Cade Bringhurst carded an even-par 72 at Capitol City Golf Course to rally to a 2A District IV individual title, finishing with a two-day total of 149. He shot a 77 on the first day of the tournament and sat in fourth. He edged out Woodland’s Gaige Pilot, who finished 76-77-153 for second place.
Ridgefield also won its second straight team district title, finishing with 185 points. Woodland finished second with 132. The Spudders qualified six golfers to state — Eli Saenz (fifth), Cruz Combs (eighth), Tyler Thompson (ninth), Nick Radosevich (11th) and Colby Andrew (16th) — as they eye another state title in the spring. The top 16 golfers qualify.
Woodland’s Dane Huddleston finished third (80-76-156) and Donovan Hix placed 11th to qualify. Other locals moving on include Columbia River’s Alden Fay, who finished third (77-79-156), and Ryan Snyder (ninth), R.A. Long’s Noah Gilchrist (fifth), and Washougal’s Oliver Evers and Chase Baldwin, who tied for 14th.
River sends four to boys tennis district finals
The Chieftains dominated the first day of the 2A District Tournament at Mint Valley Racquet Center by sending two singles players and a doubles team to Friday’s finals. Matt Rudi toppled W.F. West’s Gabe Cuestas 6-2, 6-1, then beat Tumwater’s Ethan Dillon 7-5, 7-6 to qualify. He’ll meet teammate Wilson Keller, who defeated Black Hills’ Jonathan Schade 6-0, 6-1.
Also qualifying for the 10:30 a.m. finals was doubles team Max Firstenburg and Alex Miller, who won straight-set matches over W.F. West’s Jacob Blomdahl and Christian Iverson and Ridgefield’s Jonah Kropp and Mikey Nester. Firstenburg and Miller will meet two-time district champions Ben Haukaas and Gabe Slind, of Mark Morris.
R.A. Long slowpitch wins 2A/3A district tourney
The Lumberjills held off Washougal 8-7 in the championship game at Fort Vancouver High School to win the 2A/3A District IV championship. The Panthers also qualified for the state tournament, scheduled for Nov. 1 and 2 in Yakima, with a 5-1 semifinal win over Kelso. Peyton Robb went 3 for 8 with three RBIs and a triple on the day for Washougal.
Prairie also punched its state ticket with a 7-5 win over Kelso in the third-place game. The Falcons lost 15-4 to R.A. Long in the semifinals.
Stars of the day
• Allyson Peterson, Hockinson girls cross country, led the Hawks to a victory in the 2A GSHL League Championships by clocking a time 18 minutes, 50.5 seconds over 5,000 meters in a first-place finish.
• Aidan Rowley, Columbia River boys cross country, won the 5,000-meter race in 15:48.3 to lead the Chieftains to a team victory at the 2A GSHL League Championships.
• Abbie Helmes, Firm Foundation volleyball, tallied 19 assists in a sweep of Washington School for the Deaf.
• Emma Villaluz, Camas volleyball, had eight kills and 18 digs in a sweep of Heritage.
• Emma Adams, Columbia River volleyball, made 24 digs in a straight-set win over Washougal.
• Chloe Klappholz, Evergreen girls soccer, scored all four of the Plainsmen’s goals in a 4-4 tie with Hudson’s Bay.
• Abby Cummins, King’s Way Christian volleyball, had 35 assists, 12 digs and eight kills in a sweep of La Center.
• Emma Swett, Woodland volleyball, had 17 kills, 17 digs and nine aces in a four-set win over Mark Morris.
• Paige German, Hudson’s Bay girls soccer, scored two goals and had two assists in a tie with Evergreen.
• Olivia Fothergill, Mountain View girls soccer, scored the game’s lone goal in the Thunder win over Prairie.
• Makenzi Gehrke, Washougal girls soccer, made 10 saves in a shootout loss to Columbia River.
