Golden Eagles Golden with Another GVC Title

SUSANVILLE--Feather River went on the road to secure the 2025 Golden Valley Conference championship on Saturday with a 12-8 win over Lassen College. 

In doing so, the Golden Eagles clinched their second straight conference title and 15th overall under head coach Terry Baumgartner. FRC improved to 18-5 in conference play with the victory, three games ahead of Butte College with just two games left to play. 

Feather River will wrap up the regular season next Thursday and Friday (April 24-25) against Shasta College. Thursday's game starts at 3 pm, Friday's first pitch is at noon. 

On Saturday, the Golden Eagles rapped out 15 hits and crossed the plate 12 times on a busy offensive day. FRC scored in four straight innings from the third to the sixth, putting up a five-spot on the Cougars in the third. 

Shane Danley was FRC's offensive star with a pair of two-run doubles, one in the third and another in the eighth. Dylan Marx had three hits and scored three times, while Zane Denton, Kolt Kurzman and Rocco Crow had two base knocks each. 

Baumgartner sent five different pitchers to the mound, with Jayden Andrade pitching 2.2 hitless relief innings to gain the win. 

Feather River has now won eight of their last ten games heading into the Shasta games next week.