Washington State AAAA Baseball Championship

Third-place game

Tahoma 8, Bothell 7

Down 7-0 entering the bottom of the fifth, J.J. Thompson and Riley Tubbs ignited the comeback in the 4A consolation game with back-to-back home runs over the left-field fence.

The Bears got two more runs in the inning and chased starter Kyle McGregor, who hit the last two batters he faced.

In the four-run sixth, two errors, two walks and a two-run triple by Kyle Conwell, nephew of NFL tight end Ernie Conwell, did the damage.

"You've got to pitch and we didn't pitch," said Bothell coach Paul Moody. "You can't walk people and hit people."

Three Bothell pitchers combined for six walks and five hit batsmen in the loss.

Top-ranked Tahoma (23-3) took third place with the win after finishing fourth last year when it dropped two games at Safeco.

Tubbs said last year's seniors "gave up" in the consolation game against Kentwood and said this year's seniors were determined to win.

This was the first trip to the Final Four for Bothell and the Cougars finished 20-7.