Kangs' Baseball Season Ends with First Round Playoff Loss to Hanford

The Lake Washington High baseball team’s season ended with error-plagued first inning it could not overcome as the Kangs fell to Hanford Saturday 14-8 in the first round of the state playoffs at Richland High.

Hanford scored nine runs in the bottom of the first to take a 9-1 lead, and despite 11 hits in the game, LW could not recover and ended the season with a 14-12 record.

Zach Johnson had two hits in four at-bats with a homer run, driving in four runs. Kory Kohlwes went 2-for-3 at the plate with an RBI, while Chris Moore went 2-for-4 with an RBI.

Hanford’s Ryan Neal had three hits, including a homer, in five at-bats, driving in four runs.