YAKIMA — After dropping its semifinal game to tournament host Yakima, the Kalama 13-14 All-Stars were unable to bounce back as they fell to Cascade of Vancouver 9-7 to take third place in the Junior State Baseball Championships.

“I didn’t know how the team was going to respond after the semifinal loss,” Kalama coach Darren Clark said. “We came out flat and didn’t have the attitude we had earlier in the week.”

Cascade’s pitcher threw a number of off-speed pitches that kept the Kalama hitters off balance.

“We couldn’t adjust, and we hit a lot of balls hard but right at them,” Clark said. “I have to tip my hat to these kids. Give them a day or two, and they’ll realize what an accomplishment this is. We battled the heat and a week in a motel, and finished in third place.”

GOLF

Bertram sixth at state

BELLEVUE — Longview’s Owen Bertram carded scores of 42, 35 and 86 for a 36-hole total of 163 to place sixth in the 8-11 age division in the Washington Junior Golf Association State Championships at Glendale Golf and Country Club.

After his opening nine-hole round of 42, Bertram came back with a 35 in the second round, then added an 18-hole round of 86 in the final round.

More than 100 golfers from Washington and Idaho competed in six district tournaments to qualify for state. Golfers at the state tournament played nine holes the first two days, with 10 golfers making the cut to the 18-hole final round.

Bertram also defended his state Long Drive Championship with a drive of 242 yards, fending off 15 other competitors.

YOUTH BASKETBALL

Bucky’s 0-4 at tourney

LOS ANGELES — Bucky’s Auto Repair of Tacoma, which features several Mark Morris boys basketball players, dropped all four of its games at the Adidas Double Pump Best of Summer Basketball Tournament held at Loyola Marymount University and Cal State-Dominiquez Hills.

A total of 144 teams comprised of the top 17-year-old basketball players from across the country competed in the tournament, which featured nearly 500 games on 15 courts.

Without current and former MM players Sean Atkins, Rashad Rollins and Austin Bragg, Bucky’s dropped its opener to the Bay Area Ballerz of San Francisco 50-41. Bucky’s later fell to the Brandon Bass Elite of Texas 77-60, the Moore Management/OC Pride from Long Beach, Calif., 50-41, and the Colorado Champs 71-68.

Lakes High players Carl Flamer and Danny Martinez led Bucky’s with 12 and 11 points, respectively, against the Bay Area Ballerz. MM’s Scotty Kirkpatrick added six points and five assists.

In the loss to the Brandon Bass Elite, Martinez paced Bucky’s with 24 points and Centralia’s Easton Masteller added eight.

Flamer and Kirkpatrick netted 10 points each, and Martinez added nine in the loss to Moore Management/OC Pride, and Martinez netted 15 and Burkhardt 14 in the loss to the Colorado Champs. Zach Tackwell came off the bench to score seven points, dish four assists and grab four rebounds. Kirkpatrick chipped in seven points and six assists.