Alonzo Flores scored the winning goal in the second half as Hockinson beat Woodland 2-1 on Tuesday to finish third in the 2A Greater St. Helens League.
The Hawks (9-5-2-0) entered Tuesday’s final day of league matches in third with a one-point lead over idle Ridgefield and two points ahead of Hudson’s Bay.
Tuesday’s win means Hockinson will play a first-round district playoff match Saturday at Tumwater, the No. 2 seed from the Evergreen Conference.
Osvaldo Lopez scored the winning goal as Hudson’s Bay beat Fort Vancouver 1-0 to leapfrog Ridgefield into fourth place. The Eagles will face EvCo champ W.F. West on Saturday in Chehalis.
Fifth-place Ridgefield will host Aberdeen in a district play-in match on Thursday with the winner facing 2A GSHL champ Columbia River on Saturday.
Columbia River extended its cushion atop the league Tuesday with a 2-0 win over R.A. Long.
Ryland Perron had a goal and an assist as the Rapids (15-0-0-1) finished seven points clear of the second-place Lumberjacks. Both teams will host district playoff matches on Saturday.
Stars of the day
- Ian Johnson, La Center boys soccer, scored three goals (two assisted by Ethan Wilson) as the Wildcats beat Toledo-Winlock 3-0.
- Eli Wall, Seton Catholic boys soccer, scored five goals and added an assist in the Cougars’ 11-0 non-league win over Montesano.
- Bryce Collins, Kelso baseball, pitched a complete-game five-hitter with nine strikeouts and two walks as the Hilanders beat Union 3-1.
- Nolan Nunn and Cam Hern, Prairie baseball, were both 3 for 4 with Nunn having two RBI and Hern one in the Falcons’ 5-2 win over Battle Ground.
- Haylee Delano, Columbia River softball, pitched a five-inning three-hitter with 11 strikeouts and no walks and was 2 for 3 at the plate with an RBI in a 13-1 win over Hudson’s Bay.
- Natalie Morris, Laila Adair, Aubrey Kleiva, Washougal softball, all had three hits each in the Panthers’ 20-8 win over Fort Vancouver.
- Juan Pasillas-Stanton, Mountain View boys track and field, won the shot put in a dual meet against Kelso wiht a personal-best mark of 56 feet, 7 inches, which leads Class 3A statewide.
- Avery Ness, Kelso girls track and field, won the 100 hurdles, 300 hurdles, long jump and triple jump in a dual meet with Mountain View.
