KONP rallies for big win over Kiwanis
PORT ANGELES — After spotting Kiwanis a 3-0 lead in the first inning, KONP cruised to a 17-5 16U softball win Wednesday.
Kiwanis scored the three runs after five walks and an RBI single from Isabelle Cottam.
KONP used five walks, an RBI single from Gabby Valadez and a double from Ashley Adamire to take a 6-3 lead in the top of the second inning.
KONP pitcher Izzy Dennis allowed no runs over the next two innings, while KONP added to its lead with hits from Casey Hale, Starla Temeres and Mackenzie Carney, and a solo home run by Makiah Sperry.
Sperry came on to pitch the fourth inning for KONP in her first-ever pitching performance.
She gave up two runs to Kiwanis on walks to Issabelle and Jasmine Cottam and a two-run double by Abbi Cottam.
Summer Olsen pitched the bottom of the fifth to close out the game for KONP.
Westport wins
PORT ANGELES — Westport rallied for an 8-7 win against Local 155 in Olympic Junior Babe Ruth baseball action at Volunteer Field on Wednesday.
Local came out firing and scored six runs in the first inning off hits from Seth Schofield, Tate Gamier, Tony Gregory and Angelo Ramos.
Andrew Pena’s RBI single helped Westport get a run back in its half of the first.
Slater Bradley came on to pitch for Westport, shutting down Local over the next 4 1/3 innings and allowing just one hit, a single to Devin Batchelor.
Bradley struck out six and walked five.
Westport added four runs on RBI singles from K.C. Spencer and Daniel Basden in the second to pull within 6-5.
Westport tied the score when Jake Allen doubled and Basden brought him home.
Tyler Bowen and Bradley added key hits in the fourth as Westport took a two-run lead.
Schofield stole home to pull Local within a run, but Jadon Seibel made a run-scoring play on the very next pitch.
Seibel caught the ball, then doubled the runner off third base for an inning-ending double play.
Pena closed the game with a strong seventh inning for Westport.
Kiwanis walks off
PORT ANGELES — Out-hit 10 to 5, Kiwanis took advantage of 16 walks earn a come-from-behind 16-15 victory over ILWU in a five-inning 16U softball game.
ILWU’s lead was as large as 10-3 before Kiwanis chipped back to tie the game with six runs in the second and one more in the third.
Kiwanis held a 15-11 lead, but a grand slam by ILWU’s Laurie Smith tied the game in the final frame.
An Abbi Cottam RBI single allowed Amaris Martinez to score the winning run for Kiwanis in the bottom half of the inning.
Martinez was 2 for 4 with three runs.
Halaina Fergusen tripled twice, and Jaden Priest, Hailey Robinson and Gillian Elofson had two hits apiece for ILWU.