Kentlake can cross another goal off its list with a 13-2 victory Saturday night over Rogers for the West Central District title.
The Falcons broke a 1-1 tie in the top of the fourth inning against Rogers — one of three teams they shared the district title with last year after the end of the tournament was rained out — when their bats got hot.
Libby Riehl and Brittany Jacobsen were on base after both hitting singles. With two outs, Maddie Brown stepped into the batters box and ripped a double to deep center field, sending in Riehl and Jacobsen.
Lexi Engman followed that up with a two run long ball that pushed the Kentlake lead to 5-1.
From there, that Falcons didn’t look back.
Engman was 2-for-3 with a home run, two RBIs and a run scored in the championship game. Erika Smyth was 3-for-3 with a double, an RBI, a pair of stolen bases and three runs scored. Brittany Styger was 3-for-4 with a double while Riehl was 3-for-4 with two runs scored.
Kentlake beat Tahoma 6-4 in the semi-final to earn the spot in the championship game.
The Falcons will take the No. 1 seed to the 4A state tournament which starts Friday in Spokane.
Tahoma’s struggles continued in its final game as it found itself down to Skyview early and despite closing it to 5-4 in top of the fifth.
The Bears had the tying run on base in Bre West in the top of the sixth but they just couldn’t get the run in and the officials called the game at the end of the sixth before they had their final at bat.
Tahoma takes the fourth seed into the state tournament as it makes its first appearance since 1994.