Colton baseball starts strong with 12 returnees

The Colton baseball has picked up where they left off for 2016. With 12 returning players from last year, including seven starters from a state 1B fifth-place team, they look to deliver once again for ninth-year coach Pat Doumit.

Opening the new season with a 7-0 win over Grangeville and a 10-2 win over Weezer, the Wildcats played a doubleheader at Waitsburg/Prescott Tuesday, winning 8-5 and 20-1.

Colton’s seven returning starters include Carter Dahmen at pitcher and first base.

“He’s utility. He’s Willy Bloomquist,” said Doumit, referencing the former Mariner.

Dahmen, a senior, was among Doum...