Ems rained out; twin bill tonight.

Byline: The Register-Guard

EVERETT, Wash. - The Emeralds and Everett AquaSox were rained out Friday night, forcing the teams into a doubleheader tonight, slated for a 6:05 start with a pair of seven-inning games.

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The postponement of the Northwest League game forced the Everett management into rescheduling their Buhner Buzz Night, with former Seattle Mariner Jay Buhner scheduled to be at the Friday game. There were also 1,000 Buhner bobblehead dolls to be given out that will now be distributed before a game later in the season.

Tonight's scheduled pair of games conclude the three-game series, with Eugene slated to return home to open a five-game series against Yakima on Sunday at Civic Stadium.

Reign 16-under team

splits Friday games

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - The Oregon Reign split a pair of games Friday in the 16-and-under ASA national softball tournament but remain alive in the double-elimination event.

Lilly Rogers was 2-for-2 with a solo home run and a double as the Reign (40-10) routed the Tennessee Frost Falcons of Chattanooga 9-1. Lisa Dudley added three RBIs, and Mindy Bean went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.

Dyer and Melissa Scott combined for nine strikeouts in the second game, but the Southern California Athletics of Seal Beach got a run in the first inning and held on for the 1-0 victory.

Mindy Bean was 2-for-4 for the Reign, and Sunceray Titus was 2-for-3 with a double.

The Reign continue play today in the loser's bracket.

Golden Gloves done

after tourney loss

MORENO, Calif. - The Golden Gloves avoided elimination at the national 14-and-under softball tournament until their third game Friday, dropping a 13-1 decision to the Tribe of Kent, Wash., that ended the season for the Eugene team.

In their first game Friday, Lizzie Morris hit a two-run homer to give the Golden Gloves a 4-3 lead on their way to a 6-3 win over the Silver Bullets of Beaverton. Taylor Pangnilinan had three hits for the Golden Gloves in that game and also drove in a pair of runs.

The Eugene team then beat the Iowa Mystix 5-4 as Pangnilinan tripled in the top of the seventh and scored the winning run on a single by Morris.

Barnes leads Thunder

to three victories

MOLINE, Ill. - Morgan Barnes led the Eugene Thunder to three victories as they fended off elimination Friday at the 12-and-under ASA national softball tournament.

The Thunder (55-12), 7-1 in the double-elimination tournament, beat the Chi Town Express of Chicago 8-1; the Hot Shots of Tempe, Ariz., 3-1; and the Tennessee Nighthawks 10-6.

Barnes was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a run scored against the Express. In the second game, she got the complete-game victory with seven strikeouts. The final game was perhaps her best as Barnes went 2-for-4 with four RBIs.

Shannon Morgan, Molly McClaughry and Megan Harvey each had two hits against Chi Town, and Harvey went 3-for-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored against the Tennessee team.

The Thunder are among the final 16 teams as play continues today.

OSU names coach

for men's rowing

CORVALLIS - Former Olympic team captain Fred Honebein, an assistant coach at Washington since 1998, was named Friday as the head coach of the men's rowing team at Oregon State.

`Fred brings outstanding credentials to a high-caliber program at Oregon State,' OSU director of athletics Bob De Carolis said in making the announcement. `He has a strong rapport with student-athletes and he is committed to maximizing their experience at OSU.'

A graduate of the University of California, Honebein was a member of the United States eight from 1993 through 1996, serving as captain for three years on a team that finished fifth in the Olympics in 1996 and won a world title in 1994.

Honebein succeeds Kjell Oswald, who resigned as the OSU head coach when his wife accepted a position at the University of Washington medical school. In taking the OSU position, Honebein will be on the staff with his wife Anne Kakela, an assistant coach for the OSU women's rowing team.

Sisley breaks record

in masters javelin

DECATUR, Ill. - Eugene athlete Becky Sisley broke her own national record in the javelin Friday with a toss of 103 feet, 3 inches at the National Masters Track and Field Championships.

Sisley, 65, first claimed the record in the 65-69 age group three weeks ago at a meet in Pullman, Wash., with a throw of 98-3.

Sisley, who will compete in the 300-meter hurdles Sunday, also won the pole vault with a mark of 7- 1/2 on Thursday. She was second in the 80-meter hurdles Friday with a time of 19.4 seconds.