TUKWILA — They call themselves NorWesCo, because "WesCo/Northwest 3A League" is a bit lengthy.
After last night, they can also call themselves champions of the Senior All-Star Challenge fastpitch softball tournament at Fort Dent Park.
The NorWesCo squad won the four-team event with an 8-5 victory over the team from the South Puget Sound League and Seamount League's King Division.
The team from the KingCo 3A/4A and Metro League finished third with a 3-2 win over the Narrows League, Seamount Pierce, Pac-9 team.
The NorWesCo team pounded out eight runs on 12 hits to win the championship game, led by three-hit efforts from Mountlake Terrace's Briana Knight and Everett's Tori Coury and Amy Hudson.
"Fun is always the most important part of games like this," said Knight, whose RBI double in an earlier 2-1 win over the KingCo/Metro team was her team's only hit in the game. "Being competitive is part of that fun, though. You always want to win."
Coury was 3 for 3 with a double and two RBI in the championship game, and Hudson was 3 for 4 with a double and two RBI.
The WesCo/Northwest League team won its first game despite strong pitching performances from Eastlake's Caitlin Noble and Skyline's Adreanne Lewis. Noble struck out 10 in four innings, but allowed two runs, including one on Knight's double.
Noble also hit a sixth-inning solo home run in the game, and was 4 for 6 with two RBI in the two games.
Game 4
| SPSL, Seamount King |
101 000 3 — 5 7 1 |
| WesCo, Northwest 3A |
130 400 x 8 — 1 2 5 |
Amanda Herrera (Jefferson), Shayna Ostlund (Auburn Riverside) (3), Herrera (5), and Ciara Phillips (Spanaway Lake), Jessi Tangen (Auburn Riverside) (3), Mallory Townsend (Emerald Ridge) (6); Randi Harvey (Anacortes), Emily Gray (Stanwood) (3), Harvey (7), and Brynn Noack (Edmonds-Woodway.) WP — Gray. LP — Herrera.
SPSL, Seamount King highlights — Krisann Beardemphl (Curtis), solo HR in 7th; Lisa Hill (North Mason), 2-run HR in 7th.
WesCo, Northwest 3A highlights — Briana Knight (Mountlake Terrace), 3-4, 3 runs, SB; Tori Coury (Everett), 3-3, 2 runs, 2 RBI, 2B; Amy Hudson (Everett), 3-4, run, 2 RBI, 2B.
Game 3
| Narrows, Seam. Pierce, Pac-9 |
010 100 0 — 2 4 2 |
| KingCo 3A/4A, Metro |
110 100 x — 3 7 0 |
Ryanne Horton (Olympia), Rachel Reed (Mount Tahoma) (5), and Stephanie Fudurich (Olympia); Megan Schuler (Inglemoor), Sara Robinson (Bainbridge) (6), and Meghan Johnson (Holy Names), Liza Teichler (Skyline) (4). WP — Schuler. LP — Horton. Save — Robinson
. Narrows, Seamount Pierce, Pac-9 highlights — Maddie Collazo (Mount Tahoma) 1-1, run; Rachel Reed (Mount Tahoma), 1-3, RBI.
KingCo 3A/4A, Metro highlights — Caitlin Noble (Eastlake), 2-3, RBI; Ashley Blier (Redmond), 2B.
Game 2
| KingCo 3A/4A, Metro |
000 001 0 — 1 9 1 |
| WesCo, Northwest 3A |
110 000 x — 2 1 1 |
Caitlin Noble (Eastlake), Adreanne Lewis (Skyline) (5), and Liza Teichler (Skyline), Meghan Johnson (Holy Names) (4); Randi Harvey (Anacortes), Emily Gray (Stanwood) (5), and Brynn Noack (Edmonds-Woodway). WP — Harvey. LP — Noble.
KingCo 3A/4A, Metro highlights — Caitlin Noble (Eastlake), 2-3, solo HR in 6th, 4 IP, 1 hit, 1 ER, 10 Ks, 3 BB; Lauren Proctor (Redmond), 2-3, SB.
WesCo, Northwest 3A highlights — Briana Knight (Mountlake Terrace), 1-2, run, RBI, 2B, BB.
Game 1
| SPSL, Seamount King |
200 000 0 — 2 3 1 |
| Narrows, Seam. Pierce, Pac-9 |
001 000 0 — 1 3 6 |
Amanda Herrera (Jefferson) and Jessi Tangen (Auburn Riverside); Heather Case (North Kitsap), Michelle Sauter (Chehalis) (7), and Lisa Gilbert (North Kitsap). WP — Herrera. LP — Case.
SPSL, Seamount King highlights — Chanze Patterson (Kentridge) 2-4, run; Krisann Beardemphl (Curtis), 1-2.
Narrows, Seamount Pierce/Pac-9 highlights — Heather Case (North Kitsap), 1-2; Kara Welling (Olympic), 1-1, RBI, 3B.
