Central Washington softball -- but the Rangers declined.
Earlier, River View beat Okanogan 8-5 in 10 innings, thanks to back-to-back doubles by Remillard and Tyler Burnett.
River View 001 001 102 3 -- 8 10 2
Okanogan 000 000 302 0 -- 5 10 4
Gage Nicholson, Dennin Harding (7) and Tanner Bates; T.J. Gilman, Joe Townsend (10) and Zach Chiles. Highlights--Nate Remillard (RV) 1x4, 2B; Tyler Burnett (RV) 2x6, 2B; Nicholson (RV) 2x5, 2B; Bates (RV) 3x6; Jordan Cox (RV) 2x5; Jason Vanderweide (O) 3x3, 2B.
Naches Valley 120 320 0 -- 8 12 2
River View 210 000 0 -- 3 5 4
Tom Wilcox and Brandon Gilespe; Brenden Hoch, Terry Tracy (6), Remillard (7) and Bates. Highlights--Ethan Flory (NV) 2x4, 3B; Joe Mills (NV) 4x5, 2B, 4 RBI; Wilcox (NV) 2x4, 3B, 2 RBI; Adam Ranger (NV) 2x4, 2B; Jordan Cox (RV) 2x3.
Freeman 9, Columbia-Burbank 3
WENATCHEE -- Neal Schuck tripled and Dylon Smith doubled, but it wasn't enough as Columbia-Burbank lost to Freeman in the first round of the 1A state tournament.
Freeman 026 001 0 -- 9 13 0
Burbank 201 000 0 -- 3 4 3
Barnes and Sullivan; Schuck and Ireland. Highlights--Schuck (B) 3B; Smith (B) 2B.
Cashmere 11, Connell 1
WENATCHEE -- Cashmere's Trevor Davis put the breaks on Connell's season, tossing a one-hitter and slugging a pair of doubles in the 1A first-round state game.
Connell 100 000 0 -- 1 1 2
Cashmere 430 013 x -- 11 10 1
Morgan Heiman and Ethan Dillon; Trevor Davis and unknown. Highlights--Ethan Dylan (Con) 1x4; Davis (Csh) 7IP-1H-12K, 2x3, 2 2B, 3R.
Class 2B regionals: DeSales in state semifinals
YAKIMA -- Pat Richard had a triple and two RBIs for DeSales in an 8-4 victory over St. George that earned the Irish a trip to the Class 2B state semifinals.
DeSales will now face Napavine at 7 p.m. Friday at Parker Field in Yakima.
Nick Klicker hit a grand slam and Kyle Lindgren drove in five runs as the Irish handed a 14-11 defeat to Colfax in a first-round state game.
DeSales (10)00 202 0 -- 14 11 2
Colfax 050 003 3 -- 11 11 2
Nick Klicker, Victor Mata (7) and Matt Wujek; Hoadley, Huber (7) and Van Trease. Highlights--Klicker (D) GS; Kyle Lindgren (D) 5 RBI.
DeSales 211 022 0 -- 8 7 2
St. George 100 010 2 -- 4 8 5
Pat Richard and Wujek; Dickson, Anderson (6) and Hauff. Highlights--Richard (D) 3B, 2 RBI.
Class 1B regionals: Touchet in state title game
YAKIMA -- Tuff Goble fired a no-hitter and struck out three as Touchet earned its spot at the Class 1B state championship with a 5-0 victory over defending state champion Lake Quinault.
Touchet got to the state semifinal by defeating Wishkah Valley 4-1 earlier in the day. Kelsey Cardwell scattered two hits and struck out seven as the Indians won.
Wishkah Valley 000 100 0 -- 1 2 3
Touchet 112 000 x -- 4 4 3
Seth Nelson and Josh Talevich; Kelsey Cardwell and Marshall Byerley Highlights--Cardwell (T) RBI, 7K; Gus Rodriguez (T) RBI.
Touchet 100 300 1 -- 5 8 0
Lake Quinault 000 000 0 -- 0 0 2
Tuff Goble and Byerley; Christiansen, Mayton (5) and Buffington. Highlights--Saul Martinez (T) RBI; Rodriguez (T) RBI; Matt Kates (T) 2 RBI; Goble (T) 3K.
Lake Quinault 9, TC Prep 3
YAKIMA -- Missing standout pitcher and top hitter Will Hoppes, Tri-Cities Prep just didn't have the firepower to stay with Lake Quinault in a 1A first-round state game.
Hoppes hyperextended his elbow last week running the bases after throwing a one-hitter against Colton.
Tri-Cities Prep 110 000 1 -- 3 4 4
Lake Quinault 401 031 x -- 9 8 2
Jarrod Ver Steeg and Troy Redmann; Chris Christiansen, Michael Mayton (5), Taylor Allen (6) and Ethan Buffington. Highlights--Jon Wallin (LQ) 3x3, 2B; Christiansen (LQ) 3x3; Evan Kruschke (TCP) 2x3, R.
