Baseball

Odessa-Harrington’s District 7 champion baseball team lost a heartbreaker to Colton in the first round of the state playoffs last Saturday at Old University High School in Spokane by a score of 6-5, ending their hopes for a state championship. It was their only loss of the season.

Later the same day, Colton went on to be defeated by Liberty Christian, which will face Lake Quinault for the championship game this Saturday, May 25, in Ellensburg.

Odessa resident Marlon Schafer attended the game and said it was a close game all the way, with the score see-sawing back and forth. After Colton had recaptured the lead at 6-5, he said, the Titans had one last chance to get the win. With two outs in final inning of play, the Titans managed to bat through the order and load the bases. The final batter struck out, stranding the base runners and ending the game – a bitter pill to swallow after such a successful, undefeated regular season.