MADRAS — The start of the Tri-Valley Conference softball season could hardly have gone better for Madras.

After scoring an 8-3 win in their originally scheduled game with Molalla on Monday afternoon, the White Buffaloes pounded out 24 hits to beat the Indians 20-11 in the makeup of an earlier TVC rainout.

Lizzie Steuart pitched a complete game for Madras in the opener, striking out seven while allowing just three hits and one walk. She also was 3-for-3 at the plate with a solo home run and three RBIs. Delaney Vibbert had two hits and Jiana Smith Francis had two RBIs for the Buffs in the first game.

The second game was an offensive showcase for nearly the entire Madras lineup, led by Vibbert (5-for-6, two doubles, three RBIs) and Smith Francis (5-for-5, two RBIs). Steuart again had three hits and three RBIs, Cheydon Herkshan had three hits, and Arysta Pineda and Genesis Quiroz each had two hits and two RBIs to get the Buffs off to a 2-0 conference start.

Monday’s sweep ran the Buffaloes’ winning streak to five games as Madras improved to 6-3 overall.

Also Monday:

Softball

Crook County 8, Estacada 2: ESTACADA — Kaylyn Martinez pitched five innings and earned the win for the Cowgirls (2-0 Tri-Valley Conference, 8-4 overall) and Brooke Dalton struck out five in two innings for the save. Mekynzie Wells doubled and batted in three runs for Crook County, Elizabeth Barker singled twice and scored twice, and Berkley Puckett doubled twice and drove in two runs.

Harrisburg 10, La Pine 3: LA PINE — Angela Cardonia gave the Hawks (0-3 Mountain Valley Conference, 2-7 overall) a 3-2 lead with a solo home run in the second inning, but the visiting Eagles hit three homers of their own, including a three-run blast in the sixth.

Baseball

Crook County 8-18, Estacada 5-4: PRINEVILLE — Crook County swept a home doubleheader from Estacada in the Cowboys’ opening games of the Tri-Valley Conference season. Garett Bernard led Crook County in the first game, going 3-for-4 with four RBIs, and Hunter Bishop, Brody Connell and Josh Norris had two hits apiece. In the second game, Heath Pickhardt’s two-run homer was the big hit in a nine-run fourth inning as the Cowboys won via the 10-run rule. Pickhardt, Norris and Devin Wilson all had two hits apiece as Crook County (2-0 TVC, 6-3 overall) stretched its win streak to five games.

Madras 13, Molalla 3: MOLALLA — Jared Holliday tossed a complete game and had three hits to lead Madras to the Tri-Valley Conference road victory. Holliday also drove in four runs for the White Buffaloes (2-0 TVC, 7-3 overall), who won their third in a row.

La Pine 11, Harrisburg 1: LA PINE — After breaking open a 1-1 game with six runs in the second inning, La Pine rolled to a home win in a game shortened to 4 1/2 innings by the 10-run rule. The Mountain Valley Conference win was an impressive rebound for Class 3A No. 4-ranked La Pine from its only loss so far this season, a nonleague setback at Class 4A Klamath Union on Saturday. Jake Farnsworth was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs for the Hawks (3-0 MVC, 9-1 overall). Adam Plant and Alex Farnsworth also had two hits and an RBI apiece, and Wyatt DeForest drove in three runs.

Boys golf

Hawks’ Rohde ties for 2nd: CORVALLIS — La Pine’s Tommy Rohde shot 36-43 for an 8-over-par 79, good for a tie for second place in the individual standings in a tournament at Trysting Tree Golf Club. Also for the Hawks, Jeremy Smith shot a 109 and Aiden Crowley shot 122.