District Softball Field Settled With Ferris In And Lc Out

The District 8-AAA softball tournament field was filled out Friday when Ferris beat North Central 10-0 and Lewis and Clark lost to Rogers 3-0 in Greater Spokane League play at Franklin Park.

Entering the night, sixth-place Ferris led LC by two games with two left. Any Ferris win or LC loss would eliminate LC from the league’s top six, the district cutoff.

The regular season ends Monday with games at four GSL sites. District play, at Franklin, begins Thursday with loser-out games between No. 3 and No. 6, and No. 4 and No. 5.

Ferris 10, North Central 0

Leann Tumlinson hit a three-run homer in the second inning, and Christine Ganey and Jenny Lytle had two runs batted in apiece to lift the Saxons (7-8) over the Indians (2-14).

Ferris 160 12 - 10 9 1

North Central 000 00 - 0 5 2

Curry and Ruddell; Bertholf and Fisher. W-Curry (7-6). L-Bertholf (2-14).

HITS: Ferris-Ganey 2, Lytle, Tumlinson, Blevins 2, Wilson, Martin, Ruddell. North Central-Stearns, Abney, Cook, Doughty 2. 3B-Ganey. HR-Tumlinson (2).

Rogers 3, Lewis and Clark 0

Jamie Merrill threw her fifth shutout, and Crystal Perry and Angie Vulcano both went 2 for 3 as the Pirates (9-6) topped the Tigers (4-11).

Vulcano had two RBIs and Perry scored twice.

LC 000 000 0 - 0 7 2

Rogers 110 010 x - 3 7 0

Fountain and Winkler; Merrill and Vulcano. W-Merrill (9-6). L-Fountain (2-9).

HITS: Lewis and Clark-Winkler, Marquess, Fountain 2, Babin, Randall, Giebel 2. Rogers-Perry 2, Vulcano 2, Jensen, Abrahamson, Nill.

University 5, Central Valley 0

Cheryl Andrizzi threw a two-hitter, striking out eight, and Nicki Meyer hit a two-run homer in the second as the Titans (15-0) blanked the Bears (10-5) for the second time.

U-Hi’s Courtney Nollmeyer added a two-run single in the fourth.

University 020 210 0 - 5 6 1

Central Valley 000 000 0 - 0 2 1

Andrizzi and Christensen; Mills and Stangland. W-Andrizzi (15-0). L-Mills (10-3).

HITS: University-Madsen, Muroya, Oglesbee, Meyer, Nollmeyer, Yoke. Central Valley-Schmitt, Kr.Heuett. 2B-Yoke. HR- Meyer (1).

Baseball

Central Valley 7, University 5

Chad Adamson and Justin Folkins doubled during a four-run fourth as the Bears (9-6) overcame four errors in the first to beat the visiting Titans (7-8).

CV moved one-half game ahead of Shadle Park, into third place. Aaron Fryer homered for U-Hi, which leads sixth-place G-Prep by one-half game.

University 300 100 1 - 5 5 2

Central Valley 002 410 x - 7 12 4

McMurtrey, Valkenaar (4) and Hare; Bartlett, Chance (7) and Folkins. W-Bartlett (3-3). L-McMurtrey (2-4).

HITS: University-Fryer, Davis, Price, Dunham 2. Central Valley-Adamson 2, Nelson 2, Miller 3, Jochim, Folkins 3, Wilson. 2B-Davis, Adamson, Jochim, Folkins 2, Wilson. HR-Fryer (2).

Lewis and Clark 7, Rogers 3

Tim Kestell doubled during a four-run fourth and tripled during a three-run fifth as the visiting Tigers (5-10) beat the Pirates (6-9) to keep alive their playoff hopes.

LC 000 430 0 - 7 8 0

Rogers 002 000 1 - 3 6 3

Strasser and Kestell; Carlson, Bray (5) and Liberty. W-Strasser (1-4). L-Carlson (4-4).

HITS: Lewis and Clark-Wheaton 2, Broderson, Howard, Kestell 2, Travis 2. Rogers-Steeneck, Crowley, Carlson, Liberty 2, Bray. 2B-Wheaton, Broderson, Howard, Kestell, Steeneck, Crowley, Carlson, Bray. 3B-Kestell.

Ferris 9, North Central 5

Brian Munhall had three RBIs, including a two-run homer in the sixth, and the visiting Saxons (10-5) retained second place by beating the Indians (4-12).

Second place for Ferris would mean a district bye until the final loser-out round. Ferris finishes Tuesday against league champ Mead (12-3).

Ferris 102 103 2 - 9 13 1

North Central 100 400 0 - 5 7 4

Fountain, Gewalt (4) and Munhall; Grigsby, Allen (5), Froscheiser (7) and Farr. W-Gewalt (2-2). L-Grigsby (0-5).

HITS: Ferris-Drake 3, Sandberg, Munhall 3, Hodl 2, Soter, Lampert 2, Socha. North Central-Williams 2, Farr, Grigsby, Schwarzer 2, Starr. 2B-Drake 2, Sandberg, Munhall, Socha, Williams, Schwarzer. 3B-Farr. HR-Munhall (3), Schwarzer (1).

Shadle Park at Gonzaga Prep, ppd.

A scheduling difficulty resulted in moving the game to 1 p.m. today.

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