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Hamilton's gem helps Illinois Valley ease past Phoenix May 05, 2004 12:00 AM A A Prep Softball TALENT ' Kim Hamilton continued her mastery of Skyline Conference hitters Tuesday afternoon, pitching another gem to lead Illinois Valley over Phoenix, 4-1. The Cougar senior scattered three hits as Illinois Valley (15-4, 13-2 Skyline) won for the sixth time in as many tries. Hamilton and her batterymate, catcher Ricci Coultas, scored the game's go-ahead runs. Coultas led off the Illinois Valley fourth with a single and advanced to third on a passed ball and stolen base. After Hamilton walked, Jessica Ragsdale hit a two-RBI single. The Cougars put up a run in the game's first inning and added an insurance run in the sixth. Phoenix (7-12, 7-8 Skyline) got their lone run from catcher Kelly Singleton in the fourth inning. — Illinois Valley...........................102 001 0 ' 4 4 0 Phoenix....................................000 100 0 ' — 3 4 Hamilton and Coultas; Barrett and Singleton. W ' Hamilton. L ' Barrett. ROGUE RIVER 9, NORTH VALLEY 0 ' At Rogue River, pitcher Laura Jones tossed her third perfect game of the season as fourth-ranked Rogue River (17-1 overall) remained unbeaten in the Skyline Conference at 15-0. Jones struck out 16 and improved to 15-1 on the season. Jessica Lea and Lacey Scroggins each went 3-for-4 to lead the Chieftains' offensive attack, while Cass Giesbrecht and Jones collected two RBIs apiece. North Valley.............................000 000 0 ' 0 0 4 Rogue River............................105 030 x ' 9 12 0 Hinkle and Allison; Jones and Artoff. W ' Jones (15-1). L ' Hinkle. 2B ' RR: C. Giesbrecht, Jones, Lea, A. Giesbrecht. MAZAMA 16, HIDDEN VALLEY — ' At Murphy, Mazama collected 20 hits during a five-inning Skyline Conference win. Hidden Valley (2-13 conference) had just two hits and committed six errors. The Vikings improved to 6-9 in the league standings. Mazama.....................................213 37 ' 16 20 1 Hidden Valley................................000 10 ' — 2 6 Walker and Hampson; Gustafson and Hennig. W ' Walker. L ' Gustafson (2-12). 2B ' M: Northrop, Dinwiddie, Cox, Walker. 3B ' M: McDaniel, Young, Bocchi. HENLEY 8, LAKEVIEW — ' At Klamath Falls, Henley knocked 14 hits in the Skyline Conference win over Lakeview. Kristin Brunelle led the Hornets (11-8, 10-5 Skyline) with a home run and three RBIs, while Kayla Picard contributed four hits. The Honkers were held scoreless until the fifth inning when an RBI by Jill Gage sparked a three-run effort. Lakeview..................................000 030 0 ' — 4 4 Henley.....................................310 400 x ' 8 14 2 Gage, Hopper (5), and Pardue; Kessler, Wedam (5) and Brunelle. W ' Kessler (10-4). L ' Gage. HR ' H: Brunelle District 6 NORTH MEDFORD JV 6, CASCADE CHRISTIAN 2 ' Amy Wall struck out 13 batters and pitched a complete game for the North Medford JV team. Amanda Volgarino hit a home run for the Black Tornado and Tifanny Schmelzer was 2-for-3. For visiting Cascade Christian (5-11), Melissa Gmur and Rusti Mosser each had two hits. Cascade Christian...................001 000 — ' 2 7 3 North Medford JV....................101 130 x ' 6 6 3 Mosser and Bellamy; Wall and Sevano. W ' Wall. L ' Mosser. 2B ' NM: West. HR ' NM: Volgarino.