The La Conner Braves baseball team rallied in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat DeSales 5-4 and claim third place at the Class 2A state tournament. Down 4-2 entering the final inning, La Conner scored three runs to complete the comeback victory. Meanwhile, the Burlington-Edison Tigers won their first ever state baseball championship by shutting out Sehome 7-0 in the Class 2A title game. In other sports, Anacortes junior Nick Majeske won the boys' discus throw at the Class 2A state track and field championships.
The La Conner Braves baseball team rallied in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat DeSales 5-4 and claim third place at the Class 2A state tournament. Down 4-2 entering the final inning, La Conner scored three runs to complete the comeback victory. Meanwhile, the Burlington-Edison Tigers won their first ever state baseball championship by shutting out Sehome 7-0 in the Class 2A title game. In other sports, Anacortes junior Nick Majeske won the boys' discus throw at the Class 2A state track and field championships.
The La Conner Braves baseball team rallied in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat DeSales 5-4 and claim third place at the Class 2A state tournament. Down 4-2 entering the final inning, La Conner scored three runs to complete the comeback victory. Meanwhile, the Burlington-Edison Tigers won their first ever state baseball championship by shutting out Sehome 7-0 in the Class 2A title game. In other sports, Anacortes junior Nick Majeske won the boys' discus throw at the Class 2A state track and field championships.
The La Conner Braves baseball team rallied in the bottom of the seventh inning to defeat DeSales 5-4 and claim third place at the Class 2A state tournament. Down 4-2 entering the final inning, La Conner scored three runs to complete the comeback victory. Meanwhile, the Burlington-Edison Tigers won their first ever state baseball championship by shutting out Sehome 7-0 in the Class 2A title game. In other sports, Anacortes junior Nick Majeske won the boys' discus throw at the Class 2A state track and field championships.
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La Conner storms back in Majeske 7th inning to beat DeSales takes home discus title By VINCE RICHARDSON Staff Reporter
Anacortes junior sets season best TAC O M A N i c k Majeske came through Saturday when it mattered most. The Anacortes junior threw a season-best to win the boys discus title at the Class 2A State Track and Field Championships. Its great, said Majeske, a first-time state meet competitor. Ive been preparing for it for a long time. Majeske won with a mark of 165 feet, 7 Majeske inches. That was seven inches better than his previous season-best the week before at the Northwest 2A District championships and was 4 feet, 6 inches better than that of state runner-up Troy Martin of Port Angeles. That state title was a matter of throwing well at the right time. Weve been working on it to get me peaking right at state, Majeske said. I was trying to hit 170 to break my record, but I had no luck with that. Im pretty satisfied with today, though. Majeske went into the meet with the top qualifying mark, but still was an underdog to Martin. The senior had a personal-best of 175-8 it came this season and had four times this year been at 1727 or better. Majeskes personal-best is 169-9. Hes usually 10 feet farther, Majeske said of Martin. I was really worried. Martin threw 161-1 on his next to last attempt to take the lead from Majeske, then said to Majeske, Got you now, champ. That only fired up the Anacortes thrower. It kind of got me excited, Majeske said. It got me a little more competitive. So on his next to last throw, Majeske threw 165-7 to regain the lead. Majeske wanted a personal-best at the state meet. That will have to come another day. Its a bit of a disappointment, Majeske said. Ive been working for that PR so its a little unsettling. Next year I think Ill be putting that 170 away.
Dan Ruthemeyer
YAKIMA Rallies dont get much
bigger than the one the La Conner baseball team staged Saturday at Parker Field. The Braves stormed back in the bottom of the seventh inning to beat DeSales 5-4 in the third-place game of the Class 2A State Tournament. You cant put a better cap on a season than that, Braves first baseman Tyler Howlett said. La Conner coach Jeremiah LeSourd had a wide smile on his face after his team was awarded its trophy. This game had its ups and downs, he
said. But all is well that ends well. Our
goal was to get here, play well and place (in the tournament) and thats what we accomplished. I couldnt be any prouder of this team and especially of this group of seniors. This group was freshmen when I started coaching here. They are always going to be special. La Conner trailed 4-2 after the Irish broke a 2-2 tie in the top of the sixth inning. I was really beginning to lose control, La Conner pitcher Garrett Wilbur said. I couldnt hit my spots and I was leaving the ball over the middle of the plate. Wilbur, however, had enough left in the tank to end the Irishs sixth inning, Scott Terrell / Skagit Valley Herald then pitched a scoreless seventh. So the Braves were facing a two-run La Conners Tyler Howlett jumps into the arms of Wil
James after scoring the winning run in the bottom of
See BRAVES, Page B3 the seventh inning against DeSales.
Scott Terrell / Skagit Valley Herald
Burlington-Edison baseball players celebrate Saturday after beating Sehome 7-0 in the Class 2A state championship game.
Tigers win 1st title
B-E blanks Sehome in Class 2A state tourney By VINCE RICHARDSON Staff Writer
YAKIMA Burlington-Edison coach John Thurmond can no
longer boast that the 1989 state runner-up squad he and assistant coach Andy Hanson played on
was the best team in school history.
That moniker now belongs to the 2011 team that defeated Sehome 7-0 Saturday at County Stadium to claim the schools first state baseball championship. Its something special, Thurmond said after watching his players hoist the championship trophy above their heads. Coach Hanson and I have been teasing
them all year that we played on
the best Tiger team ever. Well, tonight I told them that they were the best. Thurmond said he thought this team had a chance to be good. But he also understood what it takes to claim a state title. You have to have so many breaks, he said. Things have to
Teams make case for
Northwest Conference
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By TREVOR PYLE Staff Writer
YAKIMA For years, coaches
in the Northwest Conference have said that their conference is one of
Kennedys late hit gives Mariners win over Yankees in 12 innings
AP and Herald staff
SEATTLE Adam Kennedy scored
pinch-runner Luis Rodriguez with a bloop single off Mariano Rivera in the bottom of the 12th inning and the Seattle Mariners
won for the ninth time in 10 games with a
5-4 victory over the New York Yankees on Saturday night. Rivera (1-1) made career appearance No. 1,001 in the 12th inning. He got a broken bat grounder from Chone Figgins
to start before Justin Smoak blooped a
Rodriguez replaced Smoak as a pinchsingle to left that Brett Gardner barely runner at third, and after Franklin Gutiermissed on a diving attempt. Jack Cust then rez was intentionally walked to load the dropped a double just inside the left field bases, Kennedy dumped an 0-1 pitch in line that advanced Smoak to third with the winning run and just one out. See SEATTLE, Page B3
