SEASIDE, ORE. — Centralia was in Oregon over the weekend and traveled back across the state line on Sunday with a trophy after winning the Seaside Tournament here over the weekend.
The Tigers were in the semifinals on Saturday against Fort Vancouver, winning 12-2 in five innings.
Jeremy Wood was 3 for 4 with an RBI, Broc Selstrom had a two-run single and Jerad Frias had two hits and two RBIs.
Mason Titus got the start on the mound and struck out six in the win.
Centralia scored four runs in the first inning and brought the mercy rule into effect by scoring seven runs in the fifth inning.
On Sunday, Centralia matched up with Hockinson in the championship game and edged the Hawks, 4-3.
Conner Wasson was 3 for 4 with an RBI and Kolby Sharp had a hit and 2 RBIs. Wasson had singles to begin the third and fifth innings to allow the Tigers to experiment on offense, according to head coach Rex Ashmore.
“Those hits allowed us to execute some things to find a way to score runs,” Ashmore said. “That’s how we’re going to have to play the game this year. We were able to do things with him getting on in those innings.”
Selstrom started on the mound and retired the first 11 batters before giving up a hit in the fourth inning.
Centralia scored a run in the first, third, fourth and fifth innings for a 4-2 lead after five innings. Hockinson added a run in the seventh off of an RBI-triple and had a chance with the tying run on third base, but Jackson Hull was able to earn a strikeout to clinch the win for the Tigers.
“It was outstanding. We got a chance to play three games in three days. For the kids to be together and grow as a team, we got more than we thought we’d get out of that tournament by going there,” Ashmore said. “For the kids to be out of town and show the energy they did in those three games, sleeping in a hotel with your buddies, coming out three days in a row with high energy, we got a lot out of it.”
It was the first time Centralia had participated in the tournament, and Ashmore was pleased with how the tournament was run and the opportunity for his team to bond on the road trip.
“We weren’t real sure what to expect with that,” Ashmore said. “We didn’t know what we were getting ourselves into. Everybody there treated us very well. They took very good care of us. We definitely will be going back, it was a real good experience as a baseball team.”
Centralia (3-1) has this week off before beginning league play on March 27 against Black Hills in Tumwater.
Castle Rock Flies Past Toledo
TOLEDO — Castle Rock scored six runs in the over a three inning stretch to pull away from Toledo and earn a 10-5 win in a nonleague baseball game here on Saturday.
Toledo’s Gannon Madill was 2 for 4 at the plate with a double, two runs and and RBI and Hunter Eaton hit a homerun to go along with two runs and two RBI’s. Cody Towns and Kyle Bauter each had two hits for the Indians.
Each team scored two runs in the first and third innings. Castle Rock scored three runs in the fourth, one run in the fifth and two more runs in the sixth to build the eventual 10-5 final score.
Toledo (0-3, 0-2) travels to Pe Ell on Tuesday to face the Titans in a Central 2B League game.
Adna Falls to 1A Zillah
ADNA — Adna scored two runs in the seventh inning in an attempt at a comeback, but the Pirates came up just short as Zillah won 9-7 in a nonleague baseball game here on Saturday.
Chance Fay had two hits and two RBIs and Abel Ingle added an RBI double for the Pirates. Cole Fay had three hits and Conner Weed and Trevor Minkoff each had two hits for Adna.
Zillah led 3-2 after two inning, but a three-run third inning put the Pirates up 5-3. Zillah scored three runs in the fourth and sixth innings to gain a 9-5 lead. The Pirates scored two runs in the seventh and had the tying run on second base, but was unable to score again.
“It was a very good high school baseball game. We played pretty well against a good 1A opponent,” Adna coach Jon Rooklidge said. “Just had a couple little things that maybe gone different and maybe have got a victory, but we played well.”
Adna (2-1, 2-0) is back on the field on Tuesday, hosting Kalama in a Central 2B League game.
Tenino Sweeps Chimacum
CHIMACUM — Tenino traveled north to face Chimacum in a double header and left on the bus with a sweep of a nonleague doubleheader here on Saturday.
The Beavers won the first game in a close contest, 7-6. Jace Griffis, Miles Cannon, Karlton Hisaw and Blake Gubbe each had two hits for Tenino.
Ryan Deoskey pitched 5 ⅔ innings in the win and Logan Brewer threw 13 pitches to get the save.
Chimacum scored two runs in the second to take the lead, but Tenino answered in the top of the third inning to tie the game at two.
Each team scored three runs in the fifth inning, but Tenino added two runs to Chimacum’s one run in the sixth for a 7-6 lead.
In the seventh, Brewer was in a jam with the winning run on second base with the bases loaded, but Brewer was able to strike out the final batter to close out the win.
Tenino coach Conner Hogue noted the play of Miles Cannon behind the plate, who back-picked a couple players including one on second base in the seventh inning for the first out.
In Game 2, Tenino jumped on Chimacum early and won 13-2 in five innings.
Griffis had three hits and Brewer added two hits for Tenino. Michael Born and Cole Plaja collected their first career varsity hits for the Beavers.
Brewer pitched all five innings for the Beavers to earn the win.
“It was great. The first game was a battle, they had a very good pitcher. We got to him a bit, but we got complacent defensively with a couple errors to let them back in the game,” Hogue said. “We came out with mentality in the second game to jump on them early. We performed two successful hit and runs and a squeeze bunt. We tagged the ball pretty well, that was nice to see.”
Tenino (3-2) hosts Black Hills on Thursday in a nonleague game.
