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Wednesday, February 5, 2020 A11 The Dalles Chronicle TheDallesChronicle.com Wrestling squad honors seniors at home dual TD gets three wins in loss to Hood River Valley Rodriguez ■ Ray The Dalles Chronicle Steven Preston and Karen Villa for their career contribu- tions to the program. Preston won by forfeit, Dusty Dodge added a 10-3 decision and Carrera claimed a 16-1 technical fall in the Riverhawks’ 58-14 loss. HRV logged six pinfall wins, two decisions, a major decision The Dalles wrestling team and two forfeits. “I like the direction we’re celebrated senior night at headed, but we just need Friday’s Intermountain Conference dual versus Hood to finish our matches,” Beasley said. “That takes River at Kurtz Gym. total concentration for all six Head coach Paul Beasley minutes. If we can execute honored Ophath Silaphath, Mauricio Carrera, Ben Nelson, and wrestle well, we should Quinn Wilson, Miguel Torres, be fine shape for the district tournament.” Also, The Dalles seniors, Zac Anderson, Torres and Preston nominated TDHS staff members, Charles Webber, Alyson Wallis and Maribel Avila for their ded- ication to the students and athletes in the district. The Dalles has a double dual at Oregon City set for 5 p.m. Thursday. The girls then head to Century High School Friday and Saturday for their 5A state qualifier and the boys are in Madras at 8 a.m. Saturday for tournament action. At Kurtz Gym Friday, The Dalles head wrestling coach Paul Beasley honored his seniors for their ca- reer contributions to the program. In the photo are, from left to right, Beasley, Ophath Silaphath, Mauricio Carrera, Ben Nelson, Quinn Wilson, Miguel Torres, Steven Preston, Karen Villa and Ryan Manciu (assistant coach). Free throw mavens raise money for boys basketball Rodriguez ■ Ray The Dalles Chronicle The Dalles boys bas- ketball held its annual fundraiser free throw shoot-a-thon contest last Wednesday at Kurtz Gym. Each student-athlete was SWIM asked to get pledges for free throws made or just a flat donation with money ear- marked for TD’s basketball program. Each player shot 50 Free throws, and there was a gap of 10 made shots between first place and sixth place. Taking top honors for his marksmanship was TD freshman Riley Brock, who made 45 of 50 from the line, besting freshman Andy Maney by three shots (42 of 50). Spencer Taylor placed third following his 39 of 50 effort, freshman Kai Semlor added 38 of 50 to secure fourth, and senior Dalles Seufalemua and sophomore Shane Floyd matched each other at respectable 70 per- cent at 35 of 50. Thanks to large group of donors, the boys program raised more than $4,000, which 100 percent of those funds being used for equip- ment upgrades, travel suits, warm-ups, future travel/ lodging, team-building ac- tivities, summer basketball program costs and expens- es, and hopefully, a summer team camp. To donate money to the hoops program, contact Greg Cummings at 541-980- 5978. when they hit their goals.” 11th, and Reyes put out a 37.29, which gave him 16th place in the 50-yard freestyle. Harris, Xander Kirby, Michael Cole and Will Evans were good for first place in the 400-yard freestyle relay (3:57.12) In the 200-yard freestyle, Will Evans blasted to a 2:05.75 to score second place, and Jonathan Snodgrass hit for sixth place (2:39.65). Harris reeled off a 54.73 to get third place in the 100-yard freestyle, William Hoover was 10th (1:07.69), Drew Evans handed out a 1:14.14 for 14th and Jose Reyes grabbed 17th place (1:24.92). Snodgrass claimed third place (7:18.28) and Grant Loughmiller wound up fourth (7:31.27) in the 500- yard freestyle, Skyler Coburn garnered fifth place in the 200-yard individual medley, and the 200-yard freestyle relay team of Harris, Coburn, Michael Cole and Will Evans garnered third in the 200- yard freestyle relay (1:44.59). Jacob Comini also contin- ued his march of personal bests by cutting more time in the 100-yard freestyle (1:03.83) and the 100-yard backstroke (1:16.85), and Coburn tallied eighth (1:23.00) and Hoover was 10th (1:26.93) in the 100-yard breaststroke. Addison Little spearhead- ed the girls’ charge in La Grande, as she continued improving on her person- al-best time set on Thursday in the 100-yard backstroke (1:35.34), shaving another three seconds off her person- al record. On Thursday, the 200-yard medley squad comprised of Kendall Webber, Hannah Haight, Bree Webber and Lydia DiGennaro hit for a 2:11.82 to net third, but they improved on that number Saturday by matching wits with their 2:09.33 to take sec- ond place, behind La Grande (1:53.96). Bree Webber, DiGennaro, Kendall Webber and Abbas also placed second in in the 200-yard freestyle relay (1:52.12), and the 400-yard freestyle relay team of Hanna Rodriguez, Lydia Evans, Izabella Montesanti and Paige Compton dropped a 4:35.61 to lock down third place in the 400-yard free- style relay. Kendall Webber (2:15.00) grabbed third place, Paige Compton ended up eighth (2:34.47), Hanna Rodriguez placed 12th (2:55.84) in the 200-yard freestyle. In the 100-yard freestyle, Kennedy Abbas timed out in 1:04.29 for fourth place and Maisie Bandel-Ramirez kicked in for ninth place (1:06.17). Kendall Webber had a time of 6:07.27, which gave her third place in the 500-yard freestyle, DiGennaro added third in the 50-yard freestyle (26.75) and fifth in the 100- yard backstroke (1:13.89), and Abbas added a 2:44.40 to take sixth in the 200-yard individual medley. Lydia Evans had a 10th in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:50.57) and ended up 11th in the 100-yard backstroke (1:28.98), placing seventh in the 100-yard butterfly was Bree Webber (1:28.53), and Haight (6:52.63) and Compton (6:59.76) were top- 9 in the 500-yard freestyle. “One of the reasons this was a good meet for our kids was that the officials tight- ened up on their calls and meet procedure to simulate how districts will be,” said as- sistant coach Nate Timmons. “After an exciting, draining meet on Thursday and a long drive early this morning, we knew personal records would be hard won. “Experiencing the atmo- sphere of this meet, with tight officiating and good compe- tition, is going to put us on the right track to prepare for districts.” Next on the docket, the Riverhawks will be back in the water at 4 p.m. Thursday in Hood River. Riverhawks show promise in La Grande Continued from page A10 Drew Evans put up a 1:16.78 for ninth in the 100-yard freestyle. Snodgrass took eight sec- onds off his 200-yard freestyle (2:34.85), and he also shaved three seconds down from his 500-yard freestyle to finish with a time of 7:22.27. Coburn secured fourth place (1:22.45) and Hoover dialed up fifth (1:23.77, a per- sonal record) in the 100-yard breaststroke, and Loughmiller ended up seventh (7:41.88) in the 500-yard freestyle. “To see not only the amount of PR’s coming out of this meet. But, also the large amounts of time that was dropped is super excit- ing for us,” assistant coach Shortt said. “Once again, the amount of effort in practice correlates directly with the success those kids are having. It’s so awesome to see the smiles on the kids’ faces Locking horns with Baker, La Grande, Pendleton and Cove, The Dalles swim team capped another busy week on the road by grabbing third-place finishes, winding up behind La Grande and Pendleton in the standings, Saturday at the La Grande High School Invitational. “While there were not as many standout performances today as on Thursday, there were still signs of promise for the closing weeks of the win- ter swim season,” head coach Derek Shortt said. Leading the Riverhawk boys, Will Evans, Drew Evans and Jose Reyes all put up personal-best times in the 50- yard freestyle, with Will Evans cutting a half second to finish with a time of 24.33 to chalk up third place. 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