Colton bolts past Cusick, advances to state quarterfinals

Colton sophomore Kian Ankerson leads off first on the way to a 12-1 win.

The Colton Wildcats are again one of eight 1B baseball teams left playing in Washington in mid-May as they travel to meet Naselle High School Saturday for a state quarterfinal game in Winlock., Wash. Game time is 1 p.m.

Colton advanced by beating Cusick May 12 in an elimination game in Colbert. The Wildcats opened the postseason the week before with a 15-7 loss to Odessa.

Naselle, in Pacific County, is a logging town just inland from the Long Beach Peninsula. Winlock is off Interstate 5 south of Chehalis.

Colton 12, Cusic...