By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

West Seattle slipped past Holy Names by a 4-2 score in a Metro League girls fastpitch softball tournament semifinal Tuesday.
The Wildcats advance to the championship game Friday, taking on Ballard in 7 p.m. action at the Southwest Athletic Complex.

Holy Names, meanwhile, falls into a 5 p.m. game at the same site for third and fourth place against Roosevelt.
Ballard was a 4-0 winner over the Roughriders in Tuesday's other semifinal game.
Both of Tuesday's semifinals were played at the SWAC located across the street from Chief Sealth.
West Seattle was coming off a 15-0 victory over Garfield at the Southeast Athletic Complex near Rainier Beach on Monday.

Chief Sealth, meanwhile, is still alive for the league's ninth and final seed into next week's Sea-King District 2 tournament.

The Seahawks play a 3 p.m. game at the SEAC on Thursday, with the winner playing for the ninth spot at 7 p.m. at the same location.