Hume, Brimble help Crusaders blank Chiloquin

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St. Mary's aces Paul Hume and Mike Brimble both posted shutouts and only allowed four hits combined, guiding St. Mary's past Chiloquin in two five-inning games — 16-0 and 10-0 — to open Southern Cascade League play at St. Mary's High School on Saturday.

"As freshman and sophomores, they came out and got beat up in that first season," said Crusaders coach Lonny Flora of Hume and Brimble, who were a sophomore and freshman when Flora started the program in 2006. "Now they understand that level we need to play at now that they're older."

Hume, now a senior, and one of the Crusaders' three left-handed pitchers, posted a one-hitter in five innings to go with 12 strikeouts in the opener.

"Paul's coming into mid-season form," said Flora. "His curveball, he was really locating it. You could tell he had a lot of confidence."

Hume also helped his own cause, going 2-for-3, scoring four times and stealing two bases.

Freshman Justin Southwick provided more support for Hume, driving in three runs and Austin Schrader went 2-for-2, scored three times and plated a pair.

Schrader also swiped three of the Crusaders' seven stolen bases. With just one extra-base hit, St. Mary's (5-1, 2-0 SCL) relied on small-ball strategy, getting runners into scoring position anyway it could.

In Game 2, Brimble picked up right where Hume left off.

The junior right-hander scattered three hits, fanned five and did not surrender a run in five innings of work. He also scored three runs in the game and added a pair of doubles.

FIRST GAME

Chiloquin 000 00 — 0 1 5

St. Mary's 366 1x — 16 9 0

Jackson, Sexton (2) and Lerma; Hume and King. W — Hume (3-0). L — Jackson. 2B — C: Jackson; SM: Hume.

SECOND GAME

Chiloquin 000 00 — 0 3 3

St. Mary's 311 05 — 10 10 1

Sexton and Lerma; Brimble and King. W — Brimble (1-0). L — Sexton. 2B — C: Sexton, Lerma; SM: Brimble 2, Schrader, Southwick.

BUTTE FALLS 18-13, NORTH LAKE 8-8 — At Silver Lake, Butte Falls swept the doubleheader despite committing 24 errors on the day.

In Game 1, the Loggers (3-1 Dist. 5) trailed 7-6 before erupting for 12 runs in the sixth inning.

Butte Falls got two hits each from Cody Myers, Josh Dyck and Josh Sutfin.

Dakota Gordon led the Loggers' attack in the nightcap with two hits, two RBIs and one run. David Mallory also had a pair of hits, including a two-run double in a nine-run fourth inning. Harley Casillas added two hits and scored three runs.

FIRST GAME

Butte Falls 103 20(12) 0 — 18 11 14

North Lake 300 221 0 — 8 6 12

Mercer, Gordon (6) and McGonagle, Knighton (4); McCord and Effingham. W — Mercer (1-0). L — McCord. 2B — BF: Myers; NL: Effingham, Burke, Sprague. 3B — BF: Dyck, Casillas, Mercer.

SECOND GAME

Butte Falls 020 900 2 — 13 8 10

North Lake 101 105 0 — 8 5 7

Gordon, Myers (5), Mercer (6) and Knighton; Short, Kempton (2), Effingham (5) and Effingham, Kempton (5). W — Gordon (1-0). L — Kempton. 2B — BF: Casillas, Mallory. 3B — BF: Mercer; NL: Kempton. HR — NL: Fivecoat.

Softball

BROOKINGS-HARBOR 9-3, NORTH VALLEY 1-4 — At Merlin, Shawlena Haga slammed a two-run, walk-off home run in the bottom of the seventh inning of Game 2 to help North Valley salvage a split in a doubleheader with Brookings-Harbor.

Knights pinch hitter Chelsey Million hit a lead-off triple to begin the seventh inning. One out later, Haga hit her second walk-off blast of the season — the last coming against Cascade Christian.

In the first contest, Brookings-Harbor scored five runs on seven North Valley (5-4) errors.

After North Valley's Cyndi Chase singled home Jeanna Rinehart with two outs in the first inning, the Knights offense went stagnant.

FIRST GAME

Brookings-Harbor 004 230 0 — 9 9 0

North Valley 100 000 0 — 1 4 7

Goergen and Blofsky; Haga, Conard (5) and Conard, Haga (5). W — Goergen. L — Haga (2-4). 2B — BH: Hensley. 3B — BH: McCool, Goergen; NV: Conard.

SECOND GAME

Brookings-Harbor 003 000 0 — 3 9 2

North Valley 010 001 2 — 4 4 3

Hensley and Blofsky; Conard, Aaron (4), Haga (6), Conard (4). W — Haga (3-4). L — Hensley. 3B — BH: Goergen; NV: Million. HR — NV: Haga.

SOUTH MEDFORD JV 6-6, BUTTE FALLS 1-5 — At Butte Falls, spurts of rain throughout the afternoon spelled an error-filled doubleheader between Butte Falls and South Medford junior varsity, which South swept.

In the nightcap, the Loggers (7-4) committed nine of their 12 errors over the final three innings as South rallied for five runs to pull ahead for good.

Butte Falls pitcher Aarika Stephens struck out three and allowed four hits in five innings.

Celia Evans had a two-run double in each game for the South Medford JV.

FIRST GAME

South Medford JV 103 010 1 — 6 6 4

Butte Falls 000 100 0 — 1 4 6

Evans and Equitz; Stephens, Ross (6) and Anderson. W — Evans. L — Stephens (3-1). W — Evans. 2B — SMJV: Evans.

SECOND GAME

South Medford JV 100 032 0 — 6 6 3

Butte Falls 310 100 0 — 5 3 12

Ridgeway, Evans (5) and Secor; Ross, Anderson (5), Wright (7) and Wright, Sutfin (7). W — Evans. L — Anderson. 2B — SMJV: Evans; BF: Stephens.

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