April 2, 2006
Prep Roundup
Fosenburg, Staller excel as Eagles sweep Marshfield
EAGLE POINT — Logan Fosenburg and Nick Staller weren’t in a giving mood Saturday.
The Eagle Point High baseball pitchers were downright stingy, in fact, as they combined to give up just six hits and one run in a nonconference
doubleheader sweep over Marshfield at The Yard.
Fosenburg fired a one-hitter in the Eagles’ 12-1, opening-game win while Staller chucked a five-hit shutout in EP’s 2-0 nightcap victory.
Fosenburg, a junior right-hander who was making his first start of the season, served up five walks but wiggled out of trouble by inducing eight
groundball outs.
"He showed good composure," Eagle Point coach Rob Cowden said of Fosenburg. "He had some walks but he kept the ball down in the zone and
got those groundball outs. He pitched a decent game."
The Eagles broke open Game 1 with a seven-run third inning and terminated the contest via the 10-run mercy rule in the fifth when Shasta Bateman blasted
a three-run homer to left field.
Bateman (2-for-4, two runs, four RBIs), Staller (2-for-3, two runs, one RBI) and Sam Birch (2-for-4, two runs, one RBI) all wielded productive bats in
the opener.
Eagle Point scored the only run it would need in the second inning of Game 2 when Rob Hulla hit a one-out double and eventually scored when Johnny Harvey
was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. The Eagles added an insurance tally in the fifth when Harvey singled, stole second, advanced to third on Derek
Grieve’s single and scored on Birch’s single.
The two victories pushed Eagle Point’s record to 6-2 heading into Tuesday’s home game against Ashland.
FIRST GAME
Marshfield.....................................100 00 — 1 1 6
Eagle Point..................................007 23 — 12 9 2
Rexine, Parrish (3), Sweeney (4) and Rose; Fosenburg and Hulla. W — Fosenburg (1-0). L — Rexine. 2B — EP: Harvey, Birch. HR — EP:
Bateman (1).
SECOND GAME
Marshfield................................000 000 0 — 0 5 1
Eagle Point...............................010 010 x — 2 6 2
McClintock and Rexine; Staller and Harvey. W — Staller (1-0). L — McClintock. 2B — EP: Bateman, Hulla.
Nonconference Baseball
CASCADE CHRISTIAN 6-4, UMPQUA VALLEY CHRISTIAN 4-3 — At White City, Cascade Christian played small ball to perfection, totaling 16 hits
but only two doubles, to sweep a nonconference twin bill at the V.A. Domiciliary.
Aaron Grissom went 2-for-2 with two runs, Jordan Banks 2-for-3 and Danny Sha added two RBIs as the Challengers scored in five of their six innings at
bat.
Derek Evans had eight strikeouts to win the opener, while Kyle Campbell struck out five to claim the nightcap.
Matt Hauser was 2-for-3 with an RBI and Brian Zeigler 2-for-3 for Cascade Christian (6-2) in the nightcap. Grissom also was 1-for-2 with an RBI.
UVC’s Tory Wheeler had a two-run triple in Game 2 and Brandon Graf added two hits and an RBI.
FIRST GAME
Umpqua Valley Christian........211 000 0 — 4 7 0
Cascade Christian...................112 110 x — 6 8 6
Wheeler, B. Graf (5) and Younker; Evans and Banks. W — Evans (2-1). L — Wheeler. 2B — CC: Hauser, Grissom. 3B — UVC: Younker;
Zink.
SECOND GAME
Umpqua Valley Christian........000 300 0 — 3 7 2
Cascade Christian...................001 021 x — 4 8 0
B. Graf, R. Graf (5) and Younker; Campbell and Banks. W — Campbell (2-0). L — R. Graf. 3B — UVC: Wheeler.
Skyline Softball
MAZAMA 12-3, NORTH VALLEY 5-7 — At Merlin, North Valley exploded for five runs in the bottom of the seventh inning of Game 2 to salvage
a split with Mazama in Skyline Conference softball.
Mazama, one of the league favorites, led 3-2 and was looking for the sweep when the fireworks began. Sarah Conard, Katie Struffert and Trudy Hogg each
had singles during the big inning for North Valley and Sarah Ruatta contributed an RBI double.
Ruatta, a senior outfielder, went 3-for-3 at the plate in Game 2 and 5-for-7 on the day. She also stole two bases.
Casie Hinkle earned the win on the mound for the Knights (5-4, 1-1 Skyline). After giving up two runs in the top of the first inning, Hinkle limited the
visiting Vikings (1-1 Skyline) to just three hits and one run the rest of the way. She finished with five strikeouts and four walks in improving her
record to 3-2.
Junior right fielder Quenby Cox fueled Mazama to its first-game win by going 3-for-5 with three RBIs and two runs scored. The Vikings trailed 5-4 after
five innings but erupted for eight runs in the sixth to take control.
FIRST GAME
Mazama..................................000 228 0 — 12 9 2
North Valley.............................320 000 0 — 5 8 3
Edwards and Borror; Hinkle, Ni. Carl (6), Harris (6) and R. Conard, Na. Carl (7). W — Edwards. L — Ni. Carl (2-2). 2B — M: Stratton,
Cox 2; NV: Allison, Na. Carl. 3B — M: Garrett.
SECOND GAME
Mazama....................................201 000 0 — 3 5 0
North Valley...........................200 000 5 — 7 11 0
Lawrence and Borror; Hinkle and Na. Carl. W — Hinkle (3-2). L — Lawrence. 2B— M: Whiteley; NV: Ruatta. 3B — M: Stratton.
Track & Field
BURT WILLIAMS INVITATIONAL — At Shasta Lake City, Calif., St. Mary’s senior Isabel Keller finished among the top five in two events
and the Crusaders posted two first-place marks before leaving midway through the 16-team meet due to inclement weather.
Becca Tribelhorn won the 1,600 in a time of 5 minutes and 58 seconds, with teammate Emily Volk fourth in 6:30.0.
The Crusaders’ 4x100 relay team of Mia Rawson, Hanna Heycke, Nikki Steinsiek and Kayla Eichamer also placed first in 55.5 seconds.
Keller took second in the high jump by clearing 4-6, and placed fifth in the 100 hurdles in 20.8. Kelsey Gross was fourth in the 100 hurdles in 20.6.
Ryan Greene was the lone boy from St. Mary’s to compete, and he finished second in the high jump at 5-8.
Rainy and snowy conditions forced the Crusaders to leave Central Valley High early in order to ensure a safe return to Medford.
