Serving Whitman County since 1877
Serving Whitman County since 1877
COLFAX - Colfax Bulldogs baseball finished the 2021 season in third in the Bi-County 2B League after a four-team playoff at McDonald Park on May 14.
The south No. 1 seed, Colfax met No. 2 north seed Northwest Christian (NCW) Crusaders in the opener and lost 4-1.
At the top of the eighth inning, NWC scored four runs off three hits to break a 1-1 tie. A fly ball to second from freshman Cody Inderrieden ended it in the bottom of the eighth with two runners, seniors Kit Hockett and Anthony Becker, left stranded.
Colfax scored its run earlier on a balk.
Layne Gingerich pitched the first seven innings for Colfax before Kolby Sisk came in in relief.
NWC had nine total hits in the game to four hits for Colfax. Both teams committed one error each.
Bulldogs' hits came from Eric Akessson, with two doubles, and Hockett and Inderreiden each hit a single. The game was scoreless until the fifth when each team put their first run on the board.
With the loss, Colfax dropped to the third-fourth place game, meeting Asotin that afternoon, which lost earlier to Jenkins 13-3.
Colfax beat Asotin Panthers 9-0 in their final game.
Sam Kopp led with three hits, including a double, and Eric Akesson had a single and a double. Other Colfax hits came from Sisk, Gingerich, Mason Gilchrist, Inderreiden, Becker, Ryan Henning and Gavin Shrope.
Jenkins beat Northwest Christian in the final to take first in the league.
Garth Meyer is a former Whitman County Gazette reporter.
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