By Nick Sinnott

The Siskiyou Heat U-18s were at it again in Junction City, OR at the Class B “Cooper the Dog” ASA Tournament, last Saturday and Sunday. Multiple games were played under the scorching sun.  It was a two day, double elimination tournament with two round robin games on Saturday for the Heat.

Saturday
Game-1: The first round robin game for the Siskiyou Heat was against Hood River, OR.  Kayla Graves started and the first three innings were 3-up and 3-down for both sides. In the third inning Hood River put together some hits, and an error by The Heat led to a three- run inning for Hood River. The offense was missing for The Heat and they could not get their bats on the ball.  Mindi Chandler came in to pitch the fourth and fifth innings allowing four more runs over. Final score: Hood River 7 – Heat 0

Game-2: The next game immediately following was against the Waldport Rogues.  The Waldport pitcher started with control problems and hit the first three batters to immediately load the bases. That’s all it took for The Heat to get things going. Kelsey Moser singled in the first run and Madison “Maddy” Moser scored on a passed ball. Amber “Nails” Sinnott sacrificed a run in and Sierra “C” Skeen completed the inning with a two run single. The remainder of the game was a pitching battle with neither team getting any runs, and starting pitcher Bethany Franklin notching the win.  Kayla Graves came in to finish the last two innings. Final score: Rogues 0 – Heat 5 (more…)

By Nick Sinnott

The red hot Heat U-18s softball team traveled to Redding on Wednesday night, July 15 for some double header action, and notched a pair of wins (Slide show was posted a couple of days ago. Scroll down the front page a postings and you’ll find it).

The first game of the evening was against the North Valley Rapids—a very competitive U-16 team. It was in the second inning when things opened up for the Heat. Amber Sinnott led off with a triple to deep left. Mindi Chandler connected on a deep fly ball to center to score Sinnott from third for the first run of the evening. (more…)

By Rick Landrum

The Siskiyou Heat U-14 ASA softball team traveled to Redding in the scorching heat to play two games on Wednesday night. The first team, the Redding Rapids, had a very solid pitcher who was throwing smoke. She held the Heat to only five hits in five innings before the game was called due to time. Riva Martin had another great game in the circle for the Heat, allowing only one run. She struck out seven, and gave up just two hits and two walks. Rachael Luetke led the Heat with her bat, going 2/3 with a double and a towering homerun over the left field fence. Jenna Turner, Lacie Landrum and Krystal Palmer each added hits and the Heat came away with a win: Heat 6 – Rapids 1. (more…)

By Rick Landrum

The Siskiyou Heat U-14 team traveled to Newberg Oregon, near Portland, last weekend to compete in the NAFA Tri-State Finals. There were 17 U-14 teams, which made for tough competition.

The Heat came out firing in the first game against the Lady Scots of Salem. Riva Martin took the mound and pitched excellently. She only allowed one hit and one walk going into the fourth inning. Tianna Cruz came in to shut the door in the fourth.

The Heat’s bats came alive in the game. Jenna Turner returned to the team in the lead off position, after a month vacation, and led all batters going 3/4. Lacie Landrum was solid with her glove and at the bat, going 2/4 and scoring twice. Tianna Cruz, Rachel Luetke, Katie Brummett and Krystal Palmer all had two hits. Viviana Castaneda and Morgan Deany added a hit in the win. Final score: Heat 13 – Lady Scots 2. (more…)

Submitted by Nick Sinnott

Siskiyou Heat coach Rob Moser’s U18 line-up truly came together for a tournament in Junction City, Oregon. It was a rough start with two major losses during Saturday’s pool play, setting them up for a low seed in the elimination round. Sunday was a day of battle to bring the trophy home. The Siskiyou Heat played five games in 90 degree weather to win first place.

Saturday
Game-1
The first game of the tournament for the Siskiyou Heat was against “Alliance” from Bend Oregon. Bethany Franklin took the mound and pitched the entire game. She kept the Alliance bats quiet but the Siskiyou Heat bats were quiet also. Teal Rimmer, a young promising player from Fort Jones had a double. Kelsey Moser of Weed was 2 for 3 and Bethany Franklin was 2 for 3 with a double. But, it was not enough and Alliance won by a score of 6 to 3. (more…)

Scores

Saturday, June 13

Babe Ruth

CLT Logging @ Dunsmuir

Happy Camp 5 – Peter’s Trucking 0

Ray’s Market 11 – Yreka Transfer 0

PremierWest Bank @ Stidham Trucking

ASA Softball

Siskiyou Heat U-14 @ Junction City Tournament

Siskiyou Heat U-12 @ Crater Black (more…)

The Siskiyou Heat ASA U-14 softball team hosted the Crater Comets Sweet team last Saturday, and proved way too hot for the visitors to handle, winning the first game of a twin bill in 10-run fashion. Game-two also went the Heat’s way, 10-6.

Krystal Palmer picked up the game-one win for the Heat, striking out 11 batters, while allowing only one hit and no walks through six innings. Coach Rick Landrum called Palmer’s pitching effort, “fantastic.” (more…)

Schedule

Friday, June 5

Babe Ruth

PremierWest @ Peter’s, YHS JV Field, 6:00 pm

Ray’s Market @ Stidham, Hibbard, 6:00 pm

ASA Softball

Siskiyou Heat U-12 @ Jr. Eagle Tournament, TBA

Saturday, June 6

Babe Ruth

Dunsmuir @ Happy Camp, Hibbard, noon

Happy Camp @ Dunsmuir, Hibbard, 2:00 pm

ASA Softball

Siskiyou Heat U-14 v Crater, YHS Varsity Field, 11:00 am (Double Header)

Siskiyou Heat U-12 @ Jr. Eagle Tournament, TBA

Sunday, June 7

ASA Softball

Siskiyou Heat U-14 @ South Medford, 2:00 pm (Double Header)

Siskiyou Heat U-12 @ Jr. Eagle Tournament, TBA

Scores

Thursday, June 4

Babe Ruth

PremierWest 5 – Scott Valley Bank 4

Happy Camp 7 – CLT Logging 9

Peter’s 10 – Stidham 6 (more…)

EAGLE POINT, Ore – The Siskiyou Heat U-14 ASA softball squad split a double header with the Eagle Point Eagles on Sunday. After dropping the first game, 5-4, the Heat thumped the hosts 7-2 in the second game.

Jena Turner, Lacie Landrum, Jeni Cheffey, Krystal Palmer and Morgan Deany all had hits in game one. Heat pitcher Riva Martin took the loss.

The Heat flashed some leather in the game-two win, behind starting pitcher Jeni Cheffey and Riva Martin in reflief. (more…)

YREKA – The Siskiyou Heat U-14 ASA softball team took down the visiting Phoenix Lady Pirates in both games of a twin bill on Saturday, 12-2 and 10-6.

The Heat established its dominance in the bottom of the first inning of game-one, with an eight-run out burst. Lacie Landrum, Emilie Wagy, Katie Brummett, Baylee Harris, Morgan Deany, and Riva Martin all scored, with lead-off hitter Jena Turner crossing the plate twice in the inning.

Phoenix responded with a pair of runs in the top of the second inning, but that would be the extent of their counter attack. The Heat added four runs in the fourth inning to extend its lead to 12-2. The Heat shut down the Pirates in the top of the fifth inning, leading to a 10-run mercy rule win.

Landrum led the Heat at the plate in game-one, going 3/3 and scoring two runs. Turner was 2/3, scored two runs, and hit a double. Wagy and Brummett both had two walks and scored a pair of runs, while going 1/2. Martin picked up the win in the circle.

The Heat quickly took control again in game-two, scoring six runs in the first inning for a 6-0 lead.  Going into the top of the sixth inning, the Heat led 9-2.

The Lady Prates, however, weren’t quite ready to abandon ship, as they put up four runs to cut the lead to 9-6. Heat relief pitcher Krystal Palmer entered the circle in the sixth to stop the Pirate rally. (more…)

Scores

Sunday, May 31

ASA Softball 

Siskiyou Heat (U-14) 7 – Eagle Point 2

Siskiyou Heat (U-14) 4 – Eagle Point 5

Saturday, May 30

Babe Ruth

Stidham Trucking 3 – Scott Valley Bank 9

Peter’s 3 – Ray’s Market 12

ASA Softball

Siskiyou Heat (U-14) 10 – Phoenix 6

Siskiyou Heat (U-14) 12 – Phoenix 2 

Siskiyou Heat U-12 @ Eagle Point White, noon (more…)

The Siskiyou Heat ASA Club is opening up sign ups for the U-18 girls summer/fall softball team.  The fee is $75.00 and new league players will need to provide a copy of their birth certificate.  This team is for girls who were age 18 or younger as of December 31, 2008.  For more information contact Donna Cruz at 530-227-4616.

Signups for the Siskiyou Heat U-14 girls’ softball team will be held on Sunday, February 22 from 2:30 – 4:00 at the armory located at the Siskiyou Golden Fairgrounds on Fairlane Road in Yreka. The fee is $75.00 and new league players need to bring a copy of their birth certificate.  This team is for girls that were the age of 13 or 14 as of December 31, 2008. For more information contact Donna Cruz at 530-227-4616.

By Donna Cruz

The Siskiyou Heat ASA U16 girls fast pitch softball team returned home from the NAFA Summer Nationals in Milwaukee, OR with the 2008 Sportsmanship Award.

The Heat placed fifth, after being eliminated from the tournament by Lebanon, OR. The team conducted fund raising activities to help offset the traveling expenses for the Summer Nationals

Coach Joe Spini was extremely pleased with the team’s performance, noting a close 2-1 loss against the Washington state champions as one of many positive achievements for the girls.

The Heat placed third at the Cooper the Dog tournament in Eugene, OR the weekend prior to Nationals.
Although the summer season is over for the Heat U16 team, they plan to go to a couple of tournaments in the fall.

The U18s Summer National Tournament was canceled due to lack of teams.