North Medford edges past Crater

April 08, 2009
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Crater's Brittany Reeves and North Medford's Taylor Schmidt hooked up in a pitcher's duel Tuesday.

But North Medford came out on top against the visiting Comets, 3-1, in nonconference softball at the Black Tornado field.

Schmidt allowed three hits and struck out six, while Reeves gave up four hits and also fanned six.

The Black Tornado (7-1) bunched three hits together in the third inning to score two runs. Jenna Stevens opened with a single, went to second on a passed ball and scored on a single up the middle by McKenna Storey, who went to second on a throw home.

Storey moved to third on a ground out and scored on a squeeze bunt single by Amanda Wolfe.

In the fifth, North added another run. With two outs, Taylor Schmidt got hit by a pitch. Courtesy runner Amanda Freitas stole second and came around to score on two passed balls.

Crater (2-8) got it's lone run in the seventh when Kayla Hopkinson tripled to left-center field, then scored on a ground out by Renee Murphy.

Crater 000 000 1 — 1 3 1

North Medford 002 010 x — 3 4 0

Reeves and Haga; Schmidt and Wolfe. W — Schmidt (7-1). L — Reeves. 3B — C: Hopkinson; NM: Storey.

ROSEBURG 10-10, WEST SALEM 5-3 — At Roseburg, Roseburg took insurmountable early leads in both ends of a doubleheader to sweep West Salem.

FIRST GAME

West Salem 000 001 3 — 5 7 2

Roseburg 003 350 x — 10 11 2

Barr, Hedrick (5) and Popinga; Duarte, Conn (7) and Jarrett. W — Duarte (2-3). L — Barr. 2B — WS: Charnetzki; R: Collins, Anderson, Duarte. HR — R: Kinne.

SECOND GAME

West Salem 000 003 0 — 3 10 2

Roseburg 303 310 x — 10 14 2

Hedrick, Barr (4) and Popinga; Conn, Duarte (6) and Jarrett, T. Van Volkenburg (5). W — Conn (2-0). L — Hedrick. 2B — WS: Castro; R: Collins, Fummerton, Anderson, Osborn. 3B — R: Conn.

Sunset League

CASCADE CHRISTIAN 13, BANDON 8 — At Bandon, Haley Casebier's triple in the first inning plated three Challengers and Cascade Christian never looked back in the win.

Nikki Jones went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and Leah Weakley had five strikeouts in four innings for the Challengers (6-3, 2-0 Sunset).

Cascade Christian 630 013 0 — 13 12 1

Bandon 410 201 0 — 8 8 2

Weakley, Gomez (4) and J. Martinez; Garrett and B. Smith. W — Weakley (6-3). L — Gomez. 2B — CC: Jones, Kinney; B: T. Garrett. 3B — CC: Casebier.

ROGUE RIVER 18, MYRTLE POINT 2 — At Rogue River, Rogue River took advantage of 11 walks in a 14-run second inning and pitcher McKenzie Cates held Myrtle Point to four hits.

Ayla Gomez went 2-for-3 and had three RBIs for Rogue River (4-3, 2-0 Sunset).

Myrtle Point 010 010 — 2 4 2

Rogue River 1(14)3 000 — 18 7 2

Chutka, Hubbard (2) and Love; Cates, Segura (4) and Smith. W — Cates. L — Chutka. 2B — MP: Grimm.

District 4

ST. MARY'S 5, BONANZA 0 — St. Mary's Allison Hass pitched a one-hitter with 11 strikeouts to shut out visiting Bonanza at St. Mary's High.

The only hit off Hass was a single by Katherine Valadao in the third. Hass struck out the next batter to retire the side.

Risa Pipper went 3-for-4 with one RBI for the Crusaders (2-2, 2-2 Dist. 4), and Rebecca Eccleston went 2-for-3 with two RBIs.

Bonanza 000 000 0 —0 1 1

St Mary's 200 004 x — 6 5 0

Cole and Hopper; Hass and Shammel. W — Hass (2-2). L — Cole. 2B — SM: Pipper.

CHILOQUIN 13, BUTTE FALLS 8 — At Butte Falls, Butte Falls (4-2, 2-2 Dist. 4) gave up six runs in the fifth inning in the District 4 setback.

Chiloquin grabbed the lead in the fifth on a double by Hailey Bragg and a triple by Jade Martinez.

Chiloquin 001 360 3 — 13 11 4

Butte Falls 003 400 1 — 8 4 3

J. Martinez and S. Martinez; Stephens, Driskell (5) and Givens. W — J. Martinez L — Stephens (2-2) 2B — C: Bragg, J.Martinez. 3B — C: J.Martinez, Knight.