Profitable three of 4 video games over the weekend was sufficient for the Clark Faculty baseball group to clinch a postseason berth.
The Penguins swept a doubleheader Friday in Bremerton, beating Olympic 7-4 and 9-4. Clark returned residence Saturday to separate a pair with Olympic, dropping the primary sport 7-6 earlier than successful the finale 8-6.
That noticed Clark leapfrog each Pierce and Centralia to clinch the third of 4 postseason berths within the Northwest Athletic Convention West Area.
Clark (19-21, 12-12) now heads to the NWAC South Tremendous Regional on Friday and Saturday in Roseburg, Ore. The Penguins open with an elimination sport in opposition to Yakima Valley, which earned the No. 4 seed within the East Area.
The winner of that sport advances to a best-of-three sequence in opposition to Umpqua, the No. 2 seed within the NWAC South and Tremendous Regional host. The Tremendous Regional winner earns one among eight berths to the NWAC Championships, to be held Might 22-26 in Longview.
Rylan Taguchi completed the common season as Clark’s main hitter. The freshman from Highlands Ranch, Colo., hit .324 and had a team-high on-base proportion of .511.
Evan McGuire led Clark pitchers with 46 strikeouts over 53 1/3 innings. Kenneth Corridor had a team-best ERA of three.26 whereas Tyler Ramelli went 4-0 with a 3.70 ERA.
Softball
File: 13-31, 9-21, seventh NWAC South.
Final week: The Penguins dropped a pair of doubleheaders to finish the common season. Thursday, Clark fell to Chemeketa 14-13 and 17-0. Friday, Mt. Hood triumphed 18-3 and 10-5.
5 Penguins completed the common season batting .330 or higher. Promise Bond led the group with a .387 batting common and 16 stolen bases. Different standout hitters had been Ashley Griffith (.380), Sophia Lawrence (.348), Gabriela Ventura (.331) and Delaney Bollman (.330).
This week: The Penguins secured the final of 16 berths to the NWAC Softball Championship this week at Delta Park in Portland. Clark opens play within the double-elimination event at 1 p.m. Thursday in opposition to top-seeded Decrease Columbia. Win or lose, the Penguins will play once more at 6 p.m. Thursday.
Observe and Discipline
Final week: The Clark women and men had a number of standout performances on the NWAC South Regional Championships on Saturday in Eugene, Ore.
The Penguin girls gained the group title in dominant trend with 213 factors, nicely forward of second-place Lane’s 124 factors.
Clark girls gained seven occasions, with Mia Beightol successful each the 800 and 1,500 meters.
Sarah Cash gained the 100 hurdles in a personal-best and NWAC-leading time of 14.85 seconds. Emily Peabody gained the 200 meters in 25.38 seconds, additionally a private greatest and NWAC-leading mark.
Soleil Bianchi gained the 1,500 meters, Jaelyn Sayler gained the shot put and the 400 relay group positioned first.
The Clark males positioned second behind victories in six occasions. J’Quan Collins gained the 100 meters in an NWAC-leading time of 10.68 seconds and in addition gained the 200 meters.
Jackson McQuain gained the 110 hurdles in an NWAC-leading time of 14.66 whereas conference-leader Koynn Williamdyke gained the 400 hurdles.
Timothy Bradshaw gained the three,000 steeplechase and Nico Valdez gained the discus.
This week: Clark concludes its season on the NWAC Championships Might 19-20 at Mt. Hood Group Faculty in Gresham, Ore.
