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Rohde powers Comets past Cavers

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GRANTS PASS — Crater senior Kenzie Rohde was a one-person wrecking crew Saturday to help the Comets climb back into the thick of things in the Southern Oregon Hybrid softball race.

Rohde belted a pair of home runs as Crater cruised past Grants Pass 7-2 in the opening game of the doubleheader, then had two hits and one RBI in the nightcap as the Comets secured a 10-0 win in five innings at Grants Pass High.

"It was a breakout day for her," said Crater head coach Chris Arnold. "She really was seeing the ball well and he had a great command of the zone today."

Rohde smacked her first homer of the season in a five-run third inning in Game 1 — a three-run shot over the fence — then followed that up with a solo homer in the seventh.

Malorie Mitchell added two hits and one RBI for the Comets (5-8, 3-4 SOH) in the opener, while Aleah Stevens and Sadie Zozaya had two hits apiece for the Cavers (6-8, 2-4).

In the nightcap, Crater senior Renee Murphy struck out four in four innings and combined with Alex Sheperd on a two-hitter.

Rachel Ray added two hits and two RBIs for the Comets.

FIRST GAME

Crater 005 001 1 — 7 9 0

Grants Pass 000 020 0 — 2 7 4

Murphy, Sheperd (7) and Medina; Robinson and Merritt. W — Murphy (3-7). L — Robinson (6-3). 2B — GP: Zozaya. HR — C: Rohde 2 (2).

SECOND GAME

Crater 036 10 — 10 9 0

Grants Pass 000 00 — 0 2 4

Murphy, Estremado (5) and Britton; Robinson, Thomas (4) and Merritt. W — Murphy (4-7). L — Robinson (6-4). 2B — C: Ray, Rohde, Britton.

ROSEBURG 4-9, SOUTH MEDFORD 2-7 — Allyssa Hunt's RBI double in the ninth inning gave Roseburg the lead for good in Game 1 and Mariessa Robles' two-run homer in the eighth did the same in Game 2 as the Indians pulled out two SOH thrillers at South Medford High.

In the opener, Ricki Tacdol and Cee Cee Baker each went 2-for-4 to lead South Medford (2-9, 1-5 SOH), with Baker's RBI double in the seventh sending the game into extra innings.

For Roseburg (7-4, 4-1 SOH), Jessa Perkinson was 3-for-4 and Hunt 2-for-5 with a double.

In Game 2, Roseburg's Makinna Akers went 2-for-3 with two doubles and three RBIs and sent the game into extras with a run-scoring double in the seventh.

For South, Kylee Nunez was 3-for-3 with an RBI, Sam Owirka had a two-run double in the third and Katie Ramsay added a two-run double in the fifth.

FIRST GAME

Roseburg 010 000 102 — 4 13 1

South Medford 000 100 100 — 2 8 3

Akers and Conklin; Nunez and Ramsay. W — Akers. L — Nunez (2-6). 2B — R: Hunt; SM: Baker.

SECOND GAME

Roseburg 200 040 12 — 9 10 1

South Medford 004 021 00 — 7 8 5

Rhines, Akers (4) and Conklin. Jones, Cox (6), Newman (8) and Ramsay. W — Akers. L — Cox. 2B — R: Maley, Akers 2; SM: Owirka, Ramsay, Newman. HR — R: Robles.

Skyline Conference

MAZAMA 19-6, NORTH VALLEY 0-4 — At Klamath Falls, North Valley's Chelsea Wiley hit a two-run double in the sixth inning of Game 2 and Cami Million went 3-for-4 with one run scored, but the Knights still fell prey to Mazama in a Skyline Conference twin bill.

Kenzie Schmoll had the lone hit for North Valley (5-8, 0-3 Skyline) in the five-inning opener.

FIRST GAME

North Valley 000 00 — 0 1 3

Mazama 3(11)3 2x — 19 18 0

Mohr, Kantola (3) and Stark; Valenta, Grigsby (4) and Boullie. W — Valenta. L — Mohr (2-4). 2B — M: Grigsby, Boullie. 3B — M: Valenta.

SECOND GAME

North Valley 100 003 0 — 4 5 3

Mazama 000 420 x — 6 7 0

Million, Kantola (4) and Stark, Million (4); Wortman, Armantrout (6) and Boullie. W — Wortman. L — Million (2-3). 2B — NV: Wiley; M: Grigsby, Armantrout.

HENLEY 6-14, HIDDEN VALLEY 1-3 — At Murphy, Molly Fernlund had four hits in the second game of Henley's Skyline Conference sweep.

Taylor Hamilton had two hits in Game 1 for the Hornets (8-3, 2-0 Sky), while Shyanne Barker recorded two hits for Hidden Valley (7-6, 0-3).

FIRST GAME

Henley 002 013 0 — 6 5 0

Hidden Valley 100 000 0 — 1 6 6

Scott and Herr; Giurlani and Allen. W — Scott. L — Giurlani (6-4). 2B — H: Peters; HV: Fleming. 3B — HV: Giurlani.

SECOND GAME

Henley 402 08 — 14 14 0

Hidden Valley 020 10 — 3 4 3

Hamilton, Scott (3) and Herr; Giurlani, Copeland (5) and Allen. W — Hamilton. L — Giurlani (6-5). 2B — H: Goodell 2, Hamilton, Pace, Fernlund, Conrad; HV: Giurlani.

Nonconference

• DAYTON 7-9, ROGUE RIVER 3-2 — At Dayton, Rogue River dropped to 3-6 overall with a pair of nonconference losses to Dayton (11-4).
• BONANZA 4, PROSPECT 3 — At Prospect, sophomore pitcher Alee Pinkerton threw a four-hitter with nine strikeouts and no walks for Prospect, but the Cougars couldn't come up with the offense to match in nonconference play.

Prospect (2-4) stranded 13 baserunners.

Bonanza 100 120 0 — 4 4 3

Prospect 010 011 0 — 3 4 2

C. Pickett and Quinday; Pinkerton and Coble. W — C. Pickett. L — Pinkerton (2-3). 2B — B: McGee.