South Kitsap’s baseball team, which went undefeated in Class 4A Narrows League play, can clinch the league’s No. 1 seed entering districts at 4 p.m. today at Lacey’s Regional Athletic Center.
The Wolves, who had a perfect league record for the first time since 2000, will play the winner of the Olympia vs. Gig Harbor contest at 4 p.m. Wednesday. South will enter districts, which begin Tuesday, with no worse than 4A Narrows’ second seed.
Junior Mac McCarty had nine strikeouts in four innings as South defeated Olympic 4-0 in a nonleague game Tuesday to finish the regular season. South (16-4) has not allowed a run in its last three games, including senior Logan Knowles’ no-hitter Friday against Stadium at Tacoma’s Heidelberg Park.
Tuesday
South Kitsap 4, at Olympic 0
South Kitsap 000 101 2 – 4 4 1
Olympic 000 000 0 – 0 3 0
(No details reported)
Friday
South Kitsap 5, at Stadium 0
South Kitsap 001 030 1 – 5 7 1
Stadium 000 000 0 – 0 0 4
Leading hitters-Tyler Ludlow (SK) 1-3 HR 2 RBI 2 runs, Tanner Paulson (SK) 2-2 RBI.
Watson, Jones pace Wolves to win
Maddy Watson and Amber Jones each had two hits to help South Kitsap to a 14-3 win Tuesday in its 4A Narrows regular-season finale.The Wolves (9-6 overall, 5-6 league) finished in fifth place in 4A Narrows.
Tuesday
At South Kitsap 14, Stadium 3 (5)(No line score or battery reported)Leading hitters-Maddy Watson (SK) 2-3 HR 3 RBI, Amber Jones (SK) 2-2 BB 2 runs.
Friday
At South Kitsap 6, Bellarmine Prep 0
Bellarmine Prep 000 000 0 – 0 9 1
South Kitsap 004 110 x – 6 9 3
(No battery reported)
Leading hitters-Hayley Romo (SK) 2-4 2B 3 RBI run, Shelby Reyes (SK) 2-2 BB 2 runs, Hannah Spohn (SK) 2-4 RBI run.
Wolves fall in finale
Senior Emily Wilkins earned a 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 win in No. 1 singles play, but it was not enough as South Kitsap lost 3-2 Tuesday against Yelm in the regular-season finale.
Yelm 3, at South Kitsap 2
Singles-Emily Wilkins (SK) d. Emma Charlston 3-6, 6-0, 6-2; HaJung Nolte (Y) d. McKenzie Henry 6-3, 2-6, 7-5.
Doubles-Lee/Koch (Y) d. Rill/Bauman 6-3, 6-4; VanParys/Novak (SK) d. McGinty/Marchand 6-3, 5-7, 7-6; Williams/Ybay (Y) d. DiGiovanni/Aguilar 6-2, 4-6, 7-6.
