Thursdays’s prep sports roundup is highlighted by some top performances at the 2B District 4 Championship meet and a shocking result in a 2B softball semifinal.

TRACK & FIELD

Ocosta boys place second, Raymond’s Gardner wins four events at 2B District 4 Championships

Raymond’s Kyra Gardner and the Ocosta Wildcats boys team had some outstanding performances at the 2B District 4 Track & Field Championships on Thursday in Rainier.

Gardner claimed district titles in four different events, winning the 100-meter hurdles with a personal-best time of 16.32, the triple jump with a season-best 35-0.75, the long jump with a mark of 15-11.75 and the high jump with a clearance of 5-06, besting Pacific League champion Devyn Martin of Ocosta by six inches.

Raymond head coach Mike Tully said Gardner “had another outstanding meet” and implied the talented junior could have matched the 5-08 mark she hit at the Pacific League Championships a week earlier had it not been for how the meet played out.

“The high jump took a long time to complete due to girls leaving to do other events, so it ended up being the last event she completed,” he said. “She just ran out of gas.”

Gardner’s performance helped Raymond to a fifth-place finish overall with 49 points

Ocosta (44 points) placed seventh with North Beach (35) finished in the top 10 in ninth place.

Led by some top finishes from Dylan Todd and twin brothers William and Matthew Idso, Ocosta’s boys team placed second overall with 82 points, just for points behind district champion Kalama.

William Idso cleared 6-01 to win the high jump over North Beach’s Kyle Fry (5-08) and placed second in both the 100 and 200 meter races, with personal-best times of 11.37 and 22.84, respectively.

Matthew Idso claimed a district championship in the 400 meters, running a personal best 52.32 to win the race by more than a second over Adna’s Zach Berg (53.38 PR).

Todd placed third in the 1,600 meter race with a time of 4:59.06 and second in the 3,200 with a time of 11:06.78.

The trio also teamed up with Orlando Guevara on Ocosta’s 4×400 relay team to take second behind Adna with a time of 3:41.97.

North Beach’s 4×400 team of Charlie Coburn, Westin Fruh, Asher Baggaley and Jeshurun Richards placed third behind Ocosta with a time of 3:42.58.

Skyler Langston also had a top five finish for the Hyaks in the girls competition, placing third in the 1,600 (6:11.88) and fourth in the 3,200 (13:50.44), both season-best times for the North Beach junior.

For full meet results, visit athletic.net/TrackAndField/MeetResults.aspx?Meet=422108&show=all.

SOFTBALL

Forks 2, Pe Ell-Willapa Valley 0

Pe Ell-Willapa Valley’s undefated season was abruptly ended with a shocking 2-0 loss to Forks on Thursday in a 2B District 4 semifinal game in Pe Ell.

PWV (13-1 overall) outscored Forks by a total of 15-4 in sweeping a doubleheader on April 16 but couldn’t manage a hit against Forks pitcher Chloe Leverington on Thursday. Leverington held a Titans offense that entered the semis sporting a batting average over .500 to no runs, no hits and no walks.

Leverington hit PWV’s Dani Shannon in the fifth inning for the Titans’ only baserunner of the game.

PWV pitcher Olivia Matlock grounded out in the first inning for the only ball the Titans were able to put in play as Leverington struck out 20 in the astonishing no-hit performance.

Matlock pitched a complete game for PWV, allowing two earned runs on four hits, five walks while striking out 12.

Adna 12, Ocosta 1

Ocosta fell behind early and never recovered in a 12-1 six-inning loss to Adna in the semifinals of the 2B District 4 Tournament on Thursday in Adna.

Adna had 12 hits and led 4-0 after the first inning as Ocosta had to play catch up early against Adna ace Haley Rainey, who allowed an unearned run on two hits with five strikeouts in four innings pitched to earn the win.

No further information was available for this game at the time of this writing.

BOYS SOCCER

Centralia 2, Ocosta 1 (Centralia 3-2 penalty kicks)

In its last regular-season game before beginning play in the 2A District 4 Tournament, Aberdeen fell to Centralia 2-1 on penalty kicks Thursday in Aberdeen.

The Bobcats (5-5 overall, 4-2 2A Evergreen) trailed after giving up a goal in the 20th minute and didn’t tie the game until approximately 15 minutes into the second half when senior midfielder Antonio Hernandez fed a long ball to Logan Sias, who ran onto the ball and beat the Centralia keeper to make it a 1-1 game.

The game remained tied through the two overtime periods and went to penalty kicks, where after numerous misses from both teams, the eight penalty-kick shooter for Centralia scored to hand Aberdeen the loss.

“We played very strong defense and passed well but our shooting touch was way off in the final third and it cost us some great chances to score,” Aberdeen head coach Larry Fleming said.

Aberdeen’s Edwin Quintana, Carlos Mendoza, Angel Sanchez, Alan Avalos, Javier Garcia and Carlos Campos were cited for their play by Fleming.

Aberdeen’s junior varsity team won 6-0 on Thursday, with Daniel Garcia, Ruben Oropeza, Nelson Torres, Juan Serrano, Gil Lopez and Mateo Gonzalez scoring for the Bobcats (9-1 overall).

Seton Catholic 6, Elma 0

Elma struggled against a solid Seton Catholic team as the Eagles fell 6-0 in the 1A District 4 semifinals on Thursday in Vancouver.

Elma (9-3-1) feel behind 5-0 in the first half and allowed a goal by David Moore — his third of the game — with three minutes left in the game for the 6-0 final.

Elma will face La Center for third place in the district at 5 p.m. on Saturday in Tenino.