MERIDIAN, Idaho - The Roseburg All-Stars 12-U girls softball team, which won the state tournament recently at Gaddis Park in Roseburg, ran into some strong competition in the regional tournament last week.
Roseburg only went 1-5 at regionals, but manager Chris McCullough noted his club allowed the fewest runs (29) of any team over six games. Roseburg played teams from Meridian, Twin Falls (Idaho), Ellensburg, Othello and Hoquiam (Wash.). Othello defeated Hoquiam 11-10 in the championship game.
Roseburg finished with a postseason record of 12-9, defeating Upper Rogue of Medford to win the state title.
The team was comprised of Carly McCullough, Mikala Dupper, Alysha Epley, Ally Schofield, Rylee Holcomb, Lindsay Allen, Dallas Rincon, Baylee White, Skyler Coate, Cidny Dupper, Josie Walls and Bethany Fromdahl. Chris McCullough was assisted by James Dupper and Jim Epley.

ROSEBURG
Roseburg Boys
Soccer Camp
The Roseburg Soccer Camp, for boys in grades 3-12, is scheduled Aug.

KLAMATH FALLS - Brandon Jackson pitched into the ninth inning and Dr. Stewart's had big innings in the second and seventh to defeat host Klamath Falls 7-5 in the opening game of the American Legion AAA state tournament Wednesday at Kiger Stadium.
The Docs (24-12) advance to play Salem Post 9 on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. The Highwaymen upset defending state champion Richey's Market, 11-10 earlier Wednesday.
Jackson pitched 8 1/3 innings, giving up five runs on 10 hits, striking out 10 and walking none. He left after Jake Whisler's single that put the tying runs aboard for the Falcons. Josh Graham came on and struck out Nate McDaniel and got Kyle Conner to fly out.
The first five Dr. Stewart's batters reached in the second off Klamath Falls' Johnny Cullen, with Derek Priestley and Jered Stoffal delivering RBI singles. Cameron Newell reached on a fielder's choice to give the Docs a 3-1 lead.
The Falcons came back to tie it in the third inning, and

Though they are conscious of what happened a year ago at the American Legion baseball "A" state tournament, the Pepsi Bottlecaps hesitate to claim that work as their own, even if it means forgetting about a state championship.
Micah Audiss, the MVP of that tournament, would like to see this Pepsi team make its own name.
"I know we have (four) guys back from that team, but there's still a new coach and a bunch of new players," Audiss said. "Last year was last year, so we don't really think of it as defending a state title. We want to win our own."
The Bottlecaps will get that chance starting this week in Eugene. Pepsi (19-6 overall), which finished as the Area 4 North champs with a 15-5 league record, will open up against Area 4 South foe Central Point at 3 p.m. Thursday.
The Bottlecaps won handily last year in the only matchup between the teams. The Comets (24-11, 22-10 South) finished a game behing Ashland in the regular season.
Dep

GRANTS PASS - The Roseburg High White team won the championship trophy of the State of Jefferson 6-on-6 boys soccer tournament last weekend, finishing 5-0 and outscoring their opponents 40-5.
The Indians defeated Grants Pass 6-1 and in the championship game downed Hidden Valley 5-3. Spencer Cox received the Gold Boot Award as the tourney's top scorer, while Chris Timm and goalie Sam Hervey anchored the defense. Also playing well were attackers Garrick Knowles, Luke Hammer and George Bourdages.

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Landsharks compete
The Landsharks U-12 soccer team participated in the Adidas Beaverton Cup soccer tournament on July 16-18.
The team played four games. Following pool play on Friday and Saturday the Landsharks were defeated 3-0 in the consolation final. Scoring in the tournament were Connor Cubic (two goals) and Mackenzie Short (one). Cubic also had an assist and goalkeeper Madison Lee made 13 saves.
The Landsharks were supposed to have played in June in the Oreg

FARGO, N.D. - Five Roseburg Mat Club athletes earned All-America honors at the Junior & Cadet National Championships last weekend at the FargoDome.
In Greco-Roman, Reed Van Anrooy, competing in the Cadet 130-pound class, placed third with a decision over Ben Rager of Pennsylvania. Van Anrooy will be a sophomore at Roseburg High this fall.
In the Junior Greco-Roman tournament, Seth Thomas finished sixth at 160 after losing to Lee Wildes of Florida in the fifth-place match. Drew Van Anrooy placed seventh at 130 with a decision over Matt Kelliher of Minnesota. Dylan Fors (171) and Devan Fors (189) both finished eighth.
Also competing in Greco-Roman were Brad Lander (Junior, 125), Ian Thomas (Cadet, 130), Chayse Jackson (Junior, 135) and Sam Mecham (Junior, 145).
Competing in Junior freestyle were Lander (125), Drew Van Anrooy (135), Jackson (135), Mecham (140), Seth Thomas (160), Dylan Fors (171) and Devan Fors (189). Competing in Cadet freestyle were Reed Van Anrooy (130) and I

PORTLAND - Paul Brothers, who quarterbacked Roseburg High to its first state football title in 1961 and went on to become Oregon State University's starting signal-caller for three seasons, is one of eight inductees into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame & Museum.
Brothers graduated from RHS in 1963 and OSU in 1967, and played in the Canadian Football League. He quarterbacked the Beavers' 1965 Rose Bowl team, the last OSU club to make it to Pasadena.
He was selected Roseburg High's Player of the Century by The News-Review in 2001 when the newspaper selected an all-time RHS football team.
He's now a successful high school girls basketball coach at Willamette in Eugene.
Other members of the 2010 class are former McMinnville and Beaverton boys basketball coach Nick Robertson, the brother of the late Stew Robertson, the former RHS boys basketball coach; Brian Henniger, a USC golf All-American and PGA professional; Joy Selig Petersen, an NCAA champion gymnast

There's an adage that the harder you work toward a goal, the more rewarding it is once you get it.
No team had to work harder to reach the American Legion AAA state tournament than Dr. Stewart's, which beat Newberg Abby's 14-11 in 11 innings Sunday in the super regionals.
The Docs (23-12) saw just about everything during the three-day super regional at George Fox University, from big comebacks to blown leads, delays because the field was too wet, then an early ending because there were no lights.
The ultimate result was two wins and one loss, giving Roseburg a date with tournament host Klamath Falls on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m.
"A lot of times we look at doing all the hard work to get where we need to be and we can look at this weekend as that work," Dr. Stewart's coach Scott Shaver said. "We went through a lot of emotional highs and lows from the first game to the last game. We had a lot of good plays and survived the bad ones."
Newberg beat the Docs 8-7 in 1

Corvallis Richey's Market
Record: 26-12, 9-3 Area 3 (second).
Super regionals: Def. Pendleton 20-5; def. Newberg 11-10, 10 innings.
Coach: Kirk Myrold.
Sponsor: Corvallis Post 11.
State titles: 1970, 1977, 1978, 1990, 2003, 2009.
Noteworthy: Corvallis is trying to get one more state title under the banner of Richey's Market, which is closing its doors this years after over 40 years. T Gerding Construction has stepped up as a potential sponsor next year. Outfielder Kellen Sparkes and third baseman Cory England, both third-year Marketmen, have led the team on and off the field.

Eugene Bi-Mart Challengers
Record: 34-12, 9-7 Area 4 (second).
Super regionals: Def. Salem Post 9, 4; def. Springfield 5-2.
Coach: Todd Zeigler.
Sponsor: Eugene Post 83.
State titles: 1985, 1999.
Noteworthy: At 34-12, the Challengers bring their best winning percentage to the state tournament since 2003. Eugene rode their Zach-to-Zach combination of Zach Manley and Zach Brandon to a pai

WINCHESTER - Umpqua Community College women's basketball coach Dave Stricklin is pleased about his latest recruiting class, which includes three in-state players and an MVP point guard from Oakland, Calif.
At this point, nine incoming freshmen will join the Riverhawks when practice officially begins on Oct. 18.
"Our emphasis was we needed to be bigger and needed better shooters, and that's what we went out and attempted to find," Stricklin said. "I feel real good about this group. It's a group that's hungry to get better ... most of them come from smaller schools and they think they have something to prove. I like those type of players."
Stricklin landed two talented point guards in Tiffany Thompson (5-foot-7), from Skyline High in Oakland, and Leona Steel (5-8), out of Crater in Central Point.
Thompson was named the top player in her league last season. Steel was a second-team all-Southern Sky selection for the Comets, who finished third in the Class

NEWBERG - Dr. Stewart's players had 13 hours to ponder the do-or-die situation they found themselves in at American Legion super regional Saturday night and Sunday morning.
It didn't take nearly that long for the Docs to respond to that situation, and now they find themselves alive and headed to the AAA state tournament.
Dr. Stewart's defeated Newberg Abby's Pizza 14-11 in 11 innings, the last of which began at 10 a.m. on Sunday morning after darkness suspended play Saturday night at George Fox University's Morse Field.
For the Docs (23-12), it was a happy end to a bizarre super regional that saw just about everything on and off the playing field.
"It was a very different experience," said pitcher Dakota Cavens, whose strikeout with the bases loaded ended the game over 16 hours after it started. "It brought us together as a team to have to quit in the 10th and come back to play (Sunday). It was a pretty tough situation to play

Tom Ford (modified), Jason Gotz (mini stocks), Dustin Trotter (OTRO) and Frank Voltz (vintage racers) all won main events Saturday night during the Art Pollard Memorial at the Douglas County Speedway.

Saturday's Results
Modified
A Main - 1. Tom Ford; 2. Steven Snawder; 3. Tom Elam; 4. Stuart Campbell; 5. Greg Saily; 6. Amos Rhodes; 7. Rob Nielsen; 8. Willlie Thompson; 9. Jim Simmons.
Mini Stocks
A Main - 1. Jason Gotz; 2. Dale Roth; 3. Jim Smith; 4. Rob Mueller; 5. Dale Yarbrough; 6. Dena Felix; 7. Kevin Ballard; 8. Ed Pratt; 9. Gary Carnes; 10. Dan Butterfield; 11. Joe Felix; 12. Jamie Sumner; 13. Isreal Curdy; 14. Rich Dickenson; 15. Daniel Murphy.
OTRO
A Main - 1. Dustin Trotter; 2. Matt Klaas; 3. Dean Cast; 4. Bill Trotter; 5. Robbie Jarvis; 6. Brad Pescheck; 7. Mark Minter; 8. Jim Del Castillo; 9. Troy Gasner; 10. Tim Jennings.
West Coast Vintage Racers
A Main - 1. Frank Voltz; 2. Jim Williams; 3. John Steves; 4. Marcus Absent; 5. Marvin P

While Matt Hein and Andy Alberding take turns being the fastest men in qualifying, young Sierra Jackson is growing more comfortable winning feature races.
The 17-year-old Jackson won the annual Art Pollard Memorial Saturday night at the Douglas County Speedway as part of the Northwest Sprintcar Racing Association/American Speed Association Tour.
Jackson, who recently graduated from Middleton High School in Idaho, was also victorious at the NSRA's previous tour stop in Post Falls, Idaho.
"I was waiting for (Vern Scevers) to make a mistake because I knew I had a faster car," Jackson said. "I didn't want to do anything too risky. I had to get through some lapped cars, but I knew I was pretty safe with just a few laps to go before the finish."
Scevers, a former local sprinter who now races out of Crescent, led the first 27 laps. Scevers never made a mistake, but his florescent-orange No. 15 overheated and, on the same circuit that he yielded the lead to Jackson

CANBY - Damion Henderson pitched a complete game and Beau Grauf hit a two-run home run in the fourth inning, helping Sutherlin defeat McNary of Keizer 4-1 in the championship game of the Oregon Junior State Division II baseball tournament on Sunday night at Canby High School.
The Bulldogs (23-4) took the lead for good on Grauf's round-tripper, his third of the tournament. Henderson added a sacrifice fly and Tyler Sulffridge contributed an RBI single in the fifth as Sutherlin went 4-0 in the tournament.
"That (Grauf's hit) was huge for us," said Sutherlin coach Josh Riley, whose club went down in order the first three innings.
Henderson, the winning pitcher in Sutherlin's first-round win over Corvallis Thursday, scattered seven hits and only gave up an unearned run. He struck out four and walked three.
"We wanted him to pitch in the title game because we knew he'd give us his best," Riley said. "He's a competitor on t

NEWBERG - After three days, 31 innings and umpteen comebacks, Dr. Stewart's is headed to the AAA American Legion state tournament.
The Docs beat Newberg Abby's Pizza 14-11 in 11 inning on Sunday morning in the completion of a super regional game suspended by darkness late Saturday night.
Cameron Newell hit a two-run single in the top of the 11th to break an 11-all tie, and Josh Graham added a RBI single.
Austin Marsh retired the first batter he faced in the 11th but walked the next two and the Docs went to reliever Dakota Cavens. He induced a deep flyout to left but walked Brian Symonds to load the bases and bring the potential winning run to the plate.
Then Cavens struck out Emmett Ackerlund to end the epic game and send Roseburg to the state tournament.
"It's been a long, hard weekend and these kids played with a lot of heart and emotion," Dr. Stewart's coach Scott Shaver told KSKR radio. "I'm very proud of these young men.&

NEWBERG - After 10 innings, 22 runs and four hours, neither the Dr. Stewart's nor Newberg Abby's Pizza American Legion baseball teams could distinguish themselves from each other with a state tournament berth hanging in the balance.
A wild battle between the Docs and Tigers was suspended after the 10th inning Saturday night during their super regional game when it became too dark to play at George Fox University's Morse Field.
Play resumes at 10 a.m. today with the top of the 11th inning. The winner advances to the state tournament in Klamath Falls starting Wednesday while the loser's season will be done. The remaining tournament spots were filled Saturday.
"The whole story of the season comes down to how we play," Dr. Stewart's coach Scott Shaver said. "We're going to play every inning like it's our last because it could be. We'll go about our business and get something done to get to the state tournament."
The suspension of the game by umpires around

CANBY - The Sutherlin Junior State baseball team is right where it hoped to be - in the state championship game.
The Bulldogs advanced to the final of the Oregon Junior State Division II tournament with a 13-5 victory over Wilson of Portland on Saturday night in a semifinal game at Canby High School.
Sutherlin (22-4) is 3-0 in the tournament and will play McNary of Keizer at 6 tonight for the title. McNary defeated West Salem 9-6 in the other semifinal.
"We've been chasing a title since the beginning of the season," said Sutherlin coach Josh Riley. "Anytime you make it to the championship game you're going to be facing a tough opponent, but I feel our kids are confident and ready to go. We're excited about the opportunity."
Sutherlin got off to a great start against Wilson, scoring six runs in the top of the first inning on three hits, three walks and one hit batter.
Damion Henderson and Tyler Sulffridge both singled, and Ryan

NEWBERG - Jared Priestley threw a complete game shutout and Dr. Stewart's scored 12 runs in the top of the 9th inning to break open a close game against Pendleton Hodgen Distributing, winning 16-0 and stave off elimination in a super regional game Saturday.
The Docs (22-12) play the loser between Corvallis Richey's Market and Newberg Abby's this evening for a spot in the state tournament.

CANBY - Sutherlin took an early 8-0 lead, but had to hold on for an 8-7 victory over the Canby Cougars in a championship quarterfinal game of the Oregon Junior State Division II baseball tournament on Friday at Canby High School.
Matt Miller went 2-for-4 for Sutherlin. The Bulldogs scored four times in the third, getting an RBI double from Beau Grauf and a two-run double from Miller. Jesse Briggs contributed an RBI triple in the second.
Tyler Sulffridge went the distance on the mound, allowing eight hits and four earned runs. He struck out five and walked five.
"We swung the bats well the first three innings," said Sutherlin coach Josh Riley. "Canby may be one of the better teams here."
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Sulffridge and McKnight. Koskelly, Caruso (4) and Churchwell. WP - Sulffridge. LP - Koskelly. 3B - Briggs (S). 2B - Henderson (S), Grauf (S), Miller (S), Perman (

NEWBERG - A usually slick-fielding Dr. Stewart's team spotted Newberg Abby's seven unearned runs off four errors Friday evening in an 8-7, 11-inning loss in the American Legion super regionals.
The Docs now find themselves in an elimination game against Pendelton's Hodgen Distributing Saturday at 9:30 a.m.
Dr. Stewart's comitted three consecutive errors in the bottom of the third and Newberg took complete advantage, scoring all three baserunners. The first seven Abby's batter reached safely, including Trevor Terranova's bases-clearing double to to make it 6-0.
Roseburg rallied to send the game into extra innings, but Kyle Jaukkuri's RBI sacrifice fly to score Cameron Newell to tie the game in the top of the ninth would have been the winning run had the Docs not given up another unearned run in the sixth.
In the bottom of the 11th inning, Newberg's Ray Gardner walked to lead off and was sacrificed to second. Josh Graham then struck out Terranova, but Tyler Church sent a bounce

CANBY - After allowing its opponent to hang for a while, Dallas emphatically closed the door on the game and the season for Douglas with a 10-0 win in five innings Friday in the Oregon Junior State baseball tournament.
Dallas, which scattered six hits through the first four innings, broke out with a seven-run fifth that included five hits, three walks and two errors.
"It was a pretty good ballgame for four innings, but the dam broke, so to speak," Douglas coach Kevin Wilson said. "We had kept the damage down up to that point, but they really shut the door on us."
Douglas was limited to two hits in the contest, including a double by Riley Lavin. The Trojans finished their season at 22-12.

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Kennerly, Peck (5) and Hastings. Peterson and Totten. WP - Peterson. LP - Kennerly. 2B - Lavin (Do), Peterson 2 (Da).