Sheldon High goes back-to-back in 6A softball championship; Bend takes 5A crown

EUGENE Ore. (KPTV) - The defending champion Sheldon High School Fighting Irish shutout the Cinderella crew from Hillsboro’s Glencoe High 5-0 in the OSAA 6A Softball State Championship on Saturday at Jane Sanders Stadium.

The Glencoe Crimson Tide got healthy and hot at the right time, making it to the title game as a 21-seed with four road playoff wins over top-five powers Central Catholic, West Linn, and Westview.

With a run already in and Kinley Pappas on third after an RBI triple for Sheldon in the first inning, Payton Burnham helped her own cause by driving her teammate in to give the Irish a 2-0 lead. It remained tight before Ashlyn Martin clutched up with a two-out, two-run single in the fifth.

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Five runs were more than enough as Burnham was untouchable--twirling a a no-hitter in her final high school game before heading south to play for the Arkansas Razorbacks. The win was the 40th straight for the Irish in Oregon, and marked their second consecutive state title.

“Actually I didn’t know until after the game,” said Burnham of her no-hit effort.” “I was thinking about it during the last at bat and I was like, ‘oh, no way!’ My team did great behind me. I couldn’t have done it without them.”

In the 5A championship game, Bend High defeated Lebanon 2-1 to claim their first state title, behind a complete game three-hitter from senior Addisen Fisher--a UCLA commit. Sophomore Mackenzie Shaughnessy delivered the go-ahead score with a two-out RBI single in the fifth.

Pendleton took the 4A championship with a 4-0 win over Henley, their fifth state title in school history, and first at the 4A level.