Published
May 24, 2009
Rangers in semis
Naches Valley wins twice, earns 3rd straight final four tripYAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC
MOSES LAKE, Wash. — At Naches, they have a name for it.
They call it Ranger baseball.
Its tradition continued in impressive fashion Saturday,
with Naches Valley qualifying for its third consecutive state final four
with a 6-3 defeat of Omak followed by an 8-3 win over River View at Larson
Field.
The Rangers (22-2-1) will next meet Chimacum in a Class
1A semifinal at 1 p.m. Friday in Yakima County Stadium. The game will
provide a rematch of the programs that opposed each other for the 2007 state
championship in Wenatchee, with the Cowboys prevailing in that one 4-2.
Under coach Bill Walker, Naches Valley has made the
final four five times since 1999 — twice at the Class 2A level and the last
three at 1A.
Joe Mills was 4-for-4 with three runs batted in NV’s
state quarterfinal victory and Ethan Flory was 2-for-2.
Thomas Wilcox, who singled and tripled, threw a
complete-game six-hitter with eight strikeouts.
Against Omak, the Rangers came back from a 2-0 deficit
with four runs in the fifth inning and two more in the sixth.
Wilcox had a two-run double in the fifth and Mills and
Adam Ranger each had an RBI in the sixth.
| Game 2 |
|
|
|
|
| Naches Valley |
120 |
320 |
0 |
-- 8 13 5 |
| River View |
210 |
000 |
0 |
-- 3 6
5 |
Wilcox
and Gillespie; Hoch, Tracey (6), Remillard (7) and Bates.
Highlights: Ethan Flory (NV) 2-2; Joe Mills (NV) 4-4, 3 RBI;
Thomas Wilcox (NV) 2-4, 3b; Adam Ranger (NV) 2-4. |
| Game 1 |
|
|
|
|
| Omak |
011 |
001 |
0 |
-- 3 7
3 |
| Naches Valley |
000 |
042 |
x |
-- 6 9
3 |
Row and
Phillips; Ranger and Gillespie.
Highlights: Flory (NV) 2-3; Mills (NV) 2-3; Wilcox (NV) 2b,
2 RBI; Adam Ranger (NV) 2b; Mills RBI. |
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