Central Whidbey and North Whidbey will battle for the District 11 9/10 softball championship and a trip to the state tournament at 3 p.m. Saturday, July 4, at Bakerview Park in  Mount Vernon.

Central Whidbey scored 13 runs over the final three innings to pull away from North Whidbey in a 20-10 win Friday, July 3, to set up the winner-take-all match.

North Whidbey edged Central Whidbey 11-10 in the first round of the tournament; therefore, Central Whidbey has to take down North Whidbey twice to snare the title.

In Friday’s game, Central Whidbey went up 7-1, then North Whidbey came back to tie the game with six runs in the bottom of the third inning.  Coming back is North Whidbey’s signature. The Oak Harbor team rallied for its two earlier wins in the tournament, including scoring five runs in the final inning in the opener with Central Whidbey on Tuesday.

Central Whidbey, however, made sure North Whidbey couldn’t comeback again, piling on five runs in the fourth inning and four in each of the final two innings.

Central Whidbey scored two runs in the first inning when Kaia Richmond and Mckaela Meffert walked and scored on wild pitches.

North Whidbey scored once in the bottom of the second inning when Abby Ries walked and advanced on three wild pitches.

Central Whidbey used six walks and a single by Chloe Larue to score five runs in the top of the third.

North Whidbey tied the game with six runs in its half when It blended three walks with hits by Lily McCollum, Britney Day, Emily Wilson and Emily Steinke.

From that point, Central Whidbey would dominate.

It started with five runs in the fourth. Meffert doubled,  Isabelle Wells and Abby Mulholland singled, and four teammates walked to fuel the big inning.

Three walks, another Meffert double and singles by Wells and Mckenna Somes led to four runs in the fifth inning.

In the sixth, two walks and singles by Meffert, Chanel Sterna and Somes produced four more runs.

North Whidbey scored once in the fourth on base hits by Steinke, Ries and McCollum.

A single by Rallye Chambers and three walks created two runs for North Whidbey in the fifth.

Meffert led all batters with three hits. Wells, Sterna and Somes each had two for Central Whidbey.

Steinke, McCollum and Chambers singled twice for North Whidbey.

Central Whidbey was aided by 21 walks.