Kris Henry
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ASHLAND — Garrett Tygerson turned in an impressive early-season performance for the Ashland Grizzlies in a nonconference baseball game against South Medford Friday.
Tygerson had a perfect day at the plate and pitched three innings of relief as the Grizzlies defeated South Medford 11-1 in six innings at North Mountain Park.
Tygerson went 3-for-3 with four RBIs and scored two runs to spark the Grizzly attack. The senior delivered a two-run single in the first inning and hit a solo home run in the fifth.
Ashland starting pitcher Charlie Sebrell blanked the Panthers with a three-inning hitless outing, striking out two and walking two.
Two of South Medford's three errors led to four unearned runs by the Grizzlies (2-0).
The Panthers (0-1) scored their only run in the fifth inning on a single by Bret Reordan and Jordan Lundgren's RBI double.
South Medford 000 010 — 1 3 3
Ashland 330 041 — 11 8 1
Rolie, McLaughlin (5) and Reordan; C. Sebrell, Tygerson (4) and L. Sebrell, Hegdahl (4). W — C. Sebrell. L — Rolie. 2B SM: Lundgren; A: L. Sebrell, Stone, Baldrica. HR: A: Tygerson.
NORTH MEDFORD 12-10, MARSHFIELD 0-0 — Mark Cokenour and Hayden Wolfe both pitched gems in a nonconference doubleheader to keep North Medford (4-0) undefeated at North Medford High.
Cokenour pitched a one-hitter in the opener and Wolfe followed by yielding just three hits in four innings of work. Both games lasted five innings because of the 10-run mercy rule.
Matt Maurer had a two-run double during the Black Tornado's eight-run second inning.
In Game 2, Bradshaw and Cody James hit back-to-back triples in the third inning. James went 2-for-3 and drove in three runs.
FIRST GAME
Marshfield 000 00 — 0 1 1
North Medford 84 0x — 12 9 0
Aurdahl, Perkins (2) Graves (4) and Van Pullun, Liddle (4); Cokenour and Sowers. W — Cokenour (1-0). L — Aurdahl. 2B — NM: Maurer, Shipley, Cokenour, Paxton. 3B — NM: Bradshaw.
SECOND GAME
Marshfield 000 00 — 0 3 4
North Medford 162 1x — 10 10 1
Van Pullun, Rowley (3) and Liddle; Wolfe, Albright (4) and Sowers. W — Wolfe (1-0). L — Van Pullun. 2B — NM: Sowers, Paxton, Hornbrook. 3B — NM: Bradshaw, James.
PHOENIX SPLITS — At Yreka, Calif., Jordan Decker had six straight strikeouts to close out Game 2 for Phoenix in a 12-1, five-inning victory over Las Plumas in the Gold Nugget Tournament.
Decker finished with eight strikeouts, no walks and no earned runs in 65 pitches.
Shortstop Justin Bohn was 3-for-4 with two runs, two stolen bases and three RBIs, while Kasy Locken was 3-for-3 with two runs, two stolen bases and two RBIs. Kyle Treadway also had two hits for Phoenix (2-1).
John Florey had two hits and drove in Phoenix's lone run in a 12-1, five-inning loss to Central Valley to open the tournament.
Phoenix 000 10 — 1 5 4
Central Valley 020 46 — 12 12 1
Kauffman, Ritchey (4), Ortiz (5) and Davis, Reynoso (4), Kauffman (4); Pitt and Rainey. W — Pitt. L — Kauffman (0-1). 2B — P: Florey; CV: Forrester 2, T. Frisbie.
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Phoenix 140 61 — 12 12 2
Las Plumas 100 00 — 1 3 4
Decker and Kauffman, Davis (5); Hedrick, Garibald (4) and Angle. W — Jordan Decker (1-0). L — Hedrick. 2B — P: Florey.
CASCADE CHRISTIAN 10, ST. MARY'S 0 — At White City, Colton Cochran pitched a four-hit shutout in the five-inning game at Memorial Field.
Cochran struck out five and also hit an RBI double.
Steven Spence went 2-for-2 with two RBIs for the Challengers (2-0).
St. Mary's 000 00 — 0 4 2
Cascade Christian 421 21 — 10 9 2
Cochran and Spence; Herrman, Brimble (4) and Hoffman. W — Cochran (1-0). L — Herrman. 2B CC: Spence, Cochran.
Softball
ASHLAND SWEEPS — At Yreka, Calif., Bella Pribyl had a combined 19 strikeouts between two games to lead the Grizzlies in the Yreka Open Tournament.
Sophomore Rose Marston went 1-for-3 with three RBIs to edge Etna 3-1 in Game 1.
Senior Amanda Good went 3-for-4 with a single, double and a home run for Ashland (2-1) in a 5-2 win over Del Norte.
Etna 000 001 0 — 1 1 2
Ashland 210 000 0 — 3 6 1
Finley and Burrone; Pribyl, Roth (6) and Santee,Lehman. W — Pribyl (1-1). L — Finley.
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Ashland 101 300 x — 5 9 1
Del Norte 001 000 1 — 2 2 2
Pribyl, Ross (7) and Santee, Leeman; Berquist, Lopez (5) and Lesina. W — Pribyl (2-1). L — Berquist. 2B — Good. HR — Good.
PHOENIX 19-12, BROOKINGS-HARBOR 1-3 — At Brookings, Phoenix swept Brookings-Harbor behind 22 combined hits in two games.
The Pirates scored 16 runs in the first two innings of Game 1. Tessa Lockett pitched a complete game and a hit a two-run single as part of a nine-run first.
Danielle Smith added a three-run double. The Pirates had seven hits and three doubles in that innings.
Chandler Tally was 3-for-4 with two RBIs, Courtney Scoggins was 2-for-4 with four runs scored and three RBIs and Danielle Smith was 2-for-3 with four RBIs.
In Game 2, Carlee Storey was 3-for-4 with four RBIs and three stolen bases, while Smith was 2-for-2 with two RBIs.
Freshman Bailey Hernandez was 2-for-2 with one RBI. Phoenix scored six runs in the sixth inning, highlighted by Storey's three-run double.
FIRST GAME
Phoenix 970 000 3 — 19 11 2
Brookings 100 000 0 — 1 4 1
Lockett and Smith. Pate, McCool (2), Freeman (2) and Gardner. W — Lockett (1-0). L — Pate (0-1). 2B — P: Scoggins, Tally, Smith, 2.
SECOND GAME
Phoenix 100 136 1 — 12 12 1
Brookings 020 001 0 — 3 5 1
Stroud and Smith. Freeman and Cone, Gardner (3). W — Stroud (3-0). L — Freeman (0-1). 2B — Storey, Smith, Scoggins.
Given the attention NFL teams received by pulling out their prominent players late in the season or not playing them at all, one wonders why that...