Local report -- Four locals on PNW tennis team, Foster wins nationals

Daniel Foster is only 11, but the young tennis player has legitimately be called a national champion. Alexis Filliol has only just turned 17, but she's already a battle-tested veteran of national tournament competitions.

Those two were among four players from the Yakima Tennis Club's junior program, along with Jeff Carlson and Aaron Farmer, to represent the Pacific Northwest last month in their respective age groups in this year's USTA Zone Team Championships.

Foster, representing the Pacific Northwest 12-and-under zone team at nationals in Tucson, Ariz., won seven of his 10 matches (half singles, half doubles) to help the Pacific Northwest team capture the title -- the first national crown for the Northwest 12s in USTA zone tournaments, which are often dominated by teams from Southern California and the Southeast.

Filliol won two of her four singles matches and went 1-3 in doubles for the Pacific Northwest 18-and-under team, which lost three of its four matches last week in Novato, Calif. The tournament marked the fourth year that Filliol has represented the region at the national zone championships.

Carlson played in the 16-and-under zone finals in Waco, Texas, while Farmer played in the 14-and-under event in Mobile, Ala.

STATE JUNIOR LEGION

Peppers out after loss

SELAH -- The Yakima Valley Peppers were ousted from the Junior Legion state tournament Monday with a 4-3 loss to Richland at Carlon Park.

Nick Potvin had two hits and DJ Smith and Trevor Dahlman each drove in a run for the Peppers.

In other games at Carlon Park, Central Valley beat Mount Spokane 5-3 and River Ridge beat Burlington 15-5.

In the other half of the state bracket in Kennewick, Chehalis beat Pasco 8-5, Kennewick topped Stanwood 17-7 and North Thurston blanked Enumclaw 5-0.

The winner of each bracket will meet at Carlon Park on Thursday for one nine-inning championship game.

SELAH BRACKET

Monday's highlights

Central Valley 5, Mount Spokane 3. CV: Joe Arlt 2-3, 2b, RBI; David Borgman 2-run 2b.

Richland 4, Yakima Valley 3. YV: Nick Potvin 2-4, 2b; DJ Smith RBI; Trevor Dahlman RBI.

River Ridge 15, Burlington 5. RR: Josh Rood 4-5, 2 runs, 3 RBI.

Today's games

Game 12: Central Valley vs. Burlington, loser out, 1 p.m.

Game 13: River Ridge vs. Richland 7 p.m.

JUNIOR GOLF

Cook in championship flight
at Junior PNGA

Christine Cook of Eisenhower moved into the championship flight for today's first round of match play in the Junior Girls Pacific Northwest Golf Association Championship at the Longview Country Club.

Cook fired an 86 in Monday's stroke play on the par-71, 5,800-yard Longview course, tying for 11th place. The stroke-play results seed players into the match play flights, and the top 16 move into the championship flight. Cook will need to win her 18-hole match today against Mallory Kent of Tukwila, though to stay in the championship flight; a loss would drop her into the first flight.

Liz Tikriti of West Valley shot a 94 Monday and was in 30th place in the 42-player field. She will face Isabel Chien of Bellevue today in match play.