THE MAIN EVENT: BASEBALL
CLASS 3A: #4 PLEASANT HILL (21-6) VS. #9 BROOKINGS-HARBOR (19-7), 4 P.M.
CLASS 5A: #2 THURSTON (26-3) VS. #3 RIDGEVIEW (24-5), 5 P.M.
■ What2Know: The final week of the high school sports season is upon us, with Thurston and Pleasant Hill baseball the only area teams remaining. Both teams were scheduled to host semifinal games on Tuesday, May 28 – after The Chronicle’s weekly press deadline. With victories, the teams would advance to a state title game, scheduled for Saturday at TBD locations. … Catch all the Tuesday news and results online Wednesday at chronicle1909.com.
■ Leading off: The Thurston Colts, the reigning 5A champs, continue their title defense against Ridgeview on Tuesday, with a possible championship rematch against No. 4 West Albany on Saturday. Sophomore Grady Saunders has been the ace on the mound for the Colts, and leadoff hitter Adam Elliott spearheads much of the offense. The Pleasant Hill Billies host a semifinal game thanks to No. 1 Douglas falling in the second round, and the Billies host No. 9 Brookings-Harbor – the team that ended Pleasant Hill’s season in the quarterfinals last year. Senior Caden Richardson and the Billies did get revenge earlier this season with a 7-3 victory, and a win this time around would send Pleasant Hill to its first state title game since it won the championship in 2013.
SOFTBALL RECAPS
■ Creswell lost its 2nd-round playoff game to No. 5 Burns, the back-to-back defending state champs, 9-0 last Wednesday. Senior Jessica Farrell had one of Creswell’s two hits on the day.
■ Pleasant Hill hosted No. 10 Enterprise in the second round of the Class 3A playoffs last Wednesday, with the Billies falling 9-3. Senior Raigan Obie had 2 hits and 2 runs in her final game, and senior pitcher Bella Black had 12 Ks.
■ Thurston traveled to No. 5 Caldera in the Class 5A bracket and lost a heartbreaker, falling 8-7 behind a walk-off single from Caldera after the Colts tied the game with 4 runs in the top of the 7th inning. Daphnie Heckel had 3 hits, 1 run, and 2 RBI in the loss, and senior Bailey Tovey had 2 hits, 2 runs, and 1 RBI.
CONFERENCE CALL
Marist boys, girls claim state tennis title
■ The Marist Catholic boys and girls tennis teams claimed team state titles last week in Corvallis. Marist sophomore EJ Roedl won the boys singles title 6-1, 6-2 and Marist doubles duo Peyton Tyner and Andrew Forsyth won the boys doubles 6-4, 2-6, 6-4. On the girls side, Marist claimed bronze in singles and doubles, as WhitneyHedden won third in the singles and PhoebieLarson and StellaLarson got past teammates HaleyRoss and TaliaTyner 7-5, 6-3 in the doubles third-place match.
RESULTS/SCHEDULES
RESULTS
BASEBALL
Tuesday, May 21
■ (2) Thurston 10, (15) Central 0
Wednesday, May 22
■ (4) Pleasant Hill 9, (13) Taft 5
Friday, May 24
■ (4) Pleasant Hill 4, (5) Sisters 1
■ (2) Thurston 11, (7) Mountain View 0
Tuesday, May 28
■ (9) Brookings-Harbor 6, (4) Pleasant Hill 4
■ (2) Thurston 7, (3) Ridgeview 3
SOFTBALL
Tuesday, May 21
■ (5) Caldera 8, (12) Thurston 7
Wednesday, May 22
■ (5) Burns 9, (12) Creswell 0
■ (10) Enterprise 9, (7) Pleasant Hill 3
SCHEDULES
BASEBALL
Saturday, June 1
■ (2) Thurston vs. (4) West Albany (PK Park, Eugene), Noon
