The college baseball and softball seasons are underway as we check in on how Grays Harbor College teams fared over the weekend.

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COLLEGE BASEBALL

Blue Mountain 6, Grays Harbor 2

Grays Harbor College opened its second weekend stint of the 2025 season with a 6-2 loss to Blue Mountain College on Saturday in Pendleton, Oregon.

The Chokers (2-6 overall) and Timberwolves were locked in a scoreless pitcher’s duel through 4.5 innings until Blue Mountain first baseman Joaquin Velez-Fucal belted a solo home run with one out in the bottom of the fifth.

The Timberwolves added three more in the bottom of the sixth on back-to-back RBI doubles followed by an unearned run on an error to take a 4-0 lead.

GHC’s offense showed some signs of life when former Montesano Bulldog Kaleb Ames singled to break up a no-hitter with two outs in the eighth inning.

Trailing 6-0 in the top of the ninth, GHC’s Diego Morfin and Kellen Willer drove in runs with RBI walks.

Chokers reliever Braden Ellis took the loss, allowing four runs – three earned – on five hits and a walk in 1 1-3 innings pitched.

Kyle Wells started for GCH and allowed two hits and four walks while striking out seven in four scoreless innings of work.

Grays Harbor 000 000 002 – 2 2 4

Blue Mountain 000 013 02x – 6 9 0

WP: Reynolds (6 IP, 0R, 0H, BB, 8K). LP: Ellis (1.1 IP, 4R, 3ER, 5H, BB). SV: Vigil (0.2 IP, 0R, 0H, BB, K).

Leading hitters: GHC – Dejesus (1-1, R); Ames (1-4, SB); Willer (0-3, BB, RBI); Morfin (0-3, BB, RBI). BMC – Velez-Fucal (2-4, HR, R, 2RBI); Schow (2-4, 2B, R, RBI); Gant (1-3, 2B, R, RBI); Williams (1-5, R, 2RBI); Roth (1-3, 2B).

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Grays Harbor 7, Blue Mountain 3

Grays Harbor College salvaged the nightcap of Saturday’s doubleheader against Blue Mountain with a memorable 7-2 victory.

The Chokers were led by starting pitcher Diego Morfin and reliever Skylar Bove, which combined to allow one earned run on three hits to lead GHC to victory.

Morfin started the game and allowed two runs – one earned – on two this and two walks with two strikeouts before giving way to Bove with two outs and the bases loaded up 4-1 in the fifth inning.

A GHC error allowed a run to cross but Bove – who graduated from Montesano High School last year – got Timberwolves designated hitter Jagger Ruhter to ground out to end the frame with minimal damage done.

GHC added a pair of runs in the top of the sixth on a two-run single by third baseman Derek Homer and tacked on an insurance run in the eighth when Homer doubled to chase home outfielder Kaleb Ames, staking the Chokers to a 7-2 lead.

Meanwhile, Bove was on cruise control, retiring nine of the final 10 batters he faced over the final three innings of the game to secure the victory, which was a meaningful one for Bove and his teammates after the right-handed reliever’s father, Steve Bove, passed away in February.

“I can’t say enough about Diego and Sklyar coming in and pitched the way they did,” GHC interim head coach Curtis Eccles said. “It was a pretty emotional game for Skylar after losing his dad and I was really proud of the way they came and pitched on the mound.”

Homer led the way with two of GHC’s eight hits in the game while driving in three runs.

After starting off the season getting swept by Columbia Basin in a four-game set the previous weekend, Eccles said the offense and pitching came together at the right time for the team’s first victory of the season.

“(Morfin and Bove) combining to only give up three hits and being able, offensively, to give them some run support with seven runs and eight hits was what we needed for both the pitchers and hitters to come together like we knew they could,” he said. “It’s good to get our first win and know they know what it feels like.”

The Chokers face Walla Walla in a double header starting at noon on Saturday at Big Bend Community College.

Grays Harbor 022 002 010 – 7 8 4

Blue Mountain 001 010 000 – 2 3 1

WP: Bove (4.1 IP, 0R, H, 3K). LP: Rodriguez (3 IP, 4R, 4ER, 6H, 4BB, 7K).

Leading hitters: GHC – Homer (2-5, 2B, 3RBI); Dejesus (1-3, 2B, 2R, RBI); Curio (1-5, 2B, 2RBI); Jensen (1-5, R); Ames (1-2, 2R, RBI, 2BB); Polanco (1-2). BM – Gant (2-5), Vibbert (1-2).

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Other games

Grays Harbor 2, Blue Mountain 0 (Sunday)

Blue Mountain 5, Grays Harbor 0 (Sunday)

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COLLEGE SOFTBALL

Grays Harbor 8, Skagit Valley 0

Grays Harbor College opened a four-game weekend series with an 8-0 win over Skagit Valley on Saturday in University Place.

The Chokers (6-0) scored a run in every inning of the game and were led by Alexis Cudaback, Mariah Villalba, Madison Erickson and former Hoquiam standout Carron Blood, each with multi-hit games for a GHC offense that smacked 11 hits, five for extra bases.

That was more than enough support for starting pitcher Kassidy Byrd, who tossed six inning of scoreless softball while allowing eight hits and striking out six to earn the complete-game victory.

Grays Harbor 111 122 – 8 11 0

Skagit Valley 000 000 – 0 8 0

WP: Byrd (6 IP, 0R, 8H, 6K). LP: Saldivar (6 IP, 8R, 5ER, 11H, 4BB, 3K).

Leading hitters: GHC – Cudaback (3-4, 3B, 2R, RBI); Villalba (2-4, 3B, 2B, R, RBI); Blood (2-3, 2R, RBI); Erickson (2-3, 2 2B, R, RBI); Breakfield (1-3, R); Byrd (1-3, 2RBI). SV – Sappa (2-3); Kononen (2-3); Freeburg-Perez (1-3); Vig (1-3); Pahl (1-3); Clark (1-2).

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Grays Harbor 11, Skagit Valley 2

Grays Harbor completed a Saturday twin-bill sweep of Skagit Valley with an 11-2 victory in the five-inning nightcap.

For the second-consecutive game, the GHC offense belted 11 hits, with eight different Chokers collecting a hit in the game.

GHC pitcher Anastasia Chitty had two hits and drove in three runs with Ciara Mennitto (2-2, 3R) and Emma Klarman (2-4, R, RBI) also recording multiple hits for the Chokers.

Chitty earned the win, allowing one earned run on five hits and three walks with a strikeout in five innings pitched.

Skagit Valley 100 01 – 2 6 0

Grays Harbor 402 05 – 11 11 0

WP: Chitty (5 IP, 2R, ER, 5H, 3BB, K). LP: Vig (4.2 IP, 8R, 8ER, 7H, 3BB, 3K).

Leading hitters: SV – Saldivar (1-3, 3B); Sappa (1-3, R); Freeburg-Perez (1-2); Thomas (1-1, R); Clark (1-2); Vig (1-1). GHC – Chitty (2-2, R, 3RBI); Mennitto (2-2, 3R); Klarman (2-4, 3B, R, RBI); Erickson (1-3, 3R, RBI): Villalba (1-3, 3B, 2R, RBI); Blood (1-3, RBI); Becherer (1-1, RBI); Wickoren (1-3, R, RBI).

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Grays Harbor 12, Olympic 6

Grays Harbor rallied from down four runs to earn a 12-6 victory over Olympic in the first game of a doubleheader on Sunday in University Place.

The Chokers trailed 5-1 before scoring five runs in the top of the third inning, highlighted by a two-run double by Madison Erickson to take a 6-5 lead.

The red-hot GHC offense continued to pour it on, adding an unearned run in the fourth followed by a four-run fifth inning that featured a tw0-run single off the bat of Carron Blood.

An Erickson RBI single in the top of the seventh put the Chokers up 12-6.

GHC relief pitcher Alexis Cudaback picked up the win, allowing one earned run on four hits and a walk with two strikeouts in 5 1-3 innings pitched.

Grays Harbor 015 140 1 – 12 9 2

Olympic 230 001 0 – 6 11 7

WP: Cudaback (5.1 IP, R, ER, 4H, BB, K). LP: Miller (3 IP, 6R, 5ER, 4H, 2BB, 3K).

Leading hitters: GHC – Erickson (3-5, 2R, 2B, 4RBI); Blood (2-5, R, 2RBI); Breakfield (1-3, 3B, 2R, 2RBI); Byrd (1-4, R, RBI); Cudaback (1-3). Olympic – Kelker (3-3, 2B, 2R, 3RBI); Garber (3-4, R); Aribal (1-4, 2R); Thomas (1-4, R); Whitehead (1-3, 2B); Miller (1-4, 2B, R).

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Grays Harbor 10, Olympic 1

Grays Harbor College remained undefeated on the season with a 10-1 five-inning victory over Olympic in the nightcap on Sunday.

The Chokers led 3-1 before putting the game away with a seven-run fourth inning.

Emma Klarman (3-4, 2R, RBI), Carron Blood (2-3, 2R, RBI) and Alexis Cudaback (2-3, 2B, R) each had multi-hit games for the Chokers, which had 10 or more hits in 3-of-4 games over the weekend.

Anastasia Chitty earned the victory in the circle for GHC, allowing four hits and four walks with two strikeouts in five scoreless innings of work.

The Chokers host Umpqua in a double header scheduled to start at 2 p.m. on Friday.

Olympic 100 00 – 1 4 4

Grays Harbor 210 7x – 10 10 1

WP: Chitty (5 IP, 0R, 0ER, 4H, 4BB, 2K). LP: N/A

Leading hitters: Olympic – Kelker (2-2, 2B); McBee (1-1); Garber (1-3). GHC – Klarman (3-4, 2R, RBI); Blood (2-3, 2R, RBI); Cudaback (2-3, R, 2B); Erickson (1-3, 3B, R); Chitty (1-2, R); Villalba (1-2, R).