AREA ROUNDUP: Cramer, Cougars conquer Grand Canyon in baseball battle

PHOENIX — Cole Cramer batted 3-for-4 with a three-run home run and four total RBI to power visiting Washington State, which surged ahead with a three-run sixth inning en route to a 6-4 nonconference baseball victory over Grand Canyon on Wednesday in Phoenix.

Joey Kramer and Nate Swarts had another two hits apiece for the Cougs (18-17), who went through nine total pitchers in as many innings. Rylan Haider was credited with the win from the mound, while Duke Brotherton closed things out for the save.

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S. Jones, K. Haynes (3), A. Baughn (4), R. Haider (5), C. Judd (6), K. Wickersham (6), C. Grillo (8), D. Brotherton (8) and W. Cresswell; B. Skaugrud, D. Case (5), B. Webb (6), B. Toney (7) and M. Galvan. W—Haider; L—Case. S—Brotherton.

Washington State hits — C. Cramer 3 (HR), J. Kramer 2, N. Swarts 2, C. Taggart, A. Shibley, W. Cresswell, C. Parke.

Grand Canyon hits — T. Wilson 3 (2B), C. Peery 2 (HR), M. Diaz 2 (HR), M. Galvan 2 (2B), E. Buries (2B), T. Sanders, C. Neville.

WOMEN’S COLLEGE GOLF

Vandals sixth in Big Sky tourney

LITCHFIELD PARK, Ariz. — Emma Kang tied for 13th among individuals to lead Idaho to a sixth-place team finish in the Big Sky championships at Wigwam Golf Club.

Lauren Greeny, a Pullman High alum golfing for Montana State, was tied with Kang at 217 strokes apiece.

Team scores — 1. Sacramento State 850; 2. Northern Arizona 864; 3. Weber State 869; 4. Montana State 873; 5. Northern Colorado 877; 6. Idaho 888; 7. Montana 889; 8. Portland State 893; 9. Eastern Washington 897; 10. Idaho State 901.

Medalist — Lizzie Neal, Northern Arizona, 203.

Idaho individuals — 13. Emma Kang, 217; T22. Zoe Newell, 223; T30. Yvonne Vinceri, 226; T38. Jenna Bruggeman, 228.

COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD

Warriors in contention

NEW ORLEANS — The Lewis-Clark State women held steady at No. 18 as a team and had four athletes ranked in the top 10 of their events as the latest edition of the USTFCCCA Ratings Index was released on Wednesday.

Kea Stieglitz ranks No. 3 in the NAIA in javelin (42.30 meters) and earned 28.44 points in the index. Madigan Kelly bettered her time in the 100-meter hurdles (13.87 seconds) and ranks fifth for 24.18 points. Sydnie Zywina is fifth in the triple jump (11.97 meters) with 23.73 points, while Jennah Carpenter is ninth in the high jump (1.68).

The women’s 400 and 1,600 relay teams both rank in the top 15 of the NAIA so far this season, and combined for 20.22 points.

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL

Clarkston 3, Shadle Park 2

Trace Green pitched a complete game for the host Bantams against the Highlanders of Spokane as they built an early lead and held off a late Shadle Park rally to complete a 2A Greater Spokane League win.

Two hits, including a two-run double from Hayden Line, were essential to the victory for Clarkston (5-8, 3-3).

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Alison, Stewart (5) and Krotler; Trace Green and Emett Slagg. W—Green; L—Alison.

Shadle Park hits — Jager (2B), Sanchez.

Clarkston hits — Hayden Line 2 (2B), Jacob Stewart 2, Otis Phillips 2, Otis Phillips 2, Bodee Thivierge, Jace Cometto.

West Valley 8, Pullman 2

SPOKANE VALLEY — The traveling Greyhounds started slow and made a seventh-inning surge that proved too little, too late as they suffered their first 2A Greater Spokane League defeat of the season.

Pullman (8-3, 6-1) got its only extra-base hit of the day in the form of a double from Kris Schroeder. The host Eagles (5-7, 5-4) enjoyed three hits, including a double from Brody Hart.

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Calvin Heusser, Brady Coulter (3), Nathan Elbracht (3), Cade Hill (4) and Kris Schroeder; Ethan Turley, Brody Hart (6) and Easton O’Neal. W—Turley; L—Heusser.

Pullman hits — Kris Schroeder (2B), Caleb Northcroft, Isaac Pagels, C. Hill, L Orfe.

West Valley hits — Brody Hart 3 (2B), Johnny MacAll (2B), Noah Clouse (2B).

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL

Dayton 14, Garfield-Palouse 0

DAYTON, Wash. — Traveling Garfield-Palouse lost by five-inning mercy rule in a Southeast 1B League encounter with Dayton.

Morgan Lentz doubled to lead the offensive effort for the Vikings (3-6, 2-4), who committed a costly four fielding errors in the defeat.

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Emma Orfe, Riesse Johnson (3) and Layla Inman; Peyton Benavides, Lucy Trump (5) and Lila Hutchens. W—Benavides; L—Orfe; S—Trump.

Garfield-Palouse hits — Morgan Lentz (2B), Emma Orfe.

Dayton hits — Brooklyn Laughery (2B), Teagan Culley, Peyton Benavides, Samantha Boggs.

HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD

Eagles soar over Bantams

SPOKANE VALLEY — Traveling Clarkston enjoyed three individual event wins from Nathan Somers on the boys side and two from Addilyn Williams in girls competition, but the Bantams fell to West Valley on both sides of a 2A Greater Spokane League event.

Team scores and top-three Clarkston finishes are listed below.

BOYS

Team scores — West Valley 112, Clarkston 29.

100 — 1. Nathan Somers, Clk, 11.57; 3. Gage Broten, Clk, 11.82.

200 — 2. Broten, Clk, 24.19.

400 — 2. Luke Siler, Clk, 51.28; 3. Bo Siler, Clk, 55.04.

800 — 3. Caden Hoskinson, WV, 2:20.07.

1,600 — 3. Avery Peters, Clk, 4:51.99.

Javelin — 3. Grant Stevens, Clk, 125-1.

Long jump — 1. Somers, Clk, 19-8 1/2; 3. Milo Kunnap, Clk, 18-1.

Triple jump — 1. Somers, Clk, 42-6 1/2; 2. Ryken Craber, Clk, 41-1 1/2.

GIRLS

Team scores — West Valley 122, Clarkston 23.

100 — 2. Claire Dooley, Clk, 13.53.

200 — 3. Jaelyn McCormack-Marks, Clk, 30.42.

400 — 3. Dooley, Clk, 1:09.87.

800 — 3. Shaylee Johnson, Clk, 3:00.98.

100 hurdles — 1. Addilyn Williams, Clk, 19.37.

300 hurdles — 1. Williams, Clk, 54.13.

800 relay — 2. Clarkston, 1:53.72.

High jump — 2. Jordan Cassetto, Clk, 5-0.

Pole vault — 3. Jada White, Clk, 7-0.

Long jump — 2. Alaya Nash, Clk, 13-3.