Challengers cut down Bonanza

WHITE CITY -- The Cascade Christian baseball team galloped all over Bonanza Tuesday, scoring 11 runs in the second inning en route to a 16-0 non-league win.

In a game that took less than an hour and a half to complete, Cascade improved to 16-3 overall. The Challengers are tied with Lost River atop the District 6 standings with a 7-1 record.

"The coaching staff is really pleased," Cascade coach John Bruce said. "The guys have really committed themselves to playing well."

Shortstop Don Jenkins went 4-for-4 with four RBIs for Cascade, which had 14 hits on the day. Cascade pitcher Aaron Beamish, who helped his own cause by going 3-for-4 with an RBI, improved to 3-1 with the win.

Beamish worked four strong innings, allowing two hits without a walk.

Cascade wraps up its regular season Saturday at Chiloquin. It will likely take a Chiloquin sweep to keep the Crusaders from the playoffs.

"I think we've got a good chance," Bruce said. "We stack up well against a lot of teams. It's going to come down to pitching."

Bonanza .................................000 00 -- 0 2 2
Cascade .................................1(11)4 0x -- 16 14 0

Williams, Miserlaw (2), Norris (2), and Lawrence. Beamish, Alvarez (5), and K. Stutzman, Ristow (5). W--Beamish (3-1); L--Williams. 2B--B: Norris. C: Jenkins, Edwards.

UMPQUA VALLEY CHRISTIAN 8, ST. MARY'S 2 -- At Roseburg, St. Mary's remained winless on the season but showed improvement since dropping a 21-1 decision to the Monarchs in the first game of a doubleheader on April 18.

The Crusaders (0-12, 0-7 District 5) scored both of their runs in the fourth inning. Ryan Fetty opened with a walk, stole second and Derek Phillips followed with a single. A balk scored the first run and Phillips came home on a sacrifice fly by Jason Sampson.

Phillips got two of the Crusaders' four hits.

St. Mary's.................................. 000 200 0 -- 2 4 2
Umpqua Valley Christian .....140 030 x -- 8 8 3

Schultz and Stout; T. Miller and Carpenter. W -- Schultz. L -- T. Miller. 2B -- UVC: Kieffer.

DAYS CREEK 6, BUTTE FALLS 5 -- At Days Creek, Kevin Craig's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted Days Creek over the Loggers.

Butte Falls took a one-run lead in the top of the ninth inning, but Days Creek's Jared Dunn notched an RBI single to tie things up before Craig brought home the game-winner.

Craig also helped send the game into extra innings when his sacrifice bunt tied the score at four in the seventh inning.

Butte Falls ................................201 001 001 -- 5 7 5
Days Creek ..............................100 011 102 -- 6 8 4

McKibbin, Parara (6) and Pitts; Dunn, Sands (9) and Hilderbrand. W -- Sands. L -- Parara. 2B -- DC: Falk. 3B -- BF: Parara.

The second game was a makeup of an earlier game that was postponed.

In the opener, Shasta DeArmond got the Crusaders' four-run, third inning started with a one-out double and the Crusaders followed with six more hits.

Katie Hansen walked in the fifth inning, stole second, moved to third on a ground out and scored what proved to be the winning run on Kim Munro's single.

In Game 2, the Crusaders scored five runs in the third inning to grab a 5-0 lead. Freshman Kim Hansen produced a two-run single to open the scoring. Then sister Katie Hansen supplied an RBI single, followed by a two-run double by Kim Munro.

Kim Munro got two hits in each game and had three RBIs in the twin bill, while Katie Hansen had three hits, two RBIs and three runs on the day.

FIRST GAME

North Douglas....................... 000 001 3 -- 4 7 0
St. Mary's ................................004 010 x -- 5 9 3

Lee and Pittman; Brophy and Ki. Munro. W -- Brophy. L -- Lee. 2B -- SM: DeArmond.

SECOND GAME

St. Mary's .................................005 001 1 -- 7 10 3
North Douglas........................ 001 011 0 -- 3 6 1