North tops Spartans in opener.

Byline: The Register-Guard

Eric Hill, Alex Brock and Andrew Hookland scored 14 points each and Brian Conklin came off the bench for 13 as North Eugene downed host Corvallis 63-55 in a nonleague boys basketball game Monday night.

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Conklin, a freshman post, hit all seven of his free throws for North, which made 9-of-10 shots in the fourth period to seal the win.

The Highlanders, who held the Spartans scoreless for the first five minutes of the second period, took a 29-21 halftime lead and never trailed after that.

Harrison Harter scored 23 points to lead Corvallis.

Aaron Smucker scored a game-high 19 points, including an 18-footer to send the game into the first of two overtimes, to lift Santiam Christian to a 50-45 nonleague victory over host Oakridge.

For Oakridge, Chad Osborn had 12 points and 10 rebounds, Brett Wildrick had 12 points and five rebounds, and Josh Alvarado added 10 points.

Girls basketball

Cassidy Langendoerfer had 14 points and five rebounds and Denee Johnson had nine rebounds to go with six points as North Eugene fell to Corvallis 48-47 in a nonleague girls basketball game at North Eugene.

Jacque Barton added nine points for North Eugene, which trailed 40-32 after three periods. The Highlanders tied the game at 45 with 1:30 left in the game, but Corvallis' Inbar Heyman scored on a layup to put the Spartans ahead for good. Heyman finished with 14 points.

Corvallis outshot North Eugene 45 percent (18-of-40) to 28 percent (16-of-56).

Oakridge sophomore Orie Gamez had 12 points and four steals as the Warriors rallied in the fourth quarter to beat visiting Santiam Christian 34-32 in a nonleague game at Oakridge.

Stephanie Cossette added eight points for Oakridge. The Warriors had 10 steals, pulled down 29 rebounds and had just nine turnovers.

Katie Roshart had 10 points to lead the Eagles.

Girls swimming

Marsha Malcolm, Michelle Bauer and Sarah Boam each won two individual events and combined to swim on North Eugene's two winning relays to lead the Highlanders to a 90-80 victory over Junction City in a nonleague dual meet at River Road Pool.

Heidi Tilicki won the 200 individual medley and combined with teammates Angela Rear, Holly Spillman and Lauren Knox to win the 200 freestyle relay to lead the Tigers.

Sophomore Amanda Fitzgerald won the 200 individual medley and the 100 breaststroke, and teammate Sarah Harsey took first in the 100 backstroke and second in the 100 butterfly as Creswell opened its inaugural swim season.

The Bulldogs, whose first swim team is made up of three girls and two boys, lost 120-22 to Junction City in the nonleague dual meet at River Road Pool. Darci Spillman, who competed on two relays, was a double winner for Junction City.

Boys swimming

Adam Minster captured two of the three freestyle races and swam legs on both freestyle relays to lead North Eugene to a 138-51 nonleague dual meet victory over Junction City at River Road Pool. Robbie Henry, Adam Robe, Skyler Shull and Drew Hankins added victories for North Eugene.

The Tigers' Jerry Diamond won the 200 IM and 500 freestyle.

Ian Harsey edged Junction City's J.J. McCool in the 100 backstroke and finished second to McCool in the 50 freestyle for Creswell in a 113-10 loss to Junction City in a boys nonleague meet at River Road Pool.

McCool and Jerry Diamond, who won the 200 individual medley and 500 freestyle races, also competed on two of the Tigers' winning relays. Cody Bigger added victories in the 100 and 200 freestyle events.