The Overlake-Bear Creek baseball team opens its postseason run Wednesday with a matchup against Charles Wright in a Class 1A Tri-District tournament opener at Marymoor Park.

If the Growls (11-4) beat Charles Wright, they will clinch one of the Tri-District’s five berths to the Class 1A state tournament.

The Growls won the Emerald City League regular-season title with a 4-3 win against Bellevue Christian last Friday at Marymoor Park.

Redmond soccer eliminated by Issaquah — again

For the second straight season, Issaquah High School eliminated Redmond from the Kingco 4A boys’ soccer playoff tournament.

The Mustangs led 1-0, but the Eagles tied it up with a penalty kick in the second half and then won in a shootout, 4-3, last Saturday at Issaquah High in a loser-out playoff contest.

Junior Andrew Leadbeater, the No. 2 goal scorer in Kingco 4A, gave the Mustangs a 1-0 lead in the 48th minute off a pass from Cooper Bilginer, but the Eagles evened the score with a penalty kick by Drew Tacher to force a penalty-kick shootout.

The Mustangs, who featured eight contributing underclassmen players, finished the season with a record of 10-6.

“We have had a really positive year in a very competitive conference,” said Redmond coach Patrick Scheibe. “We beat the top team in the league and improved as the year went on. It was very encouraging to see how the younger players developed. … We had outstanding leadership from our seniors who set a high level of excellence for the younger players to achieve. All in all, it was a great year.”

Redmond fastpitch wins third straight game

The Redmond High School fastpitch team won its third straight game with a 6-1 win against Issaquah in a Kingco 4A matchup at Issaquah High Monday.

Elaine Wang led the Mustangs with four hits, three runs scored and three stolen bases. Louise Chouinard had two hits and drove in three runs and teammate Hannah Raudebaugh had three hits and two RBIs.

Redmond improved to 3-8 in league play and 8-8 overall.