Medalist Powers paces Tornado

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CRESWELL — Sunshine Powers was head-and-shoulders above the rest of the field in Monday's Southwest Conference District Tournament, and the North Medford girls golf team was the beneficiary.

The junior carded a 5-over-par 77 and the balanced Black Tornado easily captured the victory at Emerald Valley Golf Club.

Powers' hot start made her the only player to shoot in the 70s. She had two birdies on the front, one was a chip-in from a few feet off the green. She shot a 1-under 35 on the front nine before taking a 6-over 42 on the back.

Her closest competitors were teammates Abby Mann and Abby Perkins — both of whom shot 88.

The Black Tornado scored a 346 as a team, 38 strokes better than runner-up Sheldon.

Katelyn Galante rounded out North Medford's scoring with a 93, the sixth-best score of the day.

NORTH MEDFORD (346) — Sunshine Powers 35-42—77, Abby Mann 45-43—88, Abby Perkins 46-42—88, Katelyn Galante 48-45—93.

SHELDON (384) — Samatha Powell 46-44—90, Kellie Reeves 47-50—97, Lizzie Gray 53-45—98, Emma Mitchem 49-50—99.

ROSEBURG (391) — Carissa Doyle 47-44—91, Halie Caylor 47-49—96, Molly Roy 47-49—96, Breanna Barraza 53-55—108.

SOUTH EUGENE (403) — Lindsey Warne 49-49—98, Alana Blackwell 51-48—99, Rosella Chapman 48-54—102, Paige Bunting 55-49—104.

GRANTS PASS (406) — Cassie DeRocher 50-46—96, Kaleigh Hull 50-47—97, Shaney Creverling 53-51—104, Cori DeForrest 58-51—109.

SWC Boys Golf

SOUTH MEDFORD PLACES SECOND — Brandon Bol lead South Medford with a 7-over 79 to help the Panthers finish second at the Southwest Conference District Tournament at Rogue Valley Country Club.

Also for the Panthers, who shot 337, Malcolm McGeary carded an 84 and James Sherbourne shot 85.

South Eugene won the event with a team score of 330. Sulman Raza shot a 79 for the Axemen.

Cody Stoffel was medalist, shooting a 3-over 75 for Grants Pass.

Hamilton Baehr led North Medford with an 81.

SOUTH EUGENE (330) — Sulman Raza 40-39—79, Gus Klingman 39-41—80, Tommy Fruin 44-41—85, Cole Weinhold 41-45—86.

SOUTH MEDFORD (337) — Brandon Bol 36-43—79, Malcolm McGeary 41-43—84, James Sherbourne 43-42—85, Matt Spivey 49-40—89.

SHELDON (346) — Tyler Bevans 39-41—80, Jeff Toreson 43-41—84, Nate Krause 47-41—88, Danny Olson 46-48—94.

GRANTS PASS (348) — Cody Stoffel 39-36—75, Jake Amble 43-44—87, Colin Fuller 44-43—87, Chris Hockert 48-51—99 and Matt Nottingham 51-48—99.

ROSEBURG (369) — Levi Chappell 50-40—90, Garrick Knowles 47-43—90, Brad Seehawer 45-48—93, Evan Wimberly 49-47—96.

NORTH MEDFORD (370) — Hamilton Baehr 38-43—81, Cody Stover 48-46—94, Chris McFall 49-46—95, Jordan Wyatt 49-51—100.

MCNARY (378) — Grant Kessel 43-46—89, Dylan Norby 49-44—93, Chris Turner 46-51—97, J.J. Baisch 47-52—99.

Nonconference Baseball

NORTH MEDFORD 12, COTTAGE GROVE 1 — At Cottage Grove, Hayden Wolfe allowed just three hits and his bid for a no-hitter lasted 51/3 innings to key North Medford.

Wolfe allowed one unearned run in the first inning to go with 10 strikeouts and one walk.

Brady Shipley hit a two-run home run in the third inning for the Black Tornado (9-1).

Chris Bradshaw went 3-for-5 while Shipley, Jordan Ellis and Cody James each collected two hits for North.

North Medford 222 210 3 — 12 2 4

Cottage Grove 100 000 0 — 1 3 6

Wolfe, Allbright (7) and Sowers; Dosthoff, Nowak (5) and Plowright. W — Wolfe (2-0). L — Dosthoff. 2B — NM: Sowers, James; CG: Bloom. 3B — NM: Bradshaw. HR — NM: Shipley.

CRATER 8, HOOVER (CALIF.) 7 — At Fresno, Calif., ninth-ranked Crater used a seventh-inning double down the right-field line by Derek Cartwright to stun Hoover of Fresno, Calif., in the opening game of the 40th annual Easter Baseball Classic.

Crater (7-2) trailed 7-2 but used a five-run fifth inning to tie the game, highlighted by a two-run double by Christian Massey.

Kos Ray drew a two-out walk in the bottom of the seventh and scored from first on Cartwright's hit.

Bryce Crawford was 3-for-4 and Massey 2-for-4 for Crater, which plays Woodside High of California at 1 p.m. today and then nearby Lemoore High at 4 in the 30-team tournament.

Hoover (Calif.) 401 110 0 — 7 9 3

Crater 100 150 1 — 8 9 2

Tiunen, Travis McNiff (6) and Contino; Bighouse, Herndon (5), Sanford (7) and Fahndrich, Kathol (4). W — Sanford (1-0). L — McNiff. 2B — H: Vieira; C: Fahndrich, Cartwright, Massey.

HIDDEN VALLEY 10-16, SUTHERLIN 0-0 — At Grants Pass, Clint Sager homered in each game and Hidden Valley limited Sutherlin to a combined three hits in the twin bill.

FIRST GAME

Sutherlin 000 000 — 0 2 0

Hidden Valley 104 401 — 10 12 0

Fields, Miller (5) and Mercer; M. Suthann, Armanino (5) and Sager. W — M. Suthann. L — Fields. 2B — HV: Albertson. 3B — SU: Jaukkuei. HR — HV: Hayden, Sager, Bars.

SECOND GAME

Sutherlin 000 00 — 0 1 2

Hidden Valley (10)30 3x —16 13 0

Rogers, McCabe (2) and Jaukkuei; Hayden, Bars (4) and Sager, Schmidt (4). W — Hayden. L — Rogers. 2B —HV: M. Suthann, Hayden. HR — HV: Sager.

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