North Coos sweeps South Coos

North Coos earned its second American Legion baseball sweep of neighbor South Coos last week, beating the Nooks 14-12 and 7-3.

Those wins came on the heels of winning three games in three days at the Philomath tournament.

Hunter Osuna drove in five runs in the opening win against South Coos, including a two-run single and run-scoring double.

Josh Sullivan had three hits and Teagan Anderson two in the win. Anderson also pitched 4 1-3 innings of relief.

Deagan Pierce and Hayden Thompson had three hits each for the Nooks in the loss. Pierce drove in two runs and Thompson stole two bases. Ashton Thornton had two hits.

Peyton Forrester and Caden Hunt had early RBIs for North Coos in the nightcap and the Waterfront also scored two runs on an error, building a 4-1 lead.

Nate Farris pitched 3 2-3 innings of scoreless relief in the win.

Matt Swank, Drakkar Funk, Brody Kyllo and Walker Huntley each had a hit for North Coos.

Wendelin had two hits and drove in a run for South Coos.

A week earlier, North Coos swept South Coos 13-3 and 10-6.

Sullivan had an RBI single and an RBI groundout early in the first game to give the Waterfront a 2-0 lead and then North Coos scored five runs in the fifth inning, including a two-run double by Kyllo and an RBI single by Conner Johnson.

Funk pitched four scoreless innings for North Coos and Kyllo finished off the win.

Sullivan, Johnson and Kyllo had two hits each and the Waterfront also benefited from nine walks.

Pierce had two hits for South Coos and Thompson and Brayden Gunn each drove in a run.

In the nightcap, Funk, Anderson and Jackson Swanson combined for six of the team’s 11 hits, three runs and six RBIs.

Swanson, who was batting ninth in the lineup, had a two-run double and drove in three runs overall in the win. Funk had three hits and Anderson two.

Brandon Wendelin and Griff Kennedy each had a hit and Logan Shipman drove in a run for the Nooks. South Coos also turned three double plays defensively.

The doubleheader sweep was part of a good week for North Coos, which also beat Brookings 15-4 on the road a day earlier.

Sullivan had three hits and Hunter Christensen, Funk and Johnson also had multiple hits.

North Coos also beat West Albany 12-7 on Friday in the opener of the Philomath tournament.

Seb Smith, Johnson and Swanson combined for seven hits in the win, including three by Johnson. They scored four runs between them and drove in five.

Peyton Forrester also had two hits in the win.

The second day of the Philomath tournament, North Coos topped Newport 9-8, winning on an RBI double by Osuna in the bottom of the seventh.

Osuna had three hits in the win. Sam Mickelson and Funk had two hits each and Anderson pitched 4 1-3 innings of scoreless relief.

In the final game of the tournament, North Coos beat Fightin’ Jays 9-1 as Mickelson had an RBI single in the first inning and a grand slam in the fourth.

Swank pitched five innings in the win and allowed the run, which was unearned. Hunter Christensen finished off the win on the mound.

North Coos plays home doubleheaders on July 10 against Eugene, July 12 against Roseburg and July 13 against South Medford. Another doubleheader with South Coos is scheduled for July 16.