South Medford drops pair to North Eugene

April 03, 2009
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South Medford suffered a pair of hard-luck loses in windy, chilly conditions to visiting North Eugene in nonconference softball Thursday.

North Eugene outlasted the Panthers 5-2 in 10 innings in the opener, then completed the sweep with an 8-6 victory at U.S. Cellular Community Park.

Senior pitcher Dominique Newman, who went the distance for South Medford in the opener, allowed just one unearned run. Newman also tossed three shutout innings of relief in the nightcap.

The Highlanders scored three unearned runs after two were out and no one on in the 10th.

The Panthers' runs in Game 1 came on Shyanne Jones' RBI single in the first, and Jones scored in the sixth on an error.

The Panthers (3-6) squandered a chance to win the game in the bottom of the seventh when Mallory Pacdol opened with a double.

Pacdol, a junior infielder, had two hits for South in the opener.

In Game 2, the Panthers took leads of 2-0 and 3-1.

South Medford scored two runs in the first on an RBI single by Jones and run-scoring double by Hawkins. After the Highlanders scored one run in the second, South answered when Newman came home on a sacrifice fly by Tasha Equitz.

Pacdol belted a three-run homer in the fifth to cut South's deficit to 8-6.

Jones went 3-for-4, and Hawkins had two hits for the Panthers.

FIRST GAME

North Eugene 100 100 000 3 — 5 12 1

South Medford 100 001 000 0 — 2 6 2

Larson and Harvey; Newman and Equitz. W — Larson. L — Newman (1-4). 2B — SM: Pacdol; NE: Larson.

SECOND GAME

North Eugene 015 200 0 — 8 12 0

South Medford 210 030 0 — 6 9 2

Ficek and Harvey; Evans, Newman (5) and Equitz. W — Ficek. L — Evans (2-1). 2B — SM: S. Jones, Hawkins, James. 3B — NE: Ficek, DeHaven 2. HR — NE: Harvey; SM: Pacdol.

Boys Tennis

NORTH MEDFORD 7, GRANTS PASS 1 — North Medford was near-perfect in the Southwest Conference home match at District Courts.

David Tribble battled back in the third set at No. 2 singles to defeat Jordan Van Delden 6-0, 4-6, 6-1, and help North Medford sweep the singles matches.

The Black Tornado's Tanner Borg and Austin Schoenlein dominated at No. 1 doubles by sweeping Dakota Clayton and Trevor Van Delden, 6-0, 6-0. The Borg-Schoenlein tandem improved to 3-0.

SINGLES ­­— Colt Hoeptner, NM, d. Mickey Allapach, 6-1, 6-3; David Tribble, NM, d. Jordan Van Delden, 6-0, 4-6, 6-1; Nate Dines, NM, d. Conrad Schulte, 6-2, 7-5; Andrew Walkup, NM, d. Jamey Keefe, 6-4, 6-0.

DOUBLES — Tanner Borg-Austin Schoenlein, NM, d. Dakota Clayton-Trevor Van Delden, 6-0, 6-0; Guilhem Albert-Matt Doud, GP, d. Devon Grow-Michael Carbonella, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4; Pojo Von Strahl-Grant Anderson, NM, d. Ryne Burgess-James Vanhorne, 6-1, 6-3; Cory Hisey-William Leach, NM, d. Matthew Potts-Zach Kay, 6-2, 6-1.

Boys Golf

ROGUE RIVER INVITATIONAL — At Eagle Point, North Valley's Ryan Melnychuk and Troy Church tied for medalist honors, and the Knights posted the low score in the six-team event at the Eagle Point Golf Course.

Melnychuk and Church each shot 80 on the par-72 layout.

TEAM SCORES — North Valley 334, Cascade Christian 370, Lakeview 376, Rogue River 397, Hidden Valley 397, Triad 465, Chiloquin incomplete.

Local Team Results

NORTH VALLEY (334) — Ryan Melnychuk 41-39—80, G. Schwietert 41-42—83, Dylan Vandehey 46-45—91, Troy Church 43-37—80.

CASCADE CHRISTIAN (370) — Mike McNall 44-42—86, Ben Purtzer 47-48—95, Kenny McNall 46-51—97, Jo Marcu 47-45—92.

ROGUE RIVER (397) — Joey Eckert 46-44—90, Levi Watkins 52-43—95, Tyler Donahue 49-50—99. Andy Pelletier 54-59—113.

HIDDEN VALLEY (397) — Carmen Oliveri 45-47—92, Brandon Fields 50-45—95, Travis Warwick 50-49—99, Wes Maxey 53-58—111.