Onrushing Eagles Turn Back Blackhawks

West Valley continued its surge and Cheney its mini-swoon in Frontier League baseball Tuesday.

Kevin Risley’s run-scoring single in the fifth inning tied the game at 4, and Dustin Howe followed with a sacrifice fly to lead the Eagles (8-6) over visiting Cheney 6-4. WV has won six of its last seven games.

Jason Phillipe struck out four and outdueled Tucker Urdahl, who beat the Eagles 12-2 earlier in the year. League-leading Cheney opened the year 10-0 but has dropped three straight since then.

West Valley 6, Cheney 4

Cheney 112 000 0 - 4 8 4

West Valley 010 140 x - 6 9 1

Urdahl and Barthelmes; Phillipe and Lawler. W-Phillipe (3-3). L-Urdahl (5-1).

HITS: Cheney-Stiffler, Collins, Urdahl 2, Miller 2, Fiddes, Barthelmes. West Valley-Hilsabeck, Isherwood, Lawler, Brown, Macarty 2, Phillipe, Risley, Howe.

Clarkston 6, East Valley 2

Norm Kruse went 3 for 3 with two RBIs as the Bantams (8-5) beat the visiting Knights (8-7) to jump into second place, two games behind Cheney.

Clarkston, swept by EV earlier in the year, turned three double plays. J.D. Burns struck out four and allowed just three hits after the first inning.

Colville (7-5), West Valley and East Valley are bunched right behind Clarkston in the standings.

East Valley 100 010 0 - 2 6 4

Clarkston 111 120 x - 6 8 1

Lamarche, Allen (5) and Morgen, Schogren (5). Burns and Lammerding. W-Burns (3-0). L-Lamarche (5-4).

HITS: East Valley-Schaffer 2, Ruiz, Furgason, Lanphere, Fassano. Clarkston-Burns, McCall, Lammerding, Larsen, Kruse 3, Cridlebaugh. 2B-Schaffer, Lanphere, McCall, Lammerding.

Softball

East Valley 15, Riverside 1

Terra DaCorte struck out 13, and Malea Schumacher and Rebecca Triplett scored three times apiece to guide the visiting Knights (8-2) over the Rams (1-7) at Chattaroy.

EV tied idle Colville for second place, one game behind West Valley.

East Valley 521 106 - 15 13 0

Riverside 100 000 - 1 4 6

DaCorte and Casey; McMurphy, Carter (4), McMurphy (6) and Barnes. W-DaCorte (3-0). L-McMurphy (1-5).

HITS: East Valley-Schumacher 2, Musgrave, LeGrant, Hendren, Kurtz, Saube, Triplett, DaCorte, McEntire 2, Casey, Boargman. Riverside-Russell, Blake, Lebohn 2. 2B-Russell, Musgrave, Hendren, Boargman. 3B-DaCorte.

West Valley 24, Pullman 0

Gabby McClintock went 4 for 4, including a three-run homer in the second inning, as the Eagles (10-2) trampled the visiting Greyhounds (1-8).

WV’s Rachelle Watson went 4 for 5 and cleared the bases with a fourth-inning double. WV has outscored Pullman 80-0 this year.

Pullman 000 00 - 0 1 6

West Valley 387 6x - 24 20 1

Parish and Schultz; Gomer, McClintock (4) and Robinson, Boxley (4). W-Gomer (1-0). L-Parish (0-5).

HITS: Pullman-Parish. West Valley-Green 2, Watson 4, McClintock 4, Robinson, Boxley 2, Aquino, Burtzoff 2, Hendricks, Henry 3. 2B-Watson. HR-McClintock (1).

Clarkston at Cheney, ppd.

Clarkston postponed the game until 4 p.m. today.

Boys soccer

East Valley 5, Colville 1

Jesse Conner and Tony Pass scored twice apiece as the visiting Knights (11-0-0, 33 points) beat the Indians (1-9-0, 3) to continue to set the pace in league.

Pass, EV’s scoring leader, reached 11 goals.

SCORING: First half-1, EV, Conner (Pass), 12:00. 2, EV, Pass, 23:00. 3, EV, Conner (Dennison), 26:00. 4, C, Smith (Baker), 27:00. Second half-5, EV, Pass (Conner), 42:00. 6, EV, Misterek, 55:00.

Shots on goal-East Valley 33, Colville 5. Saves-East Valley, Escobar 2. Colville, Salter 18.

Cheney 3, Pullman 0

Nick Reynolds scored twice in the waning moments of the first half, giving him a league-best 22 goals, and the visiting Blackhawks (10-1-0, 30) beat the Greyhounds (0-9-2, 2).

Cheney’s Ryan Waller was credited with a score when Paul Malisani’s throw-in deflected off a defender into the goal.

SCORING: First half - 1, Waller (Malisani), 8:00. 2, Reynolds (Malisani), 33:00. 3, Reynolds (Anderson), 36:00. Second half - none.

Shots on goal-Cheney, 17. Pullman, 9. Saves-Cheney, Stitt 3, Watters 2. Pullman, Lopez 8.

Riverside/Deer Park 4, Clarkston 0

Ryan Baker, the league’s second-leading scorer, had two goals to hit 18 for the year as D/PR (7-3-1, 22) beat the visiting Bantams (4-8-0, 12).

Goalkeeper Jeremy Nelson notched his fourth shutout.

SCORING: First half - 1, Daubel, 4:00. 2, Baker (Stark), 25:00. 3, Remmington (Daubel), 27:00. 4, Baker (Hodgson), 29:00. Second half - none.

Shots on goal-Clarkston 7, Riverside/Deer Park 34. Saves - Clarkston, Harrington 9, Legg 8. Riverside/Deer Park, Nelson 7.

West Valley 3, Medical Lake 0

Chadd MacKay scored twice to take over the team scoring lead with 10 goals and the Eagles (6-4-1, 19) beat the visiting Cardinals (2-7-2, 8).

WV’s Quinn Sharpe scored his ninth.

SCORING: First half - 1, MacKay (Downie), 10:00. Second half -2, MacKay (Sharpe), 63:00. 3, Sharpe, 70:00.

Shots on goal-Medical Lake 6, West Valley 15. Saves-Medical Lake, Denman 10. West Valley, Kuntz 4.

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