Skyview scored 11 runs over three innings Monday to put a finishing touch on the Class 4A Greater St. Helens League baseball race.
With a 13-2 six-inning win over Union, the Storm clinched the No. 1 seed for the district playoffs and at least a tie for the league title. Skyview is 11-1 and leads second-place Heritage by three games with three to play. Based on two wins over the Timberwolves, the Storm will be the top seed should the teams finish in a first-place tie.
Reiley Henderson had a triple, a double and knocked in three runs to lead a 12-hit Skyview attack.
Braydon Maney went 2 for 3 with a double and RBI and ian Hamilton was 2 for 3 with an RBI.
Austin Greene stuck out six over six innings for the pitching win.
Skyview led 2-0 after three innings. The Storm scored four in the fourth, three in the fifth and four in the sixth.
Stars of the day
BASEBALL: Heritage’s Dakota Clevidence went 2 for 3 and hit a home run, plus he had to pitch in the game after Evergreen scored a bunch of runs in the sixth inning. Clevidence shut down the comeback, saving an 8-7 win for the Timberwolves.
SOFTBALL: Prairie’s Irene McGuire got the pitching win over Mountain View. She also hit a solo home run in a 5-2 victory.
BASEBALL: Dylan Butler’s two-run single with one out in the seventh lifted Hockinson to a 9-8 win over Washougal in the first game of a doubleheader. Thomas Kirschbaum’s single plated the go-ahead run in the sixth inning as Hockinson won the second game 5-4.
BASEBALL: Washougal’s Brandon Casteel went 7 for 7 with four doubles in the Panthers doubleheader at Hockinson.
BASEBALL: Mountain View’s Dakody Clemmer threw a three-hit shutout as the Thunder moved within one win of the 3A Greater St. Helens League title with a 5-0 win over Hudson’s Bay. Mountain View leads Kelso by 11/2 games after the Hilanders beat Columbia River on Monday. If the Thunder win either of their last two games — both against River — Mountain View will clinch a share of the league title and the No. 1 seed to district.
BASEBALL: Battle Ground’s Ian Humphrey went 2 for 2 with a double, triple and two runs scored as the Tigers used a seven-run third inning to beat Camas 13-4. The win moved Battle Ground into sole possession of fourth place in the 4A GSHL. The top four teams advance to next week’s district playoffs.
