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VANDALS,
continued from Page B1
Covalt was 2-for-4 with a
run and RBI.
Reagan Davis was 3-for-4
with two doubles, three RBIs
and scored two runs.
Mackenzie Scott went
2-for-4 with a double, two
RBIs and scored two runs.
“Balls just dropped,” as-
sistant coach Jeff Covalt said.
“We hit a lot of balls hard
right at people in the fi rst
game. I think the second
game those balls just got
through.”
Kamden Combs pitched
all seven innings of the cham-
pionship game to earn the
win.
Although they averaged
more than 12 hits a game, the
Vandals didn’t start the state
tournament on fi re.
Falling behind 5-2 in the
fi rst inning and then 9-4 af-
ter three, the Vandals had to
score three runs in the fi fth
and four in the sixth to edge
Sandy Thunder 11-9 on July
6.
“It was our fi rst game of
the tournament and I think
we were just getting loose
and ready for the weekend,”
said Abbi, who was 3-for-3
with a double, two RBIs and
scored two runs in the come-
back. “It was stressful.”
Kami Gibson hit a walk-
off two-run homer with
two outs in the bottom of
the sixth. Maison Searle was
3-for-4 with a double and
four RBIs.
The Vandals won their next
two games 13-5 and 13-6.
They are one of 26 teams
invited to the Junior Olym-
pics on 23-28 in St. Louis.
“The fi rst team we play
has two girls committed D-I
already,” coach Covalt said.
“The competition will be re-
ally high. It would be great
to see us just go out and play
well. If we can go .500 there,
that’s probably a pretty good
day for our club. You’re play-
ing some of the best teams in
the country.”
Most of the team, which
along with Covalt, Scott,
Davis, Combs, Gibson and
Searle,
includes Payron
ATHLETE
of the Week
presented by
NW VANDALS
Burnham, Kiani Nakamura,
Carley Schlag, Bella Fleener,
Jade Beaumont, Aliah Wilsey
and Ruby Earhart, came to-
gether four years ago under
the guidance of head coach
Marie Scott.
The girls previously played
with the Oregon Titans be-
fore blazing their own path
this summer as the NW Van-
dals.
“It was just a good time
for us to venture out,” coach
Covalt said. “The Titans were
great to us. The Titans are a
great organization. They’re
really good people. We just
had an opportunity to kind of
start our own thing and chart
our own path. We had a really
good team right now so we
had a chance to play in some
big tournaments. We had
hoped we’d do well and have
some buzz around the girls
and it was a good opportunity
for us to take that last step and
do our own thing.”
The Vandals will hold try-
outs for next season at South
Salem High School on Aug. 8
from 5 to 8 p.m. and Aug. 11
from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
to fi eld 14A and 16A softball
teams. The Vandals are also
starting a baseball program.
For more information
or to register online, go to
nwvandals.com.
Celtics hold 7-on-7
McNary High School
hosted South Salem and Sky-
view, Wash. in 7-on-7 football
on Tuesday, July 10.
A
B
A: Riley Flores runs with the
ball after making a catch.
B: Nigel Harris catches a
touchdown pass.
C: Quarterback Erik Barker
looks for an open receiver.
D: Griffi n Oliveira stretches
the ball towards the end zone.
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