07 July 2010
The Ashland 10-11 All Star team, managed by Len Gerken with assistance from Melissa McMillian, took the district tournament by surprise last weekend with a close loss to the heavily favored Medford Blue team, followed by two resounding victories over the Klamath Falls teams that put Ashland on the edge of the tournament's championship match. In the semifinal game on Monday night, June 28th however, events led to the game being suspended due to darkness in the 5th inning, with completion of the game to be put off until the following evening. The following day, tournament officials stunned the Ashland team by announcing that the game would not be completed, and that Medford Red would be awarded the victory and the spot in the championship game, since their team had been ahead at the end of the 4th inning of the Monday night contest.
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