Higgins' hitting leads Emerald Valley.

Byline: The Register-Guard

SPRINGFIELD - Jon Higgins was 4-for-5 with a two-run home run to lead the Emerald Valley Titans to a 14-8 victory over Medford on Wednesday at Thurston High School.

Danny Sales was 3-for-5 for the Titans (16-7), and Nick Anderson, Ryan Escalera, Bryan Hansen and Dave Shapper each had two hits.

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Anderson hit a solo homer in the seventh inning, and Hansen and Shapper drove in two runs each.

Aaron Knowles threw a complete game for Emerald Valley.

Vast holds off Coston

to win Oregon Open

WEST LINN - Despite a final-round 74, Tracy Vest held on to win the Oregon Open at The Oregon Golf Club.

Vest, an assistant professional at the club, finished at 6-under 210 in the 54-hole tournament, one shot ahead of Jeff Coston of Semiahmoo Golf and Country Club.

The University of Oregon's Jimmy White tied for ninth place at 218 after a final-round 73.

Oregon Reign split pair

of pretournament games

DENVER - The Oregon Reign 18-and-under softball team won one of two games Wednesday in preparation for this weekend's Fireworks Tournament.

The Reign (18-5) lost 2-0 to the Louisiana Reflection and beat the Colorado Buckaroos 3-1.

Alicia Cook threw a three-hitter and Shannon Stacy singled twice to lead the Reign in their victory.

Coquille product on

academic all-America team

Coquille native Chris Huntley, who received a bachelor's degree in business earlier this month from Southern Oregon University, added an academic honor to his long list of collegiate accomplishments.

Huntley is one of only 45 student-athletes from NCAA Division II, III and NAIA institutions to receive the Verizon Academic all-America award.

The 2003 NAIA wrestling champion at 165 pounds was one of four wrestlers chosen in an at-large category that also included swimming, ice hockey, crew, tennis, golf, skiing and fencing. Award winners held grade-point averages of at least 3.50.

Huntley, a two-time NAIA all-American, qualified for the national meet in all four of his seasons, and became the school's 20th individual champion last March. Huntley placed third in 2002 and finished with 85 career victories.

OSU baseball players

on Pac-10 academic team

Oregon State baseball players Stephen Copeland and Kane TenPas have been named to the Pac-10 all-academic team as first-team selections.

OSU's Ben Rowe and Mike Ekstrom earned honorable mention. Copeland, a senior pitcher, was named to the first team for the third straight season; TenPas, a junior outfielder, was selected for the first time.

KEZI wins Emmy

for football program

KEZI-TV officials announced this week that the station has won an Emmy Award in the sports special category for the special entitled "Oregon Football 2002 - Race for the National Championship."

Joe Giansante, executive producer and anchor of Oregon Sports programming, and Roger Waterman, chief photographer-operations of Oregon Sports programming, were named as winners.

Marshfield's McClintock

shines in defeat

TUCSON, Ariz. - Marshfield High School's Bobby McClintock had three hits and two RBIs, but his Baseball Oregon team fell 8-5 to Yorba Linda, Calif., in the USA Junior Olympic Baseball Championships over the weekend.