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Powers senior takes three titles
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Powers and Pacific will send a total of six athletes to the class 1A meet in Monmouth this week, though all but one have qualified in multiple events.
Chelsea Standley won all three of her specialties for the Cruisers at the Mountain Skyline district meet Saturday at La Pine, with hand-timed marks of 12.69 in the 100 and 27.20 in the 200 and a leap of 16 feet in the long jump.
Pacific’s Wren Carter, meanwhile, was the champion in both the 1,500 and 3,000 meters for girls. Teammate Cora Wahl was second in the 3,000 to also advance to state.
Among the boys, Kyle Blanton of Powers qualified in both the high jump and javelin.
Pacific’s Reed Brady finished second in the triple jump and metthe automatic qualifying standard in the 100 meters to qualify for state in both events.
The combined Class 3A-2A-1Astate meet starts Friday at Western Oregon University.
BASEBALL
Tigers top Braves
Bandon took advantage of 14 walks by Reedsport pitchers to top the host Braves 11-2 on Saturday.
The Tigers had just two hits, but also had two batters reach base when they were hit by pitches. Reedsport also committed four errors.
Bandon pitcher Michael Bennett took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, when the Braves got two infield singles. Reedsport added a line-drive single in the seventh. Bennett finished with 11 strikeouts and three walks.
Devils edge Bobcats
Coquille beat visiting Myrtle Point 4-3 in nine innings Saturday, scoring the winning run on a bases-loaded walk.
The Red Devils tied the game in the seventh on a two-run home run by Heston Altenbach. He later scored the winning run after reaching base on a catcher’s interference.
John Binford had two hits in the winning effort.
Challengers sweep Panthers
Cascade Christian had a 12-run third inning in the first game and a 13-run first-inning in the nightcap, sweeping Gold Beach 24-8 and 15-4 in a pair of five-inning contests.
Josh Artale had a two-run double and three-run triple in the big inning of the opener and Jake Miller had four hits and five runs.
Garrett Banks went 4-for-4 in the nightcap for the Challengers. Don Swan had a triple for Gold Beach.
SOFTBALL
Panthers split on road
Gold Beach suffered its first Sunset Conference loss of the season, falling 6-3 to Cascade Christian in the second game of a Saturday doubleheader.
Molly Hockema had as many hits as the Challengers in the first game, going 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run while limiting Cascade Christian to three hits.
Amanda Kinney had a bases-loaded triple in the fifth inning to give Cascade Christian the lead and Brandi Johnson went 3-for-4 in the win.
Kourtney Moore, who started the nightcap on the mound, had two hits for the Panthers.
Gold Beach dropped to 10-1 in the season, and has a one-game lead over Glide with three games to go. The Panthers swept the two games with Glide.
Braves beat Bandon
Reedsport scored three runs in both the fifth and sixth innings to pull away from visiting Bandon for a 7-4 victory on Saturday.
Stephanie Clardy hit her fourth home run of the year for the Braves. Tonni Willis went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and Eden Huebner was 2-for-4 with two RBIs for the Braves.
Bandon out-hit Reedsport 9-7, with all the hits coming from four players. Grace Garrett went 3-for-4 and Ashley O’Grady, Brittney Smith and Tara Garrett all went 2-for-4.
The Braves, 5-6 in league, face a critical game at Cascade Christian on Tuesday. The Challengers are 7-4 in league play.
Bobcats get first win
Myrtle Point topped Coquille 15-12, the Bobcats’ first Sunset Conference win of the season.
“It was fantastic,” said Myrtle Point coach John Marquez. “The girls deserved this win and they worked hard. I’m proud of them for what they did.”
The Bobcats did their damage with two big innings late in the game, scoring seven runs in the fourth inning and six runs in the sixth.
“Being down 9-2, no one ever imagined we would win this game,” Marquez said. “Our offense finally hit the ball.”
Marquez said for once the ball bounced Myrtle Point’s way.
“Coquille did a great job, but we had a few breaks go our way with errors that they made,” he said.
Brittany Hubbard had a pair of infield singles for Myrtle Point.
Coquille won the second game of the doubleheader, which didn’t count in the league standings.
Chelsea Standley won all three of her specialties for the Cruisers at the Mountain Skyline district meet Saturday at La Pine, with hand-timed marks of 12.69 in the 100 and 27.20 in the 200 and a leap of 16 feet in the long jump.
Pacific’s Wren Carter, meanwhile, was the champion in both the 1,500 and 3,000 meters for girls. Teammate Cora Wahl was second in the 3,000 to also advance to state.
Among the boys, Kyle Blanton of Powers qualified in both the high jump and javelin.
Pacific’s Reed Brady finished second in the triple jump and metthe automatic qualifying standard in the 100 meters to qualify for state in both events.
The combined Class 3A-2A-1Astate meet starts Friday at Western Oregon University.
BASEBALL
Tigers top Braves
Bandon took advantage of 14 walks by Reedsport pitchers to top the host Braves 11-2 on Saturday.
The Tigers had just two hits, but also had two batters reach base when they were hit by pitches. Reedsport also committed four errors.
Bandon pitcher Michael Bennett took a no-hitter into the sixth inning, when the Braves got two infield singles. Reedsport added a line-drive single in the seventh. Bennett finished with 11 strikeouts and three walks.
Devils edge Bobcats
Coquille beat visiting Myrtle Point 4-3 in nine innings Saturday, scoring the winning run on a bases-loaded walk.
The Red Devils tied the game in the seventh on a two-run home run by Heston Altenbach. He later scored the winning run after reaching base on a catcher’s interference.
John Binford had two hits in the winning effort.
Challengers sweep Panthers
Cascade Christian had a 12-run third inning in the first game and a 13-run first-inning in the nightcap, sweeping Gold Beach 24-8 and 15-4 in a pair of five-inning contests.
Josh Artale had a two-run double and three-run triple in the big inning of the opener and Jake Miller had four hits and five runs.
Garrett Banks went 4-for-4 in the nightcap for the Challengers. Don Swan had a triple for Gold Beach.
SOFTBALL
Panthers split on road
Gold Beach suffered its first Sunset Conference loss of the season, falling 6-3 to Cascade Christian in the second game of a Saturday doubleheader.
Molly Hockema had as many hits as the Challengers in the first game, going 3-for-4 with two RBIs and a run while limiting Cascade Christian to three hits.
Amanda Kinney had a bases-loaded triple in the fifth inning to give Cascade Christian the lead and Brandi Johnson went 3-for-4 in the win.
Kourtney Moore, who started the nightcap on the mound, had two hits for the Panthers.
Gold Beach dropped to 10-1 in the season, and has a one-game lead over Glide with three games to go. The Panthers swept the two games with Glide.
Braves beat Bandon
Reedsport scored three runs in both the fifth and sixth innings to pull away from visiting Bandon for a 7-4 victory on Saturday.
Stephanie Clardy hit her fourth home run of the year for the Braves. Tonni Willis went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and Eden Huebner was 2-for-4 with two RBIs for the Braves.
Bandon out-hit Reedsport 9-7, with all the hits coming from four players. Grace Garrett went 3-for-4 and Ashley O’Grady, Brittney Smith and Tara Garrett all went 2-for-4.
The Braves, 5-6 in league, face a critical game at Cascade Christian on Tuesday. The Challengers are 7-4 in league play.
Bobcats get first win
Myrtle Point topped Coquille 15-12, the Bobcats’ first Sunset Conference win of the season.
“It was fantastic,” said Myrtle Point coach John Marquez. “The girls deserved this win and they worked hard. I’m proud of them for what they did.”
The Bobcats did their damage with two big innings late in the game, scoring seven runs in the fourth inning and six runs in the sixth.
“Being down 9-2, no one ever imagined we would win this game,” Marquez said. “Our offense finally hit the ball.”
Marquez said for once the ball bounced Myrtle Point’s way.
“Coquille did a great job, but we had a few breaks go our way with errors that they made,” he said.
Brittany Hubbard had a pair of infield singles for Myrtle Point.
Coquille won the second game of the doubleheader, which didn’t count in the league standings.
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