Bulldogs show improvement in loss

North Bend may have lost on the scoreboard against visiting Douglas on Thursday, but the effort by the Bulldogs had coach Rusty Artz delighted.

“We lost 2-0, but we dominated the game,” Artz said. “We controlled the ball and we controlled the field 80 percent of the time.”

Douglas scored in the first and last minutes. In between, North Bend kept the ball on the Trojans' end of the field most of the time, but couldn't get it in the net.

“We've got to figure out striking, but I was very pleased with the outcome,” Artz said. “My girls grew by leaps and bounds today.”

North Bend built from the defensive side of the field, stopping the Trojan attack nearly the entire game.

“It was a total team effort,” Artz said. “Everybody was clicking where they needed to click. We're moving up. Today was a good builder.”

North Bend fell to 0-4 in Far West League play, while Douglas improved to 1-2-1.

Lancers edge Devils

South Umpqua pulled away from Coquille late for a 5-2 win over the host Red Devils on Thursday.

Katlyn Shaw scored in the opening minutes for the Red Devils on a breakaway off a great assist by Kathleen O'Connor, and added a goal on a penalty kick in the second half. She just missed a third goal when a shot hit the outside post.

South Umpqua got two goals by Hannah Moser. The Lancers led 3-2 before scoring twice in the final three minutes.

“We got tired,” said Coquille coach Mark Usselman. “They just ran us into the ground.”

The late goals spoiled a strong effort by Coquille's defenders and goalie Megan Meador, Usselman said.

Glide edges Sutherlin

Shelby Heidrich scored in the fifth minute for the only goal of the match as Glide beat host Sutherlin 1-0 to force a four-way tie for first place in the Far West League standings.

Glide, Sutherlin, Brookings-Harbor and South Umpqua all are 3-1 after two weeks of league play.

Bruins top UVC

Brookings-Harbor pulled away from a 1-1 halftime tie to beat visiting Umpqua Valley Christian 5-1 on Thursday.

“We played pretty well today,” said Brookings-Harbor coach Paul Angove. “I was pretty happy.”

UVC's Amy Schneider scored in the 15th minute to give the Monarchs an early lead, but Jessie Goergen answered for the Bruins. In the second half, Goergen, Emily Whaley, Brooke Blofsky and Molly Moncrief scored. Blofsky finished with four assists. Christiana Petzold assisted on her goal.

BOYS SOCCER

Far West League

Bulldogs win big

Andrea Castagnine had three goals and Taylor Evans and Alan Landrum added two each as North Bend beat host Douglas 10-2 on Thursday.

Mattias Dahlberg and Shanti Johnson also scored for the Bulldogs, who improved to 3-0 in league play. The other goal was an own goal by Douglas.

North Bend led 7-1 at the half.

Barra Brown scored both goals for Douglas. Wylie Bartlett assisted on the first and Jason Tingle on the second.

Pirates tip Bulldogs

Pacific beat visiting Sutherlin 3-0 to improve to 2-1-1 in league play.

John Swenson had the first goal and Rodrigo Caicedo scored on a penalty kick later in the first half for the Pirates.

In the second half Juan Escalante had an assist to Jarrid Doffing for the final goal.

“We played pretty well defensively,” said Pacific coach Tom Swenson.

“I got really good play from my outside midfielders,” he said, referring to Doffing, Escalante and Willie Wayryren.

Lancers win with shutout

Bobby Wilson and Jacob Grady each scored two goals and had two assists as South Umpqua beat visiting Coquille 8-0 on Thursday.

Freddy Lopez, Luis Lopez, Timmy Wilson and Keith Hammond also scored for the Lancers.

Midwestern League

Highlanders edge Pirates

Marshfield had its best effort of the season, coming up short in a 1-0 loss at North Eugene on Thursday.

“It was a good game,” said Marshfield coach Tony Preston. “We spent a lot of time on defense nad the only goal was a miscue on us. They didn't earn anything.”

North Eugene scored the only goal in the sixth minute when Drew Shidaker found the back of the net.

“Our goal right now is to keep the score down and be more defensive and wait for our opportunities on offense.

“We feel it's a big success. North Eugene is a very high-pressure team. To hold them to one goal, I was very pleased with that.”

After the contest, the team voted Tyler Leach and Gatlin Giorgis as players of the game. A North Eugene parent complimented Leach for his effort, Preston said.

“There's people recognizing the effort we're putting through,” he said. “There's a lot of heart in the kids and they're stepping up to the challenge.”

VOLLEYBALL

Douglas at Brookings-Harbor

Douglas beat host Brookings-Harbor in three games Thursday night, 25-19, 25-13, 25-22.

Alisha Shigley had 16 kills, six digs and three stuff blocks for the Trojans. Cassie Bishop added seven kills and eight digs and Katy King had four aces, four kills and seven digs. Katie Quimby had three aces and 27 assists.

For the Bruins, Stephanie Kerr had 13 kills and four blocks. Kara Miller had six kills.

“They've got a couple of hitters who are really powerful and we didn't block well enough,” said Brookings-Harbor coach Lori Cooper. “My kids started digging the ball a little better, but we've still got a way to go defensively.”

North Bend beats Sutherlin

North Bend beat host Sutherlin 25-23, 25-11, 25-17 in the battle of the Bulldogs Thursday night.

“Anytime you can play North Bend close, it's good,” said Sutherlin coach Stacey Lefevre. They're a tough team.”

Cheyanna Ohlrich had 12 kills to lead North Bend. Amy Kronsteiner added four kills and two stuff blocks. Kellie Holmstedt had four kills and 24 assists.

Amanda Hutchings had seven kills and six digs for Sutherlin. Marji Maxfield added five kills and 10 digs and Rebecca Pedersen had nine assists and four digs.

Vikings beat Lancers

Siuslaw beat host South Umpqua, 26-28, 25-17, 25-14, 24-26, 18-16 in a five-set marathon on Thursday.

“They were some close games,” said South Umpqua coach Sarah Gray. “We were a pretty good match head to head.”

Alaura Little had 14 kills and 16 digs for the Vikings. Jessica Saxon finished with 25 kills.

For the Lancers, Katie Bumgarner had 29 assists and four aces, Brittany Bice had 18 digs, and Triana Crane had 21 kills.

“We need to get that first win under our belts,” Gray said. “They're right there. They just need to know how to finish it.”

Skyline League

Cruisers win

Powers beat host Umpqua Valley Christian 25-18, 25-20, 21-25, 25-19 on Thursday to improve to 2-0 in Skyline League play.

The Cruisers used strong serving in their win over the Monarchs. Several players had at least two aces in the match.

Bilhe Marshall had five aces, eight kills and four blocks for the Cruisers. Haley Patterson had 10 assists and two kills and Nicole Bittner added five kills and two blocks.

The Cruisers trailed 14-20 in the second game before Megan McCrorey had 11 straight service points, including three aces.

“They did some good things tonight,” Powers coach Megan Shirley said. “They put together some great rallies.”