In a game that featured two excellent pitching performances, Aberdeen fell short in a 2-0 loss to WF West on Thursday in Chehalis.
Aberdeen starter Hunter Eisele allowed a run in each of the first two innings before holding the Bearcats scoreless the rest of the way.
Eisele struck out four and allowed no walks on two hits in six innings pitched. The sophomore right-hander threw 102 pitches in the workhorse-like effort.
But WF West starter Logan Moore held the Aberdeen bats quiet, allowing just three hits while striking out 14 in pitching a scoreless seven innings.
Luca Pisani, Kyle Miller and Trevon Nichols were the only Bobcats to get a base hit off Moore.
Aberdeen (2-2 overall, 1-2 2A Evergreen) will face Elma at 2 p.m. Saturday in Elma.
Aberdeen 000 000 0 — 0 3 0
WF West 110 000 x — 2 2 0
Aberdeen — Pisani (1-3, 2B), Miller (1-3), Nichols (1-3). LP — Eisele (6 IP, 2R, ER, 2H, 4K, BB).
WF West — Jones (1-3, RBI), Stajduher (1-2, R). WP — Moore (7 IP, 0R, 3H, 14K).
Eatonville 5, Elma 4
Eatonville scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning to hand Elma a 5-4 loss on Thursday in Elma.
Elma (1-5, 1-3 1A Evergreen) led 4-3 in the seventh when Eatonville (4-4, 2-1) scored a run on an error followed by an RBI single by Blain Hanly to take the lead.
The Eagles trailed 3-0 before scoring four runs in the fifth, highlighted by run-scoring hits from Grant Vessey and JT Tiffany.
Tiffany took the loss, allowing the two runs on three hits and a walk in a seventh-inning relief appearance.
Vessey led Elma’s offense, going 1-4 with a triple, a run scored and two RBI.
Eatonville 101 100 2 — 5 8 1
Elma 000 040 0 — 4 6 4
Eatonville — Strom (2-3, 3R), Lucht (1-4, R), B. Hanly (1-4, RBI), Meyer (1-2, RBI), P. Hanly (1-3, R), Sarpy (1-3), Taylor (1-2).
Elma — Vessey (1-4, 3B, R, 2RBI), Tiffany (1-4, R, RBI), Cain (1-4, RBI), Alexander (1-4), Bailey (1-3, 2B), Wright (1-1, R), Sanders (0-1, R).
Montesano 16, Hoquiam 3
Montesano scored 13 runs through the first three innings en route to a 16-3 win over Hoquiam on Thursday at Olympic Stadium in Hoquiam.
Leading 5-1, Montesano scored eight runs in the top of the third that included run-scoring singles from Josh Wills, Isaac Pierce, Kaleb Ames and Zander Ames.
That was more than enough run support for the Montesano pitching staff, with Pierce picking up the win by allowing one earned run on one hit, four walks and five strikeouts in three innings pitched.
Skylar Bove pitched the final two innings for Montesano, allowing an unearned run on two hits, a walk and two strikeouts in two innings of work.
Bode Poler (2-3, 2B, 3R, 2RBI), Wills (2-4, R, RBI) and Zander Ames (2-2, 2R, RBI) had two hits apiece for the Bulldogs.
Hoquiam (1-6, 0-3) scored a run in each of the first, third and fifth innings.
The Grizzlies were led by Jake Templer, who had a double and two RBI in the game.
Hoquiam hosts University Prep at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 7.
Montesano (5-1, 3-0 1A Evergreen) will play at Quincy at 3 p.m. on Friday, April 8.
Montesano 328 12 — 16 11 3
Hoquiam 101 01 — 3 3 7
Montesano — Poler (2-3, 2B, 3R, 2RBI), Wills (2-4, R, RBI), Z. Ames (2-2, 2R, RBI), Isaac Pierce (1-2, 2RBI), Isaiah Pierce (1-2, 3B, 2R, 2RBI), Kling (1-2, RBI), K. Ames (1-2, 2R, RBI), Harris (1-1, R). WP — Isaac Pierce (3 IP, 2R, ER H, 5K, 4BB).
Hoquiam — Templer (1-2, 2B, RBI), Gordon (1-1), Mefford (1-1, R), Jump (0-1, 2R). LP — Templer (3 IP, 5H, 4R, 0ER, 5K, 3BB).
PREP SOFTBALL
Eatonville 10, Elma 0
Eatonville belted four home runs in the game — three by Brooke Blocker — to hand Elma a 10-0 loss in five innings on Thursday in Eatonville.
Elma managed just two hits in the game off Cruisers pitcher Berkeley Porter, who struck out nine and walked three in tossing the five-inning shutout.
Elma’s Madisyn Monroe took the loss, allowing 10 runs — six earned — on 12 hits with two strikeouts and no walks in 4 1/3 innings pitched.
Elma (0-5, 0-4 1A Evergreen) hosts Hoquiam in a doubleheader set for 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Elma 000 00 — 0 2 3
Eatonville 322 21 — 10 12 0
Elma — Sample (1-2, SB), Swarts (1-2). LP — Monroe (4.1 IP, 10R, 6ER, 12H, 2K).
Eatonville — Blocker (4-4, 3 HR, 2B, 4R, 4RBI), Chabot (2-3, 2B, 2R, RBI), Rath (1-3, HR, 2R, 2RBI), D. Smith (2-3, R, RBI), Porter (2-3), C. Smith (1-3, RBI). WP — Porter (5 IP, 2H 0R, 9K, 3BB).
PREP BOYS SOCCER
Aberdeen 9, Black Hills 0
Aberdeen turned in a dominant performance in earning a 9-0 win over Black Hills on Thursday at Stewart Field in Aberdeen.
The Bobcats (6-1-1, 4-1 2A Evergreen) opened the scoring on a goal headed in by senior forward Miguel Martinez off an Edwin Quintana corner kick in the 10th minute.
Senior Daniel Guzman scored in the 24th minute followed by a goal from Carlos Mendoza with eight minutes left in the first half.
Aberdeen increased the pressure in the second half and Black Hills (2-5, 2-3) had no answer.
In the 48th minute, Julian Garcia sent in a corner that Mendoza got a head on. The Wolves keeper didn’t cleanly handle the shot and Aberdeen senior forward Kaleb Myers got his head on the ball to give the Bobcats a 4-0 lead.
Mendoza would score twice more to pick up a hat trick and Aberdeen would get a goal apiece from Guzman, Alan Avalos and Colby Mendoza to close out the 9-0 win.
Aberdeen outshot Black Hills 20-0.
“Our possession and defense were at their highest level of the season, and we converted some excellent goals as well,” Aberdeen head coach Larry Fleming said.
Aberdeen will face WF West at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 12 in Aberdeen.
Aberdeen’s junior varsity team won 4-0.
The Bobcats JV got goals from Estevan Isidro, Angel Mendoza, Happy Cheema and Nelson Torres.
Black Hills 0 0 — 0
Aberdeen 3 6 — 9
First half — 1, Aberdeen, Martinez (Quintana), 10th minute. 2, Aberdeen, Guzman (Carlos Mendoza, Cone), 24th minute. 3, Aberdeen, Carlos Mendoza (Martinez), 32nd minute.
Second half — 4, Aberdeen, Myers, 48th minute. 5, Aberdeen, Carlos Mendoza (Garcia, Quintana), 56th minute. 6, Aberdeen, Guzman (Garcia, Carlos Mendoza), 57th minute. 7, Aberdeen, Carlos Mendoza (Granados), 72nd minute. 8, Avalos (Quintana), 75th minute. 9, Aberdeen, Colby Mendoza (Garcia).
