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Prep Recap for April 5: Red Devils, Bruins take twilight titles
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Saturday, April 05, 2008 | No comments posted.
Coquille’s girls got two wins by German exchange student Frauke Fuchs and won the Coquille Twilight track and field meet on Friday. Brookings-Harbor won the boys title.
Fuchs won the javelin with a new season-best 117-7, improving her Class 3A-leading mark. She also won the 400 meters in a time of 1 minute, 4.33 seconds.
Coquille also got a win by Katlyn Shaw in the 100 meters (13.46 seconds) and took the 4x400-meter relay.
Gold Beach freshman Sydney Snook had another big day, winning both the 800 (2:27.84) and 1,500 (5:04.03) with new bests.
Brookings-Harbor freshman Ally Manley dipped under 11 minutes in the 3,000 for the first time, winning in 10:59.23.
Kayla Hamm won both hurdles races for the Bruins and Tabby Reneman had a big season best in the discus with her winning throw of 121-5.
Coquille scored 99.5 points, while Chiloquin had 91, Glide 74 and Bandon 63.5 in the 10-school meet.
Brookings-Harbor’s boys easily won the team title with 110 points. Glide was a distant second with 77, followed by Gold Beach with 61.5 and Bandon with 54.
The Bruins swept the two relays and the three distance races with Linden Loren (800), Willie Bennett (1,500) and Steven Sanders (3,000). Brookings-Harbor’s 4x400-meter relay team posted a speedy time of 3:35.
Gold Beach’s sprint corps posted the top times of the day. David Bonotto was timed in 11.01 seconds in the 100 meters, while Nathan Moore won the 200 (23.57) and 400 (51.89).
The best mark in the field events came from Reedsport’s Ismael Osorio, who topped 50 feet for the first time while winning the shot put with an effort of 50-2.
BASEBALL
Sunset Conference
Bobcats win
Myrtle Point shut out visiting Reedsport 9-0 in a Sunset Conference baseball game on Friday.
Kyle Davis and Zack Sykes combined on a three-hitter for the Bobcats.
Sykes also had two singles and scored twice for Myrtle Point. Jake Stevens had two hits and two walks and scored three times. Davis had a two-run double, the only extra-base hit of the game.
Ryan Smith had two singles for the Braves.
“We played well,” said Myrtle Point coach John Zumwalt. “Kyle threw great. He kept the ball down and threw a lot of strikes. Our defense, for the most part, played well.
“We showed up ready to play today and we competed hard. It was a team effort all the way around.”
Glide shuts out Devils
Glide’s Jeff Jackson pitched a two-hit shutout as the Wildcats beat visiting Coquille 7-0 to stay perfect in Sunset Conference play.
Jackson had 12 strikeouts and walked just two hitters in the game. Josh Huskey had two hits, including a two-run home run in the fifth inning for the Wildcats.
Tigers fall
Cascade Christian’s Jeremy Cheney pitched a six-inning no-hitter as the Challengers pounded Bandon 10-0 on Friday.
SOFTBALL
Sunset Conference
Braves beat Bobcats
Visiting Reedsport crushed Myrtle Point 14-2 on Friday.
The Braves scored steadily throughout the game, with the heaviest inning being the sixth, when they scored seven runs.
“We hit the ball really well,” said Reedsport coach Casey Howard. “(Kylee) Fischer is a pretty good pitcher. She throws the ball pretty hard but we hit the ball pretty well.”
Reedsport had 11 hits on the game.
Hannah Smith had a triple and a double. Brianna Ekelund tripled as well while Jessica Parker added a double.
Wildcats steal victory
Glide beat visiting Coquille 10-6 to keep its league record perfect in softball.
The Wildcats scored three runs in the first and fifth innings to counteract one big inning for Coquille, which got four of its runs in the third. The Red Devils led 6-5 before Glide batted in the fifth.
Katie Meyer pitched a complete game for Glide, with nine strikeouts and no walks. But Coquille actually had more hits in the game — 12 to five. Glide stole 12 bases in the game and Meyer drove in two runs.
Mary Jo Pflaum had two hits for the Red Devils. Katy Pflaum had two runs and an RBI. Pitcher Nikki Hall also had an RBI for the Red Devils.
“It was encouraging,” said Coquille coach Randy Miles. “They’re a playoff team, but we know we can play with them now.”
Challengers rally
Cascade Christian scored a run in the seventh to beat visiting Bandon 7-6 on Friday.
Amanda Kinney drove in the winning run with a single in the bottom of the seventh.
The Tigers scored twice in the top of the inning to tie the game.
BOYS TENNIS
Pirates win
Marshfield improved to 2-0 in league with a 6-2 victory over Ashland on Friday.
The Pirates won all of the doubles matches and two of the singles matches.
Jon Massie convincingly won the No. 1 singles match for Marshfield, but Markus Boesl, normally a doubles player, was edged 7-6 and 7-5 by Ashland’s Nick Cross.
“Markus showed a lot of good, attacking net play, which, down the road, will result in a lot of wins” said Marshfield coach Paula Massie.
Senior Zaq Jones suffered the Pirates’ other loss after coming back in a three-set match only to fall short in the final set.
David Stys persevered through a marathon match to overcome Ashland’s Ed Dickey, winning the third set 6-4.
Playing No. 1 doubles for the first time, Marshfield’s Brandon Benson and Brogan Trull won their match in straight sets.
Rounding out the doubles winners for the Pirates were Jamey Moriarty and David Perrin, Josh Bott and Jeff Stephens, and Brealan Mosieur and Andre Van Rooyen, who all won three-set matches. The final two pairs both rallied after losing the first set of their matches.
“I was very proud of them,” said Massie. “Ashland was a deep team with a lot of good players.”
Fuchs won the javelin with a new season-best 117-7, improving her Class 3A-leading mark. She also won the 400 meters in a time of 1 minute, 4.33 seconds.
Coquille also got a win by Katlyn Shaw in the 100 meters (13.46 seconds) and took the 4x400-meter relay.
Gold Beach freshman Sydney Snook had another big day, winning both the 800 (2:27.84) and 1,500 (5:04.03) with new bests.
Brookings-Harbor freshman Ally Manley dipped under 11 minutes in the 3,000 for the first time, winning in 10:59.23.
Kayla Hamm won both hurdles races for the Bruins and Tabby Reneman had a big season best in the discus with her winning throw of 121-5.
Coquille scored 99.5 points, while Chiloquin had 91, Glide 74 and Bandon 63.5 in the 10-school meet.
Brookings-Harbor’s boys easily won the team title with 110 points. Glide was a distant second with 77, followed by Gold Beach with 61.5 and Bandon with 54.
The Bruins swept the two relays and the three distance races with Linden Loren (800), Willie Bennett (1,500) and Steven Sanders (3,000). Brookings-Harbor’s 4x400-meter relay team posted a speedy time of 3:35.
Gold Beach’s sprint corps posted the top times of the day. David Bonotto was timed in 11.01 seconds in the 100 meters, while Nathan Moore won the 200 (23.57) and 400 (51.89).
The best mark in the field events came from Reedsport’s Ismael Osorio, who topped 50 feet for the first time while winning the shot put with an effort of 50-2.
BASEBALL
Sunset Conference
Bobcats win
Myrtle Point shut out visiting Reedsport 9-0 in a Sunset Conference baseball game on Friday.
Kyle Davis and Zack Sykes combined on a three-hitter for the Bobcats.
Sykes also had two singles and scored twice for Myrtle Point. Jake Stevens had two hits and two walks and scored three times. Davis had a two-run double, the only extra-base hit of the game.
Ryan Smith had two singles for the Braves.
“We played well,” said Myrtle Point coach John Zumwalt. “Kyle threw great. He kept the ball down and threw a lot of strikes. Our defense, for the most part, played well.
“We showed up ready to play today and we competed hard. It was a team effort all the way around.”
Glide shuts out Devils
Glide’s Jeff Jackson pitched a two-hit shutout as the Wildcats beat visiting Coquille 7-0 to stay perfect in Sunset Conference play.
Jackson had 12 strikeouts and walked just two hitters in the game. Josh Huskey had two hits, including a two-run home run in the fifth inning for the Wildcats.
Tigers fall
Cascade Christian’s Jeremy Cheney pitched a six-inning no-hitter as the Challengers pounded Bandon 10-0 on Friday.
SOFTBALL
Sunset Conference
Braves beat Bobcats
Visiting Reedsport crushed Myrtle Point 14-2 on Friday.
The Braves scored steadily throughout the game, with the heaviest inning being the sixth, when they scored seven runs.
“We hit the ball really well,” said Reedsport coach Casey Howard. “(Kylee) Fischer is a pretty good pitcher. She throws the ball pretty hard but we hit the ball pretty well.”
Reedsport had 11 hits on the game.
Hannah Smith had a triple and a double. Brianna Ekelund tripled as well while Jessica Parker added a double.
Wildcats steal victory
Glide beat visiting Coquille 10-6 to keep its league record perfect in softball.
The Wildcats scored three runs in the first and fifth innings to counteract one big inning for Coquille, which got four of its runs in the third. The Red Devils led 6-5 before Glide batted in the fifth.
Katie Meyer pitched a complete game for Glide, with nine strikeouts and no walks. But Coquille actually had more hits in the game — 12 to five. Glide stole 12 bases in the game and Meyer drove in two runs.
Mary Jo Pflaum had two hits for the Red Devils. Katy Pflaum had two runs and an RBI. Pitcher Nikki Hall also had an RBI for the Red Devils.
“It was encouraging,” said Coquille coach Randy Miles. “They’re a playoff team, but we know we can play with them now.”
Challengers rally
Cascade Christian scored a run in the seventh to beat visiting Bandon 7-6 on Friday.
Amanda Kinney drove in the winning run with a single in the bottom of the seventh.
The Tigers scored twice in the top of the inning to tie the game.
BOYS TENNIS
Pirates win
Marshfield improved to 2-0 in league with a 6-2 victory over Ashland on Friday.
The Pirates won all of the doubles matches and two of the singles matches.
Jon Massie convincingly won the No. 1 singles match for Marshfield, but Markus Boesl, normally a doubles player, was edged 7-6 and 7-5 by Ashland’s Nick Cross.
“Markus showed a lot of good, attacking net play, which, down the road, will result in a lot of wins” said Marshfield coach Paula Massie.
Senior Zaq Jones suffered the Pirates’ other loss after coming back in a three-set match only to fall short in the final set.
David Stys persevered through a marathon match to overcome Ashland’s Ed Dickey, winning the third set 6-4.
Playing No. 1 doubles for the first time, Marshfield’s Brandon Benson and Brogan Trull won their match in straight sets.
Rounding out the doubles winners for the Pirates were Jamey Moriarty and David Perrin, Josh Bott and Jeff Stephens, and Brealan Mosieur and Andre Van Rooyen, who all won three-set matches. The final two pairs both rallied after losing the first set of their matches.
“I was very proud of them,” said Massie. “Ashland was a deep team with a lot of good players.”
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