By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

South Highline National beat Bellevue by an 11-9 score Sunday to earn its way into Tuesday's state Little League Intermediate baseball tournament winners bracket final.

National will take on Snohomish at 5:30 p.m. at the Underwood complex in Normandy Park, where it is hosting the entire tournament.

The provisional championship of the all-star tournament is scheduled for the same time Thursday for the winner with the if-necessary game penciled in for the same time Friday. The losers bracket final is at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday for the loser between Snohomish and National.

Sunday's game was the first of the tournament for National, which was the team to receive a first round bye in the seven team tournament.
National is managed by Todd Kephart, who is assisted by coaches Nathan Cooke and Josh Quijano.

Players are Owen Brunt, Dillon Charles, Ethan Cooke, Zackaraya Cunningham, Tyler Kephart, Nate Meyer, Ryan Pennington, Tony Perovich, Preston Quijano, Jabari Ramos and Justin Stetson.

PacWest Seniors also win

Playing up an age group did not slow down the PacWest Senior Little League baseball all-star team as it defeated District 1 by a 13-4 score to open the Big League baseball all-star state tournament in Shoreline on Sunday.

The group of 14 and 15 year olds from Burien and SeaTac are playing in a tournament for ages 16-18.

The team is set to play District 8 in a winners bracket semifinal at 4 p.m. Monday, with the winner going to the winners bracket final at 7 p.m. Tuesday.

The loser falls into a 4 p.m. Tuesday game.

All of the action is taking place at Shorewood High School.

Major softball team falls

PacWest's Major Little League girls softball all-star team also opened state play Sunday but took a 30-1 loss to Mill Creek at Ferris High School in Spokane.

PacWest falls into a 6 p.m. Monday losers bracket game at Medical Lake