Woodinville pitches way to 4A crown

Associated Press

TACOMA – Junior Chris Albrecht pitched a five-hitter and struck out nine, leading Woodinville to a 6-1 victory over defending champion Federal Way in the title game of the 4A tournament Saturday night at Cheney Stadium.

The Falcons (24-2), whose previous best finish was third place in 1989, scored six runs in the fifth, highlighted by Richie Lentz’s two-run double.

Woodinville collected five of its six hits in the inning, scoring all of its runs with one out.

Mark Thompson, Kevin Agnew, Matt Tuiasosopo and Nick Hall also drove in runs in the inning. Tuiasosopo is the younger brother of former Washington Huskies quarterback Marques Tuiasosopo, now of the Oakland Raiders.

Kenny Yun’s RBI triple gave the Eagles (21-3) a 1-0 lead in the third inning.

Yun took the loss, leaving after 4 1/3 innings. He gave up six earned runs on six hits and walked three batters, all in the fifth inning.

4A third-place game, Richland 2, South Kitsap 1 (nine innings): At Tacoma, sophomore Tyson Roberts pitched two scoreless innings of relief and Nick Raklios scored the winning run with one out in the ninth.

It was the second time the Bombers (23-3) finished third. They have won one title and finished second once. The Wolves, who have won two state titles, finished in fourth place at 20-5.

Raklios led off the ninth with a walk off Wolves reliever Brian Cox, stole second and advanced to third on a wild pitch. Cox struck out Roberts, but it was a wild pitch, scoring Raklios from third.

South Kitsap scored first in the second on an RBI single by Joel Goodwin. Richland came back to tie the score in the fourth when Raklios singled in John Tierney.

Roberts got the win, pitching two innings of scoreless relief. He gave up two hits and a walk. Lance Frisbee threw seven innings for Richland. He gave up eight hits and walked three, but gave up one run.

Travis Vetters pitched eight innings for South Kitsap, allowing six hits, striking out eight and walking four before giving way to Cox in the ninth. Cox took the loss for the Wolves. He didn’t give up a hit but walked two and had two wild pitches.

3A third-place game, North Thurston 7, Eastmont 2: At Tacoma, Dustin Ibarra pitched a seven-hitter and hit a two run homer to lead undefeated North Thurston to its first title.

The Rams finished the season 24-0, and the Wildcats 22-8.

Ibarra struck out five and walked three. At the plate, he was 2-for-4, drove in the two runs and scored a run. His two-run homer in the top of the seventh drove in Brian Burmester and sealed the victory.

Zack Fluke, Burmester, Jon McCaslin and Shane Sullivan also drove in runs for North Thurston.

Travis Kane took the loss for Eastmont. He allowed five runs, four of them earned, and gave up nine hits in six innings. He walked three and struck out three.

Ryan Tomchick was 2-for-3 for Eastmont and drove in both Wildcats runs.

3A third-place game, Skyline 6, O’Dea 2: At Tacoma, Brody O’Connor had a two-run double in a five-run fifth inning for Skyline.

The Spartans (21-5) led 1-0 after four innings, then broke the game open in the fifth, with O’Connor’s double, RBI singles by Derek Decater and Ian Tushar, and Brett Kaluza’s run-scoring fielder’s choice.

Skyline starter Zach Habben got the win, scattering five hits over six innings while striking out three and giving up no runs.

Three O’Dea pitchers combined for a six-hitter, with starter Matt Blanchette taking the loss. Blanchette left after four innings, trailing 1-0 after giving up two hits and five walks.

O’Connor was 2-for-3 and had three RBI. Decater also had two hits in three at-bats for the Spartans.

Tyson Sixkiller was 2-for-3 for the Fighting Irish (17-8).

A championship, Colfax 5, Bellevue Christian 1: At Yakima, Tim Sloot pitched a four-hitter, allowing a run run in the opening inning, as the Colfax Bulldogs won their first state crown.

Sloot had three strikeouts and walked one.

Colfax (25-1) broke a 1-1 tie in the fourth inning on David White’s three-run double.

The Bulldogs added an insurance run in the fifth on Greg Biagi’s sacrifice fly that scored Tim Tribbett.

Daniel Downs led the Vikings by going 2-for-3, with an RBI. Bellevue Christian finished its season 15-5.

A-third-place game, Brewster 11, Overlake 5: At Yakima, Brewster exploded for five runs in both the first and fifth innings.

The Bears (23-2), who missed the chance to defend their state title by losing to Bellevue Christian in a semifinal game Friday night, had a 13-hit attack that was led by Griffin Freels and Mac Gebbers.

Freels finished the game 3-for-4 with three RBI, while Gebbers was 2-for-2 with a three-run double in the first inning. Ross Brown added a two-run single in the fifth.

Bruce Stead paced the Owls, batting 2-for-3 with a double.

B championship, DeSales 4, Cedar Park Christian 3: At Yakima, T.J. Conley pitched a complete-game five-hitter and had three singles to lead DeSales to its 10th Class B championship in 11 years.

DeSales broke a 2-2 tie on Conley’s RBI single in the second inning and added a run in the third on a sacrifice fly by Travis Fouts.

After giving up two runs in the first, Conley settled down and faced just one batter over the minimum during the next five innings.

In the seventh, Cedar Park Christian finally mounted a challenge. Sonny Behrends walked, went to second on a fielder’s choice, stole third and scored on a single by Brighten Taloff.

Matt Juel was hit by pitch and went to second on Taloff’s single, but was out at third when Conley fielded a slow roller and threw to Nate Richard. Conley then struck out Jeff Potts to end the game.

B third-place game, Wahkiakum 10, Northport 5: At Yakima, Matt Kuhl struck out 15 and walked two in a complete-game victory for Wahkiakum.

Kuhl struck out eight of the first nine batters he faced in the first three innings.

After being touched for three runs in the fourth, he settled down and struck out five of the next seven batters he faced.

Kuhl also was 2-for-3, with a double and an RBI.