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Wentachee Valley and Mt Hood again top polls Wenatchee Valley #1; top five remain unchanged in the final baseball poll Mt. Hood (19-9, 28-15) holds in the fifth spot while Columbia Basin (17-11, 33-15), after a brief departure form the top eight, returns to the poll in the sixth position. Tacoma (18-7, 23-18) moves up a spot to seventh and Linn-Benton (19-9, 29-15) also returns to the top eight at number eight. view poll Mt Hood remains the favorites in the final softball poll - top six unchanged Walla Walla (22-6, 37-15) holds at fifth while Clackamas (17-13, 24-21) hangs on to the sixth position. Spokane (22-6, 30-14) and West Champion Pierce (28-2, 36-10) trade places in the seventh and eight spots. view poll Wenatchee Valley & Mt. Hood top Horizon Air/Coaches' Polls Wenatchee Valley overtakes Edmonds in the baseball rankings Bellevue (11-5, 23-13) dips three places to sixth, Walla Walla (14-7, 26-13) makes its 2008 poll debut at seventh while Tacoma (12-5, 17-16) slides a few spots to eighth and Treasure Valley (15-7, 27-15) breaks into the top eight tied for eighth. complete poll Mt. Hood continues to top softball poll Walla Walla (17-5, 32-14) dips three spots to fifth following a bumpy ride at the NWAACC crossover tournament and a pair of road losses at Wenatchee Valley. Clackamas (10-10, 17-18) holds the sixth spot despite being the only team in the top eight with a sub .500 overall winning percentage. West leader Pierce (20-2, 28-10) and Spokane (17-5, 25-13) remain in the seven and eight positions in the poll. complete poll NWAACC in the news NWAACC Hall of Fame baseball player Ritch Price Featured Internet radio broadcast: Olympic vs. Bellevue baseball Apr 26 The Bellevue at Olympic College baseball game in Bremerton will be broadcast LIVE from Legion Field this weekend via the website www.ispnsports.com on Saturday, April 26. Saturday's broadcast will begin with a pre-game show at 12:30pm, followed by the first pitch at 1:00pm . Edmonds Baseball ranked in nation's top 25 The Edmonds' baseball team earned a top 25 national ranking by PGCrossChecker.com, a national baseball online publication. The April 14 junior college poll lists the Tritons (25-2) in the 22nd spot on the list. View Poll Baseball and softball rankings released Edmonds takes over the top spot in baseball Columbia Basin plummets from the top spot to fifth, West Region leader Tacoma (8-2, 13-13) enters the poll in the sixth spot, Everett (9-3, 18-9) holds at seven and South Region leader Linn-Benton (8-2, 18-8) rounds out the top eight. View Poll Mt. Hood heads up the softball rankings Bellevue (14-0, 18-2) are red hot in the North Region and move up a spot to fifth. Clackamas (8-4, 12-11) drops a spot to sixth while West Region leader Pierce (13-1, 20-6) moves up from eighth to seventh. Chemeketa (6-6, 13-9) and Spokane (12-4, 18-10) tied for the eighth spot. View Poll Polls: Columbia Basin & Lower Columbia top initial 2008 baseball and softball rankings Baseball Poll North Division rivals Skagit Valley (1-3, 10-7), Edmonds (4-0, 16-2) and Everett are the five, six and seven picks. The Cardinals of Skagit Valley were last season's NWAACC runner-up. Mt. Hood (4-0, 11-9) rounds out the second four in the eighth spot. view poll Softball Poll Clackamas (2-0, 6-7), who have been in the past six league title games, weigh in at number five. Bellevue (6-0, 10-2), Chemeketa (1-1, 8-4) and Highline (0-2, 9-9) complete the top eight. view poll Baseball & Softball Sophomore Showcase Results The 2007 Sophomore showcases for baseball and softball took place this past weekend. The baseball showcase was held at Lower Columbia's Story Field in Longview, Wa. and the softball games were at Portland's Delta Park East complex. Softball Scores: Game 1: East 6, South 2 Game 2: North 8, West 6 Game 3: West 5, East 5 Game 4: South 4, North 9 Baseball Scores: Game 1: East 7, South 10 Full Box Score Game 2: East 3, South 4 Full Box Score Games 3 & 4 between the West and North on Sunday were rained out. 2007 Baseball Fall Sophomore Showcase The 2007 Fall Baseball Sophomore Showcase will take place at Lower Columbia's Story Field on Sept 29 & 30th. SCHEDULE of EVENTS Saturday September 29th, 2007 9:30 am Player Check In 10:00 am East BP 10:30 am South BP 11:10 am Timed 60 yard dash 11:20 am East Infield 11:30 am South Infield Noon - East vs South Doubleheader Sunday September 30th, 2007 9:30 am Player Check In 10:00 am - West BP 10:30 am - North BP 11:10 am - Timed 60 yard dash 11:20 am West Infield 11:30 am North Infield Noon - West versus North, Doubleheader Douglas College Announces Hiring of Ridgway as New Baseball Head Coach New Westminster, BC-Douglas College has announced the hiring of Josh Ridgway as the Head Coach of the baseball program effective immediately. Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers out of Delta Secondary, Josh played two years at Treasure Valley under Head Coach Gary Van Tol. He completed his playing career at Murray State University in Kentucky, where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Physical Education. Ridgway will bring an ability to combine academic and athletic success to baseball. Over the past three years, the White Rock Tritons of the Premier Baseball League posted a 80-57 record in league play and Ridgway was fortunate to have coached 3 Canadian National Junior Team Members in Kevin Atkinson, Chad Stang and 4th Round pick of the K.C. Royals, Mitch Hodge. Ridgway was instrumental in graduating 21 players onto various college baseball programs during his tenure. Before coming to White Rock, Ridgway was the head coach of the Richmond Midget "AAA" Provincial Champions that represented BC at the Western Canada Championships in 2004. A NCCP Level III certified coach, Ridgway was a guest coach at the 2005 Mizuno Camp in Toronto and a guest coach with the Toronto Blue Jays in Dunedin, Fl with their instructional league team. In the summer of 2006, Ridgway was an assistant coach, under Canadian Hall of Famer, John Haar, of the U17 provincial team that won silver at the Canada Cup. This August 2007, Josh will rejoin former Kwantlen College and White Rock Tritons pitching coach, Jeff Zeilstra, to coach the French National Team at the 2007 European Championships in Barcelona, Spain. "Josh Ridgway is an up and coming young coach who will be able to ensure that athletes who decide to stay in BC will have the opportunity to compete in the prestigious Washington and Oregon States, Northwest Athletic Association of Community College (NWAACC) while getting a quality education," says Athletic Director Lou Rene Legge. Bellevue pitching stifles Skagit Valley to win 2007 title LONGVIEW, WASH- The Bellevue Bulldog's starting pitcher Mike Lee (So, Skyline HS) silenced the Skagit Valley bats to win the 2007 NWAACC All the scoring came from Bellevue who chipped away at the Skagit Valley pitchers. The first run of the game came on a Kyle Decater (Fr, Skyline HS) 350' solo homerun over the right field wall in the top of the third. In the fourth, BCC’s Kyle Montgomery (Fr, Kennedy HS) hit a lead off single to start. TJ Brown (So, Issaquah) hit a sacrifice bunt to advance Montgomery to second. Connor Rankin (Fr, Shorecrest) was walked and that was the end for starting pitcher Brent Botkin (Fr, Auburn). Unfortunately for Skagit Valley, new pitcher Colby Hawk (So, Timberline) was unable to defuse the Bellevue threat. Bellevue's Brian Gana (So, Richland) hit a double to score Montgomery from second. Bellevue's third run came in the eighth as Gana got his second RBI when hit a single off Hawk to score TJ Brown. Brad Reid entered in relief for Bellevue in the eighth inning and did not allow any hits and earned the save for his team. The Bellevue win gives Head Coach Mark Yoshino's first championship in his second try. Bellevue took second to Edmonds in 2002. This is Bellevue's third championship in 31 tournament appearances and first since 1979. Skagit Valley finishes second, their best-ever placing at the NWAACC Championship in only their third tournament appearance. ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM OUTFIELD INFIELD CATCHER DESIGNATED HITTER UTILITY PITCHERS Harry Russel Most Valuable Player WP-Mike Lee LP-Brent Botkin SV-Brad Reid Bellevue vs Skagit Valley (Championship Game) BELLEVUE WINS 2007 NWAACC CHAMPIONSHIP DOUBLE PLAY- Ground to second, 4-6-3 double play. AB- Humphrey BB- Henderson advances to first. AB- Henderson SO- Ried gets 1st strikeout, 9k for BCC AB- Jacob BOTTOM OF NINTH 3 OUT- Stikeout looking. WILD PITCH- Wight advances to third. AB- Stone (1 runner at 2nd, 2 outs) 2 OUT- Grounder to short, Wight advances to second. AB- Hoey BB- 2nd walk by Visser. Wight advances to 1st AB- Wight 1 OUT- High/deep fly to center AB- Decater END OF EIGHTSobczak 3 out- AB- Tracy 2 out- AB- Sobczak 1 OUT- Bunt back to pitcher, out at first AB- Boe PITCHING CHANGEBrad Reid comes in to relieve Mike Lee who pitched 7 innings who leaves a 4 hit shutout. BOTTOM OF EIGHTH 3 OUT- Long fly to deep center. Libadia catches at warning track. AB- Lucero (1 runner at 1st, 2 outs) RBI, 1B- Hit to left. Brown scores. AB- Gana (1 runner at 2nd, 2 outs) 1 OUT- Brown advances on fielders choice, out at first AB- Rankin (1 runner at 1st, 1 out) 1B- Brown beats throw with head first slide AB- Brown SO- 2K Visser, 4k for SVC AB- Montgomery (1-3) END OF SEVENTH SO- 6K'S for Mike Lee. Struckout swinging. NOTE- Bellevue has won 4 of 5 meetings with SVC including one tournament game earlier AB- Pinch Hitter- Ben Harty 2 OUT- Fly to left. AB- Libadia E5- Pop-up in front of pitching mound. Brown drops ball. Hefely at first. AB- Hefely 1 out- Pop-up to Stone AB- Humphrey BOTTOM OF SEVENTH SO- Visser's first SO STEAL- Decater steals 2nd. AB- Stone 2 OUT- Fly to deep center AB- Hoey 1 OUT- Fly to right AB- Decater (1-2) PITCHING CHANGECody Visser enters the game END OF SIXTH 3 OUT- Pop-up, Stone catches in foul territory AB- Henderson (2 runners, 2 outs) SO- Fifth K for Lee NOTE- Bullpen active for Bellevue as Yoshino visits the mound. AB- Jacob (runners at 3rd and 1st, 1 out) 1B- Hit to center. Lucero fields and throws line to AB- Tracy (runner at 2nd, 1 out) STEAL- Boe steals second AB- Tracy SO- Strikeout swinging. AB- Sobczak (1 runner at first, no outs) E2- Boe pops up and Rankin drops in fair territory. AB- Boe BOTTOM OF SIXTH 3 OUT- Fly to center. 2 runners left. AB- Lucero SO- Strikeout swinging. Hawks first K. AB- Gana (Runners at 3rd and 1st, 1 out) E4- Rankin smacks ball at 2b who fails to field. Brown advances to third. AB- Rankin 1B- Single over third base AB- Brown 1 OUT- Grounder to Pease (2B). AB- Montgomery END OF FIFTH DOUBLE PLAY- Pease hits to shortstop who steps on second and throws to first for 6-3 double play. AB- Pease with runners at 1st and 2nd with 1 out. 1B- Single into centerfield. AB- Libadia 1B- Grounded past TJ Brown at third. AB- Hefely SO- Humphrey stikes out. Lee's second K of the game. AB- Humphrey BOTTOM FOURTH 3 OUT- End of Top Fourth AB- Stone< /p> 2 OUT- Boe grabs long fly ball AB- Hoey 1 OUT- Fly to left AB- Jesse Wight END OF FOURTH 3 OUT- Rolling grounder to Hoey. Out at first. AB- Henderson BB- 2nd walk by Lee. Runners at first and second with 2 outs. AB- Jacob NOTE- Every game in tournament has had a hit batter. HBP- Lee hits Tracy AB- Brad Tracy SO- 2nd Strikeout for Lee AB- Sobczak 1 OUT- Ground to first to stone. Lee covers first for the out. AB- Boe BOTTOM OF FOURTH 3 OUT- Decater grounds to second. AB- Decater E5- Lucero hits to third who throws low to first. SCORE- BCC 2, SVC 0 AB- Lucero, one runner at 2nd. 2B RBI- Montgomery scores from second 2 OUT- Pick off at first. TIMEOUT- Botkin leaves the game after 3.1 innings giving up 5 hits and 1 run. Colby Hawk takes the mound for warm-up. AB- Gana, runners at 1st and 2nd with one out BB- 4 walks for Botkin, Rankin takes first. AB- Rankin 1 OUT-Sacrifice bunt. Montgomery advances to second ABBrown, runner at first, no outs. 1BMontgomery END OF THIRD 3 OUT- Grounded to second, out at first. AB- Pease 2 OUT- Hit to left. BCC Head Coach Mark Yoshino had just moved over Decater who didn't have to move to catch. Good call. AB- Libadia 1 OUT- Hard hit to TJ Brown at third, fielded, out at first. AB- Hefely BOTTOM THIRD- 3 out- Stone hits down thirdbase line, fielded, out at second. TIMEOUT- Mathews out to mound. SVC bullpen becomes active. AB- Stone BB- Hoey takes first. AB- Hoey 2 OUT- Grounded to first. AB- Wight SCORE- BCC 1, SVC 0 HOMERUN- Decatur knocks it 350 feet over right field!! 1 OUT- Lucero attempts to steal second, perfect throw, out at second AB- Decater BB- Lucero takes first with no outs. AB- Justin Lucero END OF SECOND SO- Humphrey strikes out looking. AB- Humphrey, runner at second, 2 outs 1 OUT- Henderson hits back to pitcher. Ball goes off pitchers glove, Jacob started on the pitch to take second. Hoey bare hands the ball to get the out at first. AB- Trent Henderson BB- Jacob advances to first. AB- Zach Jacob 1 OUT- Hoey fields grounder, out at first. AB- Brad Tracy BOTTOM OF SECOND DOUBLE PLAY- 4-6-3 Double play AB- Gana 1B- Hits past second. AB- Rankin 1 OUT- Brown pop-ups behind second base. AB- TJ Brown 3 OUT- Grounder to short stop. End of inning STEAL- Boe steals second with full count and 2 outs. AB- Sobczak (hitting .417 in tournament) 1B- Boe hits to left field. AB- Boe 2 OUT- Ground NOTE- Mike Lee pitching for BCC AB- Pease 1 OUT- Grounded AB- Labadia (hitting .176 at tournament) BOTTOM OF FIRST S0- Montgomery strikeouts looking. AB- Montgomery 1BWight hits single, Decatur moves to second ABWight BBDecater walks, advances to first ABDecater 1 out Botkin pitching for SVC TOP FIRST Skagit Valley explodes in eighth to advance WP-McLeod. LP-LaPalm. LONGVIEW, WASH- The Green River Gators were six outs from advancing to the championship game when Skagit Valley's offense came alive. After the Gators scored eight runs in the first two innings, the Cardinals shut out GRCC to give themselves a chance late. In the eighth SVC scored six runs to take a 12-8 lead. Two of those runs came on a Eddie Sobzcak homerun, the second of the game for Skagit Valley. The other homerun was courtesy of Brad Tracy in the seventh. Green River finishes third in the 2007 NWAACC Baseball Championship while Skagit Valley will meet Bellevue in the championship game. Scronce carries Gators to Championship Monday WP-Scronce. LP- LaLonde. LONGVIEW, WASH- Levi Scronce came into the game during the second inning and held Bellevue to four hits and no runs in 7.2 innings. The Bulldogs stranded 11 runners. The Green River offense had two big innings scoring four in the second and five in the fifth to win 9-5. The Gators advance to Monday and will play Skagit Valley at 12:05 p.m. for the right to meet Bellevue at 3:30 for the 2007 NWAACC Championship. PLAY-BY-PLAY SITUATION(most recent events listed first) NOTE-WP-Scronce wins. LP-Lalonde SO-Moseby strikeouts looking to end the game AB-Moseby CHANGE-Pinch runner, Marc Schuermeyer in for Stone at first. BB-Two out, two on at 1st and 2nd AB-Stone STEAL-Hoey steals 2nd 2 OUT-Lazy fly to right AB-Rankin BB-Hoey takes first AB-Hoey 1 OUT-Pop up to right on first pitch AB-Wight BOTTOM OF NINTH 3 OUT-Ground to short, out at second. AB-Lapalm BB-Willard walks. Runners at 2nd and 3rd. STEAL-Regan steals second AB-Willard (0-3) 1B-Hits to hole between short and third. AB-Regan 2 OUT-Pop out to right foul line to second baseman AB-Taylor 1 OUT-Hoey fields, throws across body for out 1. AB-Cramer 3 out-Ground to second. Out at first NOTE-Bullpen active for Green River. AB-Brown BB-Lucero takes first. Runners at 1st and 2nd WILD PITCH-Decater advances to second base. AB-Lucero, runner at first. 1B-Infield single, Marquez grabs with no play. AB-Decater 2 OUT-Grounds to shortstop. AB-Montgomery 1 OUT-Regan makes a running/sliding catch in foul territory. AB-Moseby NOTE-If Green River wins, there will definitely be two games Monday. They would play Skagit Valley at 12:05 p.m. and the winner of that game would play Bellevue after. BOTTOM OF EIGHTH 3 OUT-Fly to Lucero in center AB-Voekel BB-Runners at 1st and 2nd. WILD PITCH-Marquez advances to second AB-Crouthamel with 2 outs. 1B-Marquez single. AB-Marquez 2 OUT-Pop-up, caught by Hoey. AB-Brodin SO, 1 OUT-Strikeout looking. AB-Lapalm TOP OF EIGHTHBrown 3 OUT-Pop up to right. AB-Stone 2 OUT-Pop-up, Wight advances to third. AB-Rankin 1 OUT-Shallow fly to center, Brodin catches. AB-Hoey 2B-Hit to deep left-center over Willard. AB-Wight BOTTOM OF SEVEN 3 OUT-Fly to center AB-Willard 2 out-Infield pop-up to third base. AB-Regan 1 OUT-Moseby dives in left for first out. AB-Owens END OF SIXTH 3 OUT- Over the shoulder grab by Voekel in foul territory AB-Brown STEAL- Decater steals second AB- Brown 2 OUT- Fly to left AB- Lucero 1B- Hit to right, second hit of the game. AB- Decater 1 OUT-Grounded to short AB-Montgomery BOTTOM OF SIXTH 2,3 OUT- 4-6-3 double play. AB- Cramer 1 out- Infield pop-up to second baseman AB- Voekel 1B- Crouthamel grounds past third. Marquez at 2nd. AB- Crouthamel 1B-Marquez at first, no outs. AB- Marquez TOP OF SIXTH 3 OUT- Regan makes running catches in right field at foul line AB- Moseby 2 OUT- Brodin catches fly in deep center AB- Stone 1 out- Line to Lapalm AB- Ranking 1B- Hoey at first AB- Hoey SCORE- GRCC 9, BCC 5 3 out- Ends inning AB- Brodin SCORE- Cramer scores. Regan scores. E4 on relay throw. One out at second. AB- Lapalm BB-RBI- Voekel scores from third. AB- Willard, bases loaded SCORE- BCC 5, GRCC 6, one outs CHANGE- Yoshino pulls La Londe. Now pitching Jay Taylor. BB-RBI- Regan Walks, Crouthamal scores. SCORE- BCC 5, GRCC 5 AB- Regan 1 OUT- Shallow center fly ball AB- Owens, bases loaded no outs. RBI- Hit to right. Marquez scores. Bases loaded. AB- Cramer, bases loaded with no outs. Did You Know- 41 batter hit by pitcher. HIT- Voekel hits to center, bases loaded. AB- Voekel HIT BATTER- Crouthamel hit. Runners at second and first. AB- Crouthamel, one at first. HIT-Single to shortshot. Backhanded but late on throw. AB- Marquez TOP OF FIFTH END OF FOURTH 3 OUT- Pop-up. AB- Wight 2 out- One pitch ground out to second base. AB- Brown 1 OUT- Pop-up to second AB- Lucero BOTTOM OF FOURTH AB- Brodin hits to second, double play at second and first. AB- Brodin, one out BB- LaPalm walks to first. AB- Lapalm 1 OUT- Fly to left. AB- Willard TOP OF FOURTH END OF INNING- Pop-up AB- Decater 2 OUT- Pop-up to center, Brodin catches for out 2. ERROR- E3, Moseby advances to second as ball gets past first baseman. AB- Montgomery BB- Moseby advances to first AB- Moseby 1 OUT- Grounds to shortstop AB- Stone (Scronce still pitching) BOTTOM OF THIRD 3 OUT- Pop-up to center. AB- Regan 2 OUT- Strikeout looking AB- Owens 1 OUT- Cramer hits to first. END OF SECOND- 3 OUT- Wight lines to second to end inning. AB- Ranking, 9th batter of the inning BB- Hoey walks, bases loaded. RUN- Lucero scores on wild pitch. AB- Hoey 2 out- Wight check swings, grounds, force out at home. Wight at first, Bases loaded. AB- Wight SITUATION- Green Rivers third pitcher after four outs. BCC 4, GRCC 4. PITCHING CHANGE- Levi Scronce RBI-BB- Brown walks. Run Scores AB- Brown BB- Lucero walks, bases loaded. AB- Lucero RBI- Single to right, Moseby scores. AB- Decater 1 OUT- Montgomery grounds to short, out at third. Hit by fielders choice. Skagit Valley stays alive WP- McLeod. LP- Bochsler. SP-Visser. LONGVIEW, WASH- The Columbia Basin Hawks looked as if they were going stay alive in the tournament with good pitching from Brett Boschler who managed to shutout the Cardinal offense for five innings. However, the Cardinals came out swinging in the bottom of the sixth with two doubles that started the flood. Boschler was pulled after giving up three runs in favor of Cameron Joslyn who gave up one more. Trent Henderson of Skagit Valley played a key role getting two RBI's in the fourth. That four-run inning was enough to hold off the defending NWAACC champs down the stretch. Columbia Basin's Jordan Esparza did his best to keep the Hawks in the game, hitting the game's only homerun and going three for five at-bat. However, CBC left nine runners on base missing out on key opportunities. The Cardinals' victory advances them to face the winner of tonight's match-up of Bellevue and Green River.
Bellevue gets it done WP- Buckham. LP- Hawk. The Bellevue Bulldogs got an excellent pitching performance from Brian Buckham who pitched seven and two-third innings allowing only two runs. Buckham struckout six and allowed two earn runs. The Cardinals had a few costly errors in the early innings. In the first inning, Bellevue scored two runs. With runners on first and third, Shane Hoey hit a RBI single to centerfield. The next batter, Mike Stone provided a sacrafice fly to score Wight from third. The third inning saw Bellevue score two more runs. After the lead off batter Justin Lucero was hit by a pitch, Hoey doubled to second past a diving Brad Tracy in centerfield. Stone followed Hoey with another RBI double to center right to score Hoey and give the Bulldogs a 4-0 lead. Skagit Valley scored their frst run in the fourth on a sacrafice fly by Ben Hardy. In the seventh, Eddie Sobczak came in as a pinch hitting and hit a RBI single for the Cardinals' second run. In the eighth, allowed a walkoff double by Kyle Boe and walked Zach Jacob after Brad Tracy advanced Boe to third. Bellevue Head Coach Mark Yoshino visited the mound and Buckham stayed in the game to strikeout Harty. However, Henderson hit a RBI single to make it 4-3. After the run, Blaine Hardy came into relieve Buckham and picked off Henderson at first to end the Skagit Valley threat. In the bottom, Hoey added another RBI to his total with a double straight up the middle. After a pitching change, Kyle Montgomery hit a bomb to the right field warning track just inside the foule line to score Hoey. Buckham recorded the victory and Hardy gets the save. The win guarantees Bellevue a spot on Championship Monday. They will face Green River Sunday at 7:05 p.m. Skagit Valley will play Columbia Basin at 2:05. Green River dominates LCC to advance WP - Wheeler, LP - Erickson Longview, WASH- The Green River Gators managed to defeat the Red Devils when it counted the most. The Gators who only won once in their five meetings with Lower Columbia jumped on top of the Red Devils early scoring two in the first inning. The Red Devils answered with one run in the third, then Green River opened up in the next three innings. The Gators scored three in fourth, one in the fifth and four in the sixth. The Gators never let up and LCC bats never came alive. The Gators were led by Blake Willard who was four for five at the plate. Colin Crouthamel drove in four runs for Green River. In an effort to slow down the Gator bats, LCC used five different pitchers. Hawks end Mt Hoods season in 14 Game 9 - Columbia Basin 4, Mt. Hood 3 - Longview, WA. WP - Esparza, LP - Bobnick LONGVIEW, WASH- The first game Saturday at day three of the NWAACC Championship turned out to be a classic game. In 14 innings, CBC outlasted Mt Hood 4-3 after 3 hours and 45 minutes. The game not only ends the Saints season, but also Interim Head Coach Dale Stebbins spectacular career. The game really got started in the sixth inning when Mt Hood opened the scoring with two-runs.
Columbia Basin answered in the top of the eighth with two runs. The game headed into the ninth and CBC had a runner in scoring position with two outs. The runner attempted to steal third and was thrown out. In the bottom of the ninth, the Saints had a chance with runners in second and third and the Hawks walked another runner to load the bases. The gamble paid off as CBC got a double play at home and first to force extra innings. Leaving runners on base and getting out jams was the order of the day. Columbia Basin left 18 batters stranded in the game while the Saints left nine. The Hawks scored in the top of the 11th on a sacrifice fly. The Saints answered immediately with a walkoff homerun by Tyson Nelson. Finally in the 14th, Bret Bochsler hit a single to drive in the winning run. The Saints did not have an answer in the bottom of the 14th. Jordan Esparza recorded the win after coming in relief for Columbia Basin in the ninth inning. NWAACC Baseball Live Internet Video & Radio Broadcasts The 2007 Baseball Championships are being broadcasted live courtesy
of WWW.KLOG.COM. KLOG is a radio station based in Longview, WA. Live video broadcast is also available courtesy of KLTV at KLTV.ORG Game 8 - Bellevue 8, Lower Columbia 3 - Longview,
WA. WP - Reid, LP - Peterson The Bellevue Bulldogs opened the scoring in the first inning when Jesse Wight scored Justin Lucero on an RBI double and Shane Hoey crossed the plate on a fielder's choice to take a 2-0 lead. The Bulldogs racked up five more runs in the top of second when Jesse Wight crushed a three-run bomb that easily cleared the Story Field fences and Kyle Torgerson tagged a 2-run double to increase the Bulldog lead to 7-0. The Lower Columbia Red Devils got on the board in the bottom of the second when Tyler McCallum grounded-out scoring Cal Vaccaro. The Bulldogs answered in the top of the third when Jason Moeby scored on an RBI single by Decater to make it an 8-1 lead. The Red Devils got a little rally going in the fifth, but was only able to squeeze out a run when Garrett Brown hit an RBI single to score Jose Ortiz Jr. to make it an 8-2 contest. Brown stroked a double in the seventh, scoring Lyndon Estill, to add another run for the Devils to narrow the Bulldog lead to just five runs at 8-3. The Bulldog's Jesse Moon came into the game in relief of starter Brad Reid in the eighth and held the Devil batters in check to secure the win. Bellevue (35-10) will meet Northern Region rival Skagit Valley (33-13) in a match up of the tournament's two unbeaten teams Saturday at 7:05pm. Lower Columbia (36-6) will meet Western Region rival Green River (32-17) at 2:05pm. Game 7 - Skagit Valley 4, Mt. Hood 1 - Longview,
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Verdugo, LP - Lange, Save - Visser Skagit's Ryan Verdugo made a great read in the second inning when he surprised a Saint base runner trying to steal second, catching the base runner in a pickle that resulted in a tag-out by second baseman Kyle Peace. Cardinal Brad Tracy scored on a Zack Jacob RBI single in the third to increase the Skagit Valley lead to 3-0. After holding the Saints to a single hit, Vedugo got into a bit of a jam in the bottom of the fifth when Mt. Hood got runners on second & third base, but he got out of the inning with a key strike-out, his eleventh of the game. Mt. Hood finally cracked Verdugo in the seventh, filling the bases in the seventh. After Verdugo walked in a run, Skagit Valley sent in J. J. McLeod who got the Cardinals out of the inning still holding a 3-1 lead. The Saints again threatened in the eighth when Justin Speer advanced to third, but McLeod was able to field a grounder to make the final out. Skagit's Derek Hefley capitalized on a Saint throwing error in the top of the ninth to score from third base to increase the Cardinal lead to 4-1. Skagit then loaded the bases, but Mt Hood's Nick Smith, pitching in relief, was able to hold on to keep Skagit from causing further damage. Skagit's shortstop Derek Hefley made two great plays in making all three put outs to retire the Saints in the ninth for a 4-1 Skagit Valley win. Cardinal closer Cody Vissor came on for the Cards in the ninth to earn the save. Skagit Valley (33-13) moves on the winner's bracket and will play the winner of the Lower Columbia - Bellevue contest Saturday at 7:05pm. Mt. Hood (36-8) moves into the loser's bracket and will play the Columbia Basin Hawks Saturday at 11:05am.
Game6 - Longview, WA. WP - Stenger, LP - Riddle, Game5 - Longview, WA. WP - Hagen, LP - Hiatt Game4 - Longview, WA. WP - Dickey, LP - Alexander, HR - Allen (LCC) Game3 - Longview, WA. WP - Hudson, LP - Ames, HR - Cejka (CBC) Game2 - Longview, WA. WP - Fullington, LP - Masters
Game1 - Longview, WA. WP - Goin, LP - Brooks, HR: Owens (GRCC) 2007 All-NWAACC Baseball Teams Announced The 2007 First and Second All-NWAACC Baseball Teams have been announced. Lyndon Estill of Lower Columbia College was named the Most Valubale Player. [view teams] Softball & Baseball All-Stars Announced View Teams: Baseball All-Stars :: Softball All-Stars Congratulations to the athletes and coaches selected to this year's team.
NWAACC Baseball Championship Schedule The match-ups for the 2007 NWAACC Baseball Championships have been announced. The Games will take place at Lower Columbia College in Longview, WA. on May 24-28, 2007.
Game 1: Green River vs Mt. Hood, 9:35 am Green River Advances to NWAACC Baseball Championships Freshman pitcher Christian Scholl paced Green River to a 5-0 victory in game three of the Western Region playoff series to advance the Gators to the 2007 NWAACC Championship tournament for the first time since 1999. Scholl (FR, Stadium HS) only gave up two hits to the Titans while collecting seven strikeouts. Keith Young (SO, Foss) got the start for Tacoma and pitched well through six innings. But with the score 1-0 in the bottom of the seventh, Green River's Colin Crouthamel (SO, Elma HS) hit a home run followed by three more hits for the Gators to take a 4-0 lead. Green River scored once more in the eighth inning on Bryan Marquez's (SO, Sumner HS) fourth hit of the day. Green River (31-16 overall) will now advance at the #2 seed from the West and will play the #1 seed from the South, Mount Hood CC, at 9:35 Thursday May 24th. Baseball: West Region Second Seed Requires Game Three At 7-7, Titan pitcher Dan Cox who pitched the entire contest for the Titans gave up the eventual game winner. Tacoma defeated GRCC 15-6 in game two to force a game three on Sunday. Both offenses got off to fast starts as the scored advanced to 4-4 after three innings. The hero of game one for Green River, Ryan Voelkel hit his second home run of the day in his first at bat of the contest. Then the rains came. The strike zone became allusive for Green River pitchers and Tacoma was ready to attack. Allen Bennett and Anthony Dallosto both racked up three hits in the game for Tacoma as the extended their lead to 12-4 in the seventh inning. Jesse Nunley earned the victory for the Titans. James Douglas took the loss for the Gators. Skagit Valley Advances to Baseball Championships Mount Vernon, WA - Skagit Valley Baseball secured a spot as the Northern Region second seed in the 2007 Baseball Championships. Skagit Valley defeated Everett 3-2 as pitching tandem Josh Fullington & Cody Visser combined for a no-hitter in game one. Skagit tallied 16 hits in game two while sophomore pitcher Ryan Verdugo held the Everett squad to just four hits in a 4-1 victory. Matt Dorey Named Mt. Hood Baseball Coach GRESHAM, Ore. – Mt. Hood Community College Director of Athletics Fred Schnell has announced the hiring of Matt Dorey as the Saints new head baseball coach. Dorey replaces Dale Stebbins, long time MHCC Head Coach and NWAACC Hall-of-Fame member, who stepped in as interim Head Coach for this season when Gabe Sandy was hired by the Florida Marlins MLB organization. Sandy, who spent the past seven seasons at the Saints' helm, led the Saints to the NWAACC Championship in his first season, 2000, after taking over from Stebbins. "We are very fortunate to be able to hire a coach with the qualities Matt possesses," said Schnell. "He has experience as both a player and coach at the highest level of collegiate baseball, and his passion for the game of baseball and the development of the student-athlete is a winning combination." Dorey arrives at Mt. Hood following two successful years on the Washington State University staff. There his duties included handling first base coaching responsibilities, coaching outfielders, base running and assisting with the hitters in team and individual workouts. Dorey was also responsible for running all camps on the WSU campus. "When the opportunity to coach at Mt. Hood developed, I just couldn't pass it up," Dorey said. "While it is difficult to leave a tremendous program at WSU, one that I think is destined for great things in the very near future, I am thrilled to be returning home and facing the challenges of running my own program." In 2006 Dorey helped the Cougar hitters to a .310 average, the highest by a WSU squad since the 1991 season. His presence on the defensive side was also felt as WSU registered a .969 fielding percentage, fourth in the Pacific-10 Conference. He worked with All-Americans Jay Miller, Jared Prince and Travis Coulter as all three garnered national recognition for their play. Last summer Dorey served as manager of the Mat-Su Miners of the Alaskan Baseball League, guiding the Miners to a 20-15 mark and a third-place finish. "We are also fortunate in the fact Matt is returning to an environment he is very familiar with as he played at Mt. Hood for two years in 1993 and 1994 and also served two years as an assistant coach earlier this decade," Schnell said. "As a member of the 1993 NWAACC Championship team, he knows what it takes to be successful as a collegiate athlete, the demands on balancing athletics and academics, and that will serve him well as he guides the young men in the Saints program." Prior to WSU, Dorey spent two seasons at Mt. Hood where he served as assistant coach under Sandy. During his stay the Saints earned a second-place finish in the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC) in 2005 after a third-place finish in 2004. There he served as the infield and base running coach, coordinated the hitting school and off-season conditioning programs and was the recruiting coordinator in charge of Washington, Idaho and Eastern Oregon. In addition to his duties at Mt. Hood, Dorey also spent his summers as the head coach for the Mt. Hood Cardinals Baseball Club, working with a competitive roster filled with local college players. As a player Dorey played two years at Portland State, teaming with Sandy during the 1995 season, and with WSU Head Coach, Don Marbut in 1996. As a senior in 1996 he served as team captain, was named to the All-Pac-10 North team and earned team MVP honors. In that season he was statistically the second toughest player to strikeout in the country and did not strike out in Pac-10 North play.
Bellevue Baseball Remains #1 - Top Four Unchanged Vancouver, WA. - There were no changes in the top four as Bellevue (20-4, 33-10), Mt. Hood (25-3, 33-7), Lower Columbia (24-1, 35-5) and Skagit Valley (16-8, 29-13) held firm. East Region rivals Columbia Basin (18-10, 34-14) and Walla Walla (16-12, 29-16) swapped positions in fifth and sixth spots while Spokane (17-11, 27-19) entered the poll at seventh. Everett (15-9, 33-12) rounds out the top eight at eighth position. (2007 Final Poll) 2007 Baseball Championships The match-ups for the 2007 NWAACC Baseball Championships have been announced:
The Games will take place at Lower Columbia College in Longview, WA. on May 24-28, 2007 Hall of Fame Inductees Announced Vancouver, WASH- The 2007 NWAACC Hall of Fame inductees have been announced. The inductees will be honored at the 20th Annual Hall of Fame Banquet being held at the Bellevue Red Lion May 31st. The Hall of Fame includes athletes, coaches, teams and administrators who have enhanced and improved the quality of athletics at Northwest Community Colleges or have distinguished themselves after leaving the NWAACC. 2007 HALL OF FAME INDIVIDUAL INDUCTEES 2007 HALL OF FAME TEAM INDUCTEES BELLEVUE COMMUNITY COLLEGE Coaches: Ernie Woods (Head), Wil DeCuire, Bob Fronk (Assistants) Athletes: Kevin Baker, Marko Dresevic, Jason Griffith, Daniel Hallgrimson, Roger Hammond, Keith Higgins, Leon Johnson, Brett Lund | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||