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Tornado tops North Eugene Amy Harris has made her mark the past two years, pitching North Eugene into two state finals and one state championship. The Highlanders� junior star dominated her first 10 opponents this season, not allowing a run and throwing three perfect games. But after enduring a two-hit shutout in the first game of a non-conference doubleheader at Fagone Field Wednesday, No. 5 North Medford bounced back from a 1-0 loss to deal the No. 1 Highlanders and Harris their first loss of the spring, 3-0. "Amy Harris is probably the best pitcher in the state," said North Medford coach Sara Barry. "For us to take one away from them is really big for us." Sophomore Kim Sevano allowed a leadoff single to Miranda Dellinger then blanked the Highlanders through six-plus innings before giving way to Steph Coe in the seventh inning. The Black Tornado collected three of its four hits to go with a walk in the bottom of the fifth inning of the second game. Coe singled to start the uprising and took second on Brittany Hillyer�s sacrifice. Haley Varley drew a walk and Amy Allen promptly made Harris pay for the free pass by launching a triple over center fielder Lori Collins� head. Cory Whitaker plated Allen with a single to right field. "What we�ve been missing is confidence and the girls stepped it up a notch today," Barry said. "We went up there to hit against a real good pitcher. Even though she had quite a few strikeouts in the first game, the girls really battled and took her to 3-2 quite a few times." In the first game, Harris chalked up nine strikeouts and walked two, allowing hits by Coe in the second inning and Hillyer in the seventh. North Eugene scored the only run of the game when Cijay Kaonui singled, advanced on a pair of errors and rode home on Harris� base hit to right field. FIRST GAME North Eugene.......................................000 001 0 � 1 4 0 North Medford......................................000 000 0 � 0 2 3 Harris and Mannion; Coe and Hillyer. W � Harris 11-0. L � Coe (4-2). SECOND GAME North Eugene.......................................000 000 0 � 0 1 0 North Medford......................................000 030 x � 3 4 1 Harris and Mannion; Sevano, Coe (7) and Hillyer. W � Sevano (4-1). L � Harris (11-1). 3B � NM: Allen. Skyline Conference Softball ROGUE RIVER 2, NORTH VALLEY 1 � At Rogue River, the Chiefs pulled to within one game of first place in the Skyline Conference with a one-run victory. Kristi Frederick doubled home Katie Glasscock with the eventual winning run in the bottom of the fourth inning. K.K. Smith drove in Rogue River�s first run in the third inning. North Valley scored its run when Michelle Beck tripled and beat the throw home when Karyn Allen grounded to shortstop. North Valley.........................................000 001 0 � 1 2 1 Rogue River..........................................001 100 x � 2 4 1 Wardlaw and Beck; Glasscock and Bailey. W � Bailey. L � Wardlaw (3-5). 2B � NV: Plant. RR: Frederick. 3B � NV: Beck Skyline Conference Baseball ILLINOIS VALLEY 5, HIDDEN VALLEY 4 � At Cave Junction, Brandon Henry collected three hits, including the game winner, and Matt Stone struck out nine in four innings for Illinois Valley (4-6, 2-4 Skyline). With the score tied 4-4, Henry�s two-out double in the fourth inning scored Ryan Emery with what proved to be the winning run. Emery opened the inning with a single and was sacrificed to second. Stone allowed two earned runs and one hit through four innings and Daniel Houston finished with three shutout innings of relief. Hidden Valley (7-2, 4-2 Skyline) had the tying runner at second with one out in the seventh, but the Cougars ended the game on a double play. The Mustangs were without starters Nick Mason and Josh Evans, who were serving a suspension for disciplinary reasons. Hidden Valley.......................................013 000 0 � 4 2 2 Illinois Valley......................................013 100 x � 5 7 4 Richard, Adler (4) and C. Schmidt; Stone, Houston (5) and Henry. W � Stone (1-3). L � Adler. 2B � HV: Richard; IV: Henry. Non-conference Baseball EAGLE POINT 8, SOUTH MEDFORD 6 � Ryan Garrett�s two-run, two-out homer in the eighth inning lifted Eagle Point to the non-conference victory at Miles Field. Greg Horn�s fly ball fell in for a base hit, followed by Garrett�s blast. Garrett led the Eagles with two hits and three RBIs and Danny Acrey added two hits. Matt Skundrick drove in three runs for South Medford (7-7). Skundrick smacked a two-run triple in the fourth and tied the game at 6-all with a sixth inning sacrifice fly. Eagle Point.........................................004 002 02 � 8 6 2 South Medford....................................111 201 00 � 6 6 1 Acrey, Gray (3), Farrell (5) and Garrett; Parker, McCollum (4) and Norris. W � Farrell. L � McCollum. 2B � 3B � EP: Acrey; SM: Skundrick. HR � EP: Garrett. GRANTS PASS 12, ROGUE RIVER 2 � At Grants Pass, Derrick Draper had two hits, two runs and pitched the first two innings as the Cavemen improved to 8-5 with a non-conference win. Speedy Ortiz collected two hits and drove in two runs for Grants Pass, which took advantage of four walks and four hit batsmen. Rogue River.............................................000 020 � 2 5 3 Grants Pass............................................322 023 � 12 8 2 Giordat, Tocher (4), Cornelison (6) and Ford; Draper, Olson (3), Mecum (4) and Ortiz. W � Draper (1-0). L � Giordat. 2B � RR: Cornelison. GP � York. 3B � GP: Fish. CRATER 9-10, EUREKA 8-0 � At Central Point, Crater junior Chris Pettegrew pitched a one-hit shutout in the nightcap to complete a doubleheader sweep over the California opponent at Anhorn Field. Pettegrew (4-0) struck out seven, walked one and was one out away from a five-inning no hitter. Jim Laque accounted for Eureka�s lone hit with a two-out single in the fifth. Ryan Gipson and Craig Mulder paced Crater�s 11-hit attack in game 2 with two hits and two RBIs each. David Sills and Brian Overstake added two hits apiece. Junior catcher Jared Maddocks led the Comets (12-3, 2-2 SOC) in the opener with two hits and two RBIs. Crater erased a 4-3 deficit in the fifth inning with four runs. The Comets bunched together five hits, including back-to-back RBI doubles by Maddocks and Sills. FIRST GAME Eureka...............................................030 102 2 � 8 8 2 Crater.................................................011 142 x � 9 13 4 Giacore, Apo (3), Barlow (5) and Morgan; Norum, Kingsbury (7), Norum (7) and Maddocks. W � Norum (1-1). L � Apo. 2B � E: Wolfe; C: Gibson, Maddocks, Sills 2. 3B � C: Strate. HR � E: Robinson. SECOND GAME Eureka................................................. ..000 00 � 0 1 3 Crater......................................................041 5x � 10 11 0 Anderson, Albibini (3), Sundquist (4) and Morgan; Pettegrew and Maddocks. W � Pettegrew (4-0). L � Anderson. 2B � C: Gipson. SOC Boys Tennis NORTH MEDFORD 9, KLAMATH UNION 0 � At Klamath Falls, North Medford�s Andre Nilsson had to come back from a set down in No. 1 singles during the conference victory Tuesday. Nilsson dropped the opening set to Reid Arthur 6-3, but rallied for a 7-5 and 6-4 win. The Black Tornado No. 5 singles player, Renato Ferreira, also went to three sets before defeating Jon Bogatay, 6-1, 2-6 and 6-4. In four doubles matches, North only dropped a total of five games. SINGLES � Andre Nilsson, NM, d. Reid Arthur, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4; Justin Devine, NM, d. Nick Amstutz, 6-0, 6-2; Marco Martin, NM, d. Sean Nelson, 6-1, 6-4; Zach Geroux, NM, d. Jim Zaiger, 6-4, 6-2; Renato Ferreira, NM, d. Jon Bogatay, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4. DOUBLES � Drew Phillips-Clint Russell, NM, d. Tyler Casey-Chris Hurley, 6-4, 6-0; Andrew Theen-David Mostue, NM, d. Jim Zaiger-Chris Mattenberger, 6-0, 6-0; Colin McNamara-Mateo Mengis, NM, d. Nate Ganong-Nick Penka, 6-0, 6-1; Colin Olson-Kelly Brown, NM, d. Matt Ryder-Jack Chan, 6-0, 6-0. Boys Golf FIVE-WAY TOURNAMENT � At Corvallis, North Medford edged Grants Pass by one stroke for second place in a five-way boys golf tournament at Trysting Tree Golf Course. South Salem was the team victor with a 307-stroke total. Jason Champion of Lebanon took medalist honors with a one-under par 71. TEAM SCORES � South Salem 307, North Medford 311, Grants Pass 312, Lebanon 320, Corvallis 330. NORTH MEDFORD (311) � Adam Huycke 79, Adam Browne 77, Matt Dunbar 75, Chris Daggitt 80, Brandon Miller 83. GRANTS PASS (312) � Geoff Davis 81, Joey Rossknecht 73, Erik Hill 78, Travis Briseno 80, Brian Bigelow 85. Mail Tribune Home | Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. | Dow Jones & Co., Inc. | Privacy | Contact Us Copyright � 2001 Mail Tribune, Inc.