Crawdads advance to league playoff

Colfax Crawdads in the fall campaign this year, in back from the right are Coach Brian Jacobs, Tyler Nestegard, Brent Becker, Jarod Paul, Patrick Jacobs, Christopher Appel, Brock Morgan, Coach Jim Van Lith. Ball boys Mark Jacobs and Kyle Appel are in the middle. In front

are Jeff Davies, Kaleb Schaub, Bryce Kramlich, Hunter Weitz, and Garrett Burke. Team member Roy Cochran was unable to be present for the photo.

Colfax Crawdads posted two more wins over Pullman-Moscow Saturday to remain in eighth place in the Spokane Senior Babe Ruth league’s fall league. The Crawdads finished at 5-5 and will now play in the final tournament at Spokane this weekend.

As the number-eight team they will play number-one team, Mission Valley, Mont. The league winners have commuted to Spokane for league action and rolled up a 9-1 record. Saturday’s first round will be a loser-out round event with the four winners advancing to the semi round.

In their last league round at Pullman, the Crawdads defeated Moscow-Pullman 7-1, with Jarod Paul pitching the win. Patrick Jacobs of Colfax batted 3-3 and Garrett Burke 2-4. Brent Becker had a key RBI hit.

In their last league game, the locals posted an 11-1 win with Jacobs striking out eight over four innings. Paul hit 3-3, and Jeff Davies had the RBI hit which shut the game down under the league’s 10-run rule.