The Camas baseball team tallied 12 runs in the second inning and beat Auburn Mountainview 12-0 in a Class 4A bi-district semifinal game Saturday in Auburn.
But the Papermakers didn’t even get a chance to bat in the championship game Saturday night against Enumclaw.
The first Enumclaw batter doubled, but the game was halted after two pitches to the next batter. The bi-district championship game was postponed until 4 p.m. Tuesday at Auburn Mountainview High School.
Camas coach Joe Hallead said he didn’t know if the game would be resumed from where it started on Saturday, or if the game would be replayed in its entirety.
Justin Webb went 2 for 2 with a double and four RBI and Maxx Gillhamer went 2 for 2 with a double and three RBI in Camas’ win over Auburn Mountainview.
“It was a great effort,” Hallead said of the win over Auburn Mountainview. “We played almost the entire bench in the game. It was nice to jump out front and save (pitcher Zach Carter) for the championship game. Now, it doesn’t matter with the postponement to Tuesday, but it was a good idea.”
Carter started the Auburn Mountainview game and pitched two innings. Connor McClellan and David Patterson pitched the rest of the game.
The winner of Tuesday’s championship game will advance to the Centralia regional of the 3A state tournament for a 1 p.m. game against Glacier Peak. The loser will play a 10 a.m. game against Meadowdale in the Bellevue regional.
Mountain View 13, Kelso 3 — Mountain View kept alive its state tournament hopes with a big win over another 3A GSHL rival.
The win over the Hilanders in six innings advanced Mountain View to the 3A bi-district fifth-place game against Peninsula of Gig Harbor. The winner of that game will advance to the the Centralia regional of the 3A state tournament on Saturday. The loser is eliminated.
Mountain View eliminated Hudson’s Bay on Friday before knocking off the Hilanders on Saturday.
No other details of Saturday’s games were reported.
The Mountain View-Peninsula game was scheduled for Saturday night in Tacoma.
While there was no report made from the game, most Saturday evening baseball games in the Tacoma area were postponed because of rain.
Mark Morris 14, Hockinson 8, 10 innings — A couple of close calls went against Hockinson as the Monarchs broke through with six runs in the top of the 10th to advance in the 2A district tournament.
Hockinson’s season ended with the loss.
Hockinson coach Stephen Short said two close plays that didn’t go the Hawks’ way hurt Hockinson’s chances. The second was the most pivotal.
With a runner on second and one out in the bottom of the ninth, when the Hawks hit a groundball to shortstop.
With freshmen playing shortstop and first base for the Monarchs, Short saw an opportunity to challenge Mark Morris’ youthful infielders.
When the shortstop threw to first to complete the groundout, Short sent his runner home.
“Our kid made a phenomenal slide around the tag, then scampered back and touched the plate,” Short said. “But the umpire ruled him out on the swipe tag. It was a really close play, but I thought our kid was safe.
“It was huge play because instead of winning the game for us, it provided momentum for them, which they carried over into the top of the 10th.”
Doug MacDonald was 3 for 3 with a double and two RBI, Keegan Burke was 2 for 4 and Jake Manson was 2 for 3 with run and an RBI for Hockinson.
Hockinson trailed 8-2 in the bottom of the fifth when the Hawks rallied for three runs. They scored three more off league MVP Doug Pederson in the sixth to the tie the game.
“I couldn’t be more proud of our kids coming back from down 8-2,” Short said. “We’ve got 10 juniors coming back next year, so we should have a lot experience from this tournament that we can carry over to next year.”
GIRLS TENNIS
Freshman wins 4A singles district title — In a battle of freshmen, Kylee Tyler-Breimon of Battle Ground beat Jelena Vidovic of Union to capture the Class 4A girls tennis singles district championship on Saturday at the Vancouver Tennis Center.
It was the second meeting this season for Tyler-Breimon and Vidovic and the second win for Tyler-Breimon.
Tyler-Breimon advanced to the finals with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Skyview’s Sonya Hampton in the semifinals. Vidovic beat Megan Giesbers of Battle Ground 6-2, 6-0. Both Tyler-Breimon and Vidovic will advance to the 4A bi-district tournament Thursday in Tacoma in hopes of reaching the 4A state tournament in Vancouver on May 27-28.
Last year’s singles district champion, Brittany Ellingsen of Skyview, earned another district championship, but this time in doubles.
Ellingsen and Anna Romanovsky beat Kristina Metz and Tara Carrie of Skyview 6-4, 6-2 in the doubles championship match. Ellingsen and Romanovsky advanced to the bi-district tournament.
It was the third district title for Ellingsen, who won singles titles as a sophomore and junior after finishing second as a freshman.
Metz and Carrie will play Taylor Beardall and Bianka Smejkalova of Battle Ground for the second seed to the bi-district at 3 p.m. Monday at Club Green Meadows.
That match also will determine the district team title for Skyview or Battle Ground.
Top seeds win at 3A district — Top-seeded Julie Christen of Mountain View and Lauren Wetzel and Julie Piboonvaranggoon of Columbia River captured titles at the 3A district tournament Saturday at Club Green Meadows.
Christen had to battle through a pair of three-set matches to win the singles title. Christen beat Shiori Baba of Prairie in the championship match 6-3, 2-6, 6-0.
Wetzel and Piboonvaranggoon had a much easier time in the doubles bracket, dropping only seven games in four matches. The River pair beat Jenna Grillo and Jenna Gray of Mountain View in the championship match 6-2, 6-1.
Columbia River leads the team standings with 33 points, while Mountain View trails with 25. The tournament will end Monday with second-place and fifth-place matches at Club Green Meadows.
2A sub-district — Hockinson’s Michelle Chiou won the singles title with a 6-4, 6-3 win over Lauren Salberg of Mark Morris.
Chiou advances to the district tournament beginning Friday in Olympia.
Teammate Tiara Atchley also advances to district by placing third in singles. The Hockinson doubles team of Sarah Hatfield and Jenna Haagen placed third to also advance.
BOYS SOCCER
Decatur 2, Mountain View 1 — The Gators converted a penalty kick with about 20 minutes to play and that proved to be the difference in the 3A bi-district playoff at Auburn as Mountain View’s season came to an end.
Both teams scored within the first five minutes of the match. Decatur scored first and then Mountain View followed about 30 seconds after.
Foster Langsdorf scored for the Thunder off an assist from Jeff Carmody. Mountain View finishes it season 11-4-2.
Jefferson 2, Skyview 0 — Jefferson scored a goal in each half to win the 4A bi-district match at Art Crate Stadium in Spanaway, eliminating Skyview.
