LACEY – A three-run walkoff home run lifted Prairie past Meadowdale in a 3A state quarterfinal contest Friday afternoon at the Regional Athletic Complex.
Jordan Shaw erased a two-run deficit in the bottom of the seventh with a three-run homer to put the Falcons into the 3A state semifinals. It’s the second consecutive season Prairie has defeated a Wesco 3A South team at the state tournament with a walkoff home run, with the Falcons topping Mountlake Terrace the same way last season.
McKenzie Beavin was 2-for-3 with an RBI for the Mavericks, who play Bainbridge in a state loser-out game Friday night. Beavin started a three-run fourth inning for Meadowdale with an RBI double, with the Mavericks adding runs on a wild pitch and an RBI groundout by Ciarra Hart.
The Mavericks (21-4 overall) added another run in the fifth on an error.
Meadowdale opened play at the state tournament Friday morning with a 12-0 win over Auburn-Mountainview
At Regional Athletic Complex
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Lauren Dent and Emma Helm. Zoe Collins, Caitlyn Rhoades (6) and Laurel Tauzer. WP–Dent (1-0). LP–Collins. 2B–Samantha Gregoryk (M). HR–Julia Reuble (M) 2, Gregoryk (M), Hailey Costello (M). Records–Meadowdale 21-3 overall. Auburn Mountainview 15-8.
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Samantha Gregoryk and Emma Helm. Maddie Williams and Bailee Blechschmidt. WP—Williams. LP–Gregoryk. 2B—McKenzie Beavin (M), Jordan Shaw (P). 3B–Taylor Ramey (P). HR—Jamie Phares (P). Records–Meadowdale 21-4 overall. Prairie 16-8.
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