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April 14, 2009
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EUGENE — Guided by Sunshine Powers, all five North Medford golfers landed in the top 10 at the Sheldon Invitational on Monday at Eugene Country Club.

The Black Tornado, which rounded up a score of 370, blew away the rest of the field, topping its closest competitor Sheldon by 37 strokes.

Powers tied Canby's Aaren Ziegler for medalist honors with an 11-over-par 83. Powers carded a 41 on the front nine and 42 on the back.

Katelyn Galante pitched in with a 93 with Abby Mann and Kelsey Hoffman each picking up 97s to round North's scoring.

Although her score wasn't counted in North Medford's top four scores, Abby Perkins' 99 was still good enough to break into the top individuals in the 15-team event.

TEAM SCORES — North Medford 370, Sheldon 407, Crook County 418, South Eugene 425, Roseburg 457, Marist 467, Grants Pass 464, Thurston 473, Marshfield 503, South Medford Inc., Springfield Inc., Canby Inc., Churchill Inc., Willamette Inc., North Eugene Inc.

LOCAL INDIVIDUAL SCORES

NORTH MEDFORD (370) — Sunshine Powers 41-42—83, Katelyn Galante 47-46—93, Abby Mann 46-51—97, Kelsey Hoffman 49-48—97.

SHELDON (407) — Lizzie Gray 102, Kendahl Herring 101, Emma Mitchem 98, Samantha Powell tied Kellie Reeves 106.

SOUTH EUGENE (425) — Lindsey Warne 99, Alana Blackwell 115, Rosella Chapman 101, Paige Bunting 110.

ROSEBURG (457) — Molly Roy 103, Carissa Doyle 109, Ashlynn Persing 113, Bailey LeCoure 132.

GRANTS PASS (464) — Cassie DeRocher 56-58—114, Shaney Creverling 54-58—112, Cori DeForest 62-59—121, Morgan Mahaffie 58-59—117.

SOUTH MEDFORD (INC.) — Ryann Cuthbertson 57-56—113, Sara Milhollin 64-76—140, Kelsey Jones 68-70—138.

Boys Golf

SHELDON INVITATIONAL — At Eugene, Hamilton Baehr shot 79 to lead North Medford in a field that included all the Southwest Conference teams at Eugene Country Club.

Marist's Jack Pennington and Brent Pollack and South Eugene's Sulman Raza each finished with a 73.

MARIST (302) — Jack Pennington 36-37—73, Brent Pollack 36-37—73, Joey Souza 36-41—77, Corey Owen 38-41—79 and Marcus Wymer 40-39—79.

SOUTH EUGENE (310) — Sulman Raza 36-37—73, Bobby Monaco 37-40—77, Cole Weinhold 37-42—79, Gus Klingman 40-41—81.

SHELDON (325) — Zach Caldwell 39-39—78, Nate Krause 37-42—79, Tyler Bevans 38-42—80, Danny Olson 44-44—88.

GRANTS PASS (335) — Jake Amble 41-40—81, Cody Stoffel 42-40—82, Collin Fuller 40-44—84, David Connelly 41-47—88 and Matt Nottingham 41-47—88.

ROSEBURG (353) — Brad Seehawer 44-41—85, Zack Horn 42-46—88, Evan Wimberly 41-48—89, Matt Feldkamp 44-47—91.

NORTH MEDFORD (355) — Hamilton Baehr 37-42—79, Cody Stover 41-43—84, Jordan Wyatt 48-47—95, Chris McFall 50-47—97.

SOUTH MEDFORD (355) — Brandon Bol 45-41—86, Andrew Martin 46-42—88, James Sherbourne 43-45—88, Matt Spivey 47-46—93.

SKYLINE MEET — At Klamath Falls, medalist Daniel Engel of Phoenix carded an even-par 72, but Henley won the team title with a combined total of 327 at Running Y.

TEAM SCORES — Henley 327, North Valley 329, Phoenix 343, Illinois Valley 360, Hidden Valley 382, Henley JV inc., Hidden Valley JV inc., Illinois Valley JV inc., North Valley JV inc., Phoenix JV inc.

HENLEY (327) — Kyle Dearing 41-38—79, Myron Clements 39-40—79, Nick Golden 42-42—84, Tyler Dearing 44-41—85.

NORTH VALLEY (329) — Ryan Melychuck 36-40—76, Garrett Schweitert 40-38—78, Dylan Vandehey 46-40—86, Troy Church 43-46—89.

PHOENIX (343) — Daniel Engel 37-35—72, Alex Hobson 45-39—84, Nick Galbreath 46-46—92, Travis Campoy 49-46—95.

ILLINOIS VALLEY (360) — Fred Hults 43-45—88, Todd Heiller 43-45—88, Roger Hults 48-42—90, Jesse Bethke 51-43—94.

HIDDEN VALLEY (382) — Carmen Oliveri 44-42—86, Brandon Fields 43-51—94, Travis Warwick 55-42—97, Luke Carpenter 56-49—105.

BANDON DUNES INVITATIONAL — At Bandon, St. Mary's tied with McKenzie for second at the 12-team meet.

St. Mary's Matt Gervais earned medalist honors with a 9-over-par 81, edging Creswell's Aleks Gabrio, who shot an 82.

Creswell won the team title by shooting 346. St. Mary's and McKenzie finished with 364.

TEAM SCORES — Creswell 346, McKenzie 364, St. Mary's 364, Glide 380, Santiam Christian 380, Oakridge 385, Bandon 386, Reedsport 406, Bandon (2) 407, Coquille 465, Gold Beach inc., Myrtle Point inc.

ST. MARY'S (364) — Matt Gervais 40-41—81, Alex Street 43-42—85, Mat Schulenberg 47-49—96, Ian Wayman 46-56—102.

Softball

PHOENIX 12, CASCADE CHRISTIAN 11 — At Talent, Phoenix was able to climb out of a six-run hole in the first inning and beat Cascade Christian in a nonconference contest.

The Pirates (11-3) chalked up five runs in the third inning with a two-run double by Kirstie Heath followed by a two-run single from Kelsie Bradfield.

Bradfield went 3-for-4 with four RBIs, Carlee Storey also went 3-for-4 and scored twice and Heath went 2-for-3. Brandi Johnson went 3-for-4 and drove in two runs for the Challengers.

Cascade Christian 601 200 2 — 11 10 2

Phoenix 125 310 x — 12 9 1

Weakley, Gomez (3) and J. Martinez; Smith, Stroud (1) and Heath, Smith (1). W — Stroud (9-2). L — Gomez. 2B — P: Storey, Heath, Bradfield. 3B — CC: Johnson.

Boys Tennis

Grants Pass 4, Marshfield 4

SINGLES — Mickey Allapach GP, d. Jon Massie, 6-2, 5-7, 6-2; David Stys, M, d. Dakota Clayton, 6-1, 7-5; Trevor Van Delden, GP, d. Will Moriarty, 6-1, 6-0; Matt Dowd, GP, d. Gage Pallo, 6-3, 6-3.

DOUBLES — Jamey Keefe-Jordan Van Delden, GP, d. Markus Doesl-Colby Trull, 6-1, 4-6, 6-4; James Moriaty-David Perrin, M, Guilhem Albert-Ryne Burgess, 6-0, 6-2; Taylo Silver-James Juelke, M, James Van Horne-Matthew Potts, 6-0, 3-6, 6-3; Michoe Montgomery-Andre Van Rooyen, M, Lars Lukas-Zach Kay, 6-3, 6-3.

Grants Pass 8, North Bend 0

SINGLES — Mickey Allapach, GP, d. Nathan Kahler, 6-0, 6-0; Jordan Van Delden, GP, d. Zach Reichencerger, 6-4, 7-6; Trevor Van Delden, GP, d. Adam Escoto, 6-2, 6-2; Guilhem Albert, GP, d. Jordan Escoto, 6-2, 7-5.

DOUBLES — Jamey Keefe-Dakota Clayton, GP, d. Jeremy Dubisar-Randal Graham, 6-2, 6-2; Ryne Burgess-Matt Dowd, GP, d. Isaac Logan-Jackson Stump, 6-3, 6-3; James Van Horne-Matthew Potts, GP, d. Chase Scott-Jaron Thatcher, 6-0, 7-5; Lars Lucas-Zach Kay, GP, d. Joel Bolton-Kris Karavauch, 6-2, 7-6.