Roseburg High School senior Austin Takahashi is looking forward to his final season of prep baseball and is thankful to not have the weight of a college decision hanging over him.
Roseburg High School senior Austin Takahashi is looking forward to his final season of prep baseball and is thankful to not have the weight of a college decision hanging over him.
Roseburg junior pitcher Austin Takahashi was a second team selection in the recent Class 6A baseball all-state voting done by the coaches.
Three players who played big roles in South Umpqua’s run to the Class 3A state baseball championship were among those selected to the all-state teams in a vote of the coaches.
MCMINNVILLE — Six players from three central Douglas County schools have been selected to play for the East team in the Oregon Class 3A/2A/1A All-Star Baseball Series this weekend at Linfield College’s Roy Helser Field.
Senior pitcher/outfielder Ever Lamm of Class 3A state baseball champion South Umpqua was selected the Special District 4 Player of the Year and four teammates received first-team honors in a vote of the league coaches.
Douglas County was well-represented on the Class 2A/1A baseball all-state teams, which were released this week following a vote of the coaches.
Umpqua Valley Christian seniors Josh Luther and Nathan York, who led the Monarchs into the Class 2A/1A state championship baseball game, were selected the Special District 4 Co-Players of the Year in a vote of the league coaches.
KEIZER — Jack Allen was walking along the concourse, taking in the scene as South Umpqua High School baseball fans began to leave Volcanoes Stadium and Umpqua Valley Christian fans filed in.
KEIZER — On this day, the Kennedy Trojans — clearly — were the superior team.
KEIZER — Mission accomplished.
Last November, the South Umpqua Lancers thumped Yamhill-Carlton 35-6 in the first round of the Class 3A football playoffs, and followed that with a 28-8 quarterfinal drubbing of Santiam Christian one week later.
The same two prep baseball teams that battled it out in the 2019 Class 2A/1A championship game — the last OSAA-sanctioned baseball event as the coronavirus pandemic canceled the official state playoffs the past two years — will play again for the title on Friday.
TRI CITY — Kade Johnson stood on second base, having scored Angel Chavez on an infield single to pull South Umpqua into a 6-6 tie with Yamhill-Carlton in the bottom of the seventh inning.
After grinding out a one-run win over Lakeview on Wednesday, top-seeded Umpqua Valley Christian had an easier time of it with No. 8 Bandon Friday in the quarterfinal round of the OSAA Class 2A/1A baseball playoffs.
TRI CITY — For the fourth time this spring, the South Umpqua Lancers got the better of the St. Mary’s Crusaders.
Last spring, the Glide High School baseball team won the unofficial “Culminating Week” state championship, beating Kennedy for the Class 2A/1A title.
DUFUR — The No. 13-seeded Reedsport baseball team dropped an 8-1 decision to No. 4 Dufur/South Wasco County on Wednesday in a Class 2A/1A second-round playoff game.
CLACKAMAS — Dominic Tatone hit a solo home run and Austin Takahashi pitched a solid six innings, but the Roseburg High School baseball team just didn’t have enough to get past the Clackamas Cavaliers in a 3-2 Class 6A playoff loss on Wednesday.
TRI CITY — South Umpqua didn’t tear the cover off the baseball at the plate in its Class 3A playoff opener against Scio on Wednesday.
Baseball doesn’t always have to be pretty. It just has to be effective.
REEDSPORT — The 13th-seeded Reedsport baseball team opened the Class 2A/1A playoffs on Monday with a 3-2 win over No. 20 East Linn Christian.
The Roseburg High School baseball team is moving on to the second round of the Class 6A state playoffs after a big win over the Southridge Skyhawks at Bill Gray Legion Stadium at Champion Car Wash Field on Monday.
ROCKAWAY BEACH — North Douglas/Yoncalla only managed two hits and dropped a 4-1 decision to No. 12-seeded Neah-Kah-Nie on Monday in the first round of the Class 2A/1A baseball playoffs.
For a third consecutive season, the Roseburg High School baseball team has had the best pitcher in its league.
TRI CITY — The third-ranked South Umpqua baseball team ended the regular season on Friday with a sweep of Sutherlin in a Class 3A Special District 4 doubleheader, winning 10-3 and 11-4 at O'Malley Field.
MEDFORD — The Douglas baseball team had an opportunity to win its Class 3A Special District 4 series with No. 1-ranked Cascade Christian on Friday.
They say it’s tough to beat a team three times in a season, but the Umpqua Valley Christian Monarchs pulled it off against the Glide Wildcats on Wednesday night.
CAVE JUNCTION — The Elkton baseball team dropped a 16-6 decision to Illinois Valley in five innings in a nonleague game Wednesday to conclude its season.
When Sutherlin returned to its dugout following the top of the first inning, the Bulldogs were staring at a 14-run deficit.
OAKLAND — The North Douglas/Yoncalla baseball team posted a pair of one-run wins and earned a berth in the Class 2A/1A playoffs on Monday in the Special District 4 playoffs at Oakland High School.
EUGENE — The Roseburg High School baseball team went to Eugene on Monday to finish the regular season and the mission was straightforward — win twice against the Sheldon Irish to claim the Southwest Conference title.
SUTHERLIN — The Sutherlin baseball team scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning and defeated Douglas 5-3 in the first game of a Class 3A Special District 4 doubleheader on Saturday.
Third-ranked South Umpqua got a complete game pitching effort from Jace Johnson in the first game and defeated No. 5 Brookings-Harbor 3-2 to open a Class 3A Special District 4 baseball doubleheader on Friday at Roseburg's Bill Gray Legion Stadium at Champion Car Wash Field.
A six-run second inning proved to be enough for third-ranked Umpqua Valley Christian, which fended off a Glide rally in the late innings to take a 6-4 win Wednesday in a Class 2A/1A Special District 4 baseball game at Sewell Field in Glide.
OAKLAND — The Elkton baseball team earned its first Class 2A/1A Special District 4 win of the season on Wednesday, handing Oakland an 8-3 loss.
