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After amassing a 15-0-4 record the past two seasons, the Cobra Strike soccer team has been invited to participate in the Champions League, one of the premier leagues in the Pacific Northwest that includes the top teams from Oregon, Idaho and Washington. Pictured in top row from left are coach Tony Dinaro, Landin Fillipini, Amos Crossingham, Micah Mason, Anthony Smith, Landon Chang, Nathan McDonald and Miguel Rodriguez. Bottom row from left are Gianluca Dinaro, Nick McDonald, Zack Stocker, RJ Stretch, Devin Hauenstein and Isai Zuniga. Not pictured is DJ Gorman.

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At the beginning of the season, coach Rudy Ochoa set two goals for the Lady Huskies: Make it to the state tournament and go as far as they can once they ar-rived. Mission accomplished as the team won three of five games, falling just one win shy of bring-ing home some hardware.

“We finished with a 3-2 re-cord, which was good enough for a fifth-place tie,” Ochoa said. “The young ladies faced some great opponents and they came to play ball.”

Othello 15, Port Angeles 5Othello entered the tournament

as the No. 3 seed from regionals and drew Port Angeles in the first round Friday morning, May 27. The Lady Huskies got rolling right off the bat as they scored 10 runs in four innings while holding the Lady Rough Riders scoreless.

“We came out and put up six quick runs in the first inning and put Port Angeles down very quickly,” Ochoa said. “They had only lost two games all season to Sequim (the eventual state champions). That gave the girls all kinds of confidence and they played error free ball and hit the ball nicely.”

Softball ends with successful trip to state

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Alyssa Martinez receives congratulatory hugs from Joanna Quezada and Jasmine Gallardo after belting the first of two home runs against Port Angeles in round one of the state tournament Friday, May 27.

By eriC LaFontainestaFF writer

The Lady Huskies returned from the WIAA state track meet last weekend with one state champion, senior Chris-tine Kirkwood, and a rock solid performance by freshman Tana O’Connell.

“We had a great weekend in Tacoma,” coach Justin Johnson said. “The kids all competed very well and have a lot to be proud of.”

Kirkwood brought home her third straight javelin title, clear-ing 167-09 and setting a new meet record.

“Once again, she had four throws over 160 feet, which brings her total to 14 throws in the last month and a half over the 160-foot mark,” Johnson said. “This is very impressive throwing.”

The second-place finisher, Jaime

Weisner, from Clarkston, threw a personal best 147 feet, placing her in the top 15 in the nation.

“It was the farthest throw ever by a non-Kirkwood at the state meet,” Johnson said.

Kirkwood and older sister Court-ney have won the state 2A javelin title for six consecutive years.

“For seven years, we (coach Nate and I) have gotten to tag along as both Courtney and Christine have done amazing things. Each time they stepped on the runway, something special could, and often times did, hap-pen,” Johnson said. “It was bit-tersweet watching Christine pre-pare and throw for the final time. We have been extremely lucky to watch her develop as a thrower and as a person. It’s exciting to think of what lies ahead for her … she gives 100 percent to ev-erything she does, so very good

things are in store for her.”Kirkwood also placed fifth in

the discus.O’Connell finished eighth in

the high jump, earning a spot at the podium.

“Once again, Tana went into the competition with no fear and really did an excellent job of just going out and doing what she knew she could and not being intimidated by the atmosphere,” Johnson said. “It is very exciting to think we get Tana for another three years. She is a great athlete who has a lot of potential and now knows she can compete at her best in the biggest moments.”

Hannah Hayduk, sophomore, was selected as a second-team vertical jumper and an honorable mention hurdler on the CWAC All-League team.

Kirkwood was a first-team se-lection in the throwing events.

Kirkwood heaves javelin into wild blue yonder

Good attitudes and hard work hallmarks of the season By eriC LaFontainestaFF writer

The Othello boys track team sent two runners to the WIAA state meet last weekend at Mt. Tahoma High School in Tacoma.

“They both (Tony Estrada and Alan Garza) race excellent rac-es,” coach Justin Johnson said.

Estrada, a senior, finished 11th in the 400-meter event. He was the fastest in his two preliminary heats but came up short of mak-ing the finals.

“Tony always has a great atti-

tude. He was disappointed he didn’t make the finals but was content in knowing he had done everything he could for the past year to do his best,” Johnson said. “I really en-joyed working with Tony this sea-son and we are going to miss his leadership, work ethic and person-ality at practice next spring.”

Estrada will attend Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis., in the fall and hopes to compete at the collegiate level.

“His training has already start-ed and with his desire and work ethic, I know he is going to do everything he can to make that team,” Johnson said.

Garza, a senior, ran another gutsy race, setting a new personal record by 12 seconds in the 3200-meter event. He finished 14th with a per-sonal best of 10.02.07.

“He went out harder than he

ever had but still found himself at the back of the pack ... once again, we saw what kind of com-petitor he really is,” Johnson said. “He made up his mind that he didn’t care how much it hurt. He was going to go after as many guys as he possibly could. In the end, he ended up passing four.”

Johnson was impressed all year with Garza’s hard work.

“More often than not, he ran by himself in practice because of how talented he is,” Johnson said. “He still pushed himself every day even though he didn’t have some-one standing there telling him to. He should be very proud of what he accomplished this season.”

Senior Adrian Garcia was the only Othello Huskie to be rec-ognized on the 2011 CWAC All-League team, earning a honorable mention in the throwing events.

Seniors finish track season at state

Huskie boys end year with unexpected finishBy BoB KirKpatriCKeditor

The Classic Golf Course in Spanaway played an unyielding host to the CWAC and district champion Othello Huskies as the team finished 10th at the state tournament May 25.

Sam Para tied for 25th place with a two-day total of 163. Jared Kummer (167) and freshman Colton Hall (172) finished 34th and 38th. Trevor Salsbury didn’t make the cut for the second round.

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Trevor Salsbury tees off in first round action at the state tournament at The Classic Golf Course in Spanaway May 24. Salsbury missed the cut to advance to round two.

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Port Angeles pushed three runs across the plate in the bottom of the fifth inning to close the gap to 10-3, then held Othello off the board until the top of the sixth. But the Lady Rough Riders gave up four more runs to the Huskies in the top of the seventh, while only scoring one more run in the loss. When the final numbers were tallied, Othello scored 15 runs off 21 hits to Port Angeles’ five runs off five hits.

Alyssa Martinez was the big

stick for the Lady Huskies with two home runs, one of which was a grand slam in the seventh inning to add a little more cushion for the team. Brenda Rodriguez went 3-for-4 at the plate, with a double. Kim Bullis, the Lady Huskies’ starting pitcher, was 3-for-5 with a triple and tossed a solid game, lim-iting Port Angeles to five hits.

Rounding out the offensive attack for Othello were Joanna Quezada 3-for-5, Miranda Marti-nez 2-for-4, Lindsay Garza 2-for-

5 and Anica Garza who had two hits in three plate appearances.

Sequim 14, Othello 7Eight softballs left the yard

in the second game of the day. Unfortunately, only two of them were off the bats of the Lady Huskies as Othello took one on the chin against Sequim.

“They can absolutly hit the ball,” Ochoa said. “They knocked out six home runs against us. Their two big hitters, Ryleigh and Maddy ZBeroschak, hit two each. Ryleigh knocked one out batting left-handed and the other batting right-handed. But our Lady Huskies didn’t give up and made a run of our own.”

Down 12-3 heading into the bottom half of the sixth inning, Othello scored four runs to close within five, but the Lady Wolves answered back with two in the top of the seventh to increase their lead to 14-7. The Lady Huskies were held scoreless in their last at bat in the bottom of the inning.

The loss dropped the team into the consolation bracket to face North Mason.

Miranda Martinez led the way for Othello going 2-for-3 at the plate with a double. Bullis took the mound for the Huskies. Ro-driquez came on in relief in the fifth inning. The two gave up 14 runs off 16 hits.

Othello 13, North Mason 9The pressure was cranked up

a notch for the third contest of the day as Othello needed to put together a three-game winning streak to have a chance to play for third or fourth place and a trophy

for all the hard work the team put in over the season.

But things were looking pretty bleak for the Huskies as North Mason jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the top of the first inning. Othello got one back in the bot-tom of the second to close the gap to 7-1.

The Lady Bulldogs racked up another run in the top of the third to go back up by seven, but the Huskies’ bats finally came alive as the team scored five runs in the bottom of the inning to get within two at 8-6. The team held North Mason scoreless for the next three innings while scoring a run in the bottom of the fourth and fifth innings to tie the game 8-8. Othello scored five more runs over the sixth and seventh innings while holding the Bull-dogs to one run to win 13-9 and advance to the next round.

“The girls came out very sluggish at the beginning of the game after being beaten by Sequim and falling behind early,” Ochoa said. “But they showed a lot of heart and start-ed to peck away at the lead. They finally tied it up in the fifth inning and took the lead for good in the sixth.”

Speed on the base path was the key to the victory.

“Our quickness on the bases helped us more than anything,” Ochoa said. “Once the girls knew they could run on the catcher, it was a great boost.”

Lindsay Garza led the Othel-lo’s offensive attack, going 3-for-3 at the plate with two home runs. Bullis went 4-for-5 with two dou-bles and Miranda Martinez had

two hits in five attempts.Bullis, the pitcher of record

for the Lady Huskies, went the distance, giving up nine runs off nine hits. Othello committed four errors in the game. North Mason had two miscues.

Othello 5, West Valley 4The fourth game of the tour-

nament got underway at 10 a.m. Saturday morning when the Lady Huskies faced West Valley from Spokane. As in the two previous games, Othello found itself trailing early after a two-run home run in the second inning by Jess Mitchell and another run in the third gave the Lady Eagles a 3-0 lead.

“West Valley went undefeated through their regular season and lost once to Selah in the regional final. But the girls were ready for the challenge,” Ochoa said. “Af-ter being down by three runs, we came back to tie the score 3-3 in the bottom of the third.”

West Valley bounced back to take the lead again in the top of the fifth 4-3, but Othello, not to be denied, answered the bell with a run of its own to knot the score 4-4 in their next at bat. The final run for the Huskies came in the bottom sixth for a 5-4 victory over the Lady Eagles.

“With two outs and the bases loaded, Kim got a base hit to put us ahead,” Ochoa said. “West Valley’s leadoff batter in the sev-enth inning got an infield base hit, then was doubled out on a line drive to our first baseman Alyssa Martinez who caught the ball and dove to the base to finish the double play. Their last batter struck out to end the game.”

Bullis went the distance again for Othello, giving up four runs off seven hits. Alyssa Marti-nez had the hot bat for the Lady Huskies, going 4-for-4 at the plate, Bullis was 2-for-3 with a double and Rodriguez finished with two hits in two at bats.

Selah 7, Othello 1The biggest upset of the tour-

nament saw the CWAC district

champion and No. 1 seed from the regional tournament Selah Vikings lose to the No. 4 seed Ellensburg Bulldogs, sending the host team into the consolation bracket to face the Huskies in a loser out game.

Both teams looked uncharac-teristically inept as the pressure to win appeared, at times, too much for either to bear.

“We’ve met too many times, it seems like, this year and this game was the closest of them all, 1-1 un-til the fifth when Selah went up 3-1 on a two-run home run,” Ochoa said. “Then the wheels came off as they hit two more home runs to end the game 7-1.”

Othello had plenty of chances to score, leaving runners in scor-ing position in every inning, but was unable to come up with a timely hit and make a ball game out of it.

A scary moment that could’ve put a damper on the whole tour-nament came about in the top of the sixth inning when the game was halted for several minutes af-ter Rodriguez hit a line drive off the face of Vikings pitcher Carly Minnick. After being examined by the team doctor, she was es-corted off the field and Selah’s ace Sierra Weedin came on in relief to shut the door on the Hus-kies’ season.

“I thought we were peaking at the right time — our hitting, pitching and base running were all firing well this weekend,” Ochoa said. “But we ended our season 22-8 and I am very happy with the way the girls found the guts to come back after being down in several games through-out the year to make this a great and an unforgettable season. We accomplished our goal to make it to state and while there, we placed as high as possible.”

Bullis, who pitched the entire game and got the bulk of the work on the mound in the tourna-ment, gave up seven runs off 11 hits. Daisy Salgado led the way for Othello going 2-for-3 at the plate with a double.

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Brenda Rodriguez receives the sportsmanship award in the first game of the state tournament against Port Angeles.

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Kim Bullis gets a base hit down the third baseline in the fourth inning against Selah Saturday. The Huskies lost the game 7-1 and were eliminated from the tournament.

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The Lady Huskies gather just outside of their dugout to try and regain their com-posure after giving up five runs to Sequim in the fourth inning of Friday’s game.