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Photos by Richard Allan

The Etna Lions boys team and the Tulelake Honkers girls team won the NSCIF D-IV track and field championship held at West Valley High School on Friday. The Tulelake and Fall River boys tied for 2nd, and the Weed girls were 2nd.

Boys individual event results (top three)

100 Meters

1. John Westlund: 11.84a, Fall River
2. Josh Rodgers: 11.86a, Weed
3. John Levesque: 12.06a, Butte Valley

200 Meters

1. Michael Peters: 23.17a, Fall River
2. Dylan Miller: 23.81a, Tulelake
3. Jonathon Pierson: 24.01a, Paradise Adventist Academy

400 Meters

1. Michael Peters: 52.84a, Fall River
2. Dylan Miller: 53.34a, Tulelake
3. Cody Beaumont: 53.91a, Redding Christian (more…)

The Shasta College Knights (40-7) won the first game of the CCCAA State Softball Championship in Bakersfield on Friday night. With former Mt. Shasta star Kayla Spini in the circle, the North two-seed Knights defeated the South one-seed Riverside Tigers 4-3.

The Tigers (42-5) were first on the board on a run largely manufactured by lead off hitter Natalie Barrios in the bottom of the first inning. Barrios walked, stole second, stole third, and scored on an error on her swipe of third base.

Shasta answered in the top of the third inning. With two outs, Racie Carrel singled and stole second base. Carrel found her way home on a single by Noelle Blake, tying the game 1-1.

Alexus Daniels reached on an error to lead off the bottom of the third for Riverside, and went to second on a wild pitch. Barrios walked. With one-out, Courtney Brown doubled in Daniels and Barrios, regaining the lead for the Tigers, 3-1.

Shasta took the lead in the top of the fifth inning. Number-nine hitter Andrea Davis led off with a single. DJ Foster, former Weed HS standout, doubled to put Knights on second and third base. With one out, Carrel walked, loading the bases. There were two outs when Ally Wimer singled to center field. The ball was misplayed and Davis, Foster, and Carrel crossed the plate, putting the Knights on top 4-3. (more…)

Article and photos by Richard Allan

The second-seeded Shasta Lady Knights remained unscathed in the Nor-Cal Super Regional softball playoff after a 4-3 win over six-seed Sierra at Shasta College on Saturday.

Sierra took a 2-0 lead in the top of the fourth inning, but Shasta responded with three runs in the bottom half of the frame. Racie Carrel reached on an error, and scored on a triple by Noelle Blake. Blake found her way home on a double by Ally Wimer, tying the game 2-2. Taylor Gerhardt plated Wimer with a base hit, giving the Lady Knights a 3-2 lead.

Shasta tacked on a run in the fifth inning, which proved to be vital. Megan McColpin reached on a fielder’s choice and went to third on Carrel’s single to center field. Carrel advanced to second on the throw to third. Freshman hurler Kayla Spini came to the plate with two outs and hit a single up the middle to score McCoplin. Carrel tried to score on the play but was cut down at home ending the inning with Shasta up, 4-2. (more…)

The first time the Etna Lions and Weed Cougars met this season, Etna crushed Weed, 10-0. However, the Cougars turned right around and bit the Lions in game-two of the Shasta Cascade League double dip, 5-4. A loss that made Lion coach Collin Krueger less than happy. Determined not to have a repeat of history, the 3rd seeded Lions played near flawless defense in their 5-0 win over six-seed Weed in the first round of the NSCIF D-IV playoffs on Friday.

With a large home crowd, and plenty of Cougar faithful as well, Etna took a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. With one out, Tyler Murphy singled, and stole second base. Preston Munson took a two-out walk. Trevor Stacher singled down the third base line, driving in Murphy, and moving Chris Sutter to third base. Sutter was courtesy running for Munson. Stacher went to second on a the throw. Sutter and Stacher scored when Alex Berry reached on an error.

It looked like Weed had something going in the top of the second inning, when Carlos Sanchez led off with a base hit, and Aidan Hagarty was hit by a pitch. However, Munson fanned the next three batters to thwart the threat. (more…)

The North Section released the 2013 Softball Playoff brackets on Saturday morning. Playoffs start on Tuesday.

Divison-IV

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Weed softball Coach Steve Van Ert’s choice for the Pepsi of Mt. Shasta Lady Cougar Softball Player of the Week is Angel Whatley.

Whatley, “played solid defense at 1st base, and hit .667, last week,” said Van Ert. (more…)

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The North Section released the 2013 baseball playoff seedings and brackets on Wednesday. Round-one is on Friday, May 10; semi-finals on Tuesday, May 14; and championship games on Saturday, May 18. Preliminary Games are scheduled for 4:00 pm at the higher seed, but times may be changed by mutual consent. Championship games are at a central venue.

Division-I

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The North Section released the 2013 baseball playoff seedings on Wednesday morning. All games are scheduled for 4:00 pm at higher seed. Times are subject to change.

Division-II

Yreka (3) v Central Valley (6)

Division-III

Mt. Shasta (7) @ Winters (2)

Division-IV

Etna (3) v Weed (6) (more…)

The Trinity Lady Wolves needed one win in their double header against the Weed Lady Cougars on Monday to ensure entry into the playoffs. As it turned out, the squads were only able to play one game, with Trinity winning 11-4, before thunderstorms necessitated cancellation of game-two.

Trinity jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first inning. Bradlee Plotzke led off with a base hit, stole second, and moved to third base when Savannah Brown grounded out. A single by Tess Johnston brought Plotzke home. Johnson went to second on a wild pitch. Cheyanne Noland reached on a fielder’s choice that erased Johnston. Noland scored when Laurel Dummer reached on an error. Cesalie Merryman tripled to drive in Drummer. Merryman continued home when the throw to third went awry.

Brown singled with two down in the top of the second inning, went to third on a passed ball, and scored on a hit by Johnston, making it a 5-0 lead for the Lady Wolves. (more…)

The Dave Allan Twilight Invitational was held on Friday, May 3 at Mt. Shasta High School.

Top five varsity boys in each event

100 Meters
1. 12 Jeremiah Emershy: 10.99a, Anderson
2. 11 Eli Chapman : 11.08a, Mt Shasta
3. 10 John Westlund: 11.54a, Fall River
4. 12 Connor McCone: 11.55a, Anderson
5. 12 Levi Girardot: 11.71a, Cascade Christian

200 Meters
1. 11 Eli Chapman : 22.60a, Mt Shasta
2. 12 Dylan Miller: 23.94a, Tulelake
3. 11 Jake Brown: 24.19a, Cascade Christian
4. 10 Daniel Benham: 24.44a, Mt Shasta
5. 10 John Westlund: 24.46a, Fall River (more…)

The Pepsi of Mt. Shasta Siskiyou County Track Athlete of the Week is Weed’s Mallory Pappas.

Pappas, a sophomore, won the Triple Jump at the 49th annual Yreka Lions Invitational last Friday with a Weed High School record jump of 32-06.00. The old record of 32-04.50 had stood since the 1980s. Her Triple Jump mark was also the 2nd best ever at the Lions Invitational (Carrie Turner, 33-10.75) and the fifth best in the North Section this season. She followed up the next day at the Sterling Invitational, held at OIT, with a 2nd place finish in the Long Jump (16-00.00) (more…)

Weed softball Coach Steve Van Ert’s choice for the Pepsi of Mt. Shasta Lady Cougar Softball Player of the Week is Audali Avila.

Avila was, “very solid on defense, and led the team in batting last week,” said Van Ert. (more…)

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The North Section released the first 2013 baseball playoff points rankings on Monday. Keep in mind that the accuracy of the rankings depends on coaches posting game results to MaxpPreps. Missing game results can skew the rankings. The top eight teams in each division make playoffs, except D-VI which has only six teams.

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