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Tenino falls in nightcap, splits league twinbill with Elma
Six errors in Game 2 proved to be the downfall of the Tenino baseball team, failing to get a sweep over Elma and instead settling for a split with each side winning by the final of 3-2 on Saturday afternoon in Elma. All three runs scored by the Eagles were unearned in the second contest. They walked off the Beavers (12-2, 6-1 1A Evergreen) on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh. That came after Tenino tied the game in the top half on a two-out error. Austin Gonia crossed home plate both times in the nightcap as the Beavers didn’t register a hit. It was a far difference from the opener where they got on base frequently and took the lead with a two-run double off the bat of Hunter Sweet. Oregon recruit Kellan Knox dazzled on the mound in Game 1, striking out 14 batters in over six innings on the mound. Jack Burkhardt closed the door on the victory in relief. Tenino, who hosts Eatonville on Tuesday, drew nine walks in the opener. |
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Mountaineers blow seven-run lead in loss to Mules
Just as the Rainier High School baseball team was beginning to turn its season around with a 3-0 record since spring break, the Mountaineers couldn’t hold on against Wahkiakum on Saturday, April 13. Rainier bolted in front, 7-0, through four innings thanks to strong at-bats with runners in scoring position and clutch pitching by senior Ryder Cruse. With Cruse recently returning from an arm injury, Rainier head coach Justin Gurnsey had his starter on a pitch count, and the bullpen allowed 12 unanswered runs in the final three innings to lose, 12-8. Gurnsey said the broken momentum and the team crumbling under pressure is the most disappointing aspect of the loss, as he berated his players after the game for complaining rather than moving on to the next play. “This one was painful because we’ve been building. For three and a half games, we have been the hammer and not the nail,” the first-year head coach said. “It felt like that momentum was lost in that moment today, and instead of being able to get back into it and to put that behind you, we just weren’t able to do that.” The Mountaineers came into Saturday’s game fresh off a three-game win streak, with two dominant wins over Onalaska preceding a 6-2 victory at Wahkiakum on Friday, April 12. Early in Saturday’s game against the Mules, it appeared that the streak was well on its way to four games. Hunter Howell’s RBI double put the first run on the scoreboard, and the junior scored on a Peyton Sheaffer sacrifice fly to make it 2-0 in the first inning. Howell has been on a tear at the plate, recording eight RBIs in his last four games. Cruse was dealing on the mound, throwing a heap of strikes and forcing light contact from Mules batters. Through three innings, he allowed just two baserunners, no hits and struck out three. The Mountaineers added three more runs in the third and two in the fourth to create a 7-0 lead. With Cruse still on the mound to start the fifth, the Mules knocked a two-run double to center field to cut the margin to five, but the senior prevented any further damage to close the frame. In Rainier’s losses this season, it has often come down to one inning that gets away from the team. The sixth inning was just that for the Mountaineers, as Sheaffer and Johnny Boesch surrendered a combined six walks, two hits, two hit batters and eight runs as Wahkiakum dashed in front, 10-7. “Ryder wanted to go further, but because of the arm issue that he had, we wanted to limit his pitch count because we need him for more games. We weren’t expecting our other guys not to come through,” Gurnsey said. “We couldn’t throw strikes and they took advantage of that.” The Mules scored their 11th and 12th unanswered runs in the seventh, and the Mountaineers could only respond with one run in the bottom of the seventh to end the game and break the three-game streak. “During our streak, we were getting a lot less swings and misses and a lot more contact. It was infectious and a lot of fun, and it’s what we can do,” Gurnsey said. “We get to see our potential, but the problem with potential is it’s fleeting without consistency. We were starting to gain that consistency and that confidence, and we just lost it. We lost but we did it to ourselves.” The Mountaineers (5-8, 5-7 Central 2B League) return to action with two games against Winlock (2-8, 2-8 C2BL), first on the road on Wednesday, April 17 at 4 p.m. and then at home on Thursday, April 18 at 4 p.m. |
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Comeback by Toledo falls short against Kalama
Attempting to dig out of a 5-0 hole, the Riverhawks slowly climbed their way back, but the light ran out as they dropped a 5-3 C2BL contest to the Chinooks on Saturday afternoon in Kalama. After taking the first game of the two-game set on Friday, Toledo (6-8, 5-7 C2BL) couldn’t snare a sweep. It scored two runs in the top of the sixth on a Rohan Feigenbaum sacrifice fly and a bases loaded walk by Bayron Rodriguez, but the inning ended with a bases loaded strikeout. Nico Acosta ripped an RBI single in the seventh and the Riverhawks brought the tying run to the plate. Kalama was able to get a four-pitch strikeout to hold on for the win. Gavin Frewing struck out nine in six innings of work on the mound. Toledo will turn its attention to Wahkiakum on Wednesday. |
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Adna pieces together clean contest against MWP
Three pitchers combining for 12 strikeouts and one big inning allowed the Adna baseball team to win yet again, this time 6-0 over Morton-White Pass in a C2BL victory on Saturday afternoon at home. The victory, coupled with Toutle Lake’s triumph over Winlock, sets up a two-game showdown between the Pirates and Ducks that starts on Wednesday in Adna. All six runs plated by Adna (11-2, 11-1 C2BL) happened in the bottom of the fourth. Tristan Percival and Daniel Hoinowski started the scoring with an RBI walk and sacrifice fly, respectively, to put the Pirates up 2-0. With two outs, they got patient and plated three runs on a walk and two hit by pitches. Brody Richards laced a run-scoring single to cap the frame. Richards, Hoinowski and Owen Fagernes allowed just one total hit in the seven inning affair. MWP (0-10, 0-10) will host Winlock for a league twinbill on Monday. |
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Loggers stymie Vikings, secure second straight shutout
Behind the arm and bat of Lisa Liddell and a couple big innings, the Onalaska softball team won its second consecutive game and fourth of its last five with a 12-0, five-inning triumph over Mossyrock on Saturday at home. Liddell lifted a two-run home run in the bottom of the first that kicked off a four-run inning and the Loggers (4-4) added six in the third on a pair of run-scoring extra-base hits, an error, a wild pitch and a ball that didn’t leave the field. Randi Haight went 3-for-3 at the plate with two RBIs for Onalaska while Jaelynn Aumann and Yuli Escalerra each notched two hits and drove in two runs. Liddell struck out seven in four innings in the circle as the Loggers will host Kalama for a C2BL doubleheader on Monday. Mossyrock (5-4) was limited to three hits and struggled to bring runs home. It had multiple runners on base in a couple innings, but struggled to get the timely hit. The Vikings will host Wishkah Valley on Thursday. |
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Pirates quartet shows out in sweep of Cougars
Ava Simms, Margarite Humphrey, Kendall Humphrey and Danika Hallom all contributed in a big way on Saturday afternoon as the Adna softball team picked up a 7-0, 6-2 sweep against Warden on its home field. Margarite Humphrey launched a three-run home run to cap a five-run bottom of the second in the opener and Kendall Humphrey hit a solo shot in the nightcap. Those two combined for seven runs batted in. Hallom roped two doubles in each game for the Pirates. Adna (6-3) has won five straight and have allowed just three runs in the streak. Simms tossed a complete game shutout in Game 1 with 11 strikeouts, then turned around and fired four innings in Game 2 to earn two wins in the circle. The right-hander also recorded two doubles in the nightcap while Gaby Guard notched an RBI single in Game 1. The Pirates will travel to Toutle Lake to resume C2BL play on Monday. |
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DNA evidence, grocery receipt help police crack Pierce County rape case from 2020, records show
A man who is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in 2020 has been charged following a lengthy investigation. Pierce County prosecutors charged Boyd Earl Hatch, 65, with three counts of first-degree rape, first-degree burglary and first-degree robbery for the July 12, 2020 incident. He was arrested April 2 and made an appearance at his arraignment a day later. A plea of not guilty was entered on his behalf during the hearing in Pierce County Superior Court. Hatch is being held at Pierce County Jail on a $1 million bail, court records show. Incident details Tacoma police were dispatched at 11:59 p.m. to the 3000 block of North Villard Street for a sexual assault. The woman said she was assaulted between 9:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m, charging documents and incident reports show. The woman told police she was sitting on her couch in the living room when a man wearing glasses with sores on his face walked into her home through the open back sliding-glass door. The attacker told her, "I will take care of you," and "We're going to go into the bedroom." The attacker was armed with a silver butter knife, documents show. The woman told him she was not going to go anywhere with him. The attacker then grabbed her and lifted her off the couch. The woman began screaming and pulling away as he pushed her into the bedroom. Neighbors told police they never heard sounds of a disturbance from the woman's home, documents show. The attacker placed the woman's phone under a couch cushion. The attacker told the woman to perform a sex act on him. Incident reports show that the woman was scared for her life and attempted to comply. The attacker then tried to have intercourse with the woman but was unsuccessful. The attacker told the woman that he would kill her if she called the police. The woman said she was most frightened when the attacker stated, "I have been watching you for two weeks," documents show. Court documents show that the attacker left the room to get a glass of water. When he left, the woman discovered the butter knife lying on her bed and she hid it in her mattress. When the attacker returned, he brought out a bottle of vodka from his black backpack and drank from it. The attacker then sexually assaulted her with his fingers, documents show. She pleaded with him to stop because she was in pain, but the assault continued for 5-10 minutes. The attacker told the woman he was going to take her wallet, and she protested. He did not take it, but she later discovered he stole $40 cash from her wallet. The attacker told the woman he was leaving and stepped out the back door to smoke a cigarette. The woman closed the door and locked him outside. She waited a period of time before going to her neighbor's home to call the police, documents show. When police arrived, the woman retrieved the butter knife and provided it to them. They also discovered the phone the attacker hid beneath the couch cushions. The woman was taken to Tacoma General Hospital for injuries, documents show.
Investigation details Detectives later learned that a DNA sample from the butter knife and the woman's sexual assault evidence kit allegedly came from Hatch. Before that discovery, several other men were considered suspects, but they were ruled out. An investigator contacted several North Tacoma grocery and liquor stores inquiring about records of any sales of 750 milliliter vodka containers that could have been the one that the attacker drank from during the incident. A Safeway on North Pearl Street responded to the request and provided a receipt. The liquor was purchased in cash, and the Safeway Club card membership used had Hatch's wife's name on it, documents show. Still shot photographs of the purchase from the store also appeared to show Hatch as the one buying the vodka, documents show. Detectives later reviewed forensic photographs that were taken after Hatch was physically assaulted on Puyallup Avenue six days after the attack. The physical build of Hatch matched the description of the attacker, records show. Hatch and his ex-wife separated days after the rape. His ex-wife claimed in a court petition that Hatch physically assaulted her and would look for fights so he could use drugs. Investigators also made note that Hatch's ex-wife mentioned his alcohol use. Detectives received some of Hatch's belongings from his ex-wife so they could DNA test it. On March 28, a DNA profile obtained from a hat was a possible contributor to the DNA on the knife. There was also a profile match with a sample from the knife and the SAE kit. ___ (c)2024 The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) Visit The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) at www.TheNewsTribune.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC. |
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Jets bomb Avalanche in first-round playoff preview
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Sean Monahan had two goals and an assist, Adam Lowry also scored twice, and the Winnipeg Jets routed the Colorado Avalanche 7-0 in Denver on Saturday in a preview of their first-round playoff series.
Winnipeg (50-24-6, 106 points) swept the four games between the teams and is now two points ahead of Colorado (49-25-6, 104 points) in the Central Division with two games re
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Stars top Kraken, lock up Central Division title
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Miro Heiskanen had a goal and two assists and Jason Robertson added one of each as the Dallas Stars clinched their first Central Division title since 2016 with a 3-1 victory against the visiting Seattle Kraken on Saturday afternoon.
Craig Smith also scored for the Stars (51-21-9, 111 points), whohad a chance to clinch the Western Conference regular-season crown should Vancouve
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Columbian Newspaper
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At a cemetery in West Virginia, a massive landslide wiped out more than a hundred headstones. What happens next isn’t clear.
WHEELING, W.Va. — The thick, brown swath of mud and debris cut starkly across the neatly trimmed green hillside. |
