![The teams prepare to start another play with just a few minutes left in the first half. The Lions were in the lead at halftime with a score of 27-0. At half time, the team went back to the locker rooms. “[We ate] orange slices,” Malos said. “[Then] our team came out and got the win.”](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_2385-1200x800.jpg)
![At the bottom of the third inning, the Lions are still scoreless. Rowe stands at home plate, preparing to bat, while Vandenbrink stands off to the side as the next batter up. Despite having the bases loaded, the team was unable to score any runs. “It’s just the beginning of the season. We’re just going to be playing out best by June, [and] that’s where champions are,” Rowe said.](https://wlhsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/IMG_3077-1200x900.jpg)
West Linn blows out South Salem in first round of baseball playoffs
In the first round of the 2015 OSAA Baseball State Playoff game, the West Linn Lions (21-7) took on the South Salem Saxons (12-15) and despite early struggles, destroyed the Saxons 12-2.
Down 2-0, South Salem faced West Linn’s high powered offense in the bottom of the fifth with the upset on its mind. The Saxons lead was erased when Tim Tawa, sophomore, blasted a three-run home run in deep centerfield to send in himself along with Tate Hoffman, junior, and Jake Perkins, junior. Will Matthiessen, junior, hit a solo shot after Tawa and Brayden Pene, junior, hit a single later scored from third with Colton Cosner’s, senior, sacrifice bunt.
The Lions added six runs in the next inning to extend its lead to 11-2. Hoffman went 4-4 and completed the night with a two run RBI single. Parker Huffman, senior, finished off the scoring with a single to center field cementing the team’s victory.
Karsen Lindell, senior, earned his sixth win of the season, pitching for six innings and allowing just three hits. West Linn hopes to continue its offensive momentum in the round of 16 game at home against Tualatin (18-9) at 5 p.m.
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Before Walker McCrae, senior, realized his dream of becoming a sports manager, he was faced with one task, one court and one orange leather ball.
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