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Wednesday, April 25 at 6 PM
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Softball team takes
second in
rence
The Huskies edged out Junc-
tion City 2-0 on the road Thurs-
day in softball to take lock up sec-
ond place in league play last week
and then shut out La Pine 13-0 in
riving innings on the road.
The Huskies are 6-3 overall
and 5-1 in league, trailing Elmira,
6-0, and leading Junction City,
4-2.
The Huskies were scheduled
to host Elmira on Tuesday. They
travel to Sisters on Friday and
Cottage Grove on Tuesday.
Sweet Home 2, Junction City 0
The Huskies put together two
runs in the fourth to get the win
over Junction City.
"It's very big standings-wise,"
said Coach Casey Humphrey.
"Now we're second place by
ourselves, knocking on the heels
of Elmira, which is nice."
To win, Megan Graville led
off with a base hit in the fourth.
McKenzie Cochran moved her
on a sac bunt, and Shantel Pitts
singled, batting in Graville.
Pitts advanced to second on
an error and third on a wild pitch.
Megan Rubidoux knocked her in
on a sac fly.
Again, the Huskies had people
in scoring positions throughout
the game, Humphrey said, but the
team never got the big hit. This
time, the Huskies snuck through a
couple of runs to seal the win.
Emily Marchbanks pitched
the game, striking out six, walking
no one and giving up three hits.
Junction City's Devorak,
gave up two runs, eight hits and
two walks, while striking out
three.
At bat, Katie Virtue went
2-3; Emili Riggs, 1-3; Graville,
one hit and two runs; Pitts, 1-3,
with a run and RBI; Rubidoux,
2-2 with an RBI; and Halley
Hummer, 1-3.
Sweet Home 000 200 0 - 2 8 0
3unction City 000 000 0 - 0 31
Sweet Home 13, La Pine 0
The Huskies started out slow
but poured on the offense in the
fourth and fifth, scoring six and
seven runs respectively, defeating
La Pine by the 10-run rule in the
fifth inning.
"We had a slow start and got
going finally in the fourth and
fifth innings," Humphrey-said,
but defense has been solid for the
past three games.
The Huskies have given up
only a single run in the past three
games, he said, and the Huskies
are excited to face Elmira this
week.
Graville pitched the game,
striking out eight batters and
giving up three hits. with no
walks.
Parrish was the losing pitcher,
striking out one and walking
seven.
At bat, Hummer went 2-2;
Sarah Wyatt, 1~3; Virtue, 1-4;
Graville, 2-3; Cochran 1-4; and
Sierra Thayer, 1-1.
Sweet Home 000 67 - 13 8 1
La Pine 000 O0 - 0 3 4
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Photo by MiriamSwanson
Sweet Home High School senior Emili Riggs, flanked by her parents Monte and Barbi Riggs, signs a letter of
intent to play softball at Western Oregon University next year. Riggs is catcher for the Huskies softball team. She
signed the letter on Thursday at the school. As of the end of her junior year, Riggs was swinging a .397 average.
Last year, she was walked 18 times, often intentionally, and she hit two homeruns. She had an.on-base percent-
age of.529. She was first-team all-league utility player and second-team all-state utility player last year.
SH wrestlers will host New Zealand team
Sweet Home wrestlers will
host a team from New Zealand at
7 p.m. Thursday, April 19, in the
Main Gym.
The New Zealand team is
coming to Oregon from Indiana,
said Sweet Home Coach Steve
Thorpe. Following their stay in
Sweet Home, they will go to For-
est Grove on Friday, then back to
New Zealand.
"It's going to be fun to have
the opportunity to host these
guys," Thorpe said. "'We have
never hosted New Zealand. I
don't know what to expect. I
don't know what level they are
at.~'
He said the local team will
consist of mainly Sweet Home
wrestlers, including possibly two
alums, Sweet Home assistant
Tomas Rosa, who will wrestle
one of the New Zealand coaches,
and Kyle"Temple, now coach-
ing in Stayton. Both wrestled at
Southern Oregon University.
Cost for Thursday's event
will be $3 for students, $5 for
adults.
Off-season wrestling contin-
ues at Sweet Home. Three wres-
tlers - Tyler Cowger, Brayden
Newport and Travis Thorpe
- competed at the Reno World
tournament last weekend and the
state freestyle and Greco tourna-
ments will be held this coming
weekend in Forest Grove.
Also, a benefit auction for the
wrestling program will be held at
6:30 p.m. Saturday, April 28, at
the Boys and Gifts Club. Cost is
$15 per person and admission is
limited to adults. Hors d'oeuvres
and no-host drinks will be avail-
able.
A social hour and silent auc-
tion will be held from 6.'30 to
7:30 p.m., with the live auction
beginning at 8 .p.m. Items to
be sold include Gerber knives.
g0ided fishing, a black Labrador
retriever puppy, a Benelli SBEII
shotgun, a custom chicken coop,
golfing, trips, rifles and more.
For more information, con-
tact Steve Thorpe at (541) 401-
1154 or (541) 367-7160 during
the day.
SH swimmer finishes top-10 three times
at 2012 Northwest Regional championships
Lucia Davis had three top-10
finishes at the Northwest Region
2012 Short Course Age Group
Championships March 30-April 1
at the King County Aquatic Center
in Federal Way, Wash.
Davis, 13. placed third in the
mile freestyle (18:03.80) and fourth
in the 500 freestyle (5:13.52) as
the only Sweet Home Swim Club
member to score points.
She also scored in the 200 free-
style, finishing seventh in 1:58.91.
Also competing in the region-
als were Mia Davis. 11; Lauren
Yon, 12: Makayla Nelson. 13; and
Naomi Gunselman, 16.
- Northwest Region 2012 Sweet
Home Swim Club Results
P=Preliminaries F---Final's *PR 1:02.92"
Mia Davis, 11 13o13 400 IM - (11-F) 4:50.44
11-11 Backstroke - (21~ place-P) 13-13 100 Freestyle- (12-P) 5.5.66
1:10.95" 13-13 500 Freestyle - (4-F) 5:t3.52
11&Under 500 Freestyle - (22-F) 13-13 200 Freestyle 7 (6-P) 1:56.61
5:59.26* 13-13 200 Freestyle - (7-F) 1:58,91
11-11 Butterfly - (19-P) 1:10.69" 13-13 Mile Freestyle - (3-F)
11-11 200 Freestyle - (23-P) 18:03.80
2:15.64"
1%12 Mile Freestyle - "(12-F)Makayla Nelson, 13
13-13 100 Backstroke - (17-P)
20:51.11 * 1:04.30
LaurenYon, 12 13-13 200 Backstroke - (20-P)
12-12 100 Breaststroke - (15-P) 2:19.56"
1:15.27
11-12 400 IM - (17-F) 5:09.32 Naomi Gunselman, 16
11-12 200 Breast- (18-P) 2:43:61" 1"5-18 100 Backstroke - (29)
12-12 200 IM - (17-P) 2:28.67* 1:04.50*
12-12 500 Freestyle - (14-F)1-18 200 Butterfly - (27-P)
5:50,34* 2:22.57*
12-12 50 Breaststroke - (22-P)15-18 400 IM - (17-F) 5:00.56*
35.88* 15-18 200 IM - (19-P) 2:20.06"
Lucia Davis, 13 15-18 200 Backstroke - (26-P)
13-13 100 Backstroke - (13-P)2:18.17"
Golfers .place fifth at Creswell Invitational
Sweet Home placed fifth out
of eight teams in golf at the Cre-
swell Invitational Tuesday, April
9.
Stephen Bishop led the Hus-
kies with a 97, followed by Casey
Homer (99), Michael Tolle (102),
Austin Yoder (109) and Christian
Porter (110).
Ben Lindsay of Bandon was
the overall medalist, shooting 74.
Summit was the team winner
with a 303, as all five of it~ golfers
shot under 80, with Dylan Cramer
and Ryan Blackwell tying for sec-
ond overall, each shooting 75. Ban-
don was second (354), followedby
Seaside (358), Sweet Home (407)
and McKenzie (418). Reedsport.
Creswell and Oakridge, which did
not field complete teams.
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