CHENEY — Wahkiakum’s Jasmine Bingham was the high-point champion for Class 2B girls after winning three individual events and helping a relay to a second-place finish in the state track and field meet at Eastern Washington University on Saturday.

Bingham won the 100 in 12.91 seconds and claimed the 200 in 26.38, and captured the long jump on Friday at 17-feet-3. She also teamed with Abby Burns, Shelby Deaton and Sarah Doumit to finish second in the 800 relay in 1:49.84 as she racked up 32 individual points.

It was Bingham’s fourth consecutive trip to state, but the three titles were the first of her career.

“Jasmine, Sarah and Abby are all seniors and have been in the program for the last four years,” Wahkiakum coach Mike Riley said. “They’ve had some good times and some tough times, and it’s great for them to end on a high note.”

Colfax won the girls’ team title with 59 points, followed by Wahkiakum with 48 and White Pass with 36. Toutle Lake placed 33rd with five points and Naselle had one point in 42nd place.

“I had to pinch myself three or four times this weekend because I didn’t know if this was real or just a dream,” Riley said. “The girls got on the podium Friday as the Class 2B Academic Champions, and went back on the podium on Saturday as the top three teams received trophies.”

Toutle Lake’s Christian Carlson finished seventh in the 400 in 1:01.26, and Naselle’s Nicole Laney grabbed eighth in the pole vault at 8-feet.

Riverside Christian edged Tacoma Baptist 63-62 to win the boys’ team title. Naselle finished 25th with six points, TL was 30th with four and Wahkiakum tallied one point for 36th place.

TL’s foursome of Mike Cryderman, Brian Nash, Mickey Gregory and Dan Schilter placed fifth in the 1600 in 3:38.05, and Wahkiakum’s 400 relay of Bryce McClain, Phillip Doumit, Jake Goldsmith and Riley Prestegard was eighth in 45.77.

2A STATE TRACK

Cassidy vaults to second

TACOMA — R.A. Long’s Kody Cassidy and Woodland’s Alex Coons led the local contingent at the Class 2A state track meet at Mount Tahoma High School on Saturday, with Cassidy taking second in the boys’ pole vault and Coons second in the girls’ 200-meter sprint.

Cassidy cleared 14 feet, 6 inches. Wes Chamberlain of Ephrata was the champion at 15-6. Andrew Galloway, Cassidy’s RAL teammate, took sixth at 13-9 and Brian Jackson of the Lumberjacks was eighth at 13-6.

Also for the RAL boys, Arie Cottrell placed fourth with a heave of 55-4 1/2 and Angelo Folz-Edwards took fifth in the discus at 150-1.

For Mark Morris, Chase Bussing took sixth in the 800 in 1:59.

Lynden edged Blaine 45-39 to win the boys’ team crown. RAL placed 11th with 25 points, Woodland grabbed 28th place with five points, and MM tied for 31st with three points.

Rachael Washington led the RAL girls with a fourth-place finish in the triple jump at 34-6.

“This is one of the best showings by R.A. Long at state that I can remember since I’ve been coaching,” RAL coach Butch Allinger said.

Coons placed second in the 200 in 25.82, seventh in the 100 in 12.66, and teamed with Sammy Sturdivan, Michelle Kooiman and Lauren Davis to place fifth in the 400 relay in 50.61.

Charity Arn was sixth in the long jump at 16-feet 3/4 and seventh in the high jump at 5-feet.

Blaine won the girls’ team title with 56 points, followed by Sehome with 51.5. Woodland claimed 13th place with 18.5 and RAL was 25th with 11.

1A STATE TRACK

CR relay places second

CHENEY — Castle Rock’s 400 relay foursome sprinted to a second-place finish, and Kalama’s Wade Holter placed fourth in the pole vault at the Class 1A state track and field meet at Eastern Washington University on Saturday.

Castle Rock’s Marissa Carpentier, Emmy Dolan, Jacque Dent and Kristina Biava finished second in the 400 relay in 50.65 seconds, trailing only a foursome from the Charles Wright Academy which broke the tape in 50.58.

Toledo had all three of its relays finish in the top eight. The 400 foursome of Jeanessa Durham, Lacey Scott, Tiffany Tornow and Kimberly Knight was sixth in 51.68; the 800 relay of Knight, Emma Luhn, Scott and Tornow was seventh in 1:48.8; and the 1600 relay of Luhn, Aimi Matsushima, Durham and Tornow was seventh in 4:20.

Bellevue Christian topped Chewelah 56-49 to win the girls’ team title, followed by Stevenson with 47. Toledo grabbed ninth place with 23 and CR was 30th with eight.

In the boys’ events, Holter finished fourth in the pole vault at 12-6, and Ilwaco’s Jason Huntley was fifth in the 300 hurdles in 41.71. Kalama’s Jacob Neiman placed seventh in the 400 (51.83), eighth in the 100 (12.1), and teamed with Steven Spaude, Aspen Owen and Jake Clizbe to finish eighth in the 400 relay in 45.76.

King’s tallied 92 points to win the boys’ team title, with Cashmere a distant second with 66. Kalama had nine points for 23rd place and Ilwaco finished 34th with four.

SOFTBALL

Rockets lose in title game

PASCO — It was deja vu all over again — again — on Saturday when Castle Rock and Montesano faced off for the third straight year in the Class 1A state fastpitch title game.

Castle Rock beat Monte in 2007 for the championship, Monte returned the favor last season, and Monte did it again to the Rockets on Saturday with a 4-1 victory at the TRAC softball complex.

“It was the third year in a row we played them for all the marbles, and they won the rubber match,” said CR coach Jim Van Fleet, whose club gained a measure of revenge by beating Onalaska 4-1 earlier Saturday in the semifinals. Onalaska defeated the Rockets in the district tournament last week.

“We were glad to get in the title game, but we’re disappointed we couldn’t have played better,” Van Fleet added. “Give Monte a lot of credit. They’re a very good team. Our kids have nothing to be ashamed of. They won the league title and got second at state, and we have a lot of kids coming back next year. As coaches, we can’t wait for next year to get here.”

In the win over Onalaska, Danielle Nevers pitched a two-hitter, struck out nine and walked one en route to the victory.

With the Rockets clinging to a 2-1 lead in the sixth inning, freshman Maddi Klingberg belted a two-run double to give them some breathing room. Lindsay Melton, Samantha Moore and Taviah’ Jenkins each went 1-for-2 as CR finished with four hits.

“It was sweet. The kids really relished it,” Van Fleet said of his team paying back Onalaska for the district defeat. “It was a tough game, but the kids were confident.”

Defensive standouts were Lacey Seidl, Melton, Jenkins and Miranda Meredith. Van Fleet said Meredith, his third baseman, was injured in the third inning after taking “a facemask to the chin.”

“She was bleeding, but we fixed her up and she kept playing,” Van Fleet said. “She’s a tough kid.”

Castle Rock’s bats continued to struggle in the title matchup against the Bulldogs, coming up with just five hits. The biggest was a solo home run by Melton in the fourth inning that trimmed Monte’s lead to 2-1, but the Bulldogs came back with two runs in the fifth to take command.

Melton finished 3-for-3, and Seidl and Kayleigh Klingberg each had a hit.

Nevers pitched five-plus innings, leaving the game with the bases loaded in the sixth. Van Fleet sent Brittany Keeling to the pitching circle, and she promptly coaxed a fly ball to right field that Megan Moore caught and threw a strike to her sister, Samantha, at home plate for a double play.

The next batter grounded out to end the rally.

“We made some nice plays, but we also had four errors,” Van Fleet said. “It was a great season. We’re going to miss our two big seniors, Lacey Seidl and Lindsay Melton, but we’re excited about the future.”

The Rockets finished with a 24-4 record.

Beavers third at state

SELAH — Woodland dropped its semifinal game to Ellensburg via the International Tiebreaker, but the Beavers rebounded to knock off Anacortes and Tumwater to claim third place, their best-ever finish in the Class 2A state fastpitch tournament at Carlon Park on Saturday.

Ellensburg scored twice in the ninth inning to topple the Beavers 2-0 in the semifinal game, but Woodland bounced back to eliminate Anacortes 9-3 and shut out district rival Tumwater 5-0 to claim the first state fastpitch trophy in school history.

“We’ve been told the last time a Woodland softball team went to state was in 1982, and that was in slowpitch,” Woodland coach Damon Yeo said. “The girls were really bummed out after losing to Ellensburg and could’ve folded, but they got their heads together and battled back to take third place.”

In the third-place game with Tumwater, Woodland scored twice in the top of the first inning and added three insurance runs in the third to back the four-hit pitching of Emily Holt, who also struck out nine. The Beavers had five hits, with Kaitlyn Moses and Cami Pearson collecting two apiece. Moses also knocked in two runs.

“We had some banged-up girls in the last game, but they toughed it out for the win,” Yeo said. “Our shortstop had pulled muscles in her back and shoulder, and our third baseman had a banged-up leg, but they made the tough plays and were really tired competing in the 98-degree heat.”

Against Anacortes in the consolation semifinals, Woodland trailed 2-0 in the top of the fifth inning when the Beavers exploded for seven runs. Woodland collected 11 hits, with Ricki Hall slapping two doubles and knocking in two runs.

Pearson and Holt had two hits apiece, and Moses added a hit and two RBIs. Moses also picked up the victory after scattering eight hits.

The semifinal game with Ellensburg turned into a pitcher’s duel as Holt and Bulldogs hurler Sarah McNamee were locked in a scoreless tie through eight innings. Holt struck out 17 and scattered four hits, while McNamee limited the Beavers to seven hits and whiffed 16.

In the top of the ninth inning, Ellensburg started with a baserunner at second via the International Tieberaker. Ellie Layman of the Bulldogs beat out a bunt single and later stole second to put both runners in scoring position. McNamee helped her own cause with a short fly ball that wasn’t caught by a diving Woodland left fielder, allowing both baserunners to score.

“It looked like our left fielder caught the ball, but the home plate umpire ruled she had bobbled it and didn’t catch it,” Yeo said. “She laid out to get it, but it rolled out of her glove and was laying on her stomach when she rolled over.”

In the bottom of the ninth, McNamee struck out two of the three Beavers she faced for the win.

Kelsey Haynes and Pearson finished with two hits each. Holt, a sophomore, finished the tournament with three shutout victories and had a shutout through eight innings of the semifinal. She struck out 55 batters in 28 innings, allowed two runs for a 0.50 earned run average during the tournament, and hit a pair of home runs.

Woodland, which loses two players to graduation, finished its season 20-8.

Ducks drop two games

YAKIMA — Defending state champion Toutle Lake saw its season come to an end Friday with a pair of losses — 14-4 to Garfield-Palouse and 8-5 to LaSalle — in the Class 2B state fastpitch tournament at the Gateway Sports Complex.

Amy Nusbaum went 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs in the loss to G-P, and Megan McCain and Danyelle Bloomstrom added two hits each.

In the loser-out consolation game against LaSalle, McCain was 3-for-4, Linzy Nichols 3-for-3 and Chelsea Olver 2-for-3.

SR. BABE RUTH

Coldstone splits twinbill

ABERDEEN — Zac Williams and Sam Barbee combined for five hits, and Garett McCoy slammed a solo home run as Coldstone Creamery topped Aberdeen 8-3 to salvage a split of their Senior Babe Ruth baseball doubleheader on Saturday.

Aberdeen whipped Coldstone 10-0 in the opener, limiting the local squad to just four hits.

“We did a much better job at the plate in the second game and we played much better defense as a team,” Coldstone head coach Darin Gardner said. “In the first game, we didn’t take very good swings and our defense let us down.”

In Game 1, Cole Clark was 2-for-3 to account for half of the team’s offense.

But Coldstone banged out a dozen hits in the nightcap, with Williams finishing 3-for-4 and Barbee 2-for-4. Justin Gillen had a two-run double, McCoy scored twice and Michael Puvogel drove in two runs.

Left-hander Jake Look pitched into the fifth, allowing two runs and getting ahead in counts, Gardner said. Puvogel tossed 2 2/3 innings for the save, killing an Aberdeen rally in the fifth by getting a double-play ball.

Gillen was a defensive standout at second base for Coldstone (1-2), making two “amazing” plays, Gardner said.