3 CBC soccer, volleyball teams vying for Northwest Athletic Conference titles
Columbia Basin College’s fall sports teams are in the stretch run of the postseason this week, with all three Hawks squads vying for Northwest Athletic Conference titles.
The CBC men’s soccer team is in the final four and will be playing Everett Community College at 4 p.m. Friday in the NWAC semifinals at Starfire Stadium in Tukwila.
The Hawks beat Whatcom 4-0 last Saturday in the quarterfinals in Pasco.
Gabriel Delgado scored two goals and an assist for CBC, while teammate Johnny Ramirez added a goal and two assists.
Raymundo Mendez completed the scoring with a goal.
CBC keeper Jose Corona had six saves in the shutout.
The other semifinal, which is at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 11, features Highline against Walla Walla Community College.
The Warriors advanced to the semifinals by beating Peninsula 2-0 in the quarterfinals last Saturday.
Dino Ibrulj and Kiko Solis each scored goals for WWCC, while teammate Isaiah Luna added an assist.
Warriors keeper Ryan Solis had 9 saves in the match.
The men’s championship match is at 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
CBC women’s soccer
The CBC women’s soccer team will also be playing in the NWAC semifinals on Friday at Starfire, with the Hawks playing Clark College of Vancouver at 11 a.m.
CBC beat Highline 2-1 last Saturday in the NWAC quarterfinals in Pasco, as Alexis Olivas scored off an assist from Kassadi Suitonu in the 90th minute for the victory.
Suitonu also had a goal, while Hali’a Kalehuawehe added an assist.
The other semifinal on Friday pits Lower Columbia against Spokane, with kickoff at 1:30 p.m.
The championship is set for 1:30 p.m. on Sunday.
CBC volleyball
The CBC volleyball team will advance to one of the four NWAC regional sites after placing second in the NWAC East standings.
The Hawks will be at Linn-Benton in Oregon, and will open against Pierce of Tacoma at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Linn-Benton will follow at 1 p.m. Saturday against Everett.
The top two teams in this double-elimination tournament will advance to the NWAC Elite 8 tournament the following weekend.
The regional tournament ends Sunday.
Here are the final NWAC East regular-season volleyball standings:
1. North Idaho 15-1 East, 24-4 overall
2, CBC 14-2, 26-2
3, Yakima Valley 13-3, 23-9
4, Treasure Valley 8-8, 9-14
5, Walla Walla 6-9, 9-16
6, Spokane 6-10, 10-18
7, Blue Mountain 5-11, 8-17
8, Wenatchee Valley 3-13, 4-17
9, Big Bend 1-14, 2-22
NWAC soccer all-stars
Both of CBC’s soccer teams dominated in all-region all-star teams this past week.
The Hawks women had seven representatives on their squad — starting with midfielder Ana Andrade (Wahluke), who was a first-team selection as well as co-MVP with Yakima Valley’s Rachel Farr.
CBC’s Omar Anderson was named East Region Coach of the Year.
Others on the first team were Violet Duran (Southridge) at defender, Hali’a Kalehuawehe (Hawaii) at defender, Kylie Patocka (Nevada) at keeper, Kassadi Suitonu (Southridge) at forward, and Camryn Thoreson (Kennewick) at midfielder.
Walla Walla had two first-teamers: Kaylin Bailey at forward, and Hailey Rogen at defender.
North Idaho’s Maddie Kutschkau, a Kamiakin High grad, was named to the first team at defender.
▪ CBC’s Johnny Ramirez (Eisenhower-Yakima) was named East Region MVP, while Walla Walla’s Casey Collins was voted as East Region Coach of the Year.
Ramirez, of course, was named first team midfielder. Joining him from CBC was Jakob Avila (Davis-Yakima) at defender, Gabriel Delgado (Southridge) at forward, Alexander Magana (Toppenish) at defender, and Raymundo Mendez (Davis-Yakima) at midfielder.
Walla Walla had four first-team all-stars: Chris Aguilera at defender, Osvaldo Moreno at defender, Ryan Solis at keeper, and Julio Tapia at forward.
Girls soccer
Kamiakin opened Class 4A state tournament play on Wednesday night with a 5-1 win over visiting Rogers of Puyallup.
Brooke Christian scored a hat trick, and Mya Lee added two goals, as the Braves were never threatened in the first-round game.
Kamiakin, seeded No. 3 in this tournament, will next play host to No. 6 West Valley of Yakima in the state quarterfinals. The game is set for 11 a.m., Saturday, at Lampson Stadium.
West Valley beat Lewis & Clark 7-0 on Wednesday.
Winner of the WV-Kamiakin game earns a semifinal berth at Sparks Stadium in Puyallup. The final four is Nov. 18-19.
Prep volleyball
The Class 4A District 8 volleyball tournament comes to a conclusion Saturday at two sites.
Richland travels to Gonzaga Prep for a 12:30 p.m. start in the championship match. Both teams advances to the state tournament next week in Yakima.
Meanwhile, Kamiakin beat Hanford 3-0 in a loser-out game Tuesday, while Lewis & Clark did the same to Chiawana by a 3-2 score.
That means LC visits Kamiakin at 5:30 p.m. Saturday in a match to determine the district’s third and final state berth.
The match was moved to 5:30 p.m. to allow Kamiakin students to get to the school in time following Kamiakin football’s game at Lampson against Gonzaga Prep. That contest starts at 2 p.m.
Hockey
Quick notes on the Tri-City Americans: The team went 2-4 on its Eastern swing, and sits in seventh place in the Western Conference standings at 7-9-0-0 for 14 points.
How much better are the Ams this year? Last season, they earned their seventh victory on Dec. 11. This year, they got that seventh win on Nov. 4.
TC defenseman Lukas Dragicevic was named WHL Player of the Week that ended Nov. 6. He led all WHL defensemen with 7 points in four games last week.
Forward Jordan Gavin was named the WHL Rookie of the Month for September/October. He scored 14 points in 12 games for Tri-City in that period.
The Ams are back home against Everett on Friday (7:05 p.m. puck drop), then head to Spokane on Saturday.