Cowgirls win golf invitational

Published 5:00 am Friday, April 23, 2010

REDMOND — With three golfers scoring under 100, the Crook County Cowgirls rose to the top among five teams at Thursday’s Mountain View High School Invitational at Eagle Crest Resort Course.

Kristi Kelso, Jaci McKenzie and Korey Hehn all scored in the low 90s to bring Crook County to a winning total of 381.

With a score of 81, Kersey Wilcox of Mountain View tied for medalist honors with The Dalles-Wahtonka’s Nadia Telles. The Cougars finished second, a slim six strokes behind the Cowgirls.

Leading the Bend squad was Kayla Good, who tallied a 90 on the par-72 course to take fourth place. The Lava Bears finished third with a total score of 401.

Sisters brought two golfers to the invitational, which was otherwise dominated by Class 5A Intermountain Conference teams. For the Outlaws, Stephanie Cole was third overall with a score of 88.

In other prep events:

GIRLS TENNIS

Redmond 4

Sprague 4

REDMOND — After losing to the Olympians on Wednesday, the Panthers bounced back to tie Sprague in Central Valley Conference action. Redmond won three of the four doubles matches in addition to Candace Siangco’s victory at No. 4 singles.

Crook County 5

Bend 3

PRINEVILLE — Erin Crofcheck’s three-set win over Bryn Oliveira at No. 1 singles started a winning trend for the Cowgirls, who swept all four singles matches. Catherine Brown and Braiden Johnson also won the No. 1 doubles match for Crook County in the home victory.

Sisters 6

Madras 2

BLACK BUTTE RANCH — The Outlaws swept doubles play against Madras, helping Sisters to a nonconference matchup win. Nicole Webb and Lauren Rudinsky easily won the No. 3 doubles match for Sisters, and in No. 1 singles, Courtney Lindgren of Madras defeated Marine Tresnie of Sisters in four sets.

BOYS GOLF

Summit rolls at Tokatee

BLUE RIVER — Jordan Schiemer fired a 2-under-par 70, and all four scorers for Summit shot in the 70s as the Storm dominated the six-team McKenzie Invitational at Tokatee Golf Club. Summit’s team total of 297 easily topped the 330 posted by runner-up Corvallis. Bandon was third at 348. Following Schiemer for the Storm was Jesse Heinly, who shot an even-par 72. Stephen Drgastin, a freshman, carded a career-low 77, and Dylan Cramer rounded out the scoring for Summit with a 78.

SOFTBALL

La Pine 15

Cottage Grove 7

COTTAGE GROVE — Both Teresa Jackson and Becca Toepfer hit three doubles apiece en route to La Pine’s first Sky-Em League win of the season. The Hawks (1-4 Sky-Em League, 1-13-1 overall) held a 9-6 advantage after three innings and added a single run in the fifth before tacking on five runs in the sixth to seal victory on the road.

Madras 12

Crook County 10

PRINEVILLE — With six runs on three homers, the White Buffaloes managed to keep up with the Cowgirls through the fifth inning before capitalizing on Crook County errors in the sixth to score five more runs and win the Intermountain Conference matchup. Alex Holcomb, Maycee Abend- schein and Sarah Brown all had homers for Madras. For the Cowgirls, McKenna Ontko and Rhogyn Reece both smacked RBI doubles. With the loss, the Cowgirls fell to 3-7 in the IMC and 4-11 overall, while Madras rose to 4-6 in league and 7-8 overall.

The Dalles-Wahtonka 15

Mountain View 3

Kadie Hayward hit an RBI triple in the first inning to help the Cougars to a 2-0 lead, but The Dalles-Wahtonka took control of the game at Mountain View in the second inning before piling on 10 runs in the fourth inning of the five-inning game. Morgan Robles ended the day three for three for the Cougars, who are now 5-5 Intermountain Conference play and 8-7 overall.

Culver 3

Salem Academy 2

SALEM — The Bulldogs managed to pull ahead of Salem Academy in extra innings to remain undefeated in Class 2A/1A Special District 3 play. In the eighth inning, an out moved Sarah O’Gorman to third base, and Mariah Daugherty knocked O’Gorman in on a fielder’s choice. The victory bumped the Bulldogs to 10-0 in league and 13-5 overall.

BASEBALL

Bend 12

Summit 4

The Lava Bears relied on their bats in an Intermountain Conference slugfest at Summit, belting out 17 hits and four home runs. Chris Zelmer led the Bend offense with two home runs and three runs batted in, while Travis Wiest added a home run and three RBIs. Grant Newton also had a big day at the plate for the Lava Bears as he recorded a triple, a homer and two RBIs. For the Storm, Cody Absalon had a double. Bend rose to 8-2 in league and 9-6 overall, and Summit fell to 6-4 in the IMC and 7-9 overall.

Madras 3

Crook County 2

PRINEVILLE — Crook County led early after Clay McCarty’s solo shot in the fourth inning gave the Cowboys a 2-0 lead, but Madras rallied late. Leading off the top of the seventh inning, Turner Gill broke a 2-2 tie with a solo home run to left field and the White Buffaloes were able to hold on in the bottom half of the inning to preserve the road win.

The Dalles-Wahtonka 7

Mountain View 4

The Eagle Indians moved to .500 in Intermountain Conference play with the win over the Cougars, improving to 5-5. The home defeat dropped Mountain View to 2-8 in the IMC. Andrew Hester took the loss for the Cougars in relief. Zach Johnson, Jo Carroll and Alex Robinett all had two hits on the day to lead the Mountain View offense.

Cottage Grove 4

La Pine 1

LA PINE — The win slipped away from the Hawks in the sixth inning, when the Lions scored three runs to gain the Sky-Em League victory. Dylan Wiley drove in the Hawks’ sole run with a double in the fourth inning. La Pine dropped to 2-3 in league and to 5-10 overall.

TRACK AND FIELD

Bulldog boys second at Scio

SCIO — Paced by Tyler Funk’s win in the pole vault and runner-up finish in the 300-meter hurdles, the Culver boys placed second at Scio’s five-team meet behind the host Loggers. Scio scored 229 points while the Bulldogs ended the day with 123 points. In the girls competition, Culver finished third. Katherine McWilliams won the 400 and McKaylee Speas took first in the pole vault for the Bulldogs.

Sisters wins boys and girls meets

LA PINE — Sisters took first in both the boys and girls competitions at the four-team La Pine meet. La Pine placed third in both meets. The Hawks’ Kassi Conditt paced the Hawks’ girls squad with wins in the shot put and discus. Conditt’s toss of 43 feet and 3 inches in the shot set a new school record and gives her the best shot put mark in the state, regardless of classification, so far this season. Ty Slater led the La Pine boys with victories in the javelin and discus while Jake Logan tacked on a first-place finish in the pole vault.

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