Baseball: Othello tops Kiona-Benton 4-3

Othello 4, Kiona-Benton 3: Cody Zyph was 1-for-4 with a double, but it wasn’t enough as the Bears dropped a nonleague home game Tuesday to the Huskies.

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Krebes, Garza (4), Montema and Prungoa, Gomez (4). James Deaton, Trey Manson (3), Caleb Thompson (5), Nate Rosin (6) and Riley Thomas. Highlights—Othello: Gomez 2-4, 2B; Garza 1-3, 2B, 2 RBIs; Montema 2-4. Kiona-Benton: Cody Zyph 1-4, 2B.

Waitsburg-Prescott 5, McLoughlin 1: Talen Larsen had a two-run single and Jacob Dunn a two-out, two-run double as the host Cardinals opened up the 2014 season with a nonleague victory.

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Yensen, Yensen (6) and Roff. Larsen, Gradwohl (5) and Dunn. Highlights—Talen Larsen 2 RBIs; Kyle Gradwohl 2-2, Jacob Dunn 2B, 2 RBI

Stanfield 6, Heppner 5 (8): Thyler Monkus was 3-for-5 and had the game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the eighth to lift the host Tigers to a season-opening victory.

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Putnam, Bailey (5), Hathfield (8) and Hatfield. Murstig, Linker (4), Tony Flores (6), Ryan Bailey (7), Dylan Grogan (8) and Devon Sather. Highlights—Stanfield: Thyler Monkus 3-5, GW 1B; Dylan Grogan 3-4, 4 RBIs.

This story was originally published March 18, 2014 at 10:31 PM with the headline "Baseball: Othello tops Kiona-Benton 4-3."