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2008 13 Burns beats all odds to win State as freshman S ydney M ac N aughton ______ Staff Reporter Cabernet Bum s, freshman, upset the competition at State to take home gold in Jum ping after narrowly qualified," Bum s said. "Now I'll have expectations for m yself when I compete over the next three years," Eight of the ten riders on the Equestrian Team traveled Hillary Obye, senior, sports the Equestrian Team flag in the flag ceremony at the District Meet. Obye qualified for and competed in three events at the State competition, Photo by Stalnaker's Photo Studio making the cut with just two third places from the two meets in which she was able to compete. "It was really neat that I won, especially since I barely to the State competition in Redmond, May 15-18. They competed against the top riders in the state in both speed and performance events ranging from barrel racing to dressage. In order to qualify, athletes must have won first, second, or third place in one event over two of the three meets, or have secured the gold, silver, or bronze medal after the scores from all three meets have been added. "I think that it was awesome that eight of our ten competing athletes qualified for State. It shows how hard they have worked and improved throughout the season," Teri Obye, team adviser, said. For the first time, the team created two drill teams. In this event, a group of four athletes ride a four to six minute self-created pattern to music. The Western Team took the gold medal and the English Team took bronze in districts from their scores added up over all three meets. Both teams qualified for the State competition. "It is really cool to see so many girls from the team qualify for State. We had to practice that much harder to compete at the state level. It makes the team closer and a lot more fun!" Hillary Obye, senior, said. Courtney Moore and Obye, seniors, were on the Western Team with Samantha Roberts and Karleigh Vroman, juniors. Maile Reniche, senior, was the captain of the English Team, which also included Hartley Kelley and Sydney MacNaughton, sophomores, and Bums. In addition, Obye competed in both Working Rancher and Stockseat Equitation, receiving fourteenth and sixteenth, respectively. Roberts and Softball Team performs well against Lakers despite rain C helsea C allas Staff Reporter A fter a w eek of rain and little practice, Varsity Softball players were pleased w ith a close 4-3 win against Lake Oswego. Jam ie LeVeque, head coach, was w orried his team w ouldn't com e back to w in against the Lakers after a w eek with no practice, was proved wrong. "W e w ere playing our best ball before a w eek of bad w eather where w e didn't play m uch or practice," LeVeque said. LeVeque also com m ented on the perform ance from certain players. "Good pitching perform ance from Rhianna Russell (sophomore) contributed to the LO win. She had just one w alk and gave up ju st seven hits. Taylor Brooke (junior) scored tw o of our four runs. Her speed gives us so m any Lions eliminated from State with second loss to OES M ax H ays Staff Reporter Both Varsity Lacrosse teams fought hard for playoff position and both teams came up short with the girls barely missing State. The boys finished third in the Three Rivers League making the road to the final four too difficult for the Lions. The boys' team played well down the stretch blowing out Oregon City 18-2 on April 25, Putnam 10-2 on April 22 and Clackamas 15-1 on April 18, but losing a close game to first place Lake Oswego, 8-12. 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Capping their TRL finish, Fay, Peppier and Tony Engel, sophomore made First Team All League. Smith, Sirvaitis, Connor Deeks, senior, and Drew Forseth made Second Vroman, who had won districts in Working Pairs, took eleventh. "Being a senior on the team, I have qualified for more events at the State level this year than in the past, which is really sweet and rewarding," Obye said. After a five game slide, the team rebounded by dominating North Clackamas 19-7 and Hood River 18-6, but couldn't upset Lakeridge, losing 11-13 to the Pacers. In the first D rew Forseth, junior, defends the goal from Lakeridge attackm en during the Lions game of playoffs 8-9 loss against Lakeridge. The Lions w eren't able to beat OES in a season rem atch the Lions beat and w ere elim inated in the second round. Photo submitted by Linda McClanathan South Salem Team All League while The girls also had several 12-4. In the second round, Parker Nichol, junior, and players make All League leading scorer Michael Fay, Squires, made Honorable and Solveig Lee, senior, was sophomore, captains Spencer Mention. Mark Flood, head named All State Honorable Smith, Nicholas Peppier, coach, was named TRL coach Mention and First Team All Shannon Sirvaitis, seniors, and of the year. Deeks also was League. Making Second Team other Lions were not able to a OHSL A Academic All All League were Samantha overcome injuries. OES was American. Dewart, senior, Karina Dewart, too much to handle for the The girls' team struggled Kristen Brown and Jenna Lions who lost 3-10, for the losing five in a row to some Steele, juniors, and Emily second time this year. Earlier of the top teams in the TRL Ostbo, sophomore. in the season they lost 2-3 in including Lake Oswego, The team finished 9-7 triple overtime to OES. Oregon City and Lakeridge. overall and 4-6 in the TRL. more opportunities to score runs," LeVeque said. A fter being tied 3-3 the w hole game, a single from Kylie Craw ford, freshm an, put West Linn ahead at 4-3 in the eighth inning. M ackenzie Domann, freshman, had the run batted in that tied up the game and a num ber of other players had RBIs including Som m er Figone, freshman, and Brooke, as w ell as a strong pitching perform ance from Russell. The w in w as an im portant one for W L after losing to Clackam as and Putnam. The w in was not only attributed to the physical perform ance of the players, but the mental perform ance as well, according to M cKenna Pyeatt, junior. "It felt good to beat LO because they've always been rivals of ours. We needed to take advantage of their w eak spots and w e d id ," Pyeatt said. The team played very strategically, picking up on errors LO w as m aking and using them to their advantage. After the Lion£ realized how m any errors LO's fielders w ere making, West Linn had more base hits and advanced more runners. Pyeatt also attributed the w in to the perform ance of the outfield, hitting and com m unication. "W e Were hitting well, our fielders were m aking plays, w e were com m unicating and there's not m uch more you can ask of a team ," Pyeatt said. Sachie H opkins, junior, also recognized the im portance of the w in and gives credit to LeVeque. "W e w ere com peting for a playoff spot, it cam e against LO, and w e w on in extra innings. LeVeque has talked about getting tim ely hits, and this tim e w e were able to pull one o u t," H opkins said. After losses from Oregon City, 5-0 and Putnam , 18-0, West Linn didn't m ake it to the playoffs, but the players still feel good about their season. "We w ould have liked to m ake the playoffs, but we are really happy with the progress w e m ade and next year w e w ill com e back stronger," H opkins said.
