2010
Sports
Paulson wins fourth District title; takes fourth at State
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Donald Paulson, senior,
achieved something only
four other wrestlers in the
history of the school have
done; he won his weight
class during Districts for four
consecutive years. He placed
at State, along with two
others, where he eventually
placed fourth.
"I am really proud of him.
There was a huge amount
of pressure on him to repeat
which he handled well,"
Geoff Bingham, assistant
wrestling coach, said. "He
is one of our best defensive
wrestlers."
According to Doug
Samarron, head wrestling
coach, Paulson has joined an
elite group of hall-of-famers
including Lance Johnson,
Chael Sonnen, M att Kim and
Prescott Garner.
"It was one of my big
goals this year to be a four
time District Champion
and a four time State place
winner," Paulson said.
Although Paulson was proud
of his efforts at Districts,
he would have like to have
advanced further at State.
Photo by Tracie Krellwitz, Stop Action Memories
Donald Paulson, senior, wrestles his way to fourth place at the State meet. Paulson led the wrestling team
to a successful season, winning his weight class at Districts for the fourth year in a row.
"I would have liked to be in
the finals again, but I did my
best."
Three wrestlers placed
at State including Paulson,
Logan Krellwitz, senior, who
placed fifth and Anthony
Chay, junior, who placed
seventh. Overall the team
place was 14th.
"We weren't at our
best as a team at the State
meet. There was room for
improvement and too many
close losses," Samarron said.
Other State qualifiers for
State included Grant Morril,
freshman, Anthony Lucero,
Michael Skoczylas, Braden
Krellwitz, sophomores,
Brian Schiewe, Christian
Wilson, juniors, and Michael
MacClanathan, senior.
WINTER SPORT.
Academic and Athletic Excellence
Boys1 Basketball Team loses in first playoff game
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In a low scoring affair,
in which the Lions scored
24 points less than their
season average, the Lakers
were victorious, winning
49-41. However, West Linn
rebounded with a win at home
over Clackamas, winning 73-
63.
Next, the Lions faced off
against Rex Putnam. Going
into the game, the Kingsmen
were 0-9 in league and were
looking for their first win since
Dec. 29. After a slow start, the
Lions took care of business,
winning 83-51.
For their last league game
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of the season, the Lions had
a rematch against Oregon
City. The Lions already had a
guaranteed playoff spot going
into the game, but a win would
secure the number three spot
in the league and a home game
for their first playoff match-up.
The Lions again played the
Pioneers close, but could not
secure the win. The Lions fell
65-56 to finish their season with
a 7-5 regular season league
record and a 16-8 overall
record.
Although the Lions finished
fourth in the TRL, behind
Oregon City, Lake Oswego and
Clackamas, Viuhkola didn't
see his team that far away from
first place.
"We were in most of our
games and we had a shot at
winning (the league title),"
Viuhkola said.
Bagetta echoed that
sentiment.
"We were a good team, and
the loss to Central Catholic was
disappointing," Bagetta said.
Even though a tough
loss to the Rams ended the
Lion's season, the team had a
successful season. They hung
tough with the best teams they
played. The Lions worked
hard in the off-season for this
success, according to Viuhkola.
"The guys deserve all of
their success," Viuhkola said.
According to Samarron
and Bingham, they
performed well, but they
believe that they could have
done much better at the
District Meet.
"We did okay. We didn't
have the tournament we
had hoped for. If we had
wrestled at our full potential
we would have done better,
but we ended up wrestling
ourselves," Bingham said.
Because the team lost some
of the preliminary rounds,
the brackets forced them to
wrestle members of their
own team to qualify for state.
According to Samarron,
the team will return seven of
the 10 qualifiers and others
who will most likely be
qualifiers next year.
"We have the potential
to be a trophy team again
next year if we have a good
number of guys train in the
off-season wrestling, lifting
and competing as much as
possible," Samarron said.
"The success for next year
is established in the off-
In addition to advancing to playoffs, many of the
winter sports teams recognized by the OSAA succeeded
in the classroom as well. Multiple teams made the Dairy
Farmers of Oregon Academic All-State 3.0+ list.
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