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Monroe grabs share of Trico crown with win.


Byline: Joe Lodle The Register-Guard

OAKRIDGE - Monroe recovered from the nonleague funk it found itself in early in the week with a 12-0 Trico League baseball victory over Oakridge on Thursday.

The five-inning win improved the Dragons' league record to 17-0 and gave them at least a share of the league championship. The second-place Warriors dropped to 15-3.

Monroe, which had been ranked No. 5 in Class 2A a week ago, was sailing through its season in fine form until taking a break from league play to face Regis and Salem Academy Salem Academy is a boarding and day school for high school girls in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. It is formally known as Salem Academy and College where it shares its campus with Salem College, located near historic Old Salem.  on Monday and Tuesday, respectively.

Regis defeated the Dragons 6-1, and Salem Academy took a 13-3 triumph as Monroe committed a total of 13 errors.

"They (Regis and Salem Academy) were high-quality teams, and we didn't play well," Monroe coach Bill Crowson said. "Especially on defense."

The Dragons made no errors against Oakridge while at the same time taking advantage of 11 base hits and five Warriors errors.

Brett Webb and Curt Hartshorn harts·horn  
n.
1. The antler of a hart, formerly used as a source of ammonia and in smelling salts.

2. Ammonium carbonate.
 combined to scatter four hits and strike out seven, with Hartshorn entering the game to start the fifth and striking out the side.

Monroe took a 3-0 lead in the first inning on Kris Smith's run-scoring single and Pat Flory's two-run double.

The bottom dropped out on Oakridge in the top of the third inning, when the Dragons sent 11 players to the plate and scored six runs.

Ben Wall started the barrage with two-run single, and Cody March, Brandon Webb Brandon Tyler Webb (born May 9, 1979 in Ashland, Kentucky), is a National Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks and was the 2006 National League Cy Young Award winner.

Webb was a 1997 graduate of Paul G. Blazer High School in Ashland.
 and Kris Smith followed with run-scoring singles. The final run scored on an infield error.

The Dragons scored three more runs in the fifth on 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
 singles by Smith and Nate Nystrom and another infield error.

"We were aggressive, and we were getting good pitches and playing good defense," Crowson said. "Brett did a good job of moving the ball and keeping their guys off-balance."

Smith was 4-for-4 with three RBIs for Monroe. Brett Webb, Brandon Webb and Flory were each 2-for-4 with a double. Flory had three RBIs and Brandon Webb had one.

Steffan Bolin was 2-for-2 for Oakridge.

Jefferson 5, Harrisburg 4

JEFFERSON - Brad Baldwin doubled in the tying run, and Daniel Reedy reed·y  
adj. reed·i·er, reed·i·est
1. Full of reeds.

2. Made of reeds.

3. Resembling a reed, especially in being thin or fragile:
 scored the winning run on an error in the seventh inning.

Baldwin was 2-for-4 to lead Jefferson, and Noah Hoiland was 2-for-4 with two RBIs for Harrisburg. Jake Malpass and Matt Kennedy were also 2-for-4 for the Eagles.

Waldport 5, Lowell 3

LOWELL - Brande Thissell was 2-for-4 with a double, and Kyle Smallwood and Beau Biron added two hits each to lead the Irish.

Geoff Minyard was 3-for-4 for the Red Devils Noun 1. red devil - barbiturate that is a white odorless slightly bitter powder (trade name Seconal) used as a sodium salt for sedation and to treat convulsions
secobarbital, secobarbital sodium, Seconal
.

McKenzie 9, Mapleton 7

BLUE RIVER - Todd Edwards went 2-for-4 with three RBIs and struck out 12 to lead the Eagles.

Joey Iverson was 2-for-4 and had five of Mapleton's seven RBIs, including a home run in a three-run seventh inning.

Crow 6, Mohawk 5

MARCOLA - Russ Koharachick was 2-for-3 with a three-run home run to pace the Cougars.

Cameron Austin was 4-for-4 with two RBIs, and Ryan Hansen Ryan Hansen (born on July 5, 1981) is an American actor, most well known for having portrayed Dick Casablancas on Veronica Mars. He was born and raised in San Diego, California, but has since moved with his wife Amy to L.A.  was 2-for-3 with two RBIs for Mohawk.

Sky-Em League

Marist 10, Siuslaw 0

Patrick Cooley threw a one-hitter with eight strikeouts in five innings and was also 3-for-3 with a two-run home run and double as the Spartans took sole possession of second place.

Tyler Norman and Jordan Jeffries each hit two-run home runs and Jeff Ryding was 2-for-2 with a double and RBI for Marist. Josh Thomas-Dotson was 2-for-2 with a double and RBI for the Vikings.

Elmira 4, Creswell 1

CRESWELL - Sean Martin Sean Martin may refer to:
  • Sean Martin (cartoonist) (b. 1950), Canadian cartoonist
  • Sean Martin (writer and director) (b. 1966), Anglo/Irish writer and director
  • Sean Martin (musician), Irish musician
 hit a leadoff home run and Mike Woodfin pitched a three-hitter and had two hits to lead the Falcons.

Jarryd Brown and Josh Brown There are several well-known men named Josh Brown or Joshua Brown.
  • Josh Brown (football player), an American football kicker.
  • Josh Brown (musician), a Christian rocker.
  • Josh Brown (journalist), a sports reporter for The Record newspaper.
 each had two hits for Elmira.

Pleasant Hill 7, Junction City Junction City, city (1990 pop. 20,604), seat of Geary co., NE Kans., at the confluence of the Republican and Smoky Hill rivers; inc. 1859. The rail, trade, and processing center of an agricultural and dairy area, it grew as the supply point for nearby Fort Riley,  2

JUNCTION CITY - Drew Humphrey was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI, and Preston Langeliers was 2-for-4 with two RBIs and also struck out six batters in six innings to lead the Billies.

Ryan Rauschert was 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs for Junction City.

La Pine 8, Cottage Grove Cottage Grove, village (1990 pop. 22,935), Washington co., SE Minn., near the St. Croix River; inc. 1965. There is farming (cattle, sheep, corn, and soybeans) and manufacturing (chemicals and machinery).  7

LA PINE - Josh Lee hit a two-run game-winning double in the bottom of the 12th inning to clinch the Hawks' comeback victory.

Travis Webster was 3-for-3 with two RBIs to for La Pine, which scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh to force extra innings Noun 1. extra innings - overtime play until one team is ahead at the end of an inning; e.g. baseball
extra time, overtime - playing time beyond regulation, to break a tie
.
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Publication:The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Date:May 16, 2003
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