Maurer, Black Tornado breeze by Eagles

April 09, 2009
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Matt Maurer was overpowering on the mound and North Medford used a seven-run sixth inning to separate from Eagle Point for a 10-0 nonleague victory at North Medford High.

Maurer, a left-handed junior, struck out 11 with only one walk in his 79-pitch effort. His only hit allowed came in the third inning, when Eagle Point speedster Garrett Davis beat out a high chopper to second baseman Chris Bradshaw. A night before, Davis won the 100-meter dash for the Eagles' track team in 11.07 seconds.

The Black Tornado (10-1) led 3-0 until the seven-run sixth halted the game due to the 10-run mercy rule.

Mark Cokenour was 2-for-3 and Hayden Wolfe 2-for-4 with one RBI for North Medford, while Maurer had a double and drove in a run after being hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the sixth.

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North Medford 001 207 — 10 8 1

Smith, Atler (4), Tutle (6) and McCready; Maurer and Sowers. W — Maurer (4-0). L — Smith. 2B — NM: Maurer.

CLOVIS WEST 11, CRATER 1, 6 inn. — At Fresno, Calif., Christian Massey homered in the fourth inning and Derek Cartwright smacked a double to highlight Crater's final-day effort in the 40th annual Easter Baseball Classic.

The Comets (7-5) were hampered by three errors and managed four hits overall against Fresno-based Clovis West, which is ranked No. 1 in its section of the state.

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Clovis West 003 314 — 11 13 1

Kathol and Fahndrich, Ullom (5); DeLa Torre and Korethoff. W — DeLa Torre. L — Kathol (2-2). 2B — C: Cartwright; CW: Bass, Lee, Silva. HR — C: Massey (3).

Softball

GRANTS PASS 13, ASHLAND 0, 5 inn. — At Grants Pass, defending Class 6A state champion Grants Pass (6-1) scored nine runs in the fourth, and Morgan Barnes allowed just two hits in the Cavers' nonconference victory.

Barnes threw all five innings with seven strikeouts and no walks to improve to 6-1.

Tara Glover was 3-for-3 with an RBI and four runs scored. Kami Bennett, Krystin Jantzer, Jamie Gregory and Lindy Sippola were each 2-for-3. Jantzer had four RBIs while Gregory and Bennett had three RBIs apiece. Sippola had one RBI.

Piper Cantrell and Carley Santee had the only hits of the contest for Ashland (8-4).

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Grants Pass 220 9x — 13 13 1

Ross, Pribyl (4) and Lehman; Barnes and Woolf, Misfeldt (5). W — Barnes (6-1). L — Ross (1-2). 2B — GP: Bennett, Sippola. 3B — GP: Bennett, Gregory

MAZAMA 12, PHOENIX 0, 5 inn. — At Klamath Falls, Ali Edwards struck out six and allowed two hits and Melissa Jones belted a three-run homer and finished with four RBIs overall to lead Mazama to the nonleague win.

Kourtney Scoggins and Kirstin Stroud had the lone hits for Phoenix (8-3).

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Mazama 303 6x — 12 12 0

Stroud, Lockett (4) and Smith; Edwards and Garrett. W — Edwards. L — Stroud (7-2). 2B — M: Garrett, Valenta. 3B — M: Edwards. HR — M: Jones.