Lower Columbia kept pace with first place Mt. Hood by sweeping an NWAC South softball doubleheader at Clark on Saturday.
Lower Columbia (28-10, 11-5 NWAC South) won 5-1 and 13-4.
Clark (15-19, 3-13) had 10 hits in the first game, two each from Khloe Clark and Nicole Katyryniuk, who also tripled.
Krystina Fischer, a Battle Ground High grad, was the winning pitcher for Lower Columbia. (Click here for complete Game 1 boxscore)
Sarah Hoechlin hit a two-run home run for Clark in the second game.
Shyanne Chandler, a Ridgefield grad, was 4 for 4 with an RBI for LCC. (Click here for complete Game 2 boxscore)
BASEBALL: Clark split a doubleheader at Skagit Valley in Mount Vernon, winning 1-0 and losing 3-2.
Ian Humphrey had a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning to bring home Clark’s run in the first game. Jacob Allbee earned the victory on the mound in relief. (Click here for complete Game 1 boxscore)