Teams from both Montesano and Elma Little Leagues advanced to their respective state tournaments after recently winning district championships.
Powered by a five inning no-hitter from pitcher Kolsen Hendrickson and a title-game home run off the bat of Colton Grubb, Montesano’s 12-13 Intermediate Division team swept Chehalis to win the District 3 crown.
Monte outscored Chehalis 31-0 in winning the championship series, 2-0, winning by scores of 16-0 and 15-0 in Chehalis to advance to the state tournament in the Seattle-Tacoma area starting today.
Elma’s 13-14 year-old Juniors Division team found similar success in its District 3 Tournament in Elma.
Elma swept Capitol 17-0 and 10-5 to advance to the state tournament in Edmonds beginning July 17.
Several tournaments are set to run through next week, including both the 8-10 and 10-12 TOC Tournaments.
Scores for all Division 3 tournaments as of Thursday are as follows:
Majors (10-12) District 3 Tournament (Elma)
Saturday, June 26
Capitol 6, Willapa Harbor 5 (seven innings)
Montesano 14, Larch Mountain 3
Elma 6, Aberdeen 5
Sunday, June 27
Chehalis 14, Capitol 2
Montesano 18, Elma 1
Larch Mountain 10, Aberdeen 3 (elimination game)
Monday, June 28
Elma 6, Willapa Harbor 3 (elimination game)
Capitol defeats Larch Mountain (final score not provided, elimination game)
Tuesday, June 29
Elma 10, Capitol 8 (nine innings)
Wednesday, June 30
Montesano 16, Elma 6 (elimination game)
Thursday, July 1
District Championship
Chehalis 13, Montesano 2
Intermediate (12-13) District 3 Tournament (Chehalis)
Monday, June 28
Montesano 16, Chehalis 0 (Kolsen Hendrickson five inning no-hitter)
Tuesday, June 29
District Championship
Montesano 15, Chehalis 0 (Colton Grubb home run)
Montesano advances to state tournament in Seattle-Tacoma area starting July 10
Juniors (13-14) District 3 Tournament (Elma)
Wednesday, June 30
Elma 17, Capitol 0 (Elma leads series 1-0)
Thursday, July 1
District Championship
Elma 10, Capitol 5
Elma advances to state tournament in Edmonds beginning July 17
10-12 TOC Tournament (Montesano)
Monday, July 5
Larch Mountain 20, Chehalis Basin (Oakville) 5
Chehalis No. 2 23, Centralia 18
Tuesday, July 6
South Beach 8, Montesano 2
Capitol National 8, Capitol American 4
Wednesday, July 7
Chehalis No. 1 15, Larch Mountain 10
Centralia 19, Chehalis Basin 1 (elimination game)
Thursday, July 8
Centralia 10, Montesano 9 (elimination game)
8-10 TOC Tournament (Raymond)
Monday, July 5
Capitol American 10, Larch Mountain 4
Tuesday, July 6
Capitol National 9, Willapa Harbor 3
Capitol American 12, Elma 2 (five innings)
Wednesday, July 7
Elma 13, Larch Mountain 12 (elimination game)
Capitol National 25, Capitol American 9
Thursday, July 8
Elma 13, Larch Mountain 12 (elimination game)
Capitol National 25, Capitol American 9
RYAN SPARKS | THE DAILY WORLD Montesano Little Leaguer Karsten Mann pitches during Thursday’s elimination game against Centralia in the 10-12 TOC Tournament at Nelson Field in Montesano.
