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Hawks on their mark at Rowan Invite in Bend
TD posts 17
top-5 outcomes
for third-place
team finishes
Rodriguez
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The boys and girls freestyle
relay teams each posted wins,
Lydia DiGennaro locked
down a 50-meter freestyle
triumph and The Dalles
swimmers both secured third
place finishes at the 16th an-
nual Jay Rowan Invitational
Meet Saturday in Bend.
Overall, the Riverhawks
posted 17 top-5 outcomes,
three of those were wins, four
seconds, a third, four fourths
and five fifths.
Out of the seven teams, the
boys racked up 169 points,
placing behind Redmond
(344) and Pendleton (236),
while the girls totaled 203
points to wrap up third
place, with Bend (302) and
Pendleton (276) atop the
leaderboard.
“It was definitely very
exciting knowing that more
teams we competed with this
weekend are in our district,
and it was good to see how
we compared to those other
teams,” DiGennaro said.
In what was the race of
the day, the boys 400-me-
ter relay quartet of Bryce
Harris, Michael Cole, Xander
Kirby and Will Evans trailed
Redmond by three seconds
with Evans serving as the
anchor.
Evans turned on the
afterburners and eventually
passed Redmond’s Connor
Hall in the final stretch,
giving The Dalles a first-place
time of four minutes and
The Dalles boys 400-meter relay quartet of, from left to right, Michael Cole, Will
Evans, Bryce Harris, and Xander Kirby trailed Redmond by three seconds, but Evans
caught up, giving The Dalles a first-place time of four minutes and 26.38 seconds,
besting Redmond by 3.33 seconds. TD had 169 points to score third place at the 16th
annual Jay Rowan Invitational in Bend.
Pat Shortt/Contributed photo
26.38 seconds, which bested
Redmond by 3.33 seconds.
Not only did the boys come
out ahead in a tough relay
event, the girls squad, repre-
sented by Kendall Webber,
Kennedy Abbas, Bree Webber
and Lydia DiGennaro topped
out in 2:05.52 to snag top
honors in the 200-meter free-
style relay, finishing in front
of Pendleton (2:08.95) by 3.43
seconds.
DiGennaro, a freshman,
tacked on an individual first-
place award in the 50-meter
freestyle with a personal-re-
cord rally of 29.69 and she
also placed second in the
100-meter butterfly with her
1:17.16.
“Personally, I’ve definitely
loved the season so far and
it’s exciting racing teams
I’ve never raced before,”
DiGennaro said. “I am
definitely super-excited for
districts and I believe our
200-freestyle relay could have
a great shot at state this year.
I’m looking forward to how
the rest of the season turns
out.”
Kendall Webber had
another strong showing
in her second meet of
the winter with a pair of
runner-up placings in the
400-meter freestyle (5:28.06)
and the 200-meter free-
style (2:33.35), and Maisie
Bandel-Ramirez added to
the Lady Riverhawk point
total with a third place finish
in the 50-meter freestyle
(32.21) and she had a fifth-
place effort in the 100-meter
freestyle (1:12.32).
Abbas placed fourth in
the 100-meter backstroke
(1:25.00) and sixth in the
200-meter individual medley
(3:06.10), Paige Compton
hit for fourth place in the
200-meter freestyle (2:56.55)
and ninth in the 400-meter
freestyle (6:28.65), and the
group of Kendall and Bree
Webber, Bandel-Ramirez
and DiGennaro pushed
ahead to secure fifth place in
the 200-meter medley relay
(2:33.71).
Hanna Rodriguez, Izabella
Montesanti, Alyson Stewart
and Frances Fuller teamed
Of the three total victories overall, TD’s 200-meter freestyle girls relay squad, pic-
tured from left to right, Bree Webber, Kendall Webber, Kennedy Abbas and Lydia
DiGennaro topped out in 2:05.52 to snag top honors. The girls posted a third-place
winning 203 points.
Pat Shortt/Contributed photo
up to grab fifth place in the
400-meter freestyle relay
(7:13.28), and in the 200-me-
ter freestyle relay, Lydia
Evans, Rodriguez, Montesanti
and Compton timed out in
ninth place (2:33.78).
Evans was 10th in the
200-meter individual
medley (3:58.16) and 12th
in the 100-meter backstroke
(1:49.26), Bree Webber
placed ninth in the 100-me-
ter freestyle (1:20.39) and
claimed 10th in the 50-me-
ter freestyle (34.19), and
Rodriguez turned in a final
mark of 3:27.40 to get 13th
in the 200-meter freestyle
and she placed 16th in
the 100-meter freestyle
(1:27.62).
The Riverhawk boys
tallied six top-5 outputs,
led by Will Evans, who was
the top scorer, helped by
his second-place final rush
of 2:21.21 in the 200-meter
freestyle and he tacked on a
fifth-place time in the 50-me-
ter freestyle (27.82).
Bryce Harris placed
fourth in the 100-meter
freestyle (1:04.26), Jonathan
Snodgrass fought to fifth
in the 400-meter freestyle
(6:56.96) and 10th in the
200-meter freestyle (3:15.77),
and the 200-meter freestyle
relay squad of Harris, Skyler
Coburn, Michael Cole and
Will Evans garnered fourth
place (1:56.98).
Jacob Comini was eighth
in the 200-meter freestyle
(3:04.86) and 11th in the
100-meter backstroke
(1:27.57, a personal record),
Xander Kirby swam to eighth
in the 200-meter individual
medley (3:07.95) and was
ninth in the 100-meter but-
terfly (1:25.43).
Coburn ended up ninth in
the 100-meter breaststroke
(1:35.28). Cole notched 10th
in the 100-meter butterfly
(1:28.24) and claimed 12th
in the 50-meter freestyle
(30.32).
William Hoover set a per-
sonal record in the 100-meter
breaststroke (1:40.44) and
Jose Reyes added a person-
al record of 1:46.11 in the
50-meter freestyle.
Hoover, Reyes, Drew
Evans and Snodgrass placed
seventh in the 400-meter
freestyle relay (5:54.95), the
foursome of Comini, Coburn,
Kirby and Snodgrass had a
time of 2:28.55 to score eighth
place in the 200-meter med-
ley relay, and the 200-me-
ter freestyle relay group of
Hoover, Jeffrey Davis, Drew
Evans and Comini joined
forces for a 2:40.98 to take
ninth place.
“This was a great meet
for us,” assistant coach
Nate Timmons said of the
Riverhawks performance.
“It shows how hard the kids
have worked. But, it also
showed us where we have
the opportunity to cut time.
It will be exciting to see
where the team goes, now
that winter break is over, and
everyone is healthy.”
The Dalles dives back in
the water at 4 p.m. Thursday
for a dual meet on the road
with St. Helens High, and
then heads to Madras for
the White Buffalo Classic on
Saturday.
Riverhawk wrestling places four at Don York
record.
Dodge out-maneuvered
Reser to the tune of a 20-11
major decision to get his top
spot.
Also grappling in the
170-pound bracket and
making his season debut was
Preston, and he went 5-1, all
by pin, and scored 25 team
points for third place.
Preston dialed up back-
Dusty Dodge is wrestling
to-back first-round pins
on a top level early in the
over McNary’s Jesus Saldivar
season.
(1:48) and Hood River
The 170-pound standout
Valley’s Timothy Fletcher
boosted his overall record
(1:03), and then posted a
to 9-0 and took home his
15-3 major decision versus
second tournament win to
Newberg’s Hayden Hampton
highlight four The Dalles
in the quarterfinals.
placers at the two-day Don
Preston lost by pin in his
York Invitational ending
semifinal bout with Tualatin’s
Saturday in Portland.
Added to Dodge’s triumph, Reser at 1:40, but grabbed two
Steven Preston claimed third consecutive pinfall wins in the
consolation bracket against
place Karen Villa ended up
Gladstone’s Williams (4:29)
fourth in the girls division,
and Taylor Morehouse went and HRV’s Timothy Fletcher
(0:34) to earn third place.
4-3 to preserve sixth place.
Taking fourth place
“I am super-proud of all
after a solid 1-2 record at the
these kids and their perfor-
125-pound girls classifica-
mances in this last tourna-
tion was Villa, as she tallied
ment,” TD assistant coach
Ryan Manciu said. “They are a quarterfinal win against
Sunset’s Jennifer Mitlehner
improving each and every
day as we enter into the heart (1:26) for her first win of the
year.
of our wrestling season and
Villa, however, lost her next
they are working towards our
district meet.”
two matches, both by first-
Over the weekend, Dodge round pin, to Forest Grove’s
reeled off five wins, four by
Jasmin Soc-Lopez (1:13) and
pinfall, and the title-clincher Milwaukie’s Jaden South
was a major decision.
(1:32).
The junior captured first-
Morehouse had a busy sev-
round pins against Newberg’s en-match slate in Portland
William Cruz Villanon (1:15) and scored 14 team points
and Gladstone’s Chael
with his sixth-place run at
Williams (1:50) for a quarter- 182 pounds.
Following an open-
final berth.
In that match with St.
ing-round pinfall loss to
Helens’ Ryan Burri, Dodge
Brodey Kitzmiller (Gladstone)
needed 1:26 to drop the
at the 3:32 mark of the second
hammer down for a pin
round, Morehouse won four
and a semifinal date ver-
matches in a row in the con-
sus Southridge’s Anthony
solation rounds.
Peralez.
Morehouse had a 6-1
Just a tad past a minute,
decision against Chace
Dodge used a pin on Peralez Coopersmith (Putnam),
at 1:17 of the opening round. and reeled off first-round
With a second consecutive pins versus Tualatin’s Isaias
tournament win up for grabs, Manzo (0:45) and St. Helens’
Dodge had to deal with Jake
Gannon Carter (1:52).
Reser, of Tualatin, who en-
In his fifth match,
Morehouse pinned Tualatin’s
tered the match with a 15-3
Dodge takes another
victory; Preston,
Villa and Morehouse
place in top-6
Rodriguez
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The Dalles wrestlers had four placers, including a first, a third, a fourth and a sixth at the two-day Don York Invitational in Portland. In the
photo are, from left to right, Ryan Manciu (assistant coach), Kevin Marx (assistant coach), Taylor Morehouse, Karen Villa, Steven Preston,
Dusty Dodge and Paul Beasley (head coach).
Ryan Manciu/Contributed photo
Jacob Helton in the second
round (3:31) to vault into
the consolation semifinals.
Morehouse lost to Bailey
Sparks (Centennial) by a 17-0
technical fall at the 4:58 mark
of the third round and lost his
fifth-and-sixth-place show-
down with Maverick Geller
(Hood River Valley) in a close
11-10 decision.
Zak Tackett (8-6 record)
wrestled at 113 pounds and
four wins, three by pin, with
his first pinfall victory at the
17-second mark of the first
round opposite Nividh Singh
(Sunset).
After losing his next match,
Tackett rebounded for a
15-0 technical fall versus
Diego Rios (Sandy), tallied a
second-round pin of Hayden
McCormick (Sandy) and
dropped Manzo (McNary) at
1:59 of the first round.
Tackett had his tourna-
ment cut short in his next
bout with Southridge’s
Nicolas Garza (a 5-2
decision).
As a 120-pounder, Ian
Preston went 2-2 in his first
varsity tournament with both
victories coming in the first
round.
After a bye, Ian Preston
pinned Anh Dylan Huynh
(Newberg) at 1:54, but lost his
quarterfinal match via pinfall
to Cleveland’s Elija Fishler
(0:57).
The promising freshman
then worked a pin on Eoan
Sharabarin (McNary) in the
first round at the 1:56 mark
and wound up losing by pin
in 44 seconds against Grady
Burrows (McNary).
In the 160-pound class,
Aiden Marx alternated wins
and losses in four match-
es, but came out strong on
Friday with a 42-second
pin of Jose Gorgoni-Flores
(Tualatin).
Marx was pinned by Chris
Lynch (Clackamas) in 53 sec-
onds of the opening round,
but pinned Liberty’s Carter
Basick at 48 seconds of the
first round, before dropping
an 11-1 major decision
versus Marshall Rodenbeck
(Wilsonville).
Another girls participant,
Elejah Sutton-Lott, had her
first foray on the mats and
answered with two wins and
six team points, which the
Lady Hawk duo 19 points for
18th place in the 22-team
standings.
Sutton-Lott (130 pounds)
won by fall over Centennial’s
Arianna Fagin (56 seconds),
lost by pin to Forest Grove’s
Tamrie Overturf (1:07) and
defeated Gloria Kitanga, of
Clackamas by way of major
decision (14-4).
In her last match, Sutton-
Lott suffered a pinfall loss
versus Madelyn Russell, out
TD boys drop tilt versus No. 7 Milwaukie
Rodriguez
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on 7 of 11 free throws, and
committed 24 turnovers,
seven in the second half.
Jacob Hernandez led with
An early 35-14 first-half
deficit proved to be too much 23 points, three rebounds,
two assists and five steals,
for The Dalles Riverhawks to
Jaxon Pullen added 13 points,
overcome.
Spencer Taylor chipped in 12
In TD’s 82-68 loss to No. 7
points and five boards, and
Milwaukie, the Hawks shot
26 of 56 from the floor, 9 of 25 Shane Floyd sank eight points.
Aidan Telles dropped five
from long distance, connected
points and two assists, Conner
Cummings had four points,
Kenape Stewart tallied three
points and Styles DeLeon
ended up with five steals and
two blocks.
Ali Ford scored 21 points
and Reshawn Miles totaled 18
for the Mustangs, who made
31 field goals, 10 3-pointers,
and hit 8 of 15 from the line.
TD (3-7 overall) hosted
Stevenson, Wash. Monday,
and travels to Scappoose for
a non-league tilt at 5:45 p.m.
Wednesday, and hosts St.
Helens at 6:30 p.m. Friday.
The No. 13 Lady Riverhawks
(5-5) are at St. Helens at 7 p.m.
Friday and hosts Goldendale,
Wash. at 5:30 p.m. on
Tuesday, Jan. 14.
of Sunset (1:49).
“Our girls continue to
improve,” Beasley said.
“Karen placed again in only
her second tournament and
Elejah continues to give her
best efforts and showed her
toughness having drawn a
killer bracket. It was clear to
all, Ryan and I, that Karen and
Elejah have been working hard
as practice partners, making
each other better every day.”
Wrestling at 170 pounds,
freshman Marquies
Sagapolutele (3-5 overall
record) went 1-2, as he won
his first match by third-round
pin against James McDonald
(Franklin) at 5:58.
Sagapolutele then lost via
pin to Putnam’s Marc Jheryll
Gutierrez (2:55) and Tyler
Sims, of Clackamas (1:23).
Quinn Wilson (5-5 record)
won by a 9-7 decision over
Michael Castagnola (Sandy)
in his first 160-pound slug-
fest, but then posted two
straight losses to Burgess
Myers (Reynolds) at 1:05 and
Owen Lundgren (Putnam),
an 8-5 decision.
Rounding out the team,
Angel Oregon (120 pounds),
Conor Blair (126), Austin
Music (145), Aaron Pyles
(160), Ophath Silaphath (182)
and Miguel Torres (220) each
went 0-2 in their two tourney
matches.
Riverhawk head coach
Paul Beasley said he was
impressed and proud of his
team for the way they han-
dled wrestling in one of the
toughest facilities in the state.
TD, in the 5A ranks, totaled
102.5 points for 14th place in
the 21-team field, and wound
up finishing ahead of seven
other 6A programs.
“Our season is starting
to take shape as we head
into January,” Beasley said.
“A number of our younger
wrestlers had a productive
and successful weekend and
are understanding what a
grind the season is, and our
upperclassmen are getting to
weight. Our wrestlers contin-
ue to compete in the class-
room as well and cement
themselves as well-rounded
student-athletes.”
Up next, the Hawks head
out to Forest Grove for Bob
Beisell Invitational starting at
10 a.m. Saturday.
Dr. Cullen’s
Student of the week
Evan Despain for Music:
Evan is student the week for jazz
band and concert band. Evan is an
exceptional musician and is a leader in
our music department. Evan hopes to
study music after high school at BYU.
Congratulations
Evan Despain, TDHS
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