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Prep baseball: Frewing powers Toledo in season-saving victory
NAPAVINE – There was plenty of rain that poured all over the baseball diamond at Napavine High School. Toledo’s Gavin Frewing brought the thunder and the rest of the offense added the lightning. Frewing belted two home runs as part of a three-hit day at the plate and 15 total hits ignited the Riverhawks to a dominant 9-0 win over Pe Ell/Willapa Valley in a Class 2B District 4 elimination game on Tuesday night. “We haven’t had this kind of offensive output against a good team,” Toledo head coach Mack Gaul said. “That was good to see.” It was a rematch from a non-league game over a month ago that the Riverhawks (14-10) triumphed 5-3. That game, Frewing notched three hits and got the start on the bump, tossing three innings. The infielder wrecked havoc all day. He launched an inside pitch from PWV’s all-league arm Connor Keeton as the opener of a three-run third to give Toledo a 4-0 cushion. Then in the sixth, Frewing left no doubt for his second long ball, a three-run shot that put the game out of reach. “I was just thinking away, away, away,” Frewing said. “When I got the inside pitch, I just turned on them. I’m a pull hitter and I have the weight, power to do it.” Frewing had two home runs entering the loser-out game. He’s roped a handful of doubles in the process, showing off his power that way. “He’s had a couple close ones and all those doubles were (at the) base of the wall,” Gaul said. “He’s improved so much over the summer.” Rain delayed the initial start time of 1 p.m., then another cell splattered the field after 1:30. As the field was getting re-prepped once again, another batch of rain dropped down 30 minutes later. Over 90 minutes from the original scheduled first pitch and a conversation with both coaches and the umpires, the game was underway. Both sides battled two more stints of rain during the contest. Titans (16-6) assistant coach Mike Green felt the constant delays threw Keeton off a bit. “It didn’t help warming up four different times before the game,” Green said. The Riverhawks’ game plan was to see the slow, outside pitches and time it up. If Keeton ran inside, they attacked. Four different batters recorded three hits and three drove in at least two runs. Toledo added two more runs in the top of the seventh to cap off the win. “Take the ball to right field,” Gaul said. “Great at-bats.” Rogan Stanley tossed five innings on the mound for the Riverhawks, striking out seven and allowing just three hits. The right-hander stranded the bases loaded in the bottom of the first to keep the game scoreless. Stanley plus Caiden Schultz combined to strike out 13 PWV hitters. “We couldn’t get anything going at all, simple as that,” Green said. “We didn’t bring the sticks today. I don’t know what else to say.” The Titans lose just two seniors – Blake Howard and Aiden Young – as most of the nucleus from a three-way tie for the P2BL title is expected back next spring. Which leads Green to think the 2025 season may be extended. “We’re going to bring it, I guarantee it,” he said. “We've got a lot of sophomores and freshmen that play and got some solid eighth graders too.” Toledo will get another crack at Napavine in a game that sends the winner to state. The Riverhawks were swept 4-1 and 3-2 back in March. Since then, they’ve won 14 of their last 20 games. “We (have) to keep the same mindset and mentality,” Frewing said. “We’ve been together since we were six and seven (years old) and it just stuck with us.” |
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Prep baseball: Knox tosses gem to send Beavers back to state
CASTLE ROCK – The momentum was flipped on the Tenino High School baseball team’s head on Tuesday night. So Kellan Knox took matters into his own hands. He didn’t throw a warm up pitch before the top of the fifth inning. “I wanted to have them hustle to the plate,” Knox said. “I just thought it was important to kill their vibe. I had to do my job.” He proceeded to shut down La Center in the frame. And just as quickly, the Beavers seized momentum back and ran with it for the biggest win of the season to date. Tenino triumphed past the Wildcats 3-1 on Tuesday night in a Class 1A District 4 semifinal at Castle Rock High School to claim its spot in the state tournament for the second consecutive season. The Beavers (17-5) had to go through the consolation bracket to be one of the last 16 teams standings in mid-May. They lost to this same Wildcats team in the same spot a year ago and had to battle their way back. This one felt much sweeter. “We did it,” Tenino head coach Ryan Schlesser said. “We had to do a little self-reflecting. We knew we would be pretty darn good. We had to take a little look in the mirror day and figure out where we’re gonna go. “We can use it as a springboard, which we have, thank God.” There was a purpose behind Knox’s no warm-up pitch strategy. La Center was fired up after scoring in the fourth and putting the Beavers down 1-2-3 in the bottom half. Its leadoff hitter struggled to get his ensemble together. The unorthodox move paid off. The Wildcats didn’t score and left a runner stranded at third base. “That little bit of bulldog right there,” Schlesser said. “That was the toughest he’s been. His slider was really good, his (velocity) was there. He wanted every last pitch.” La Center got just one runner in scoring position over the last three innings. Knox ended his outing at 6.2 innings with seven strikeouts and 108 pitches. The Oregon recruit danced around three walks and three hits allowed. The right-hander let out a roar after the fifth and showcased a bow-and-arrow celebration after the sixth. “I was getting hyped on the mound,” Knox said. “It is a great feeling.” Cody Strawn recorded the final out to send the Beavers into euphoria. They’ll face Seton Catholic, an 11-0 winner over Montesano, in the district title game on Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at Castle Rock. For a team that struggled to piece together wins and close games post spring break, Tenino now feels that part of the season is over with. “We dug our way out,” outfielder Mikey Vassar said. “Losing to Montesano really hurt, then we came out against Elma and that gave us all the energy.” Tenino blitzed the Wildcats with a three-run first. Vassar ripped an RBI single to kick off the scoring and Cody Hart added another run-scoring base hit. Vassar scored on an error from the outfield to make it 3-0. All of the damage came with two outs. “Found a way,” Vassar said. La Center had life in the fourth after Knox was called for a two-out balk. What followed was a single then a run-scoring error. Knox, a right-hander, ended that rally in two pitches on a groundout. The Wildcats never brought the tying run to the plate the rest of the way. “I think I held it too long where he didn’t think I came set at all,” Knox said. “I was kind of frustrated out there, but just used it as fire. We got a little bit nervous.” Schlesser feels his group is starting to rekindle the fire from the start of the season. Seton Catholic also sits at 17-5 on the year and has scored in double digits in both district games. “We feel really good, especially with this game under the belt,” Vassar said. “We just have to get out of our heads; I think we’ll be good.” |
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Former ballyhooed recruit Sam Huard transfers to Utah
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Sam Huard, a former five-star quarterback who began his career at Washington, announced he is transferring to Utah.
Huard spent two seasons with the Huskies before transferring to FCS program Cal Poly. He passed for 2,247 yards, 18 touchdowns and 10 interceptions last season for the Mustangs.
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Mariners score 4 in 9th to take down Twins
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Cal Raleigh hit a pinch-hit grand slam in the seventh inning, and the Seattle Mariners scored four runs in the ninth to secure a 10-6 win over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.
Mitch Haniger drove in two runs for Seattle, which evened the four-game series at one win each. Dylan Moore, Josh Rojas and Ty France added one RBI apiece for the Mariners, who won fo
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