Bruins drop four games after 2-0 baseball start

WHITE SALMON — After winning its first two games,  Columbia High’s baseball team entered the March 30 spring break week on a four-game losing skid.

The Bruins (2-4) lost a doubleheader March 28 at Chelan (4-1) after starting the week with Trico League losses to Castle Rock.

An 8-5 March 26 loss to Castle Rock stung a bit because the Bruins held a 5-2 lead midway through the fourth inning, but the Rockets scored four times in the bottom of the frame to take the lead for good. Castle Rock outhit Columbia, 16-4.

Columbia was led by Kellen Olson, who was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and two RBI. Ryder Graves and Trenton Boydston had the other two hits for the Bruins. Boydston also knocked in two runs.

A day before, Columbia (2-4, 2-2 Trico) hosted the Rockets (2-2, 2-2), who scored twice in the seventh inning to pull out a 9-7 win. Olson had three hits for Columbia, which also received a hit from Brody Landgren, and Samuel Knott’s three-run homer.