The Woodland softball rebounded nicely from a heartbreaking loss in its tournament opener to stay alive in the Class 1A state tournament in Richland.
Woodland opened with an 8-5 loss to Lakeside of Nine Mile Falls on a game-winning grand slam. But the Beavers beat Lynden Christian 4-2 and Montesano 10-3 to stay in the hunt for a trophy.
Woodland will face Zillah at 11 a.m. Saturday in the third-place quarterfinals.
Kendall Grell hit a home run in the top of the seventh inning to give the Beavers a 5-4 lead over Lakeside in the first game of the day.
The Beavers got two outs in the bottom of the seventh before Lakeside loaded the bases. Then Madi Naccarato delivered the game-winning grand slam for the win.
Against Lynden Christian, Addy Perkins got Woodland on the board with a home run. Triples by Gracey Trice and Nicolette Nesbitt helped Woodland build a 4-0 lead in the fourth inning.
Nesbitt had another RBI triple against Monte as the Woodland advance to play on Saturday.
1A Track
La Center’s Kyle Degraaff placed second in the 1,600 and Stevenson’s Brandon Campbell placed second in the pole vault at the first day of the 1A track meet in Cheney.
Degraaff finished the 1,600 in 4 minutes, 26.47 seconds. Campbell clear 13 feet in the pole vault. Seton Catholic’s Craig Boyle (12-0) tied for sixth in the pole vault.
Woodland’s Eli Whitmire placed fourth in the triple jump (44-4), King’s Way Christian’s Emily Dick was seventh in the 3,200 (12:00.57) and Stevenson’s Madison McCrum was fourth in the long jump (17-3) and Woodland’s Julia Stepper was sixth (16-11 1/4 ).
