Kirkland to play in regional championship game

Locals are 4-0 in tournament

They’re on to the championship game.

Kirkland’s majors softball all-stars defeated Oregon for the second time, 10-0, in the semifinals on Thursday morning at the Western Regionals in San Bernardino, California.

The title game is at 6 p.m. Thursday and Kirkland will play Arizona, which beat Southern California, 2-0, in today’s other semifinal. Kirkland and Arizona are both 4-0 in the tourney.

Against Oregon in the four-inning game, Kirkland pitchers Kya Aldrich and Christina Minor combined for a no-hitter. Aldrich pitched the first three innings and Minor closed it out. Aldrich fanned three batters and Minor struck out one.

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Kirkland scored two runs in the first inning, three in the second and five in the third.

Hot with the bats for the locals were Aldrich and Kaidence Caiola with a double and two RBIs each; Mary Madaline Roe with a triple and an RBI; Minor had a single, an RBI and scored two runs; and Hailey Story had a single and two RBIs. Bella Ely scored two runs.

Earlier in the tourney, the state champs knocked off Oregon, 11-1, Alaska, 15-1, and Montana, 21-0.

All the games are broadcast live on ESPN+ https://plus.espn.com/ and updates on the team are posted on the Kirkland National Little League Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/Kirkland-National-Little-League-472644865353/

The regionals winner will advance to the Little League World Series on Aug. 8-15 in Portland, Oregon.