Bend High golfer places second at Redmond tourney
Published 5:00 am Saturday, April 14, 2012
REDMOND — Records tumbled Friday at the Redmond High School High Desert Challenge, a 16-team golf tournament featuring some of the top boys players and teams from around Central Oregon and across the state.
Among the local entries, Bend High’s Ryan Crownover was the tournament’s highlight performer. A day after shooting a disappointing 13-over-par 85 in the High Desert Classic on Pronghorn’s Nicklaus Course, Crownover, a junior, fired a 1-under 71 on the Ridge Course at Eagle Crest Resort to finish second in the individual standings.
“To Ryan’s credit, he was able to flush yesterday and right the ship today,” said Bend coach Rusty Clemons, who noted that Crownover’s 71 was the first under-par round of his high school career.
The Lava Bears carded a total of 317 strokes to finish tied with Southridge of Beaverton for fourth place. Redmond, led by Tim Messner’s 79, placed seventh as a team. A second Redmond squad, Redmond II, was led by Brenon Thornton’s 79 and finished 14th in the team standings at 357. And another Central Oregon entry, Sisters, placed 15th at 361. Nate Pajutee was the Outlaws’ low scorer with a 79.
Two tournament records were broken, both by Lake Oswego. Laker freshman Cole Madey shot a 5-under 67 to claim medalist honors by four strokes over Bend’s Crownover. Madey’s score also set a new individual tournament record and led Lake Oswego to a tournament-record team score of 286.
Lake Oswego was runner-up at the 2011 Class 6A state championship tournament behind Jesuit, which placed sixth at Eagle Crest on Friday with a score of 318. Other notable teams in the High Desert Challenge field were reigning 5A state champion Corvallis (10th on Friday at 336) and 2011 5A runner-up West Albany (eighth at 327).
Sprague of Salem was second in Friday’s team standings at 310, followed by Canby at 313.
Redmond will be in the eight-team field Monday when Bend High hosts its own invitational tournament at Bend Golf and Country Club.
In other prep events Friday:
BASEBALL
Summit 6
Crook County 2
Kevin Hamann won his eighth game of the season, striking out 10 to lead the host Storm past the Cowboys in Intermountain Hybrid play. The Storm senior scattered three hits over seven innings to guide Summit to its fourth consecutive victory. The game was tied 0-0 after three innings before the Storm (11-3 overall) recorded three runs in the bottom of the fourth. Josh Cherry went two for three with three runs batted in to pace Summit at the plate. Cherry’s two-out, two-run single in the fourth gave the Storm a 3-0 lead. Nick Sweet added two RBIs for Summit, one of which came on a squeeze bunt. Troy Benton went the distance and took the loss for Crook County (8-5), allowing four earned runs in six innings. Justin Cleveland highlighted the Cowboys’ offense with a solo home run against Hamann. The two teams play again at Summit on Monday.
Sisters 8
Elmira 3
SISTERS — Starting pitcher Shane Groth struck out 12 batters, gave up no walks and scattered seven hits in a complete-game effort to lead the Outlaws in the Sky-Em League victory over the Falcons. With the game tied 3-3 in the fifth inning, Bryce Alderman hit an RBI single to give Sisters the lead for good. The Outlaws (9-3 overall, 6-0 Sky-Em) added four runs in the sixth. Sisters travels to Junction City on Tuesday.
Madras 8
Gladstone 4
GLADSTONE — Kyle Palmer struck out seven and allowed just four hits as the White Buffaloes secured their first Tri-Valley Conference victory of the season. Madras (4-7-2 overall, 1-3 TVC) took a 4-0 lead in the second inning and never trailed against the host Gladiators. Jordan Brown led the Buff offense with a double and two RBIs. Madras is at Estacada on Tuesday.
Sweet Home 6
La Pine 4
SWEET HOME — The Hawks dropped their third straight and fell to 1-5 in Sky-Em League play. La Pine (2-12 overall) hosts Cottage Grove on Tuesday.
SOFTBALL
Madras 11
Molalla 6
MADRAS — Keely Brown’s two-run double in the fifth inning gave the White Buffaloes their first lead of the game. Madras trailed 5-0 after the first two innings but scored five runs in the third and three each in the fifth and sixth to claim the Tri-Valley Conference victory. Shelby Mauritson was three for four with five RBIs for Madras (7-5 overall, 2-1 TVC), which hosts Estacada today at noon.
Sweet Home 13
La Pine 0
LA PINE — The Hawks held their Sky-Em League rivals scoreless for three innings before the Huskies knocked in six runs in the fourth to take control of the game. Sweet Home pitcher Megan Graville struck out nine La Pine batters. Hawk pitcher Keara Parrish gave up just six hits but issued seven bases on balls. Haylee Plotner hit a triple to highlight the La Pine offense. The Hawks (2-13 overall, 0-5 league) are at Cottage Grove on Tuesday.
Elmira 11
Sisters 1
ELMIRA — The Outlaws fell to 1-4 in Sky-Em League play and 1-5 overall with the defeat to the Falcons. Sisters hosts Junction City on Tuesday.
Culver 15-6
Burns 7-10
BURNS — Mariah Hill led the Bulldogs to a nonleague win over Burns in the opener, pitching part of the game and hitting two singles. Teammate Kelsie Stafford also recorded two hits in the first game. Although Culver fell to Burns in the second game, both Samantha Donnelly and Stafford logged doubles. Culver (7-4-2 overall) is at Regis on Monday.
TRACK AND FIELD
Redmond fares well at Aloha Relays
BEAVERTON — The highlight of the Aloha Relays was Gresham’s Haley Crouser setting a national high school record in the javelin with a throw of 181 feet, 2 inches, breaking the previous record of 176-8.
But the Redmond track and field teams made some noise as well as the lone Central Oregon team in the 15-squad meet during a sunny day in the Portland area.
The Panther boys finished seventh with 44 points, as Silverton won with 94 1/2. The Redmond girls placed ninth (32 1/2), and Gladstone (93) won the girls meet.
The Panther girls won the 400-meter relay in 50.25 seconds, and finished second in the 1,600-meter relay with a time of 4:10.35.
On the boys side, Redmond’s Oliver Gunther raced to victory in the 3,000 meters in 9:28.12.
In field events, the Panthers’ Jacob Crivellone finished second in the discus (147-2) and fourth in the shot put (52-9).
“A lot of PRs and a lot of kids did really well,” said Redmond coach Scott Brown.
The Panthers host Crook County in a dual meet on April 25.