Wednesday, January 22, 2020 A9 The Dalles Chronicle TheDallesChronicle.com SPORTS Sutton-Lott puts the smack down on the competition TD junior goes 3-0 to take first place at Paul/ Larson Girls Tournament Rodriguez ■ Ray The Dalles Chronicle “We have never seen her so happy, and that in itself makes my entire season. It’s the reason why this 58-year-old busted up old coach spends 16 hours every weekend with these kids. It is outstanding.” Sutton-Lott had her tough- est match in Saturday’s quar- terfinal, where she ultimately stopped Laura Monciel (McKay) at the 3:30 mark of Wrestling can spur a litany the second round. Her final two bouts were of emotions. Mike Tyson-esque. There’s pain, frustration, Sutton-Lott used just 1:16 happiness and joy all rolled before pinning Tina Tran into one. (Centennial) in the semifi- The Dalles head coach Paul Beasley felt a sense of nals and then clinched her overwhelming pride Saturday title with a first-round pin as junior and second-year versus North Salem’s Hannah wrestler Elejah Sutton-Lott Vipperman (55 seconds). steamrolled though her “In the finals match, she 125-pound weight class with just threw down her oppo- three consecutive pins to nent with a head-and-arm earn first place at the Paul/ throw and held on for dear Larson Girls Tournament life for the first-round pin,” Saturday in Sandy. Beasley added. “Elejah was just relentless Hitting the mats at 130 and refused to be denied a pounds, first-year wrestler first-place finish,” Beasley said. Megan Lenardson posted a 1-1 record for fourth place and 11.0 team points in her second tournament of the season. Lenardson quickly dispatched McKay’s Leslye Fierro via first-round pinfall (55 seconds) in her quarter- final match, so in order to advance, she had to get past Benson’s Kamilah Dillard. Dillard, who ended up second in the tourna- ment, scored a pinfall over Lenardson at 46 seconds. Wrestling for third or fourth place, Lenardson took a loss by pin in 1:38 against Icela Sanchez-Rodriguez (North Salem). “In Megan’s first match, she executed a perfect Fireman’s Carry that Coach (Jacob) Abrams has been working with the team on. He would have been very proud. She pinned her opponent in the first round using the move.” Up next, Sutton-Lott, Lenardson and the rest of the girls travel to Hood Elejah Sutton-Lott and Megan Lenardson participated at the Paul/Larson Girls Tournament Saturday in Sandy with Sutton-Lott taking top honors and Lenardson secured fourth place. In the photo are, from left to right, Lenardson, Sutton-Lott and head coach Paul Beasley. Contributed photo River for the Elks Memorial Tournament at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. After two solid all-around efforts, Beasley feels that this will be the perfect momentum boost needed to get them executing at a higher level. “The girls continue to make each other better in every practice,” the coach said. “Their performance in Saturday’s meet is further proof of their improvement. I could not be prouder of their effort, execution and improvement, regardless of the outcome.” Hawk grapplers post 17 wins, 12 by pin, at Tigard Invite Preston, Marx, Carrera, Morehouse and Nelson all place, as TD ends up tied for eighth Rodriguez ■ Ray The Dalles Chronicle grapplers posted at least one win and one pin on the day and six chalked up multiple victories, led by Preston and Nelson with three apiece. Preston, a 170-pound se- nior, made a strong opening statement in his first match of the day. Both Preston and Tigard’s Uriah Subia shook hands, the official blew the whistle and then the Riverhawk senior As the season wears on, laid out Subia for the pin, just more and more Riverhawk 15 seconds in. grapplers are loading up In the quarterfinals, podium spots. Preston subdued West Steven Preston garnered Salem’s Cooper Johnson runner-up status and im- by fall in the second round proved his season record to 8-2, and the quartet of Aiden (3:43) and then bested Everett Chiles (13-4 record), Marx, Mauricio Carrera, of Madison, with a close 7-4 Taylor Morehouse and Ben decision. Nelson locked down top-6 Vying for a tournament finishes to help The Dalles finish in a tie for eighth place title, Preston went to work at Tigard Invitational this past against Sprague’s Cole Bacheller (18-6 record), and Saturday. “This weekend, all the boys the Olympian wrestler got the showed great improvement,” pin victory at the 1:39 mark of said TD assistant coach Ryan the first round. At 160 pounds, Marx Manciu. “It was the best I’ve seen them wrestle so far. The secured a 2-2 record to earn fourth place and 15 of the way things are going, I feel that they’re going to be peak- team’s 88 points. Marx claimed a first- ing right at the right time.” round pin in his opening All nine Riverhawk The Dalles boys wrestling team tacked on 17 wins, 12 by pin, to secure a tie for eighth place at the Tigard Invitational Saturday. In the group photo are, from left to right, Ryan Manciu (assistant coach), Mauricio Carrillo, Steven Preston, Ben Nelson, Aiden Marx and Kevin Marx (assistant coach). Not pictured: Taylor Morehouse. Preston placed second, both Aiden Marx and Carrera were fourth, Morehouse claimed fifth and Nelson scored sixth place. Contributed photo match versus Andre Cazares (Beaverton), and then in the quarterfinals won by injury default over Ryan Burri (St Helens) nine seconds into action. Staked to a semifinals berth, Marx lost in one minute by pin in a bout with Marshall Rodenbeck (Wilsonville), which meant that the Riverhawk youngster had to fight for third place against Beaverton’s Vinny Vanzuylen. Vanzuylen tallied the first- round pin at 1:06 to tally third place and give Marx fourth place. Coming off an impressive 3-0 effort at last week’s Beisell Dual Tournament, while going up a weight class (195), Carrera went to work at 182 pounds and finished 1-2. Following a bye, Carrera (4-2 record) pinned Maria Reeder (Beaverton) at 1:54 of the first round to cruise into the semifinals. From there, however, Carrera had a tough chal- lenge in his next matches versus Sprague’s Owen Scott (20-9 record) and Stan Cernev (17-6 record). The Riverhawk senior suf- fered a heart-breaking 12-11 decision against Scott, and then was pinned by Cernev at 1:37. For his weekend perfor- mance, Morehouse (182 pounds) moved above .500 on the year at 10-9 and took fifth place after a 2-1 finish. After a bye, Morehouse lost his quarterfinal bout with Sprague’s Cernev by pin at 5:58 of the third round, and See HAWK, page A10 Cheer squads scores 2nd place in season-opening event TD totals 149.8 points at Saturday’s Pacer Invitational Rodriguez ■ Ray The Dalles Chronicle The Dalles competitive cheer squad’s routine theme this year is heart. Given the amount of ad- versity they had to overcome this weekend, the Riverhawks left their coach proud for leaving their heart on the mat Saturday. Performing without Gabbe Haskins, out with the flu, and overcoming a music mal- function, The Dalles put up 149.8 points to take second place at the Pacer Invitational in Lakeridge. “If not having a flyer wasn’t stressful enough, our music completely stopped in the first part of the routine and cut in and out during the sec- ond half (dance portion), but they didn’t let it frazzle them and just kept going,” TD head coach Kelsey Sugg-Wallace said. “We knew going into competition today that we would be without Gabbe and competed marking her place. Meaning we couldn’t fully execute our entire pyramid and took a major hit in our building/stunting skills.” On the mat, the Riverhawks opened with a music section (stunting/ jumps tumbling and mo- tions/pyramid) and then moved into their cheer sec- tion and ended with a dance routine. In the small coed division, Westview had 161 points for first place, The Dalles put up 151.8 points and was docked two tumbling penalties to take second place with 149.8, and Beaverton scored 135.7 points to take third place. “I am so happy about the debut of our routine,” said TD senior captain Giselle Schwartz. “What this week- end taught me was that we can adapt and persevere, which are really important skills to have in this sport. If we can do that well without a flyer, I know that we’ll do even better with her.” The Dalles rattled off the highest score in their division with a 50 out of 55 in overall performance, which consists of formations/transitions/ routine motions/crowd leading/showmanship/rou- tine creativity). Next up was the jump tumble and the Hawks had a solid 52.5 out of 65. Those jump tumble skills included standing tumbling difficulty and execution, run- ning tumbling difficulty and execution, jump difficulty and execution. As far as the team building portion is concerned, The Dalles ended up getting 49.3 out of 65, as they were scored on stunt difficulty and execu- tion, pyramid difficulty and execution, cheer skills and building creativity. “The team was well aware of how important it was to fight for every other point on the score sheet and that meant executing our stunts that we could do well, focusing on clean tumbling, and putting out a strong and energetic routine, which is exactly what they did,” Sugg-Wallace said. “They hit everything we asked them to hit. I was so proud of them and can’t wait to take the mat with our whole team next weekend with everyone healthy.” In addition to competi- tive events, The Dalles also With 149.8 points, The Dalles cheer squad grabbed second place in the small coed division at the Pacer Invitational this past Saturday at Lakeridge High School. In the photo are, starting in the back row, from left to right, Natalie Wollam (Varsity Sideline), Lily Hamm (Varsity Sideline), Leslie Morales, Ari Acevedo, Arlet Villa (Varsity Sideline), Ellie Cardosi, and Caleb Parsons. In the middle row are, from left, Mikiyle Brantner, Meli Avila, Amy Hernandez, Giselle Ortega, Emily Adams, and Brooke Abrams. Kneeling in the front are, from left, Sophia Pullen, Stephanie Flores, Giselle Schwartz, Karla Hernandez, and Alexa Baldy. Not pictured: Gabbe Haskins. Kelsey Sugg-Wallace/Contributed photo participated in the game day band dance, situational cheer and fight song division with its sideline competition team. Unfortunately, they didn’t place this weekend, but Sugg- Wallace said it was a great opportunity for her group and that they will continue perfecting their routine for Adventurous day for TD skiers Rodriguez ■ Ray The Dalles Chronicle Head coach Dane Klindt called it a wild day at Timberline Lodge in The Dalles ski team’s first slalom of the year. Upon getting to Timberline, Mount Hood Meadows lost pow- er and was running on backup generators. Hannah Biehn and Ashley Quisenberry each tallied top-30 finishes and Fiona Dunlop placed 45th in Mount Hood Ski League action Saturday. The boys started with George Harrison having an impressive run and Austin Weir skiing his first slalom with solid results, but after that, Timberline had a tree come down due to ice and wind close to the Pucci Course chair and more power was lost. “We were forced to cancel the race before all the men got a chance to compete,” coach Klindt said. “Because of this, the girls race will be scored, but the boys will have a make-up race at the next slalom run.” Biehn enjoyed TD’s best output of the day in 25th place, out of 81 skiers, and timed out in 58.86 seconds, which was 14.06 behind individual winner, Eva Jones (44.80), of Hood River. Quisenberry geared up for a 1:01.68, Dunlop ended up with a 1:12.02 to grab 45th place. Lucy Booth had a great run going when she missed a gate at the bottom of the course, so she was disqualified, and Ella Smith hooked a ski tip halfway down and got disqualified. “Lucy is skiing great and I have confidence that she will put it all together at our next race,” coach Klindt said. “Hannah has been working hard at improving her technique and it’s starting to show. Ashley was conservative in her run and I was excited to see her second run after she got some slalom gates for the first time this year.” The Dalles skis again on Saturday, Feb. 1 in a slalom event on the Challenger Course at Ski Bowl. Hopefully, Mother Nature can cooperate so both teams can put up official times. this next weekend. On Saturday, Jan. 25, TD goes to David Douglas High School for a competitive cheer event, and heads to Salem on Saturday, Feb. 8 at the Salem Pavilion. “We are excited to finally debut our full routine this weekend and to show our competition what we can real- ly do,” TD cheer senior Sophia Pullen said. “I am confident that we will show ourselves as more of a threat once we show our full potential on the mat.” The 5A OSAA state compe- tition is slated for Saturday, Feb. 15 at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland. Dr. Cullen’s Student of the week J esse Larson for Calculus: Jesse Larson is Student of the Week in Calculus. Jesse is a very hard working student and never complains despite recent football injuries. Congratulations Jesse Larson , TDHS Columbia View Dental 1915 E. 19th Street | The Dalles Victor Cullen, DDS 541-296-5677 | Se habla español