Amy Entrikin

SELAH – Lindsay Dawson mowed down 10 W. F. West Bearcats while Burlington-Edison scored five times between the third and sixth innings as the Tigers won 5-0 in their opening game of the 2A State Fastpitch Tournament Friday afternoon at Carlon Park.

Dawson also helped herself at the plate with an RBI double in the sixth, two singles, and a run scored. Rachel Tingley, Rachelle Berry, Amy Entrikin and Ashlynn Ishikawa also scored runs for the Tigers. Jessica Tingley had a pair of RBI singles and Sam Rigelman added two hits for B-E.

The W. F. West (Chehalis) Bearcats’ top pitcher, Lauren Ticknor, struck out nine, mixing speeds and locations of pitches, but was unable to keep the potent Tiger offense off the bases.

Dawson had a no-hitter through five innings, before Caitlin Linehan broke it up with a sixth-inning single into shallow right field.

With the win, Burlington-Edison advance to the quarter-finals of the tournament, where they’ll face the Pullman Greyhounds at 4:00 p.m. today. Kris Drake will webcast the game here on SkagitRadio.com.

Tagged as: Amy Entrikin, Ashlynn Ishikawa, Burlington-Edison Tiger fastpitch, Caitlin Linehan, Jessica Tingley, Lauren Ticknor, Lindsey Dawson, Rachel Tingley, Rachelle Berry, Sam Rigleman, W. F. West (Chehalis) Bearcat fastpitch

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BURLINGTON – Lindsey Dawson threw a pair of wild pitches in the first inning, which led to a rare early run given up by the Tiger ace, then settled down to throw a two-hitter while striking out 15 in leading the Tigers to an 8-1 victory over Lynden Christian Thursday in the final regular season Northwest Conference girls’ fastpitch softball game.

Once Dawson locked in her control, the Tiger bats came to life, with Amy Entrikin smashing a solo home run and catcher Jessica Tingley driving in runs with a pair of triples, both to deep right field. Rachelle Berry also added a triple for Burlington-Edison. The Tigers scored runs in the second, third and fourth innings, applying constant pressure on Lyncs’ starter Taylor Bichle.

With the victory, the Lady Tigers clinched the No. 1 seed into the 2A District One tournament next week in Lynden, finishing the regular season with an 11-2 conference record, 15-5 overall, while the Lady Lyncs saw their NWC record fall to 6-6 and are 9-6 overall.