Mid Columbia preps roundup: Chiawana, Hanford to meet in regional soccer final
SOCCER
CHIAWANA 2, MEAD 1 (SO): Summer Yates scored an equalizing goal in the 62nd and the Riverhawks won a 4-3 shootout against the Panthers at Spokane Falls Community College.
After winning its first two games of the regional tournament, Chiawana will play Hanford for the championship and No. 1 seed to state on Thursday.
“We’re really excited to move on, and obviously we have a lot of respect for Hanford and what they’ve done,” Chiawana coach Rich Zoller said. “I can’t say enough about what my girls have done the last couple of weeks.”
Alisha Ramos saved both of the shots Mead missed in the shootout, and Zoller said she was a big reason why the Riverhawks were able to hang on for the victory.
“It was huge, it wasn’t just in the shootout, she had an outstanding game,” Zoller said.
Kylee Alvarez, Yates, Alexa Neff and Lyndsey Ellingsen scored in the shootout for Chiawana.
Scoring: C, Summer Yates G; Macey Morales A. M, Katie Kuka G. Shots: M 12, C 6. Saves: M, Bailey Thompson 2; C, Alisha Ramos 7.
HANFORD 3, CENTRAL VALLEY 2: Dani Mendoza scored two goals, and Ellie Harlow scored the game-winner on a penalty kick, as the Falcons beat the Bears in MCC/GSL regional action at Hanford High School.
The Falcons (15-3), who have won 12 games in a row, last qualified for state at the 3A level in 2010.
Scoring: H, Dani Mendoza 2; Ellie Harlow G; Taylor Matheny A; CV, Kaelyn Barnes 2G. Shots: CV 15, H 11. Saves: CV, Jenna Lauer 5; H, Kelsee Winston 8.
SOUTHRIDGE 7, NORTH CENTRAL 0: Morgan Nelson had two goals, and Kayleen Sambrano and Kelly Brown each had a goal and an assist to lead the Suns to a home win over the Indians in a 3A bi-district semifinal.
Tiara Valadez recorded the shutout for Southridge (15-2), which will host Kamiakin Tuesday in the bi-district championship game (time TBA).
North Central moves on to face Mt. Spokane in an elimination match Tuesday.
Scoring: S, Morgan Nelson 2G; Kayleen Sambrano 1G, 1A; Kelly Brown 1G, 1A; Savannah Brown 1G; Emily Russell 1G; Kambree Gadish 1G; McKaley Goffard 2A; Haley Thomas 2A; Kendall Pope 1A. Shots: NC 2, S 30. Saves: NC 7. S, Tiara Valadez 1.
RICHLAND 1, LEWIS & CLARK 0 (SO): Kiara Litka saved 14 shots in regulation and two in the shootout to record a clean sheet and keep the Bombers alive in the GSL-MCC regional tournament.
Lauren Moore, Josie Corbin, Megan Hougen and Katie Sinclair scored in the shootout for Richland.
The Bombers will play Mead at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Joe Albi Stadium in another loser-out game.
Scoring: None in regulation. Saves: R, Kiara Litka 14; LC, not reported.
KAMIAKIN 5, MT. SPOKANE 1: Paige Savage scored two goals and Aaliyah Valladares chipped in one goal and three assists as the Braves cruised to an MCC/GSL regional victory over Mt. Spokane on a rainy afternoon at Spokane Falls Community College.
“Aaliyah, I think has been playing better and better,” Braves coach Chris Erikson said. “She played well Wednesday, too. She is really stepping up and doing a good job for us in the midfield.”
Kamiakin (12-6) will play at Southridge on Tuesday in the regional title game.
Scoring: K, Maddie Morgan (Aaliyah Valladares); Valladares (Izzy Conover); Emma Johnson; Paige Savage (Valladares); Paige Savage (Valladares). MTS, Sierra Poquette G. Shots: K 13, MTS 7. Saves: K, Grace Wilbur 6; MTS, Anna Boyer 3, Emily Nelson 3.
KIONA-BENTON 2, HIGHLAND 1: Ariel Loften scored two goals, including the game-winner with less than 10 minutes remaining in regulation, as the Bears held off the Scotties in the first round of the SCAC district tournament.
Ki-Be will host Connell on Tuesday.
The Bears (16-1) opened the scoring in the first half with Loften’s first goal, only to see the Scotties tie the score before the half.
Highland appeared to take a 2-1 lead midway through the second half, but the Scotties were offsides and the goal was disallowed.
Scoring: K, Ariel Loften 2G; Cierra Vickerman A; Breanna Govorukhin A.
Volleyball
3A BI-DISTRICT: Kamiakin lost to visiting Shadle Park 3-2, setting up a loser-out match at 2 p.m. next Saturday between the Braves and Southridge at Mt. Spokane High School.
Allison Stapleton had 17 kills, 13 digs and two blocks for the Braves (11-4).
Kamiakin coach Morgan Schauble singled out keys to victory against the rival Suns, with whom they split during the regular season.
“Just working hard and going out for defense and playing tough and playing with energy,” she said.
Shadle Park, which beat Kennewick 3-0 before taking on Kamiakin, will play Mt. Spokane for the bi-district title at noon next Saturday.
Southridge (11-5) swept Rogers 3-0 at Mt. Spokane Saturday, before falling to the host Wildcats 3-1.
SHADLE PARK 3, KAMIAKIN 2
Set scores: Shadle Park 25-16, 25-20, 19-25, 25-27, 15-8. Kamiakin: Allison Stapleton 17K, 2B, 13 digs; Carlee Rowell 17K, 1B, 2 digs; Jill Sands 15K, 14 digs; Leanna Shymanski 12K, 6B, 1 dig; Madison Judy 19 digs; Maddy Eerkes 3K, 47 assts, 11 digs.
SOUTHRIDGE 3, ROGERS 0
Set scores: Southridge d. Rogers 25-16, 25-15, 25-9. Southridge: Riley Hebdon 11K, 3 digs; Sophia Sumner 10K; Lindsay Wooley 8K, 18 digs; Lauren Beck 6K, 3B; Kamaile Moody 33 assts, 8 digs; 2 aces; Kayla Conrad 20 digs.
MT. SPOKANE 3, SOUTHRIDGE 1
Set scores: Mt. Spokane d. Southridge 22-25, 25-16, 25-21, 25-20. Southridge: Riley Hebdon 14K, 11 digs; Lauren Beck 9K; Lindsay Wooley 7K, 13 digs; Sophia Sumner 6K, 7 digs; Kamaile Moody 41 assts, 10 digs; Kayla Conrad 30 digs; Kennedy Conrad 14 digs; Shayla Hood 9 digs.
SHADLE PARK 3, KENNEWICK 0
Set scores: Shadle Park 25-23, 25-15, 25-15. Shadle Park: Josie Walser 9K, 18 assts; Sydney Rypien 9K; Sophia Votava 8 digs; Lindsey Schmidt 8 digs. Kennewick: Breanna Shaffer 9K, 11 assts; Kjerstin Manson 11 digs.
4A REGIONAL: Richland beat Ferris 3-1 and Pasco 3-0 at home to advance to the regional championship match.
The Bombers (16-0) will face Chiawana or Mead in the final at 3 p.m. next Saturday at Richland High School.
Pasco went 1-1 on the day in Richland, beating Central Valley 3-2 before losing to the host Bombers.
Catelyn Linke had 32 digs and 37 kills against CV, and Victoria Estes totaled 65 digs on the day for the Bulldogs (6-10). Emma Nieforth racked up 29 digs over the two matches.
Pasco coach Jackie Fluaitt said every girl on the court earned her spot during the week, including Nieforth, a senior who hadn’t seen much court time this season.
“The best players play,” Fluaitt said. “It’s a four-day competition. It’s not just like it’s a one-day deal. They have to compete every single day coming into practice.”
Pasco will face Gonzaga Prep at 1 p.m. next Saturday at Richland in a loser-out match. The Bulldogs must win three more matches to get the No. 2 seed to state.
In Spokane, Chiawana (9-6) beat Gonzaga Prep 3-2 to advance to the regional semifinal against Mead late Saturday.
Hanford (5-12) was eliminated after 3-0 losses to Mead and Gonzaga Prep.
Chiawana won its opening match in a five-set battle over Gonzaga Prep, but fell to a Mead team that won all six of the sets it played on Saturday.
PASCO 3, CENTRAL VALLEY 2
Set scores: Pasco 18-25, 25-15, 25-23, 20-25, 15-12. Pasco: Catelyn Linke 32 digs, 37K; Victoria Estes 37 digs; Emma Nieforth 18 digs; Bella Gutierrez 42 assts; Camri Iverson 8K.
RICHLAND 3, PASCO 0
Set scores: Richland 25-10, 25-19, 25-16. Pasco: Gutierrez 16 assts; Linke 8K, 21 digs; Mattie Mathews 6K; Estes 28 digs; Nieforth 11 digs.
CHIAWANA 3, GONZAGA PREP 2
Set scores: Chiawana 25-17, 12-25, 25-22, 20-25, 15-13. Chiawana: McKaidan Moore 23 kills, 8 digs; Ashtin Olin 13K, 28 assts, 18 digs, 4 blocks; Yaneli Garcia 6K; Mareesa Hill 7K; Olivia Childs 19 digs; Marissa Logozzo 22 digs.
MEAD 3, CHIAWANA 0
Set scores: Mead 25-15, 25-15, 25-23. Chiawana: McKaidan Moore 13K, 15 digs; Ashtin Olin 7K, 15 assists; Yaneli Garcia 4K; Mareesa Hill 4K; Marissa Logozzo 12 digs.
Swimming
LAST CHANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS: Paige Gardner swam a season-best time of 24.90 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle — easily under the Class 4A state qualifying standard of 25.25 — and helped host Walla Walla win all three relays.
The meet with Walla Walla, Kamiakin and Kennewick was not scored. It served as a chance to pick up additional qualifying times for next week’s Class 4A and 3A district meets in Kelso.
Kamiakin’s SaLee Westermeyer (200 free), Madison Thurber (100 free), Courtney Lewis (500 free) and Hannah Qunell (100 backstroke) earned victories. Walla Walla’s winners included Hallee Yaw (200 individual medley), Hannah Gordon (100 butterfly) and Hannah Gardner (100 breaststroke).
Team scores: Not scored; 200 medley relay: 1, Walla Walla A (Paige Gardner, Hannah Gardner, Hannah Gordon, Hally Ruff) 1:58.72; 2, Kamiakin A 2:05.16; 3, Kamiakin B 2:23.55; 200 freestyle: 1, SaLee Westermeyer (Kam) 2:12.98; 2, Franchesca Corpus (WW) 2:16.06; 3, Natalie Badgley (Kam) 2:23.62; 200 individual medley: 1, Hallee Yaw (WW) 2:34.56; 2, Emmalyn Lee (Kam) 2:47.96; 3, Sarah Wheland (Kam) 2:51.47; 50 freestyle: 1, P.Gardner (WW) 24.90 (SQ); 2, Ruff (WW) 25.35; 3, CeCe Sartor (Kam) 27.27; Diving: None; 100 butterfly: 1, Gordon (WW) 1:10.61; 2, Courtney Lewis (Kam) 1:13.45; 3, Badgley (Kam) 1:15.51; 100 freestyle: 1, Madison Thurber (Kam) 58.11; 2, H.Gardner (WW) 58.64; 3, Westermeyer (Kam) 1:00.28; 500 freestyle: 1, Lewis (Kam) 6:06.23; 2, Lacey Klem (WW) 6:12.89; 3, Courtney Schreiner (Ken) 6:33.74; 200 freestyle relay: 1, Walla Walla A (Ruff, H.Gardner, Gordon, P.Gardner) 1:46.14; 2, Kamiakin A 1:52.34; 3, Kamiakin B 2:02.31; 100 backstroke: 1, Hannah Qunell (Kam) 1:15.81; 2, Josi Romero (WW) 1:19.77; 3, Michaela Morris (WW) 1:22.48; 100 breaststroke: 1, H.Gardner (WW) 1:14.98; 2, Lilly Thurber (Kam) 1:16.56; 3, Naomi Heuer (Kam) 1:26.79; 400 freestyle relay: 1, Walla Walla A (Ruff, Corpus, Klem, P.Gardner) 4:02.44; 2, Kamiakin A 4:08.58; 3, Walla Walla B 4:49.30.
CLASS 2A DISTRICTS: Prosser’s Kaylyn Sanders earned a state berth by tying for third in the 50 free final in Pullman. Three state allocations were available out of each district event.
Sanders finished in a time of 26.52, the same as Pullman’s Camila Romero.
Prosser’s Ali Cox and Abby Cromwell, and Grandview’s Taylor Ebbelaar and Maxine Ocampo also swam in individual “A” finals at Gibb Pool.
Team scores (top three and locals): 1, Pullman 452.5; 2, Cheney 341; 3, Ellensburg 320; 5, Prosser 148.5; 7, Grandview 79; 200 medley relay (winner and locals in top eight): 1, Pullman A (Taylor McCoy, Isobel Gleason, Camila Romero, Caroline Brock) 1:55.24; 6, Prosser A (Ali Cox, Abby Cromwell, Rachel Blount, Kaylyn Sanders) 2:14.36; 7, Grandview A (Taylor Ebbelaar, Maxine Ocampo, Jaelei Grant, Felicia Pena) 2:22.28; 200 freestyle: 1, Ella Van Troba (Naches Valley) 1:55.99; 200 individual medley: 1, McCoy (Pul) 2:08.90; 50 freestyle: 1, Makenzie Norman (Che) 25.15; T3, Romero (Pul) and Sanders (Pro) 26.52; 100 butterfly: 1, Alexis Schmidt (Che) 1:00.93; 100 freestyle: 1, Norman (Che) 54.74; 7, Sanders (Pro) 1:04.47; 8, Cox (Pro) 1:04.61; 500 freestyle: 1, Krista Wilson (Ell) 5:08.91; 200 freestyle relay: 1, Pullman A (Brock, Emma Horstkamp, Romero, McCoy) 1:44.60; 6, Prosser A (Amaya Shafer, Blount, Brooklyn Shultz, Cox) 2:00.64; 7, Grandview A (Pena, Grant, Caitlin McGhan, Ebbelaar) 2:06.29; 100 backstroke: 1, McCoy (Pul) 56.10; 8, Ebbelaar (Gra) 1:15.06; 100 breaststroke: 1, Gleason (Pul) 1:12.43; 5, Cromwell (Pro) 1:23.26; 8, Ocampo (Gra) 1:28.26; 400 freestyle relay: 1, Ellensburg A (Molly Gage, Kelsey Powell, Katie Holt, Wilson) 4:00.00; 4, Prosser A (Cox, Blount, Shafer, Sanders) 4:27.87.
Cross Country
CWAC/GREAT NORTHERN LEAGUE REGIONAL: Prosser’s Nati VerMulm, Justice Newhouse and Christopher Lane quallified for the Class 2A state meet by finishing in the top 28 of their respective races.
Grandview’s Adrian Benitez finished 18th in the boys race to move on as well.
Selah won both the boys and girls team titles. Ellensburg’s Uhuru Hashimoto and Leah Holmgren went 1-2 in the girls race to lead the Bulldogs to a third place finish.
At Apple Ridge, Cowiche
3 miles
BOYS
Team scores (Top 4 to state): 1, Selah 65; 2, Cheney 66; 3, Pullman 69; 4, Ellensburg 70; 5, Prosser 152; 9, Grandview 245; 12, Othello 365.
Top finishers (Top 28 to state): 1, Jacob Nicholson (West Valley (Spokane)) 15:30.1; 2, Nate Jensvold (Ell) 15:33.8; 3, Ethan Green 15:40.0 (Ephrata).
Prosser: 19, Christopher Lane 16:34.7; 33, Max Wahl 16:58.3; 42, Bryce Martin 17:14.9; 43, Cristyan Zepeda 17:18.0; 44, Harrison Moore 17:19.3.
Grandview: 18, Adrian Benitez 16:30.8; 38, Adolfo DeRobles 17:09.7; 71, Kenneth Plaza 18:42.7; 72, Ian Campuzano 18:46.4; 77, Angel Morales 19:06.0.
Othello: 57, David Maldonado 18:07.0; 83, Alexis Silva 19:30.6; 85, Jeremy Mendez 19:34.9; 87, Ulises Neponunceno 19:53.6; 88, Christopher Melo 19:58.3.
GIRLS
Team scores (Top 4 to state): 1, Selah 59; 2, Pullman 60; 3, Ellensburg 76; 4, West Valley (Spokane) 110; 8, Prosser 196; 11, Othello 322.
Top finishers (Top 28 to state): 1, Uhuru Hashimoto (Ell) 18:22.6; 2, Leah Holmgren (Ell) 18:26.4; 3, Elyria Kabasenche (Pul) 18:32.9.
Prosser: 16, Nati VerMulm 19:51.1; 25, Justice Newhouse 20:17.5; 49, Hali VerMulm 22:34.5; 57, Natalie Norell 23:19.7; 58, Brenda Martinez 23:24.9.
Othello: 61, Brissia Valenciano 24:11.2; 70, Lori Gomez 26:05.5; 72, Georgia Bunch 26:58.1; 73, Iyalhye Barraza 27:01.5; 74, Yesica Neponuceno 27:04.9.
Grandview: 42, Alejandra Clara 21:57.1; 64, Lauren Binfet 24:27.7; 68, Patsy Villagrana 25:13.4
1B/2B DISTRICT 5/6 REGIONAL: Jacoby Wieber led a Tri-Cities Prep boys squad that took fourth in the team standings to earn an automatic berth to state.
Weiber finished 19th with an 18:31 and Thomas Mercer (18:39, 22nd) and Evan Sweeney (18:44, 23rd) were close behind. DeSales’ Daniel Ness won the race in 16:48 to qualify for state with teammate Maxwell Vandersloot (18:10, 14th).
The Tri-Cities Prep girls ran a nice race as well, with all five of their scorers finishing in the Top 20. However, the Jaguars failed to qualify for state as Liberty Bell put all seven of its runners in the Top 10 to claim the lone automatic state berth.
At Walla Walla Point Park, Wenatchee
3 miles
BOYS
Team scores (Top 4 to state): 1, Liberty Bell 33; 2, Tonasket 51; 3, Brewster 75; 4, Tri-Cities Prep 111; 8, Liberty Christian 203.
Top finishers (Top 28 to state): 1, Daniel Ness (DeSales) 16:48; 2, Garrett Wilson (Ton) 17:00; 3, Eli Nielsen (LB) 17:05.
Tri-Cities Prep: 19, Jacoby Wieber 18:31; 22, Thomas Mercer 18:39; 23, Evan Sweeney 18:44; 31, Scott Jacobs 19:06; 32, Trevor Middleton 19:10.
Liberty Christian: 18, Nathan Talbot 18:27; 45, Zachary Bowyer; 48, Remington Roque 20:33; 56, Tyler Tyrrell 21:04; 70, Ryu Muranushi 23:23.
DeSales: 14, Maxwell Vandersloot 18:10; 43, Ethan Haugen 19:55; 61, Dawson Neely 21:23.
GIRLS
Team scores (Winner to state): 1, Liberty Bell 17; 2, Tri-Cities Prep 64; 3, Tonasket 64; 4, White Swan 104.
Top finishers (Top 7 to state): 1, Novie McCabe (LB) 18:34; 2, Gretta Scholz (LB) 19:31; 3, Athena Milani (LB) 19:59.
Tri-Cities Prep: 12, Celeste Davis 22:12; 13, Elisabeth Cole 22:49; 14, Lauren Nies 22:57; 18, Emma Slahtasky 23:28; 19, Grace Noble 24:06.
DeSales: 11, Lauren Ruthven 22:08.
Liberty Christian: 24, Jasmine Horne 24:23; 36, Nikki Arnzen 31:19.
Tri-City Herald
This story was originally published October 29, 2016 at 10:19 PM with the headline "Mid Columbia preps roundup: Chiawana, Hanford to meet in regional soccer final."