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CLEAR Temp: 58 °F Wind: CLM at 0 mph Thursday, June 5, 2003 SECTIONS Home Page Local News Sports Business Obituaries Life Opinion - Politics AP News Weather Classified Archives Site Map EXTRA HomeLife Magazine W3 Magazine Jobs @ Mail Tribune Tempo A & E Oregon CarZone Wellness Connection Real Estate Newspaper in Education Prime Times Outdoor Journal Personals Movie Times TV Times E The People CLASSIFIEDS Find a Car Find a Home Find a Job Find Everything E SOUTHERN OREGON Automotive Communities Entertainment Publications Recreation Calendar ABOUT US FAQ What's New Advertise Home Delivery Classified Ad Contact Us Media Kit Email Story to a Friend May 27, 2003 Grants Pass stuns unbeaten and No. 2 Tualatin TUALATIN — Ranked No. 2 in the state, unbeaten on the season at 19-0 and looking to make a long run in the Class 4A state softball playoffs, Tualatin forgot one thing. The first-round game. Grants Pass scored two times in the first inning and pitcher Jessica Morton made the lead stand as the Cavers ended the Wolves’ season. Advertisement Grants Pass (19-8), the No. 4 team out of the Southern Oregon Conference, moves on to host Clackamas, which defeated Beaverton 1-0, in a second-round contest Wednesday. Morton went the distance, striking out 10 while allowing only three hits. The Cavers managed just three hits as well, but the two-run first-inning helped erase early game jitters. "Without a doubt, that set the tone," said Grants Pass coach Clay Rounsaville. "We’ve had trouble scoring runs for Jessica in the past, so getting her a lead early helped her relax a little I think." Jenny Austin reached on an error to start the game for the Cavers and came around to score on Ashley Bellum’s double. Bellum, who moved to third on the throw to the plate, scored one batter later on Justine Cerda’s groundout. Tualatin answered with a run in the bottom half of the inning but couldn’t muster the tying run against Morton. "We just start playing better and better and better," said Rounsaville of his team’s play of late. "I told them that if we get to the playoffs, we’d be a team not to be taken lightly." Grants Pass..............................200 000 0 — 2 3 2 Tualatin....................................010 000 0 — 1 3 2 Morton and Sander; Cooke and VanDomelan. W — Morton (17-5). L — Cooke. 2B — GP: Bellum. SOUTH SALEM 3, CRATER 0 — At Salem, Christy Todd’s no-hitter ended Crater’s season in the first-round game. Todd walked two batters and only struck out one but didn’t allow a runner past first while her defense did the rest. The Comets (18-8) got the leadoff runner on in the first inning, but a snared line drive turned into a double play and erased the threat. Crater didn’t reach base again until the seventh. South Salem, which moves on to face Southridge, an 8-6 winner over Churchill, on Wednesday, scored all three runs in the first inning behind three hits and two walks off starter Janelle Cristofaro. Crater.......................................000 000 0 — 0 0 0 South Salem.............................300 000 x — 3 5 0 Cristofaro, Bittle (2) and Thomas; Todd and Byerley. W — Todd. L — Cristafaro. Class 3A Softball ROGUE RIVER 4, SUTHERLIN 0 — At Sutherlin, Rogue River’s Lacey Scroggins had three hits and Laura Jones tossed a shutout in the first-round contest. The Chieftains, the No. 3 team out of the Skyline Conference, visit Riverside on Wednesday. Jones gave up three hits, while the Chieftains’ offense pounded out seven and scored single runs in the first and third innings before adding two more in the fifth. Rogue River..............................101 020 0 — 4 7 1 Sutherlin...................................000 000 0 — 0 3 3 Jones and Artoff; Koch and Hyland. W — Jones (16-5). L — Koch. 2B — S: Weaver. 3B — RR: Frederick; S: Weaver. HENLEY 11, NEWPORT 4 — At Klamath Falls, Kristiann Kinsman belted a home run and provided four hits as Henley coasted to the first-round win. The Hornets, the No. 2 seed out of the Skyline Conference, visit Cascade Conference champion Stayton on Wednesday. Henley trailed 4-3 entering the fifth inning before erupting for five runs in the bottom of the fifth and three more in the sixth. Kristin Brunelle and Jessica Birt each added three hits and Birt picked up the pitching win. Newport................................040 000 0 — 4 4 5 Henley..................................101 153 x — 11 15 2 Hogan, Chipman (5) and Schiewe; Birt and Kinsman. W — Birt. L — Hogan. 3B — H: Brunelle. HR — H: Kinsman. Class 4A Baseball KLAMATH UNION 2, CRESCENT VALLEY 1 — At Corvallis, Brian Quigley and Jon James each notched fifth-inning RBI singles to lead Klamath Union to the first-round win. Bryan Rogers sparked the Pelicans’ outburst with a one-out double, moving to third when Sean Anderson reached on an error and scoring on Quigley’s bunt single. James followed with an RBI single to right field for KU (16-9), the SOC’s No. 2 seed. Crescent Valley, the No. 2 seed from the Valley League, cut its deficit in half in the bottom half of the fifth after Saul Kaye posted a two-out single and scored when Jeff Giamotti’s grounder was fielded but thrown well wide of first base. James went the distance on the mound in improving to 7-2, striking out seven while scattering six hits. Klamath Union.........................000 020 0 — 2 6 1 Crescent Valley........................000 010 0 — 1 6 2 James and Rogers; Frost and DeAngelis. W — James (7-2). L — Frost. 2B — KU: Rogers 2. Class 3A Baseball NORTH VALLEY 4, PHILOMATH 3 — At Philomath, Ariah Nead had two of North Valley’s four hits as the Knights pulled out the first- round victory. North Valley, the No. 3 seed out of the Skyline Conference, visits Pleasant Hill on Wednesday. Drew Deshane limited Philomath to three hits to pick up the win. Of North Valley’s four runs, three were unearned and the fourth came off four walks during the sixth inning. North Valley.............................201 001 0 — 4 4 1 Philomath.................................000 030 0 — 3 3 5 Deshane and Saeman; Hinchenberger and Farm. W — Deshane. L — . Printer Friendly Version Email Story to a Friend Subscribe Archive: Click to Search Mail Tribune Home Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life Opinion - Politics | AP News | Archives | Site Map E Southern Oregon | Classified Copyright © 1997-2003 Mail Tribune. All rights reserved. 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