Bayview finishes seventh at Babe Ruth regionals

The Bayview Whitecaps went 1-3 in the Pacific Northwest Regional Babe Ruth 16-18-year-old baseball tournament to finish seventh out of eight teams over the weekend in Port Angeles, Wash.

Bayview lost its first game of the tournament to Kitsap, Wash. 10-0, before bouncing back to defeat the Siskiyou Jaxx of Southern Oregon 15-5 last Thursday. John Galbreath had four RBIs in the win for Bayview.

Toyota Bash of Bellevue beat Bayview 8-5 on Thursday and the Aberdeen Merchants defeated Bayview 9-2 on Friday to conclude pool play.

"It was a good learning experience for our team," Bayview coach Kim Rogstad said. "Most of these teams were all 18 years old. It was a good tournament for us to see where we are compared to other teams on the west coast. J.D Page, Troy Carr and Jeremy McKinney all hit the ball really consistently for us throughout the tournament."

Bayview finished the season 22-8 after splitting time between Babe Ruth and nonleague American Legion games with teams from the Spokane area.

Portland won the regional title and advance to the 16-18 World Series in Ephrata, Wash.