Jeremiah Robbins, North Medford football

It wasn’t looking pretty as far as season openers go but North Medford was able to rely on a pair of fourth-year starters to pull out a 6-5 comeback victory over McNary in nonleague baseball Wednesday in Keizer.

The Black Tornado, who trailed 4-0 entering the fourth inning, tallied three runs in the fourth and three more in the sixth to win in dramatic fashion after Jeremiah Robbins belted a go-ahead two-run home run in the latter.

Fellow senior Frankie Rutigliano, who took over on the mound in the fourth, struck out the side in the seventh to help preserve the victory.

“It was a long drive up and we were a little flat to begin with,” said North Medford head coach Kerry Curtis, “but once we got some momentum going and got some hits going we were able to turn things around a little bit. At 4-0, it wasn’t looking pretty good there for a minute, and McNary’s a good team.”

North Medford began its climb back into the game in the fourth when Robbins drew a walk and, after a single by Kellen Willer, the Tornado got on the board with an RBI single from Colton Morgan. A sacrifice bunt by Dominic Daffron put runners on second and third and Joey Newberg followed with a single up the middle to score Willer and then Morgan came home on a throwing error.

In the sixth, Cameron Nix and Rutigliano set the stage with one-out singles and advanced on a passed ball. Easton Curtis’ sacrifice fly trimmed North’s deficit to 5-4, and then Robbins cleared the fence with his two-run homer.

“That was huge from a guy that’s been around a while,” said coach Curtis.

Rutigliano wound up with three of his six strikeouts in the seventh inning, allowing two hits and one run with four walks in relief of Daffron in the fourth.

SoftballNORTH MEDFORD 4, TIGARD 1: At Tigard, North Medford senior Gabbi Urban went the distance and allowed only one hit — a leadoff home run by Tigard — with one walk and 14 strikeouts to help the Black Tornado win its season opener.

Caileigh Raines drove in two runs on a hard grounder up the middle, while Maili Hamlin and Natalie Tlascala each went 2-for-4 for North Medford.

Track and FieldNORTH MEDFORD SWEEPS: At Roseburg, North Medford senior Antonio Martinez won the 100- and 200-meter sprints and Houston Klug cleared a personal record 6 feet, 8 inches in the high jump to lead the Black Tornado boys to an 84-58 win over Roseburg.

Martinez set a PR in the 100 at 11.04 seconds and won in 22.89 in the 200.

Matthew Donovan (400) and Alec Winters (800) also won individual events on the track for the Black Tornado, while field event wins were earned by Everett Cam (shot put), Trey Kennedy-Coleman (discus), Jonathan Horn (javelin) and Heston Likens (pole vault).

Kristina Atonio, Paije Carpenter and McKenna Donovan each won a pair of individual events for the North Medford girls, who won 83-56.

Atonio went 85-11.5 in winning the discus and 30-5 in the shot put, while Carpenter hit 106-5 in the javelin and 33-4.5 in the triple jump and Donovan claimed the 100 in 12.71 and long jump in 16-7.

Claire Holcomb (200), Lily Zavala (3,000), Eva Ringger (300 hurdles) and Peyton Caster (high jump) also won individual events for the Black Tornado.

BOYS

TEAM SCORES: North Medford 84, Roseburg 58.

100 — 1, Antonio Martinez, NM, 11.04; 200 — 1, Antonio Martinez, NM, 22.89; 400 — 1, Matthew Donovan, NM, 51.27; 800 — 1, Alec Winters, NM, 2:02.21; 1,500 — 1, Timothy Johnson, R, 4:13.10; 3,000 — 1, Timothy Johnson, R, 9:10.36; 110 HURDLES — 1, Asher Brewster, R, 18.50; 300 HURDLES — 1, Asher Brewster, R, 44.97; 4×100 RELAY — 1, North Medford (Dylan Vanderhoof, Matt Donovan, Jacob Casale, Antonio Martinez), 44.54; 4×400 RELAY — 1, North Medford (Owen Neely, Jacob Casale, Alec Winters, Matthew Donovan), 3:32.03.

SHOT PUT — 1, Everett Cam, NM, 40-10; DISCUS — 1, Trey Kennedy-Coleman, NM, 131-8; JAVELIN — 1, Jonathan Horn, NM, 138-8; HIGH JUMP — 1, Houston Klug, NM, 6-8; POLE VAULT — 1, Heston Likens, NM, 11-6; LONG JUMP — 1, Asher Brewster, R, 18-8; TRIPLE JUMP — 1, Beau Paschall, R, 37-3.5.

GIRLS

TEAM SCORES: North Medford 83, Roseburg 56.

100 — 1, McKenna Donovan, NM, 12.71; 200 — 1, Claire Holcomb, NM, 26.43; 400 — 1, Faith Gaines, R, 1:06.95; 800 — 1, Ella McDonald, R, 2:44.43; 1,500 — 1, Sylvia Eckman, R, 5:08.30; 3,000 — 1, Lily Zavala, NM, 12:12.06; 100 HURDLES — 1, Alexa Bachmeier, R, 18.20; 300 HURDLES — 1, Eva Ringger, NM, 51.80; 4×100 RELAY — 1, North Medford (Olivia Boger, Claire Holcomb, Paije Carpenter, McKenna Donovan), 50.91; 4×400 RELAY — 1, Roseburg (Sylvia Eckman, Alexa Bachmeier, Faith Gaines, Noelle Kroeker), 4:39.40.

SHOT PUT — 1, Kristina Atonio, NM, 30-5; DISCUS — 1, Kristina Atonio, NM, 85-11.5; JAVELIN — 1, Paije Carpenter, NM, 106-5; HIGH JUMP — 1, Peyton Caster, NM, 5-0; POLE VAULT — 1, Grace Bachmeier, R, 7-0; LONG JUMP — 1, McKenna Donovan, NM, 16-7; TRIPLE JUMP — 1, Paije Carpenter, NM, 33-4.5.

Boys TennisST. MARY’S 8, CASCADE CHRISTIAN 0: St. Mary’s swept all eight matches in pro sets at Fichtner-Mainwaring Park.

SINGLES: Cyrus Oliva, SM, d. Jonah Johnson, 8-2; Ben Smith, SM, d. Noah Harrington, 8-1; Sam Pham, SM, d. Jonah Parker, 8-0; Case Johnston, SM, d. Jevin Roberson, 8-0; Connor Gibbs, SM, d. Thaenkhun Thitipoonya, 8-4.

DOUBLES: Sriram Dinesh-Titus Stark-Seymour, SM, d. Noah Harrington-Jonah Johnson, 8-1; Landus Ho-Lucas Peterson, SM, d. Jonah Parker-Jevin Roberson, 8-0; James Beers-Bao Pham, SM, d. Thaenkhun Thitipoonya-Joshua Clark, 8-2.