NIC SOFTBALL: Bellevue tops Cards

| April 17, 2016 9:15 PM

YAKIMA — Katie Barron hit a two-run homer in the sixth inning, finishing the day with three runs batted in, but the Bellevue College Bulldogs beat the North Idaho Cardinals 9-3 in the opening game of the Northwest Athletic Conference crossover tournament on Saturday at Kiwanis Park.

Cierra Barkis drove in three runs for Bellevue (22-4), which leads the North Region.

NIC is 18-7 and will wrap up tournament play today, facing Clackamas at 1 p.m, followed by a game with Clark College at 3:30 at Kiwanis Park.

NIC was also scheduled to play Edmonds on Saturday afternoon, but details were not available.

BELLEVUE 9, NORTH IDAHO 3

Bellevue 030 111 3 — 9 12 1

North Idaho 100 002 0 — 3 4 4

Lockwood and Boyd; Katie Barron and Nicole Miller. W — Lockwood. L — Miller.

HITS: Bell — Barkis 2, Delamare 4, Dixon, Sylvester, Mast, Attwood 2, Adams. NIC — McIntosh, Barron, Courtney, Raynor. 2B — Sylvester, Adams, McIntosh. HR — Barkis (4), Barron (9).