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North Medford girls roll over South in tennis, 7-2 Despite missing five starting players because of various school activities, North Medford didn't have any trouble registering a 7-2 victory over South Medford in Southern Oregon Conference girls tennis at District Courts Saturday. The Black Tornado improved to 7-0 in SOC action. North received exceptionally strong play from its top four singles players, only losing a total of two games. "We knew we'd be strong in the first four singles," North Medford coach Dale Jensen said. "After that I knew the matches would be close." North clinched the dual with junior Vanessa Barrus' 7-6, 6-1 win over Shelly Allred in the No. 5 spot. "She (Barrus) came through for us really nice," said Jensen. North's No. 1 doubles team of Alicia Del Rosso and Rebekah Murphy beat Julia White-Hoppe and Marian Close, 7-6, 6-2. SINGLES -- Leslie Schultz, NM, d. Jen Templeton, 6-1, 6-1; Annie Chaney, NM, d. Michaela Buti, 6-0, 6-0; Shannon Leever, NM, d. Andrea Saxon, 6-0, 6-0; Andrea Pratt, NM, d. Kelly Koziol, 6-0, 6-0; Vanessa Barrus, NM, d. Shelly Allred, 7-6 (7-5), 6-1. DOUBLES -- Alicia Del Rosso-Rebekah Murphy, NM, d. Julia White-Hoppe-Marian Close, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2; Steph Cohee-Joy Barker-Fiske, SM, d. Beth Alston-Melissa Witten, 7-6 (8-6), 6-2; Lorie Brown-Kaysi Staller, NM, d. Megan Gerking-Kali Shugart, 6-3, 6-0; Sarah Close-Megan Lee, SM, d. Kelsey Versteeg-Meghan Mayeda, 6-0, 6-4. Boys Tennis South Medford senior Zach Matthews accounted for two of the Panthers' three wins, but North Medford still posted a 6-3 victory in Southern Oregon Conference boys tennis Saturday at Fichtner-Mainwaring Park. Matthews registered victories in No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles. North Medford captured wins in the other four singles matches to take command of the dual and improve to 4-1 in the SOC. North's Andrew Theen rallied from a 6-4, first-set loss to Riley Farrell to win the No. 2 singles match 6-2, 6-2. SINGLES -- Zach Matthews, SM, d. Jeremy Leever, 6-4, 6-2; Andrew Theen, NM, d. Riley Farrell, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2; Brock Jonasson, NM, d. Eli Matthews, 6-0, 6-0; Clint Russell, NM, d. Richard Templeton, 6-4, 6-4; David Mostue, NM, d. Will Adrian, 6-1, 6-1. DOUBLES -- Z. Matthews-E. Matthews, SM, d. Dru Phillips-Jonasson, 4-6, 7-6 (9-7), 6-1; Templeton-White-Hoppe, SM, forfeit; Colin Olson-Colin McNamara, NM, d. Peter White-Hoppe-Ian Foster, 4-6, 6-0, 7-5; Pete Oliver-Tyler Anno, NM, d. Dane Gerrard-Chris Divita, 6-1, 6-3. Grants Pass 5, Marshfield 2 At Gilbert Creek Park, Grants Pass SINGLES -- Mladen Sokanovic, GP, d. Eduardo Patron, 6-3, 6-4; Ryan Yokum, M, d. Jameson Zottola, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4; Charlie Strickler, GP, d. James Brandt, 6-3, 6-3; Felix Verser, M, d. Matt Durbin, 6-4, 6-1. EXHIBITION SINGLES -- Ali Kamalian, GP, d. Daniel Gauvin, 8-1; Mike Walberg, M, d. Cyman Huang, 8-5. DOUBLES -- Paul Dickerson-Tom Cohen, GP, d. Mark Molitor-Seth Beckstrom, 6-4, 6-1; Joe Loomis-Derek Kellenbeck, GP, d. Jared Ellis-Walberg, 6-4, 6-0; Sam Newman-Chris DeVicq, GP, d. Kyle Smith-Gauvin, 6-1, 6-4. EXHIBITION DOUBLES -- Verser-Brandt, M, d. Matt Rahn-Nick Westfall, 7-5. Track and Field GLIDE INVITATIONAL -- At Glide, Megan Dode paced St. Mary's with two fourth-place efforts in the 36-team meet. Dode finished fourth in the 100 meters at 13.5 seconds and fourth in the 400 at 65.1. Leah Sawyer placed fourth for the Crusaders in the 1,500 at 5:25, edging teammate Martina Patella (5:26). Patella went on to finish fourth in the 3,000 at 11:56. St. Mary's finished eighth in the girls standings, with North Valley finishing second behind Oakland. Cascade Christian finished tied for 21st, with Illinois Valley in 25th. K'Pree Ford-Harris won the shot put at 35 feet, 8 inches and discus (111-8) to pace the North Valley girls team. North Valley's boys team placed third behind Oakridge and Reedsport, with Powers in seventh place and Cascade Christian in 12th. Illinois Valley finished 23rd. Jordan Ferrell of Cascade Christian placed third in the boys high jump (6-0). Boys Golf ROSEBURG WINS TOURNAMENT -- At Grants Pass Golf Club, Roseburg's Eric House shot a 2-over-par 74 Saturday to hold on for the individual title at the Southern Oregon Invitational. House recorded a 145 total over the two-day tournament and held off Thurston's Justin St. Clair, who fired a 1-under 71 but finished one stroke back at 146. Per Englund finished third with a 152 combined score for Ashland, while Geoff Davis placed fourth for Grants Pass at 153. The Grizzlies' Pete Kirkpatrick rounded out the top five, finishing at 155. Roseburg won the team title with a 621. Overall scores include Friday's results FINAL TEAM SCORES -- Roseburg 621, Ashland 624, Grants Pass 645, Klamath Union 649, South Medford 657, Thurston 666, North Medford 669, Eagle Point 699, North Eugene 722, Crater 725. FINAL INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (TOP 10) -- 1, Eric House, R, 145; 2, Justin St. Clair, T, 146; 3, Per Englund, A, 152; 4, Geoff Davis, GP, 153; 5, Pete Kirkpatrick, A, 155; 6, Jeremy Thorburn, R, 158; 7, (tie) Jason Gaston, R, Tyler Miller, R, Kyle Oldfield, A, 159; 10, Erik Hill, GP, 160. Saturday's individual results ROSEBURG (621) -- Jeremy Thorburn 41-38--79; Jason Gaston 38-40--78; Tyler Miller 43-39--82; Eric House 35-39--74; Chris Shockey 44-41--85. ASHLAND (624) -- Pat Oropallo 40-41--81; Pete Kirkpatrick 38-38--76; Kyle Oldfield 41-42--83; Kyle Allred 38-41--79; Per Englund 37-38--75. GRANTS PASS (645) -- Geoff Davis 38-38--76; Erik Hill 39-39--78; Joey Rossknecht 41-41--82; Robbie Lesher 42-41--83; Kenton Oliver 44-44--88. KLAMATH UNION (649) -- Mark Paulsen 40-78--118; Craig Paulsen 42-41--83; Riley Eccles 40-43--83; Greg Hamilton 40-42--82; Justin Leeper 43-46--89. SOUTH MEDFORD (657) -- Steve Hilgendorf 42-43--85; Tony Guiliano 38-45--83; Alan Johnson 40-40--80; Craig Tomlins 45-40--85; Noah Horstman 45-40--85. THURSTON (666) -- Justin St. Clair 34-37--71; Jason Fitzgerald 43-44--87; Ryan Omlid 41-40--81; Chad Wald 45-41--86; Rhett Green 45-42--87. NORTH MEDFORD (669) -- Adam Huycke 40-45--85; Matt Dunbar 42-38--80; Chris Daggit 40-41--81; Colin Hunter 41-40--81; Derek Muir 43-42--85. EAGLE POINT (699) -- Zach Heath 38-40--78; Ryan Frazier 40-42--82; Chris Lilya 44-44--88; Mike Brabbin 49-41--90; Dan Bull 48-48--96. NORTH EUGENE (722) -- Jarrett White 50-46--96; Mike Boettger 45-41--86; Graham Henderson 43-42--85; Chris Schmitt 56-51--107; Nate Eastburn 47-44--91. CRATER (725) -- Levy Hummel 42-41--83; Matt Finch 52-42--94; Mike Slusher 48-47--95; Tristan Webb 48-41--89; Brandon Wood 42-48--90. Today's Edition : News | Sports | Business | Weather | Tempo | Classifieds Mail Tribune Copyright � The Mail Tribune 2000, Medford, Oregon USA