At long last, Highlanders are second to none.Byline: PREP SOFTBALL softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' By Shawn Miller The Regsiter-Guard The North Eugene softball team is no longer a little sister to Churchill. The Highlanders clinched at least a share of the league title with a 5-2 win against the six-time defending Midwestern League champion Lancers The Champion 402 Lancer was an attempt to produce an inexpensive twin engine trainer by using two Continental O-200 engines on the wings of a tricycle gear Champion 7FC. Lists of on Monday. The Highlanders have placed second to Churchill in the league standings in four of the past five seasons. "We wanted to win so bad," said senior Shannon Morgan, who had three hits, including a pair of RBI RBI abbr. Baseball runs batted in Noun 1. rbi - a run that is the result of the batter's performance; "he had more than 100 rbi last season" run batted in doubles. "It was a big, big win for us. If we would have lost, it would have been really, really hard to win the league." With two games remaining in league competition, North Eugene (11-2) is two games ahead of Churchill and Thurston, which are tied for second place at 9-4. North Eugene owns the tiebreakers over both teams, giving the Highlanders the league's top seed going into the Class 5A playoffs. "Definitely one of my goals was to come out and win the league title," said senior Megan Harvey, who recorded two hits and two walks. Since a 2-1 loss at Churchill on April 15, North Eugene has won nine consecutive games, including Monday's victory. Four of the Highlanders' first five batters had a hit, including back-to-back doubles by Morgan and Harvey. Kristen DeHaven followed with an RBI bunt single on a suicide squeeze Noun 1. suicide squeeze - the runner on third base starts home as the pitcher delivers the ball suicide squeeze play squeeze play - a baseball play in which a runner on third base tries to score as the batter bunts the pitch attempt to give North Eugene an early 2-0 lead. "We came out and set the tempo," North Eugene coach Mike Jodoin said. "Coming out and being aggressive to start the game was a big one for us." In the bottom of the first inning in·ning n. 1. a. Baseball One of nine divisions or periods of a regulation game, in which each team has a turn at bat as limited by three outs. b. innings (used with a sing. , Churchill's Jessica Plummer launched an RBI double off the fence in Verb 1. fence in - enclose with a fence; "we fenced in our yard" fence inclose, shut in, close in, enclose - surround completely; "Darkness enclosed him"; "They closed in the porch with a fence" 2. left-center field to cut the deficit in half. However, the Highlanders added a run in the fourth, fifth and sixth innings INNINGS, estates. Lands gained from the sea by draining. Cunn. L. Dict. h. t.; Law of Sewers, 31. , and North Eugene pitcher Carly Larson held the Lancers lanc·er n. 1. A cavalryman armed with a lance. 2. A member of a regiment originally armed with lances. 3. lancers (used with a sing. verb) a. A kind of quadrille. b. in check the rest of the way. Other than a solo home run with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning by Kaitlyn Anderson, Larson only allowed two Lancers to reach second base - and both were stranded there. Larson also struck out eight batters. North Eugene stranded nine base runners, including six in scoring position In the sport of baseball, a baserunner is said to be in scoring position when he is on second or third base. The distinction between being on first base and second or third base is that a runner on first can usually only score if the batter hits an extra base hit, while a runner on . The Highlanders left the bases loaded in the first and second innings. North Eugene's Tayler Ficek also had a game-high three hits, including two infield singles. She also scored twice and had two steals. It is North Eugene's first league championship since 2001, when the Highlanders went undefeated in league play and reached the state championship game. "We've got pretty good momentum right now," Jodoin said. "We've got seven seniors and they're starting to play like that. They've got a lot of confidence in themselves, and that's huge." Jordan Goschie had a team-high two base hits for the Lancers. Thurston 5, Marshfield 1: Megan Stripling pitched a four-hitter with six strikeouts and Morgan McVein hit a solo home run for the visiting Pirates. Alisha Charitar drove in the only run for the Pirates with an RBI single in the bottom of the fifth inning. Southwest Conference
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Schmidt also struck out six in her six innings of work. The only hit she allowed was a single by Tami Brown in the fourth inning. Grants Pass 6, South Eugene 0: Morgan Barnes struck out 11 and allowed only three hits in the complete-game win. Teammates Karly Preseianni and Cami Bennett each had three hits. Preseianni also scored twice. Sky-Em League Pleasant Hill 12, Sisters 7: Stephanie Morgan was 4-for-4 with two RBIs and three runs scored to lead the Billies. Jenny Kaiser had four hits and scored twice for the Outlaws. District 2 Oakridge 15, North Douglas 4: Sierra Schorer-Noll went 2-for-2 with two RBIs and the Warriors took 18 walks in their five-inning, regular-season ending victory at home. |
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