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Maurer's near no-hitter guides Black Tornado

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EUGENE — So early into the season, North Medford star pitcher Matt Maurer isn't in top form just yet.

But he could have fooled preseason foe Churchill on Wednesday.

Maurer threw a no-hitter through 42/3 innings before having it spoiled with one out left as the Black Tornado rolled to a 10-0 win at Churchill High School.

The game lasted just five innings because of the 10-run mercy rule.

Maurer had 10 strikeouts but walked six. His only surrendered hit was an infield shot from Churchill's Chris Birch.

In an attempt to preserve Maurer's no-hit bid, third baseman Mark Cokenour dove at Birch's hit, but in part because of wet conditions, the ball squirted from his glove and dribbled to outfielder Brady Shipley.

Maurer forced the ensuing batter to ground out for the final out.

Colin Sowers hit two doubles, the second was a two-out, one-hopper into the left center-field fence, which allowed Chris Bradshaw to score North's 10th run.

Sowers went 2-for-3 and drove in two with Bradshaw going 4-for-4 and scoring three times.

Cody James added a two-run single for the Black Tornado (7-1), which doesn't open Southwest Conference play until April 14.

North Medford 322 21 — 10 11 1

Churchill 000 00 — 0 1 1

Maurer and Sowers; Larson, Rhuedani (3), Weyers (5) and Deedon. W — Maurer (3-0). L — Larson. 2B — NM: Sowers 2.

EAGLE POINT 9, HIDDEN VALLEY 1 — At Eagle Point, Wade McCready threw a no-hitter and Timmy Zomerdyk was 3-for-3 with four RBIs for Eagle Point (2-4).

McCready, now 2-0, had three strikeouts and walked three. He gave up an unearned run in the seventh after walking the leadoff batter.

Garrett Davis was 2-for-3 with two steals and a run scored for the Eagles. He also made two diving catches in center field to keep Hidden Valley hitless.

Hidden Valley 000 000 1 — 1 0 1

Eagle Point 005 130 x — 9 7 4

Dellenbaum, R. Albertson (3), Armanino (6) and Sager; McCready and Hodgkins. W — McCready (2-0). L — Dellenbaum. 2B — EP: T. Zomerdyk.

BROOKINGS-HARBOR 12, ILLINOIS VALLEY 11 — At Brookings, Illinois Valley led 11-8 heading into the bottom of the seventh inning but Brookings-Harbor rallied for four runs to deny the Cougars on Tuesday.

Cory Glasgow had two hits and two RBIs for Illinois Valley (2-2), which also received two RBIs from Curtis Paulsen and Tobin Mikels and three hits by Antonio Escalante. Jack Anderson added two hits.

Illinois Valley 202 140 2 — 11 18 3

Brookings-Harbor 020 051 4 — 12 11 4

Biggs, Anderson (5), Escalante (5) and Kendall; Carper and Drafahl. W — P. Carper. L — Escalante (0-1). 2B — IV: Anderson, Carlton; B: Lathorpe. 3B — B: Bruce. HR — B: P. Carper.

ROGUE RIVER 2, BROOKINGS HARBOR 1 — At Rogue River, Craig Lee and Kelly White hit back-to-back solo home runs in the third inning to send Rogue River (4-5) to the nonconference victory.

White finished 3-for-3 and hit his home run to deep left center. That came after Lee's home run down the left-field line. It was the first home runs of the season for both players.

Tom Cermak pitched all seven innings for Rogue River, striking out four and walking just two.

Brookings Harbor 000 010 0 — 1 3 0

Rogue River 002 000 x — 2 7 1

McGrath, Nelson (3) and Drafahl; Cermak and Gearwood. W — Cermak (2-0). L — McGrath. 2B — BH: Bansemer; RR: White. HR — RR: Lee (1), White (1).

Softball

NORTH MEDFORD 7, CRATER 2 — At Central Point, Taylor Schmidt tossed a three-hitter, and North Medford eased past Crater in a nonconference game.

Schmidt also fanned eight and went 2-for-3 with an RBI. Amanda Wolfe was 3-for-4.

The Black Tornado (6-1) used five consecutive singles in the fifth inning to put up four runs.

Emily Medina hit a two-run home run for the Comets (2-3), the junior's first at the varsity level.

North Medford 100 040 2 — 7 10 1

Crater 000 020 0 — 2 3 2

Schmidt and Wolfe; Reeves and Haga. W — Schmidt (6-1). L — Reeves (2-2). 2B — NM: Wolfe, Schmidt; C: Ruvalcaba. HR — C: Medina.

ILLINOIS VALLEY 23, BROOKINGS-HARBOR 14 — At Brookings, Brittanie Brummett was 4-for-6 with three RBIs and earned the victory from the circle in helping Illinois Valley (1-3) secure its first win in two years on Tuesday.

The Cougars scored nine runs in the second inning, highlighted by two-RBI singles from Brummett and Shaneice Allen.

Brummett followed with an RBI single in a seven-run fifth inning. Music Glenn and Kayla Young added two-RBI doubles that inning.

Glenn was 2-for-4 with three RBIs and Brittney Lloyd was 2-for-4 for the Cougars while Morgan Brown was 2-for-5 with two RBIs and four runs scored.

Tammy Huntamer pitched four innings in relief and struck out five. She also scored four runs.

Illinois Valley 290 170 4 — 23 16 4

Brookings-Harbor 024 030 5 — 14 11

Brummett, Huntamer (4) and Lloyd, Allen (5); Pate, Mearley (2), Melod (5) and Carpenter. W — Brummett (1-2). L — Pate. 2B — IV: Glenn, DeGuillio, Young; BH: Mearley, Pate, Weber. 3B — BH: Cooper.

Boys Tennis

South Medford 7, Hidden Valley 1

SINGLES — Tom Mihalyo, SM, d. Talon Sherer, HV, 6-0, 6-0; Jeff Newman, SM, d. Kevin Payne, HV, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3; Sam Barr, SM, d. John Abruzzini, HV, 6-1, 7-6; Derek Burgett, SM, d. Austin Hansen, HV, 6-0, 6-0.

DOUBLES — Steve Wagy-Alex Glaser, SM, d. Lincoln Weaver-Jordan Fryer, HV, 6-3, 6-4; John Abruzzini-(HV player), HV, d. Cory Vieira-Trent Ingraham, SM, 4-6, 6-4, 10-8; Tanner Rossetto-Scott Hubbard, SM, d. Eric Pivar-Chris Hamblin, HV, 6-0, 6-1; Tyler Wells-Kevin Campbell, SM, d. Andrew Welch-Alex Lawrence, HV, 6-2, 6-0.

Ashland 6, Grants Pass 2

SINGLES — Quincy Briscoe, Ash., d. Connor Schulte, 4-6, 6-4, 10-4; Noah Kass, Ash., d. Jamey Keefe, 6-0, 6-1; Jordan Alexander, Ash., d. Dakota Clayton, 6-4, 6-4; Trevor Van Delden, GP, d. Wynn Michaels, 6-1, 6-4.

DOUBLES — Jordan Van Delden-Mickey Alapach, GP, d. Jeff Laskos-Chas Barnard, 6-2, 6-3; Nick Cross-Alex Harris, Ash., d. Matt David-Gailhen Albert, 6-0, 6-1; Min-Oh Suh-Clint Gorbett, Ash., d. Ryne Burgess-James Vanhome, 6-1, 6-2; Josh Harris-Carl Gorbett Ash., d. Zack Kay-Nathan Potts, 6-2, 6-2.