Columbia River, Kelso punch tickets to 3A/2A state slowpitch tournament

The Columbia River and Kelso slowpitch softball teams took care of business with a pair of two-game sweeps Wednesday at Heritage High School to advance to the 3A/2A state tournament. Columbia River eliminated Mark Morris by scores of 12-5 and 11-1. Kelso ousted R.

A. Long 18-12 and 19-9 with 30 hits in each game. River’s Hailee Corona and Ruby Lew were each 3-for-4 with a home run and scored three times in the first game.



Corona also had a double and three RBI, while Lew had two RBI. Ella Easter and Haylee Delano each went 2 for 3 with three RBI for River in the Game 2 win. Kelso’s Avery Mackin continued her hot hitting by going a combined 8 for 9 with two doubles, two home runs, seven RBI and six runs scored in the wins over R.

A. Long. Emma Osborn also went 8 for 9 with five RBI and she hit two home runs in the second game.

Bregan Ruhland had two homers and four RBI in the second game Columbia River (15-3) and Kelso (15-5) will face off at 6 p.m. Thursday at Heritage for the district title.

The state tournament is Oct. 25-26 at Yakima. 3A/2A DISTRICT 4 TOURNAMENT COLUMBIA RIVER 12-11, MARK MORRIS 5-1 First Game Mark Morris 004 010 0—5 12 3 Columbia River 121 035 x—12 19 2 Mark Morris Highlights — Avery Carpenter 2-4; Keira McGinley 3-4 2B HR 3RBI 2R; Karly Grothoff 1-3 2B; Neelie Robbins 2-3 2B.

Columbia River Highlights — Hailee Corona 3-4 2B HR 3RBI 3R; Ava Pratoussy 2-4 2B RBI; Ruby Lew 3-4 HR 2RBI 3R; Brooklyn Vickery 2-4 2RBI; Haylee Delano 2-3; Ava O’Conner 3-3; Eniya Taylor 1-3 2RBI. Second Game Mark Morris 000 100 —1 5 4 Columbia River 008 03x —11 16 2 Mark Morris Highlights — Grace Woodbridge 1-2 2B; Sydney Nelson 1-2 2B RBI. Columbia River Highlights — Zaya Ehlers-Bakacs 2-3 RBI; Corona 2-3 RBI; Lew 2-3 RBI; Sydney Seibert-Wilder 2-3 2R; Ella Easter 2-3 2B 3RBI; Delano 2-3 3RBI; Lexi Keller 2-3.

KELSO 18-19, R.A. LONG 12-9 First Game Kelso 141 323 4—18 30 5 R.

A. Long 114 330 0—12 17 8 Kelso Highlights — Avery Mackin 4-5 2B HR 6RBI 4R; Peyton Champagne 3-5 2B 2RBI 4R; Emma Osborn 5-5 2RBI; Karmynn Petrisor 2-5 RBI; Bregan Ruhland 2-5 RBI 2R; Milena Hooper 3-5 2RBI; Lilee Sanders 2-4 RBI; Kennedie Storie 3-4 RBI 3R; Chloe Doherty 4-4 RBI 2R. R.

A. Long Highlights — Edie Korpi 4-5 2B 3B 2RBI 4R; Stevie Jones 1-4 2RBI 2R; Grace Bert 1-3 2B 3RBI; Audrina Solano 2-4 2B RBI; Shoshana Robeson 3-4; Nicole Walker 3-4 2B 2R. Second Game R.

A. Long 202 302 —9 20 2 Kelso 650 206 —19 30 2 R.A.

Long Highlights — Korpi 3-4 2B 3R; Jones 2-4 3R; Malia Byrnes 2-4 RBI; Bert 3-4 2-2B 3RBI; Kace Prindel 2-4 2B 2RBI; Solano 2-4 2B RBI; Callysta Jones 2-3; Walker 2-3 HR 2RBI. Kelso Highlights — Mackin 4-4 2B HR RBI 2R; Champagne 3-4 2B 2R; Osborn 3-4 2-HR 3RBI 3R; Petrisor 3-4 2-2B HR 3RBI 2R; Ruhland 3-3 2-HR 4RBI 4R; Hooper 3-4 2R; Keisha Hayes 3-4; Sanders 3-4 2-2B 4RBI 2R; Lynzee Gatlin 2-4 2B 2RBI; Doherty 2-4 RBI..