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Fa.ll Sports Preview: Returners offer key to success
Football
Cheerleading
Returners: Bryce Baker,
Mitch Gaulke, Erik Koczian,
Justin Monahan, Josh Olt-
man, Tommy Patrick and
Justin Williams.
Team C aptains: Bryce
Baker, Mitch Gaulke, Erik
Koczian, Justin Monahan,
Tommy Patrick and Justin
Williams.
Important games: 20-12
win at Clackamas on Sept 21;
30-27win over Lakeridge on
Sept 28; and vs Oregon City
on Oct. 26 at Oregon City.
Expectations: Challenge
for the Three Rivers League
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Plans to achieve them: Hard
work and dedication so that
the expectations above can be
made possible.
Prom ising new players:
David and Josh C ounsil,
juniors, transfers from Wil-
sonville High School, and
Reid Adams, a sophomore
Defensive Back and Starter.
E x p e c te d c h a lle n g e s :
Competing in the toughest
league in the State, overcom-
ing injuries and trying to stay
focused every week.
Next competition: Oct. 5
@ Putnam - 7 p.m.
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and get rowdy! Ron Chap-
pell, Varsity coach, said.
vaT8ity quarterback.
Photo submitted by Tracie Kreliwte
Returners: Everyone is
equally important, but ten
returning seniors help make
things run smoothly
Team Captains: Tami Hor
ton, Laura McKinley, seniors
(Fall) and Beth Gorgone, Julia
Green, seniors, (Winter)
Important dates: Lake
Oswego and Lakeridge are al
ways fun games since they are
rivals.
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offs, go deep m the playoffs
and have a first class team,
halftimes and assemblies,”
Nikki Stroup, Cheerleading
coach, said.
Challenges: This season
has been awesome so far, and
everyone gets along so well.
The only challenge will be to
keep pushing ourselves to leam
and improve
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Next up: Tonight
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to perform more
often and show
people what kind
of team they are—
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Alyssa Schutzler, Laura M cKinley and
’* Marissa Clark, seniors, perform a routine
We are trying to afc the first assembly of the year: The team
r- captains this year are McKinley and Tami
Horton, senior. Photo by Malia Chong
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Volleyball
Returning Players: Mi
chelle H urt, senior, and
Alyssa O ’Neil, Kellie Ka
wasaki, Brertna Kelley and
Danielle Sargant, juniors
Team C aptains: H urt,
O ’Neil, Kawasaki
Goals: Hard & focused
practice, with the athletes
pushing each other
Important Games: Lak
eridge, Oregon City, Clacka
mas
Expectations: Maintain
the tradition and excellence
of the program. Make the
playoffs by returning a
league championship.
New p la y
ers: Reagan Be
atty, freshman.
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Girls' Soccer
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Returning players:
Dana Bush, Amy Kestek,
Erika Busch, SamiDemars,
Hillary Obye, Jordan
Gilbertson, seniors, Taylor
Brooke, Ali Vogt, Haelee
Staskiewicz, Hannah
Schumaker, Michelle
Stevens, Kellie Trafton,
Jenna Steele, Becca Holland,
Kelsey Canez, juniors, India
Hubbard and McKinzey
Holder, sophomores.
Team Captains: Kestek
and Bush
Important games:
Lakeridge (played
yesterday), Clackamas on
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season: To finish in the top
four and hopefully make a
run at the playoffs.
Goals: ’To
reach the playoffs.
(They're) coming
together as a team
this year," Floyd
Rocker, Varsity
coach, said.
Promising new
players: Kendall
Brooke, Alexandria
Nelson and Lauren
Pyrch, freshmen.
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opponents and get over
injuries," Rocker said,
Michelle Hurt, senior, dives for the ball against
Clackamas. Hurt is one of the three team captains
this year, along with Alyssa O’Neil and Kellie
Kawasaki, juniors.
Photo by Malia Chong
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Challenges you
Hannah Schumaker, pursues the ball in a
expect to face this
game against Clackamas. Shumaker helped
season: This year we the team fight to a 3-3 tie.
expect to face tough
Photo by Kirs
Challenges:
"O v ercom in g
our youth and
in e x p e rie n c e
at several key
positions"
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p e ti t io n : Oct.
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Cross Country
Returners: Girls-Rachel
Seigneur, Diana Crane and
Natalie Pittenger, seniors.
Boys-Ben Morrow, Michael
seniors.
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Team captains: Girls- Sei
gneur, Crane and Pittenger.
Boys-Morrow, Bemert and
pre-nationals meet on Sept. 29;
District meet in late October.
Expectations for season:
Both teams wantto make State,
and finish in the top 10.
Practice schedule: six days
a week, hour and a half
each.
Key new runners: Elliot
Prince, Erin Morrow and
Chelsea Ollar, freshmen.
Renegades to join with rivais in effort to play college teams
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Staff Reporter
The West Linn Rucking
Renegades RugbyTeam took
Nationals by storm last May,
winning the Plate Division
and earning a ranking of
eighth in the nation. A
normal season begins in
January, but normal is a word
these players don't live by.
Tryouts were held for a
select team on Sept. 22. Their
opponents? Local college
teams including Western
^ jeg o n State University and
U p v ersity of Oregon.
Rugby is a sport that has
yet to make its way onto front
pages, but lack of press does
not mean lack of talent. The
Renegades have taken State
for the last four years and
generated impressive scores.
At the end of the 2005 State
Championship, West Linn
whopped their opponents
98-0. In the 2007 season, the
Renegades went undefeated.
The season commenced with
a domination at Nationals
when the Renegades took
home the Plate.
There will be more than
just West Linn girls on the
team. The Under-19 Rep.
Squad will also include
players from Clackamas,
Canby and Portland.
"These are great people
and great players. It will be
very interesting to see what
happens when we all come
together. I think we have
a lot of potential," Kylie
Rogers, senior, said. Some
are expected to make a big
impact on the team, including
Audrey Jones (LO graduate
of 2007), who recently played
with the best Under-19 squad
in the country, the USA
Eagles. She is the first player
from Oregon to earn a spot
on the prestigious team.
Other players to watch
out for are Cassie Jones
(Clackamas graduate of
2007), who is captain of
the Clackamas High team.
Rachel Summers will also
be a driving force. She was
a captain of the 2007 Canby
team, who also dominated at
Nationals, taking ninth.
"It will be great to have
so much diversity in the
players and what team they
come from. I think having
this All-Star team will overall
strengthen Oregon rugby,"
Ernesto Espinoza, Head
Coach, said.
There will be many
challenges for the team, the
biggest one being they are
playing experienced college
teams that have played
longer, and may be bigger,
stronger and faster than their
high-school counterparts. The
"Rep Squad," as they are now
being known , is expected
to put up a tough fight. On
Sept. 29, the "Rep-side," as
they are now known as,
beat Reed College in a 47-0
shutout. Their next game will
be against Western Oregon
University on Oct. 9.