Roundup: Pasco soccer tops CV in shootout, on to title game

Soccer

The Pasco Bulldogs beat playoff nemesis Central Valley 3-2 in a shootout late Friday night to secure a berth in Saturday’s 4A state championship game at Sparks Stadium in Puyallup.

Pasco will play Todd Beamer at 5 p.m. for the title. Beamer beat Glacier Peak 3-2, also in a shootout.

Jesus Meraz Rodriguez and Edwin Aquino scored for Pasco, which had lost five consecutive playoff games to CV before Friday night’s win. Nathan Martinez and Oscar Cortez had assists.

Frank Moreno had two saves in goal for the Bulldogs and also stopped a penalty kick in regulation and two more in the shootout.

Wahluke beat Cascade 1-0 in the 1A semifinals at Sunset Chev Stadium in Sumner.

The Warriors will play for the state title at 3 p.m. Saturday against Overlake.

Softball

RICHLAND OUSTED: The Bombers’ stay at the 4A tournament in Spokane ended with a 7-0 loss to Jackson in their third game of the day.

The game was scoreless until Jackson erupted for four runs in the fourth and two more in the fifth..

Earlier, Brandi Andrews threw a two-hit shutout, and the Bombers hung eight runs on the board in the seventh inning to finally put away Auburn-Riverside 11-0 in a loser-out game.

Clarissa Lopez went 4-for-4, and Aspyn Johnson and Amanda Brown each drove in a pair of runs.

In their first game of the day, Richland lost to Camas 9-7. The Bombers got plenty of offense late in the game, including Andrews’ fifth-inning grand slam that pulled Richland to within 6-5.

Sydney Perryman doubled and scored on Miranda Camacho’s single in the bottom of the seventh, and Camacho later scored on Kaylie Northrop’s hit. But the rally came up short.

WALLA WALLA SURVIVES: When they needed it the most, the Blue Devils were at their offensive best, rolling over Tahoma 15-3 in a consolation game at the 4A tournament.

Emma Sweet had a pair of hits, drove in three runs and scored twice to help spark the offense, and Kamryn Coleman gave up just four hits in a game shortened to five innings.

Walla Walla will play Jackson at 10 a.m. Saturday in another loser-out game and is two wins away from playing in the third-fourth game.

Earlier, the Blue Devils never quite recovered from an early four-run deficit and couldn’t overcome six errors in an 8-6 quarterfinal loss to Inglemoor.

Lauren Hoe doubled and scored twice for Wa-Hi, which outhit Inglemoor 9-8.

In their opener, the Blues Devils rallied for a pair of runs in the fifth, and Coleman threw blanks over the final four innings after surviving some early trouble in a 6-4 win over South Kitsap.

The scored was tied heading into the bottom of the fifth when Sweet drew a one-out walk, stole second, moved up on Josie Sweet’s single and scored on a error. One out later, Selina Atkinson singled to left to score Josie Sweet.

TRI-CITIES PREP: The Jaguars got their bats going in the consolation bracket but couldn’t pull out the victory, losing 8-6 against Asotin to end their stay at Kiwanis Park in Yakima.

Alyssa Monteon went 2-for-2 with a double, an RBI and two runs scored. Lexi Peenstra, Valarie Nunez and Sammi Thornton also had two hits apiece.

The Jaguars lost their opener 14-0 to Napavine, with Thornton’s single their only hit.

CLASS 2A (in Selah): Othello lost 1-0 to Port Angeles in the first round but bounced back with a 6-3 victory over Ridgefield. They played White River on Friday night in another loser-out game..

CLASS 1A (in Richland): College Place prevailed 15-12 over Chimacum in a wild first-round game before losing to La Center 6-3.

Warden fell to Bellevue 11-3 in its opener but bounced back for a 7-4 win over Deer Park.

Both College Place and Warden faced another round of loser-out games Friday night.

Kiona-Benton lost its opener 10-1 to Colville and then fell 7-4 to Cle Elum.

Tennis

Class 4A (in Richland): Richland’s Nathan Lipton and Gray Evans are into Saturday’s semifinals, winning a tough three-setter 6-4, 6-7 (2), 6-4 over Bothell’s Aditya Lyer and Joe Yamauchi. Lipton and Evans won their opener 7-6, 6-2 and will face Union’s Andrew Chanthavong and Alex Calpagiu in the semis.

Hanford’s Will Thompson won his opening boys singles match 7-6 (1), 6-3 over Curtis’ Jonathan Carlson. But he lost a tough three-setter in the quarters (4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-1 to Issaquah’s Derek Chao) and then fell 6-4, 6-2 to miss out on a shot at placing.

On the girls side, Richland’s Quinci Fisher traveled a similar path. She won her opener 6-3, 7-5 but lost in the quarters to Newport’s Teagan Mach 6-3, 6-2 and then to Olympia’s Ali Topp 6-0, 6-1 to just miss out on the match for fourth/seventh.

Class 3A (in Kennewick): Kennewick’s doubles team of Robbie Fiocchi and Nathan Webster lost in the consolation bracket one match short of placing, 6-3, 6-1.

Fiocchi and Webster won their opener 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 before losing in the quarters 6-0, 6-0.

Southridge’s Daniel Cancado won his opener 6-4, 6-1 but lost his next two matches and is out of the singles bracket. Cancado lost a tough quarterfinal 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 and then fell 6-0, 6-2 playing for a shot to place fourth/seventh.

Kamiakin’s Tan Nguyen lost his singles matches 6-1, 6-1 in the opener and 6-2, 6-1 in the consolation bracket.

Class 2A (in Seattle): In boys doubles, Collin Freeman and Kyler Villarreal of Othello bounced back from a first-round loss (6-4, 6-1) to win 6-4, 6-4 in the consolation bracket. They were playing Friday for a shot at fifth/eighth.

The Huskies’ girls tandem of Tanaya Anderson and Katie Walker was playing Friday evening for fifth/eighth berth as well. They lost 6-3, 6-2 in the first round before winning 6-1, 6-3.

Othello’s Zoee Roylance went 0-2 in girls singles, losing 6-0. 6-0 and 6-1, 6-1.

Class 1B/2B/1A (in Yakima): Connell’s duo of Colin Poe James Colclasure lost a close match in the opener, 7-5, 6-4, and then fell 63, 6-2 in the consolation bracket.

Track

CLASS 1A: Connell’s Seer Deines placed second in the boys discus in Cheney, with a top mark of 154 feet, 4 inches. Jared Boswell of Deer Park won the event at 162-6. Daniel Rizin of Kiona-Benton placed seventh (141-9), following up a seventh in the javelin (164-6).

On the girls side, Royal’s Maggie Day placed fifth in the pole vault (10-6).

Baseball

TRI-CITIES PREP 4, NAPAVINE 3: Chase Wilson’s RBI single scored Landon Amato for the go-ahead run in the sixth inning — a text-book case of manufacturing a score — and the Jaguars advanced to the 2B championship game at Wheeler Field in Chewelah.

Tri-Cities Prep will put its perfect season on the line Saturday when it faces Colfax in the championship game at 1 p.m.

Sam Harlow drew a one-out walk to get things started in the sixth. Amato came on to run for the catcher and moved up on a passed ball. That allowed Colin Dickson to bunt him over to third, setting the table for Wilson’s single on a grounder through the right side of the infield.

Prep only had five hits on the day, but pitcher Jared Hartwig didn’t issue any walks in his complete-game effort, and the Jaguars made just two errors to minimize the damage in the field.

This story was originally published May 26, 2017 at 9:11 PM with the headline "Roundup: Pasco soccer tops CV in shootout, on to title game."