Lacamas Red Wins District Championship

The Lacamas Red (9-10 year-old division) won the District 4 Championship game at Evergreen Sunday, 7-4, against East County.

Home team Lacamas kept East County from scoring at the top of the first, and then turned around and put three on the board at the bottom of the inning. Dante Humble got on base and Caden Wengler hit a line drive walk off double and brought Humble home.

Immediately after Josh Mansur hit one over the fence and put two more on the board. By the top of 2, Lacamas was ahead 3-0.

The Lacamas defense showed plenty of strength, and there was excellent fielding by third baseman, Christian Knuth, second baseman Andrew Ott and first baseman Jackson Day. Wengler’s pitching was also solid. And Humble’s catching was superb.

East County scored one the next inning. East County came ready to hit, and they did. They also had some excellent pitching.

East County held Lacamas until the fourth inning, where Jordan Geigenmiller bunted his way to first. Tyler Forner hit a double and advanced Geigenmiller.

Kolby Broadbent walked and bases were loaded. Mansur moved the runners and Geigenmiller scored run No. 4. Knuth hit a single, and Jake Blair hit a double, bringing in three more runs. The score was 7-1 at the bottom of the first.

Lacamas Red: District 4 9-10 Year-Old District Champions.

Caden Wengler started for Lacamas Red on Sunday.

Jake Blair swings.

East County scored three runs in the fifth inning, in part due to Lacamas errors. It gave Lacamas a good scare, but they battled back to shut down East County.

Josh Mansur was brought in to relieve Wengler and he was able to close the game at the bottom of the sixth, winning 7-4.

“It feels good to get the win,” said manager Jeff Mansur. “We’ve all been working hard for this.”

Coach John Blair said: “Isn’t this great? We love this.”

Following the game, Lacamas was presented with medals and their championship banner. And East County, who played a solid game, were presented with their second place medals.

“East County gave us our biggest challenge,” said Andy Ott. “It was a good game.”

The undefeated Lacamas Red team heads to Auburn, Washington, next Saturday for the opening of the Washington state championship.