WEED – College of the Siskiyous Instructor Jim Gilmore is pleased to announce the annual spring student photography show, (In)Dependent Images, will open at the COS Art Gallery April 20. The student exhibition, which features both film and digital photography work by the Intermediate Photography class, will run through May 12.

Students enrolled in Gilmore’s ART11B Photography class have been encouraged to hone their personal visions of what photography means to them. The photographs selected for the exhibition range from landscape to portraiture, color to black & white, and film to digital images.  The students themselves edited the work for the exhibition, and the resulting images in the Gallery reveal the wide range of interests of the students.

Participating Intermediate photography students include: Kandie Adams, Cory Barrow, Terri Carlisle, Christy Cummings-Dawson, Stacey Davasher, Krista Dower, Kristin Miebach, Alix Norman, Malia Plevney-Gamba, Kelly Samuelson, and Shavaughn Soward

For more information about the exhibit, contact Jim Gilmore at (530) 938-5294, or call COS toll-free at (888)397-4339, ext. 5294, or send an email to gilmore@siskiyous.edu

The 4th annual Spring Fling Acoustic Night will be held this Saturday at the Avery Theater in Etna at 7:00 pm.

The line up includes “new and gently used musicians,” with some high school students making their solo stage debut. Tickets are $5.00 per person, or $20.00 for a family ticket.

The Yreka Lady Miners won the Marble Mountain Scramble softball tourney in Etna, last Saturday. Yreka coach Troy Graves told his team at Monday’s practice, “It was a great team effort. Everyone contributed at some point during the tournament.”

One of the strongest individual contributions came from Yreka pitcher Beth Franklin. Franklin was in the circle for three of the four Lady Miner wins, including the championship against Etna.

Franklin’s first game in the tournament was a 10-0 shutout of Burney. She pitched five innings, giving up three hits and a walk, while fanning seven batters.

Game-two was an intense, hard-fought, nail-biter against Mt. Shasta. Franklin went the full seven innings, allowing one earned run and four hits. She didn’t issue any free passes and struck out seven, in the 2-1 win.

In the championship game aginst Etna, a 5-0 win, Franklin allowed four hits and a walk. She struck out nine batters in seven innings. (more…)

By Dale Anzo

There is time in baseball and softball that an umpire might have to recognize a fourth out. The only time you would recognize a fourth out is prevent a run. What you have to remember about the fourth out is that it is a timing play.

Here is a play that actually happened to me:

The bases were loaded with one out. The batter hits a pop fly to left field. The left fielder catches the ball, and all runners tag up. The runner on first base does not tag properly. (more…)

YREKA – The 45th annual Yreka Lion’s Invitational track and field meet was held last Saturday at Miner Stadium. The Yreka Lady Miners took first place team honors. The Lady Bears of Mt. Shasta took fourth place. Etna landed in sixth place. Weed was eighth and Dunsmuir ninth.

The Yreka Miner boys’ team finished second to Del Norte. Mt. Shasta was fifth, Etna eighth, and Dunsmuir and Weed were tied for tenth.

Local Individual Winners

Women

Christina Korcek, Yreka: 200m (28.06) and High Jump (4’10”)

Kelsey Robberson, Yreka: 100 Hurdles (17.69) and Pole Vault (9’6”)

Carrie Turner, Yreka: Triple Jump (33’10.75”)

Tina Ballue, Yreka: Long Jump (15’8.75”)

Ballue, Turner, Korcek, Robberson, Yreka: 4×100 Relay (53.00)

Ballue, Turner, Korcek, Robberson, Yreka: 4×400 Relay (4:27.35)

Joanna Beem, Mt. Shasta: 3200m (12:33.19)

Courtney Evans, Mt. Shasta: Discus (94’4”)

Jilinda Franklin, Etna: 1600m (5:57.90)

Annaleisa Nadig, Etna: Shot Put (32’6.50”) (more…)

ETNA – The Yreka Lady Miners and the Etna Lady Lions squared off in the championship game of the Marble Mountain Scramble softball tournament, on Saturday. In pool play, Yreka defeated Weed 8-3 and Burney 10-0, as well as Mt. Shasta 2-1 in the bottom of the seventh inning. Etna took out Trinity 12-1, and Central Valley 12-3 in its pool. Both squads won their pool to advance to the title game, but it was the Lady Miners that stood as the undefeated champions at the end of the day, beating Etna 5-0.

The first three innings were a pitcher’s dual with Yreka’s Beth Franklin fanning four Etna batters, and Etna pitcher Paige Finley striking out three Lady Miners. (more…)

Yreka Union High School has announced its Students of the Month for March, 2009. All the members of each department, based on recommendations by individual teachers, choose the Students of the Month. The criteria for selecting students are outstanding academic achievement, good study habits and dedication to academic achievement.

AG/Natural Resources 
Chris Peterson 11
Ben Stephens 11 (more…)

WEED – The College of the Siskiyous Lady Eagles ended the regular season with a double-header sweep of the Shasta Knights on Saturday. COS took game-one 2-0, and game-two 4-3.

With the pair of wins, the Lady Eagles go undefeated in Golden Valley Conference (20-0), and improve to 41-3 overall. Tied for number-one in the state with Cypress (37-7), COS will open up the playoffs on Saturday and Sunday, May 1 – May 2, against an opponent to be determined.

COS survived a bit of a scare in the opening game of the twin bill. Neither squad mounted much of a threat until the top of the sixth inning, when Shasta advanced runners to second and third base. (more…)

The Yreka Lady Miner JV squad hosted the Henley Hornets last Thursday in double-header softball action. Henley took game one 6-2 and game-two 18-7.

Lady Miner Tianna Cruz struck out 15 Hornets, and gave up just three walks in game-one. Tailer Johnson was 2/3, and Makayla Lindley went 2/2 with a double.

Errors that led to six Henley runs in the first inning hurt Yreka in game-two. Cruz took over on the mound in the second inning, and struck out 12 batters.

Trailing 13-0, the Lady Miner bats finally came alive and Yreka put up seven runs, but still fell 18-7. Cruz went 3/3, with two doubles. Lindley was 2/3.

DUNSMUIR – The Dunsmuir Tigers swept a double-header against the Happy Camp Indians last Friday, winning game-one 11-0 and game-two 12-1.

In game-two, Happy Camp opened up with a run in the first inning. Brent Boykin took a walk, and came around to score courtesy of an error and a passed ball.

Trailing 1-0 going into the bottom of the first inning, Dunsmuir quickly took charge of the contest, scoring seven times to lead 7-1. The Tigers took advantage of six walks, two hit batters, and a single by Colton Sordahl.

The Tigers added another run in the bottom of the second inning, to extend their led to 8-1, when Erin Kirch led off with a “big fly.”

Dunsmuir finished off the game in the third inning. With one out, Lt. Hisey took a walk, and stole second base. Daniel Ballard reached on a third-strike passed ball, and advanced to second on another passed ball, while Hisey went to third. Kirch walked to load the bases. Brandon Allen blasted a grand slam to make the scored 12-1, ending the game via the 10-run mercy rule.

Brandon Allen led the Tigers in game-two, driving in five runs, and scoring two runs. He went 1/2, with a home run, and a walk. Erin Kirch went 1/1, scored two runs, hit a dinger, and took a pair of walks. Colton Sordahl was 1/2, with two RBI and a run scored. Kirch was the winning pitcher (3 IP, ER, H, 4 BB, 2 K). (more…)

Scores

Softball

Yreka 5 – Etna 0 Yreka wins Etna tourney; Etna finishes second
Yreka batting: Marissa Allen 2/3, R; Ashley Lemos 1/2, R, BB, S; Mallory Greenfield 1/2, RBI; Carrie Watson 1/3, R, RBI; Stephanie Leyva 1/3, R, RBI. Pitching: Beth Franklin SP WP, 7 IP, 4 H, BB, 9 K. All-Tourney: Beth Franklin (MVP), Marissa Allen, Carrie Watson, Stephanie Leyva.
Etna batting:  Paige Finley 2/3; Katie Eiler 1/2, BB; Tandy Thackeray 1/2, sac; Melissa Gentry 1/3, 2B. Pitching: Paige Finley SP. LP, 7 IP, 7 H, 2 BB, 7 K. All-Tourney: Paige Finley, Katie Eiler, Andrea Pearson.

Yreka 2 – Mt. Shasta 1
Yreka batting:  Marissa Allen 2/3, 2B; Adriana Scala 2/4, R, S; Carrie Watson 1/3, RBI, BB; Erika Kimball 1/4, R; Pitching: Beth Franklin WP, 7 IP ER, 3 H, 7 K
Mt. Shasta batting:  Sammy Reed 3/3, Tori Weatherford 2/3, R, 2B. Pitching: Kayla Spini LP, 7 IP, ER, 6 H, 2 BB, 14 K

Yreka 10 – Burney 0
Yreka batting: Beth Franklin 2/2, R, RBI; Mallory Greenfield 2/3, R, 2 RBI; Carrie Watson 2/3, 2 R; Erica Pellizzer 2/4, R, 4 RBI; Marissa Allen 1/1, R, RBI

Yreka 8 – Weed 3
Yreka batting: Carrie Watson 2/3, 2 R, 5 RBI, 2 HR; Erika Kimball 1/2, 2 R, sac; Ashley Lemos, 1/3, R, RBI, HR; Mallory Greenfield, 1/3, R, RBI, HR. Pitching: Ashley Lemos SP, WP

Mt. Shasta 4 – Central Valley 2 Mt. Shasta takes third @ Etna tourney
Mt. Shasta batting:  Tori Weatherford 3/3, R, 2B, S; Emma Taylor 2/3, 2 RBI, 2B; Makenzie Hanna 2/3, R, BB, S; Kayla Spini 2/3, RBI, 2B. Pitching: Kayla Spini WP, 7 IP, 2 H, 3 BB, 11 K. All-Tourney: Cynthia Laiacona, EmmaTaylor.

Mt. Shasta 17 – Weed 2
Mt. Shasta batting: Cynthia Laiacona 2/2, 3 R, 2 RBI, 2 HR, BB; Kismet Prosper 1/1, 3 R, RBI, 2 B, 2 BB, S; Kayla Spini 2/3, 3 R, 4 RBI, HR, S; Donnetta Young 2/3, R, 2 RBI; Tori Weatherford 2/3, 2 R, RBI. Pitching: Kayla Emerson WP, CG, 3 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, 3 K

Mt. Shasta 5 – Burney 1
Mt. Shasta batting: Cynthia Laiacona 2/3, R, RBI, HR; Tori Weatherford 2/3, R, RBI; Kayla Emerson 1/2, R, RBI, BB, S; Emma Taylor 1/2, RBI. Pitching: Kayla Spini WP, 6 IP, ER, 2 H, 10 K

Etna 12 – Trinity 1
Etna batting: Brittney Potter 3/3, 3 R, 3 RBI, S; Andrea Pearson 3/3, 3 R, 2 S; Katie Eiler 3/4, R, 3 RBI; Tandy Thackeray 2/4, R, 2 RBI;Paige Finley 2/4, R, RBI. Pitching: Paige Finley SP, WP

Etna 12 – Central Valley 3
Etna batting:  Katie Eiler 2/2, 2 R, HR; Kassie Federico 2/3, R, 2 RBI, 2B; Paige Finley 2/3, 2 R, RBI, 2B; Andrea Pearson 2/3, 2 R, S. Pitching: Paige Finley SP, WP

COS 4 – Shasta 3

COS 2 – Shasta 0

Baseball

COS 2 – Feather River 14

COS 0 – Feather River 10

Track

Yreka, Mt. Shasta, Etna, Weed, Dunsmuir @ Yreka Lions Invitational (YHS)

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By Steve Van Ert

The Dunsmuir Tigers had another good showing at this year’s John Frank Invitational, held at Central Valley High School. After taking a week off for Spring Break, the Tigers competed against twenty other teams last Saturday.

JV Justin Shuler brought home a fifth place finish with his first attempt in the Long Jump (17′ 6.5″). Justin also set a new personal best in the Shot Put with a throw of 37′ 10″. Justin is ranked second in the Shot Put and fifth in the Long Jump in Evergreen League competition. Fellow JV Jay Rhoades made improvements in the 400m and triple jump. Junior Varsity Lady Tiger Katie McIntyre collected medals in all four events she entered. She ran anchor for the varsity 4×100m, which took fourth place. McIntyre placed sixth in the Long Jump, fifth in the mile, and took second in the High Jump, easily clearing 4′ 6″. (more…)