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Varsity 541 NEWS NOW Customers thwart attempted robbery at Medford convenience store ... Oregon's economy roaring at 'full throttle,' state economists say ... Jeld-Wen files to go public with stock offering ... Customers thwart attempted robbery at Medford convenience store ... Oregon's economy roaring at 'full throttle,' state economists say ... Jeld-Wen files to go public with stock offering ... PREP ROUNDUP South trio reach state tennis quarterfinals Comment MailTribune.com Writer Posted May. 20, 2016 at 2:00 AM Posted May. 20, 2016 at 2:00 AM » Social News TUALATIN — South Medford’s Kelsey Bartlett used a Round 2 victory over Adrienne Powell of Roseburg to secure a spot in the Class 6A state tennis quarterfinals at Tualatin Hills Center on Thursday. Bartlett, the No. 5 seed in the three-day tournament, picked up a 6-2, 7-5 victory and will face No. 2 seed Melisha Dogra of Lake Oswego today. Bartlett had a bye in the first round. Also landing a spot in the quarters for the Panthers was the doubles team of Abi Borg and Anna Johnson. They upset No. 5 seeds Karissa Renyer and Madison Clark of West Albany, 6-4, 6-1, in the second round. Borg and Johnson will square off with Lake Oswego’s Katie Day and Mina Vukovic today. Borg and Johnson also captured a 6-7, 6-1, 6-2 first-round triumph over Wilson’s Abby Samkutty and Alina Nussbaum. The top doubles team for Grants Pass secured a quarterfinal spot as well. Seeded second, Abi Johnson and McKenna Stephenson topped Sheldon’s Lilly Syphers and Mary-Jane Erving, 6-0, 6-1. The Cavers will go up against the No. 6 seed from Sherwood, Erica Lee and Allison Schwarm. For North Medford, Kristina Ribeiro fell to Tualatin’s Jensen Barnes in the first round in a 6-1, 6-1 decision. Ribeiro will play Central Catholic’s Seryna Chin in an elimination singles consolation match today. On the boys side, South Medford’s seventh-seeded tandem of Kylar Tosh and Ben Vaughn fell victim in the second round following a first round bye. They lost to Roseburg’s Paul Bonnet and Ethan Smith, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4. 5A STATE TOURNAMENT: Ashland’s top-seeded boys doubles team of Rox Rogers and Kai Weston cruised to a first-round win and Mischa Kirby was just as dominant in the singles bracket in the first day at the Portland Tennis Center. The Ashland girls' lone representative, the doubles tandem of Lilli Patton and Hanna Barchet, lost in the first round and will try to work its way through the eight-team consolation bracket starting today. Rogers and Weston, who are undefeated following a dominant run through the Midwestern League district tournament, beat Matt Mazon and Nguyen Le of Parkrose, 6-0, 6-0, to advance to the state quarterfinals. They will face Aaron Banquer-Glenn and Nicolas Campbell of Bend today. Kirby, seeded No. 4, ousted Luigi Massa of Parkrose, 6-0, 6-0, to advance to the singles quarterfinals, where he will face Thomas Gniadecki of Dallas today. If Kirby wins that, he'll likely face top-seeded Nathan Hampton of Churchill in the semifinals this afternoon. Patton and Barchet lost to Alyson McGaughey and Makenna Wells of Sandy, 6-2, 6-2, and will take on Sonja Kinney and Sabryna Adrianson in the first round of the consolation bracket today. The tournament wraps up Saturday at the Tualatin Hills Tennis Center in Beaverton. Baseball CRATER 2, HENLEY 1: At Central Point, Crater pitchers Neil Bastendorff and Jacob Swartwout combined to limit Henley’s offense and the Comets tallied two runs in the fifth inning to win the nonleague game at Anhorn Field. Bastendorff struck out four and didn’t allow a hit through three innings, while Swartwout struck out three with three hits in four innings of relief. Class 4A Henley (25-2) scored its lone run in the second inning when Tyler Pettigrew reached on a two-base error, stole third and came home on a wild pitch. Crater (19-8) countered in the fifth when Jace Godley was hit by a pitch, Sebasten Boivin walked and Shay Hall was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Hayden Deuel followed with an RBI single and Boivin later scored on a passed ball. Henley;010;000;0;—;1;3;0 Crater;000;020;x;—;2;3;2 Sturgeon, Fernlund (4) and Brown; Ne. Bastendorff, Swartwout (4) and Smith, Bartlett (4). W — Swartwout (6-2). L — Fernlund. Softball CRATER 9, CENTRAL 5: At Central Point, Crater erased a 4-1 deficit with an eight-run fourth inning to capture a playoff berth thanks to the Class 5A state play-in victory at Crater High. The Comets (14-14) will travel Wednesday to face their first-round opponent, which will be determined after today. The Comets used four hits, a walk and two Central errors to rally in the bottom of the fourth inning. Crater’s Tristin Fisher scored twice in the frame after reaching base with a pair of singles, one of which drove in a run. Grace Hilton plated another Comet run with a sacrifice fly and singled in the inning, with Bayley Jensen adding an RBI single. Fisher finished 2-for-4 and Emily McCollum 2-for-3 with an RBI single and a run scored. Fisher lasted all six innings in the circle for the Comets, allowing five runs — three earned — on six hits and four walks to go with six strikeouts. Central;202;001;0;—;5;6;3 Crater;010;800;x;—;9;8;3 Cole, Shinanek (6) and Nash; Fisher and Harris. W — Fisher (9-9). L — Cole. 2B — CE: Nash. MailTribune.com Writer Posted May. 20, 2016 at 2:00 AM » Comment or view comments Reader Reaction Schedules & Events --> Recent Scores --> Prep Notebook Kris Henry Challengers make it back on top in softball Winning the Southern Cascade League title seemed like a pretty bold goal this spring considering the recent history of the Cascade Christian... 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