Zach Wright pitched seven innings of two-hit baseball for the Bishop Kelly baseball team, allowing just two hits as the Knights beat Bonneville 9-0 on Friday in the 4A State Semifinals.
Bishop Kelly (18-9) will play for its third state title in four years Saturday when it takes on Moscow at 5 p.m. at Vallivue High.
The Knights took the lead on a first-inning balk, then added tuns on an RBI by Dean Herkenrath and Wright to take the early 3-0 lead. Bishop Kelly added two runs in the fifth inning and four more in the sixth, while Nathan Rapp had three RBIs.
SKYVIEW 10, TWIN FALLS 0, 5 INNINGS: Grayden Lucas struck out seven in five innings of shutout baseball, as Skyview advanced to Saturday’s consolation championship.
The Hawks (23-4) will face Pocatello at 9 a.m.
Skyview took a 5-0 lead in the first inning behind RBI hits by Grady Daniels, Henry Downey, Tyler Russell and Nixon Downs.
Russell finished 2 for 2 with four RBIs.
3A STATE TOURNAMENT
HOMEDALE 3, KIMBERLY 1: Dillon Fine pitched Homedale into the 3A State Championship, with a two-hit 15 strikeout performance in the state semifinals.
The Trojans (23-4) will play Sugar-Salem at 3 p.m. today for the title at Northwest Nazarene.
Fine pitched impressively through seven innings, walking just four batters. The only run he gave up came in the top of the first inning, on an RBI double, but Payton Fine got the run back in the bottom half of the inning, driving in a run on a groundout.
Homedale took the lead on a wild pitch in the third inning, then extended the lead to 3-1 later in the inning on a passed ball.
SUGAR-SALEM 4, FRUITLAND 3: Seven different Fruitland batters accounted for 10 hits, but the Grizzlies couldn’t string enough of them together as they fell in the state semifinals.
Jace Mordhorst, Coye Coffmann and Landon Bushlong each accounted for two hits for Fruitland (18-7), while Owen Baker struck out six in six innings pitched.
PARMA 9, MARSH VALLEY 6: Parma scored eight runs in the top of the seventh inning to keep its season alive and advance to the state consolation championship.
Trailing 6-1 entering the final frame, the Panthers got a groundout to start the inning but after loading the bases, Kaydn Brenneck was hit by a pitch and Ethan Obenchain and Silas King both drew walks to bring in runs.
A line drive by Jacob Mikelson drove in two runs and tied the score at 6. A fielder’s choice gave Parma the lead and Braxton Heffelfinger drove in two insurance runs with a single.
The Panthers (8-19) will face South Fremont at 10 a.m. Saturday.
2A STATE TOURNAMENT
NAMPA CHRISTIAN 11, FIRTH 1, 5 INNINGS: Kaden Mullins struck out four batters in five innings, as Nampa Christian picked up a five-inning a win a day after falling in the first round for the first time since 2011.
The Trojans (23-2) will face Cole Valley Christian at 9 a.m. Saturday at Halliwell Park in Pocatello for the Consolation Championship.
Pete Dice was 3 for 3 with a pair of RBIs for Nampa Christian.
COLE VALLEY 13, MALAD 2, 5 INNINGS: Chris Bobrowski was 3 for 3 with a triple and four RBIs, helping Cole Valley advance to the consolation championship.
Allen McKee and Dylan Brown combined to hold Malad to four hits pitching for the Chargers (22-7-1).
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