PENDLETON — Pendleton picked up its 10th win of the season with a 7-0 Special District 5 victory Thursday over Ontario. 

“I thought the girls played very well this afternoon against a tough Ontario team,” Pendleton coach Curran Holdman said. “We have been playing our best tennis lately as a team, and that has led us to our 10th team win this season. That’s a tough task to accomplish, and I’m happy to see our team be able  to do that.”

McKinley Moore won the No. 1 singles match for the Bucks with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Milca Santiago. Olivia Allen followed with an 8-1 win over Megan Daniels.

Kamryn Matteson closed out the singles with an 8-1 win over Kendra Warren-Galligan.

In the top doubles match, Pendleton’s Avery Pitner and Avery Brown topped Carla Lopez-Naverette and Dalia Lopez 6-3, 6-3 to improve to 9-2, while Madelyn Gunter and Jules Gunter won the No. 2 match 8-1 over Kayla Eldredge and Valeria Manriquez.

At No. 3 doubles, Amelia Thompson and Emily Pattison made quick work of Sofia Corona and Aurora Corna, 8-2. Lexi Foust and Audrey Trieblhorn  won the No. 4 match with an 8-0 victory over Yolibet Lemus and Celeste Trejo.

“It’s good to see how well we have progressed this season as we are getting ready for our district tournament,” Holdman said.

Boys tennis

PENDLETON 4, ONTARIO 1 — The Bucks swept the singles, and the visiting Tigers won the lone doubles match in Special District 5 play.

Freshman Sam Larsen won the No. 1 singles match with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Brayden Geddes, while Adam Harrison followed with an 8-3 victory over Matthew Daniels.

In the No. 3 match, Caden Crowder posted an 8-5 win over Santi Oviedo, and Cooper Crosby topped off the singles matches with an 8-3 win over Josh Wolfe.

In doubles, Ontario’s  Trevor Lang and Lucian Montgomery held off Henry Pullen and Jordan Hantke 6-3, 6-4.

Girls golf

Heppner sophomore Naomi Propheter shot par on 10 holes and had a birdie on hole 8, to finish second with a 78 at the Buffalo Peak Ladies Invite at Buffalo Peak Golf Course in Union. 

Dufur’s Tygh Timinsky won medalist honors with a 75, and Pendleton’s Sophie Nelson tied for third with an 87.

Dufur won the team title with a 380, while Pendleton was fourth with a 423, and Heppner sixth with a 437.

Rounding out the scoring for the Bucks were Brinley Curtiss (8th, 99), Kennady Alvarado (T31, 118) and Kamryn Clark (T33, 119).

For Heppner, Jules Archer finished tied for 27th with a 115, followed by Ashlee Knutz (35th, 121) and Mary Ashbeck (37th, 123).

Boys golf

Pendleton’s Garret Reinhart and Landon Neistadt finished seventh and eighth at the Crook County Invite at Meadow Lakes Golf Club in Prineville.

Reinhart shot a 77, which included a birdie on hole 12, while Neistadt had birdies on holes 5, 10, 12 and 13, but was hampered by three double bogeys for a 78.

The Buck finished fifth in the team standings with a 331. Summit won the team title with a 3-under 285. Mountain View was second (318), and Caldera was third (324).

Summit’s Bryce Grieb took medalist honors with a 4-under 68, with teammate Bryden Ditty second with a 3-under 69. Mountain View’s Gus O’Connell was third with a 71.

Also scoring for Pendleton were Sheldon Joseph (T29th, 86) and Cole Sazue (T40th, 90).

Softball

WESTON-MCEWEN 16-15, IRRIGN 1-0 — The top-ranked TigerScots wrapped up Blue Mountain Conference play with a sweep of the Knights at Athena Memorial Ballpark.

“These were important games as we finished league strong today,” said W-M coach Jeff Griggs, whose team will at least share the BMC title. “I was proud of our adjustment to pitching today. Our hitters started to catch up with it around the third or fourth inning of Game 1, making contact up and down the lineup.”

In the first game, the TigerScots (13-2 overall, 9-1 BMC) got two doubles and four RBIs from Bre Ward, who also picked up the win.

Weston-McEwen scored four runs in the first inning, one each in the second and third, then put the game away with a 10-run fourth inning.

In the first, Ward hit an RBI double, Olivia Sargent added a two-run double and Evie Hodgson had an RBI single to take a 4-1 lead.

In the fourth, Reagan Pickard and Lily Langford hit a two-run double, Ward had an RBI double and Hope Berry hit a two-run home run with two outs to invoke the mercy rule. It was Berry’s third home run of the season.

Langford, Berry, Pickard, Sargent and Hallie Burns all had two RBIs. In the circle, Ward threw a one-hitter, striking out 10 and walking none.

For the Knights (3-15, 0-8), Yelena Garibay hit a double in the first inning and later scored on an error.

In the second game, Ward was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle, and finished with four RBIs as the TigerScots ended the game in four innings.

Ward hit a two-run homer in W-M’s five-run first inning, and Berry followed with a solo shot to center field for a 3-0 lead. It was Ward’s seventh home run of the year. The remaining two runs scored on the same error.

In a seven-run third inning, Georgianna Morris hit an RBI single, Langford hit a two-run double, and Ward added an RBI single for an 11-0 lead. Berry and Pickard followed with back-to-back RBI doubles. The other run scored on a passed ball. 

An RBI single by Langford and an RBI double by Ward in the fourth ended the game.

Ward also picked up the win, allowing one hit while striking out nine and walking two.

Avaree Pantoja had the lone hit for the Knights. Pantoja also took the loss, allowing 15 runs on 13 hits with four strikeouts and three walks.

“I felt like we met one of our goals today of not standing runners as lots of players collected RBIs when the opportunity arose,” Griggs said. Looking ahead, we need to sharpen our defense as we move toward the home stretch and state. If we stay hungry and build on this good start, we could get some postseason playing time.” Weston-McEwen will play at DeSales for a single game at 4 p.m. Friday.