Panthers come out swinging

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It may have been difficult to tell that Friday's doubleheader was the season opener for South Medford.

The Panthers (2-0) pounded out 23 hits and 23 runs to sweep a pair from Mazama, winning 9-1 and 14-3 at Harry & David Field.

Bo Walker was a combined 6-for-7 with an RBI and A.J. Palazzolo had a home run in each game for South.

Palazzolo was 2-for-3 in the opening game and his two-run home run in the second inning to left field, on the first pitch he saw, jumpstarted the Panthers' offense.

Walker was also 2-for-3 in the game with an RBI, and senior pitcher Mark Smith went five innings, allowing two hits, no runs and one walk while striking out six.

South expanded the lead with five runs in the fourth, the key hit being a two-run single to center field by catcher Mike Williamson.

Five Panthers recorded multiple hits and South managed 14 total hits in the second game. Walker led the charge by going 4-for-4, John Adamson was 2-for-4 with two RBIs, and Mike Williams and D.J. Titus both went 2-for-3.

Griff Boyd went 3-for-4 and ended the game with a three-run home run to left field in the fifth.

Boyd had five RBIs in the game. Palazzolo hit his second home run — a two-run blast to right field in the third. He had three RBIs in the contest.

Josh Camp earned the win by pitching four innings and surrendering no earned runs..

South leaves Sunday and will play seven games in a 32-team tournament in Phoenix, Ariz.

FIRST GAME

Mazama 000 000 1 — 1 4 3

South Medford 022 500 x — 9 9 1

Rookstool, Beckman (5) and Reinhard; M. Smith, Titus (6) and Williamson.

W — M. Smith (1-0). L — Rookstool. 2B — Maz: Mathis. HR — SM: Palazzolo (1)

SECOND GAME

Mazama 100 02 — 3 6 1

South Medford 043 25 — 14 14 4

Bocchi, Beckman (3), Ju. Nelson (5) and Reinhard; Camp, Mi. Britton (5) and Williamson.

W — Camp (1-0). L — Bocchi. 2B — SM: Boyd. HR — SM: Palazzolo, Boyd.

CASCADE CHRISTIAN SWEEPS COQUILLE — At White City, Cascade Christian opened Sunset League play with a 36-0 win over Coquille and followed that up with 10-2 win over Coquille in a game designated a nonleague contest at VA Dom.

Senior Jeremy Cheney tossed a one-hitter in the opener and was 3-for-3 with two doubles. Daniel Kinney (2-for-3, two doubles), Wes Litton (2-for-2, triple) and Brandon Hauser (3-for-3) each had multiple hits for the Challengers, which had 30 hits in the opener.

In Game 2 of the doubleheader, Litton recorded his first varsity win while Cheney, Hauser and Taylor Thomas had doubles for Cascade Christian.

LAKEVIEW 12, BUTTE FALLS 2 — At Prospect, Lakeview took advantage of nine Butte Falls' errors to pick up the District 5 victory.

Lakeview broke a 1-1 tie with seven runs — all with two outs — in the fourth inning. Lakeview added one run in the sixth to put the 10-run rule into effect.

Joey Knighton led Butte Falls (0-1) by going 2-for-3 with a double.

Lakeview 001 731 — 12 8 2

Butte Falls 010 010 — 2 2 9

Reed, Griffin (5) and Ferry, Kemp (5); Myers, Mercer (4) and Knighton. W — Reed. L — Myers (0-1). 2B — BF: Knighton, L: Clemons. 3B — L: Pardue.

Boys Tennis

SOUTH MEDFORD 7, HIDDEN VALLEY 1 — South Medford freshman Max Goldman rallied from a set down to beat Kameron Frey 13-11 in a super tiebreaker as the Panthers defeated the Mustangs at Fichtner-Mainwaring Park.

Goldman dropped the first set 6-2, but got a service break to open the second set and won the set 6-2 to force the tiebreaker and improve to 2-0 this season.

Matt Gardner, Tom Mihalyo and Sam Barr each won in straight sets for South Medford (1-1).

SINGLES —Max Goldman, SM, d. Kameron Frey, HV, 2-6, 6-2, 13-11. Matt Gardner, SM, d. Austin Smith, HV, 6-2, 6-2. Tom Mihalyo, SM, d. Sage Sherer, HV, 6-0, 6-0. Sam Barr, SM, d. Jordan Frey, HV, 6-1, 6-1.

DOUBLES — K. Frey-Sherer, HV, d. Dane Pearson-Jeff Newman, SM, 2-6, 6-3, 10-4. Josh Graper-Derek Bergett, SM, d. J. Frey-Lincoln Weaver, HV, 6-1, 6-0. Chris Shields-Sam Kuhlweim, SM, d. Zack Maynard-John Abruzzini, HV, 6-0, 6-2. Tanner Rossetto-Cody Diehl, SM, d. Sean Iverson-Weaver, HV, 6-1, 6-1.

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