Posted: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:00 am
Softball
Brianna Wanner stroked an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth to give Jefferson's softball team a 13-12 season-opening win on its home field.
Jefferson survived a nine-run first inning by the Warriors with strong relief pitching from Brianna Looney, who came on in the second inning.
Looney limited North Douglas to just three runs the rest of the way. In the meantime, she aided a potent offense that had 14 hits.
Looney had three of those hits, including a double and triple, and the Lions got a big lift from Hailey Baker, who drilled a grand slam in the fourth inning.
Jessica Brunk also had three hits for the winners and Jamie Yzaguirre had two.
Jefferson (1-0) plays at Monroe on Thursday.
Jefferson 13, N. Douglas 12, (8)
North Douglas . . . . . 900 210 00 - 12 8 2
Jefferson . . . . . . . . . . 034 410 01 - 13 14 4
Shelte, Mezza (4), and Rice; Yzaguirre, Looney (2) and Moreland. W- Looney, 1-0. L-Mezza, 0-1. 2B - J, Yzaguirre, Looney. 3B- J, Looney. HR - J, Baker.
Girls tennis
West Albany 6, Thurston 2
Exchange student Ilaria Alessi, a nationally ranked player in Italy, helped lead West Albany to a season- opening win at home.
Alessi won her number-one singles match in straight sets. Alexa Daskalos also picked up a singles win for the Bulldog in a tough three-set match that saw each set go to a tie-breaker.
The Bulldogs swept through the doubles with straight-set wins from all four teams.
West Albany plays at West Salem today.
West Albany 6, Thurston 2
Singles: Ilaria Alessi, WA, def. McKenzie Gorman, T, 6-0, 6-2; Alexa Daskalos, WA, def. Natalie Smith, T, 7-6 (14-12), 6-7 (3-7), 7-6 (8-6); Amber Brazil, T, def. Sydney Kni ght, WA, 7-5, 6-2; Whitney Lewis, T , def. Paige Roberts, WA, 6-0, 6-1.
Doubles: Kendra Patton/Alisha Roemeling, WA, def. Meagan Raleigh/Tara Hill, T, 6-0, 6-4; Megan Carroll/Kaitlin Glenn, WA, def. Jenna Lewis/Madie Whitsel, T, 6-3, 6-4; Nisha Patel/Brooke Kuebrich, WA, def. Katelin Ross/Jessica Caird, T, 6-1, 6-0; Kelli Hoecker/Kimmee Hoecker, WA, def. Rachel Stanton/Grith Jensen, T, 6-1, 6-2.
Boys tennis
West Albany 6, Thurston 2
Michael Baumgartner blew past Matt Raleigh in the number-one singles match and the Bulldog doubles teams swept all four matches to earn the season-opening win for West Albany.
Baumgartner, a fifth-place finisher at state last year as a sophomore, didn't drop a game, winning in straight sets, 6-0, 6-0.
All four Bulldog doubles teams were straight set winners. Carter Patton, in his first varsity match, picked up West's other singles win in the only contest of the day to go three sets, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2.
The Bulldogs are at home today against West Salem.
West Albany 6, Thurston 2
Singles: Michael Baumgartner, WA, def. Matt Raleigh, T, 6-0, 6-0; Jeff Forrest, T, def. Rick Hovelsrud, WA, 6-0, 6-1; Jesse Diamond, T, def. Scott Beer, WA, 6-1, 6-1; Carter Patton, WA, def. James Emory, T, 1-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Doubles: Borst/Ordeman, WA, def. Nixon/Larson, T, 6-1, 6-3; Rey/Miller, WA, def. Dewey/Bolkon, T, 6-2, 6-1; Beers/Collier, WA, def. Murphy/Valdez, T, 6-1, 6-2; Decker/O'Malley, WA, def. Alameda/Perez, T, 6-1, 6-1.