"We ran into the wrong team at the wrong time," Gibson said. "Maybe we're a victim of our own success. But you can't take anything away from R.A. Long. I've never seen a team hit the long ball like that. I hope they win it all. They're playing really well."
Jacks punch ticket to state
Onalaska beat Toledo today (score unavailable) and Montesano beat Kalama 11-4 in winner-to-regionals, loser-out games at Castle Rock today.
Tomorrow:
Castle Rock vs. Rochester (district title, 1 and 2 seeds)
Monte vs. Ony (3 and 4 seeds)
All four are regional-bound.
River Ridge 3, Mark Morris 2.
Mark Morris at W.F. West today in a loser-out game.
The SW 2A District tournament is double elimination. Eight teams. Four advance. Win two before you lose two.
Black Hills also defeated RAL 2-1. Black Hills vs. Centralia in the other semifinal today; RAL vs...
Tuesday:
Black Hills (EvCo 3) vs. R.A. Long (GSHL 2) at David Story Field in Longview, 4 p.m.
River Ridge (EvCo 4) vs. Mark Morris (GSHL 1) at David Story Field, after Black Hills/RAL
Hockinson (GSHL 3) at W.F. West
Ridgefield/EvCo 5 at Centralia
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Mark Morris is clearly the team to beat in the GSHL 2A and should be ranked (if anyone from that league is ranked).
They've won the season series against R.A. Long AND Ridgefield and are up 1-0 on Hockinson.
Maybe I should have been more specific. I'm looking for all-time-great high school careers. Obviously, post-H.S. success is an important supplemental criteria.
But I'm really talking about the "H.S.-only" body of work.
This doesn't mean the names mentioned on this thread aren't relevant. Just...
a) this could be an interesting topic and b) it will help me out with a story down the road.
I cover Kalama and will be profiling Nick LaRoy as the snow melts.
Hopefully this discussion is heavy on facts and light on adjectives.
I merely included that detail because any "honest" matchup between these two teams would involve both aces starting on full rest.
Wasn't implying anything weird about him not starting.
Apparently, Chimacum's stud sophomore did not pitch at all, and LaRoy threw but one inning (the seventh; 3 up, 3 down).
Very cool that these teams scheduled a nonleague game. Oughta boost their respective RPI's. Wait, wrong sport.