SISTERS — Steve Hodges prepared his team for Saturday’s contest. He told his players that it would be a playoff baseball game of sorts, what with Sisters ranked No. 1 in Class 4A and Ridgeview holding the No. 8 spot. Hodges told the Outlaws that every at-bat would count, that each turn at the plate would be important.

The Outlaws’ coach was right.

With the bases loaded and nobody out in the bottom of the seventh inning, Ryan Funk belted the first pitch he saw to right field to bring in Justin Harrer and give Sisters a 9-8 nonconference win.

“It was everything we thought it would be,” Hodges said.

The Outlaws scored two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to grab an 8-6 advantage. But the Ravens responded with two runs in the seventh to even things up.

In the bottom of the seventh, walks to Harrer, Joey Morgan and Jardon Weems set the table for Funk, who came through with the walk-off single.

“He’s a guy that’s grown up a lot,” Hodges said of Funk, a Sisters freshman. “He wants to be in that position. When he came up in that spot, he had a good feeling about it, and I had a good feeling about it. And he came through.”

Funk drove in two runs for Sisters, which claimed its 16th straight win to improve to 22-2 on the season. Weems doubled twice for the Outlaws and had two RBIs, Cody Kreminski went 2 for 3, and Harrer had two hits and scored three runs.

For Ridgeview (19-6), Kahl Malott went 3 for 5 with a double and four RBIs, George Mendazona had a double in a three-hit day while scoring three runs, and Sam Walker was 2 for 3 with an RBI.

In other Saturday action:

TRACK AND FIELD

Ravens dominate at districts: BAKER CITY — The Ridgeview boys won the Greater Oregon District championships handily, finishing with 177 points in the two-day event and besting runner-up Crook County by 24 points. The top two finishers from each event earned bids to the Class 4A state championships, and nine Ravens qualified for the state meet. Tanner Stevens won the 200, Caleb Ronhaar took the high jump, Cody Simpson was first in the triple jump and second in the high jump, and Seth Andres finished second in the 110 hurdles. Ridgeview was also second in the 1,600 relay. Crook County had three district champions — Sam Santiago (400), Luis Rivera (800) and Grayson Munn (1,500) — and posted a victory in the 1,600 relay. Jesse Santiago was second in the 400, Nathan Carmack was runner-up in the 1,500, and Michael Seyl finished second in the 300 hurdles.

The Ridgeview girls completed the district title sweep with 176 points — narrowly beating La Grande by six points. Dakota Steen was first in the 300 hurdles for the Ravens, while McKenzie Hidalgo won the discus. Brianna Yeakey (200), Adrienne Wilcox (800) and Samantha Tullis (pole vault) qualified for state by coming in second in their respective events. Ridgeview was first in the 1,600 relay and second in the 400 relay. Crook County had four district champions — Madeline Bernard (100), Audrey Bernard (400), Kathryn Kaonis (shot put) and Danielle Michael (pole vault) — and added a victory in the 400 relay. Laken Berlin was second in the 100, and Hannah Troutman finished runner-up in both the discus and the shot put. The Cowgirls were third with 158 points.

Madras jumper off to state: AURORA — Drake Anderson won the boys high jump for the White Buffaloes, clearing 6 feet at the Tri-Valley Conference championships at North Marion High. The top two finishers from each event qualified for the Class 4A state championships in Eugene next week. Clayton Smith was third in the 800 and Fredy Povis Ruiz was third in the triple jump. The White Buffaloes finished sixth as a team with 53 points. For the Madras girls, who did not qualify anyone for state on the second day and finished sixth with 27 points, Cheyenne Duncan logged the top finish by taking third in the pole vault.

Outlaws edged out: ELMIRA — Zoe Falk won the 800 and the 1,500, Natalie Ambrose took the 400 and was runner-up in the 200, and the Sisters girls placed second to Cottage Grove with 145 points at the Sky-Em League championships. Cottage Grove won the team title with 157 points. The top two finishers in each event qualified for the Class 4A state championships in Eugene next week. Aria Blumm was second in the 1,500 for Sisters, which won the 1,600 relay and took second in the 400 relay. La Pine, which rounded out the six-team standings with 51 points, was led by McKenna Boen’s runner-up finish in the 100 hurdles.

For the boys, Elmira topped the six-team standings with 194 points, while Sisters (95 points) and La Pine (69 points) went 4-5. Brandon Pollard paced the Outlaws with wins in the 800 and the 1,500, Jack McAllister won the high jump and was second in the 300 hurdles, and Sisters took second in the 1,600 relay. La Pine’s Justin Petz, who had already qualified for state in the pole vault and the long jump two days earlier, won the javelin on Saturday.

Three Bulldogs qualify for state: WALDPORT — Andrea Retano took the 800 to help the Culver girls total 76 points and finish fourth at the eight-team Tri-River Conference championships. The top two finishers in each event qualified for next week’s Class 2A state championships in Eugene. Also punching their tickets to the state meet were Hannah Lewis and Angelica Metteer, who placed second in the 400 and the 1,500, respectively. Kennedy topped the team standings with 178 points. The Culver boys did not qualify anyone for the state meet, but Joey Fraser logged the team’s top finish by taking fourth in the 400. The Bulldogs finished fifth as a team with 53 points, while Central Linn claimed the district title with 151 points.

Grizzlies send four to state: ROGUE RIVER — Brenden Wolf won the high jump and placed second in the 110 hurdles for the Gilchrist boys at the Special District 2 championships, earning the sophomore a spot at the state meet next week. The top two finishers from each event qualified for the Class 1A state championships in Eugene, which begin on Thursday. Joining Wolf in Eugene will be teammates Jake Ferrell and Hunter Nelson. Ferrell won the shot put, and Nelson was runner-up in the 1,500. The Grizzlies finished fourth in the eight-team standings with 62 points, while Camas Valley took first with 180 points. For the Gilchrist girls, who were sixth as a team with 60 points, Sierra Shuey won the discus and took second in the 100. Pacific topped the nine-team standings with 114.5 points.