Northeast A

In softball, Colfax (3-1, 9-2) and Freeman (3-1, 4-4), league co-leaders, square off in a doubleheader Saturday beginning at noon at Freeman. The Scotties split a doubleheader with defending 1A champion Kettle Falls Saturday, which knocked the Bulldogs (2-2, 8-2) into third place. … Newport baseball (6-0, 12-0) has built a 3½-game lead with a 1-0, 10-7 sweep of second-place Colfax last Saturday. Nick Collison threw a one-hitter in Game 1 and Myles Melendez homered to lead the second-game win.