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Colville gets top seed to District 7 2A Tournament |
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
Holst throws complete game for Indians
BY CHRIS COWBROUGH
S-E Sports Editor
Sophomore Alison Holst pitched a complete game seven-hitter and catcher Emilee Lepp went 3 for 4 and belted a two-run home run in the fourth inning to help Great Northern League regular sea¬son champion Colville High (20-1) to a 7-1 GNL playoff game win at Dean Vaagen Park on Saturday. The win gave the Indians the top seed to the District 7 2A Tournament that started on Tuesday. Pullman got the second seed.
Colville hosted fourth-seeded Clarkston on Tuesday in the first round of the double elimination portion of the tour¬nament.
In the single elimination part of the tournament last Saturday, there was a surprise or two. West Valley scored late on a wild pitch and held off Cheney 2-1. The Blackhawks are through.
No. 3 seeded West Valley played at second-seeded Pull¬man on Tuesday.
In the other loser-out game on Saturday, Clarkston plated five runs in the bottom of the fifth inning in a come-from-be¬hind 7-4 win over Riverside.
After Tuesday’s first round of the double elimination por¬tion of the tournament, the field moves to University High School (Spokane) on Saturday.
A CHS win on Tuesday would send the Indians against the winner of the West Valley vs. Pullman game Saturday at U-High. The winner of that game earns a State 2A Tour¬nament berth.
Three teams will qualify for the State 2A Tournament May 23-24 in Selah.
PULLMAN RECAP
CHS had no trouble hitting Pullman pitching on Saturday. But for the first time all sea¬son, the Indians’ four and five hitters came up empty.
Colville also left the bases loaded in two innings.
“We didn’t have any trouble hitting them,” noted CHS head coach Scot Stuart. “But be¬cause our four and five hitters went hitless, we left a lot of runners on base.”
Colville collected 14 hits. In addition to Lepp, who has been on a season-long offensive tear, Shayd Urhausen and Jennica Ebel were also 3 for 4. First baseman Moe Stuart was 2 for 2 and Kourtney Anderson was 2 for 4. Natasha Welton also had a clutch pinch-hit, two-RBI double in the sixth inning.
But the big story had to be Holst. She likely turned in her best outing of the spring to date on Saturday. Holst struck out four and didn’t walk any¬one. Nor did she hit anyone.
‘She really came up big for us.’
“We needed that from her,” Stuart said, adding that “I think Alison threw only 15 balls over the course of seven innings.”
There is a fine line between good control—and too much control. Some coaches will find a little fault with too few balls.
Run the count, but don’t is¬sue any free passes. It’s a fine line.
“We need her to throw a few more balls, but keep the walks to zero,” Stuart added. “But she really came up big for us. The last time Alison threw against Pullman she got in trouble in the sixth inning and Makayla (Carr) had to come in and finish. I think that might have had some negative impact on Alison.
If Saturday’s start was de¬signed to serve as a confidence boost—well, it worked.
“Throwing the way she did on Saturday was huge. She isn’t going to get a lot of op¬portunities to throw before State. She pitched a great game.”
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