2 Kennewick Cal Ripken teams played in World Series tournaments. Here’s how they did

The two Kennewick teams playing this week in their respective Cal Ripken World Series will not win titles.

But they’ve both shown resilience the entire time.

The Kennewick National squad went 1-3 in its pool at the Cal Ripken Majors/70-foot tournament in Branson, Mo.

After a 1-1 start, KN fell 6-4 to the host Branson team on Sunday, then lost 10-5 to Crown Point, Ind.

The Kennewick squad didn’t qualify for the championship bracket, but instead the Iron Man consolation, single-elimination bracket.

The local team opened that portion of the tournament on Wednesday with a 5-3 win over Paragould Park of Arkansas, and now will play either the same Crown Point team it played in pool play, or a team from Alberta.Meanwhile, the Kennewick Americans went 2-2 in pool play at the Cal Ripken World Series for 10-year-olds in Crown Point, Ind.

The KA squad defeated Central York, Pa., 14-5 on Sunday to raise its pool-play record to 1-1.

On Monday, the Indiana team Crown Point Red beat Kennewick 6-4, before the local squad bounced back to beat the Aussie Drop Bears from Australia by a 10-0 score.

That 2-2 record allowed Kennewick to qualify for the championship bracket, which is a single elimination format.

But undefeated South Lexington Red of Kentucky beat Kennewick 5-1 to end its season.

▪ In an earlier story this week, only one Kennewick youth baseball team photo was credited to Brittney Kluse Photography. In actuality, both photos were taken by Brittney Kluse Photography.

Tri-City Raceway

A capacity crowd at Tri-City Raceway last Saturday night witnessed Tyler Reif of Henderson, Nev., win the NAPA Auto Care 150 — an ARCA West race.

Reif leads the ARCA West season standings and has two victories this season.

With a restart with 18 laps remaining, Reid found a way to get around Sean Hingorani of Newport Beach, Calif., for the win — finishing 0.486 seconds ahead of Hingorani.

Hingorani also has two victories this season, and he sits in second place behind Reid in the season-long standings.

Nine drivers finished on the main lap, including for NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, who placed ninth.

Biffle was a crowd favorite, having been a Late Model champion in the 1990s at the West Richland track.

Biffle was amazing back in those days. He’d win almost every Friday night in Portland, then pack up his car and equipment into the trailer and drive to West Richland. And it seemed like every Saturday night, he’d win there too.

One of the most popular trends this past weekend was Fanfest, which allowed fans to meet the ARCA West drivers, take selfies with them, and get their autographs.

▪ Thanks to Spokane writer Paul Delaney, who sent me some notes regarding Tri-City Raceway’s history with the ARCA West series.

Saturday’s race was the 10th time the series has competed at the West Richland track, but only eight drivers have taken the checkered flag.

Ray Elder (1968 and 1970) and Roy Smith (1989 and 1990) won the race twice at the half-mile tri-oval. Other winners besides Reif were Jim Cook (1969), Jack McCoy (1972), Dirk Stephens (1993), and Mike Chase (1994).

Jason Jefferson, who raced out of Naches, won the 2003 event — which was the last one until Saturday night.

College signings

• Dawson Catlett, a recent College Place High School grad, has agreed to run cross country this fall for Walla Walla University.

• Walla Walla Community College softball player Regan McDaniel has signed a letter of intent to play for Corban University.

• Colman Solano, who starred for the Hermiston boys soccer team before moving on to Blue Mountain Community College, has signed a letter of intent to play men’s soccer at Warner Pacific University starting this fall.

• Nell Dodds, who was one of the top high school girl golfers in the state 1B ranks this past spring, will play women’s golf this fall for Walla Walla University. Dodds is a graduate of Walla Walla Valley Academy.

Hockey

Tri-City Americans forward Max Curran heard his named called in the fifth round of the NHL Draft in Las Vegas earlier this summer.

The Colorado Avalanche made Curran the 161st overall selection in the draft.

Curran is also the 68th Tri-City Americans player to be drafted into the NHL.

The Czechia standout spent time this summer in the Colorado NHL development camp.

• Former Tri-City Americans defenseman Justin Hamonic has signed a one-year deal with Bordeaux of the French Lihue-Magnus. Hamonic, 30, spent last season with the Odense Bulldogs in Denmark. Hamonic played for the Americans for four seasons, 2011-15.

• Tyson Greenway finished his Western Hockey League this past season by playing in 49 games (scoring 6 goals and 9 assists) for the Calgary Hitmen after being traded there by the Tri-City Americans. Greenway played 210 games with Tri-City throughout his career.After the WHL season, Greenway was signed by the Tulsa Oilers of the ECHL.

College baseball

Kamiakin grad Brady Bean played in 28 games this summer for the Medicine Hat Mavericks in the Western Canada Baseball League.

He hit .362 with 2 home runs and 6 RBIs, and as of July 31 the team has a 32-20 record.

Bean plays for the University of Portland.

Jeff Morrow is former sports editor for the Tri-City Herald.