The Monday Morning Blast

This Day – Weekend scores & links from around The Blast Zone; plus Kelso, R.A. Long, Castle Rock and Toledo state track & field (1984)

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College Baseball

LCC freshman Justin Fuller delivers a pitch during a 6-5 win over Everett in a loser-out game in the NWAC Championships Tournament, Sunday, May 24, at Story Field. / Photo courtesy of NWAC

Sunday

• Lower Columbia 6, Everett 5 (NWAC loser-out)

Saturday

• Lower Columbia 11, Wenatchee Valley 9 (NWAC loser-out)

Friday

• Lower Columbia 7, Spokane 4 (NWAC loser-out)

High School Softball

Mark Morris freshman Ivrie McNeilly flashes a big grin as she holds the 2A State Championship trophy following the Monarchs’ 9-5 walk-off win over W..F. West to claim the title, Saturday, May 23, at Carlon Park in Selah. / Photo by Candy Durgeloh for Blast Zone mEdia

Saturday

• Mark Morris 9, W.F. West 5 (State championship)

• Mark Morris 6, Lynden 2 (State semifinals)

• Liberty Christian 7, Naselle 4 (State championship)

• Naselle 11, Colton 8 (State semifinals)

• Liberty 19, Toledo 7 (State 3rd/4th place)

• Toledo 12, Napavine 10 (State loser-out)

• Adna 11, Toledo 2 (State semifinals)

Friday

• Mark Morris 12, Nathan Hale 0 (State opener)

• Mark Morris 11, Burlington-Edison 1 (State quarterfinals)

• Toledo 10, Brewster 0 (State opener)

• Toledo 6, Pe Ell-Willapa Valley 4 (State quarterfinals)

• Naselle 12, Quilcene 1 (State opener)

• Naselle 7, Sunnyside 6 (State quarterfinals)

• Stanwood 5, Kelso 3 (State opener)

• Kelso 6, Peninsula 1 (State loser-out)

• Inglemoor 6, Kelso 3 (State loser-out)

High School Baseball

Saturday

• Toutle Lake 20, Kittitas 19 (State quarterfinals / 8 inn.)

• Toutle Lake 12, Mount Vernon Christian 2 (State opener)

• Cashmere 12, Castle Rock 1 (State opener)

• Asotin 8, Ilwaco 3 (State opener)

• Naselle 23, Sunnyside Christian 3 (State quarterfinals / 5 inn.)

This Day In History

• May 25, 1984: Kelso’s Joe Martin goes from eighth place to first in the final lap to win the 2A State title 1,600 meters in 4:15.9, becoming the Hilanders’ first ever individual state champion. Kelso’s 400-meter relay team of Tom Napier, Greg Mitchell, Scott Radcliffe and Dean Kenaston — which came in with the sixth-best time in the state — also won a title, setting the tone for the Hilanders to seal the team title the next day.

  R.A. Long’s Chris Nolden also came away a winner in Tacoma, taking the title in the 400.

  Out in Wenatchee, Toledo’s Scott Bickar only qualified for the finals in the shot put by an inch, but turned around to win the whole thing in the 1A finals.

  Castle Rock, the 1983 team champions, is disqualified from the 100-meter dash, the 200-meter dash, and the 400-meter relay, just about ending its hopes to repeat.

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The Games of The Day

College Baseball

Lower Columbia vs Linn-Benton (NWAC Championship play-in game / loser-out)

• David Story Field, Noon

Lower Columbia or Linn-Benton vs Lane (NWAC Championship)

• David Story Field, 3:35 p.m.

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In Case You Missed It

High School Softball: Sellers' walk-off slam gives Mark Morris first State title

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The Sunday Morning Blast

Barbee's World: Locals continue to take the leap of faith at LCC

High School Golf: Bad breaks abound for locals at State Tournaments