Mid-Columbia roundup, March 19: Andrews’ monster day gets Richland softball two wins

Brandi Andrews went 7-for-7 with three home runs, three doubles and 12 RBI’s, and pitched her way to a couple of victories as the Richland High School softball team earned blowout wins over Emerald Ridge and Coeur d’Alene on Saturday at Columbia Playfield.

“We took third at state last year, and that’s how she was hitting at state,” Richland coach Casey Emery said of Andrews. “She just picked up right where she left off. She’s just a junior, and we’re really excited that we’re going to have her for two more years.

“Even back when April Utecht was here, and she went on and is playing at Oregon, I don’t remember her ever having a day like this.”

In the first game, Andrews hit two two-run bombs and a two-RBI single, and gave up just one hit and a walk in her three innings in the circle, to lead the Bombers to a 15-0 mercy-rule win over Emerald Ridge.

Emily Garza accounted for four runs by going 4-for-4 with a double and a triple for Richland (2-0), and Sydney Perryman scored twice and drove in one in her 2-for-3 performance. Kaylie Northrop threw two perfect innings of relief.

Andrews kept her impressive day rolling with three doubles and a grand slam in Richland’s 13-5 win over Coeur d’Alene in the second game.

The Bombers led 6-4 in the fifth when Journey Dewey ripped a triple to plate Baylei Ozuna, then Dewey scored on a single by Meghan Callaway to make it a four-run lead. Perryman and Miranda Camacho helped load the bases in the next two at bats, which set the stage for Andrews’ third dinger of the day to put the game out of reach at 12-4.

The doubleheader was a part of the Richland Softball Mixer, which pairs Mid-Columbia Conference teams with visiting squads from around the Pacific Northwest. Twelve varsity teams competed at the event this year.

CHIAWANA 10, KENNEWICK 2: Annalisa McKinney went 3-for-4 at the plate with a home run and a double, and pitched four innings of perfect relief to lead the Riverhawks to a win in nonconference play at Columbia Playfields.

Morgan Hirai went 2-for-3 with a triple and accounted for six runs, and Haley Cartenga had a double, triple and two RBI’s.

CHIAWANA 6, POST FALLS 1: Malie Bishop made just one mistake in the circle, which resulted in a solo home run by Abby Melton, but was otherwise dominant, scattering six hits and striking out five while going the distance to get the win for the Riverhawks in nonconference play.

McKinney drove in three runs and Anisa Garcia went 3-for-3 with two runs scored for Chiawana.

WALLA WALLA 12, COEUR D’ALENE 2 (5): Kamryn Coleman accounted for three runs on offense and delivered a five-inning gem in the circle to lead the Blue Devils to a nonconference win at Columbia Playfields.

Meghan Yenney drove in three runs and scored three times, and Emma Case had two RBI’s and two runs scored.

WALLA WALLA 4, POST FALLS 3: Coleman gave up just three hits and didn’t allow an earned run as she went the distance to get the Blue Devils a nonconference win at Columbia Playfields.

Post Falls put two runs on the board in the top of the first, But Lauren Hoe and Coleman teamed up to drive in three runs in the bottom of the fifth to give Walla Walla the only lead it would need.

KAMIAKIN WINS 2: Andria Skeels hit two doubles, drove in four runs, and picked up the win, striking out nine in a 10-0 win over Emerald Ridge.

AyJay Mulholland went 3-for-3 with a triple, two RBIs and scored three times as the Braves needed just five innings for the nonleague win.

Against Hanford, Mya Moore worked six innings, striking out seven.

Kamiakin (2-0) scored five of their runs off wild pitches, and another off an error.

Annie Polster led the Falcons, going 2-for-3 with a triple.

CENTRAL VALLEY 13, HANFORD 8: The Bears pounded out 10 hits, and took advantage of 10 walks, en route to a nonleague win over the Falcons.

Gabby Turner had two hits and drive in two runs for Hanford.

PROSSER 23-22, GRANDVIEW 18-18: The Mustangs got off to a slow start, trailing 8-0 after two innings in the first game, but eventually exploded for a 45-run day to sweep the host Greyhounds in a high-scoring CWAC doubleheader.

Ahlee Yanez collected four hits and scored five times for Prosser.

Alysia Garcia led Grandview, reacing base and scoring eight of the 10 times she came to the plate.

OTHELLO 11-12, EPHRATA 3-5: The Huskies pounded out 20 total hits and got some nice pitching performances to capture a sweep in their season-opening doubleheader in CWAC play.

Niki Velazquez was a menace at the plate and on the base paths in both games, going 4-for-6 and stealing six bags.

Ausidey Sauceda was the winning pitcher in the first game, as she struck out seven Tigers. She also had a double at the plate in the first game, and went 3-for-5 with two triples and a double in the second.

Paulina Nunez was the winning pitcher in the second game.

KIONA-BENTON 18-16, COLUMBIA-BURBANK 3-0: Tegan Carlson went 6-for-6 with three extra-base hits and five RBI’s on the day, and the Bears enforced the five-inning mercy rule against the host Coyotes in both halves of an SCAC East doubleheader.

Carslson — who went 3-for-3 in each game — had a home run in the first game, and Mackenzie Momoplie went 4-for-4 with four RBI’s. Ki-Be pitcher Katie Rheinschmidt gave up a two-run homer to Haylee Flowers in the first, but was fairly dominant from there, giving up just three hits and striking out 10.

Carlson laced a couple doubles and drove in three runs in the second game, and Yvonne Burnett went 2-for-3 with a homer and three RBI’s. Taylor Monk threw a no-hitter and struck out eight.

WARDEN 11-17, COLLEGE PLACE 9-7: First baseman Amanda Contreras hit two home runs in the fifth inning of the second game to help the host Cougars sweep the Hawks in SCAC East action.

Contreras led off the fifth with a solo shot to break a 7-7 tie, then blasted a three-run shot later in the inning as Warden (2-1, 2-0 SCAC) went on to win 17-7 in six innings.

In the opener, Jizelle Pruneda struck out nine and Joselyn Chagoya hit a home run and drove in two runs.

BASEBALL

KENNEWICK 11, POST FALLS 1 (5): Trent Sellers went 3-for-4 with two doubles and had a hand in scoring four runs, Cooper Shelby tossed a five-inning gem while reaching base all three times he came to the plate, and the host Lions dismantled the Trojans in nonconference action.

Tim Gee and Easton Stevens accounted for three runs each for Kennewick, which scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth to enforce the mercy rule.

KAMIAKIN 5, EVERGREEN 0: Nick Irwin scattered four hits over six innings of work to lead the host Braves to a nonconference win.

Nolan Degarmo drove in three runs, two of which came on a fielder’s choice in the fifth that capped the scoring.

POST FALLS 12, KAMIAKIN 11 (8): Nate Buer scored the game-winning run in the top of the eighth on an error, and the visiting Trojans topped the Braves in a nonconference, extra-innings thriller.

Kamiakin led 7-3 after four innings, but a six-run fifth put Post Falls in the driver’s seat. Kamiakin took another lead, 10-9, heading into the seventh, which Post Falls reclaimed with a two-run frame.

Tyson Brown extended the game for Kamiakin with an RBI single to plate Brady Bush in the bottom of the seventh.

Kamiakin’s Payton Flynn reached base on an error to lead off the bottom of the eighth, but Post Falls’ Wyatt Setian set the Braves down in order from there to strand the potential tying run.

SOUTHRIDGE 18, UNION 1 (5): Jake Harvey went 4-for-4 and accounted for five runs, and also threw an inning of perfect relief to lead the host Suns to a blowout win in nonconference play.

Lane Hailey only had one hit but made it count, delivering a grand slam in Southridge’s 11-run bottom of the fourth. Mason Martin followed with a solo shot to right.

RICHLAND 9, EASTMONT 2: Casey Perryman launched a homer and accounted for six runs as the Bombers built an early lead that was never threatened by the Wildcats in nonconference play.

Adam Weissenfels and Josh Ellis each had two hits and accounted for three runs. Weissenfels and Perryman combined to swipe five bases.

FERRIS 15, RICHLAND 8: Brock Bozett paced a relentless Saxons’ offensive attack, going 2-for-3 with a triple, four RBI’s and two runs scored, and Ferris used an early lead to lock up a nonconference win over the host Bombers.

Josh Mendoza hit a double and drove in three runs for Richland. Kevin Augustine went 2-for-4 and accounted for three runs.

Five players had multi-hit games for Ferris, which pounded out 16 hits in total. The Saxons led 10-0 in the middle of the second inning.

PASCO 2-12, HERITAGE 1-3: Joel Gier delivered a two-out, walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh to drive in Anthony Cruz and give the host Bulldogs their first win of the season in the first game of the nonconference doubleheader.

Pasco trailed 1-0 going into its last at bat. Zeff Rivas led off the inning with a base hit up the middle, moved to third on a double by Cruz and scored the tying run by stealing home.

The Bulldogs’ offense put it all together against Heritage’s second-game starter Jalen Hardesty, as they put up eight runs in the bottom of the first and four in the fourth.

Five Bulldogs had multi-hit games and Rivas went the distance on the mound, giving up three runs on eight hits.

HANFORD 6, PENDLETON 2: Gage Young went 3-for-4 with a three-run home run and an RBI double, and the Falcons pulled away late for a comfortable nonconference win at home.

Shane Martin fired four innings of relief for Hanford and gave up just three hits and one run.

KENNEWICK 10, EVERGREEN 0: Trent Sellers pitched five innings, striking out nine, and the Lions belted four doubles in a nonleague win over the Plainsmen.

Sellers, Blake Loftus and Tim Gee drove in two runs each for Kennewick.

EAST VALLEY 14-15, PROSSER 0-1: The Mustangs couldn’t get much of anything going, as they mustered just five hits in falling in a CWAC doubleheader against the Red Devils.

Max Hagler had four hits on the day and accounted for seven runs, and Nick Hagler went 5-for-6, scored five times and drove in three.

KIONA-BENTON 7-24, COLUMBIA-BURBANK 3-11: Lino Rivera pitched seven innings, striking out 14 to lead the Bears to a victory in the first game of an SCAC doubleheaders against the host Coyotes.

Clayton Johns hit a double and drove in three runs for Ki-Be.

In the second game, Ron Lewis hit a home run and drove in six runs for the Bears, while Clayton Johns went 4-for-4 with two doubles and three RBIs.

RIVER VIEW 17-19, WAHLUKE 4-2: The Panthers put on a hitting clinic, plating 36 runs on 22 hits in their doubleheader sweep of host Wahluke in SCAC East play.

In the first game, Kolton Anderson accounted for five runs and stole five bases, Trevor Lechelt threw three shutout innings and drove in three runs at the plate, and the Panthers rolled to a five-inning, mercy-rule win.

Angel Graneles pinch hit for the Warriors in the fourth and got them on the board with a two-run double, and later scored on a wild pitch.

River View led just 6-2 after four innings in the second game, but a 13-run top of the fifth quickly made it a 17-run affair and eventually forced the five-inning mercy rule.

Anderson, Dreyden Drevers and Spencer Weatherby each accounted for four runs.

CONNELL 4-2, ROYAL 1-4: Solid pitching was on display as the Eagles and Knights split a season-opening SCAC East doubleheader in Connell.

Kaden Jenks went the distance in the first game loss for Royal, giving up four runs and three hits in six innings. Sawyer Jenks pitched a complete game in the second half of the double header and picked up the win, giving up just two runs on three hits.

Tristen Garland led Connell, collecting two of the team’s six hits and pitching four shutout innings between the two games.

Track and field

Walla Walla’s Mitchell Jacobson won the high jump and the triple jump at the Sweeney Invitational in Lewiston, Idaho.

The Walla Walla boys finished second in the team standings with 102.5 points, just behind host Lewiston with 106 points.

The Wa-Hi girls were third with 106 points. Post Falls took the team title with 120 points.

Jacobson cleared 6 feet, 8 inches in the high jump, 10 inches better than the second-place jumper.

In the triple jump, Jacobson soared 44-4 1/2, nearly 3 feet better than the next man.

Wa-Hi’s Jared McAlvey finished second in the 110 hurdles (17.36 seconds), while the 4x200 relay team was second in a time of 1:34.64.

Kenneth Rooks of College Place ran to a second-place finish in the 800 (2:03.06).

For the girls, Wa-Hi’s Kendal Tyler and Hannah Gardner finished 3-4 in the 400 meters,while Erika Leinweber was third in the 3,200 (11:47.30), and Abigail Snyder second in the 300 hurdles (49.20).

SOCCER

HANFORD 5, SOUTHRIDGE 0: Ross Kieffer scored twice, Moamel Abdali assisted on one of those scores and converted a penalty kick, and the visiting Falcons rolled to a victory in MCC play.

Brandon Alexander made five saves to keep the Suns off the board.

WALLA WALLA 1, CHIAWANA 0: Fernando Ortiz scored the game’s only goal, and Angel Montero pick up the shutout with three saves as the host Blue Devils beat the Riverhawks in Mid-Columbia Conference play.

OTHELLO 4, WAPATO 0: Juan Tapia scored twice, and Irvin Sandoval and Juan Orozco found the back of the net as well to lead the visiting Huskies to a nonconference win over the Wolves.

Jose Gomez and George Navarrete combined to make five saves to get the second shutout of the season for Othello (3-0). The Huskies have scored 17 goals in three games.

PROSSER 2, EAST VALLEY 1: Uriel Mendoza scored the winning goal on a penalty shot in the 82nd minutes as the host Mustangs beat the Red Devils.

East Valley (2-2) opened the scoring in the 29th minute with a header by Fabian Kirby off a corner kick. Prosser (2-1) tied the score in the 76th minute with a goal by Aaron Gutierrez.

ROYAL 4, GRANGER 0: Playing their fourth game in eight days, the Knights still had enough gas left in the take for a home win over the Spartans.

Michael Rojas had a goal and an assist for Royal, while CJ Quintero had a quiet day in goal as Granger mustered zero shots on goal.

The Knights (4-0) open SCAC East play Monday at Warden.

ZILLAH 3, KIONA-BENTON 1: Pablo Medina scored two goals to help the Leopards to a home win over the Bears.

Vidal Rivera scored Kiona-Benton’s lone goal, while Sebastian Sota had five saves in goal.

TENNIS

This story was originally published March 19, 2017 at 1:44 AM with the headline "Mid-Columbia roundup, March 19: Andrews’ monster day gets Richland softball two wins."