Four area District 7 teams were scattered to the four winds as they opened Washington state tournament action this past weekend.

But only one of them emerged with a win, dropping the rest into the loser’s bracket right off the bat.

The Junior age 13 Little League baseball team from South Highline National was the team that won, edging the District 2 team, 10-9, in a Saturday, July 16 game up north at Evans Field in Arlington.

The age 9-10 baseball team played a little closer to home at Hartman Park in Redmond, but it was defeated, 8-1.

West Seattle’s age 10-11 baseball team wandered the farthest for state tournament action – Salnave Park in Spokane at the eastern edge of the state. The Westsiders came close to a victory, taking only an 11-9 loss when going up against Bonney Lake/Sumner.

Also seeing action at a distant place and losing was the age 9-10 fastpitch team from South Highline National. The team fell by a 24-0 score at Snider Field in Poulsbo to the West, with the 10-run rule stopping the action in the fourth inning.

A fifth area team gets in on state tournament play this coming Saturday, July 23. West Seattle’s Majors age 10-12 team goes south to Vancouver starting with a 3 p.m. game against District 9 at Fort Vancouver.

Another West Seattle team – the Senior Little League baseball team – just missed joining the group at state with an 8-1 District 7 provisional championship loss to Rainier District.

Another South Highline National fastpitch team played its tournament at Northshore Athletic Fields in Woodinville and bowed out in two games, the last of which was a 9-4 loss Sunday, July 10.

The SHN Juniors were hoping to keep winning when they played their second game at Sunday, but they lost, 10-5 to District 4. The 9-10 softball team, the 9-10 fastpitch team and the 10-11 team were all looking at evening games Monday night. The Juniors were eyeing a Tuesday night game.