Mid-Columbia roundup: Pasco soccer loses 2-1 in 4A championship
The Pasco Bulldogs’ bid for a third state soccer title to add to the trophy case came up short Saturday after a 2-1 loss to Todd Beamer in the 4A championship game at Sparks Stadium in Puyallup.
JJ Allen scored for Beamer on a penalty kick 9:33 into the second half, and the Bulldogs were never able to pull back to even, despite getting off nine shots in the second half.
David Uribe gave Pasco a quick lead, heading in a free kick from Joel Valle just three minutes into the contest.
Mark Filimonov scored unassisted for Beamer at 14:47 to even the score.
Frank Moreno had two saves in goal for Pasco, which outshot Beamer 13-6.
1A CHAMPIONSHIP: Nathan Cunningham scored on a corner kick at the end of the first half as Overlake handed Wahluke a 1-0 loss at Sunset Chev Stadium in Sumner.
Wahluke keeper Ulysses Gonzalez made seven saves as the Warriors were outshot 8-2.
Baseball
Twice on Saturday afternoon the Tri-Cities Prep baseball team had the answer when put to the test by Colfax in the 2B state championship game.
But the third time just wasn’t meant to be as the Jaguars lost 5-3 in nine innings to the Bulldogs at Wheeler Field in Centralia.
Logan Mercado drove in all of Prep’s runs with a sacrifice fly in the fourth and a two-run homer in the eighth. Both times, the Jaguars rallied back from deficits.
But Colfax loaded the bases with one out in the top of the ninth and pushed across runs on a single and a walk. This time, the Jaguars weren’t able to get a rally started, going 1-2-3 in the bottom of the inning.
Trent Mercado threw a marvelous game for Prep, which was playing in its first championship game. He gave up just two earned runs and seven hits in seven innings of work.
Colfax | 100 | 000 | 022 | — | 5 | 9 | 0 |
Tri-Cities Prep | 000 | 100 | 020 | — | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Highlights: TCP, Trent Mercado 7IP-7H-2ER-0BB-4K; Jacob Amato 3B; Logan Mercado 2x3, HR, 3 RBI, R.
Softball
WALLA WALLA OUT IN 4A: The Blue Devils lost to Monroe 9-8 to end their run at the state tournament in Spokane, finishing game short of playing for third/fourth. Earlier, they beat Jackson 6-1.
Selina Atkinson went 3-for-4 and drove in three runs for Wa-Hi against Monroe. The Blue Devils led 5-0 after 2 1/2 innings and 6-2 before Monroe hung six on the board in the bottom of the fifth.
Wa-Hi rallied for two in the top of the seventh on an outfield error to tie the game. But Monroe got the walk-off single in the bottom of the frame.
Against Jackson, Alexis Barreras had a double and two RBIs to spark a nine-hit attack. Kamryn Coleman gave up one run and four hits in her seven innings in the circle.
Walla Walla | 221 | 100 | 2 | — | 8 | 11 | 2 |
Monroe | 002 | 060 | 1 | — | 9 | 9 | 3 |
Highlights: WW, Lauren Hoe 3B, R; Kamryn Coleman 2x3, 2R; Emma Sweet 2x4, RBI, R; Selina Atkinson 3x4, 3 RBI.
Walla Walla | 003 | 030 | 0 | — | 6 | 9 | 1 |
Jackson | 001 | 000 | 0 | — | 1 | 4 | 2 |
Highlights: WW, Coleman 7IP-4H-1R-3BB-7K, 2B, RBI, R; Alexis Barreras 2B, 2 RBI; Josie Sweet 2x4, 2B, RBI, R; Meghan Yenney 2x4, 2R; Emma Sweet 2x3, RBI, R.
STATE 2A (at Carlon Park, Selah): Othello’s tournament was ended by a 9-4 loss to Tumwater.
Tennis
Richland’s duo of Nathan Lipton and Gray Evans placed third in 4A boys doubles Saturday at Hanford High School.
Lipton and Evans beat Miko Curry-Edwards and Andrew Boupharath of Kentwood 6-3, 6-2 in the deciding match.
After going 2-0 on Friday, the Richland pair started Day 2 with a three-set loss in the semifinals: 6-4, 1-6, 7-5 to eventual champions Andrew Chanthavong and Alex Calpagiu of Union.
CLASS 2A (in Seattle): Othello’s Tanaya Andreson and Katie Walker placed eighth, losing 6-0, 6-1 in their deciding match to Nicole Howeard and Mikayla Kee of Tumwater.
This story was originally published May 27, 2017 at 3:43 PM with the headline "Mid-Columbia roundup: Pasco soccer loses 2-1 in 4A championship."