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March 19, 2024

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3a bi-district softball: River, Prairie have tough challenge

The Columbian
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The good news for the Columbia River and Prairie softball teams is that their seasons didn’t end on Friday.

The bad news for them is that only one — if either — will make it to the 3A state tournament.

Both the Chieftains and Falcons fell in quarterfinals games at the 3A bi-district tournament at Sprinker Fields in Tacoma.

Central Kitsap beat Columbia River 6-2, while Prairie fell to Enumclaw 4-3.

That dropped them into the same quarter on the loser-out side of the bracket.

Prairie will play Lincoln while Columbia River faces Peninsula, both at 9 a.m. today. Winners of those games play each other in a loser-out/winner-to-state game at 1 p.m.

The survivor of the 1 p.m. game plays again at 3 p.m. for fifth place.

In the opening round, Prairie knocked off Shelton 14-2. No details were reported.

Columbia River came back to beat Kennedy Catholic 11-10 thanks to a five-run sixth inning.

Down 9-6 and with two outs, Gabby Collins hit an RBI double, Lindsay MacNeil hit a two-run single, and Andrea Hoey had a run-scoring single to rally the Chieftains.

MacNeil was 3 for 4 with a two-run home run and four RBI in the game.

Against Central Kitsap, Columbia River had seven hits but stranded six base runners.

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