The Monday Morning Blast

These Days — Scores & links from around The Blast Zone; plus Mark Morris vs R.A. long baseball (1973), and Kalama vs Rainer (WA) baseball ('06)

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High School Baseball

Former Castke Rock baseball head coach Ron Graham (center/red shirt and jeans) is surrounded by former ballplayers during a dedication ceremony to name the Rockets’ home field in his honor prior to a gane against Warrenton on Saturday, April 18, at Castle Rock High School. / Photo courtesy of The Rock Baseball

Saturday

• Castle Rock 6, Warrenton 0

• Ilwaco 10, Hoquiam 0

Friday

• R.A. Long 2, Mark Morris 0

• Mark Morris 5, R.A. Long 1

• Columbia River 7, Woodland 1

• Castle Rock 13, Fort Vancouver 0

• Toutle Lake 7, Adna 4

• Toledo 6, Rainier (WA) 1

• Winlock 10, Onalaska 5

• Onalaska 16, Winlock 10

• Naselle 10, Lake Quinault 0

• Clatskanie 8, Nestucca 2

• Nestucca 5, Clatskanie 4

• Rainier 6, Westside Christian 4

High School Softball

Mark Morris first baseman Shyanne Sellers stretches to haul ona throw and put out an R.A. Long base runner during a 24-0 win over the Lumberjills, Friday, April 17, at R.A. Long High School. / Photo by Candy Durgeloh for Blast Zone Media

Friday

• Mark Morris 24, R.A. Long 0

• Woodland 12, Hockinson 6

• Kelso 12, Battle Ground 2

• Toutle Lake 17, Naselle 5

• Toledo 6, Pe Ell-Willapa Valley 1

• Clatskanie 7, Nestucca 3

• Clatskanie 10, Nestucca 4

• Warrenton 15, Rainier 0

High School Boys Soccer

Saturday

• Black Hills 7, Mark Morris 1

• White Salmon (Columbia) 6, Toledo-Winlock 0

Friday

• Heritage 2, Kelso 1

• White Salmon 10, Kalama 0

College Baseball

Saturday

• Lower Columbia 13, Olympic 6

• Lower Columbia 4, Olympic 1

College Softball

Friday

• Lower Columbia 9, Chemeketa 0

• Lower Columbia 4, Chemeketa 0

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This Day In History

• April 20, 1973: The Mark Morris baseball team needs an extra frame to get the job done but does so, beating R.A. Long 3-1 in eight. MM’s Tom Chamberlain and RAL’s Jerry Dickinson traded zeroes on the hill for six innings, before the Monarchs finally scratched across a run in the top of the seventh on a Cole Wade double and a Mickey Brusco single. The Jacks came back to tie things in the bottom half of the inning when Jim Carvey scored on a fielder’s choice. In the eighth, MM loaded the bases for Chamberlain, who helped his own cause with a go-ahead sac fly, before Wade added another run with a squeeze.

That Day In History

• April 19, 2006: Robby Sanders tosses the first four frames and Brandon Walker handles the last three in a combined no-hitter, as Kalama takes down Rainier (Wash.) 7-1 in a Southwest Washington 1A League matchup. Sanders struck out six, while Walker punched out a pair. Chase Harkleroad and Mike LaRoy both went 2-for-3 with an RBI, Chris Pierce swiped three bases, and coach Dave Orzel got tossed in the sixth inning for arguing a non-call on what he thought was a balk.

  “I didn’t even freak out,” Orzel said. “I didn’t get fired up or say anything. … It was not your typical Orzel ejection.”

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Games of The Day

High School Boys Soccer

Mark Morris vs R.A. Long

• Longview Memorial Stadium, 7:30 p.m.

High School Baseball

R.A. Long vs Ridgefield

• The Lumberyard, 4:30 p.m.

High School Softball

Mark Morris vs Columbia River

• 7th Ave. Park, 4 p.m.

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In Case You Missed

High School Baseball: Mark Morris, R.A. Long split Civil War twinbill