Becks Bird, Claire Phillips capture individual titles at 'Battle for the 509'; Lewis and Clark advances in district slowpitch | Prep roundup

Oct. 10—Roundup of Saturday's high school sports action from the Greater Spokane League and Eastern Washington.

Cross country

Battle for the 509: Shadle Park senior Becks Bird won the boys race with a time of 15:14.3 in the ninth annual competition at the Spokane Polo Grounds.

Lewis and Clark senior Elijah Tobin was second (15:38.9) and North Central senior Elliot Yegge (15:40.9) placed third. Northwest Christian placed two in the top 10: Eli Vlietstra (15:50.3) was eighth and Oliyad Boone (15:51.7) took ninth.

Shadle Park narrowly took the team title with 79 points. NC was second with 86 points and Lewis and Clark third with 87.

In the girls race, Mead sophomore Claire Phillips led five Panthers in the top nine, winning the race with a time of 18:37.9. She beat second-place finisher Triniti Ramos (18.49.3) of Ferris by nearly 12 seconds.

Mead's Avery Parker was third at 18:59.1, Ava Phillips was fifth (19:07.2), Maddy Lane placed sixth (19.11.1) and Adrienne Holden took ninth (19:30.1). All four are seniors.

Lewis and Clark had two top-10 finishers: Jillian Jackson (19:06.6) placed fourth and Samantha Kernie (19:22.8) was eighth. Central Valley junior Aubrey Harvey (19:18.9) placed seventh and St. George's senior Delaney Nachreiner (19:44.3) rounded out the top 10.

Mead easily took the top team spot with 24 points. LC (58 points) was second and Ferris (101) was third.

Slowpitch softball

Lewis and Clark 11, Gonzaga Prep 10: Naomi Hopson had three hits with three runs and the fourth-seeded Tigers (9-8) held off the fifth-seeded Bullpups (4-12) in the District 6 4A first-round game at Hart Field on Saturday.

The Tigers built a 10-1 lead through the first three innings, but the Bullpups battled back and made it a one-run game in the seventh on Anna Brodigan's RBI single. G-Prep had the bases loaded with no outs but could not find the equalizer.

Olivia Gum went 2 for 3 with a home run, triple and three RBIs for the Pups.

Lewis and Clark advances to face top-seeded Ferris (9-6) in a semifinal on Monday while Gonzaga Prep plays in an elimination game on Wednesday.