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Yoncalla’s Heather McDonald (13) throws the ball to first base to complete a doubleplay after forcing out North Douglas’ Bre Overcash (1) on an assist from teammate Katie Gordon (19) at Yoncalla Saturday.
YONCALLA — “They took it to us in the first game and woke us up,” said North Douglas High softball coach Brad Borigo, referring to a 4-0 loss to Yoncalla.
The Warriors came back for a 9-1 win in the nightcap, salvaging a split with the Eagles in a Mountain View Conference doubleheader on Saturday.
“There’s a rivalry and to walk away with a split is almost a win because of the history,” Borigo said. “Our girls finally decided to swing the bats (in the second game) and I think they learned a lesson from Yoncalla.”
Amber Mast threw a three-hit shutout for Yoncalla (2-6, 1-5 MVC) in the opener, striking out two and walking one. Mast helped herself out by going 2-for-3 with a triple and double.
Ashleigh Meza was the losing pitcher, giving up four hits. She struck out six and walked one.
“She (Mast) had good control and didn’t get in much trouble,” Borigo said.
The Warriors (3-4, 3-1 MVC) took the lead for good in the second game with five runs in the top of the fourth, stroking four doubles. Meza went the distance in the pitcher’s circle, allowing five hits. She struck out four and walked three.
Meza went 3-for-4, while Kaittlyn Rice and Mariah Wilson each were 2-for-4. Rice had a pair of doubles.
North Douglas will play a makeup game at Crow Thursday. Yoncalla hosts Oakland Tuesday.
First Game
<b>N. Douglas 000 000 0 — 0 3 3
Yoncalla 201 001 0 — 4 4 2</b>
Meza and Rice. Mast and Gilpin. WP — Mast. LP — Meza, 3-2. 3B — Mast (Y). 2B — Mast (Y), Gilpin (Y).
Second Team
<b>N. Douglas 000 513 0 — 9 10 3
Yoncalla 000 001 0 — 1 5 4</b>
Meza and Rice. Mast, Gordon (4), Mast (5) and Gilpin. WP — Meza, 3-3. LP — Mast. 2B — Rice 2 (ND), Wilson (ND), Meza (ND), Davis (ND).
<b>Days Creek 9-10
Central Linn 8-9</b>
DAYS CREEK — An exhausted Wolves squad overcame 18 total errors to pull out wins against Central Linn in a double header.
Days Creek, running on fumes after playing games every day since Tuesday, took Game 1 in the bottom of a tied seventh inning when Lacey McDonald was walked with the bases loaded. Senior Christy Stone earned the complete-game victory after recording 10 strikeouts and four walks.
The Wolves, 4-3 overall and 3-1 in league play, went 3-2 this week.
K’Dean Ramos picked up the victory on the mound and hit an RBI triple that drove home the winning run in the seventh inning of the nightcap.
First Game
<b>Central Linn 301 004 0 — 8 4 4
Days Creek 200 420 1 — 9 4 11</b>
Buckridge and Sidan. Stone and Walters. WP — Stone (2-1 Skyline). LP — Buckridge. 2B — Buckridge (CL), Sidan (CL).
Second Game
<b>Central Linn 410 013 0 — 9 4 3
Days Creek 121 320 1 — 10 10 7</b>
Buckridge and Sidan. Ramos and Walters. WP — Ramos. LP — Buckridge. 3B — Ramos (DC). 2B — Ramos (DC), Stone (DC) Gilbert (CL).
FRIDAY’S GAME
<b>Riddle 6-13
Oakridge 1-1</b>
RIDDLE — Andrea Stratton hit a grand slam in Game 2 of Riddle’s Mountain View Conference sweep of Oakridge.
Taylor Riekeman later hit a three-run home run in the sixth that enacted the 10-run mercy rule.
“Andrea was pretty excited about her first grand slam ever,” Riddle coach Tami Hackett said. “They girls have done a great job at coming together and are working hard.”
Stevie Hooley struke out 10 batters and walked none in Game 1 to improve to 5-0 this season. Stephanie Maurer scattered three hits in Game 2 for the Irish (7-1, 5-0 MVC).
Asia Ramsay, Ashley Yackamouih, Riekeman and Stratton all doubled in the opener.
<b>First Game
Oakridge 0001000 — 1 4 1
Riddle 020031x — 6 11 0</b>
Nelson and Zylstra; Hooley and Yackamouih. WP — Hooley (5-0). LP — Nelson. 2B — Ramsay (R), Stratton (R), Riekeman (R), Yackamouih (R).
<b>Second Game
Oakridge 000 100 0 — 1 3 0
Riddle 070 123 x — 13 13 1</b>
Jackson and Zylstra; Maurer and Yackamouih. WP — Maurer (1-1). LP — Jackson. HR — Stratton (R), Riekeman (R). 2B — Ramsay (R), Stratton (R).
FRIDAY’SGAME
<b>Days Creek 14
Oakland 3</b>
OAKLAND — Days Creek had 14 hits and took advantage of six Oaker errors to get the Mountain View Conference win.
Abiyah Watkins, who went 2-for-4, hit a bases-loaded triple in the third inning. Christy Stone pitched well with eight strikeouts and two walks. Brittany Baimbridge was 2-for-3 at the plate and Andrea Ramirez was 1-for-2 with two RBIs for Oakland.
<b>Days Creek 103 505 0 — 14 14 1
Oakland 000 012 0 — 3 4 6</b>
Stone and Walters. Baimbridge, Rogers (4) and Shulze, Baimbridge (4). WP — Stone. LP — Baimbridge (0-2). 3B — Watkins (DC).
<b>SATURDAY
NON-LEAGUE
South Umpqua 11-11
Junction City 5-1</b>
TRI CITY — Taylor Whitmore threw a no-hitter in Game 1 and Melodie Bliven hit multiple home runs — including a grand slam — and the Lancers swept visiting Junction City.
Whitmore (5-1) struck out five batters and walked three through seven innings in the opener.
Bliven went 3-for-5 with six RBIs on the day with homers in each game. She crushed the four-bagger in the fifth inning of the nightcap.
Junction City took advantage of South Umpqua’s three walks and two errors to lead 5-3 in top of the fourth inning, but the Lancers surged back with seven runs in the bottom of the inning to help seal the win. Katie Bumgarner was 2-for-5 with three RBIs in the game.
A double from Lindsey Goodson and single from Triana Crane gave the Lancers (7-1) a four-run advantage in the first inning of Game 2. Crane struck out seven batters and allowed just three hits to pick up the complete-game victory.
First Game
<b>Junction City 004 100 0 — 5 0 2
South Umpqua 120 710 0 — 11 5 2</b>
Steinack, Hunt (3) and Long. Whitmore and Bliven. WP — Whitmore (5-1). LP — Hunt. HR — Bliven (SU). 2B — Crane (SU).
Second Game
<b>Junction City 000 100 — 1 3 2
South Umpqua 420 401 — 11 6 0</b>
Smyth and Rauschart. Crane and Bliven. WP — Crane (2-0). LP — Smyth. HR — Bliven (SU). 2B — Crane (SU), Bishop (JC).
<b>Sutherlin 16
Wilsonville 13</b>
WILSONVILLE — Sutherlin scored three runs in the seventh inning to rally past Class 5A Wilsonville in a non-league game.
Jacqui Gilman went 4-for-4 with a triple. Amanda Hutchings and Samantha Jaramillo hit 2-for-4 for the Bulldogs (3-0). Hutchings ripped a home run.
“It’s only our third game,” Sutherlin coach Dave Hyland said. “We are coming along. We need to tune up our defense, but our bats were working. It was just nice to get a game in.”
Mikayla Mendenhall improved to 2-0 behind a seven-strikeout, two-walk performance. The Bulldogs gave up seven unearned runs, but Mendenhall retired the Wildcats in the bottom of the seventh to preserve the win.
Sutherlin will host Douglas Tuesday in its Far West League opener.
<b>Sutherlin 910 300 3 — 16 12 6
Wilsonville 070 060 0 — 13 9 3</b>
Bates and Roby; Mendenhall and Bennett. WP — Mendenhall (2-0). LP — Bates. HR — Hutchings (S). 3B — Gilman (S). 2B — Welch 2 (W), Parkum (W), Roby (W).
<b>Hidden Valley 7-8
Douglas 6-0</b>
MURPHY — Douglas stranded nine runners on base in each game of a non-league doubleheader at Hidden Valley.
Destinee Hernandez led Game 1 off with a home run and Kendra Morgan hit a three-run shot in the fourth inning of Game 2 for the Mustangs.
Katy King and Jessica Case each went 3-for-4 at the plate in Game 1 and King had two hits in Game 2.
First Game
<b>Douglas 000 041 1 — 6 10 1
Hidden Valley 110 005 x — 0 7 1</b>
King and Harris; D’Angelo and Harris. WP — D’Amgelo. LP — King (2-2). HR — Hernandez (HV). 2B — Morgan (HV), Alaskson (HV).
Second Game
<b>Douglas 000 000 — 0 6 1
Hidden Valley 103 40x — 8 7 3</b>
McKillop, King (4) and Harris; Hernandez and Harris. WP — Hernandez. LP — McKillop. HR — Morgan (HV).
<b>SUNSET LEAGUE
Friday’s Game
Glide 10
Coquille 6</b>
GLIDE — Senior Katie Meyer threw a complete game with nine strikeouts, allowing 12 hits in the Sunset League contest.
Meyer knocked in two runs at the plate and Brittany Eifert doubled. The Wildcats stole 12 bases, but won despite six errors.
Glide (4-0, 3-0 Sunset) plays at Gold Beach Tuesday in a league game.
<b>Coquille 004 020 0 — 6 12 4
Glide 301 132 x — 10 5 6</b>
Hall and Forbes. Meyer and Eifert. WP — Meyer (3-0). LP — Hall. 2B — Eifert (G).
The Warriors came back for a 9-1 win in the nightcap, salvaging a split with the Eagles in a Mountain View Conference doubleheader on Saturday.
“There’s a rivalry and to walk away with a split is almost a win because of the history,” Borigo said. “Our girls finally decided to swing the bats (in the second game) and I think they learned a lesson from Yoncalla.”
Amber Mast threw a three-hit shutout for Yoncalla (2-6, 1-5 MVC) in the opener, striking out two and walking one. Mast helped herself out by going 2-for-3 with a triple and double.
Ashleigh Meza was the losing pitcher, giving up four hits. She struck out six and walked one.
“She (Mast) had good control and didn’t get in much trouble,” Borigo said.
The Warriors (3-4, 3-1 MVC) took the lead for good in the second game with five runs in the top of the fourth, stroking four doubles. Meza went the distance in the pitcher’s circle, allowing five hits. She struck out four and walked three.
Meza went 3-for-4, while Kaittlyn Rice and Mariah Wilson each were 2-for-4. Rice had a pair of doubles.
North Douglas will play a makeup game at Crow Thursday. Yoncalla hosts Oakland Tuesday.
First Game
<b>N. Douglas 000 000 0 — 0 3 3
Yoncalla 201 001 0 — 4 4 2</b>
Meza and Rice. Mast and Gilpin. WP — Mast. LP — Meza, 3-2. 3B — Mast (Y). 2B — Mast (Y), Gilpin (Y).
Second Team
<b>N. Douglas 000 513 0 — 9 10 3
Yoncalla 000 001 0 — 1 5 4</b>
Meza and Rice. Mast, Gordon (4), Mast (5) and Gilpin. WP — Meza, 3-3. LP — Mast. 2B — Rice 2 (ND), Wilson (ND), Meza (ND), Davis (ND).
<b>Days Creek 9-10
Central Linn 8-9</b>
DAYS CREEK — An exhausted Wolves squad overcame 18 total errors to pull out wins against Central Linn in a double header.
Days Creek, running on fumes after playing games every day since Tuesday, took Game 1 in the bottom of a tied seventh inning when Lacey McDonald was walked with the bases loaded. Senior Christy Stone earned the complete-game victory after recording 10 strikeouts and four walks.
The Wolves, 4-3 overall and 3-1 in league play, went 3-2 this week.
K’Dean Ramos picked up the victory on the mound and hit an RBI triple that drove home the winning run in the seventh inning of the nightcap.
First Game
<b>Central Linn 301 004 0 — 8 4 4
Days Creek 200 420 1 — 9 4 11</b>
Buckridge and Sidan. Stone and Walters. WP — Stone (2-1 Skyline). LP — Buckridge. 2B — Buckridge (CL), Sidan (CL).
Second Game
<b>Central Linn 410 013 0 — 9 4 3
Days Creek 121 320 1 — 10 10 7</b>
Buckridge and Sidan. Ramos and Walters. WP — Ramos. LP — Buckridge. 3B — Ramos (DC). 2B — Ramos (DC), Stone (DC) Gilbert (CL).
FRIDAY’S GAME
<b>Riddle 6-13
Oakridge 1-1</b>
RIDDLE — Andrea Stratton hit a grand slam in Game 2 of Riddle’s Mountain View Conference sweep of Oakridge.
Taylor Riekeman later hit a three-run home run in the sixth that enacted the 10-run mercy rule.
“Andrea was pretty excited about her first grand slam ever,” Riddle coach Tami Hackett said. “They girls have done a great job at coming together and are working hard.”
Stevie Hooley struke out 10 batters and walked none in Game 1 to improve to 5-0 this season. Stephanie Maurer scattered three hits in Game 2 for the Irish (7-1, 5-0 MVC).
Asia Ramsay, Ashley Yackamouih, Riekeman and Stratton all doubled in the opener.
<b>First Game
Oakridge 0001000 — 1 4 1
Riddle 020031x — 6 11 0</b>
Nelson and Zylstra; Hooley and Yackamouih. WP — Hooley (5-0). LP — Nelson. 2B — Ramsay (R), Stratton (R), Riekeman (R), Yackamouih (R).
<b>Second Game
Oakridge 000 100 0 — 1 3 0
Riddle 070 123 x — 13 13 1</b>
Jackson and Zylstra; Maurer and Yackamouih. WP — Maurer (1-1). LP — Jackson. HR — Stratton (R), Riekeman (R). 2B — Ramsay (R), Stratton (R).
FRIDAY’SGAME
<b>Days Creek 14
Oakland 3</b>
OAKLAND — Days Creek had 14 hits and took advantage of six Oaker errors to get the Mountain View Conference win.
Abiyah Watkins, who went 2-for-4, hit a bases-loaded triple in the third inning. Christy Stone pitched well with eight strikeouts and two walks. Brittany Baimbridge was 2-for-3 at the plate and Andrea Ramirez was 1-for-2 with two RBIs for Oakland.
<b>Days Creek 103 505 0 — 14 14 1
Oakland 000 012 0 — 3 4 6</b>
Stone and Walters. Baimbridge, Rogers (4) and Shulze, Baimbridge (4). WP — Stone. LP — Baimbridge (0-2). 3B — Watkins (DC).
<b>SATURDAY
NON-LEAGUE
South Umpqua 11-11
Junction City 5-1</b>
TRI CITY — Taylor Whitmore threw a no-hitter in Game 1 and Melodie Bliven hit multiple home runs — including a grand slam — and the Lancers swept visiting Junction City.
Whitmore (5-1) struck out five batters and walked three through seven innings in the opener.
Bliven went 3-for-5 with six RBIs on the day with homers in each game. She crushed the four-bagger in the fifth inning of the nightcap.
Junction City took advantage of South Umpqua’s three walks and two errors to lead 5-3 in top of the fourth inning, but the Lancers surged back with seven runs in the bottom of the inning to help seal the win. Katie Bumgarner was 2-for-5 with three RBIs in the game.
A double from Lindsey Goodson and single from Triana Crane gave the Lancers (7-1) a four-run advantage in the first inning of Game 2. Crane struck out seven batters and allowed just three hits to pick up the complete-game victory.
First Game
<b>Junction City 004 100 0 — 5 0 2
South Umpqua 120 710 0 — 11 5 2</b>
Steinack, Hunt (3) and Long. Whitmore and Bliven. WP — Whitmore (5-1). LP — Hunt. HR — Bliven (SU). 2B — Crane (SU).
Second Game
<b>Junction City 000 100 — 1 3 2
South Umpqua 420 401 — 11 6 0</b>
Smyth and Rauschart. Crane and Bliven. WP — Crane (2-0). LP — Smyth. HR — Bliven (SU). 2B — Crane (SU), Bishop (JC).
<b>Sutherlin 16
Wilsonville 13</b>
WILSONVILLE — Sutherlin scored three runs in the seventh inning to rally past Class 5A Wilsonville in a non-league game.
Jacqui Gilman went 4-for-4 with a triple. Amanda Hutchings and Samantha Jaramillo hit 2-for-4 for the Bulldogs (3-0). Hutchings ripped a home run.
“It’s only our third game,” Sutherlin coach Dave Hyland said. “We are coming along. We need to tune up our defense, but our bats were working. It was just nice to get a game in.”
Mikayla Mendenhall improved to 2-0 behind a seven-strikeout, two-walk performance. The Bulldogs gave up seven unearned runs, but Mendenhall retired the Wildcats in the bottom of the seventh to preserve the win.
Sutherlin will host Douglas Tuesday in its Far West League opener.
<b>Sutherlin 910 300 3 — 16 12 6
Wilsonville 070 060 0 — 13 9 3</b>
Bates and Roby; Mendenhall and Bennett. WP — Mendenhall (2-0). LP — Bates. HR — Hutchings (S). 3B — Gilman (S). 2B — Welch 2 (W), Parkum (W), Roby (W).
<b>Hidden Valley 7-8
Douglas 6-0</b>
MURPHY — Douglas stranded nine runners on base in each game of a non-league doubleheader at Hidden Valley.
Destinee Hernandez led Game 1 off with a home run and Kendra Morgan hit a three-run shot in the fourth inning of Game 2 for the Mustangs.
Katy King and Jessica Case each went 3-for-4 at the plate in Game 1 and King had two hits in Game 2.
First Game
<b>Douglas 000 041 1 — 6 10 1
Hidden Valley 110 005 x — 0 7 1</b>
King and Harris; D’Angelo and Harris. WP — D’Amgelo. LP — King (2-2). HR — Hernandez (HV). 2B — Morgan (HV), Alaskson (HV).
Second Game
<b>Douglas 000 000 — 0 6 1
Hidden Valley 103 40x — 8 7 3</b>
McKillop, King (4) and Harris; Hernandez and Harris. WP — Hernandez. LP — McKillop. HR — Morgan (HV).
<b>SUNSET LEAGUE
Friday’s Game
Glide 10
Coquille 6</b>
GLIDE — Senior Katie Meyer threw a complete game with nine strikeouts, allowing 12 hits in the Sunset League contest.
Meyer knocked in two runs at the plate and Brittany Eifert doubled. The Wildcats stole 12 bases, but won despite six errors.
Glide (4-0, 3-0 Sunset) plays at Gold Beach Tuesday in a league game.
<b>Coquille 004 020 0 — 6 12 4
Glide 301 132 x — 10 5 6</b>
Hall and Forbes. Meyer and Eifert. WP — Meyer (3-0). LP — Hall. 2B — Eifert (G).
