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. It was a difficult loss
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for the Lions who not only
lost the game, but also Jeffrey
Janoff, junior, for the rest of
the season with a hand injury,
as well as Paul Garcia, junior,
with a knee injury. Without
them, the Lions
lost heartbreakers
to Lakeridge in
a 8-9 overtime
thriller and lost
once again to Lak
Oswego by the
same score.
"The team
is playing well
together and
playing well in
their roles. To
stay competitive
we need to stay
healthy and work
hard," Flood
said prior to the
competition.
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.