Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Prep roundup


May 12, 2007

Baseball

Kyle Kady's RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning gave Mead a 7-6 win over Gonzaga Prep in a District 8 4A playoff game Friday at Whitworth College.

G-Prep's Phil Joy hit a two-run home run in the first to give the Bullpups an early lead, but the Panthers' Matt Walsh answered with a solo homer in the third to knot the game at 2. Walsh also picked up the win after working a perfect eighth.

In other tournament action at Whitworth, Billy Moon went 3 for 4 and drove in five runs as University routed Ferris 14-4 in six innings. Dan Jordan added two hits and four RBIs for the Titans, who scored five runs in the sixth to end the game. There will be three more games at Whitworth today. U-Hi (14-7) will face Mead (14-7) in the championship at 11 a.m., determining the top seed to the 4A regionals that begin Tuesday. G-Prep (10-12) and Ferris (12-10) will play a loser-out game at 2 p.m. The winner of that game will play the loser of the championship game at 5 to determine the league's other berth to regionals.

•Mark Purser's solo home run in the fifth broke a 1-all tie and gave Mt. Spokane a 2-1 win over visiting West Valley-Yakima in a 3A regional game. Paul Smith earned the win for the Wildcats after allowing three hits and striking out six in the complete game. … In other tournament action, sophomore Jay Fox pitched a complete game two-hitter as Southridge topped visiting North Central 6-1. Nick Buttler was 2 for 3 with two RBIs for Southridge. NC (13-9) is finished for the season. Southridge advances to play at Mt. Spokane (19-3) in a loser-out game at 1 p.m. today. That winner will advance to a winner-to-state, loser-out game later today.

•Shane Olson hit a three-run double in the sixth as Lind-Ritzville blanked Liberty 7-0 in the championship game of the District 7 2B playoffs at Avista Stadium. The Broncos, who beat St. George's 6-5 earlier in the day, are the top seed entering regional playoffs, which start next Saturday. Liberty, which beat Republic 14-3 earlier in the day, is the second seed and will play next Saturday at 10 a.m. in Walla Walla. Derek Gianukakis hit a three-run triple in the fifth and Republic topped St. George's 12-5 in Walla Walla. The Tigers advance to play the District 9 top seed while the Dragons will play the District 6 top seed next Saturday in the regional at Walla Walla.

Boys golf

Freeman's Max Riggs placed second with a two-round total of 162 and led the Scotties to the team title at the District 7 1A tournament at the par-72 Chewelah Golf & Country Club. Lakeside's Ryan England earned medalist honors after shooting a 155. The top 18 finishers advance to the 1A regionals Tuesday in Chewelah.

Girls golf

Chewelah's Gracie Schory earned medalist honors after shooting a two-round total of 172 and leading the Cougars to a first-place finish at the District 7 1A tournament at the par-72 Chewelah Golf & Country Club. The top eight individuals advance to the 1A regionals Tuesday in Chewelah.