Erin Macedo drives in a run to lock up Quilcene's district tournament victory against the Naselle Comets. Macedo drove in six runs as the Rangers secured their sixth straight state berth with a 10-0 victory. (Steven Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Erin Macedo drives in a run to lock up Quilcene's district tournament victory against the Naselle Comets. Macedo drove in six runs as the Rangers secured their sixth straight state berth with a 10-0 victory. (Steven Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

PREP SOFTBALL: Quilcene shuts out Naselle to earn sixth straight state berth

QUILCENE — Quilcene will play for another district championship this Saturday when it hosts Rainier Christian on Saturday.

The Rangers advanced to the District 2/4 title game by defeating Naselle in the semifinals 10-0 in five innings Wednesday.

The victory also secured Quilcene’s sixth straight Class 1B state playoff appearance.

The game ended with Erin Macedo’s walk-off RBI triple in the fifth inning, but that was far from the most damage the sophomore catcher did against the Comets.

Macedo also homered and doubled, and she drove in six runs.

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“I can’t say enough about Erin,” Rangers coach Mark Thompson said. “She is the best softball player in the state at our classification, and one of the best, period.”

Quilcene pitcher Bailey Kieffer wasn’t too shabby, either, surrendering only one hit, a bunt single in the first inning, and striking out eight and not allowing a walk.

“Bailey was on her game today,” Thompson said. “Zero walks is the stat I like the best.”

The Rangers followed up a scoreless first inning with a seven-run second.

Madison Coffey drove a two-run double down the left-field line, scoring Katie Bailey and Allison Jones.

Kieffer followed with a two-run single, and Megan Weller added an RBI triple.

The inning was capped by Macedo’s two-run homer.

Macedo drove in a couple of more runs in the third inning with a two-run double.

Quilcene (18-2) has cruised to easy wins in the past three district title games, beating Wishkah Valley 17-0 last year, Evergreen Lutheran 17-0 in 2014 and Muckleshoot Tribal 19-0 in 2013.

The Rangers have won 13 consecutive games.

They won both of their matchups with Rainier Christian (8-6) during SeaTac League play by scores of 16-0 and 18-7.

Saturday’s game starts at 1 p.m.

Quilcene 10, Naselle 0, 5 innings

Naselle 0 0 0 0 0 ­— 0 1 5

Quilcene 0 0 0 0 0 — 10 10 0

WP- Kieffer

Pitching Statistics

Quilcene: Kieffer 5 IP, H, 0 R, 0 BB, 8 K.

Hitting Statistics

Quilcene: M. Weller 2-4, 3B, RBI; Macedo 3-4, 2B, 3B, HR, 6 RBI; Bailey 2-3; Jones 1-3; Coffey 1-3, 2 RBI; Kieffer 1-3, 2 RBI.

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Compiled using team reports. Coaches can submit reports and statistics to sports@peninsuladailynews.com.

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