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Hornets close in on Skyline title KLAMATH FALLS � Taking another step toward the Skyline Conference championship, No. 3-ranked Henley disposed of Phoenix, 5-3, on Tuesday. The Hornets (19-3 overall, 16-2 Skyline) did the bulk of their damage with a three-run third inning against Pirates starter Brady Rhodes, who gave up four earned runs, allowed nine hits, struck out four and walked four in a complete-game effort. "I knew facing Rhodes would present some problems for our team," said first-year Henley head coach Joe Tacchini. "So I think scoring those three runs early to take control of the game really helped us." Hornets starter Tim Kinzie (3-1) worked through control problems to earn the victory on six innings of one-run pitching. Kinzie walked five, gave up four hits and struck out three. Facing a 5-1 deficit, Phoenix made it interesting with a two-run seventh off Lloyd Wright but couldn�t manage anything more. Henley�s Kirk Cunningham and the Pirates� Kevin Hudnall were the lone batters to smack two hits in the game. "I think we�ve played pretty good at times," Tacchini said in sizing up the Hornets� postseason prospects. "We still have some things we can get better at. ... I�d like to see us swing the bats better heading into the playoffs." Phoenix ............................................ 000 001 2 � 3 7 1 Henley .............................................. 003 101 x � 5 9 1 Rhodes and Ellis; Kinzie, Wright (7) and Judkins, Wilson (7). W � Kinzie (3-1). L � Rhodes. 2B � P: Hudnall, Kessler; H: Cunningham, Kinsman, Grohs. HIDDEN VALLEY 7, ROGUE RIVER 6 � At Murphy, Hidden Valley scored three times in the bottom of the seventh inning for a Skyline Conference win. Brian Kunst scored the winning run on a passed ball with two outs. Jake Weigel went 4-for-4 to lead the Mustangs, while Tyler Mason, Kunst, Peter Richard and Nick Kennedy each added two hits. Kunst also drove in four runs. Josh Horn led Rogue River with three hits. Rogue River......................................002 000 4 � 6 6 4 Hidden Valley..................................003 001 3 � 7 13 1 Hunter and Bashans; Conner, Mason (7) and Richard. W � Mason. L � Hunter. 2B � HV: Weigel, Kennedy. 3B � RR: Bashans. MAZAMA 8, NORTH VALLEY 5 � At Klamath Falls, Mazama jumped out to a 5-2 lead after one inning and held on for a Skyline Conference win. Kyle Blank and Dallas Hubble each had two hits. Ariah Nead hit a home run for North Valley and Andrew Saeman had three hits. North Valley.....................................203 000 0 � 5 10 5 Mazama............................................502 001 x � 8 9 0 Shippy, Decheman (2), Nead (6) and Saeman; Bocchi, Massey (6), Clark (7) and Manfull. W � Bocchi. L � Shippy. 2B � NV: Hall; M: Snell. HR � NV: Nead; M: Hubble. LAKEVIEW 18, ILLINOIS VALLEY 0, 5 innings � At Lakeview, Anton Chiono had three hits to lead Lakeview to a five-inning rout of Illinois Valley. Carl Fairburn, Russell Brazeal, Nolan Yocum and Joey Staub each hit home runs for the Honkers. Illinois Valley.....................................000 00 � 0 3 4 Lakeview........................................(12)51 0x � 18 15 2 Headrick, Hoskins (2), Crutchfield (3), Carter (4) and Jones; Chiono and Dolbear. W � Chiono. L � Headrick. 2B � L: Longacre, Chiono, Fairburn, Yocum, Dolbear, Kiely. 3B � L: Chiono. HR � L: Fairburn, Brazeal, Yocum, Staub. LAKEVIEW 8-9, ROGUE RIVER 5-2 � At Lakeview, Carl Fairburn posted seven hits in helping Lakeview sweep a Skyline Conference doubleheader on Monday. Ryan Girodat hit a home run to lead Rogue River in Game 1, while Lakeview�s Casey Longacre pitched a one-hitter in Game 2. FIRST GAME Rogue River......................................201 200 0 � 5 4 5 Lakeview.........................................051 200 x � 8 13 1 Girodat, Frederick (5) and Bashans; Yocum and Dolbear. W � Yocum. L � Girodat. 2B � L: Kiely 2, Dolbear, Furtado. HR � RR: Girodat. SECOND GAME Rogue River......................................000 100 1 � 2 1 1 Lakeview........................................000 207 x � 9 10 3 Hanley, Miller (6) and Bashans; Longacre and Dolbear. W � Longacre. L � Hanley. 2B � L: Fairburn. 3B � L: Longacre. Non-Conference GOLD BEACH 8, CASCADE CHRISTIAN 5 � Kevin Roberts went 4-for-4 for Cascade Christian but was thrown out at third to end a seventh-inning rally. The Challengers scored three times in the seventh and Roberts was attempting to go from first to third base on a single when he was gunned down. Cascade Christian fell to 2-13 overall. Gold Beach.......................................320 300 0 � 8 10 4 Cascade Christian............................101 000 3 � 5 9 3 Duey and Boon; Rutledge, Roberts (3) and Roberts, Gettman (3). W � Duey. L � Rutledge. 2B � CC: Rutledge; GB: Duey. Mail Tribune Home | Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. | Dow Jones & Co., Inc. | Privacy | Contact Us Copyright � 2001 Mail Tribune, Inc.