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Crater falls in tournament final PLEASANTON, Calif. � Crater performed well in a hostile environment, but the Comet girls basketball team still suffered its first loss of the season. Crater lost 73-70 to host Amador Valley in the championship game of the Amador Valley Classic. The Comets led most of the way but lost two key players to fouls late and couldn�t contain University of Santa Barbara-bound guard Mia Fisher. "It was a crazy atmosphere with some wild officiating," said Crater coach David Heard, whose team fell to 4-1 on the season. "We made some poor decisions and there must have been about 600 people rooting against us, but it was a good experience. It�ll help us get ready for league." The Comets led by as many as 14 points during the third quarter and held a 56-49 lead entering the final stanza. But Amador Valley slowly crept back into the game. Janell Sapienza, who helped boost Crater to its early lead with 14 first-half points, fouled out with 3� minutes remaining and the Comets clinging to a four-point lead. "That hurt us a lot," said Heard. "We have a young bench and they (bench players) did some good things, but there are still some growing pains there." Amador Valley (7-0), the 10th-ranked team in California, fought back to take its first lead since the first quarter on two free throws with 25 seconds left. The foul shots came when Amy Denson, who tallied 14 points for Crater, also went to the bench with five fouls. The Comets� Sarah Pool had her running jumper in the lane blocked by Fisher with 10 seconds left to seal the win. Fisher, a 5-foot-9 senior guard, lived up to her billing as one of the top 20 prep players in the nation with 38 points on 11-for-22 shooting from the field and 15-for-19 from the line. "She�s something else," said Heard. "I knew she would get her 30 points, but I don�t think we did a very good job of making her go left. That was one of our plans on defending her." Jodi McLeod finished with a team-high 21 points for the Comets while Sapienza added 15. Crater, which held a 42-24 advantage on the boards, was led by McLeod�s 13 rebounds while Denson pulled down nine. Pool, Denson and McLeod also made the all-tournament team. CRATER (70) � Kinney 1, Anhorn 0, Pool 13, Sapienza 15, McLeod 21, Denson 14, Johnson 6, Nafie 0, Robertson 0. Totals: 26-63 17-28 70. AMADOR VALLEY (73) � Fisher 38, Rogers 18, Reed 6, McGrath 0, Stedt 7, King 2, Lockory 2. Totals: 24-64 18-26 73. Crater....................................................16 27 13 14 � 70 Amador Valley......................................13 21 15 24 � 73 3-point goals � Crater 1 (Denson), Amador Valley 7 (Rogers 4, Reed 2, Fisher 1). Fouled out � Denson, Sapienza. � NORTH EUGENE 66, SOUTH MEDFORD 54 � At Eugene, South Medford kept the non-conference game even until the final quarter, when North Eugene pulled away for the double-digit victory. With the Panthers (3-2) focusing on stopping post Kristi Hill, who scored 27 points the previous night, the Highlanders� other post, Molly Williams, tallied 24. Whitney Grant had 18 points, six steals, five rebounds and four assists for South. Emily Perttu scored 15 and Amber Hunt 13. SOUTH MEDFORD (54) � Perttu 15, Wright 0, Grant 18, Hunt 13, Berkey 0, McHenry 0, Thomas 6, Zenz 2. Totals: 22 8-12 54. NORTH EUGENE (66) � Fortner 0, Collius 3, Santana 0, Statton 2, Williams 24, Hill 10, Brock 6, Jodoin 6, True 15. Totals: 24 10-15 66. South Medford......................................10 21 13 10 � 54 North Eugene........................................15 19 12 20 � 66 3-point goals � South Medford 2 (Grant 2). SOUTH EUGENE 61, NORTH MEDFORD 40 � At Eugene, South Eugene rallied with a 19-6 run in the third quarter to pull away from North Medford in a non-conference game. Ashley Nelson led the Black Tornado with eight points but picked up three fouls in the first quarter and was forced to sit the entire second quarter. North Medford (1-4) connected on 16 of 23 from the free-throw line but shot just 12-of-37 from the field. NORTH MEDFORD (40) � Nelson 8, Hwang 6, Lilly 6, Mellbye 4, Stevenson 4, Gentry 4, Meager 2, Versteeg 2, Miller 2, Tarkon 0, Rettmann 0, B. Stevenson 0, Reeves 0. Totals: 12 16-23 40. SOUTH EUGENE (61) � Purvis 13, Flegal 14, Gordon 8, Tyree 6, Blum 4, White 4, Ruggles 4, Stokes 2, Bruer 2, Kilburne 2. Totals: 26 4-7 61. North Medford........................................10 12 6 12 � 40 South Eugene........................................6 17 19 17 � 61 3-point goals � South Eugene 3 (Purvis, Gordon, White). Fouled out � White, Nelson. JV score � North Medford 34, South Eugene 32. NORTH BEND 41, EAGLE POINT 22 � At Eagle Point, freshman post Ashley Curtis� 13 points and seven rebounds were a bright spot for the Eagles (1-3). The cold-shooting Eagles connected on less than 15 percent (5-35) of their field goal opportunities and the problems persisted from the line with a 12-for-33 effort. Eagle Point hurt itself with 18 turnovers. NORTH BEND (41) � Walton 11, Praus 8, Wilson 10, Thompson 2, Funk 4, C. Bowman 0, Hoffmeister 0, Atkins 6, Fields 0, Reeves 0, Willett 0, Nicholls 0. Totals: 14 13-18 41. EAGLE POINT (22) � Curtis 13, Rouhier 4, Williams 2, McLaughlin 1, Lee 2, Bilden 0, Winner 0, Kell-Dell 0, Trautman 0, Brewington 0, Bateman 0. Totals: 5 12-33 22. North Bend ..........................................12 10 4 15 � 41 Eagle Point ...............................................6 4 6 6 � 22 JV result � Eagle Point won. GRANTS PASS 59, CROOK COUNTY 35 � At Crook County, the Cavers stormed out to a 26-4 lead in the first quarter and never looked back in a non-conference romp. Casey Higgins had 14 points and eight rebounds and Megan Moon added 16 points in leading Grants Pass to its fourth win in five games. Danae Thomason chipped in seven points, six assists and five steals. GRANTS PASS (59) � Thomason 7, Morton 4, Higgins 14, Thompson 4, Klingel 6, Pilcher 8, Megan Moon 16, Cottington 0, Neely 0, Glovinsky 0, Briggs 0, Smith 0, Ferrare 0. Totals: 27 1-4 59. CROOK COUNTY (35) �Lifinie 1, Caldwell 3, Pruitt 2, Smith 6, Newton 2, Sharp 1, Austin 1, Kriege 2, Meadows 9, Evans 8. Totals: 15 4-9 35. Grants Pass............................................26 7 16 10 � 59 Crook County.............................................4 16 9 6 � 35 3-point goals � Grants Pass 2 (Pilcher 1, Thomason 1), Crook County 1 (Meadows). JV score � Grants Pass 46, Crook County 39. KLAMATH UNION 53, MAZAMA 31 � At Klamath Falls, Sam Gilbert scored 13 of her game-high 21 points in the first quarter as Klamath Union cruised to a non-conference win. Megan Leppert and Grace Fagan added 11 points apeice for the Pelicans (4-1), who led by as many as 29 points in the third period but didn�t score in the final stanza. KLAMATH UNION (53) � Gilbert 21, Vieira 3, Megan Leppert 11, Grace Fagan 11, Sharp 3, Brookshire 4, Donahoo 0, Davison 0, Uerlings 0, Buckingham 0, Spires 0, Bocchi 0. Totals: 21 7-19 53. MAZAMA (31) � Britton 2, Cottrell 2, Bishop 11, English 4, Burk 6, Kahl 6, Young 0, Miller 0, Blank 0. Totals: 11 8-12 31. Klamath Union........................................21 12 20 0 � 53 Mazama...................................................4 10 10 7 � 31 3-point goals � Klamath Union 4 (Gilbert 3, Sharp 1), Mazama 1 (Bishop). JV score � Klamath Union 61, Mazama 31. YONCALLA 50, CASCADE CHRISTIAN 25 � At Yoncalla, Miranda Brownson and Sarah Palmer combined for 38 points in lifting Yoncalla to the title in its own tournament. Brownson and Palmer used their height advantage to score 20 and 18 points, respectively, in the non-conference win. Kelly Clarke paced Cascade (3-2) with nine points and Rebekah Gettman had eight. YONCALLA (50) � Brownson 20, S. Palmer 18, L. Palmer 4, Finney 4, Freeman 3, Duncan 1, Tan. Garcia 0, Tar. Garcia 0, Wingo 0, Shaw 0. Totals: 23 4-15 50. CASCADE CHRISTIAN (25) � Clarke 9, Gettman 8, Brookins 2, Kelley 2, Roseberg 1, Salamone 3, H. Gettman 0, McCandless 0, Roos 0, Conley 0. Totals: 12 5-14 25. Yoncalla...................................................12 14 18 6 � 50 Cascade......................................................10 5 6 4 � 25 3-point goals � Cascade Christian 2 (R. Gettman 2). TRIAD 45, PROSPECT 39 � At Klamath Falls, Prospect junior Sarah Gordon scored 21 points to go with five steals and five rebounds, but the Cougars had no deterent for Triad 6-foot freshman Ashley Dubrey, who scored 22 points. Prospect (4-1) trailed 38-30 with over five minutes remaining in the game. The Cougars cut the lead to 40-38 with about 2� minutes to go, then Gordon fouled out. Prospect had three players foul out and was forced to finish the game with four players. PROSPECT (39) � Gordon 21, Lewis 13, Acrey 5, Wood 0, Mueller 0, Govenor 0, Emmons 0. Totals: 13 9-26 39. TRIAD (45) � Dubrey 22, Escobar 8, Wehr 2, Moore 2, Coe 1, Hand 6, Chroniste 2, Bruner 0, Flury 0. Totals: 19 7-26 45. Prospect ....................................................8 13 7 11 � 39 Triad ..........................................................7 14 15 9 � 45 3-point goals � Prospect 5 (Gordon 3, Lewis 2). Fouled out � Gordon, Acrey, Wood. Technical foul � Acrey. 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