SPORTS: Chimacum softball, baseball teams win doubleheaders from Life Christian; other prep reports

CHIMACUM — Chimacum took a Nisqually League doubleheader from Life Christian on Wednesday to remain in the running for at least second place in league.

The Cowboys won 6-1, 15-0, for a total of eight innings, to improve to 7-2 in league and 12-3 overall.

Chimacum wraps up league play today at home against Vashon Island and then tunes up for tri-district action with a nonleague game at home Friday against Steilacoom.

In Wednesday’s first game, the Cowboys scored six runs in the fourth inning to win by five in five innings, and then they scored a total of 13 runs in the second and third innings of the nightcap to win by 15 in three innings.

Hannah Baird (3-1) pitched a two-hitter for five innings in the first game, striking out four and walking four.

Cydney Nelson, meanwhile, pitched a three-inning perfect game in the nightcap with no hits, no runs and no walks while striking out four.

Bridget Galle and Nelson both had doubles in the second game while Erin Bainbridge went 2-for-2 at the plate.

Wednesday’s second game was a makeup contest with Life Christian the home team.

Chimacum 6, Life Christian 1

Life Christian 0 0 0 0 1 x x ­— 1 2 3

Chimacum 0 0 0 6 x x x — 6 3 0

WP- Baird (3-1)

Pitching Statistics

Chimacum: Baird 5IP, 4K, 2H, 1R, 4BB.

Hitting Statistics

Chimacum: Castille 1-3, 2RBIs.

Chimacum 15, Life Christian 0

Chimacum 2 8 5 x x x x ­— 15 8 0

Life Christian 0 0 0 x x x x — 0 0 2

WP- Nelson (4-2)

Pitching Statistics

Chimacum: Nelson 3IP, 4K, 0H, 0R, 0 BB.

Hitting Statistics

Chimacum: Galle 2-3, 2B, 2RBIs; Bainbridge 2-2, 2RBIs; Nelson 1-1, 2B, 2RBIs.

Sequim 29, 
Port Townsend 1

PORT TOWNSEND — The Wolves (14-0, 17-0) unleashed an offensive blitz Wednesday to get within a win of the Olympic League championship.

Sequim hosts archrival Port Angeles today for the league title. The Wolves will win it all if they beat the Roughriders.

Port Angeles, meanwhile, must win for a tie for first place. Sequim is the only team to beat the Riders this year.

Rylleigh Zbaraschuk, Lea Hopson, Maddy Zbaraschuk and Demiree Briones all had home runs for Sequim against the Redskins.

Makayla Bentz picked up the win on the mound for the Wolves, going four innings while tallying three strikeouts.

Sequim 29, Port Townsend 1

Sequim 6 (12) 0 9 2 ­— 29 19 1

PT 0 0 0 0 1 — 1 2 10

WP- Bentz; LP- Kilham

Pitching Statistics

Sequim: Bentz, 4IP, 1R, 0ER, 3K; Briones, 1IP, 0R, 2K

Hitting Statistics

Sequim: R. Zbaraschuk 2-for-5 (3R, 3RBI, HR); Miller 2-for-5 (3R); Hopson 5-for-6 (5R, 4 RBI, 2 2B, 2 3B, HR); M. Zbaraschuk 1-for-3 (3R, 2RBI, HR); Briones 3-for-4 (R, RBI, HR); Besand 2-for-5 (3R, RBI, 2B); Rhodefer 1-for-4 (2R, 2RBI, 2B); Bentz 1-for-3 (2R, RBI); Clift 2-for-4 (2R, 2RBI, 2B).

Port Townsend: Conway 1-for-2; Whitney (1R); Kilham 1-for-2.

Hoquiam 12, 9, Forks 2, 3

HOQUIAM — The Spartans (3-9, 3-12) needed to win one of these games to qualify for the postseason.

It wasn’t to be.

Forks will conclude regular-season play at home against Tenino today in a doubleheader.

The game will be played Friday if it is rained out today.

In the first game, Courtney Paul went 1-for-2 with an RBI and run scored while Taylor Morris went 1-for-2 with an RBI and Whitney Fairbanks scored a run.

In the second contest, Tabitha Brock was 1-for-1 with an RBI while Alyssa Feldewert went 1-for-2 with an RBI and run scored.

Baseball
Chimacum 20, 10, Life Christian 0, 0

CHIMACUM — The state Class 1A ranked No. 1 Cowboys toyed with hapless Life Christian in a Nisqually League doubleheader Wednesday.

Chimacum (11-0, 17-1) needed just one victory to win the league championship for the third year in a row and for the fourth time in five years.

The Cowboys needed just eight innings for the 30-run margin of victory.

The first contest was a makeup game with Life Christian the home team. That game went just three innings while the nightcap went five.

Chimacum concludes regular-season play today at home against Vashon Island and then will host its first tri-district playoff game May 11 against the league’s No. 4 team.

In the first game, Dylan Brown-Bishop tossed a two-hitter in the three-inning game, striking out six while walking none.

The Cowboys scored 19 runs in the first inning to take absolute control of the game.

Landon Cray went 2-for-2 with a double, three RBIs and three runs scored while Devin Manix was 2-for-3 with a double, four RBIs and three runs.

Quinn Eldridge also had a monster game by going 4-for-4 with two doubles, four RBIs and two runs.

Egan Cornachione also had a 4-for-4 day.

Michael Nordbergh, Cornachione and Manix combied for a no-hitter in the second game. Manix struck out the side in one inning of work.

Eldridge ripped a three-run homer in the contest.

Cray, who has the school’s season home-run record couldn’t add to it because he was given four walks on the day.

Chimacum 20, Life Christian 0

Chimacum 19 1 0 x x x x ­— 20 17 0

Life Christian 0 0 0 x x x x — 0 2 2

WP- Brown-Bishop (3-0)

Pitching Statistics

Chimacum: Brown-Bishop 3IP, 6K, 2H, 0R, 0BB.

Hitting Statistics

Chimacum: Cray 2-2, 2B, 3RBIs, 3R; Manix, 2-3, 2B, 4RBIs, 3R; McConnell 2-3, 2B, 2RBIs, 3R; Dukek 2-3, 3RBIs, 2R; Eldridge 4-4, 2 2B, 2R, 4RBIs; Cornachione 4-4, RBI, 3R.

Chimacum 10, Life Christian 0

Life Christian 0 0 0 0 0 x x ­— 0 0 4

Chimacum 4 0 1 5 x x x — 10 9 0

WP- Nordbergh (2-0)

Pitching Statistics

Chimacum: Nordbergh 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB; Cornachione 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0BB; Manix 1IP, 3K, 0R, 0H, 0BB.

Hitting Statistics

Chimacum: Manix 2-3; Eldridge 1-1, HR, 3RBIs; Cienega 1-1, RBI.

Rainier Christian 5, Quilcene 2

AUBURN — Quilcene pitcher Brandon Bancroft fanned 19 batters in eight innings but it wasn’t enough for the Rangers in the Sea-Tac League game.

Rainier Christian scored three runs in the bottom of the 10th inning to break a 2-2 tie and win Wednesday.

Bancroft pitched the first eight innings for the Rangers, holding Rainier Christian to two runs on six hits.

Rainier Christian 5, Quilcene 2

Quilcene 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ­— 2 5 4

R. Christian 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 — 5 13 2

Pitching Statistics

Quilcene: Bancroft 8IP, 19K, 6H, BB 1ER; Davidson 2IP, K, 6H, BB 2ER.

Hitting Statistics

Quilcene: Schrier 1-2, 3BB; McIntyre 1-5, 3B; S. Gerre 2-5, 2B, R; Yahne 2-5, R, 2B; G. Gerre 3-5, 3B, R.

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