Mid-Columbia sends 38 swimmers to state finals + CBC fall sports teams prep for playoffs
Every fall sports team at Columbia Basin College is doing it again.
Just like last year — when the Hawks men’s soccer team placed first, the volleyball finished second, and the women’s soccer team ended up third — CBC has all of its teams in the playoffs.
Martin Ramirez has his men’s soccer team in the NWAC Final 4, which has its semifinals on Friday, Nov. 10, at the Starfire Stadium in Tukwila.
CBC (15-1-1) will take on Peninsula (12-4-1) in a 1:30 p.m. semifinal. Highline (15-1-2) played Rogue (13-3-1) in the other semifinal at 11 a.m.
The championship is set for 1:30 p.m. on Sunday.
Last Saturday, Nov. 4, CBC beat Everett 2-1 in the quarterfinals.
Rafael Lucio (Las Vegas) and Gabriel Delgado (Southridge) scored goals in the second half to claim the victory for the Hawks.
NWAC women’s soccer
The Hawks had to get through both the first round and quarterfinals to advance.
CBC beat Chemeketa 2-1 last Saturday in the quarterfinals on the road, as Sierra Larios (Chiawana) scored 3 minutes and 47 seconds into the match.
Angelina Keister (Southridge) added a goal in the 41st minute to give the Hawks an insurmountable 2-0 lead.
Chiawana grad Emma Haertling scored two goals within an 8-minute period of the first half to lead CBC over Pierce College 2-0 on Nov. 1 in Pasco in the first round of the tournament.
In the 20th minute, Haertling took a pass from Janelly Verduzco (Othello) to score the first goal.
At the 28-minute mark, Madisyn Joyner (Hanford) sent a pass to Haertling for the second goal and the win.
The Hawks defense was outstanding, not allowing Pierce a single shot on goal in the match.
So now, CBC (15-1-3) plays Lower Columbia (13-4-2) in a 4 p.m. semifinal on Friday, Nov. 10, at Starfire Stadium in Tukwila.
Peninsula (16-0-2) takes on Spokane (12-2-4) in the other semifinal, at 6:30 p.m.
The winners will me at 4:30 p.m. Sunday at Starfire for the NWAC title.
NWAC volleyball
CBC finished fourth in the NWAC East region, and the Hawks qualified for one of the four regional tournaments.
They’ll be at Bellevue for the four-team tournament that runs this coming Saturday and Sunday. The top two teams will qualify for the Elite 8 tournament, which will be held Nov. 17-19 at Pierce College in Lakewood.
Here are Saturday’s first-round matchups: Game 1, Pierce (12-18) vs. Rogue (17-7), 10 a.m.; Game 2, CBC (17-12) vs. Bellevue (26-4), 1 p.m.; Game 3, loser 1 vs. loser 2 (loser out), 30 minutes after Game 2 ends.
On Sunday, the winners of Games 1 and 2 meet for the championship and a berth into the Elite 8. That match starts at 10 a.m.
The loser of the title match will then meet the winner of Game 3 30 minutes after Sunday’s title game for the second Elite 8 berth.
State swimming
Thirty eight individuals from the Mid-Columbia region are competing this week at the WIAA girls swimming state championships at the King County Aquatics Center in Federal Way.
The diving competition began Thursday, while preliminaries for all three meets begin on Friday.
All finals are set for Saturday.
Our region has some standouts in some events.
Pasco’s Madison Edwards, a junior, enters the 4A competition in the 100 breaststroke with the third best time at 1 minute and 7.20 seconds.
Hanford senior Noelle Landon has the No. 4 time entering the Class 4A 50-meter freestyle event, with a time of 25.17 seconds.
In the 3A meet, Southridge senior Linnea Haan is among the leaders in two events.
Haan is ranked fight (ours of 24 contestants) in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 58.25 seconds. She’s ranked sixth in the 200 IM, with a time of 2:10.60.
Mid-Columbia participants at state this week
Class 4A
CHIAWANA: Kenzie Gress, senior, 1-meter diving.
HANFORD: Malia Ciolli, senior, 100 freestyle, 200 free relay, 100 breast, 400 free relay; Corinne Hatch, senior, 1-meter diving; Noelle Landon, senior, 200 medley relay, 50 freestyle, 100 back, 400 free relay; Elizabeth Liu, sophomore, 200 medley relay; Esther Mei, freshman, 200 medley relay, 200 IM, 200 free relay; Anikka Peterson, junior, 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle, 200 free relay, 400 free relay; Bridget Rutherford, senior, 200 medley relay, 400 free relay; Katelyn Wolfert, junior, 200 free relay.
PASCO: Madison Edwards, junior, 100 back, 100 breast.
RICHLAND: Darrah Lerch, senior, 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle, 200 free relay, 400 free relay; Madalyn Norris, sophomore, 200 free relay, 400 free relay; Rylee Morris, junior, 400 free relay; Brooke Posada, freshman, 200 IM, 100 freestyle, 200 free relay, 400 free relay; Kaitlyn Prigge, junior, 200 free relay; Isabelle Zumini, senior, 1-meter diving.
Class 3A
HERMISTON: Haley Gunderson, junior, 50 freestyle, 100 back; Katherine Thornton, senior, 100 breaststroke.
KENNEWICK: Delaney Rush, junior, 1-meter diving.
SOUTHRIDGE: Elyza Badeaux, junior, 200 medley relay, 400 free relay; Jaylah Griffith, sophomore, 200 medley relay, 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle, 400 free relay; Linnea Haan, senior, 200 medley relay, 200 IM, 100 back, 400 free relay; Trinity Pohjola, junior, 200 medley relay, 200 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 400 free relay; Kyla Thelin, senior, 100 breaststroke.
WALLA WALLA: Abi Guest, junior, 200 freestyle, 500 freestyle; Miriam Hutchins, junior, 1-meter diving; Lindsay West, junior, 500 freestyle; Elliot Zanes, junior, 1-meter diving.
Class 2A
GRANDVIEW: Jedida Alvarez, 200 medley relay, 100 butterfly, 200 free relay, 100 breaststroke; Ebony Mireles, 200 medley relay, 200 free relay, 400 free relay; Aniela Phaengpha, 200 medley relay, 200 free relay, 400 free relay; Ellie Trevino, 400 free relay; Alyssa Van Tress, 200 medley relay, 200 free relay, 400 free relay.
PROSSER: Mayli Martinez, 200 medley relay, 200 free relay, 400 free relay; Leia McDonald, 200 medley relay, 200 free relay, 400 free relay; Faithe Miller, 200 medley relay, 200 free relay, 400 free relay; Hannah Perkins, junior, 200 medley relay, 50 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 400 free relay; Ellie Saldana, freshman, 200 free relay.
Prep football
Gonzaga Prep officials finally set the kickoff time for Saturday’s state 4A first-round football matchup between the host Bullpups and Chiawana.
Kickoff will be at 12 p.m. Saturday.
Prep officials were waiting to see how the girls soccer team would do in the first round of the 4A tournament. The Bullpup girls won, and they will host a state quarterfinal match after the football game.
Jeff Morrow is former sports editor for the Herald.
