Cruisers baseball team drives down winning road

The Clint Newell Cruisers Junior State baseball team smoked Klamath Falls 22-12 in the second round of a Junior State South Division Tournament at Sunshine Park on Tuesday.

Ryan Wood went 5-for-6 with six RBIs and Chris Shoffner had two hits and five runs. Connor Newell contributed a hit and four runs, Tristan Guillen finished 2-for-2 with four RBIs and Jake Backen went 2-for-4 with three runs and three RBIs.

The Cruisers travel to North Medford at 5:30 p.m. for a semifinal game.

K. Falls 235 02 0 — 12 16 0

Roseburg 310 16(11) — 22 15 3

Badker, McAdams (4), Davis (6) and Brown. Matthews, Anderson (3) and Guillen. WP — Anderson. LP — Badker. 2B — Shoffner 2 (C), Newell (C), Wood 3 (C), Guillen (C), Marlar (C), Backen (C), Shannon (KF), Davis (KF).

Roseburg captures Brookings Tournament

BROOKINGS — The Clint Newell Cruisers rolled to the championship of the Brookings Junior State Tournament last weekend, going 4-0.

On Friday, the Roseburg team defeated Brookings 10-2 and Florence 15-6. On Saturday the Cruisers beat Coquille 12-2 to advance to Sunday's championship game, where they again beat Florence, 11-7.

“My guys who don't normally get into our rotation got a chance to pitch and guys some needed at-bats,” Roseburg coach Tim Sustaire said. “It was a good thing for them to get a chance to swing the bats and show us what they have.”

The Cruisers play either Crater or Klamath Falls today at 5:30 p.m. at Sunshine Park in the second round of the league tournament, with the winner receiving an automatic bid to the state tournament.