AREA ROUNDUP

CALDWELL, Idaho — Moscow starting pitcher Butch Kiblen struck out 11 batters and closer Connor Isakson fanned the only batter he faced for the final out as the Bears defeated Blackfoot 8-1 in an Idaho Class 4A state baseball tournament semifinal game Friday at Vallivue High School.

Levi Anderson and leadoff man JP Breese each went 2-for-3 with two RBI and a run apiece to lead the Bears (19-7) at the plate. Isakson and Jack Driskill each scored a pair of runs.

Moscow’s win ended a 13-game winning streak for the Broncos (23-6).

Moscow will play Bishop Kelly in the championship game at 4 p.m. Pacific today at the same site.

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N. Randall, E. Cannon (4) and W. Layton, J. Vance; Butch Kiblen, Connor Isakson (7) and Tyson Izzo. W—Kiblen; L—Randall.

Blackfoot hits — Vance 2, D. Whitney, Layton.

Moscow hits — JP Breese 2, Levi Anderson 2, Jack Driskill, Isakson, Tommy Holt, Andrew Hurley.

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALLMoscow eliminated from state tourney

BOISE — Moscow’s Megan Highfill had five hits for the Bears and Kaci Kiblen added a home run, but it wasn’t enough as the Bears’ season came to an end after a win against Blackfoot and a loss to Hillcrest in the Idaho Class 4A state tournament at Coeur d’Alene High School.

Kiblen had two hits, a double and a home run, to lift the Bears past Blackfoot in an early-morning elimination game. Kelly Stodick earned the win from the pitcher’s circle.

In another elimination game against Hillcrest, the Bears (17-12) went down 5-2 early and couldn’t recover.

Highfill had two hits, including a double, to lead Moscow in the nightcap.

Moscow 8, Blackfoot 6

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Kelly Stodick and Megan Highfill; Kaili Verlanic, Marlee Pieper (6) and Emma McGuire. W—Stodick; L—Verlanic.

Moscow hits — Megan Highfill 3, Kaci Kiblen 2 (2B, HR), Sammy Pfiffner 2, Addie Branen (2B), Hannah Robertson, Gabby Fleishman, Sadie Newlan.

Blackfoot hits — Sela Christiansen 2, Zaybri Franz 2, Marlee Pieper (HR), Jiji Wieland (2B), Emma McGuire (2B), Quincy Cronquist, Oaklee Vanorden.

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Hillcrest 10, Moscow 4

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Kelly Stodick, Allison Dorigo (6) and Megan Highfill; Jaycee Jacobson, Avery Berry (5) and Grace Schultz. W—Jacobson; L—Stodick.

Moscow hits — Megan Highfill 2 (2B), Addie Branen 2, Hannah Robertson (2B), Kelly Stodick (2B), Sadie Newlan (2B), Sammy Pfiffner.

Hillcrest hits — Grace Schultz 3 (2 3B), Macey McCuistion 2 (HR), Jaycee Jacobson 2, Sav Johnson (3B), Jerzey Jarvis (2B), Hallie Causey, Paityn Ralphs.

Colton 12, Almira-Coulee-Hartline 7

SPOKANE — The Wildcats got a home run apiece from Meredith Bell and Clair Moehrle to down the Warriors of Coulee City, Wash., and advance in a Washington Class 1B district crossover tournament at Franklin Park Fields.

Kiya Soza went the distance and struck out four to earn the win for Colton (13-5).

Bell totaled three hits for the Wildcats. Kaydee Heitstuman added three hits, including two doubles.

Colton will play Liberty Christian of Richland, Wash., at 11 a.m. today in the next round of the district crossover at the same site.

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Kiya Soza and Meredith Bell; Beth Okamoto and Shaina Beal. W—Soza; L—Okamoto.

Colton hits — Kaydee Heitstuman 3 (2 2B), Meredith Bell 3 (HR), Kate Schultheis 2 (2B), Kiya Soza 2, Clair Moehrle (HR), Leah Musson (2B), Ella Nollmeyer (2B), Rori Weber.

Almira-Coulee-Hartline hits — Josie Bayless 3, Madison Brink 3, Kady Murray 2, Peyton Roberts (3B), Beth Okamoto, Shaina Beal, Emma Whitaker.

Asotin, Colfax’s seasons come to an end in district tournament

SPOKANE — The Panthers got by the Bulldogs in an elimination game but lost their second one to the Broncos of Ritzville, Wash., in a Class 2B district tournament.

Cady Browne had four hits, including a home run and two doubles, to lead Asotin (12-9) past Colfax (14-10). Kierra Nielson earned the win for the Panthers.

KeiLena Nelson had two hits, a home run and a double, to lead the Bulldogs.

In Asotin’s second elimination game, Browne had another home run in a losing effort against Lind-Ritzville/Sprague.

Asotin 13, Colfax 10

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Gracie Bofto and Grace Jones; Kierra Nielson and Cady Browne. W—Nielson; L—Bofto.

Colfax hits — KeiLena Nelson 2 (HR, 2B), Harley Hennigar 2 (2B), Jones 2, Brenna Gilchrist, Chevy Booth, Izzy Huntley.

Asotin hits — Browne 4 (HR, 2 2B), Nielson 2 (HR), Avery Triplett 2 (2B), Elizabeth Alicea 2 (2B), Leilani Koehler (2B), Katie Bittle, Payten Appleford, Bella Dalosto.

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Lind-Ritzville/Sprague 16, Asotin 2

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Kierra Nielson, Cady Browne (4) and Browne, Maddy Lathrop; H. Towne and M. Cameron.

Asotin hits — Browne (HR), Payten Appleford (2B), Avery Triplett.

LRS hits — Towne 4 (HR, 3B, 2B), M. Melcher 3, A. Armstrong 2 (HR), R. Dean.

HIGH SCHOOL TRACK AND FIELD

Prairie’s Elven among several area athletes to win events at 1A/2A state meet

MIDDLETON, Idaho — Prairie of Cottonwood’s Sage Elven earned an individual state title in the discus event with a personal-best hurl of 142 feet, 11 inches at Day 1 of the Class 1A state track meet at Middleton High School.

The Pirates’ medley relay team of Alli Geis, Aubree Rehder, Kennedy Riener and Sydney Shears also topped the podium with a time of 1 minute, 54.99 seconds.

Sara Casebolt of Logos (3,200 meters) and Kathryn Burnette of Potlatch (shot put) also claimed individual state titles.

Team scores and top-three finishes by Daily News-area athletes are listed below.

1A

BOYS

Team scores — 1. Rockland 25; 2. Tri-Valley 21; 3. Victory Charter 20; 4. Valley 18; 5. Butte County 17; T6. Notus 16; T6. Hansen 16; T8 . Idaho City 11; T8. Kamiah 11; T10. Highland 10; T10. Logos 10; T10. Raft River 10; T10. Horshoe Bend 10; T14. Troy 8; T14. Oakley 8; T14. Challis 8; T17. Hagerman 7; T17. Liberty Charter 7; T19. Rimrock 6; T19. Lapwai 6; 21. Prairie 5; 22. Wallace 4; T22. Genesee 4; T22. Mackay 4; T22. Grace 4; T22. Kendrick 4; 27. Cascade 2; 28. Murtaugh 1.

GIRLS

Team scores — 1. Oakley 32; 2. Murtaugh 29; 3. Logos 27; T4. Valley 24; T4. Prairie 24; 6. Raft River 22; 7. Liberty Charter 19; 8. Challis 18; 9. Potlatch 14; 10. Butte County 12; 11. Council 11; T12. Rockland 6; T12. Victory Charter 6; T14. Rimrock 5; T14. Glenns Ferry 5; 16. Carey 4; T17. Leadore 3; T17. Troy 3; T17. Genesee 3; T20. Hagerman 2; T20. Grace 2; 22. Castleford 1; 22. Kootenai 1.

Logos individuals

3,200 — 1. Sara Casebolt, 11:28.77.

SMR — 2. Logos, 1:55.33.

Prairie individuals

SMR — 1. Prairie (Alli Geis, Aubree Rehder, Kennedy Riener, Sydney Shears), 1:54.99.

Discus — 1. Sage Elven, 142-11.

Potlatch individuals

Shot put — 1. Kathryn Burnette, 42-08.50.

Moscow’s Nuhn tops hurdles prelims

MERIDIAN — Moscow’s Mattea Nuhn posted the top times in the prelims in both the girls 110 hurdles (14.78 seconds) and 300 hurdles (46.09) at the 4A state meet at Mountain View High School. Finals will be today.

Moscow’s Cora Crawford was fifth in the girls 3,200 (11:27.36).

The meet concludes today at the same site.

Hounds field state qualifiers

SPOKANE VALLEY — Pullman’s Judah Fitzgerald (800) and Chris Druffel (pole vault) logged gold-medal finishes to highlight area results in the Class 2A district meet held at West Valley High School.

Top-two finishers and all who delivered automatic qualifying marks in their events will advance to the Washington 2A state meet, which is set for May 23-25 at Mount Tahoma Athletic Stadium in Tacoma.

Pullman’s 1,600 relay team of Cici Maile, Jennabee Harris, Oluwatomisin Oloniyo and Ada Harris took third, but registered an automatic qualifying time of 4 minutes, 8.85 seconds.

Team scores and top-three finishes for Pullman are listed below.

BOYS

Team scores — 1. Rogers 156.5; 2. Shadle Park 151.5; 3. Pullman 115; 4. West Valley 86; 5. East Valley 63; 6. Clarkston 45.

Pullman indiviudals

800 — 1. Judah Fitzgerald, 2:00.40; 2. Evan Anderson, 2:02.87.

1,600 — 2. Peter Jobson, 4:40.49.

1,600 relay — 3. Pullman, 3:29.75.

Discus — 2. Samuel Sears, 143-2.

Pole vault — 1. Chris Druffel, 13-0; 2. Darryl Fu, 12-0; 3. Luke Genz, 11-6.

GIRLS

Team scores — 1. East Valley 212; 2. Shadle Park 134; 3. West Valley 90; 4. Pullman 84; 5. Rogers 64.5; 6. Clarkston 34.5.

Pullman individuals

800 — 2. Ada Harris, 2:20.71.

100 hurdles — 2. Jennabee Harris, Pul, 16.76.

300 hurdles — 2. J. Harris, 49.20.

400 relay — 3. Pullman (Sidney Johnson, Olivia Whitworth, Alexis Doumit, J. Harris), 52.67.

800 relay — 3. Pullman (Johnson, Doumit, Oluwatomisin Oloniyo, Cici Maile), 1:50.12.

1,600 relay — 3. Pullman (Maile, J. Harris, Oloniyo, A. Harris), 4:08.85..

Triple jump — 2. Oloniyo, 33-4 1/4.

HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS

Hounds, Bantams battling for state berths

SPOKANE — Pullman and Clarkston each qualified multiple players for the semifinals with 2-0 showings on Day 1 of the Class 2A district tournament competition held at Shadle Park High School for boys and West Valley for girls.

Top-two finishers in their brackets will advance to the state tournament to be held at Seattle’s Nordstrom Tennis Center on Friday and Saturday of next week.

The Greyhound boys are represented in all four semifinals between the singles and doubles brackets. Nathan Sutton and Reed Newell are among the last four in singles and could meet either in the championship round or in a third/fourth or second/third-place match. The top-seeded Pullman pairing of Aditya Bose-Bandyopadhyay and Benjamin Lee will play in the opposite doubles semi from fellow Hounds Neal Wang and Caleb Snider, who are set to face cousins and second seeds Alex and Cody Whittle of Clarkston.

In girls competition, No. 1 singles seed Diana Gutierrez of Pullman and the top Clarkston girls doubles pairing of Olivia Gustafson and Ella Leavitt headline semifinal qualifiers.

Gutierrez will take on her teammate Johanna Mueller for a spot in the title round, where Gabriella Mills of Clarkston will hope to meet the winner. Gustafson and Leavitt are up against fourth-seeded Lynnsey Biorn and Jasmine Thapa of Pullman, and could potentially meet their compatriots Eloise Teasley and Kayla Frei for the title.

Districts resume at 10 a.m. today, with both boys and girls playing at Rogers High School.

Area 2A district semifinal qualifiers

BOYS

Singles – Nathan Sutton, Pullman; Reed Newell, Pullman.

Doubles – Aditya Bose-Bandyopadhyay/Benjamin Lee, Pullman; Alex Whittle/Cody Whittle, Clarkston; Neal Wang/Caleb Snider, Pullman.

GIRLS

Singles – Diana Gutierrez, Pullman; Gabriella Mills, Clarkston; Johanna Mueller, Pullman.

Doubles – Olivia Gustafson/Ella Leavitt, Clarkston; Eloise Teasley/Kayla Frei, Clarkston; Lynnsey Biorn/Jasmine Thapa, Pullman.

COLLEGE BASEBALL

Oregon 8, Washington State 4

EUGENE, Ore. — Washington State surrendered seven runs in the eighth inning to No. 20 Oregon, which rallied to win its fourth straight Pac-12 Conference game against the Cougars going back to last season.

The Cougars (21-31, 9-20 Pac-12) received a solo home run from Joey Kramer, an RBI-single from Logan Johnstone and a pinch-hit two-run single from Alan Shibley.

The Ducks (36-16, 18-11) and Cougs close the three-game series at 12:05 p.m. today at the same site.

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Connor Wilford, Kaden Wickersham (8), Rylan Haider (8), Andrew Baughn (8) and Will Cresswell; Grayson Grinsell, Brock Moore (7), Logan Mercado (9) and Chase Meggers.

WSU hits — Joey Kramer (HR), Logan Johnstone, Alah Shibley.

Oregon hits — Jacob Walsh 3 (2B), Bryce Boettcher 2 (HR), Drew Smith 2, Maddox Molony 2, Mason Neville, Chase Meggers.

MEN’S COLLEGE GOLF

WSU’s Bebich tied for first at NGI

MARICOPA, Ariz. — Washington State’s Preston Bebich is tied for first place after the first round of the National Golf Invitational at Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club.

Bebich hit a 5-under-par 67 to tie with TCU’s Jack Beauchamp atop the leaderboard.

As a team, WSU is fourth at 5-under 283.

The Cougars continue the three-day event at 7 a.m. today.

Team scores — 1. TCU 279; 2. Richmond 280; 3. Wyoming 282; 4 Washington State 283; 5. Butler 284; 6. CSU-Northridge 290; 7. SIU Edwardsville 292; 8. Valparaiso 297; 9. Belmont 298; 10. Long Island 303.

Leaders — Preston Bebich (Washington State) 67; Jack Beauchamp (TCU) 67.

Other WSU individuals — T9. Sam Renner 70; T20. Drayton Joseph 72; T28. Nate Plaster 74; T41. Pono Yanagi 77.