Lancers upset Colfax to win 2B District 7 title

YAKIMA - The Liberty Lancers are taking their District 7 title into the state 2B girls fastpitch softball tournament Friday and Saturday at Gateway Park.

Despite upsetting Colfax to win the district title Saturday, May 21, the girls from Spangle, Waverly and Fairfield are seeded No. 7.

They will open state play against No. 10-ranked Rainier at 10 a.m. on Field 2.

Meanwhile, the Colfax Bulldogs are seeded No. 5 into the state tournament.

Colfax opens against No. 12-ranked Goldendale at 10 a.m. on Field 3.

The state berths follow the Lancers' 6-5 upset of the Bulldogs in the District 7 championship on Saturday, May 21. 

The scheduled 2 p.m. game started at 5:25, after thunderstorms crossing Northeast Washington left fields and Franklin Park to wet for a game, prompting a move to the Dwight Merkel Sports Complex.

Liberty took a 2-0 lead at the top of the first, but Colfax answered with 3 runs of its own in the bottom.

Liberty's Anna Pittman tied the game at 3 in the top of the second with a solo homerun out of the park.

Liberty took the lead with two runs in the third inning, when Jaidyn Stephens tripled on a 2-2 count, scoring two runs.

Colfax added another run in the bottom of the third, and Liberty answered with 1 in the top of the fourth to set the margin at 6-5.

Colfax could only muster 1 more run, in the bottom of the fifth, and the 6-5 upset was sealed.

During the season, Colfax had topped Liberty twice in league play.

In the title game, Liberty totaled 11 hits with multiple hits from Jordyn Jeske and Stephens.

Prior to the game, Stephens was named league Co-Most Valuable Player with Colfax senior Jorja Koerner.

Other Liberty players earning All-League honors are Jeske, First Team; and Lexi Kettner, Second Team.