District Baseball Extra: Google Fight!
We strive to be objective and balanced in the newspaper business. That's a key reason why I'm not about to throw out a bunch of subjective guesses as to which teams will come out on top at the district tournaments, which start Tuesday.
Now, I'm all for fun pools and taking stabs at who might go the distance. Think March Madness or the Super Bowl. That's fun stuff. But when it comes to sprouting off opinions on why a high school baseball team will win or lose, I'm not really into that.
And that, ah hem, is why I will introduce you all to Google Fights, the sure-fire way to find out the results of the 2A, 1A and 2B district tournaments.
In a Google Fight, you enter in two words or phrases to find out how many 'hits' -- how often it appears on the Internet -- that word or phrase gets. The one with more hits wins.
OK, so they may not be 100% accurate, but... Here's your first-round results:
District 4 2A Tournament:
CENTRALIA vs. MARK MORRIS: The Tigers put a whoopin' on Mark Morris here, receiving 3,480,000 hits to 1,020,000.
W.F. WEST vs. HOCKINSON: This was one of the closer matches, with the Bearcats edging Hockinson, 304,000 to 86,400.
District 4 1A Tournament:
TENINO vs. WHITE SALMON: The Beavers were downed by White Salmon, but not by a large margin- - 744,000 to 390,000.
TOLEDO vs. ROCHESTER: In a battle of Google Fight powerhouses, Toledo overcame Rochester 64,900,000 to 52,400,000.
2B District Tournament:
ADNA vs. NAPAVINE: This ended up being quite one-sided, as the Pirates crushed the Tigers, 4,750,000 to 244,000.
WHITE PASS vs. OCOSTA: Yeah, so I used the word "crushed" in the paragraph above. Should have saved that one. White Pass: 10,700,000; Ocosta: 55,100. Enough said.
MOSSYROCK vs. TACOMA BAPTIST: Who says big towns beat little towns. The Vikings showed some muscle here, winning 273,000 to 73,600.
PE ELL vs. NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN: My eyes shot open when I saw this. Definitely the wildcard of the bunch, as NW Christian sneaks past the Trojans, 416,000 to 404,000.
A Look At The Brackets
Click to enlarge the photos, and don't hurt your neck looking at the 2A or 1A brackets. Print out copies instead.
Now, I'm all for fun pools and taking stabs at who might go the distance. Think March Madness or the Super Bowl. That's fun stuff. But when it comes to sprouting off opinions on why a high school baseball team will win or lose, I'm not really into that.
And that, ah hem, is why I will introduce you all to Google Fights, the sure-fire way to find out the results of the 2A, 1A and 2B district tournaments.
In a Google Fight, you enter in two words or phrases to find out how many 'hits' -- how often it appears on the Internet -- that word or phrase gets. The one with more hits wins.
OK, so they may not be 100% accurate, but... Here's your first-round results:
District 4 2A Tournament:
CENTRALIA vs. MARK MORRIS: The Tigers put a whoopin' on Mark Morris here, receiving 3,480,000 hits to 1,020,000.
W.F. WEST vs. HOCKINSON: This was one of the closer matches, with the Bearcats edging Hockinson, 304,000 to 86,400.
District 4 1A Tournament:
TENINO vs. WHITE SALMON: The Beavers were downed by White Salmon, but not by a large margin- - 744,000 to 390,000.
TOLEDO vs. ROCHESTER: In a battle of Google Fight powerhouses, Toledo overcame Rochester 64,900,000 to 52,400,000.
2B District Tournament:
ADNA vs. NAPAVINE: This ended up being quite one-sided, as the Pirates crushed the Tigers, 4,750,000 to 244,000.
WHITE PASS vs. OCOSTA: Yeah, so I used the word "crushed" in the paragraph above. Should have saved that one. White Pass: 10,700,000; Ocosta: 55,100. Enough said.
MOSSYROCK vs. TACOMA BAPTIST: Who says big towns beat little towns. The Vikings showed some muscle here, winning 273,000 to 73,600.
PE ELL vs. NORTHWEST CHRISTIAN: My eyes shot open when I saw this. Definitely the wildcard of the bunch, as NW Christian sneaks past the Trojans, 416,000 to 404,000.
A Look At The Brackets
Click to enlarge the photos, and don't hurt your neck looking at the 2A or 1A brackets. Print out copies instead.
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