Weekend of March 7-8, 2020   B9
The Dalles Chronicle
TheDallesChronicle.com
SPORTS
TD skiers post six top-25 times at giant slalom finale
be at state. It was bittersweet,
because they showed the
league what they had and did
well at most of their races.”
Also for the boys, Grey
Roetcisoender posted a
1:56.84 for 21st place in the
standings, and right be-
hind him in 22nd place was
Cooper Klindt, who secured
22nd place after his junior
varsity time of 1:57.21.
Bucky Wilkonson ended
up 40th in the 58 skiers with
his varsity mark of 2:20.87,
George Harrison placed
and Paul Kelly was disqual-
ninth, Lucy Booth tacked
on 12th place honors and
ified in his first attempt and
The Dalles rattled off six
then claimed the 39th-best
top-25 two-run times at their time of 1:08.30 on his second
final regular-season race on
try.
Feb. 22 atop Mount Hood
Sandy placed first in
Meadows on the Middlefork the boys standings with its
giant slalom course.
5:17.901, Hood River valley
Harrison had the eighth-
(5:20.955) grabbed second
best opening-run time at
place and Franklin ended up
53.38 seconds and followed
third (5:26.010) in the sev-
that with a 54.04 to net his fi- en-team order of finish.
The Dalles totaled 6:01.613
nal mark of 1:47.42, finishing
to pick up sixth place.
just 12.27 seconds behind
Aidan Gonzales-Haynie
Franklin’s Nils Streedain
enjoyed Hood River Valley’s
(1:35.15).
best finish of fourth place
Booth, TD’s top female
(1:42.87), and teammates
skier, had a first attempt of
Parker Dey (1:48.93) and
55.21 and then notched a
Hugh Dalbey (1:49.14) were
54.52 for a two-run rally of
1:49.73 and 12th place out of 11th and 12th, respectively.
Staked by the top-10
79 participants.
outputs by Sarah Davies, Julia
“George finished his high
Olsen, Marisa Riggert and
school career with great
Alessandra Ferrari, the Hood
racing. I’m going to miss
River Valley girls scored first
him. He really stepped up
and would have qualified for place as a team (5:10.588).
St. Mary’s Academy
the state race easily had he
not had a few mistakes at the (5:20.668), Grant (5:21.086),
beginning of the season,” TD The Dalles (5:48.691) and
head coach Dane Klindt said. Sandy (5:50.401) made up the
“Lucy was the same. Had she rest of the girls standings.
Backing up Booth individ-
gotten points in the two races
that she was disqualified in,
ually for the Riverhawks was
both her and George would
Hannah Biehn, who put up
George
Harrison leads
boys in ninth
place, and Lucy
Booth captures
12th place
Rodriguez
■ Ray
The Dalles Chronicle
The Dalles skier Hannah Biehn ended her varsity season in 21st
place after a two-run time of 1:58.19 in a giant slalom run on Feb.
22 at Mount Hood Meadows. Ashley Quisenberry/Contributed photo
marks of 59.03 and 59.16 for
her 1:58.19 to take 21st place,
and Ashley Quisenberry
churned out final times of
1:00.00 and 1:00.74 to take
25th place.
Ella Smith backed up her
33rd place rush in 2:06.65, as
she started with a 1:02.60 and
had a 1:04.05 on her final run.
“We ended the year on a
high note. All the athletes
skied great,” coach Klindt
said.
Madison Swanson, of
CHSW, toppled the girls field
in first place with a 1:39.98,
inching ahead of Grant’s Zoe
Coughlin-Glasser (1:40.20).
Davies hit for third place
to lead HRV (1:40.25), Olsen
rallied to sixth (1:45.10),
Riggert placed seventh
(1:45.20) and Ferrari topped
out in ninth place (1:46.82).
HRV’s Gonzales-Haynie
and Dey were slalom state
qualifiers and Hugh Dalbey
cleared as the boys’ lone
giant slalom participant.
State action concluded
Saturday in Ashland.
Coach Klindt is looking
forward to the 2020-2021
campaign, when he has a
full roster of varsity skiers to
choose from, as eighth grad-
ers Cooper Klindt and Henry
Perez will start their fresh-
man years, and the trio of
Kelly, Wilkonson and Peyton
Beeks all had a successful
George Harrison had a solid ninth-place output on the Middlefork
Course with a 1:47.42, just 12.27 seconds off the pace set by
Franklin’s Nils Streedain (1:35.15). The Riverhawk senior just
missed out on qualifying for state action.
Ashley Quisenberry/Contributed photo
first seasons under their belt.
“We have a lot of poten-
tial on the boys side,” coach
Klindt said. “Cooper and
Henry will be solid, and
Paul, Bucky and Peyton
have become solid skiers,
and next year they are going
to add consistency to the
team. None of those boys
had skied much prior to this
season and if you saw them
today, you wouldn’t believe
they only have one year of
experience.”
Coach Klindt feels that
Booth has what it takes to
be a consistent top-5 skier
one day, and the rest of the
returning girls show a good
amount of star potential.
“Lucy is going to be a name
to keep an eye on next year,
and Ashley, Ella and Fiona
(Dunlop) are all really solid
and hard workers,” coach
Klindt said. “I expect them
in the top-15, minimum,
next season, and they will
be something to deal with
in this league. Hannah
became a true ski racer
midway through the season.
She was impressive. I don’t
know what happened with
her, but everything she has
been working on just started
to click. She was a totally
different skier in the begin-
ning compared to what she
has become at the end of the
season.”
The Dalles and Dufur kick off 2020 OHSET campaign
Both groups
combined for seven
top-10 finishes
in Redmond
Rodriguez
■ Ray
The Dalles Chronicle
horsemanship to snag 17th
place, and she added a 33.902
in pole bending to lock down
28th place.
Newcomer Felicity Harvey
picked up three top-20 finish-
es over the weekend with her
top effort coming in individ-
ual flags, 12th place, with her
score of 16.393.
The freshman ended
up 16th in pole bending
Equestrian teams from
(28.527), 20th in figure-8
Dufur and The Dalles had
(21.828) and 25th in barrel
their season-opening meet
racing (17.692).
at the three-day Oregon
“Felicity placed well in bar-
High School Equestrian
Teams event held Feb. 21-23 rels and poles, while Jadyn
at the Deschutes County
and Grace had a great first
Fairgrounds in Redmond,
go in the team sorting event,”
and the squads combined for said co-head coach Kayla
seven top-10 finishes.
Reffett. “All three athletes are
Dufur scored 82 total
continuing to improve their
points, 54 in team events and horsemanship skills as we
28 on the individual side, to
prepare for the next meet.”
net fifth place in the small
In team events, Beal,
schools classification, while
Fargher and Harvey notched
TD tallied 15 individual
a 60.299 base time in the
points and added 90 in team Canadian Flags Race, with
events to pick up 105 points
no penalties for fifth place
and score second place in the and 24 team points, Beal and
mini-team division.
Harvey ended up 10th in
Lady Ranger returner
working pairs after a 60-point
Grace Beal had her best
total, and the Ranger trio
showing in keyhole with an
tallied 44.663 on their first
eighth-place overall finish of try, and added one pen and
9.544 seconds for nine team
two cows to establish their
points, and added 13th place 10th place finish and 14 team
in reining (36 points), tacked points in team sorting.
on 14th place in hunt seat
Fargher and Harvey
equitation with a score of 48, capped their weekend with a
placed 16th in western horse- 34.554, and no penalties, for
manship (50) and turned in a 20th place and two team in
30.785 to secure 21st place in the two-man bi-rangle.
“The team is more expe-
pole bending.
Jadyn Fargher, anoth-
rienced this year with Jadyn
er Dufur returner, scored
and Grace, and Felicity did
49 points in western
well in her first events,”
Dufur equestrian riders, pictured from left to right, Felicity Harvey,
Jadyn Fargher, and Grace Beal put up 82 total points, 54 in team
events, and 28 on the individual side to net fifth place in the small
schools classification at the first Central District Meet last month
from Feb. 21-23 at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds in Redmond.
Jill Fargher/Contributed photo
Reffett said. “This team has a
lot of potential to earn points
as a small school team at
these meets. Coach (Josie)
Turner and I are really excit-
ed for the future success of
this young team.”
With two cowgirls on the
roster, Haja Anis and Erika
Burdine, The Dalles had three
top-20 individual finishes and
reeled off a fourth, a fifth and a
15th in team events.
Erika Burdine notched her
best finish in individual flags
at 16.1 to secure 11th place
and tacked on 17th place in
pole bending (28.793).
For her efforts in figure 8,
Burdine hit for 23rd place
after a final mark of 22.555
and then timed out in 19.767
to get 34th place in barrel
racing.
Anis, a TD returner,
notched 16th place following
a 21.717 in individual flags,
and she placed 29th in barrel
racing (18.528) and 33rd in
pole bending (40.677).
Burdine and Anis teamed
up in three events with the
tandem earning their best
outcome in team sorting, as
The Dalles High School rang in the new equestrian season with 105
points to notch second-place honors at the three-day Oregon High
School Equestrian Teams event. In the photo are, from left to right,
Erika Burdine and Haja Anis.
Contributed photo
they went for a 17.858 in their
first time go and had a 51.258
on the second try, to secure
fifth place with three cows,
two pens and a total time of
69.116 to total 24 team points.
In working pairs, Burdine
and Anis totaled 39 for 15th
place and four team points,
and they tallied a 37.168, with
no penalties, to net 24th in
the two-man bi-rangle event.
The Dalles duo also joined
forces with La Pine standouts
Desi Hanson and Landen
Roggenkamp in two events
Canadian flags and in-hand
obstacle relay and picked up
third place and 32 team points
after their flag time of 44.703.
Hanson, Roggenkamp,
Burdine and Anis wrapped
up their weekend with a
5:29 and a score of 83 to lock
down fourth place and 28
team points in their run at
in-hand obstacle relay.
Both The Dalles and Dufur
look to improve their times
and places at the second
Central District Meet running
from Mar. 20-22 at the Rim
Rock Riders Event Center in
Powell Butte.
Hernandez secures TD boys’ only all-league award
Rodriguez
■ Ray
The Dalles Chronicle
The Dalles boys basket-
ball team ended up fifth
at 2-8 in league play, with
two of those losses by nine
points or less and had Jacob
Hernandez pick up the
team’s only all-Intermoun-
tain Conference award for his
stout play this winter.
Coming off a second
team bid last year, where he
dropped 17.6 points a game
in six IMC games, Hernandez
had a small dip in offensive
production but added more
Dr. Cullen’s
Student of the week
the floor for us this year,” TD’s
first-year head coach Greg
Cummings said. “His maturi-
ty and growth as a basketball
player and as a young man
was really immeasurable.”
With any offseason awards,
there are snubs, and Cummings
mentioned Spencer Taylor and
Athlete of the Week
Jacob Berkovich
The Dalles Middle School wrestling
Alma Garcia, Senior:
She is working very hard. She is sticking to
getting her goal of graduating. She sits down,
gets her work out and gets what she needs
done. She has had pretty good attendance
and will readily do make up work when she
misses school.
Congratulations
to his all-around game.
The senior guard played
an average of 29 minutes per
contest in 25 tilts, and in 10
IMC matchups, he tallied
15.3 points, three rebounds,
two assists and two steals per
game.
“Jacob was our leader on
This season, The Dalles Middle School wrestler
Jacob Berkovich has been on a dominant roll.
In Wednesday’s home regular-season finale
versus Wy-East, the 150-pound eighth grade
phenom amassed a 3-0 record, all three by
pins, and boosted his overall record to 22-0 in
eight total meets to earn a top seed at Satur-
day’s regional tournament in Boardman.
Alma Garcia, TDHS
The Athlete of the Week will receive a large 2 topping pizza from Papa Murphy’s. Congratulations to our winner 3-7-20
Columbia View Dental
1915 E. 19th Street | The Dalles
Victor Cullen, DDS
541-296-5677 | Se habla español
1323 W 6th St. • The Dalles • 541-296-1141
freshman guard Styles DeLeon
as the two biggest omissions.
Taylor, a junior post, reeled
off 10.9 points, six boards, a
steal and a block per game
in league play, and DeLeon
deposited 10.5 points, three
rebounds, two steals and an
assist per contest.
Crook County’s Kevin
Sanchez earned Player of the
year, and the group of Dylan
Moss (Redmond), Caleb
Arnold (Crook County), Noah
Webster (HRV) and Dakota
Sams (Pendleton) joined
Sanchez as first-team, all-
league winners.
On the second team were
Nolan Conroyd (Ridgeview),
Tanner Sweek (Pendleton),
Caden Lowenbach (Crook
County), Garrett Osborn
(Redmond) and Stockton
Hoffman (Pendleton)
Adding their names to the
honorable mention list with
Hernandez were Skyler Jones
(Redmond), Lane Maher
(Pendleton), Ian Searcy
(HRV) and Charlie Rawlins
(Redmond).
The Dalles senior Jacob
Hernandez earned an all-league
honorable mention award for his
play this year.
Ray Rodriguez photo