The Camas Papermakers baseball team got what they needed Friday and the end result was holding onto the 4A Greater St. Helens League title.
Camas scored two runs in the top of the seventh inning and then held on to beat Skyview 4-3, while not too far down the road, Union beat Battle Ground 6-3 and the combination of those two results put the Papermakers on top of the 4A GSHL for another season.
Down 3-2, Andrew Miller started the seventh with a double for Camas (13-6, 6-3 4A GSHL) and advanced to third on an error. Charlie Barr then singled home Miller to tie the game.
With two outs and the bases loaded, Anthony Forner came through with a single to center field that scored pinch runner Seth TenEyck and the Papermakers led 4-3.
Skyview (10-8, 4-5) wasn’t done going into the bottom of the seventh. The Storm had the bases loaded with two outs on a walk, single and hit-by-pitch but Camas escaped as Skyview’s final batter popped out to second base.
Stars of the day
- Deker Bartell, Mark Morris baseball, pitched a six-inning two-hitter with eight strikeouts and was 3 for 3 at the plate with a double, home run, three RBI and three runs scored as the Monarchs beat Hudson’s Bay 12-2.
- Reece Holmes, Hockinson baseball, had a bunt single that resulted in the game-tying run scoring in the bottom of the seventh and then a bases-loaded walk gave the Hawks a 5-4 win over Woodland.
- Brooklyn Gaston, Woodland girls golf, took medalist honors with an 8-over 43 in the pouring down rain at Lewis River and the Beavers topped Ridgefield 208-255.
- Markku Laukkanen, Camas boys soccer, scored two goals in the Papermakers’ 3-2 win over Skyview.
- Promise Bond, Hudson’s Bay softball, went 2 for 4 with three runs and RBI in a 10-8 win over Mountain View.
- Sophia Lawrence, Mountain View softball, went 3 for 4 with two runs, a double, triple and two RBI against Hudson’s Bay.
- Hailey Ferguson, Battle Ground softball, went 2 for 3 with three runs and an RBI in a 7-3 win over Kelso.
- Mackenzie Moore, Prairie softball, went 4 for 5 with four runs, a double, home run, five RBI and two walks as Prairie beat Evergreen 20-10 in nine innings.
- McKayla White, Evergreen softball, went 3 for 5 with three runs, a double, home run, two RBI against Prairie.
- Smith Stimmel, La Center baseball, pitched six solid innings and went 2 for 3 with a double and RBI in a 9-2 win over King’s Way Christian.\
- Ryker Ruelas, Seton Catholic baseball, went 3 for 4 with a run and RBI in a 6-2 win over Columbia-White Salmon.
