After three days off, the Sheldon Irish softball team returned to the diamond Tuesday afternoon to punch their ticket to the 6A Softball State Championship game. The Irish recorded their fourth shut-out this postseason beating the five seed, Sherwood 2-0. Sheldon tallied 24 runs in five innings against Central Catholic in the first round, 10 in six innings against Grants Pass in the second round, and then back-to-back 2-0 wins over North Medford in the Quarterfinals and the Bowmen in the Semifinals. Payton Burnham continued her dominance on the mound having another double-digit strikeout day, while Avery Coffin got the Irish on the board early with a solo home run to center field. Now one seed Sheldon will face two seed Oregon City for the 6A State title Saturday May 3rd, 2023 at Jane Sanders Stadium located on the University of Oregon campus at 3 p.m.

In 5A softball, Lebanon upset two seed Bend to secure their spot in the 5A State championship game. The three Warriors will also play at Jane Sanders Stadium on Saturday, taking on Dallas/Perrydale at 12 p.m.

West Albany stormed back after trailing Ashland 4-1 in 5A baseball. Eyera Nogues got the Grizzlies on the board first in the first inning with an RBI single, but the Bulldogs responded in the bottom of the inning with a sac-fly to right center to score Camden Johnson and tie the game up. Jackson Rosenthal hit a three-run home run in the third inning to give Ashland the three-run lead. The four-seed West Albany completed the comeback late and secured their spot in the State title game against Thurston. That game will be played at PK Park on Saturday May 3, 2023 at 3:30 p.m.

On the other side of that bracket is the two-seeded Thurston Colts who also made a comeback to make it to the 5A championship game. At the end of the third inning in their Semifinals match-up against the three seed, Wilsonville, Thurston was down 8-4. But the Colts scored six innings in the fourth to take back control of the game. Now they'll take on the Bulldogs for the title.

3A Baseball Scores:

(4)Brookings-Harbor - 1 (1)Cascade Christian - 11

(3)South Umpqua - 1 (2)Banks - 5

2A/1A Baseball Score:

(3)Blanchet Catholic - 9 (2)Umpqua Valley Christian - 1