Shauna Christensen won the pole vault (10 feet, 6 inches), Gaby Dixson won the discus (117-9), Kayla Smith won the javelin (134-0) and Rachel McDaniel won the 400 meters (59.7 seconds) for the Tigers. That gave Battle Ground a 75-72 lead over Heritage, the 4A Greater St. Helens League dual-meet champion.

Lateashea Currie (100 meters, 12.4) and Chawncy McClenan (triple jump, 34-93⁄4) were winners for Heritage.

Other district champions included Priscilla Timmons of Skyview (3,200, 11:42.5) and Evergreen’s Kayla Wilkins (300 hurdles, 47.0) and Paige DeLapp (800, 2:26.9).

Tyler Lane, Matt Moncur and Glen Hiett took district titles on the boys side to help Skyview take a commanding lead of the team standings.

The Storm finished Wednesday with 95 points — 33.5 points better than second-place Heritage.

Lane won the high jump (6-2), Moncur took the 3,200 (9:43.6) and Hiett won the shot put (51.23⁄4).

Each of the other five schools in the meet had a district champion Wednesday — Mountain View’s Marcus Lathan (triple jump, 43-31⁄4) and Abby Binschaieg (300 hurdles, 40.9),

Taylor Schmidt of Prairie (pole vault, 14-4), Ty Lang of Heritage (100, 11.1), Brad Wall of Evergreen (400, 49.6), and Erik Cronrath of Battle Ground (800, 1:57.5).

The meet concludes Friday at McKenzie Stadium.

Baseball

Hockinson heads to state — The Hockinson Hawks are going back to the Class 2A state baseball tournament.

Jody Robertson’s run-scoring single in the top of the seventh inning was the difference, giving the Hawks a 3-2 win over Aberdeen in the semifinals of the 2A District 4 baseball tournament.

Kyle Jones relieved Connor Perry with one out in the bottom of the seventh inning and recorded two strikeouts to get the save.

Hockinson will play River Ridge in the district title game at 5 p.m. Friday at W.F. West in Chehalis. Regardless of the outcome of that game, the Hawks will be going to state for the third consecutive season.

James MacDonald started the winning rally with a lead-off walk in the seventh inning. He stole second to get into scoring position, and Robertson drove him home from there.

MacDonald also tied the game with two-out triple in the fourth inning.

Aberdeen scored twice in the first inning before Perry shut down the Bobcats. Perry finished with four strikeouts.

The Bobcats, though, got a one-out double in the seventh before Jones came out of the bullpen. Jones got one strikeout before walking a batter to put the potential winning run on base. Jones then got another strikeout to end the threat, to save the game.

Girls golf

Jech wins district title — Union’s Kayla Jech recorded pars on the 16th and 17th holes to solidfy her lead and capture the Class 3A district golf championship at Lewis River Golf Course in Woodland.

After squandering a three-shot lead at the turn, Jech’s back-to-back pars put her back in the lead to stay. Jech finished with a 36-hole total of 173, three strokes ahead of Kelso’s Mari Peterson.

Jaime Johnson of Camas was third (186), followed by teammate Brittanie Brooks (188), helping the Papermakers capture the team championship. Camas finished with 182.5 points to outdistance Kelso (171). Union was third (133.5).

The top four players at district earned automatic berths to the Class 3A state tournament in Bellingham. The next seven placers advanced to the bi-district tournament at Fort Lewis on Monday.

Softball

Ridgefield 5, Woodland 4 — The Spudders scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to beat the Beavers and clinch a berth in next week’s 2A district tournament.
Hannah Grenz was 3 for 3 with a run, double, triple and two RBI for the Spudders (11-8, 8-6 2A GSHL), and Farrine Scott was 2 for 2 with two RBI.

R.A. Long 14, Hockinson 13 (8) — The Hawks left the game-tying run on base in the eighth inning to give the first play Lumberjacks the 2A GSHL win.

Ashley Haden hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning to tie the game at 6, and then Rachel Weiss hit a three-run homer in the sixth in response to R.A. Long’s five-run frame.

Hockinson left the go ahead runs stranded in the sixth and seventh inning.

The Hawks will conclude their season at home against Woodland on Friday.

Boys soccer

La Center 2, Montesano 1 — The Wildcats scored two early goals and held their lead for the 1A district playoff win in Kalama.

Dillon Davis scored first and Jake Firil scored on an assist from Corbin Dekalb.

La Center clinched the third seed out of the district and advances to the first round of state.