Bruins blank Issaquah, EC sent home | Prep sports news

No prep baseball teams from Issaquah-Sammamish will be in state tournament competition this year after Issaquah and Eastside Catholic were bounced.

Cascade (Everett) led 3-0 after three innings and would finish with 10 hits in a shutout win over Issaquah in the KingCo-Wesco crossover game.

The Eagles managed only a pair of hits in support of starter Ty Gibson in the season-ending loss.

Crusaders eliminated

Eastside Catholic, which endured a loss via appeal after a 9-6 win over O’Dea in the winner-to-state tournament semi-finals, saw its season end short of the 3A state tournament with a 4-1 loss to West Seattle in the Metro League tournament.

The Crusaders thought they had a return trip to state locked up last week after beating the Irish, but a WIAA rule regarding pitching innings took that victory away and sent them to the loser-out game with West Seattle.