ASA SOFTBALL: Angels, Acers advance to semis
COEUR d'ALENE - The Washington Angels '96 of the Tri-Cities and the Acers Orange of Auburn, Wash., are the lone remaining undefeated teams left in the ASA 16-and-under "A" regional at Ramsey Park.
They'll play in the semifinal game today at 8 a.m.
The only other two teams remaining in the 12-team tourney are the Tigard (Ore.) Blast and the Ellensburg (Wash.) Synergy, who also play at 8 a.m., with the loser fourth. The winner plays the Angels-Acers loser at 9:30, with the loser third. That winner advances to the title game at 11:30. An if-necessary title game is scheduled for 1:15 p.m.
The Hayden-based Northwest Wildfire went 1-2 on Saturday and were eliminated.
The winner qualifies for the Hall of Fame tournament next June in Oklahoma City.
Saturday's scores
Highlights if available
Winners bracket
Ellensburg (Wash.) Synergy 7, Portland Cardinals 2
Washington Synergy (Enumclaw) 1, Washington Force (Othello) 0: Becky Korza went 2 for 2 in the win. Mariah Dalcon was 2 for 3 in the loss
Canes Fastpitch (Ellensburg, Wash.) 7, Newberg (Ore.) Nitro 4: Megan Reed went 2 for 4 with two doubles and two runs in the win.
Tigard (Ore.) Blast '96 9, Capital Lady Outlaws (Olympia, Wash.) 6
Washington Angels '96 (Tri-Cities) 12, Ellensburg Synergy 1: Janelle Randles pitched a four-hitter, and also went 3 for 4 with three RBIs in the win. Kylie Richards was 3 for 4 with two RBIs.
Intensity Fastpitch (Ridgefield, Wash.) 10, Washington Synergy 3
Acers Orange (Auburn, Wash.) 7, Canes Fastpitch 3: Mia Corbin went 3 for 4 and scored three runs in the win.
Tigard Blast '96 9, Northwest Wildfire 1: Jordan Coleman pitched a one hitter, and Michelle Simmons and Alexa Hansen each went 2 for 3 with doubles in the win. Simmons also scored twice.
Washington Angels '96 17, Intensity Fastpitch 1: Emily Benson went 3 for 4 with two runs scored and Carlie Richards struck out five and threw a two-hitter for the Angels.
Acers Orange 5, Tigard Blast 4, 10 inn.: Kayla Smith hit a sacrifice fly to score the winning run and Kendall Goodwin went 2 for 4 with an RBI for the Acers.
Losers bracket
Newberg Nitro 6, Ellensburg Synergy 3: Kat Reichenbach went 3 for 4 with a stolen base for the winners.
Capital Lady Outlaws 11, Washington Synergy 6: Carrie Fox went 3 for 4 with three runs and two stolen bases in the win.
Canes Fastpitch 4, Portland Cardinals 2
Northwest Wildfire 6, Washington Force 5: Tifani Schorzman went 3 for 4 with a double and three runs scored for the Wildfire.
Newberg Nitro 5, Washington Force 1: Kat Reichenbach 2 for 4 with two runs scored and Charity Lawson had eight strikeouts in the win.
Capital Lady Outlaws 2, Portland Cardinals 0: Jassliyn Enlaw allowed two hits and Sierra Seymour 2 for 3 in the win.
Canes Fastpitch 6, Washington Synergy 4: Megan Reed went 2 for 4 with a solo home run and scored two runs and Amy Anderson was 3 for 4 with two doubles for Canes.
Ellensburg Synergy 11, Northwest Wildfire 1: Brandee Hannahs was 1 for 4 with three RBIs and Sara Overton allowed three hits in the win.
Newberg Nitro 4, Capital Lady Outlaws 2: Hana Thomas went 1 for 2 with two RBIs in the win.
Ellensburg Synergy 6, Canes Fastpitch 2: Sydney Lund went 2 for 4 with two runs scored for Ellensburg.
Tigard Blast 11, Newberg Nitro 8: Michelle Simmons went 3 for 4 with a solo home run and Alexa Hanson went 2 for 3 and had three RBIs in the win. Paytain Peterson went 4 for 4 with two doubles and five RBIs for Newberg.
Ellensburg Synergy 13, Intensity Fastpitch 5: Taelor Griffin went 4 for 5 with three runs scored and Brandee Hannahs went 2 for 3 with three runs scored for Ellensburg.