The Doug Lange Network 

May 18, 2018 

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The Sehome baseball team is back in the state tournament for the first time since 2011. In order to move on for a shot at a state title, the Mariners will have to survive a brutally tough regional Saturday at Auburn High School. 

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Sehome (17-7), the second place team out of district 1, will face R.A. Long (16-4) at 10:00am. A win would move the Mariners on to the regional championship game versus the winner of the Fife (21-3) versus Ellensburg (18-4) game. 

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"The way I looked at it and probably several other coaches, is to say we probably have the toughest region," said Sehome head coach Monte Walton. "So I think who ever comes out the region is going to have gained some really positive vibes heading into the state finals."

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Ellensburg is the defending 2A state champs, Fife is ranked 5th in the state and R.A. Long was riding a 14-game win streak before falling in the district championship game last Saturday.  That one-run loss was to the 2017 2A state runner-up team W.F. West. 

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LISTEN: Full interview with Sehome coach Monte Walton

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Sehome will give the ball to Evan Kingma to start against the Lumberjacks on Saturday. Kingma is coming off a dominant performance in the district semifinals May 8th. The senior picked up the complete game 4-2 victory over Anacortes, giving up just 3 hits and striking out 7. 

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"Evan, our bulldog, we're gonna put him out there in the first game and I'm sure he'll be competitive and give us a good seven innings," said Walton. 

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Regional Schedule - Auburn High School 

5/19/18 

10:00am: Sehome vs. R.A. Long 

12:00pm: Ellensburg vs. Fife 

Regional Championship game to be played 45 minutes after final out of previous game. 

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- Doug Lange 

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