BOYS SOCCER
Bulldogs 0 (7), Wildcats 0 (6)
LA CENTER — Converting seven of eight penalty kicks, Montesano outlasted La Center in a protracted shootout in the opening round of the District IV Class 1A Tournament on Tuesday at La Center.
Surviving a loser-out play-in game, the Bulldogs (7-8-2) will face Evergreen 1A League rival Hoquiam in a semifinal scheduled for 6 p.m. Thursday at Aberdeen’s Stewart Field.
After regulation play and overtime ended scoreless, Montesano converted its first four attempts of the shootout — with Luis Muro, Nicolai Vikkelsoe, Riccardo Marangon and Ben Lopez finding the net. Since Bulldog goalkeeper Waymn Thoemmes had blocked La Center’s second attempt, the Bulldogs took a 4-3 lead into the final regulation round.
The Bulldogs, however, missed their fifth attempt. The Wildcats converted to prolong the shootout to sudden death.
Successful shots by Monte’s Kyle Cox and Connor Parkinson were answered by La Center. Bulldog defender Eric Blanchard made Montesano’s eighth attempt and the Wildcats shot high on their final try.
“They had the edge in possession and we had the edge in close-range shots,” Montesano coach Rick Denholm said. “There were stretches that they put on a lot of pressure, but our defenders played very well and our keeper played very well.”
Thoemmes had a good game in goal. Blanchard, Marangon, Kenny Moua and Hayden Klinger were credited with strong defensive efforts.
BASEBALL
Eagles 10, Beavers 5
ROCHESTER — Cody Williams’ bases-clearing double in the fifth inning ignited Elma past Tenino on Tuesday and kept the Eagles alive in the District IV Class 1A Tournament at Rochester.
The Eagles (6-11) will take on White Salmon in another loser-out contest scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Friday, probably at Castle Rock. Elma must win both Friday and Saturday (against the Montesano-La Center winner) to earn a regional berth.
Locked in a 4-all standoff, the Eagles loaded the bases via three walks in the fifth. Williams unloaded his two-bagger to clear the sacks.
Elma added three more runs in the sixth to pull away, with D.J. Coonse’s RBI double the key blow in that inning.
“They were throwing soft. Once we started timing them, we were able to pound out some key hits,” Elma coach Todd Baun said. “It was a great team effort. We had clutch hits at the right time and we were able to put together a pretty good game.”
Barrett Burbidge picked up the victory in relief. Elma starter Alex Youckton was suffering from a virus.
Baun called it an emotional win. It was the first anniversary of the death of former Elma baseball player Brycen Rustemeyer, who was afflicted with leukemia.
Tenino 021 100 1 — 5 6 2
Elma 004 033 x — 10 13 3
Stakelin, Wright (3), Deoskey (5), Wall (5) and S. Brewer; Youckton, Burbidge (5) and Jacobson.
RBI: Tenino — S. Brewer 2, Chambers, Cannon. Elma — Jacobson 2, Robinette, Williams 3, Richardson, Youckton, Coonse. Three hits: Elma — Williams. Two hits: Tenino — S. Brewer. Elma — Jacobson, Robinette. Triples: Tenino — S. Brewer, Wall. Elma — Robinette. Doubles: Elma — Youckton, Coonse, Williams, Yates.
Winning pitcher — Burbidge (walked one; struck out one). Losing pitcher — Deoskey (walked four; struck out two).
Crusaders 18, Elks 12
MONTESANO — Seth Talen delivered five hits and drove in four runs as Tacoma Baptist eliminated Lake Quinault from the District IV Class 1B tournament on Tuesday at Montesano’s Vessey Field.
The Elks finished the season at 7-5.
Neither team played well in a game in a 3 1/2-hour game that contained 14 errors. The difference, according to Lake Quinault coach Keith Samplawski, was that “their errors were not surrounded by a lot of walks.”
Quinault pitchers combined to issue 16 walks.
Gabe Dominguez had two hits and third baseman Murray Cottrell was credited with fine all-around play for the Elks.
Samplawski paid tribute to seniors Dominguez, Anthony Ramirez and Eduardo Ochoa.
T. Baptist 244 230 3 — 18 8 9
L. Quinault 202 401 3 — 12 6 5
Talen, Stone (2), Rotliff (4), Jenning (4) and Rasmaussen; Dominguez, Espinoza (2), DeMarco (3), Dominguez (7) and DeMarco, Dominguez, DeMarco.
RBI: Tacoma Baptist — Talen 4, Stone, Jenning. Lake Quinault — Cottrell 2, Dominguez, Escobar, Neeland. Five hits: Tacoma Baptist — Talen. Two hits: Lake Quinault — Dominguez. Triples: Tacoma Baptist — Talen. Doubles: Tacoma Baptist — Talen, Rasmaussen.
Winning pitcher — Talen (walked one; struck out five). Losing pitcher — Dominguez (walked five; struck out four).
SOFTBALL
Bobcats split
CENTRALIA — Katie Hammonds’ two-run double in the fifth inning lifted Aberdeen past Centralia, 4-3, in the second game of an Evergreen 2A Conference doubleheader Tuesday at Fort Borst Park.
Centralia won the opener in eight innings, 3-2.
Hammonds’ drive into the game in left-center scored Reagan Glanz and Jillian Swor with the tying and winning runs.
Glanz had slugged a two-run homer in the first inning.
Swor scattered eight hits in collecting the victory.
Centralia scored once each in the seventh and eighth innings of the opener. That spoiled an excellent pitching performance by Aberdeen’s Jalyn McDaniel, who went the distance in the circle without issuing a walk.
Angel Jones had three hits for the Bobcats (3-10, 3-11) in the first game.
Aberdeen makes its final home appearance Wednesday against Rochester.
Aberdeen 002 000 00 — 2 11 4
Centralia 001 000 11 — 3 7 1
McDaniel and Glanz; Duffy (catcher not reported).
RBI: Aberdeen — Jones. Centralia — Powell. Three hits: Aberdeen — Jones. Two hits: Aberdeen — Corona. Centralia — Leifer.
Winning pitcher — Duffy (walked none; struck out one). Losing pitcher — McDaniel (walked none; struck out two).
Centralia 111 000 0 — 3 8 0
Aberdeen 200 020 x — 4 6 4
Bailey and (catcher not reported); Swor and Glanz.
RBI: Centralia — Sherp. Aberdeen — Hammonds 2, Glanz 2. Three hits: Centralia — Leifer. Two hits: Aberdeen — Swor. Home runs: Aberdeen — Glanz. Doubles: Centralia — Duffy. Aberdeen — Swor, Hammonds, Jones.
Winning pitcher — Swor (walked six; struck out two). Losing pitcher — Bailey (walked four; struck out one).
Bulldogs 8, Falcons 6 (8)
BRUSH PRAIRIE — Overcoming a rough sixth inning in which Montesano gave up the lead, the Bulldogs rebounded in the eighth inning to secure a non-league win over Prairie on Tuesday afternoon.
Leading 6-2, the Bulldogs were cruising until the sixth inning. The Falcons posted four runs, three of them on a bases-loaded double by Kailey St. Peter, to tie the game off starter Samantha Stanfield. Stanfield worked her way out of a two-out, seventh-inning jam before a 1-2-3 eighth to clinch the win. Stanfield struck out three and walked three.
In the top of the eighth, Allyssa Gustafson got a lead-off single and moved to second on an error. Linghong Schoch came in to run for her, got a stolen base and scored on Cheyann Bartlett’s RBI single. Bartlett would score an insurance run on a Josie Toyra groundout.
Stanfield, Bartlett and Gustafson led Montesano with three hits at the plate, all singles. Annie Cristelli drove in two runs as well.
Today, Montesano hosts Adna.
Montesano 201 003 02 — 8 14 1
Prairie 100 014 00 — 6 6 5
Stanfield and Poler; Lesmeister, Williams (6) and H. St. Peter.
RBI: Montesano — Gustafson, Bartlett, Toyra, Cristelli 2, Poler. Prairie — Blehm, K. St. Peter 3, H. St. Peter, Wentworth. Three hits: Montesano — Stanfield, Bartlett, Gustafson. Two hits: Montesano — Poler. Prairie — K. St. Peter. Home run: Prairie — Blehm. Doubles: Prairie — K. St. Peter.
Winning pitcher — Stanfield (three strikeouts, three walks). Losing pitcher — Williams.
Grizzlies sweep
TENINO — ReyLynn Dunn drove in three runs in each game as Hoquiam swept Tenino, 15-0 and 7-1, in an Evergreen 1A League game Tuesday.
Dunn and Maya Jump had three hits apiece in the opening game, the completion of a rain-suspended contest. English Hyde pitched a one-hitter.
Payton Parshall tossed a two-hitter in the second game. Dunn doubled twice for the Grizzlies (7-3, 8-6).
“Our pitchers gave up just three hits and one walk in 10 innings of work,” HHS coach Keith Reynvaan said. “We played great defensively, so hopefully we are peaking at the right time here.”
He cited Dunn for hitting and Paige Folkers for defense.
The Grizzlies host Napavine on Wednesday.
Hoquiam 511 08 — 15 16 1
Tenino 000 00 — 0 1 2
Hyde and German; Gubbe and Snyder.
RBI: Hoquiam — Dunn 3, Cox 3, Folkers 2, Bagwell, Paladin, Papp, Jump, German. Three hits: Hoquiam — Jump, Dunn. Two hits: Hoquiam — Papp, Paladin, Folkers, Hyde. Triples: Hoquiam — Cox. Doubles: Hoquiam — Jump 2, Paladin, Folkers.
Winning pitcher — Hyde (walked one; struck out nine). Losing pitcher — Gubbe (walked three; struck out four).
Tenino 100 00 — 1 2 1
Hoquiam 250 0x — 7 7 0
Edwards and Snyder; Parshall and Bagwell.
RBI: Hoquiam — Dunn 3, Papp, Bagwell, Doll. Two hits: Hoquiam — Dunn, Papp. Doubles: Hoquiam — Dunn 2, Papp.
Winning pitcher — Parshall (walked none; struck out two). Losing pitcher — Edwards (walked eight; struck out two).
GIRLS GOLF
Bulldogs 223, Knights 246
VANCOUVER — Montesano completed an unbeaten Southwest Washington 1A League season by outshooting King’s Way Christian on Tuesday at Club Green Meadows.
Monte’s Lauren Denholm took medalist honors for the first time this season with a 52.
Montesano’s only loss this season was to Class 3A Capital.
“It was a fittingly beautiful day to finish what has been a terrific season,” Bulldog coach Lloyd Aldrich said. “I’m especially proud of how the girls handled the miserable weather we had this year. Even when it was cold and rainy, we still had kids out on the course almost every day working on their game.”
The Bulldogs will compete in the district 1A tournament Monday and Tuesday at Tumwater Valley.
Montesano (223) – Macey Wecker 57, McKenna Miller 60, Glory Grubb 54, Mylaina Parker 65, Lauren Denholm 52, Morgan Malizia 62.
King’s Way (246) — Evelyn Carpenter 67, Dipali Patel 62, Hannah Moats 54, Andrea Finley 63, Kailee Hibbs 72, Rachel Page 73.
Wolves 115, Bobcats 95
TUMWATER — Aberdeen came up one of its best team scores of the season, but Black Hills pulled away for the win in this Evergreen 2A Conference dual meet at Tumwater Valley Golf Course on Tuesday.
Mari Rabung led the Bobcats with a 25 in the modified Stableford Scoring System. McKenna Canty earned medalist honors for Black Hills with a 31.
“We had our best team score of the year in league play,” AHS head coach Dan Sundstrom said. “It goes to show that sometimes you can play your best and still not get the win. Granted, Black Hills does have the two best young players in the league. As coaches, we were happy to see all six varsity players play well.”
Today, Aberdeen finishes its regular season with a match against Chehalis at Newaukum Golf Course.
Black Hills (115) — McKenna Canty 31, Elle Hirotaka 30, Niki Jones 11, Taylor Reed 19, Emma Darling 19, Jacelynn Tyner 16.
Aberdeen (95) — Mari Rabung 24, MacKayla Waltee 18, Emily May 17, Katie McGregor 17, Haley Farrer 18, Kate Slyter 18.
Grizzlies 217, Eagles 315
ELMA — Hoquiam’s Brooke Bogdanovich took medalist honors as the Grizzlies knocked off Elma in an Evergreen 1A League dual meet finale at Oaksridge Golf Course.
Alexis Cooper led Elma with a 63.
On Monday and Tuesday, both Hoquiam and Elma will be at the District IV 1A tournament at Tumwater Valley Golf Course.
Hoquiam (217) — Bailey Smith 62, Jordan Cox 52, Josie Emery 55, Brooke Bogdonovich 48, Alex Elledge 70, Sandra Parks 65.
Elma (315) — Alexis Cooper 63, Carrie Shedd 89, Morgan Rhoden 81, Morgan Dalrymple 82, Hanna Bunch 96.
GIRLS TENNIS
2A Sub-districts
TUMWATER — Aberdeen’s Aleeta Pratt remains the only Bobcat still alive in the Evergreen 2A Conference sub-district girls tennis tournament after Tuesday’s play.
Pratt began the tournament as the fourth seed for singles and won her first match 7-5, 6-1 over Tumwater’s Shelby Liston to advance to a second round matchup with No. 1 seed Rachel Wilkerson of Centralia. Pratt fought her way to a win in the second set, but eventually lost a close match 6-2, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4.
Pratt will try to continue her run through the consolation bracket when play resumes on Saturday morning.
“Aleeta is playing amazing tennis,” Aberdeen head coach Ashley Kohlmeier said. “Her loss to the No. 1 seed is some of the best tennis I’ve ever seen her play.”
The lone other Bobcat in the singles was Katie Cournoyer who was eliminated by Centralia’s Claire Davis, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3.
Aberdeen’s Amanda Bradt and Adrianna Vazquez teamed up to win their first match in the tournament with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Ashley Werner and Kiara Steen of Chehalis. However, the duo dropped its second match to Black Hills’ Selina Ryser and Abby Calvert 6-2, 6-2, before being eliminated with a 6-2, 6-4 loss to Chehalis’ Morgan Lakey and Lexi Akins.
The Bobcat’s other doubles team of Alex Wilson and Hannah Erwin dropped its only match to Centralia’s Megan LeDuc and Marianna Wu, 7-6 (7-5), 6-1.
Eagles 4, Bulldogs 1
KELSO — Three Rivers Christian swept the doubles to down Montesano in a Southwest Washington 1A League contest Tuesday at Kelso.
“It went about how I was thinking,” Bulldog coach Teresa Helland said. “They’re really good at No. 1 singles and doubles.”
Montesano’s victory came in the third singles. Alexa Couch outlasted Abbey McCracken, 5-7, 6-3, 7-6, taking the tiebreaker 7-3.
The Bulldogs host Stevenson on Wednesday.
Baillee Wallace (TR) def. Rachel Ayres, 6-2, 6-1; Natalie Ransom (TR) def. Fatima Torres, 6-4, 6-0; Alexa Couch (M) def. Abbey McCracken, 5-7, 6-3, 7-6; Hannah Cathcart-Olivia Cathcart (TR) def. Danika Peterson-Sophie Barre, 6-2, 6-1; Ally Carns-Bobbie Jo Kushner (TR) def. Anna Ayres-Jessica Taborski, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4.
