The Redmond High School baseball team will begin its postseason run on Saturday with a 10 a.m. matchup against Woodinville in a Kingco 4A playoff opener at Woodinville High School.

The Mustangs (12-8) have won 12 of their 13 games after an 0-7 start to the season. Redmond, the No. 2 team from the Crest Division, take on a talented Falcons’ team, which earned the No. 3 seed from the Crown Division on the strength of deep pitching.

“It was not a favorable draw for us,” said Redmond coach Dan Pudwill. “However, we are a good club who has pitched well and played solid defense. I am pleased with the way we are playing currently.”

Pudwill has yet to decide who will start on the mound for the Mustangs, but whoever pitches will need a boost from the offense, according to Pudwill.

“Our offense needs to take that next step and be productive up and down the lineup for us to push our way into the state tournament,” he said. “If we can do that and execute our small ball offensively, I like our chances.”

A Redmond win on Saturday sets up a Monday matchup at 4 p.m. at Woodinville against the winner of the Newport-Inglemoor game, which will be played at 1 p.m. on Saturday at Woodiniville. If the Mustangs lose, they fall into the consolation bracket and play the Newport-Inglemoor loser on Monday at 4 p.m. at Inglemoor.

Overlake-Bear Creek baseball loses, but still controls its own destiny

The Overlake-Bear Creek baseball team fell to Cedar Park Christian, 9-2, on Monday, but can still clinch the Emerald City League regular-season title by winning its final two games of the season.

The Growls (8-2 in league, 9-4 overall) hold a one-game lead over Cedar Park in the league standings and can win the league crown with wins Wednesday (today) against University Prep and Friday versus Bellevue Christian.

The Growls already have secured one of the two playoff spots to next week’s Tri-District tournament.

Redmond girls’ golf have banner day

The Redmond High School girls’ golf team recorded the program’s best score at Sahalee Golf Course on Tuesday during a 223-245 win against Eastlake.

Senior Keira O’Hearn shot a 38 to earn medalist honors as five other Mustangs finished with sub-50 scores. Casie Helgeson (43), Alicia Hooper (47) Makaela Hayward (47), Alison Hunt (48) and Sam Saleba (49) all contributed to the Mustangs’ bounce-back win after losing their first league match in nearly 10 years against Newport on April 26.

The six Mustang golfers now turn their attention to Kingco 4A and Sea-King District 2 tournament play May 8-9 at Willows Run Golf Course in Redmond. The top 33 from the May 8 Kingco 4A round advance to the May 9 Sea-King tournament. The top 13 from the Sea-King tournament advance to the state tournament later this month.

Overlake soccer wins again

The Overlake School boys’ soccer team ended the regular season with a 4-0 Emerald City League win against University Prep on Tuesday.

Jesse Klug continued his scoring ways with three goals and assist in the win for the Owls, who enter the upcoming Tri-District playoff tournament with a 13-0-1 record. Klug now has 28 goals on the season.

Overlake enters the Tri-District Tournament as the District 2 top seed and will have a first-round bye. The Owls’ playoff opener will be Tuesday, May 8 at Sammamish High School in Bellevue at 6 p.m. against an opponent still to be determined.

Redmond edges Inglemoor soccer

The duo of Andrew Leadbeter and Cooper Bilginer led Redmond High School soccer past Inglemoor, 2-1, in a Kingco 4A regular-season finale Tuesday at Inglemoor High.

Leadbeter and Bilginer each scored a goal and collected an assist as the Mustangs improved to 6-4 in league play and 10-5 overall.

Redmond opens the Kingco 4A playoffs on Saturday with a road matchup against Issaquah at 7 p.m. If the Mustangs win, they play the Inglemoor-Newport winner on Monday at 5:30 p.m. at Skyline High.

Eastlake downs Redmond fastpitch

Eastlake High School fastpitch took down Redmond, 6-3, in a Kingco 4A contest Tuesday at Eastlake High School.

Ashley Mitchell had three hits and two stolen bases for the Mustangs, who fell to 1-8 in league play and 5-9 overall.

Redmond’s Louise Chouinard had two hits and two RBIs and teammate Natalie Robers added two hits of her own and scored two runs.