YAKIMA — The Quilcene Rangers had a Class 1B state championship appearance in their grasp, but the Pomeroy Pirates erased Quilcene’s 4-0 lead in the bottom of the seventh inning.
Pomeroy went on score a run with no outs in the bottom of the eighth inning for a 5-4 win in the state semifinals Friday at Gateway Sports Complex.
The Rangers rebounded to beat Sunnyside Christian 15-0 Saturday to advance to the third/fourth place game.
The Rangers made the semifinals by edging Liberty Christian 4-3 earlier in the day.
Megan Weller’s two-out, two-strike RBI single in the bottom of the fourth inning served as the winning run.
Quilcene 4, Liberty Christian 3
Liberty Christian 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 — 3 4 2
Quilcene 2 0 1 1 0 0 x — 4 7 0
WP- Kieffer; LP- Barber
Pitching Statistics
Quilcene: Kieffer 7 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 7 K.
Hitting Statistics
Quilcene: Johnsen 1-2, 2B, R; Macedo 1-4, 3B, R; M. Weller 1-4, RBI; A. Weller 1-3, Bailey 2-2.
Chimacum falls
RICHLAND — The Cowboys lost both of their contests at the Class 1A state tournament in Richland.
Chimacum fell 8-3 to Omak in the opening round, and lost 10-6 to Lynden Christian in a loser-out game later Friday.
Omak plated five runs in the second and three more in the third to push past the Cowboys.
Shanya Nisbet hit a two-run home run in the top of the first inning against Lynden Christian, but Chimacum couldn’t hold the lead against the Lyncs.
