Napavine Tigers Politely Inform Rest Of 2B Baseball That The Trophy Is Coming Home

Local Sports | May 31, 2026

NAPAVINE, WA — Napavine Tigers capped off a season for the ages Saturday by doing what every small-town baseball team dreams of doing: winning the whole dang thing and making an entire community suddenly remember it had plans to be emotionally invested in high school baseball. Napavine beat No. 1 seed Tri-Cities Prep 10–5 in the 2B state championship game, bringing home the Tigers’ first baseball state title in school history.

The Tigers finished the season 24–2, which in normal human terms means they spent nearly the entire year treating opposing teams like minor inconveniences on the way to destiny. Tri-Cities Prep came in with a strong 25–3 record of its own, but Napavine apparently looked at that and said, “That’s cute,” before putting up double digits on the state’s biggest stage.

Napavine’s state tournament run wasn’t exactly a casual stroll, either. The Tigers opened with a tight 5–4 win over Jenkins/Chewelah, hammered Colfax 13–3, survived a 6–5 semifinal battle against Toutle Lake, and then finished the job with the championship win over Tri-Cities Prep. In other words, they showed they could win close, win big, win under pressure, and win when everybody in town was refreshing scores like their thumbs were training for state too.

For a school and community like Napavine, this kind of championship means more than just a trophy in a case. It means packed stands, proud parents, younger kids wearing Tigers gear with a little extra swagger, and old-timers at the store suddenly becoming experts on batting approach, pitch counts, and why “these boys just wanted it more.” And honestly, after a 24-win season and a state title, they’ve earned every bit of that hometown glory.

So congratulations to the Napavine Tigers on a historic season, a gutsy championship run, and the program’s first-ever baseball state championship. The 2026 Tigers didn’t just win a title — they gave Napavine another reason to puff its chest out a little, smile a little bigger, and remind the rest of Washington 2B baseball that Lewis County showed up with bats, gloves, and absolutely no intention of leaving Selah empty-handed.

[Image credit to The Chronicle]