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Pitcher and clean up hitter Spencer Cumiford was a one man wrecking crew as Wilsonville beat defending state champoins North Eugene 9-2. Cumiford knocked in the first Wildcat run in the first with a single. He plated two more in the fourth with a double. That was all Wilsonville needed. Cumiford survived a potentially disastrous first inning before cruising to his victory. Andrew Moore, Shaun Boehm and Garrett Harpole all singled. Moore scored when the right fielder booted Harpoles's single. Chris Clayton singled with two outs, but Harpole was cut down on the plate on a nice relay. North was up 2-1 after one. Wilsonville evened the score in the top of the second when a Wildcat advanced to third on an errant pick off attempt at second. A soft single by the number nine hitter tied the score. Cumiford then got the Highlanders 7-8-9 hitters in order to end the second inning. Cumiford would face four batters each inning for the rest of the game. He only struck out two Highlanders, but didn't hand out any free passes until the fifth when he plunked Toby Woods to open the inning. Cumiford hit DeHaven in the sixth, but those were the only two free passes on the day for Cumiford. North stranded runners on third in the third, fourth and fifth innings.
The Highlanders looked solid on defense until the fifth., thanks in part to DeHaven taking over from Harpole in the top of the fourth with one out and getting two strike outs to strand a man on third. The tide turned in the top of the fifth after the firt two Wildcats went out. The third Wildcat struck out, but reached first. The next batter walked, setting up Cumiford's 2 rbi double for a 4-2 lead after four and a half. Wilsonville sent nine batters to plate in the top of the sixth. The Wildcat's number 6 hitter opened the inning with a sinlge and stole second. The #8 hitter knocked him in with one out. DeHaven then walked a batter and then North decided to intentionally walk the next batter to set up a double play with the bases loaded. Down just 5-2, the strategy looked like it was going to work, but mother nature took over. The next batter hit an easy chopper to third, the ball took a high but easily playable hop for a home to first double play, except the sun popped out for a tenth of a second, blinded the third baseman, and the ball fell to the earth in no man's land. Another walk and North's second error of the inning and it was 9-2. Moore had two singles for North.
The Highlanders graduate three key starters: Shaun Boehm ( to LCC), Garett Harpole (to WOU) and Kyle DeHaven (to LCC). That'll mean a major change in the infield for North next year.
Six of today's quarterfinals game starters will return; Andrew Moore, Erik Long, Chris Clayton, Joe LIndley, Corey Shuster and Toby Woods as well as Dalton Pachano, who caught today when DeHaven moved to the mound and Ryan Delaney, a MWL gold glove outfielder.
Next year is a long way away, but it looks like next year's Highlanders will be among the top two 5A MWL teams and possilby compete with the 6A schools in the fight for the MWL title next year.
Inn R ER H K W
Nielsen 6 3 3 7 4 1
Kelly 7 0 0 5 13 3
Sheldon's season was ended last night by Westview as the Wildcats made three first inning runs stand up beating the Irish 3-0. The game was moved to Jesuit's turf field due to rainy weather in the area.
In the first inning Westview's lead-off batter doubled with a fly ball that sliced away from the fielder. Phil Belding had an rbi single and eventually scored on a ground ball out. Ryan Susnow then hit a fly ball to the shortest part of the park for a home run which was to be the last of the scoring on the evening.
Carson Kelly of Westview struck out 12 and scattered five hits as Sheldon was unable to string hits together. Ryan Land had a double, and Dan, Herr, Cody Walker, Andrew Lueng and Cason Cunningham each singled in the ball game.
Brett Nielsen was outstanding for Sheldon. Nielsen gave up seven hits, struck out four and walked only one batter in the contest.
I am very proud of our players this year. Once we get in to post season play there will be only one team that ends its season smiling. We did compete very hard last night, and we faced a very good pitcher, who had a very good night. What I was most proud of is that we did not roll over after a bit of adversity in the first inning. We got tough right back.
Thanks to our Seniors again, Cason Cunningham, Daniel Herr, Andrew Leung, JJ McMahon and Cody Walker. These guys did lead the way in showing our younger players how to work hard and how to compete. I also want to thank our coaching staff for the outstanding work they did this season. Jim Fryback, Quentin Harley, Jim Rise, Tyler Martell were awesome for the Varsity this year.
Gary's notes:
Sheldon graduates key starters in Cason Cunningham, Daniel Herr, Andrew Leung and Cody Walker. The Irish return first team outfielder Ryan Land, first team utility (catcher) Dylan Lewis and HM 3B/SS Cooper Stiles. Of the two other starters today, sophomore Brett Nielsen will be counted on for major mound duty next year and Cameron Herr will be back in the infield. Several other Irish players got significant varsity playing time this year. Looking at next year, the Colts have the jump on the Irish, but the Irish are loaded with returning talent and a good summer could move the Irish ahead.
Shaun Boehm turning double play.
Drives in Moore in fifth inning
and scores run.
Moore strikes out 16, 88 mph on gun
Doubles, scores run in 5th
Andrew Moore struck out 16 Milwaukie batters as he cruised to a 5-0, 2 hit win Wednesday night to advance the Highlanders into the state quarterfinals. North will host a hot Wilsonville team Friday.
The Mustangs leadoff hitter, Zach Enriquez, ripped a single off of Moore to start the game. Moore got the next batter to fly out to right field and then it was nine strike outs in a row. The number six hitter, Andrew Marquez, earned Milwaukie's other bragging rights for the night when he singled to open the fifth, only to be doubled up by the Highlanders.
At the plate, Erik Long led off the game for the Highlander batters with a single. Moore followed with a walk. A failed double steal found Long out by ten feet at third. Shaun Boehm grounded out to third. Then a sign of things to come - lots of Mustang errors -occurred when Garret Harpole hit a sharp grounder to short, which was booted, allowing Moore to score and giving the Highlanders the only run they would need.
The eight and nine hitters came through for North in the bottom of the second with two outs. Corey Shuster hit a deep double. Toby Woods then plated him with a single.
The Highlanders failed to score in the third and fourth. But Moore opened the bottom of the fifth with a double. Boehm knocked in Moore. Kyle DeHaven then lofted a ball to right, which was dropped for the Mustangs fourth error on the day, allowing Boehm to saunter home rather than having to beat a throw to the plate.
Milwaukie, down 4-0 after five and a half, put in a reliever in the bottom of the sixth. Woods opened North's at bat by getting on via an error. He later scored on another error.
The Highlanders advance to the Quarterfinals. They host Wilsonville Friday. Wilsonville likes to hit and can play good D. They have won their last four games by scores of 14-3, 10-6, 23-4 and 14-1.
2B - B none
S Land, D Lewis
3B - B none
S Land
HR - B none
S Nielsen
RBI - B none
S D Herr 2, Nielsen, Cunningham,
Walker
Brett Nielsen goes yard against Barlow
"Ryan! Doubles and Triples? We need
some home runs next game."
Cunningham 17 k's in playoff game
Cason Cunningham struck out 17, going seven innings for the complete game shut-out win in a 7-0 victory over Barlow in the first round of the State Play-offs. Cunningham was dominant throughout and was able to totally stifle the Bruins on Sheldon's home field.
Sheldon scored in four of the six innings they hit beginning in the bottom of the first. Ryan Land led off the game with a triple and scored when Dan Herr reached on an error. After Herr was thrown out stealing, Brett Nielsen hit a towering home run over the center field fence to give Sheldon a 2-0 lead. In the third with one out, Dan Herr walked and Cooper Stiles reached on an error. Nielsen got on base with a fielders choice, giving the Irish runners at first and third. Cunningham lined a single to left, scoring Herr while on the play Nielsen scored on a throwing error, and Sheldon Led four to nothing.
With one out in the fourth, pinch hitter, Kaleb Stubbs was hit by a pitch and Land promptly double off the left field wall. Herr singled up the middle, scoring both Stubbs and Land. In the bottom of the fifth, Dylan Lewis doubled and Andrew Leung singled. Leung stole second and then Cameron Herr was walked to load the bases. Cody Walker hit a sacrifice fly to give Sheldon their seventh and final run.
Land was 2-3 with a double and a triple and Leung was also 2-3. Nielsen, Dylan Lewis, Dan Herr and Cunnigham also had hits for Sheldon.
The Irish will travel to Westview on Wednesday for a second round match-up.
Fleming & ?
Moore and DeHaven
WP Moore, LP Fleming
2B - NE -Long
S- none
RBI - NE-Boehm
S-Manning
Inn R ER H K W/HP
Fleming 6 3 1 5 10 3
Moore 7 1 1 6 13 1
Silverton pitcher has North's number
on the mound, but not on the bases.
North's Erik Long tags him out and
tags him for a double
and scores NE's third run.
Moore 13 k's, rbi in 3-1 win over Silverton
The 6-20 Silverton Foxes put a scare into the Highlanders when they took a 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth and were cruising on defense. But North Eugene mustered up just enough hits and runs to scratch out a 3-1 victory. The Highlanders advance to the round of 16. Silverton's ace, junior Trevor Fleming, who threw a lot like Churchill's Jake Lessel, was dominating the Highlanders. Fleming opened the game with a walk to Erik Long, but picked him off to start a 1-2-3 first inning. Fleming then got three of his next four outs via strike outs. After three full innings, Fleming had collected four strike outs, had a no hitter going, and North had left just one man on base. The score was tied 0-0 after 3.
Meanwhile, Andrew Moore struck out eight of the first ten batters he faced. But when Silverton woke up at the plate in the fourth inning, it looked like North might be another 5A MWL play-in casualty. Silverton took a 1-0 lead on back-to-back-to-back singles before Moore k'd the #8 hitter to end the inning.
Moore, who struck out in the first inning, opened the bottom of the fourth for North with the Highlanders trailing 1-0 and Silverton's pitcher on a roll. Moore singled and was moved to third on a Shaun Boehm single. Fleming didn't give clean-up hitter Garrett Harpole anything good to hit and walked him to load the bases with no outs. Fleming fanned Kyle DeHaven. Chris Clayton and Corey Schuster were coming to the plate, and both had struck out in their first at bats, so it looked like Fleming might wiggle out of the inning unscathed. Clayton lofted a soft fly ball to center right field for a sure sac fly and a second out. But the Silverton center and right fielders let the can of corn hit the ground and North scored two on the play. Fleming then got a strike out and grounder to end the fourth inning with North up 2-1.
Silverton's #8 batter led off the fifth by getting to take first on a cather's interfereence call. Silverton sac bunted the runner to second and a wild pitch moved the tying run to third. North doesn't fold under pressure and they didn't this time as Moore struck out the Fox's #1 hitter and got a lazy fly ball out to right.
Moore continued to take charge of the game both on the mound and at the plate in the bottom of the fifth. Moore singled in Erik Long, who had doubled. Silverton's pitcher, Fleming, led off the top of the sixth with his team down 3-1. Just like Moore, Fleming was going to carry his team, and he too singled to start a potential rally. But in a mystery play, the not so fast Fleming was thrown out by five feet trying to steal second. Naturally, the next Silverton batter singled, making the failed steal attempt even more painful. Moore then induced a double play. Fleming recorded his 10th strike out in the bottom of the sixth . He gave up five hits, four walks and three runs. Seeing North's Harpole playing pretty deep at third, Silverton's #6 hitter laid down a perfect bunt to lead off the inning. But Harpole took it bare handed on a dead run and side armed the ball to first to get the first out of the inning by a half step.. Moore then got his strike out groove back and sat down the final two batters for the win.
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Willamette 7
Ashland 20
Ashland made a statement that they intend to return to the state finals with a 20-7 win that will lock up a 1 seed in the final 16 bracket for the Grizzlies.
Ashland scored 12 in the first on two walks, a hit, six extra base hits and two errors.
Willamette was hitting the ball and collected 11 hits. But just one of them was for extra bases, a double by Ryan Concannon, in a game where the Wolverines needed a lot more than 7 runs. Concannon was 3 for 3, Scot Kuvaas, Dustin Leber and Jalen Drath each had two hits.
The loss ends the Wolverines season. Willamette returns 7 regular starters next season, including junior pitcher Trent Waggoner, and honorable mention all league sophomores Scott Kuvass and Cole Hathaway.
The Irish beat Grants Pass 4-2 Thursday night at Tom Bowen Field in a non-league 6A match-up. Three Sheldon pitchers combined on a five hitter to defeat the Southwest Conference #2 seed.
Dan Herr and Dylan Lewis each had two hits to lead Sheldon's 11 hit attack. Kaleb Stubbs had a pinch hit rbi single for the Irish.
Sheldon scored two runs in the 6th on a throwing error which gave them some breathing room.
Cason Cunningham struck out four in his three innings of work and Brett Nielsen only gave up one hit while pitching three inning to get the win. Cooper Stiles pitched the seventh to pick up the save.
Marist
HR - Ryan Inouye
2B - Will Swindling, Jake Britt, Matt Beattie
RBI - Britt, Beattie, Silver, Eyster, Inouy
It was a beautiful Thursday mid-afternoon day for baseball...finally the weather hit the 70s. The first batter for Dallas, Kade Fast, got on first from an error then advanced to third off of a overthrow to first - fast just like his name. The next batter Josh Spencer hits a sacrifice fly to right which scores Fast. Dallas is up 1-0. Marist pitcher Zach Eyster strikes out the next batter and has the batter after that fly out to Jake Britt in center. Can the Spartans respond to the early score from Dallas? The first two batters ground out and fly out respectively. Then Will Swindling hits a double down the left field line - batter/runner in scoring position. Jake Britt follows Swindling and hits a shot to left center for a single and scores Swindling. Marist answers with a run. The next batter hits into a fielder's choice ending the inning.
The third inning starts off with Dallas' Kody Steele hitting into a single, then steals second. Kade Fast is up again and hits a grounder down the third base line for a single moving Steele to third. On an infield error, Steele scores and now there are runners on first and second. Jarret Peterson lays down a sacrifice bunt which advances both base runners. The next batter, Keaton Weaver is intentionally walked to load the bases. On the next pitch, the next batter, Conner Locke hits a double to left center which scores two. Tyler Totten grounds out to short but still scores another run. Then Matt Goodlett hits a single down the third baseline to score one more runner. The inning ends on the next batter striking out. Score 6-1 Dallas.
Dallas scores one more run in the fourth off of an error and Marist does not score in the third or fourth inning. After a lead off double in the top of the fifth by Totten, then sacrifice and passed ball, Totten scores. Dallas 8 - Marist 1.
In the bottom of five Marist picks up a couple of runs. Bennett Chiongbian leads off with a walk. Alex Torres is subbed in and takes the first pitch to right for a single. Then Matt Beattie hits a ball that hits the left field fence but unfortunatley the two base runners had to stay close to base just in case the ball was caught. Beattie singles, Chiongbian scores from second and now there are runners on first and third. Logan Silver hits into a 6-4 fielder's choice and scores Torres. Dallas 8 - Marist 3.
Kevin Haskin who has been pitching since the fourth inning strikes out one, walks one, gives up one single but does not give up any runs in the top of six. Marist was really feeling the pressure to get some runs. They only get one run when the Dallas pitcher balked, scoring Chiongbian who singled to get on and was advanced by a double from Beattie.
The top of seven and first batter is retired off a third strike foul tip. The next batter is walked. The batter at the bottom of the order hits a single into left field but as the first runner rounds second, he is frozen when Silver throws to Inouye at second and tags the runner out at two. Will Bartlett relieves Haskin and gets the batter on a third strike foul tip with three pitches.
Can Marist make up the four runs to tie the game? Austin Baird takes the first pitch and hits a hard grounder back up the mound which almost hits the pitcher but continues into center field. The next batter flies out to right for out one. Jake Britt hits a fly ball that follows the right field foul line just about to the fence advancing Baird to third and Britt stands up on second. Baird scores on a wild pitch and Britt advances to third. Zach Eyster grounds out to first and scores Britt for an RBI. Two outs. Next up to bat, Ryan Inouye sends a shot over the center field fence even clearing the batter's eye. Marist is down just one run. Next batter, Bennett Chiongbian beats out a throw from third. The tieing run is at first. The next batter grounds out to third for the third out.
IP H R ER K BB
Bates 4 9 8 5 4 2
Dudley 2 0 0 0 2 1
Lessel 7 2 0 0 11 1
Jake Lessel's 2 hitter earns Churchill
the 5A #3 seed and home game
for play-in game
Dylan Pomeroy scores, hits RBI double
and rules center field for Churchill
Churchill and Springfield faced off for 3rd place in the 5A section of the Midwestern League and a home playoff game next Wednesday and the Lancers blanked the Millers 8-0 behind the pitching of Jake Lessel. The junior left-hander fired a complete game 2 hit shutout with 11 K's and only 1 BB. The route going performance required only 82 pitches and game was completed in about one hour and 20 minutes. Lessel allowed a leadoff 2B to Taylor Ralston to start the game and then a one out walk to Ryan Helfrich to put runners on the corners with only one out. Lessel then recorded his 1st two K's of the game on Evans and Dudley to get out of the inning unscathed and the Millers never threatened again. After the walk to Helfrich he set down 17 straight Miller batters until Helfrich lead off the 7th with a single to left. However, he induced two fielders choice ground balls and his 11th K and that was it.
On the other side of the ball Kameron Bates set down the Lancers in the 1st 2 innings without any scoring. In the bottom of the 3rd the Lancers got busy. Murray reached on an error, a went to 2nd on a bad pickoff throw by the catcher. Leadoff batter Pomeroy drew a walk and then Chase Kearney singled to left to drive in Murray and Pomeroy also scored when the left-fielder over ran the ball and Kearney moved up to 2nd. DeZarn then drove one to deep left that the outfielder got a glove on but could not pull in and he was on base with a 2B and Kearney advanced to 3rd. It looked like Bates would escape without further damage when he K's Subway Jones, but Jordan Thompson hit a wedge shot up the 1st base line that landed just fair and drove in two more runs. Wallis followed with another base hit before a pop up to 1st ended the inning with the Lancers on top 4-0. After Lessel retired the Millers in order, Murray got the Lancers started again with a 1 out single, and then he gets credit for a steal when he was picked off 1st but beat the relay throw to 2nd. Pomeroy lines a single to left to send Murray to 3rd and moves in to 2nd when the throw in from the outfield goes to 3rd. Kearney follows that with a soft line drive to center for a base hit that scores two. A walk to Subway and a 2B down the line by Thompson scores 2 more and the Lancers are on top 8-0. Blaine Dudley comes on to pitch two scoreless innings for the Millers, but Lessel is too tough and the Lancers have a big win. Hitting stars for the Lancers include Pomeroy who went 1 for 2 with a pair of walks and 2 runs scored, Kearney who went 2 for 4 with 2 runs and 3 RBI and Thompson who went 2 for 2 with 4 RBI.
It was the last game of the regular season with North Eugene playing to stay tied for first place with Thurston and Marist playing to continue to stay at second place in the Midwestern League. With North Eugene up to bat first, the first three batters were retired with a lineout to second, flyout to center and ground out to third. The same happened on the Marist at bat with the first three batters retired with a strike, ground out to short and strike. In the second inning, Garret Harpole led off and got to first on an infield error. The next North batter hit a grounder to second to Ryan Inouye to start a 4-6-3 double play, Chris Clayton gets the first hit of the game into shallow left field but the next batter hits into a 4-6 fielder choice to end the top of the 2nd inning. Andrew Moore for North Eugene continues to pitch strike outs counting for two more strike outs and a ground out to second. Score is 0-0 at the top of three.
The eighth, ninth and top of the order batters are retired and Kevin Haskin records his first strikeout of the game. Marist comes up to bat and Bennett Chiongbian sends a grounder right up the middle for a single after seven pitches. Ray Ferrari lays down a sacrafice bunt that advances Chiongbian to second. Moore steps it up and the next two batters strike out ending the bottom of the third inning. In the top of four, there were three North batters up and three North batters went down. For Marist, the next four batters came up and only one reached first base being hit by pitch. The next three North batters line out to second, strike out and ground out to second. The next three Marist batters ground out to third, ground out to the pitcher and strikes out. At the end of five, the score is still 0-0.
In the top of the sixth, if felt like both teams were sensing that one of the two teams were just about ready to break the game open. The first North batter was tagged out heading to first, the next batter, Toby Woods was plunked and was now on first, then Erik Long sent a short fly ball into right field. Could this be the break North was looking for to score some runs with runners on first and second? The next batter hits a grounder close to second base on the short stop side which Marist shortstop, Austin Baird, turned into a 6-4-3 double play ending the inning. The first Marist batter bunts foul on the third strike, one out. The next batter, Logan Silver gets walked after a full count but gets picked off first recording the second out. The third batter grounds out to North's Erik Long ending the sixth inning still in a 0-0 tie.
The seventh inning starts off with Shawn Boehm legging out a double that rockets down the third baseline. North has a runner in scoring position with no outs. Marist changes it up with Will Bartlett coming out of the bullpen relieving Kevin Haskin who gave up three hits, two Ks and no walks. On the third pitch, Garret Harpole flies a single to right moving Boehm to third. Now North has runners on first and third with no outs. The Highlanders are on the verge of scoring at least one run in the top of the seventh inning most likely ending the game. Bartlett steps up and gets a fly out to center, then strikes out the next two ending the inning and leaving a man on third. First up to bat in the bottom of the seventh is Will Swindling. After seeing the first strike go by, he hits a tall fly ball to right-center. Was it high enough, was it long enough, was it going to be the walk off solo homer to win the game? It seemed as if the ball was in the air for a long time and it was long enough for North's centerfielder, Ryan Delaney, to run to the fence, get a sense of where the fence was and time a perfect jump that snagged Swindling's homerun that was over the fence for out number one. Wow, what a defensive play! Even with the little sway back in North Eugene's favor, Jake Britt, who was 3 for 4 for the day, hits a single to left center. Britt was left on first when the next two Marist batters struck out and flied out to end the seventh inning. The score is still tied 0-0.
Now we are in extra innings with two teams battling it out defensively. The first two batters ground out to third and first respectively. The next third batter of the inning, Erik Long, is walked. Andrew Moore hits a seeing-eye single between first and second which advances Long to third. Then Shaun Boehm is hit by pitch. All of sudden a two-out inning turns into the bases being loaded and North ready to score. The next batter flies out to center to end the North Eugene threat. In the bottom of eight, Bennett Chiongbian gets a single from a fly to shallow left-center. The winning run is on first with no outs. Can Marist get the runner all the way around the bases? Then Ray Ferrari pushes a sacrafice bunt toward first, gets out but advances Chiongbian to second. The next batter, Matt Beattie, hits a ball on a line that was going over the centerfielder's head. The hit would more than likely score Chiongbian from second to end the game but Ryan Delaney reaches high with his glove as he is running toward the centerfield fence and snags the fly ball over his shoulder for his second spectacular catch of the game. Chiongbian does not advance and remains at second. Logan Silver, the next batter, is intentionally walked. Andrew Moore comes up with two pitches for strikes and gets a foul-tip for the third out. The first batter for North in the top of the ninth inning grounds out to short to start off the inning. The next batter, Chris Clayton, hits a routine fly ball to left field. For those of you who have played at Marist when the sun is setting through the trees on the Willamette River, know that the setting sun lines up perfectly in the eyesight of any left fielder. The shade of the trees were to the left and right of the Marist leftfielder but the sun shown right where the fly ball was hit. The ball's tragectory put it right in the direct sunlight for Marist's left fielder, Logan Silver, who amazingly got his glove up and on the ball but it bounced off his glove. Could this be the break North needed? After a couple of pitches, the next North batter hits a hard grounder to Matt Beattie on third which starts a 5-4-3 double play - ending the top of the ninth inning.
At the bottom of the ninth inning, Andrew Moore and Garret Harpole switch positions. Moore, who only gave up three hits, eight Ks, and two walks, is at third and Harpole is now pitching. North gets the first out with a grounder to the short stop. Jake Britt doubles to left field by hustling to get to second. The next batter grounds out but deep enough for Britt to advance to third. Harpole strikes out the next batter for the third out stranding the runner 90 feet from home. Corey Shuster leads off the 10th inning with a long double from new Marist pitcher Jerry Rouleau, relieving Bartlett who give up two hits, two Ks, and one walk over 2 2/3 innings. The winning run for North is on second. Unfortunately, the next three batters are retired with two ground outs and a flyout. On the other side of the inning, the first Marist batter flies out to center for the first out. Alex Torres subs in and comes up with a single that squeezes through short and third. The little advange is short lived when Marist hits a grounder to Erik Long at short to start a 6-4-3 double play for North to end the 10th inning. The battle is still tied 0-0.
Shaun Boehm leads off the eleventh inning with a fly single to left. The next batter flies out to center for the first out. Kyle Dehaven gets hit by pitch which puts runners on first and second. Then Rouleau gets the next North batter to hit a grounder to Inouye at second to start a 4-6-3 double play, Marist's fourth double play of the game, which ends the inning. Silver leads off with hard ground ball single to left field. Baird hits a fly to right field and far enough for Silver to tag-up and make it to second. Swindling is intentionally walked. Now, there are runners on first and second. After taking the North pitcher to a full count, Jake Britt hits a walk-off homer to right center scoring three Marist runs. Final score 3-0 Marist after eleven innings. A great battle between two great teams.
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Churchill Post Season
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Churchill and Corvallis played an excellent game on Wednesday afternoon at the home of the Lancers and the Spartans prevailed in a nail-biter 4-3.
The Lancers struck 1st in the bottom of the 1st without the benefit of a hit. Dylan Pomeroy lead off with a walk, and was sacrificed to 2nd and took 3rd on a wild pitch. Jake DeZarn picked up the RBI with a ground ball out to the short stop and the Lancers lead 1-0 after one.
For a long time it looked like that would be enough to win the game as Jake Lessel allowed only 3 hits through the 1st 5 innings, with no walks and 7 K's. The Spartans starting pitcher, Garret Miller was matching those zeros and we moved to the top of the 6th with the score still 1-0. In the 6th the Spartans tied it up when cleanup batter Nate Rodman got his 3rd hit of the game, a two out 2 strike 2B that scored the lead off batter from 2nd.
In the bottom of the 6th the Lancers took the lead back without getting a hit. Devin Murray lead off with a 10 pitch walk. Miller retired the next two batters, but walked DeZarn on 4 pitches. On the 1st pitch to Subway Jones the pitcher bounced the curve ball and both runners moved up. At that point they intentionally walked Jones bringing pinch hitter Brandon Doerksen to the plate. Doerksen worked the count full and drew ball four to force in the go ahead run. Miller found the strike zone and K'd the next batter to get out of the inning trailing 2-1.
Lessel struck out the 1st batter to lead off the 7th and the Lancers were two outs away from a spot in the round of 16. The next batter coaxed a walk from Lessel, his 1st of the game. The next batter hit a ground ball to 3rd that was fumbled and then thrown away, putting runners on 2nd and 3rd. The #9 hitter then lines a single to left putting the Spartans on top 3-2. The lead off batter gets another base hit and that is the end for Lessel. Colin Smith relieves Lessel, and he walks his 1st batter to load the bases. He gets a deep fly to center for the 2nd out that scores another run and then gets the 3rd out on another fly to center.
The Lancers come to the plate trailing 4-2. Miller gets a pop to short to start the inning and then the Lancer bats come to life. Perales singles to center and Murray follows with a single to right center putting runners on 1st and 2nd. Pomeroy rips a shot to left that scores Perales, but Murray is cut down trying to go from 1st to 3rd for the 2nd out. Pomeroy advances to 2nd on the throw. Chase Kearney works a walk from Miller, but he escapes the jam when DeZarn hits a towering popup that drifts back into play and the catcher makes the grab right next to the screen. Final score 4-3 Spartans.
Lessel was the tough luck loser for Churchill throwing 6.3 excellent innings and allowing only 2 earned with 8 K's. Miller went the distance for Corvallis allowing 5 hits, 3 runs with 7 K's and 7 BB's. Cleanup batter Nate Rodman went 3 for 4 with a 2B and one RBI. by DD
GH comments
It was a tight game between two very good baseball teams and two great pitchers. There was no room for error, and all it took was a walk and an error for Corvallis to steal the win. Churchill returns 8 players who started this game, including Lessel. The young Lancers gelled into a very good team as the season progressed. That's a compliment to the Lancer coaching staff, as all but three of last year's Lancers graduated. Churchill has a great foundation, built on pitching and excellent fielding. Defense will keep you in games, which it did for Churchill this year. Next year, the batters will be stronger and have more experience.
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Marist Post Season
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Wilsonville - Seth Gearhart, Jackson Luby (4), Luke Inouye (5), Tanner Antonson (6) and Dylan Cheeseman
Marist - Alex Torres, Bennett Chiongbian (4), Jerry Rouleau(5), Matt Beattie(5), Will Bartlett(7)and Will Bartlett and Will Swindling
Fleming & ?
Moore and DeHaven
WP Moore, LP Fleming
2B - NE -Long
S- none
RBI - NE-Boehm
S-Manning
Inn R ER H K W/HP
Fleming 6 3 1 5 10 3
Moore 7 1 1 6 13 1
Silverton pitcher has North's number
on the mound, but not on the bases.
North's Erik Long tags him out and
tags him for a double
and scores NE's third run.
The 6-20 Silverton Foxes put a scare into the Highlanders when they took a 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth and were cruising on defense. But North Eugene mustered up just enough hits and runs to scratch out a 3-1 victory. The Highlanders advance to the round of 16.
Silverton's ace, junior Trevor Fleming, who threw a lot like Churchill's Jake Lessel, was dominating the Highlanders. Fleming opened the game with a walk to Erik Long, but picked him off to start a 1-2-3 first inning. Fleming then got three of his next four outs via strike outs. After three full innings, Fleming had collected four strike outs, had a no hitter going, and North had left just one man on base. The score was tied 0-0 after 3.
Meanwhile, Andrew Moore struck out eight of the first ten batters he faced. But when Silverton woke up at the plate in the fourth inning, it looked like North might be another 5A MWL play-in casualty. Silverton took a 1-0 lead on back-to-back-to-back singles before Moore k'd the #8 hitter to end the inning.
Moore, who struck out in the first inning, opened the bottom of the fourth for North with the Highlanders trailing 1-0 and Silverton's pitcher on a roll. Moore singled and was moved to third on a Shaun Boehm single. Fleming didn't give clean-up hitter Garrett Harpole anything good to hit and walked him to load the bases with no outs. Fleming fanned Kyle DeHaven. Chris Clayton and Corey Schuster were coming to the plate, and both had struck out in their first at bats, so it looked like Fleming might wiggle out of the inning unscathed. Clayton lofted a soft fly ball to center right field for a sure sac fly and a second out. But the Silverton center and right fielders let the can of corn hit the ground and North scored two on the play. Fleming then got a strike out and grounder to end the fourth inning with North up 2-1.
Moore hit the #8 and lead off hitter to open the top of the fifth. Silverton sac bunted the runner to second and a wild pitch moved the tying run to third. North doesn't fold under pressure and they didn't this time as Moore struck out the Fox's #1 hitter and got a lazy fly ball out to right.
Moore continued to take charge of the game both on the mound and at the plate in the bottom of the fifth. Moore singled Erik Long, who had doubled, to third. That set the table for a Shaun Boehm rbi single for a 3-1 lead.
Silverton's pitcher, Fleming, led off the top of the sixth with his team down 3-1. Just like Moore, Fleming was going to carry his team, and he too singled to start a potential rally. But in a mystery play, the not so fast Fleming was thrown out by five feet trying to steal second. Naturally, the next Silverton batter singled, making the failed steal attempt even more painful. Moore then induced a double play.
Fleming recorded his 10th strike out in the bottom of the sixth . He gave up five hits, four walks and three runs.
Seeing North's Harpole playing pretty deep at third, Silverton's #6 hitter laid down a perfect bunt to lead off the inning. But Harpole took it bare handed on a dead run and side armed the ball to first to get the first out of the inning by a half step.. Moore then got his strike out groove back and sat down the final two batters for the win.
Bracket - 16 teams
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Finals
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Sheldon Post Season
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Cason Cunningham blows by Redmond
in Sheldon's 11-1 victory
Sheldon beats Redmond 11-1 to gain a spot in OSAA State play-offs that begin Monday May 23rd.
Redmond scored an unearned run in the 1st inning to take a quick lead, but that was all they could muster as Cason Cunningham struck out nine while giving up just one hit and walking only two in the victory.
In the 2nd inning the Irish scored all they would need. Dylan Lewis led off with a walk and Andrew Leung doubled him home with a drive off the wall in right center field. Cody Walker walked and Gaje McDaniel laid down a perfect bunt for his first Varsity base hit. With the bases loaded, Ryan Land was hit by a pitch scoring Leung and Daniel Herr followed with a sacrifice fly scoring Walker. After a Cooper Stiles infield single, McDaniel scored Sheldon's fourth run on a fielders choice when Redmond's 1st baseman made a diving stop of a Brett Nielsen ground ball.
Sheldon put the game away in the 4th inning. After two quick outs, Nielsen double off the wall in right field and Cunningham walked and Nielsen advanced on a wild pitch and scored on the back half of a double steal. Lewis also was walked and Redmond made a pitching change. Leung greeted the new Panther hurler with his second double of the game. After Walker reached on a base on balls, McDaniel doubled to left field, clearing the bases. Land and Herr were hit by pitches loading the bases again. Stiles walked, scoring McDaniel and then a wild pitch allowed Land to score giving the Irish their winning margin. Sheldon scored seven runs in the inning all with two outs.
Leung was 3/3 with two doubles, McDaniel was 2/2 with three rbi and Stiles and Nielsen each had two hits to pace the Irish offense.
Inn R ER H K BB/HP
Nielsen 3 5 2 4 6 2
M Lewis 0.7 4 4 4 0 4
Bellotti 3 0 0 1 3 2
Walker .3 0 0 0 0 0
The Irish dropped their final game before the state play-offs 9-2 to Corvallis on Monday night.
The Spartans scored two in the first inning and three more in the third with big hit a two-run triple by AJ Bumpas to give Corvallis a five run lead they wouldn't relinquish. Sheldon managed to score with two solo home runs by Cameron Herr and Cooper Stiles. Stiles also doubled in the game. Ryan Land, Cason Cunningham and Michael Skaja also had hits for Sheldon Other highlights for the Irish included a tremendous catch in center field by Ryan Land and three scoreless innings by Sean Bellotti who gave up just one hit and struck out three batters.
The Midwestern All-League team was chosen last night by vote of the coaches. Sheldon had two first team selections. Ryan Land was chosen first team Outfielder and Dylan Lewis made the first team as a Utility player for his play at catcher and in the outfield. There were three second team players as Cooper Stiles was chosen as an infielder, Cason Cunningham was chosen as a pitcher and Andrew Leung as a designate hitter. Dan Herr was selected Honorable Mention outfielder. Congratulations to all of these players.
The Irish beat Grants Pass 4-2 Thursday night at Tom Bowen Field in a non-league 6A match-up. Three Sheldon pitchers combined on a five hitter to defeat the Southwest Conference #2 seed.
Dan Herr and Dylan Lewis each had two hits to lead Sheldon's 11 hit attack. Kaleb Stubbs had a pinch hit rbi single for the Irish.
Sheldon scored two runs in the 6th on a throwing error which gave them some breathing room.
Cason Cunningham struck out four in his three innings of work and Brett Nielsen only gave up one hit while pitching three inning to get the win. Cooper Stiles pitched the seventh to pick up the save.
Inn R ER H K BB/HB
Shindler 4.6 10 4 11 4 4
Jack .3 0 0 1 0 0
Larson 1.0 5 2 4 0 2
Albrecht 5.6 8 0 9 4 4
Julian 1.3 0 0 0 2 0
South Eugene showed their power in the first five innings with two homer runs and a double, but the Axemen defense stumbed in bottom of the sixth and the Olympians jumped out to a 10-6 lead.
South Eugene wasn't dead though. With two outs in the top of the sixth, Ben Giland walked and Spencer Dunlap and Gus Craig singled to load the bases. Joe Schindler then got on when the third baseman errored, allowing two Axemen to score and pull South within 10-8. Carlos Larson, who had homered in the third, came to the plate representing the go ahead run. But Sprague's Ricky Julian induced Larson to pop up to center.
Larson came in relief for South in the bottom of the sixth. He quicky got a pop up to the catcher. But 4 hits, 2 errors, a walk and a hit batter later, the Oly's had scored five more runs to take a 15-7 lead. Sprague then retired the Axemen 1-2-3 to end the game.
The loss knocked South out of the state playoffs. The Axemen graduate three great seniors. Gus Craig, Carlos Larson and Spence Dunlap were all chosen all league yesterday.
Seven underclassmen got in the game for South. Ben Giland was the only junior. Sophomores getting play-in experience were Joe Schindler and Alec Wectawski. The biggest crop of South players who played were frosh: Jimmy Grossman, Ian Oakerson, Cameron Jack, and Kai Delap.
The experience these players gained in the post season should set a nice table for South for 2012. Max Morrison, a junior and a big piece of the South team, was missing for most of the year, including the Sprague game. Given the high number of returning Axemen (and there were two other freshmen and another soph on the team) the future looks bright for the Axemen.
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Springfield Post Season
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2B Will - Concannon 2
RBI Will - Svennson, Concannon, Kuvass
Inn R ER H K BB/HP
Waggonaer 5 1 1 4 5 1
Svennson 2 0 0 0 5 2
Willamette's Tony Svennson k's 5
in two innings of relief after entering
game with two on no outs.
Willamette advanced to the second round of play-in games by defeating Woodburn 3-1. Trent Waggoner and Tony Svennson combined for 10 strike outs and allowed only 4 hits.
Willamette took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second when Ryan Concannon doubled in Svennson. Concannon got trapped between second and third for the second out. The Wolverines looked like they were starting a two out rally after Zach Selby singled and Cameron Lister reached base on an error, but both were stranded.
Willamette had another golden chance to break the game open in the third when they loaded the bases with one out. Darren Gorder pop flied to the pitcher, the pitcher dropped the ball on the exchange and the Wolverine on first took off for second thinking the fly ball had been dropped. The ump ruled the batter out on the catch, and the Wolverine on first was tagged out for the third out of the inning.
Concannon ripped another double in the fourth. Scott Kuvass hit a two out single to score Concannon. Kuvass stole second and Dustin Leber knocked him in.
Waggoner struck out five through four innings. Woodburn finally scratched out a run in the fifth. Woodburn then opened the sixth with back to back singles. Coach Guldager called on Svennson to close. Svennson got the first two batters he faced on strike outs and then got a pop up to second.
Svennson struck out the first batter in the seventh, then walked a man, struck out another batter and then walked another batter to bring the tying run to the plate with two outs. Svennson k'd Woodburn's #2 batter to end the game.
Willamette travels to Ashland for a second round play in game.
Concannon, Svensson (1) and Leber;
Thomas, Anderson (4), Morrison (6), Carroll (7) and Scarminach, Westhelle (6), Glick (7).
W — Anderson. L — Concannon.
Ashland made a statement that they intend to return to the state finals with a 20-7 win that will lock up a 1 seed in the final 16 bracket for the Grizzlies.
Ashland scored 12 in the first on two walks, a hit, six extra base hits and two errors.
Willamette was hitting the ball and collected 11 hits. But just one of them was for extra bases, a double by Ryan Concannon, in a game where the Wolverines needed a lot more than 7 runs. Concannon was 3 for 3, Scot Kuvaas, Dustin Leber and Jalen Drath each had two hits.
The loss ends the Wolverines season. Willamette returns 7 regular starters next season, including junior pitcher Trent Waggoner, and honorable mention all league sophomores Scott Kuvass and Cole Hathaway.
Cason Cunningham blows by Redmond
