Kennewick girls, Hermiston’s Fields earn 2nd place at state bowling tournament
The Kennewick girls bowling team placed second in the team event Thursday at the WIAA state tournament at Bowlero in Tukwila.
The Lions rolled up a pin count of 6,788. However, Thomas Jefferson took the team title with a dominating 7,805 pins.
Individually, Jefferson’s Samaria Gildon won the 3A individual state championship on Wednesday with a six-game total of 1,173 pins. Gildon had three games of 200 or better.
Hermiston’s Lily Fields was second overall with 1,124. Fields rolled a 203 and 201.
Kennewick’s Samantha McMaster placed ninth in the event. She had games of 201 and 200 en route to a 1,034 total.
Lions teammate Lexis McGarrity placed 15th with a 997 total.
Kamiakin and Richland were competing in the Class 4A individual tournament on Friday, and the 4A team competition, with 14 Baker games, is set for Saturday.
2B basketball
The Columbia-Burbank boys and girls basketball teams will be playing for 2B EWAC tournament titles on Saturday at La Salle High School in Union Gap.
The Coyotes both won their second-round EWAC league tournament games this week.
The Burbank boys routed Mabton 72-48 on Wednesday. They now play host La Salle at 7:45 p.m., Saturday in a game to determine seeding to next week’s district tournament.
Meanwhile, the Coyotes girls team held off Tri-Cities Prep 60-58 in overtime on Thursday night in the EWAC second round.
Burbank will now take on Cle Elum at 6 p.m., Saturday, at La Salle, to determine the EWAC’s top two seeds into next week’s district tournament.
The Tri-Cities Prep boys team — which is 1-1 in the EWAC tournament — plays Mabton at 4:15 p.m., Saturday, at La Salle to determine district seeding.
On the girls side, Mabton meets Tri-Cities Prep at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at La Salle High for a seeding game into district.
Also at 11 a.m., Saturday, at La Salle, Warden’s girls meet Kittitas in a winner-to-district, loser-out contest.
1B basketball
DeSales, Liberty Christian and Sunnyside Christian were all first-round winners this week in the Southeast 1B boys basketball tournament.
DeSales routed St. John-Endicott 101-36, Liberty Christian handled Oakesdale 58-40, and Sunnyside Christian held off Pomeroy 46-40.
On Saturday, Liberty Christian visits DeSales, and Sunnyside Christian travels to Garfield-Palouse in winners’ bracket semifinal games. Both contests tip off at 6 p.m.
The top six placers in the SE 1B tournament will advance to the district tournament.
In the girls tournament, Sunnyside Christian beat Colton 64-54.
The Knights will visit Garfield-Palouse at 6 p.m., Friday, Feb. 7, in a winners’ bracket semifinal.
The top six teams in the SE 1B tournament advance to districts.
College basketball
Senior MeiLani McBee is the third-leading scorer for the University of Hawaii women’s basketball team this season.
On Jan. 26, the Kennewick High School graduate played in her 127th game for the Rainbow Wahine — a school record and continually climbing with each game she plays.
McBee is averaging 6.7 points a game for the Wahine (16-6 through Feb. 6). She is shooting 32 percent from the 3-point line, making 32 of 100 attempts.
Prep volleyball
Royal senior Madisen Christensen was named this fall to the 1A South Central Athletic Conference first-team volleyball squad as an outside hitter.
College Place had two first-team stars in senior setter Mia Ferraro and junior libero Lucinda Weaver.
Connell senior Kennedy Hailey also was a first-team selection at outside hitter/setter.
Cashmere sophomore outside hitter Macie Smart was named SCAC Player of the Year, while Cashmere’s Katie Broadbent was named SCAC Coach of the Year.
College signing
Prosser High senior Landon Bailey caught the eye of college scouts this past season while playing for the Mustangs football team.
Bailey caught 69 passes this season for 892 yards (an average of 12.9 yards per catch) for 17 touchdowns.
Bailey committed to Portland State University for this coming fall. At 6-foot-6, Bailey will make a big target as a receiver.
College men’s soccer
Senior midfielder Raymundo Mendez (CBC) scored 13 goals in 17 games this past fall for the Seattle Pacific University.
That was good enough for Mendez to be named Great Northwest Athletic Conference Player of the Year by the conference’s men’s soccer coaches.
Mendez — who was also named to the first team — was named the 2023 GNAC Newcomer of the Year last season.
Mendez had three other teammates from the Mid-Columbia region: redshirt freshman keeper Diego Cossio (Hanford), junior forward Orlando Erazo (Wahluke), and junior defender Alexander Magana (CBC).