Battle Ground, Camas wrap up 4A state softball berths

There were three 4A Greater St. Helens League softball teams at the start of Sunday, trying to win two spots to the 4A state tournament.

Battle Ground (15-10) claimed the No. 5 seed for state from the 4A bi-district tournament defeating Bellarmine Prep 7-5 and then Auburn Mountainview 5-3 at Boise Creek Six-Plex in Enumclaw.

Camas (21-2) is joining the Tigers as the Papermakers knocked out rival Union 10-0 in five innings, and then dumped South Kitsap 12-1 in five innings as well.

Battle Ground then won a coin toss with Camas for the fifth seed and will take on Moses Lake in the first round of state at 10 a.m. Friday at Spokane.

Camas will face Richland in its first-round state game at 10 a.m. Friday.

Battle Ground and Camas were drawn into the same half of the bracket and could meet in the semifinals.

Camas’ Kennedy Ferguson pitched a one-hitter against Union (12-11), striking out 10, and followed that up with a five-hitter and eight strikeouts against South Kitsap.

The Papermakers scored all 10 of their runs against Union in the fourth inning.

Against South Kitsap, Camas scored six in the first and rolled from there. Alissa Tomasinni was 3 for 4 with two RBI, and Alli Hancock was 3 for 4 with a double and three RBI. Payton Bates hit a home run.

Battle Ground held off Bellarmine’s seventh-inning rally in its winner-to-state game. Ahead 7-0 going into the seventh, Bellarmine scored four times before the Tigers closed out the game.

The Tigers had to rally to get past Auburn Mountainview. They scored three in the fifth to pull away. Grace Stillman went 3 for 3 with a double and home run, and Haley Buck was 2 for 3 with a double and home run.

4A BI-DISTRICT TOURNAMENT

At Boise Creek Park, Enumclaw

Sunday’s Games

Winner-to-state/loser-out

Battle Ground 7, Bellarmine 5

Auburn Mountainview 5, Enumclaw 4

Camas 10, Union 0

South Kitsap 10, Federal Way 0

Placing games

Battle Ground 5, Auburn Mountainview 3

Camas 11, South Kitsap 1

(Coin toss for final placing: 5, Battle Ground; 6, Camas; 7, Auburn Mountainview; 8, South Kitsap.)

Semifinals

Rogers-Puyallup 14, Auburn Riverside 2

Puyallup 2, Tahoma 1

Championship

Puyallup 3, Rogers-Puyallup 2

Third place

Tahoma 13, Auburn Riverside 6

CAMAS 10, UNION 0

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Union

Pitching — Maddie McClelland 4 IP, loss, 1 K. Highlights — Maleya Burns 1-2.

Camas

Pitching — Kennedy Ferguson 5 IP, win, 10 K, 0 BB. Highlights — Alissa Tomasinni 2-3 2RBI 1R; Abi Wong 1R; Alli Hancock 3-3 2RBI 2R; Ferguson 2-3 RBI; Sophie Franklin 2R; Payton Bates 1R; Kylee Obermiller 2-3 2RBI; Cali Johnson 1-3 2RBI 1R; Katie Hancock 1-2 1R; Lexi Royal 1-2 RBI 1R.

BATTLE GROUND 7, BELLARMINE PREP 5

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Battle Ground

Pitching / Highlights — not reported.

BATTLE GROUND 5, AUBURN MOUNTAINVIEW 3

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BGround 010 130 x—5 8 1

Battle Ground

Pitching — Danyelle Joli 7 IP, win, 1 K, 1 BB; Highlights — McKayla Perry 1-3 1R; Morgan Stradley 1-3; Grace Stillman 3-3 2B HR RBI 2R; Haley Buck 2-3 2B HR RBI 1R; Lorigan Steuben 1-2 1R.

CAMAS 11, SOUTH KITSAP 1

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Camas

Pitching — Kennedy Ferguson 3 IP, win, 2 H, 8 Ks, 1 BB; Alli Hancock 2 IP, 3 H. Highlights — Alissa Tomasinni 3-4 2RBI 3R; Abi Wong 1R; Lexi Royal 1-2; Alli Hancock 3-4 2B 3RBI 2R; Ferguson 1-2; Tiana Bevens 1-2 RBI; Payton Bates 1-3 HR 2RBI 1R; Cali Johnson 2-3 2B 2RBI 1R; Katie Hancock 2-3 1R.

4A STATE TOURNAMENT

At Merkel Sports Complex, Spokane

Friday’s First Round

Monroe vs. Tahoma, 10 a.m.

Battle Ground vs. Moses Lake, 10 a.m.

Camas vs. Richland, 10 a.m.

Auburn Riverside vs. Woodinville, 10 a.m.

Auburn Mountainview vs. Jackson, noon

Eastmont vs. Rogers (Puyallup), noon

South Kitsap vs. Walla Walla, noon

Inglemoor vs. Puyallup, noon

(Complete bracket at WIAA.com)