Lady Eagles advance to state!

With a second round win against CTL #4 Okanogan on Thursday, the Lakeside fastpitch squad returned to Kettle Falls on Saturday to take on CTL's #1 seed Cascade, which was defeated earlier in the day by Colfax by the score of 5-3, in a loser out game.

The Lady Eagles repeated their performance from the second game, going on a 13 run rampage in the top of the 5th inning, to run-rule Cascade and end the game 15-3 as the fifth came to an end with Cascade unable to score again. Lakeside outhit Cascade 10-6 and committed only 1 error to Cascade's 6. Jordan got the win, and Barcellos smacked a homerun on her way to marking 3 hits. H. Hesselgesser also had 3 hits.

With the win, the Lady Eagles were assured at least the fourth seed to state.

In the second game of the day that would determine seeding for the 3rd and 4th state spots from NEA/CTL bi-district, Lakeside faced Kettle Falls, which fell to CTL #1 Chelan earlier in the afternoon, but went on to blank CTL #5 Brewster by a score of 5-0. Once again the Lady Eagles' bats came alive, as they made 15 hits and won the game 7-3, securing the 3rd seed to the state fastpitch tournament.

The Northeast A League dominated the tournament, as three of the four seeds were claimed by NEA's Colfax (#2), Lakeside (#3) and Kettle Falls (#4). Only Chelan (#1 seed) of the Caribou Trail League joined the three NEA teams to state.

Congratulations to all the NEA fastpitch teams, and especially to the Lady Eagles!

Go Lakeside!