Kentwood bounced back from a 6-5 loss to Auburn Riverside on March 23 with a pair of wins in the past week.

First the Conquerors pounded the Royals from Kent-Meridian, 12-0, on March 27.

But Kentwood made a statement with a key victory over Tahoma when the Conks beat the Bears 7-1 Monday afternoon.

Much of the game was spent knotted at 1-1 until Kentwood broke it open in the top of the sixth.

It started when senior co-captain Bailey Marshall got on base after the pitch she hit bounced off Tahoma shortstop Hayley Beckstrom’s glove.

Two batters later Regan Rudisill dropped a single into shallow right field.

Then junior co-captain Allison Newcomb ripped a double through the infield gap that drove in two runs to make it a 3-1 lead for Kentwood. Kylie Goodwin drove in another run when she dropped a single into the center field gap. Tiana Faagalulu drove in a run with a single along the first base line and Shian Kelly drove in two when she hit a single past shortstop.

Kendall Goodwin pitched a complete game for Kentwood striking out four.

Faaglulu was 3-for-4 at the plate with two runs scored, Marshall was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI while Newcomb was 1-for-4 with a double.

For Tahoma Walley was 2-for-4 with an RBI and a double.

Tahoma dropped to 4-1 in South Puget Sound League North play while Kentwood improved to 3-1.

Kentlake kept its winning streak going Monday with a 9-5 victory over Auburn to move into first place in the North.

Kentlake jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the bottom of the first then scored in every inning but the second.

Lexi Engman was 2-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI, Melissa Alberts was 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI while Kellie Nielsen was 2-for-4 with a run scored and two RBIs.

Hannah Sauget picked up the win in the circle for the Falcons striking out 10 while walking two.

Kentlake beat Kent-Meridian 19-1 on March 28.

Kentridge got its first win with a 14-0 victory over K-M on Monday.

Kayla Andrus was 2-for-2 with a pair of triples, two runs scored and four RBIs, Abagail Bellin was 2-for-3 with a triple and three RBIs, while Emily Ross was 2-for-2 with a single, a double, two runs scored and two RBIs.