Junior pitcher Sarah Thomas struck out 13 over five scoreless innings, boosting the North Medford softball team to a season-opening, nonconference victory on Thursday at North Medford High.

Thomas didn't allow a hit and walked three from the circle before being relieved in the sixth inning. She helped her cause with a run-scoring double.

“She had a phenomenal night,” said Black Tornado coach Mike Mayben. “She was hitting her spots and had good command of the zone.”

After Rylan Austin’s two-run single in the fourth inning gave the Black Tornado a 2-0 lead, Olivia Lethlean capped a six-run fifth with a two-run triple to right field. Tralene Kucera also had an RBI double to left in the frame for North Medford.

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Virtue and Armantrout; Thomas, Gonsalves (6) and Kucera. W — Thomas (1-0). L — Virtue. 2B — NM: Thomas, Kucera. 3B — NM: Lethlean.

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NORTH MEDFORD 7, NORTH EUGENE 3: At Eugene, senior Colton Westfall pitched six strong innings as North Medford opened the season with a nonconference win.

Westfall had six strikeouts and a walk. He also went 2-for-3.

Jordan Ragan was 2-for-2 and drove in three runs, and Jared Evans went 2-for-4 with two runs.

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Westfall, Ragan (6) and Wolff; Spaht, Averill (7), Pruitt (7) and Stapley. W — Westfall (1-0). L — Spaht (0-1). 2B — NM: Cowden; NE: Ahlstrom.

EAGLE POINT 13, CASCADE CHRISTIAN 6: Ryan Lorenz, Jonathan Wilson and Nick Hall each had three RBIs as Eagle Point opened things up with a six-run fourth inning at U.S. Cellular.

Lorenz had a bases-clearing triple in the fourth and scored three times, as did Nate Paige and Tanner Jostad.

Eric Higday drove in two runs and added a pair of hits for Cascade Christian (1-1). The Challengers’ Cody Coggins added two doubles while Will Weaver and Knute Thompson collected two hits.

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Shopp, Hall (5), Lorenz and Little; Higday, Martinez (4), Cochran (7) and Palmer. W — Lorenz. L — Higday (0-1). 2B — EP: Wilson; CC: Coggins 2, Thompson, Weaver. 3B — EP: Page, Lorenz.

YREKA 4, PHOENIX 1: At Yreka, Calif., Derrick Howard scattered eight hits, fanned nine and walked one to lead Yreka in the nonleague game.

Dorian Mobley went 2-for-2 and drove in Phoenix's lone run with a double in the seventh inning.

Kyle Botermans was 3-for-3 for the Pirates and stole a base.

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Hutchinson, Noles (6) and Potter; Howard and Plucker. W — Howard. L — Hutchinson (0-1). 2B — P: Mobley; Yreka: Howard 2. 3B — P: Livingston.

ASHLAND 5, GRANTS PASS 3: At Ashland, Kyle Milgram went the distance for Ashland, striking out five and walking one while allowing seven hits and two earned runs in the nonleague game.

Jett Hamik sparked a three-run rally in the sixth for the Grizzlies with an RBI double that knotted the score at 3-3.

Caleb Bell was 2-for-3 for Ashland with a run and a sacrifice fly.

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Lauffenburger, J. D’Amico (6), C. D’Amico (6) and Bjorn; Milgram and Hamik. W—Milgram. L—Lauffenburger (0-1). 2B—Ash: Sanderson, Hamik.