SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — The Spokane Indians allowed six runs in the seventh inning en route to a 10-1 loss to the Vancouver Canadians. The Indians and Canadians are now tied 2-2 through four games of the six-game homestand. The Canadians got on the board first in the first inning as a fielding error brought […]
SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash. — The Spokane Indians allowed six runs in the seventh inning en route to a 10-1 loss to the Vancouver Canadians. The Indians and Canadians are now tied 2-2 through four games of the six-game homestand.
The Canadians got on the board first in the first inning as a fielding error brought home Adrian Pinto to make it 1-0 Vancouver.
The Indians responded in the bottom of the fourth, when a pickoff attempt by Grant Rogers sailed into center field, allowing EJ Andrews Jr. to take third and turn the corner toward home, where the throw to the plate was not in time and the Indians tied the game 1-1.
The tie was short-lived, as Vancouver scored two runs in the fifth inning off a Sean Keys home run. The Indians threw a bullpen game and had seven different pitchers in the game, with Austin Becker throwing 2.2 innings in relief of Jordy Vargas, the longest of any pitcher for Spokane.
One more run scored in the sixth inning for Vancouver before Eddie Micheletti Jr. hit a home run to left-center field, which scored two runs and made the score 6-1 in favor of the Canadians.
An Adrian Pinto single scored another run, and the next batter, Aaron Parker, blasted one to left field for a three-run homer to put the Canadians up 10-1. Grant Rogers earned the win for Vancouver, going 5.0 innings, allowing four hits and one run while striking out seven.
The Indians look to win Game 5 of the series on Saturday, with first pitch scheduled for 6:35 p.m.
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Highlights From The First Day At State Softball in Cheyenne
Two higher and two lower seeds won the opening-round games at the 2025 Wyoming High School Softball State Championships in Cheyenne. Natrona County, Cheyenne Central, Cheyenne East, and Campbell County advanced in the winners’ bracket. Eight games are on the schedule for Friday, which includes four elimination games. Only three teams will remain after Day […]
Two higher and two lower seeds won the opening-round games at the 2025 Wyoming High School Softball State Championships in Cheyenne. Natrona County, Cheyenne Central, Cheyenne East, and Campbell County advanced in the winners’ bracket. Eight games are on the schedule for Friday, which includes four elimination games. Only three teams will remain after Day 2 in the Capital City.
Campbell County shut out Rock Springs 10-0, as junior Sadie Cole tossed a no-hitter with 13 strikeouts and only two walks. The Camels scored six runs in the third inning. That included a two-run triple by Bayley Gray and a two-run home run from Madison Cone. The Camels closed it out early with four runs in the fifth inning. They improved to 28-4 on the season with their 13 consecutive victory. WyoPreps visited with Ms. Cole after the game.
Cheyenne East rallied from an early 2-0 deficit and beat Cody, 13-3. The T-Birds took the lead with five runs in the third and capped it with six more in the fifth. McKenzie Millar smacked a two-run home run in the third as part of three hits and three RBIs. Madelyn Artery had three hits and drove in four runs.
Natrona County pulled the biggest surprise of Day 1, as they knocked off South top seed Laramie, 10-9. The Fillies built a 10-2 lead and held off the Plainsmen’s comeback. Quincie Sale had four hits, two were triples, and two RBIs. Cheyenne Central pulled off a big comeback. The Indians scored nine runs in the top of the seventh and beat Sheridan, 20-17. The two teams combined for 35 hits. Each team smashed three home runs.
WyoPreps has some photos from a couple of the games. Since I was on the radio while the first two games were played, these are from the last two games. Enjoy!
2025 Wyoming HS Softball State Championships Day 1
Cheyenne East played Cody, and Campbell County faced Rock Springs on the opening day of the 2025 high school softball state championships.
Athletic trainer, interim director helps student athletes thrive
Abi Francisco‘s passion for athletics has never faded away — and only continues to strengthen. Francisco has been the senior athletic trainer at El Camino College for almost ten years and the interim athletic director as of Monday, March 10. Francisco grew up in Torrance, California and played soccer her whole life. She competed in […]
“I like that my path took me back here. The South Bay is awesome,” Francisco said.
Abi Francisco smiles for a photograph at the Murdock Stadium on Thursday, May 1. Francisco has worked with all 22 intercollegiate athletic programs at El Camino College, serving more than 425 athletes. (Kaitlyn Gochez | The Union)
She holds a sense of honor in being a part of the athletics program at ECC.
Francisco said El Camino has always been one of the most competitive colleges in the state, not only in Southern California but in the state of California.
In terms of competition and success rate in the past 20 years, the Warriors athletics program has always been up there.
“To be a part of this program as an athletic trainer is awesome and now to be part of the administration part of it, I get to hold a deeper sense of pride with us, with the community, LA and the college itself and its athletic program,” Francisco said.
Francisco anticipated being in an administrative role later in life but took the opportunity once it was presented before her.
Abi Francisco, interim athletic director and senior athletic trainer stands near a dumbbell rack in the Athletics Training Facility, Murdock Stadium Room 101, on Thursday, May 1. Francisco has experience working in the medical side of athletics, focusing on injury prevention and treatment. (Kaitlyn Gochez | The Union)
Warriors baseball coach Grant Palmer said his experience working with Abi has been exceptional.
“Her transitioning into this athletic director role, it’s been really a seamless transition,” Palmer said. “The biggest thing that she’s done for us, for our team and for our program is she really cares and it’s authentic.”
Palmer recognizes Francisco’s authenticity and shares that the baseball team members gravitate towards her, because of her passion and her wanting the best for them.
Francisco’s educational background consists of a bachelor’s degree in kinesiology with an emphasis in athletic training from San Diego State University, and a master’s degree in kinesiology from California Baptist University.
“At heart I’m a student. I love learning new things. Most of what I was learning was based on sports medicine and science and doing research on biomechanics and injury prevention,” Francisco said.
Abi Francisco, interim athletic director and senior athletic trainer rests on an exercise bike in the Thursday, May 1. Francisco has experience working on the medical side of athletics, focusing on injury prevention and treatment. (Kaitlyn Gochez | The Union)
Throughout graduate school, she saw herself becoming an administrator in the near future.
“When I was in school finishing up my master’s degree, I knew that eventually I would want to be the athletic director of an institution,” Francisco said.
In her career, she has worked with various administrators, athletic trainers, institutions and mentors in California.
She’s been part of California Community College Committees and worked for Compton College aside from ECC.
She began her professional athletic training career at The Walt Disney Company.
She worked as an athletic trainer for four years primarily working on the medical side of prevention and injury with employees, performers, dancers, stage managers and acrobats.
Francisco enjoys learning and being able to see the other side of how an athletics program is run, being in her current position.
Francisco learns something new everyday and meets someone new everyday. Her administrative role forces her to speak to more people.
“As an administrator and I have to speak to way more people it’s all really fun and interesting to see this side of athletics, instead of exclusively the medical side which is still a very fun side,” Francisco said.
Abi Francisco, interim athletic director and senior athletic trainer stands on the ECC soccer field Thursday, May 1. Francisco grew up playing soccer and competed throughout her life. (Kaitlyn Gochez | The Union)
Her position as interim athletic director is a much bigger scale.
“I’ve worked with all of our 22 programs on a smaller scale and this is a bigger scale that I am now working with,” Francisco said.
Francisco has a good relationship with ECC’s coaches and student athletes. She describes her ability to build relationships as one of her greatest strengths.
“I think for me personally that’s probably one of my greatest strengths and what helped me get into this position is being able to cultivate really good relationships with anyone that I’m working with,” Francisco said.
CJ Arnold, athletics specialist said she has always brought the same work ethic to the program all throughout the job titles she’s held.
“Things that have remained the same are her hard work, her attention to detail, her passion and just her energy, you can pick up on that,” Arnold said.
Francisco hopes to continue to build upon the legacy ECC’s athletics program has.
“We have had a good amount of professional athletes that come from El Camino College I want to keep the reputation going, our legend going and whatever I can do to be a part of that, I’ll do it,” Francisco said.
The Class A state softball tournament got underway in Columbia Falls on Thursday, with four teams advancing to the winners’ bracket semifinals. DJ Bauer SWX Local Sports Reporter COLUMBIA FALLS, Mont. — The first day of the 2025 Class A state softball tournament has come to a conclusion in Columbia Falls, with Polson, Laurel, Fergus, […]
COLUMBIA FALLS, Mont. — The first day of the 2025 Class A state softball tournament has come to a conclusion in Columbia Falls, with Polson, Laurel, Fergus, and Frenchtown still standing as the unbeaten teams in the winners’ bracket.
Twelve different schools across Class A made the trek to Montana’s Northwest corner for the state tourney, with first-round action beginning on Thursday morning. These are the following results from first-round games:
Dillon defeats East Helena 11-0
Columbia Falls defeats Hamilton 16-2
Billings Central defeats Stevensville 5-2
Havre defeats Lockwood 12-8
Winners’ bracket quarterfinals began at 1 p.m. Thursday with all four teams that earned first-round byes emerging victorious:
Polson defeats Dillon 5-4
Laurel defeats Columbia Falls 6-5
Fergus defeats Billings Central 12-1
Frenchtown defeats Havre 4-1
Polson-Dillon was a back-and-forth affair, one that saw the Beavers go up 2-0 before Polson rocketed out front thanks to a four-run fifth inning. Dillon would tie things up in the top of the sixth, but the Pirates responded with a run of their own in the bottom of the frame, holding on in the seventh for the 5-4 victory.
Columbia Falls vs. Laurel saw the two-time defending state champions jump out in front 5-0 through five innings, though the Locomotives would find some firepower with two runs in the bottom of the sixth. That set the stage for a walk-off three-run homer in the seventh, courtesy of Emerson Gunther, as the Locomotives scored all six runs unanswered to advance.
Though Billings Central scored the first of the game in their showdown against Fergus, the Golden Eagles would produce the rest of the game’s offensive output, including a first-inning three-run blast by Jaden Martin, resulting in a decisive run-rule victory. The loss means that both the defending state champion (Columbia Falls) and state runner-up (Billings Central) are both already in the losers’ bracket before the second day of the tournament.
Frenchtown-Havre started out as a pitcher’s duel, with neither team scoring until the sixth inning. Finally, the Broncs did damage on the scoreboard, the most noteworthy addition coming from the bat of Brooklyn Smith: a three-run home run. Sophomore pitcher Ryan Lucier pitched six and two-thirds perfect innings, before allowing a solo homer whilst trying to collect the final out, resulting in a 4-1 final in favor of Frenchtown.
(WHSV) – Week 10 for high school spring sports continued Thursday night in Virginia. Check out highlights from the boys soccer game between Turner Ashby and Rocktown. If you see a score missing and want to report it, send an email to sports@whsv.com. Baseball Turner Ashby 13, Rocktown 0 Riverheads 6, Staunton 4 Fort Defiance […]
The third-ever Montana all-class high school baseball state tournament got underway in Hamilton on Thursday with opening round quarterfinals games. Here’s a look at the highlights and results from those opening round games: Game One: Billings Central defeats Columbia Falls 6-2 Not only was Rams sophomore Matteo Harris the winning pitcher on Thursday, scattering two […]
The third-ever Montana all-class high school baseball state tournament got underway in Hamilton on Thursday with opening round quarterfinals games.
Here’s a look at the highlights and results from those opening round games:
Game One: Billings Central defeats Columbia Falls 6-2
Not only was Rams sophomore Matteo Harris the winning pitcher on Thursday, scattering two runs (one earned) and three hits over 4.2 innings of work, but Harris was also Central’s driving force at the plate with three hits and three RBIs on the day.
The Rams earned a 6-2 victory over the Wildcats in their opening round quarterfinal game of the Montana high school baseball state tournament.
Five different Golden Bears had multi-hit efforts and seven different players drove in a run for West, making it a total team effort on offense. On the mound for West it was starting pitcher Carson Steinmetz who picked up the win, allowing just two runs (non earned) on one hit over five innings of work.
The Golden Bears dominated the Broncs 11-4 in their opening round quarterfinal game of the Montana high school baseball state tournament.
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