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Gazette-Times

Timely defense allowed Corvallis High to escape two big threats and the Spartans took advantage in a 9-3 Mid-Willamette Conference win over Silverton on Wednesday.

The Spartans (22-4, 18-2) turned an inning-ending double play in the fourth after the Silver Foxes had loaded the bases.

Silverton scored one in the fifth to cut the Spartans' lead to 4-3, but CHS pitcher Aaron Corwin tossed back-to-back strikeouts with the bases loaded to end the inning.

"In my mind that helped carry over to our half of the fifth," CHS coach Eric Dazey said.

Corvallis put the game away in the bottom of the inning with five runs on six hits and two walks. Ben Northcutt had a two-run double in the inning.

"We did a good job of stringing some hits together there and generating some runs to separate a little bit," Dazey said.

Corvallis plays at Silverton on Friday.

Corvallis 9, Silverton 3

SILVERTON 002 010 0 - 3 6 3

CORVALLIS 310 050 x - 9 7 5

Toney, Bremner (5) and Parks. Corwin, Williams (6) and Zweber. WP: Corwin (6-2). LP: Toney. 2B: Northcutt (CHS).

Hits: SHS 6 (Rudimentkin, Johnson, Lowenberg, McCloughry, Parks, Warriner). CHS 7 (Northcutt, England, Williams 2, Corwin, Alig, Zweber).

RBIs: SHS 1 (Parks). CHS 6 (Northcutt 2, England, Williams, Martin, Zweber).

JV: Silverton won. Freshmen: CHS won.

Lebanon 11, Cres. Valley 5

LEBANON - The Raiders jumped out quickly but could not hold on in the MWC loss.

Thomas McCarthy hit a three-run home run in the first, but Lebanon scored a combined nine runs in the fifth and sixth innings to pull away.

The Raiders host the Warriors on Friday.

Lebanon 11, Crescent Valley 5

CRESCENT VALLEY 300 020 0 - 5 4 3

LEBANON 011 054 x - 11 9 1

Cooper, Stone (5), Mattes (6) and Larkin, Ransom (4). Trask and Marshall. WP: Trask (5-2, 5-1). LP: Cooper. 2B: Dunning (CV), Bitterman 2 (L). HR: McCarthy (CV), Duerr (L).

Philomath 9, LaSalle 8

PHILOMATH - Kory Stueve scored on a passed ball in the bottom of the seventh to give the Warriors the nonleague win.

Stueve doubled, then moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Kasra Azizian.

The Warriors (16-6, 7-3) finished with 16 hits. Josh Bitterman went 3-for-4 with a two-run home run in the fifth.

"We really did hit the ball well," PHS coach Terry Stephenson said.

The Warriors play at Newport on Friday.

Philomath 9, LaSalle 8

LASALLE 210 003 2 - 8 12 0

PHILOMATH 240 020 1 - 9 16 1

Croisant, Brady (3), Ragosa (6), O'Neill (7) and Wainwright. Haynes and Hill. WP: Haynes (9-3). LP: O'Neill. 2B: Croisant (L), O'Neill 2 (L), Motter (P), Stueve (P). HR: Bitterman (P).

Hits: LHS 12 (Titrud 3, Wainwright, Ragosa 3, Croisant 2, O'Neill 2, Oborn). PHS 16 (Bitterman 3, Stephenson 2, Hill 2, Haynes 2, Murphree, Motter 3, Stueve, Azizian 2).

RBIs: LHS 4 (Croisant 2, O'Neil, Oborn). PHS 8 (Bitterman 4, Stephenson, Murphree, Motter 2).

Newport 18, Santiam Christian 3

NEWPORT - The Eagles gave up 16 hits in the nonconference loss in five innings.

"They did a great job of hitting the ball today," SC coach Matt Nosack said. "It wasn't like we kicked the ball all over the yard, they just hit the ball."

Three of the hits were home runs, including a grand slam by Cole Skriver in the third inning.

SC (18-4) plays at Toledo on Friday.

Newport 18, Santiam Christian 3

SANTIAM CHRISTIAN 100 02 - 3 5 0

NEWPORT 618 3x - 18 16 2

Stitzel, Wonsley (3) and Saviola. Dordan and Conklin. WP: Dordan. LP: Stitzel (2-2). 2B: Conklin (N). 3B: Knowles (SC). HR: Skriver (N), Luther (N), Moore (N).

Hits: SC 5 (Hanson, Knowles 2, Parkhurst 2). NHS 16 (Skriver 2, Metcalf, J. Crowe, Conklin 2, E. Crowe, Iverson 2, Luther 2, Moore 2, Bond 2, Case).

RBIs: SC 2 (Lancaster, Knowles). NHS 15 (Conklin, Iverson 2, Luther 3, Moore 3, Skriver 4, Bond 2).

Monroe 13, Central Linn 7

MONROE - Monroe scored eight runs in the first three innings en route to a Special District 3 victory over Central Linn.

MHS (11-12, 9-6) received a complete game from Michael Hartshorn, who improved to 3-3 despite giving up six runs.

Six Dragons batters recorded two hits apiece to back up Hartshorn at the plate, while four had two RBIs each.

Monroe 13, Central Linn 7

CENTRAL LINN 004 201 0 - 7 6 6

MONROE 323 104 x - 13 14 5

Marchbanks, Zolen (3) and Kaynor. Hartshorn and Bodi. WP: Hartshorn (3-3). LP: Marchbanks. 2B: Manning (CL), Opoien (M), Eaton (M), Bodi (M).

Hits: CL 6 (Judy, Manning 2, Zolen, Smith, Voenes). MHS 14 (Opoien 2, Olson 2, Hubbard, Eaton 2, Rictor 2, Hartshorn 2, Bodi 2, Arvin).

RBIs: CL 6 (Marchbanks, Zolen 2, Smith, Conrad, Kaynor). MHS 10 (Opoien 2, Olson 2, Eaton 2, Rictor 2, Bodi, Arvin).

Softball

Sammie Waite delivered a three-run triple in the bottom of the sixth inning to help lift the Crescent Valley softball team to an 11-8 Mid-Willamette Conference win over Lebanon.

The Raiders trailed 7-6 after giving up four runs in the top of the inning. Waite delivered the eventual game-winner with one out.

The Raiders (15-5) remain a game back of West Albany and Silverton in the MWC standings. They close out the regular season at Lebanon on Friday.

Crescent Valley 11, Lebanon 8

LEBANON 200 014 1 - 8 12 4

CRESCENT VALLEY 420 005 x - 11 9 3

Lagee and Jackola. Peters, Melton (3), Peters (6) and Giannotti. WP: Peters (5-2). LP: Lagee. 2B: Ragsdale (LHS). 3B: Ragsdale (LHS), Grause (CV), Waite (CV)

Hits: LHS 12 (Jackola 2, Palinkas, Ragsdale 4, Springer, Suing, Lagee, McLain, Clubb). CV 9 (Grause 2, Waite, Fields, H. De Carolis 2, Valdez, Walsh 2)

RBIs: LHS 8 (Ragsdale 2, Wright, Palinkas 2, Springer, Jackola, Suing). CV 10 (Grause, Waite 3, Gianotti 2, Fields, H. De Carolis 2, Valdez)

JV: CV won

Silverton 5, Corvallis 0

SILVERTON - The Spartans could not get their offense going when they needed in the MWC loss.

Corvallis (12-8) had 10 hits, but strung them throughout the seven innings. The Spartans did load the bases in the fourth, but it was with two outs and they could not convert.

Laura Fleck had three hits with a double for CHS.

The Spartans host the Silver Foxes on Friday.

Silverton 5, Corvallis 0

CORVALLIS 000 000 0 - 0 10 0

SILVERTON 300 101 x - 5 13 1

Cortez and Simmons. Lasswell, Fleck (1) and Keim. WP: Cortez. LP: Lasswell. 2B: Stocker (S), Reis (S), Fleck (CHS).

Hits: CHS 10 (Fleck 3, Keim, Lasswell, Lee, Caspino, Roush, Carlson 2). SHS 13 (Simmons, Hatley 2, Cortez 2, Dreher 2, Reis 2, Schwab, Stocker 3).

Boys tennis

Crescent Valley's Alex Fortune, Elton Chen and Kevin Wong all won their opening round matches at the Mid-Willamette Conference district boys tennis tournament at Timberhill Tennis Club on Wednesday.

Corvallis' Vishesh Khanna, Rob Lewis and Sean McIntyre also won their first-round matches to advance.

Corvallis had all four doubles teams advance to the second round while the Raiders had three teams move on.

The second round begins at 1:30 p.m. today with the quarterfinals to start around 4:30 or 5 p.m. The winners of the quarterfinals advance to state tournament next week.