By Tim Clinton
SPORTS EDITOR

West Seattle launched out into the state Major Little League (age 11-12) baseball tournament waters by posting a 5-4 victory over Camas at the Luke Jensen complex in Vancouver on Saturday.
The District 7 champion Westsiders advanced to play Gig Harbor National Sunday, with the winner going on to play at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday against the winner between Federal Way and Ridgefield. The loser drops into a 7 p.m. Monday loser-out game against District 1 Pacific.
West Seattle is taking aim at reaching the Sunday, July 21 championship action that starts at 1 p.m. followed by the if-necessary game at 4 p.m.

9-10 softball

The District 7 age 9-10 softball representative opened its state tournament in LaCenter by taking a 6-0 loss to Gig Harbor American/National on Saturday.
That dropped them into Sunday action against District 4 with the winner surviving to play again at 6 p.m. Monday.

10-11 softball

PacWest -- the District 7 representative at the age 10-11 state softball tournament -- took a 22-0 loss to Gig Harbor American/National in its opener Saturday.
The loss dropped the team into a loser's bracket game Sunday against Mill Creek at the Everest complex in Kirkland.

The survivor lives to play a 6 p.m. Monday game.