While Kentwood’s baseball team has conquered the South Puget Sound League North division there is a battle going on between Tahoma and Kentlake for second place.

Kentwood’s winning streak continued with victories over Auburn, Thomas Jefferson, and Kent-Meridian.

On April 20 Kentwood put together a 6-2 win over Auburn, scoring two in the bottom of the second and four in the bottom of the third, pounding out eight hits.

Kade Kryzsko was 1-for-3 with a two-RBI double, Taylor Jones finished 1-for-2 at the plate, Skyler Genger went 2-for-3 while Jarrett Retz was 1-for-2 with an RBI.

Tanner Wessling made his hit count with a two-RBI double on a 1-for-2 batting performance.

D.J. Vallala hit a two-RBI double in his single plate appearance.

Michael Parrott pitched a complete game, walking one, striking out three while allowing six hits.

Kentwood followed that up the next day with a double digit win over Jefferson.

It was a 9-6 Kentwood lead after two and a half innings before a few errors and lot of hitting led to a 10-run third inning for the Conquerors, who tallied a total of 22 hits in five innings, as they cruised to the win on April 21.

On Monday Kentwood hosted Kent-Meridian.

The Conks scored nine runs on 12 hits against the Royals while Kentwood sent four different pitchers to the mound in the 9-0 victory.

Lucas Gately was 1-for-2 at the plate with a double and an RBI, Cash McGuire was 3-for-3 with a double and an RBI, Dalton Cryderman was 1-for-2 with a double and an RBI, Reese McGuire was 1-for-3 with a triple and an RBI, Wessling was 2-for-2 with an RBI and a run scored, Retz was 2-for-2 with a run scored and an RBI and Kellen Wilson was 1-for-1 with a run scored and two RBIs.

With those wins, Kentwood was 13-0 in league play, and all alone atop the SPSL North.

Tahoma was breathing down Kentwood’s neck, though, putting together a pair of wins through play on Monday.

It started with a come from behind win against Thomas Jefferson.

With two outs and John Bodenhammer on base representing the winning run for Tahoma, Tanner Anthony stepped into the batter’s box and ripped the first pitch over the center field fence, propelling his team to an 8-6 win over Thomas Jefferson on April 18.

First pitch. Fastball. All the Bears needed was the ball to go deep enough to drive Bodenhammer in.

“I was hoping the run would just score,” Anthony said. “Then it picked up again and I could tell that it was gone.”

With the win, Tahoma improved to 9-4 in South Puget Sound League North play, and it helped the Bears post-season aspirations.

“Just one game closer to the playoffs,” Anthony said. “Ultimately that’s where we want to be.”

Tahoma tied the game in the bottom of the sixth when Connor Cloyd dropped a single into center field that drove in Nate Brown, who earned the win on the mound for the Bears.

The win was also important for Tahoma after a 5-1 loss to division leader Kentwood on April 17.

Tahoma followed that up with a 3-0 victory over Kentridge on Monday.

The Bears scored all three runs in the first inning and held the Chargers scoreless despite giving up seven hits.

Sheldon Stober led Kentridge at the plate going 2-for-3 with a double while Devin Riley hit 2-for-4.

Reed Johnson was 2-for-2 for Tahoma while John Bodenhammer drove in all three runs with another longball, his sixth of the season.

Brandon Fokkema got the complete-game victory on the mound for Tahoma which improved to 10-4 in league play.

Kentlake was on a roller coaster with a win over Auburn on April 17, a loss to Kentridge the next day, a win over Mount Rainier on April 20 then a loss to Auburn Riverside on Monday.

Against Auburn on April 17 Kentlake had a two run lead after the fourth inning then tacked on two more runs in each of the last two innings on nine hits.

Dylan Wright got the win on the mound for the Falcons, striking out nine, while allowing just three hits and walking four.

Jarred Mulliken led Kentlake offensively with a 2-for-2 performance including a double and two RBIs while Morgan Jones finished with a 2-for-4 day at the plate with an RBI and three runs scored and Ryan Archibald went 1-for-3 with a triple and DJ Elmer was 1-for-4 with an RBI.

Kentlake struggled against Kentridge and while the Falcons nearly came back — they scored two runs in the top of the sixth to close the Chargers’ lead to one run — they couldn’t put together the win.

On April 20 Kentlake found its rhythm offensively and got things started early, scoring five runs in the bottom of the first, putting together an 11-5 win on nine hits.

Down 3-1 in the bottom of the fourth to Auburn Riverside on Monday, Kentlake cut the lead to one when Elmer was able to drive in Jarred Mulliken.

But that was all the Falcons could muster against the Ravens down the stretch.

Kentlake had opportunities to score in the bottom of the fifth and sixth innings but couldn’t manufacture runs.

Riverside scored three insurance runs in the top of the seventh after the first three batters hit singles and the fourth walked.

Conner Powell came in to close out the game and struck out the final two batters he faced.

Kentlake played Kentwood Tuesday and Tahoma Thursday at 7 p.m. at Kent Memorial Park.