Marshfield’s Brittney Young safely slides around the tag attempt by Thurston’s Rachel Willoughby early in their game Thursday afternoon. World Photo by Lou Sennick.
One big error could prove costly in Marshfield’s hopes to reach the Class 5A softball playoffs.
An overthrown ball led to four unearned runs for Thurston in the fifth inning and gave the Colts a 4-1 victory over host Marshfield on Thursday and the tiebreaker if the teams finish even in the final standings.
“I told the girls, ‘We should have been walking out of here three outs ago with a victory and third place alone,’” Marshfield coach Floyd Montiel said. “This is the first ballgame (we lost) that we truly should have won.”
Marshfield took a 1-0 lead in the fourth inning when Jayla Tavernier was hit by a pitch and then scored on a double by Jessica Ott.
To that point, Marshfield pitcher Brittney Young had been shutting the Colts down.
But in the fifth, Young ran into trouble.
After a lead-off single, Young struck out one Thurston hitter, but the Colts loaded the bases on an error and an infield single. Alyssa Peterson hit a hard grounder to second, but Marshfield’s Chelsea Burns fired the ball home for a force out at the plate. In the crucial play of the game, Morgan McVein hit a grounder to third base that was fielded cleanly. But a throw to second for a potential third out instead went sailing into the outfield and three runs scored. Pitcher Amanda Miller added an RBI single to bring in the fourth run.
Miller, meanwhile kept the Pirates off the scoreboard the final three innings, finishing with nine strikeouts and no walks.
Miller, Chloe Alverson and Rachel Willoughby each had two hits for Thurston.
Ott and Burns had two hits for the Pirates, who got their other hit from Young in the first inning. Young finished with five strikeouts and no walks for the game.
The loss makes Marshfield’s road to the playoffs a little tougher.
The Pirates finish the second round of league play today at Willamette, and are even with Thurston at 4-5 in the standings.
Because Thurston now has won the first two games against Marshfield — including a 1-0 win in nine innings during the opening round of league play — Marshfield probably must beat the Colts and might also need another win over North Eugene in the final round of league play to lock up third place. Marshfield gets North Eugene, Willamette and Springfield at home during the final round.
“If we get the win tomorrow, it will be a nice, positive thing going into the weekend,” Montiel said.
Sunset Conference
Panthers top Braves
Gold Beach pounded out eight extra-base hits and beat visiting Reedsport 11-2 on Thursday.
Molly Hockema had a three-run home run in the third inning to give the Panthers the lead for good and also had two doubles. Miranda Hunnicutt also had two doubles among three hits for Gold Beach.
Kelsey Hamilton and Katie Walling also had doubles and Katherine Zuber hit a home run for Gold Beach.
“We hit the ball pretty well,” said Gold Beach coach Jerry Ross.
Stephanie Clardy had a two-run home run that gave the Braves a 2-1 lead in the third inning.
“Reedsport’s not bad,” Ross said. “They hit the ball well.”
Hockema picked up the victory, striking out nine and walking two while allowing seven hits.
Bobcats get win
Myrtle Point edged Bandon 4-3 in a Sunset Conference game on Thursday.
Megan Greer and Whitney Johnson both doubled in the fifth inning, with Greer scoring the winning run on Johnson’s hit.
Meanwhile, Kylee Fischer pitched a three-hitter with 10 strikeouts for the Bobcats.
“That was a good win,” said Myrtle Point coach John Marquez. “We finally played a complete game as a team, from batting to defense. Overall, I’m proud of my girls.”
Johnson had two hits for the Bobcats. Fischer had a double. Kierstin Bouska had several sparkling plays defensively at shortstop, Marquez said.
Myrtle Point was playing for the first time in 10 days.
“We’re hoping to take this win and ride it for some momentum,” Marquez said.
The Bobcats travel to Glide today.
Far West League
Bulldogs get win
North Bend earned its first league win of the season on Thursday, beating visiting Siuslaw 5-4.
“It felt really great; the girls played really hard,” said North Bend coach David Johnson. “This was the their best game yet of the season and it was nice to see that.”
North Bend’s Emalee Lincoln had five strikeouts.
Shelby Cook had two hits for the Bulldogs.
Sutherlin pounds Bruins
Sutherlin crushed Brookings-Harbor 12-2 on Thursday.
Sierra Terrel-Perez hit the first of two home runs for the Bulldogs on the initial pitch of the fifth inning. Two batters later, Destiny Cowan knocked a second ball over the fence.
Terrel-Perez went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and a triple. Amanda Hutchings was 3-for-4 with a double and four RBIs. Tessa Knight also had a double.
The Bulldogs combined for 16 hits.
Mikayla Mendenhall threw a complete game with five strikeouts.
BASEBALL
Far West League
Bulldogs alone in first
North Bend moved into sole possession of first place in Far West League standings with a 5-0 victory at Siuslaw on Thursday.
Both teams were undefeated at 6-0 prior to the game.
Bryce Weidman pitched a nearly perfect game for the Bulldogs, allowing one hit and collecting 12 strikeouts.
Breaking up the no-hitter was Siuslaw’s Kevin Warren, with a line-drive single in the top of the sixth inning.
“Bryce pitched an outstanding game,” said North Bend coach Brad Horning.
North Bend enjoyed success at bat with Alex Clark, Andrew Slack, Kale Forrester and Skyler Walton all going 2-for-4. Bruce Ohlrich and Dalton Iveans went 2-for-3 at the plate for the Bulldogs.
Forrester’s hits consisted of a double and a triple. Walton also had a double.
“We hit the ball well,” said Horning. “It was a battle of the unbeaten.”
Bruins rally
Brookings-Harbor scored four times in the seventh inning to edge Sutherlin 8-7 on Thursday.
“We committed a few crucial errors at the end,” said Sutherlin coach Steve Perkins.
Despite its loss, Sutherlin had two home runs, one from Kyle Jaukkuri and the other from Steven Jaramillo, who went 2-for-4 with two RBIs.
“We had a great opportunity to win,” Perkins said. “We should have finished it out but we didn’t.”
Tyler Parke pitched a complete game for Brookings-Harbor and also had a double in the contest.
Sunset Conference
Panthers win
Todd Martin hit a three-run home run in the fifth inning to complete Gold Beach’s 12-1 win over visiting Reedsport on Thursday.
The Panthers improved to 5-3 in Sunset Conference play heading into a big game today at Cascade Christian, which is tied for third with Myrtle Point at 4-3.
Mitch McDonald had a double and two RBIs for the Panthers. Tim Smith and Mackenzie Burdett had two hits each and Burdett scored two runs.
McDonald and Ricco Lang combined on a three-hitter for Gold Beach.
Tigers edge Bobcats
Max DeVillers tripled in the seventh inning and scored the winning run on a sacrifice fly by Jimmy Mack to give Bandon a 2-1 win over host Myrtle Point on Thursday.
The Bobcats had tied the game in the bottom of the sixth. Jason Atkins walked and scored on a double by Nic Canaday. Bandon right fielder Jordan Siemer suffered a serious arm injury diving for the ball on Canaday’s hit.
Both pitchers had strong performances. Myrtle Point’s Jake Stevens threw a three-hitter, while Bandon’s Michael Bennett allowed just five hits.
TRACK & FIELD
Small schools
Myrtle Point’s Casey Cagley and Gold Beach’s Miles Bernadett-Peters each won two events in a small-schools meet at Pacific on Thursday.
Reedsport’s boys and Myrtle Point’s girls won the team titles.
Cagley won the triple jump and high hurdles, while Bernadett-Peters took both the 1,500 and 3,000 meters. David Bonotto had one of the top individual marks by speeding to victory in the 100 meters in 11.09 seconds.
Erin Fullerton won both hurdles races and also the high jump for Myrtle Point’s girls.
Gold Beach’s Sydney Snook won the 400 and 800 meters, moving up to No. 3 in Class 3A with her time of 2 minutes, 27.7 seconds in the latter event.
Far West League
Sammie Clark set a new school record in the pole vault as North Bend’s girls won an eight-school meet at Douglas High School on Thursday.
Douglas won the boys title in the meet, which also included Sutherlin, Glide, Days Creek, New Hope Christian, Camas Valley and Umpqua Valley Christian.
Clark cleared 11 feet, 7 inches to take the pole vault and also won the 100 meters with a time of 13.26 seconds. She improved her Class 4A-leading mark in the pole vault.
Douglas had a pair of double-winners. Sarah James took the shot put and discus, while Ashley Alexander won the 200 and 400.
North Bend’s girls had 144 points, to 130 for Glide and 116 for Douglas.
The top mark among the boys was by North Bend’s Trevor Berrian, who clocked a time of 9 minutes, 2.7 seconds while running far ahead of the rest of the field in the 3,000 meters. The time ranks fourth this year in Class 4A.
Greg Mock won the 100 and 400 for Sutherlin, while Kevin Godfrey of Douglas won the high hurdles and the pole vault. In the latter event, he and North Bend’s Lane Davison both cleared 14-6, but Godfrey won based on fewer misses.
Tim Urista won the javelin and triple jump for Douglas.
Douglas finished with 157 points to 138 for North Bend, which was missing a number of its top athletes because of the school’s spring band concert.
BOYS TENNIS
Pirates sweep
Marshfield dominated host Willamette in a Midwestern League match, winning all eight contests in straight sets Thursday.
The Pirates got singles wins by Jon Massie, Zaq Jones, David Stys and Jeff Stephens, and doubles victories from the squads of Brogan Trull and Brandon Benson, Jamey Moriarty and David Perrin, Brealan Mosieur and Markus Boesl, and Josh Bott and Andre Van Rooyen.
Trull and Benson stayed perfect on the season, while Massie had a solid match overcoming Willamette’s Chase Kelley 7-5, 6-3, said Marshfield coach Paula Massie. She also credited Stys with a solid win at No. 3 singles.
Bulldogs win, tie
North Bend swept Willamette 8-0 and tied Marist 4-4 in a pair of matches at Eugene on Thursday.
Against the Wolverines, the Bulldogs won every match in straight sets. The closest match was between the No. 1 doubles teams of Michael Kahler and Evan Ames of North Bend and Cody Reets and Eric Thomas from Willamette. Kahler and Ames won 7-5, 6-4.
Other doubles winners for North Bend were Alan Landrum and Taylor Strand, Chris Cipolla and Adam Escoto, and Jeramy Dubisar and Kris Karavanich.
Singles winners were Cody Ferguson, Duy Tang, Nathan Kahler and Zach Reichenberger.
Against Marist, the Bulldogs took three of the four singles matches, with Ferguson, Kahler and Reichenberger all topping their foes.
Kahler lost his first set 4-6 but battled back 6-2 to go to the third set which would come to a tie breaker.
“Nathan Kahler’s match was great,” said North Bend coach Dustin Hood.
North Bend’s only doubles win came from the No. 4 team of Dubisar and Karavanich, who won 6-3, 6-1.
GIRLS TENNIS
Pirates win
Marshfield topped visiting Willamette 5-3 on Thursday with a clean sweep of the doubles matches.
“All of the doubles teams played well; they really held their own,” said Marshfield coach Angie Kemp.
The decisive doubles wins came from Leslie Silver and Nicole Zyta (6-2, 6-4), Chloe Danielson and Nikki Gross (6-2, 6-1), Katelyn Richmond and Amber Owen (6-4, 6-0), and sisters Malorie and Alex Crane (6-1, 6-4).
Brittney Morris earned the sole singles victory for the Pirates, beating Willamette’s Megan Murphy 6-3, 6-1.
“Brittney played her best match so far,” Kemp said.
Kemp also thought Anna Beer, who lost to Willamette’s Kaitlyn Miller, played her most aggressive match this season.
“Their were some great shots in that match,” said Kemp. “It was really fun to watch.”
Wolverines edge Bulldogs
Willamette tipped North Bend 5-3.
Andrea Tison and Kaja Gresko scored wins for the Bulldogs at No. 3 and No. 4 singles, respectively.
“Andrea Tison and Kaja Gresko played solid matches; they are both playing very consistently,” said North Bend coach Simmie Muth. “Andrea did a great job of pulling out a three-set win.”
Muth said that No. 1 and 2 singles, North Bend’s Amanda Keith and Mallory Crocker, lost very close matches.
Although North Bend’s only point scored in doubles competition came from a Willamette forfeit, Muth added that No. 2 doubles team Amanda Fowler and Camille Deming stepped it up in the second set to give Willamette a test.
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