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Tim Trower
Monthly Archives: July 2009
OSAA-mandated week off is coming up
The Oregon School Activities Association adopted a plan to give kids and coaches a break from high school athletics. That means competition, camps, working out. This moratorium week is Aug. 2-8, and coaches and players are prohibited from having contact. Those summer teams coached by high school coaches – such as American Legion baseball or ASA softball [...]
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Mustangs open with 6-0 triumph
Two-time defending champion Medford won its American Legion AAA state tournament opener this morning, downing Northwest Star Academy 6-0 at Hansen Stadium in Corvallis.
Jordan Lewis pitched seven shutout innings, raising his record to 8-1, and Ian Kendall and Griff Boyd belted back-to-back home runs in the eighth inning to set the final score. The Mustangs [...]
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Roseburg wins championship
Roseburg Pepsi defeats the Salem Senators, 8-4, at North Medford High and is crowned the American Legion A State Tournament champion. Micah Audiss of Roseburg is named the tournament most valuable player. Pepsi advances to the Norhwest Regional next week.
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Salem wins, in title game against Roseburg
Salem pulled away in a one-run game with five runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to defeat La Grande, 13-7, in the American Legion A State Tournament at North Medford High.
The victory put Salem in the title game at 2 today against Roseburg. Both teams have one loss in the double-elimination tourney. Salem defeated [...]
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Tuesday cross country canceled due to heat
In the better-safe-than-sorry category, the Southern Oregon Runners have canceled the second in a series of four cross country races Tuesday night at Bear Creak Park Amphitheater. The temperature will be too hot to do much of anything, let alone run a 5K or 2K. If you are out, drinks lots of water and find [...]
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Salem hands Roseburg first loss
The Salem Senators outslugged Roseburg Pepsi, 22-16, in the American Legion A State Tournament Monday at North Medford High. The loss was the first in the double-elimination event for Roseburg, necessitating two games Tuesday to decide the champion. La Grande, which eliminated the North Medford Mavericks, 5-4, earlier Monday, plays Salem at 10 a.m. Tuesday. The [...]
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La Grande eliminates North Medford Mavericks
La Grande ended host North Medford’s run in the American Legion A State Tournament Monday with a 5-4 victory at North High. La Grande used back-to-back doubles in the top of the eighth inning to go up 4-3, then Tyler Edison followed with a single that scored Austin Woodward with the eventual winning run. North [...]
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North Medford moves on
Shaun Whitehead’s single scored Cory Haggans with the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning today as North Medford defeated North Eugene, 8-7, in the American Legion A State Tournament at North Medford High. The Mavericks face La Grande in a loser-out game Monday at noon.
In Sunday’s late game, Roseburg, the lone tourney [...]
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Salem ousts Ashland from tourney
Salem defeated Ashland 10-8 in a loser-out baseball game today at the American Legion A State Tournament at North Medford High. Ashland, trying to win its third straight state title, trailed 10-7 entering the seventh and scored a run with a double, single and throwing error. But a fly out ended the game with a [...]
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Mustangs down Roseburg for second straight win