Dan Perone will aim for his second straight championship in men's 4.5 singles after defeating David Longmire Saturday at the seventh annual Cataract & Laser Institute Tennis Tournament at the Southern Oregon Tennis Club.

Perone downed Longmire 6-2, 6-0 to advance to the finals against Tyler Wilson, a 6-3, 6-1 winner over John Petersen, at 9 a.m. today.

Wilson, a former state semifinalist for North Medford High, was a late entry after an injury forced another competitor to pull out.

North Medford boys tennis coach Larry Fields advanced to the 3.5 singles finals with a 6-2, 6-0 win over Tom Knackstedt. Fields will face 12-year-old Matthew Pronesti, who beat Dan Graham, 6-2, 6-0, in the championship match.

Today's final round begins at 9 a.m., with doubles matches starting in the afternoon.

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Saturday's Results

MEN

4.5 Singles

Semifinals — Dan Perone d. David Longmire, 6-2, 6-0; Tyler Wilson d. John Petersen, 6-3, 6-1.

Consolation Quarterfinals — Ted Schoenlein d. Colt Hoeptner, 3-6, 6-3, 1-0; Derrick Kleener d. Sammy Rawlins, 6-3, 1-6, 1-2, 1-0.

4.0 Singles

Semifinals — Carl Jacobs d. Michael Gutman, 6-3, 6-3; Tom Lux d. Dennis Doi, 6-7, 6-3, 6-3.

Consolation Quarterfinals — Eric Danson d. Ed Moffatt, 6-3, 6-2; Austin Schoenlein d. Matt Steele, injury withdrawl.

3.5 Singles

Semifinals — Matthew Pronesti d. Dan Graham, 6-2, 6-0; Larry Fields d. Tom Knackstedt, 6-4, 6-3.

3.0 Singles

Consolation Semifinals — Bradd Berdeman d. Fred Millan, 6-2, 6-0.

4.5 Doubles

Quarterfinals — Ted Schoenlein-Austin Schoenlein d. Colt Hoeptner-Nic Millan, 6-3, 6-4.

Semifinals — Ted Schoenlein-Austin Schoenlein d. Hal Borg-David Longmire, 6-4, 7-6; Derrick Kleener-Dan Perone d. John Petersen-Sammy Rawlins, 6-3, 6-4.

4.0 Doubles

Round Robin — Marty Burns-Bill Gates d. Nic Millan-Fred Millan, 6-1, 6-1.

3.5 Doubles

Round Robin — Larry Field-Richard Rotbart d. Matt Duncan-Matt Herman, 6-1, 6-2; Fields-Rotbart d. Bradd Berdelman-Tom Knackstedt, 6-4, 7-6.

WOMEN

3.0 Singles

Consolation Final — Linda Goltz d. Louise Karon, 6-4, 6-4.

3.5 Doubles

Round Robin — Anne Duncan-Judy Mooster d. Seline Pierson-Valerie Wright, 7-5, 6-4.

3.0 Doubles

Round Robin — Galina Ivanova-Rona Pronesti d. Beth Day-Marcia LaFond, 6-1, 6-0; Ivanova-Pronesti d. Laure Steadman-Teri Story, 6-1, 6-3.

Mixed 3.5 Doubles

Quarterfinals — Shirley Hewitt-Tom Knackstedt d. Natalie Miller-Brett Swanson, 6-0, 6-2.

Semifinals — Connie Davis-Young-Neil White d. Matt Duncan-Anne Duncan, 6-2, 6-3; Shirley Hewitt-Tom Knackstedt d. Janet Rodkey-David Rodkey, 6-4, 7-5.

Mixed 4.0 Doubles

Semifinals — Robert Mengis-Laura Vaughn d. Daniel Moore-Jackie Thiebe, 6-1, 6-3; Marty Burns-Toni Edlestien d. Eric Danson-Lori Lanwiczak, 7-5, 6-1.

Friday's Results

MEN

3.0 Singles

Quarterfinals — Thomas Mihaylo d. Fred Millan, 6-3, 7-6; David Rodkey d. Jon Buckley, 6-2, 6-2.

Semifinals — John Sause d. David Rodkey, 6-3, 6-2; Mihaylo d. Bradd Berdelman, 6-3, 5-7, 1-0.

3.5 Singles

Round of 16 — Forrest Faulconer d. Dan Goltz, 6-0, 6-2.

Quarterfinals — Dan Graham d. Forrest Faulconer, 6-3, 6-2; Matthew Pronesti d. Brett Swanson, 6-2, 6-4; Tom Knackstedt d. Jeff Newman, 6-4, 6-0; Larry Fields d. Xavier Brasseur, 6-3, 6-2.

4.0 Singles

Quarterfinals — Dennis Doi d. Matt Steele, 6-2, 6-2; Carl Jacobs d. Eric Danson, 6-2, 6-3; Michael Gutman d. Ed Moffatt, 4-6, 6-0, 6-4; Tom Lux d. Austin Schoenlein, 6-7, 6-1, 6-0.

4.5 Singles

Quarterfinals — David Longmire d. Derrick Kleener, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3; Tyler Wilson d. Ted Schoenlein, 6-3, 6-3; John Petersen d. Colt Hoeptner, 6-3, 6-2; Dan Perone d. Sammy Rawlins, 7-5, 7-5.

4.0 Doubles

Round Robin — Nic Millan-Fred Millan d. Tom Hayden-Matt Steele, 6-2, 6-4.

WOMEN

3.0 Singles

Semifinals — Marcia LaFond d. Louise Karon, 6-0, 6-2; Anne Duncan d. Linda Goltz, 6-0, 6-1.

4.0 Singles

Quarterfinals — Marilyn Schreiber d. Lori Lawniczak, 6-3, 6-1.

Semifinals — Sarah Oakes d. Schreiber, 6-0, 6-0; Megan Berdelman d. Toni Edlestien, 6-2, 6-4.

3.0 Doubles

Round Robin — Laurie Steadman-Teri Story d. Beth Day-Marcia LaFond, 7-5, 6-2.

3.5 Doubles

Round Robin — Anne Duncan-Judy Mooster d. Chris Clouse-Jackie Thiebe, 6-3, 6-2.

Amateur Baseball

• S.O. RIVERDOGS 5-6, HUMBOLDT ALL-STARS 0-5 — Kevin Huntley pitched a four-hit shutout in the opener and the Southern Oregon RiverDogs rallied for the victory in the seventh inning of the nightcap at Harry and David Field.

In Game 1, the RiverDogs were propelled by a four-run outburst in the second inning to take a 5-0 lead.

With one out in the second, Corey O'Neill singled, stole second, went to third on a wild pitch and scored on Kyle Williamson's RBI double. Marcus James singled and Phil Ouellette followed with an RBI single. B.J. Holloway delivered an RBI single and Tyson Nelson plated the final run with a sacrifice fly.

Ouellette went 2-for-2 with two runs to spark the offense.

The RiverDogs squandered a 5-0 lead in the second game when Humboldt scored two runs in the sixth and three more in the seventh to tie the game.

But Ouellette tripled to open the bottom of the seventh and Tyson Nelson singled him home with the winning run.

Nelson had two hits and three RBIs in the nightcap.

Southern Oregon (11-16) will host Humboldt in a season-ending nine-inning game at noon today at Harry and David Field.

FIRSTGAME

Humboldt All-Star........................000 000 0 — 0 4 2

S.O. RiverDogs..............................140 000 x — 5 8 1

Sharp, Dusel (4) and Goodwin; Huntley and Nelson. W — Huntley (3-5). L — Sharp. 2B — SO: Williamson.

SECOND GAME

Humboldt All-Stars......................000 002 3 — 5 9 1

S.O. RiverDogs..............................100 400 1 — 6 9 1

Fisher, Moore (6) and Goodwin; James, Williamson (6) and Frederick. W — Williamson (3-4). L — Moore. 2B — H: Moore. 3B — SO: Ouellette.

Auto Racing

• SOUTHERN OREGON SPEEDWAY — At White City, Brad Alfrey held off Jon DeBenedetti to win the main event in modifieds at the Southern Oregon Speedway.

CJ Putnam took third and Skipper Klimcheck managed to finish fourth.

Rick Rapp won the super fours, while Michael Goldstrand became the fourth driver this season to win a mini stock A main.

DeBenedetti took the checkered flag in dwarf lites.

Saturday's Results

MODIFIED

A MAIN — 1, Brad Alfrey; 2, Jon DeBenedetti; 3, CJ Putnam; 4, Skipper Klimcheck; 5, Mark Wauge.

B MAIN — 1, Braedon Hand; 2, Mike Johnson; 3, Jim Thomas; 4, Dwayne Hornbaker.

TROPHY DASH — 1, Scott Lenz; 2, CJ Putnam; 3, Brian Poppa.

HEAT 1 — 1, Scott Lenz; 2, Brad Alfrey; 3, Dave Duste Jr.; 4, Kevin Putnam.

HEAT 2 — 1, Brian Poppa; 2, JJ Johnson; 3, Travis Peery; 4, Cal Lanfear Jr.

HEAT 3 — 1, CJ Putnam; 2, Justin Holt; 3, Mark Wauge; 4, Rick Zuvich.

HEAT 4 — 1, Joe Benton; 2, Skipper Klimcheck; 3, Jon DeBenedetti; 4, Larry Lundlin.

SUPER FOURS

A MAIN — 1, Rick Rapp; 2, Terry Hadley; 3, Joe Guider; 4, Krista Hadley.

TROPHY DASH — 1, Rick Rapp; 2, Joe Guider; 3, AJ Salyer; 4, Wayne DeRuyte.

HEAT 1 — 1, Wayne DeRuyte; 2, Joe Guider; 3, Vicki Macormic; 4, Steve Pierce.

HEAT 2 — 1, AJ Salyer; 2, Rick Rapp; 3, Terry Hadley; 4, Steven Thompson.

MINI STOCKS

A MAIN — 1, Michael Goldstrand; 2, Milt Carter; 3, Steve Goetz; 4, Toby Judd.

B MAIN — 1, Jeff Oldham; 2, Jerry Gage; 3, Paul Haslow; 4, Josh Deubert.

TROPHY DASH — 1, Michael Goldstrand; 2, David Marble; 3, Toby Judd; 4, Seth Brogan; 5, Steve Goetz; 6, Bob Burkett.

HEAT 1 — Michael Goldstrand; 2, Bob Burkett; 3, Dan Borror; 4, John Derby.

HEAT 2 — 1, Steve Goetz; 2, Toby Judd; 3, Michael Knudsen; 4, Jill Wilson.

HEAT 3 — 1, David Marble; 2, Seth Brogan; 3, Chuck Flynn; 4, Mike Thorson.

DWARF LITES

A MAIN — 1, Jon DeBenedetti; 2, Jeff Harsha; 3, Trevor Hukill; 4, Greg Denton; 5, Tom Palazzollo.

TROPHY DASH — 1, Jon DeBenedetti; 2, Trevor Hukill; 3, Ron Crume; 4, Jeff Harsha; 5, Brian Merrimen; 6, Greg Denton.

HEAT 1 — 1, Trevor Hukill; 2, Jeff Harsha; 3, Kelley Gutches; 4, Everett Jordan.

HEAT 2 — 1, Jon DeBenedetti; 2, Greg Denton; 3, Chadd Cardoza; 4, David Hood.

HEAT 3 — 1, Brian Merrimen; 2, Ron Crume; 3, Tom Palazzollo; 4, Steve Orton.