Marshfield’s softball team edged Marist Catholic last week to maintain first place in the Sky-Em League, but a big doubleheader with North Bend to end the regular season was postponed to this Wednesday.
The Pirates improved to 9-1 with their win over the Spartans. Marshfield trailed 5-3 but scored a run in the sixth, another in the seventh to force extra innings and one more in the eighth to win the game.
Faith Hite had four hits and scored one of the runs for Marshfield. CeCe Cox drove in two runs and Jayla Johnson had a double.
Because of rain, North Bend’s only game of the week was a 6-2 nonleague win over Hidden Valley and the Bulldogs entered the final week with a chance to catch the Pirates and win the league title. To do that, North Bend needed to sweep Cottage Grove in a rescheduled doubleheader Monday (results were not available) and then sweep the Pirates on Wednesday.
Wins in any of the four games would guarantee North Bend at least second place in the final league standings and a spot in the round of 16.
TIGERS STILL SECOND: Bandon beat Eddyville 15-5 in its lone game of the week and remained in second place in Class 2A-1A District 4 at 6-2, trailing unbeaten Toledo.
The Tigers have games this week at Waldport on Tuesday and Myrtle Point on Thursday and still have to make up a Saturday game against Toledo that was rained out and face Gold Beach on Monday to wrap up the league season.
Myrtle Point remained on Bandon’s tail in the race for second place despite losing to Toledo 14-6. The Bobcats are 5-3 with games against Reedsport on Tuesday and Waldport next Tuesday, in addition to the big game with Bandon.
Reedsport had a good week, sweeping Eddyville 17-2 and 31-7 and also winning a nonleague doubleheader against Sutherlin’s JV team 6-5 and 10-3. The Brave host Waldport on Monday and are at Gold Beach on Thursday, in addition to the game at Myrtle Point.
RED DEVILS WIN: Coquille swept North Bend’s JV team 13-5 and 20-8 to stop an 11-game losing streak.
The Red Devils had a Saturday doubleheader against Glide postponed and host North Valley on Thursday and visit Brookings-Harbor next Monday.
BASEBALL
BULLDOGS SWEEP PIRATES: North Bend won a pair of one-run games over Marshfield to wrap up third place in the final Sky-Em League standings.
The Bulldogs won the first game 2-1 and the nightcap 8-7 in nine innings.
In the opener, Jalen Riddle scored both runs for North Bend. He reached on a single in the first inning and came home on a passed ball. In the third, he reached on a walk and later scored on a groundout by Luke Wheeling.
Riddle later had another single, accounting for two of the three hits North Bend had against Marshfield pitchers Ashton Thornton and Ryder Easton.
Wheeling pitched a three-hitter for the Bulldogs with 13 strikeouts. Joe Herbert had two of the hits, a double and a third-inning single that scored Chris Hooper, who had reached with a single.
North Bend won the nightcap when Weston Moffitt walked, moved up on a single by Riddle and later scored on a passed ball. It was Riddle’s third hit of the game and he had a run in the second inning on a two-run double by Wheeling. Josh Sullivan scored a pair of runs.
The Bulldogs, who also beat Hidden Valley 4-3 earlier in the week, will host a game in the Class 4A play-in round and have a chance still to host in the round of 16. They were eighth in the power rankings at week’s end with a doubleheader against Cottage Grove Monday (results were not available) to finish the league season.
Marshfield finished 3-9 in league play and will hope to get into the play-in round based on power ranking. The Pirates had a nonleague game against North Valley on Monday to finish the regular season.
REEDSPORT
WINS AGAIN: Reedsport beat Eddyville 17-1 and shut out Siletz Valley 11-0 last week to keep its record perfect in Class 2A-1A District 4.
The Brave, who have 13 wins in a row, were scheduled to host Waldport on Monday and visit Myrtle Point on Tuesday and Gold Beach on Thursday before finishing the regular season at home against Toledo next Tuesday.
Bandon beat Eddyville 22-2 to bounce back from a loss to Reedsport a week earlier. The Tigers, in second place in the league standings at 7-2, are at Waldport on Tuesday and Myrtle Point on Thursday and host Gold Beach next Monday and Siletz Valley next Tuesday. They also have a game against Toledo to make up after their date with the Boomers was rained out on Saturday.
Myrtle Point got a big win over Toledo 10-0 to improve to 6-4 in league play. The Bobcats have bi home games this week against Reedsport on Tuesday and Bandon on Thursday and an equally big game at Waldport next Tuesday to finish league play.
RED DEVILS
WIN TWO: Coquille swept host St. Mary’s 12-1 and 14-2 in a Far West League doubleheader last week, improving to 4-10 in league play. The Red Devils were scheduled to host Glide on Saturday (scores were not available) and have a doubleheader at North Valley on Thursday and one at home against Brookings-Harbor next Monday to finish the season.
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