Chieftains win Sunset opener

April 04, 2009
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ROGUE RIVER — Rogue River successfully opened its initial Sunset League baseball campaign Friday.

The Chieftains used some timely hitting and a four-hit pitching performance from Christian Reyes to post a 10-5 victory over Reedsport.

In the second game, which was played as a nonleague game, Rogue River defeated the Braves, 11-4.

Reyes struck out six and didn't walk a batter in the opener. The five runs scored by the Braves were all unearned.

The Chieftains (6-5, 1-0 Sunset) broke the game open with six runs in the fourth inning. A two-run single by Brendan Schoner and Craig Lee's RBI double were the key hits in the rally.

Rogue River added two more runs in the fifth on Schoner's double, an RBI single by Kelly White and a run-scoring single by Tom Cermak.

Schoner's two hits and two RBIs sparked the attack.

In Game 2, Darren Taylor had two doubles, a sacrifice fly and four RBIs to pace the Chieftain offense.

Jon Garcia's solo home run capped an eight-run fourth inning.

Cermak and Reyes had two hits apiece in the nightcap.

FIRST GAME

Reedsport 100 002 2 — 5 4 1

Rogue River 011 620 x — 10 8 4

Clardy, Christofferson (4), Leach (5) and Chudy; Reyes and Garwood. W — Reyes (2-2). L — Clardy. 2B — RR: Schoner, Lee. 3B — R: Capps.

SECOND GAME

Reedsport 102 000 1 — 4 4 2

Rogue River 201 800 x — 11 8 1

Huffman, Leach (4) and Clardy; Taylor, Garwood (6) and Garcia. W — Taylor (1-1). L — Huffman. 2B — R: Palmer; RR: Schoner, Taylor 2. HR — Garcia (2).

CASCADE CHRISTIAN 14, COQUILLE 1, 5 inn. — At White City, senior pitcher Ryan Pech tallied 10 strikeouts in five innings as Cascade Christian rolled to the Sunset League win at the V.A. Domiciliary.

Ryder West went 3-for-4 with a double that scored two of the Challengers' nine runs in the third inning.

Colton Cochran was 2-for-3 with two RBIs for Cascade Christian (4-3, 1-0 Sunset), while Josh Artale also had two RBIs.

Coquille 001 00 — 1 2 3

Cascade Christian 009 5x — 14 9 1

Bingford and Heston; Pech and Spence. W ­ — Pech (3-0). L — Bingford. 2B — CC: Banks, West. 3B — C: Daniels.

Nonconference Baseball

ROSEBURG 3, TUALATIN 2 — At Roseburg, Roseburg answered a solo home run in the second inning by Tualatin's Symonds Brian with a pair of runs in the third and then managed the game-winning run on an RBI single by Cameron Newell in the fifth.

Roseburg (5-2), answered with two runs in the third and an RBI single from Cameron Newell in the bottom of the fifth drove in the go-ahead run for the Indians

Brandon Jackson allowed one earned run on six hits with three strikeouts for Roseburg (5-2), which managed only four hits against Tualatin (7-2).

Tualatin 010 010 0 — 2 6 1

Roseburg 002 010 x — 3 4 1

Brian, Snyder (5) and Grill; Jackson and Ampi. W — Jackson (3-0). L — Snyder. HR — T: Brian.

Sunset League Softball

CASCADE CHRISTIAN 13, COQUILLE 0, 5 inn. — Leah Weakley tossed a two-hit shutout with two strikeouts in the Sunset League win at U.S. Cellular Community Park.

Amanda Kinney and Nikki Jones each had three RBIs for Cascade Christian (5-3).

Jazmin Gomez closed on the mound for the Challengers, striking out the side in the top of the fifth to seal the victory.

Coquille 000 00 — 0 2 4

Cascade Christian 252 4x — 13 9 0

Richardson and Forbes; Weakley, Gomez (4) and Martinez. W — Weakley (5-3). L — Richardson. 2B — CC: Johnson, Gomez, Teterud. 3B — CC: Jones.

ROGUE RIVER 4-15, REEDSPORT 2-2 — At Rogue River, McKenzie Cates allowed one earned run on three hits with 14 strikeouts in the opening-game win for Rogue River.

Ayla Gomez led a Chieftain rally in the bottom of the fifth inning with an RBI single to give Rogue River (4-5, 1-0 Sunset) the lead for good in the opener.

In Game 2, which was contested as a nonleague affair, Rogue River pounded out 14 hits to rout Reedsport in five innings.

FIRST GAME

Reedsport 010 100 0 — 2 3 2

Rogue River 001 030 x — 4 7 2

Cates and Smith; Nunn and Hitchcock. W — Cates (3-2). L — Nunn. 2B — RR: Smith. 3B — RR: Rabitoy.

SECOND GAME

Reedsport 000 02 — 2 2 1

Rogue River 304 71 — 15 14 1

SWC Girls Tennis

NORTH MEDFORD 4, GRANTS PASS 4 — At Grants Pass, North Medford had a strong showing in doubles, winning three of four matches, in its Southwest Conference opener.


The Black Tornado No. 2 doubles team of freshman Lydia Kimball and sophomore Kami Goodson rallied from a slow start. The North pair trailed 5-2 in the first set to Karlee Albertson and Jacque Cox, but won 11 straight games to post a straight-set victory.

SINGLES — Kelsey Frey, GP, d. Sierra Severson, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4; Kendra Ribiero, NM, forfeit; Miranda Cruz, GP, d. Camille Kimball, 6-1, 6-0; Vicky Zhu, GP, d. Mary Von Strahl, 5-7, 6-4 (7-3).

DOUBLES — Emily Fuller-Alyssia Thornburg, GP, forfeit; Lydia Kimball-Kami Goodson, NM, d. Karlee Albertson-Jacque Cox, 7-5, 6-0; Kate Folsom-Jessica Reid, NM, d. Catherine Smith-Mikayla Morgan, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2; Cathy Khoshabeh-Liz Perry, NM, d. Ivory Wheeler-Katie Soares, 6-4, 6-3.