Prep highlights: Gruher tops Yeh to take Cowlitz Invite

Union’s Jade Gruher shot a 2-under-par 69 to beat Annika Yeh of Mountain View for medalist honors, but it was not quite enough to keep the Thunder from taking the team title at the Cowlitz Invitational girls golf tournament at Mint Valley Golf Course in Longview.

Yeh shot a 75 to lead Mountain View to team total of 413, two strokes better than second-place Union. Woodland was third at 428.

Hockinson’s Grace Phillips was third at 88, followed by Woodland’s Zoe Jouwsma (90) and Hockinson’s Haley Saeman (92).

King leads Thunder

Bri King hit a two-run home run in the first inning, then the pitcher — with the help of a solid defense behind her — made that stand up for a 2-1 win over Prairie in a 3A Greater St. Helens League softball game on Wednesday. It was Prairie’s first league loss.

Stars of the day

• Coco MacDonald, Woodland softball, went 3 for 4 with two runs, a double and an RBI as Woodland rallied from a five-run deficit to beat Columbia River 15-11.
• Sophia Reyes, Columbia River softball, went 4 for 4 with three runs, a double, two home runs and and two RBI in a loss to Woodland.
• Carson Gawley, Prairie baseball, allowed one run on four hits over seven innings in a 2-1 win over Evergreen that clinched a bi-district playoff berth for the Falcons.
• Matt Kinswa, Ridgefield baseball, threw a one-hit shutout with 12 strikeouts, and also went 1 for 1 with an RBI in a 4-0 win over Hudson’s Bay.
• Stephen Hammergren, Mark Morris baseball, allowed just one earned run on two hits over six innings pitched with nine strikeouts in a 7-3 win over Washougal. He also went 3 for 4 with a home run and two RBI.
• Bella Aspaas, Hockinson softball, went 3 for 3 with two home runs and four RBI in a 14-3 win over Washougal.
• Natalie Mejia, Mark Morris softball, went 3 for 4 with two runs, a double, home run and three RBI in 13-9 win over Hudson’s Bay.
• KK Tuala, Hudson’s Bay, softball, went 4 for 5 with two runs, a doubled two RBI for Bay.