Colfax wraps up NE title

Colfax baseball team took wins over Kettle Falls and Asotin Tuesday at Medical Lake to wrap up the NE district’s top spot in the regional round of state competition. The top finish will sent the Bulldogs to Wentachee High School where they will need two more wins to get to the state final four.

The two wins topped off a Colfax sweep of NE foes for the season.

In the first game Tuesday at Medical Lake, Colfax and Kettle, number-two finisher on the north side, locked up in a close battle. The Bulldogs scored two runs in the second inning for the only scores in the ball game.

Senior pitcher Parker Huber started for Colfax and Layne Gingerich finished the game in the seventh.

Each team had five hits with Huber rapping two for Colfax, Blake Bodey and Kelan Becker each tagging doubles and Gingerich adding a single.

The Bulldogs then faced Asotin in the title game after the Panthers stopped St. George’s 2-0 in the other first-round game to set the stage for an all-south NE district title round.

Colfax hammered 14 hits off two Panther pitchers for the 7-1 title win. They scored three runs in the first inning, one in the second and three in the sixth.

Cal Gregory threw a five-hitter at the Panthers for the win.

Gregory had three hits to advance his own cause on offense. He and catcher Kyle Appel each tagged a double. Blake Body had two doubles in the barrage and Huber and Nate Akesson each had two hits.

Each team logged one error.

The Panthers finished with the NE’s number-two ticket and will play in the regional round at Davis High in Yakima.

St. George’s edged Kettle 5-4 in the consolation round at Medical Lake and the will take the NE’s third-place ticket to Davis for the regional.