Needing a boost in the midst of a nine-game losing streak, South Medford’s baseball team got just that in the pitching performances of Jake Lewis and Tristan Mallari during Monday’s rescheduled doubleheader against South Eugene.

Lewis opened the day at Harry & David Field with a three-hit shutout, striking out six against only one walk in a 4-0 victory to halt the skid.

Mallari then brought the hammer down in the nightcap, fanning 11 with two walks and only one hit allowed in another complete-game effort that produced a 3-0 triumph.

Those efforts allowed South Medford (7-15, 4-11 SWC) to sweep the Southwest Conference series against South Eugene (10-14, 6-11), with shutouts posted in all three games by the Panthers.

South Medford will look to maintain momentum at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday when it plays host to North Medford (15-7, 9-6), which won the first two games in the series on April 13.

Lewis got all the offensive support he would need in the bottom of the first inning in Game 1, with Kaleb Long coming home on an RBI groundout by Chance Ryan.

The Panthers broke the game open with three runs in the fifth inning, highlighted by RBI efforts from Cooper Mitchell and Gannen Jones.

In Game 2, Mallari helped his own cause with an RBI single to bring home Long after he had provided a two-out double in the bottom of the third inning.

Grady McQuillan tacked on an RBI single in the fourth inning to plate Mitchell and another RBI effort on a groundout to score Ryan.

FIRST GAME

South Eugene 000 000 0 — 0 3 3

South Medford 100 030 x — 4 4 1

Bush and LeDoux; Lewis and Long. W — Lewis. L — Bush. 2B — SE: Humphrey.

SECOND GAME

South Eugene 000 000 0 — 0 1 4

South Medford 001 101 x — 3 6 0

Roadman and LeDoux; Mallari and Long. W — Mallari. L — Roadman. 2B — SM: Long.

CASCADE CHRISTIAN 14-17, SUTHERLIN 1-1: At Sutherlin, Cascade Christian combined for 20 runs in the first innings alone in the Far West League doubleheader to win going away in a pair of five-inning affairs.

Noah Letendre and Cole Stofflet each pitched two-hitters without allowing an earned run for the Challengers (19-5, 15-3 FWL).

Ashton Moody, who recently signed to play football for Eastern Kentucky University, combined to go 4-for-7 with five runs and five RBIs. As a quarterback, Moody was the Class 3A offensive player of the year after guiding Cascade to a state title this past fall.

Jack Knips hit a two-run double and C.J. Bonner had a two-run single in an 11-run opening inning in Game 1 against Sutherlin (6-16, 5-11), while Letendre hit a three-run single and Ashton Moody supplied a two-run double during a nine-run first inning in Game 2.

Grady Sickler smacked a three-run home run in Game 2 and finished with four RBIs overall, and also went 2-for-4 with two RBIs in the opener.

FIRST GAME

Cascade Christian (11)20 01 — 14 11 1

Sutherlin 100 00 — 1 2 3

Letendre and Sickler; Flora, King (2), Shaver (4) and Terry. W — Letendre. L — Flora. 2B — CC: Knips; S: Flora. 3B — CC: Knips.

SECOND GAME

Cascade Christian 905 30 — 17 6 0

Sutherlin 001 00 — 1 2 3

Stofflet and Sickler; Westrom, Lepre (3) and Terry. W — Stofflet. L — Westrom. 2B — CC: Hurley, Moody. HR — CC: Sickler.

Softball

SOUTH EUGENE 7-0, SOUTH MEDFORD 6-7: South Medford’s bid for a top-3 finish in the Southwest Conference took a hit with a 10-inning loss in the opener but the host Panthers were able to salvage a split in the doubleheader after Shelby Hillyer hit a pair of home runs in Game 2.

Hillyer finished 3-for-3 with a solo home run in the second inning and a two-run homer in the fifth inning in the nightcap, while Jordan Knutson ripped a three-run double in the third inning for the Panthers (11-10, 9-6 SWC).

Nicole Ledendecker went the distance in Game 2 and allowed two hits with three walks and 11 strikeouts.

South Eugene (8-14, 5-12) built a 4-1 lead through three innings in the opener before South Medford forced extra innings with a tying run in the bottom of the seventh. The Axe plated three runs in the top of the 10th and held the Panthers to two runs in the bottom half to earn the upset.

Jayden Cote was 3-for-4 with one run and one RBI, Knutson went 3-for-4, Hillyer was 2-for-4 with two runs and Maleyah Thoele finished 2-for-5 for South Medford in Game 1.

FIRST GAME

South Eugene 121 000 0003 — 7 11 1

South Medford 010 110 1002 — 6 11 1

Langan-Forbes and Ransford; Knutson, Ledendecker (10) and Hillyer. W — Langan-Forbes. L — Ledendecker. 2B — SE: Zeigler; SM: Thoele, Knutson, Hillyer. 3B — SE: Zeigler.

SECOND GAME

South Eugene 000 000 0 — 0 2 0

South Medford 014 020 x — 7 9 0

Langan-Forbes and Ransford; Ledendecker and Hillyer. W — Ledendecker. L — Langan-Forbes. 2B — SE: Langan-Forbes; SM: Knutson. HR — SM: Hillyer.

Boys Golf

6A REGIONAL QUALIFIER: At Roseburg, South Medford clinched a team spot in the Class 6A state championships with an eight-stroke victory over runner-up Sheldon and North Medford senior Andrew Plankenhorn secured a qualifying bid as an individual at Bar Run Golf Course.

South Medford sophomore Jed Johnson led a solid group effort by the Panthers with a 71, with Tyler Snowden (77) and Blake Boutwell (78) not far off the pace and the team’s fourth scoring effort with pick-me 82s from Bodhi Hochendoner and Kyle Snowden.

Sheldon also advanced as a team by virtue of its second-place finish, with North Medford coming up short after placing third with a 330 to finish 14 shots back of the Irish.

Plankenhorn carded an 81 to edge out a tight pack of Black Tornado, with teammates Jace Gamby (82), Dallas Boekenoogen (83) and Sam Havens (84) on his heels.

Joining Plankenhorn as individuals qualifying for state were Tyler Popken of Roseburg (76) and Elijah Clendening of McNary (78).

TEAM SCORES: South Medford 308, Sheldon 316, North Medford 330, Sprague 334, South Salem 3553, McNary 372.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (Top 5): 1, Tim Morach, She, 70; 2, Jed Johnson, SM, 71; 3, Clayton Watters, Spr, 75; 4, Tyler Popken, Ros, 76; 5, Tyler Snowden, SM, 77.

Boys Volleyball

ASHLAND 3, SOUTH MEDFORD 0: Coming off a solid showing at the Barlow Tournament, Ashland carried that momentum to a 25-20, 25-22, 25-13 sweep of host South Medford behind a big effort from Grayson Higley, who had 11 kills, 13 digs and two aces.

Sebastian Hunter contributed seven kills and three blocks, while John Bare had 23 digs and Ethan Barnes came up with 13 digs to go with five kills and two aces for the Grizzlies.

In this past weekend’s tournament, Ashland pinned the first loss on Clackamas in three seasons with a 14-25, 25-21, 15-10 triumph and won its pool with victories over Central Christian and Valor.

After advancing to the gold bracket, the Grizzlies lost momentum and wound up losing in three sets to West Salem and La Salle.

ST. MARY’S 3, CASCADE CHRISTIAN 0: St. Mary’s got seven kills from Chris Kranenburg and six kills apiece from Cole Mayfield and Kent David to sweep visiting Cascade Christian, 25-22, 25-18, 25-15.

C.J. Seggelink doled out 16 assists and Alex Xu had eight digs for the Crusaders, while Connor Gibbs had four kills and was 12-for-12 serving with three aces.

Kranenburg also was 19-for-20 from the service line with four aces to go with four digs, while Mayfield came up with 10 digs and David was 12-for-12 serving with two aces.