Colton beats Rosalia, clinches league title

Colton clinched the Southeast 1B League championship with a doubleheader sweep over Rosalia Saturday.

Winning 18-3 and 7-5, the Wildcats worked off of strong pitching from Dalton Patchen, Jake Straughan and Jordan Druffel.

Straughan struck out nine batters in the first game while Patchen struck out 10 in the second.

At the plate, Patchen had three hits and four RBIs in the opening win while Austin Meyer, Straughan, Levi Weber, Brady Chadwick and Jordan Druffel all each got a hit.

For Rosalia, Ryan Maley and Craig Nelson led with a double each, while Josh Brown, Kade Holling and Lucas Engel eac...