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31 °F Forecast | Road Cams Wednesday, February 9, 2005 Today's News | Classifieds | Autos | Homes | Jobs | Tempo | Health | Community | Home Delivery SECTIONS Home Page Local News Sports Business Obituaries Life Opinion - Politics Tempo AP News Weather Classified Archives Site Map SPECIAL SECTIONS Since We Asked Outdoor Journal Menu Guide How To Guide Wellness Connection Readers' Choice Real Estate Showcase Real Estate Guide Joy Magazine Homelife Magazine Wedding Guide Passport to the Rogue Valley EXTRA Newspaper in Education Personals Movie Times TV Times E The People Volunteer Opportunities Moving to Southern Oregon? MARKETPLACE Find a Car Find a Home Find a Job Classifieds Place an ad eSouthernOregon Automotive Communities Entertainment Publications Recreation Calendar CUSTOMER SERVICE Frequent Questions Advertising Information Home Delivery Employment Contact Us Media Kit Network Affiliate Oregon Road Conditions & Cams Email Story to a Friend February 5, 2005 Klamath stays hot, knocks off South Medford Klamath Union opened the Southern Oregon Conference girls basketball season with five straight losses. But since then, the Pelicans have turned the campaign around by winning four of their last five games. South Medford was the latest victim Friday night as senior wing Jenni Ritter tallied 28 points to lead Klamath Union to a 63-52 road victory. "Their other girls really stepped up and played well beside Ritter," South Medford coach Andrea Jaime said. "We didn’t control the boards like we needed to. We gave up way too many offensive rebounds." The loss knocked South (11-9, 5-5 SOC) into a three-way tie for third place with Grants Pass and Roseburg. Klamath Union (13-8, 4-6 SOC) and Crater are one game behind. "We had a little cushion," said Jaime, "but now we gave that up. We’re going to have to battle back." Advertisement Ritter scored 12 points in the first quarter as the Pels took an 18-15 lead, but South regrouped to go ahead 30-28 at halftime. "Ritter was going to the basket," said Jaime. "When she wasn’t, she was hitting open shots." Klamath senior Laura Leppert added 18 points, and Chelsea Lundy burned the Panthers for 10 more. Junior post Marissa Towry had a big game for South Medford with 18 points, five rebounds and six steals. Towry was 6 of 9 from the field and 6 of 7 from the line. "We were getting (Towry) the ball inside and she finished real well," said Jaime. The Panthers trailed 42-40 entering the fourth quarter, but got outscored by nine in the period. "We made a lot of mental errors in the fourth quarter," said Jaime. "We came out flat from the beginning. We didn’t play with the effort like we did against North (Medford) on Tuesday." KLAMATH UNION (63) — Ritter 28, Cook 3, Lundy 11, Leppert 18, Croxford 0, Burke 0, Louifignot 0, Dunton 2, Watah 0, Coke 1. Totals: 24 11-17 63. SOUTH MEDFORD (52) — Towry 18, Farrer 11, Martin 3, Banuelos 4, Grant 4, Singler 2, Watson 10. Totals: 17 17-22 52. Klamath Union.........................18 10 14 21 — 63 South Medford.........................15 15 10 12 — 52 3-point goals — Klamath Union 4 (Lundy 3, Leppert 1), South Medford 1 (Grant 1). Fouled out — Towry. JV result — South won. ASHLAND 58, EAGLE POINT 48 — At Eagle Point, with Eagle Point leading scorer Salina Sychla out with a foot injury, junior Megan Sorrels stepped into the starting lineup and gave the Eagles a boost. Sorrels contributed 10 points, including three timely 3-point goals, and Beth Logan posted a team-high 12 points and seven rebounds. Eagle Point (2-18, 0-10 SOC) trailed by just two points at halftime, but Ashland’s full-court pressure helped the Grizzlies to a 21-12 third-quarter advantage. Alysse Carlson and Jamie Roupp combined for 37 points for Ashland (11-8, 9-1 SOC). Carlson and Roupp had 13 of the Grizzlies’ 21 points in the third period. ASHLAND (58) — Carlson 19, Roupp 18, Thompson 6, McDermott 0, Golling 4, Sohl 0, Hasty 4, Hill 7. Totals: 23 13-18 58. EAGLE POINT (48) — Logan 12, Sorrels 10, Whipple 6, Lass 6, Phillips 6, Wilson 0, Emigh 8. Totals: 19 5-9 48. Ashland.....................................12 13 21 12 — 58 Eagle Point................................11 12 14 11 — 48 3-point goals — Ashland 1 (Carlson 1), Eagle Point 5 (Sorrels 3, Emigh 2). JV score — Ashland 47, Eagle Point 38. GRANTS PASS 50, CRATER 30 — At Grants Pass, Crater went 0-for-5 from the field and failed to score in the first quarter against tight Grants Pass man-to-man defense. The Comets (11-9, 4-6 SOC) didn’t make their first field goal until midway through the second quarter. Crater shot just 21 percent from the field (8-for-38). Katelyn Van Brunt paced Grants Pass with 10 points and junior Courtney Cameron added nine. The Cavers outrebounded the bigger Comets, 32-19. Junior guard Amanda Potts had a team-high seven boards for Grants Pass. The Cavers, who turned the ball over 22 times in their first meeting with Crater, had 15 this time. CRATER (30) — Reiter 11, Bagdan 2, Stoner 2, Wasniewski 5, Brookins 2, Hevern 1, K. Tyska 2, Holderness 3, Albright 1, N. Tyska 1. Totals: 8-38 14-20 30. GRANTS PASS (50) — Van Brunt 10, Franko 7, Seymour 7, Siemens 2, Hurst 6, Straw 2, Cameron 9, Potts 2, Wiersma 2, Klingel 3, Woodhead 0. Totals: 15-37 19-37 50. Crater..........................................0 9 9 12 — 30 Grants Pass...............................12 10 13 15 — 50 3-point goals — Grants Pass 1 (Cameron 1). Fouled out — Wasniewski, Brookins. Technical foul — Crater coach Dippel. JV score — Grants Pass 47, Crater 40. Mail Tribune Home | Local News | Sports | Business | Obituaries | Life | Opinion AP News | Archives | Site Map | Community | Classified Copyright © 1997-2005 Mail Tribune. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Website Feedback Student Loan Consolidation Conference Calls - $50/Month Home Security Systems Trunks, Footlocker, Trunk, Footlockers Advertisement s