G-P/T-O softball advances to 2B state

On their way to state in their lone year playing 2B softball, the Garfield-Palouse/Tekoa-Oakesdale Vikings beat Colfax in their first game last Saturday at Richland to gain entry.

“To get to state was one of our goals at the start of the year and we accomplished it,” said coach Steve Witthuhn.

Leaving Palouse on the bus at 6:20 a.m. May 24, the Vikings met Colfax at 11 a.m. in the Tri-Cities and won 7-4. The win took them to two more games which decided seeding for state.

Gar-Pal/T.O. lost 3-2 to DeSales and 8-1 to Asotin, nonetheless taking the No. 4 seed for the combined District 7 and Distr...