YAKIMA -- Senior Israel Mercado scored early and late -- both times with the help of Michael Fadden -- and lifted Selah to a 2-1 overtime victory over East Valley in a loser-out CWAC district boys soccer match on Thursday.
Mercado scored on an assist from Fadden in the 18th minute and the same tandem produced the winning goal two minutes into the first overtime.
The Vikings will travel to Othello, a 4-0 winner over Wapato, on Saturday to battle for the district's third and final state berth. The match starts at 1 p.m.
First half: 1, Selah, Israel Mercado (Michael Fadden), 18:00.
Second half: 2, East Valley, Mark Gutierrez (Michael Rogstad), 52:00.
Overtime: 3, Selah, Mercado (Fadden), 1:40.
Saves: Marine Partida (EV) 4, Sean Kendrick (S) 2.
OTHELLO 4, WAPATO 0: At Wapato, Ivan Lopez scored one goal and assisted on another as the Wolves' season ended with an 11-7 record.
First half: 1, Othello, Jose Vallardo (Ivan Lopez), 19:00.
Saves: Erik Suarez (O) 5; Francisco Padilla (W) 4.
SCAC DISTRICT
HIGHLAND 2, ROYAL 1: At Highland, the Scotties ousted Royal and remained alive for a state berth. Match details were unavailable.
Highland will host Wahluke, which fell 1-0 to Connell in Thursday's championship match, on Saturday at 11 a.m. for the second and final state berth.
CONNELL 1, WAHLUKE 0: At Connell, Raul Farias' unassisted goal in the 24th minute stood up the Eagles in the winner-to-state district championship match.
As a result of the loss, Wahluke will play Highland for the fourth time this season in a showdown for the final Class 1A state berth. The Warriors have won the three previous meetings with the Scotties, 4-1, 4-1 and 3-1.
First half: 1, Connell, Raul Farias, 23:21.
Second half: No scoring.
Saves: Pedro De Lira (W) 7; Jose Garibay (C) 2.
GOLF
WV girls finish unbeaten
Capping an undefeated run of five straight league wins, West Valley's girls wrapped up the Columbia Basin League title Thursday at Apple Tree Golf Course.
Liz Tikriti's medalist round of 87 led the Rams to a score of 382, 46 strokes ahead of runner-up Eastmont. West Valley accumulated 34.5 team points through the five meets with Eastmont second with 29.
The Rams will send eight girls to the 36-hole regional tournament Monday at Kennewick's Canyon Lakes Golf Course.
* In the boys regional tournament at Horn Rapids Golf Course in Richland, West Valley's Eric Gravbrot placed third and earned a trip to state along with teammate Teddy Jones and Sunnyside's Justin Bos.
3A Girls Pod
Team scores: West Valley 382, Eastmont 428, Kamiakin 442, Southridge 444, Hanford 481, Kennewick 482, Sunnyside 559. Season totals: West Valley 34.5, Eastmont 29, Southridge 24.5, Kamiakin 21, Hanford 16, Kennewick 10, Sunnyside 5.
Medalist: Liz Tikriti (WV) 87. At Apple Tree Golf Course, par 72.
West Valley: Jenna Boyle 91, Anna Elofson 100, Taylor Chadwick 104, Kayla Rothenbuehler 104. Sunnyside: Renea Visser 128, Sarasa Partida 129, Tonnelle Driesen 155, Emily Slicker 147, Marissa Martin 165.
3A Boys Regional
Team scores: Hanford 79, Eastmont 58, West Valley-Yakima 37, Southridge 16.5, North Central 14.5, Sunnyside 12, East Valley-Spokane 10, Kamiakin 3.
Medalist: Josh Harvey (H) 70-75--145. At Horn Rapids CG, par 72.
State qualifiers: Harvey 145, Brady Parsons (Ea) 148, Eric Gravbrot (WV) 151, Scott Kim (H) 151, Nick Myles (H) 153, Sam Marney (Ea) 155, Spencer Ellis (Ea) 155, Alex Cantu (H) 155, Justin Bos (Su) 156, Ben Johnson (EV) 157, Max Dreisbach (So) 157, Teddy Jones (WV) 157.
West Valley: Andrew Matsumoto 161, Corey King 162, Reese Hunter 164.
CWAC
Prosser boys 370, Quincy 383, Grandview 391
Medalist: Tommy Contreras (P) 80. At Black Rock Creek, par 72
EPHRATA -- Rachel Jackson was 2-for-4 with three RBI, including an inside-the-park home run, to help Prosser beat Ephrata 8-6 in the second game of the CWAC doubleheader on Thursday.
Ashley Crabtree had three hits for the Mustangs, who lost the opener 13-3. Both teams moved to 5-11 in conference play.
Game 1
Prosser 000 300 -- 3 5 7
Ephrata 300 172 -- 13 12 1
McCullough and Anderson; Nelson and Moser, Hubbard (3).
Highlights: Sharrae Villanueva (P) 1-3, 2 RBI; Randy Zelinski (P) 1-2, RBI.
PASCO 8, EISENHOWER 0: At Pasco, Jessica Solbrock pitched a three-hitter and the Bulldogs ended the Cadets' season.
Alli McClain, one of four freshmen starting for Ike, struck out eight.
Eisenhower 000 000 0 -- 0 3 0
Pasco 103 202 x -- 8 13 0
McClain and Hernandez; Solbrock and Winston.
Highlights: Alli McClain (E) 8 K.
NON-LEAGUE
TOPPENISH 16, GRANGER 11: At Granger, D.J. Aguilar went 4-for-5 with three RBI, and highlighted Toppenish's 10-run seventh inning with a two-run triple.
Jessica Antunes had three hits and two RBI, and Tasha Esparza had a two-run triple in Granger's nine-run seventh as the teams combined for 19 of their 27 runs in that frame.
LA SALLE 5, WHITE PASS 4: At La Salle, Tori Gonzalez doubled in Lauren Nichols with the tying run, and then scored the winning run on Whitney Anderson's two-out single as La Salle (4-11) staged a two-run rally in the bottom of the seventh.
Gonzalez, who finished with three hits, and Nichols both had two RBI.
White Pass 000 103 0 -- 4 9 0
La Salle 000 030 2 -- 5 10 0
Hall and Pyles; Gonzalez and Nichols.
Highlights: Sam Hall (WP) 2-2, run; Brooke Pyles (WP) 2-4, 2 runs; Laci Eastman (WP) 2-4, run; Lauren Nichols (LS) 2-4, 2b, 2 runs, 2 RBI; Tori Gonzalez (LS) 3-4, 2b, run, 2 RBI; Whitney Anderson (LS) 2-4, RBI.
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