Oasis second baseman Fenn Mackedon (25) swats a base hit against visiting Incline in the first game of a Saturday doubleheader.
Photo by Steve Ranson.
The Oasis Academy baseball and softball teams began the league season on the right foot last weekend, sweeping Incline.
The baseball team defeated the Highlanders, 8-1, last Tuesday in Carson City before sweeping the doubleheader, 14-8 and 8-1, in Fallon on Saturday. After going 1-3 in a preseason Lovelock tournament, the softball team easily dispatched the Highlanders with a 20-0 win Tuesday in Carson City and wins of 15-0 and 19-2 on Saturday in Fallon.
The baseball team is back in action this week, hosting Sierra Lutheran on Saturday for a doubleheader. The softball team is off until March 21-22 when it hosts Battle Mountain in a three-game series in Fallon.
BASEBALL
Senior Fenn Mackedon and junior Matthew Bird combined to limit Incline to a run in the team’s first game of the year. The duo combined for 11 strikeouts with Bird getting the edge (six) while holding the Highlanders to five hits and allowing no walks.
Senior Zachary Budner and junior James Thibodaux led the team with three hits apiece with Budner doubling twice and driving in one run and Thibodaux doubling once and driving in two. Mackedon drove in two runs, and juniors Ryder McNabb and Trevor Barrenchea each had one RBI. Senior Josh Guswelle stole one base.
Saturday’s doubleheader opener saw 14 runs scored in one inning when Oasis Academy rallied from a 5-0 deficit to score nine runs in the second inning. The Bighorns added insurance with three more in the third inning and two in the second.
Thibodaux, Budner, Barrenchea, Mackedon and Bird each collected two hits, including a double except for Barrenchea who had two singles. Mackedon led the team with three RBIs, and Bird and Gusewelle each had two. Budner, who also drove in one, Guswelle and Mackedon each had a stolen base.
Six pitchers saw action with junior Kayden White leaving after the second inning and allowing five earned runs. Budner, Thibodaux, Barrenchea, Mackedon and McNabb each pitched.
In the nightcap, Bird and Mackedon returned to the hill to shut down Incline, allowing only one run.
Guswelle led the team with three hits, including a double and RBI, and Bird, Mackedon and McNabb each had two hits and an RBI. Thibodaux drove in two and doubled, White tripled and Barrenchea had an RBI. The Bighorns stole seven bases, including two apiece from Budner and Gusewelle.
SOFTBALL
The Bighorns wasted no time scoring in their first league game of the year with 10 runs in the first inning of the opener against Incline.
All but three recorded a hit with freshman Shayana McNamer driving in seven runs on four hits, coming a home run shy of the cycle, and sophomore Emma Lewis drove in five on three hits, including a double. Senior Taylynn Maynez and junior Grace Laca each had two hits, and sophomore Caidance McCart drove in two.
McNamer pitched all three innings in the mercy-rule shortened game. She struck out five and gave up two hits and no walks.
McNamer led the offense again in Saturday’s doubleheader opener, driving in five runs on two doubles and a triple, and Lewis drove in three runs on two singles. Maynez and Laca each singled, and sophomore Haley Bowman had two RBIs.
The Bighorns recorded nine steals with Maynez and Lewis each swiping two bags.
Senior Kirsten Detomasi got the win in the circle, striking out seven and walking one in four innings of no-hit ball.
The series ended like it started with Oasis Academy scoring 10 runs in an inning (second).
McNamer completed the cycle in four at-bats as she drove in seven runs. Maynez drove in three on three hits, including a double, and Detomasi and senior Kaylin Guthrie each singled twice and drove in one. Laca drove in three and singled, and freshman Amberlyn Casey drove in two and singled.
Detomasi picked up the win, allowing two earned runs while striking out four and walking two. She gave up four hits.