The above will search Ashland Daily Photo. |
Cheridan Hawkins’ career at Oregon came to an end yesterday after four stellar seasons. By the end of Saturday it seemed the #5 Ducks would be headed to the World Series again. With #1 Florida being upset and knocked out and the Ducks up 1-0 on UCLA at home in the Super Regionals, the odds of Oregon winning the whole thing looked possible. Then, Sunday, just two outs away from a trip to Oklahoma City, UCLA came back to win the game 2-1, forcing another game which they also took 2-1. The Ducks outscored the Bruins 10-5 in the series, and Oregon won the regular-season Pac-12 title, but neither of those things mattered. UCLA is moving on, and the Ducks are done.
Over four years, Cheridan threw almost 800 innings, struck out over a thousand batters, compiled a 1.66 ERA, a won-loss record of 108-20, and earned 17 saves.
@steenF_12 #MedfordMustangs #ALWS2015 @legionbaseball @AL_WorldSeries
Several Ashland High School graduates (including Bryce Rogan and Eric Carlson) are competing on one of the eight teams in the American Legion World Series. They need to win at least two of their first three games to advance to the semifinals on Monday. Game one is happening now (Thursday morning – 8/13/15). You can watch the games online for free here.
Grace Lenthe – 2015 Midwestern League softball player of the year
Both the Ashland High School baseball and softball teams had similar seasons with good starts and poor finishes. The softball team went 10-3 before finishing the season 4-10. They came in 5th place in the 7-team conference. All-conference selections are difficult to come by in a 7-team league, but Grace Lenthe did one better. She won player of the year, an amazing accomplishment for someone on a team looking up at four other teams in the standings. Grace hit over .500 with a slugging percentage over .800 for the year.
@SOURaiders @A_Dirty3 @SOU_Softball
Online registration for March’s softball camp at Southern Oregon University has begun. For details click here.
Today’s photo is one of countless interesting scenes from this past weekend’s Rugby Prom in Raider Stadium.