YAKIMA — Tierney Uhlenkott and Macee Utecht combined for 27 kills and eight stuff blocks as ninth-ranked Castle Rock swept Freeman 25-17, 25-23, 25-14 to capture fourth place in the Class 1A state volleyball tournament at the Yakima SunDome on Friday night.

The Rockets, who finished their season 19-2, topped seventh-ranked Lynden Christian 25-20, 25-14, 25-17 in a loser-out match earlier Friday to advance to the fourth-place matchup.

“We did some soul searching after the painful loss to Cascade on Thursday, and the girls were reminded of their ultimate dream of placing in the top four,” CR coach Jeana Bayes said. “Everyone was on and played really well in both matches.”

In the second game against Freeman, the Rockets let up their intensity and had to play from behind for the win.

“Ashley Moore stepped up and served out for us, and Tierney and Charlie (Hamilton) were really strong on the front row,” Bayes said. “This was a great ride for us this season and an amazing group of dedicated young ladies.”

Uhlenkott was solid all-around with 14 kills, five stuff blocks and six service points, including four aces, and Utecht had 13 kills, three stuff blocks, six digs and six points.

Moore served 13 points with five aces and had six digs, Maddi Seidl dished 30 assists, served six points, made five digs and five blocks, and Megan Moore chipped in seven digs and 12 points.

In the Lynden Christian match, Uhlenkott hammered 10 kills, made six blocks, served 10 points with three aces and made four digs.

TL advances to quarters

YAKIMA — Caitlin Perrin had 12 kills and Abby Gorton handed out 16 assists as sixth-ranked Toutle Lake overcame a shaky first game to top 12th-ranked Reardan 16-25, 25-15, 25-11, 25-12 in the first round of the Class 2B state volleyball tournament at the Yakima SunDome on Friday.

The Ducks (17-1) meet 11th-ranked Kittitas in a quarterfinal match at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. A victory would send TL into a semifinal contest at 3:30. The championship match is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Hayley Gorton added 10 assists, Payton Hoff had four kills and Perrin served three aces. Maddi Timm chipped in five kills and four blocks, and earned the match Sportsmanship Award from the WIAA.

TRC falls to Klickitat

YAKIMA — Three Rivers Christian opted to play it safe in its opening-round match with 15th-ranked Klickitat in the Class 1B state volleyball tournament at the Yakima SunDome on Ffiday, and the decision was costly.

Klickitat topped the Eagles 25-14, 29-27, 21-25, 25-8, sending them into the consolation bracket. TRC (14-5) plays Lummi in a consolation match at 9 a.m. today. The Eagles would have to win two matches today to reach the trophy round.

“We tried to play it safe and not make mistakes while waiting for the other team to make errors,” TRC coach Jaymie Cox said. “We should’ve worked harder at taking control of the match. We had the mentality of playing not to lose instead of playing to win.”

In the second game, the Eagles led 13-10 and later tied it 24-24 and 27-27 before the Vandals claimed victory.

Mariah Morrison led TRC with 12 kills, and Myriah Dombrowsky had 15 assists, three kills and six digs. Catherine Maldonado had seven digs and served three aces, Nikki Barnwell had four kills and two aces, and Lane Backstrom chipped in four kills.

FOOTBALL

Tacoma Baptist knocks off Naselle

TACOMA — Tacoma Baptist exploded for four unanswered touchdowns in the second half and pulled away for a 42-8 victory over 10th-ranked Naselle at Curtis High School on Friday in a Class 2B state playoff game.

The fourth-ranked Crusaders (11-0) will take on Willapa Valley or Concrete next weekend in the quarterfinals.

Naselle, one year removed from a history-making run to the state semifinals, finished 9-2. But penalties, turnovers, mental mistakes — and stout resistance from TB’s linemen — ended the Comets’ journey.

“The main thing was that Tacoma Baptist’s offensive and defensive lines played more physical than we did, and you gotta give them credit for that,” Naselle coach Jeff Eaton said. “We made lots of mental mistakes that we hadn’t been making early in the game. We had seven penalties, which is probably more than we had in any three games this year. There were a lot of little things that didn’t help us get going.”

Naselle trailed just 7-0 with five seconds left in the first half, but TB quarterback Griffin Lowe threw a 20-yard touchdown pass at the halftime horn.

The Comets received the second-half kickoff and marched in for a score and conversion that made it 14-8, with Alan Erickson’s 4-yard touchdown jaunt and Logan Scrabeck’s two-point run pulling Naselle within six points.

But the Comets lost two of their three fumbles and threw an interception, and the Crusaders scored 28 straight points to put the game away.

Scrabeck had 44 yards rushing 10 carries and Austin Burkhalter threw for 50 yards.

Erickson, Burkhalter and Seth Scrabeck were defensive standouts.

Seniors Erickson, Burkhalter, Logan Scrabeck, Cody Larson, Carson Cooper, John Hines, Jesus Martinez, Marcos Herrera, Nathan Carlson, and Manny Lopez played their final games as Comets on Friday. The seniors did not have a losing record in any of their four seasons at Naselle, finishing with a 31-14 career record.

“We overcame some obstacles and had a good year,” Eaton said. “In a week or so, I will look back and be happy. Not so much at the moment.”

No. 1 ’Dogs advance

ELLENSBURG — Top-ranked Ellensburg prevailed in a 45-35 shootout against Clarkston here Friday in a Class 2A state playoff game.

The Bulldogs (11-0) will await the winner of Saturday’s Interlake-Mark Morris game in the quarterfinals.

Clarkston (6-5) took a brief first-quarter lead, but Ellensburg scored 24 points in the second quarter and never trailed again.

SWIMMING

MM’s Miller in finals

FEDERAL WAY — Mark Morris swimmer Janae Miller advanced to the championship finals in the 100 freestyle after the preliminary round of the Class 2A state swimming meet at the King County Aquatic Center on Friday.

Miller qualified seventh in the 100 free in 57.1 seconds, and will swim for a state title Saturday.

The 400 freestyle relay of Abigail Groffmann, Brittany Jewett, Tasha Shero and Miller missed advancing to the championship finals after qualifying ninth in the preliminary round in 4:09.77.

Also headed to Saturday’s consolation finals are Miller in the 50 freestyle (12th, 26.29), Kelly Hill in the 100 butterfly (14th, 1:13.7), Groffmann in the 100 backstroke (14th, 1:12.32), Shero in the 200 individual medley (15th, 2:35.45), and the 200 free relay team of Groffmann, Jewett, Sarah Naglich and Miller (14th, 1:51.51).

Kelso’s Patterson advances

FEDERAL WAY — Kelso swimmer Jessica Patterson qualified for the consolation round of the 100 backstroke following the preliminary round of the Class 4A state swimming meet at the King County Aquatic Center on Friday.

Patterson, who qualified ninth in 1:00.51, missed making the top-eight championship round by 55-hundredths of a second. The eighth-place time was 59.96 seconds.

BOWLING

Brown paces MM win

VANCOUVER — Mikayla Brown rolled games of 256-151 for a 407 series as Mark Morris crushed Heritage 2106-1733 in nonleague bowling at Bailey’s Classic Lanes on Friday.

MM (2-0) rolled games of 887 and 860 en route to the win.

Brittney Yoke chipped in 195-347.

Jills hold off Evergreen

VANCOUVER — Defending district champion R.A. Long kicked off its bowling season with a 1644-1604 nonleague victory over Evergreen at Big Al’s Lanes on Friday.

“We graduated five girls off last year’s team, so we’re starting with a new crew,” RAL coach Jackie Slechta said. “We did all right for our first match.”

Kayla Maki led RAL with 308 for two games, with Kelsey McNeal chipping in 292.

Lassies beat up on Bay

Ashleigh Brackney rolled a two-game series of 377, and Kim Gustin added a 370 as Kelso got by Hudson’s Bay 1934-1865 in nonleague bowling at Triangle Bowl on Friday.

Brackney carded games of 196-181, and Gustin rolled 179-191 for Kelso (1-1).

JV report

Bowling

Evergreen 1167, R.A. Long 980 — RAL had only four bowlers. Sarah Williams had a two-game series of 250, and Ashley McFarland added 247.

Kelso 1635, Hudson’s Bay 1500 — Trentina Porter rolled a 171 game, and Elisa Bussanich and Teanna Price each rolled a 165.

Heritage 1347, Mark Morris 1334 — Leslie Bernard 211-329 to pace MM.

C-squad report

Bowling

Kelso 1402, Hudson’s Bay 1124 — Crystal Coulter led Kelso with 146-269.

Mark Morris 1161, Heritage 1047 — Jayne Kilgore led MM with 140-274.