Blue Aces seventh in tournament
SPOKANE, Wash. ' The South Medford Blue Aces took seventh place out of 28 teams on Sunday in the American Softball Association girls 18-under National B Tournament at Franklin Park.
The Blue Aces lost two of three games on Sunday and finished 4-2 overall.
South Medford dropped its first contest, 2-1, to Creswell, despite holding a 1-0 lead into the fifth inning.
Erica Corns doubled for the Blue Aces in the fourth inning and Megan Beugli followed with another two-bagger to put South up 1-0.
South Medford bounced back with a 7-2 victory over La Mirada, Calif.
Beugli tossed a three-hitter, striking out eight.
Jackie Chaplin, Katie Kaufman and Bethany Stousland each had two hits as South tallied 13 for the game.
The Hoisington, Kan., Heat ended the Blue Aces' tournament stay with a 4-0 victory.
Chaplin led the way with two hits in three plate appearances.
Baseball
MID-VALLEY PEPSI 10-6, SOUTHERN OREGON RIVERDOGS 9-3 ' At Philomath, Andy Bartels had six hits in two games, but the Southern Oregon RiverDogs dropped a season-ending doubleheader to Mid-Valley Pepsi.
Eric Beasly came home with the tying run in the top half of the ninth inning of Game — on a bases-loaded walk, but Mid-Valley answered in the home half with a run to secure the win.
Southern Oregon held a 5-2 lead into the seventh before Mid-Valley scored six times to forge ahead.
Steve DeClerck had three hits for Southern Oregon (37-20), while Nate Mayben, Colby Gonzales and Beasly each added two hits.
John Zumwalt had two hits in Game 2.
FIRST GAME
Southern Oregon...............500 000 121 ' 9 14 3
Mid-Valley........................000 0206 11 ' 10 15 3
Zumwalt, Foster (7) and Beasly; Mitchell and McCarthy. W ' Mitchell. L ' Foster. 2B ' MV: R. Starwalt.
SECOND GAME
Southern Oregon...................200 001 0 ' — 9 2
Mid-Valley..............................002 022 x ' 6 11 2
Mayben, Bartels (6) and Beasly; Bandegried and Hollen. W ' Bandegried. L ' Mayben. 2B ' SO: Bartels; MV: B. Starwalt, O'Berg.
Tennis
CLI TOURNAMENT ' Grants Pass' Steve Nelson outlasted Medford's Gary Woodring, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3, to win the men's 4.0 singles event in the CLI Tournament at the Southern Oregon Tennis Club.
Ruth Lopez, of Grants Pass, topped Medford's Mari Ann Chaney, 6-3, 6-0, to win the women's 3.5/4.0 singles title.
Sunday's Results
MEN
4.0 SINGLES
Finals '
Steve Nelson, Grants Pass, d. Gary Woodring, Medford, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.
4.0 DOUBLES
Semifinals '
Jeff Nash/Howard Wand, Rogue River, d. Leo Kimm/Gary Woodring, Medford, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3; Mathew Bell/Terry Deward, Grants Pass, d. Chuck Prunty/Neil White, Medford, 6-2, 6-0.
Finals '
Bell/Deward d. Nash/Wand, 7-6 (9), 1-6, 6-2.
3.5 SINGLES
Finals '
Chuck Prunty, Medford, d. Jeff DeBoer, Medford, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.
WOMEN
3.5/4.0 SINGLES
Finals '
Ruth Lopez, Grants Pass, d. Mari Ann Chaney, Medford, 6-3, 6-0.
3.5 DOUBLES
Finals '
Ginny Anderson, Central Point/Seline Pierson, Medford, d. Nancy Quincy/Mari Ann Chaney, Medford, 7-6(2), 0-6, 6-3.
3.0 SINGLES
Finals '
Linda Tooker, Medford, d. Judy Anderson, Medford, 6-0, 6-0.
3.0 DOUBLES
Finals '
Tina Karlan/Linda Tooker, Medford, d. Annette Hoeptner, Eagle Point/Marlene Riegel, Medford, 5-7, 6-2, 6-3.
JUNIOR
SINGLES
Finals '
Clinton Loomis, Medford, d. Kevin Carrigan, Medford 7-5, 6-2.
DOUBLES
Finals '
Dustin Loomis/Clinton Loomis, Medford, d. Colt Hoeptner, Eagle Point/Andrew Stone, Medford, 6-0, 6-3.
MIXED 4.0 DOUBLES
Finals '
Gary Stevenson/Martha Kieffer, Medford, d. Steve Nelson/Julie Nelson, Grants Pass, 6-2, 6-3.
MIXED 3.5 DOUBLES
Finals '
Jeff DeBoer/Yu Yang DeBoer, Medford, d. Lauren Wilson/Kevin Carrigan, Medford, 7-6(6), 2-6, 6-3.