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6 $ PRINT: Sports Wednesday, Feb. 13,2013 Awards honor lie s t o f b e s t Curling: ding stones Scottish style! A-M. SPORTS AndrewMillbrooke ; Sports Editor ’ ' On Sunday 'night- Oregon Sports Awards were i held at the Tiger Woods Center tyj on Nike’s campus in Beaverton, honoring many o f Oregon’s top athletes from the prep level up to professionals. Whale the glitz and glam affair always brings out the l | big names — ESPN Sportscenter jg anchor Neil Everett hosted this year — it is more about honoring X those that have dedicated their life to sports. While most o f the award recipients were youngsters, either , just starting college or finishing high school, they all had one thing’ in common when they got to tiie podium. Almost every recipient thanked their parents, coaches and teammates and talked about • how none o f this would be pos sible without them. It’s this net work o f beh ind the scenes ccra- mitment that leads to greatness in any endeavor, not only sports. I would be remiss n o t t q mention Oregon’s Liz Brenner, who won an award for the lounh straight year. A four-sport .nhlete at Oregon, Brenner won the Biff Hayward female Amateur Athlete o f the Year award after winning three straight Johnny Carpenter ■ Prep Athlete o f the Year awards at Jesuit High School. The University o f Oregon was well represented during the ceremony as a host o f Ducks past and present were on hand, inchid- *' ing host Everett, a 1984 Oregon grad, former quarterback Joey Harrington and current Duck \ football players Marcus Mariota and Kenjon Barner. Oregon-bound high school . record setting seniors H a le y " , Crouser o f Gresham ;md Thomas Tyner o f A fS a frodi'took- multiple Johnny Carpenter tro- . phies on the night including 6A/5A prep Athlete o f the Yeat Oshay Dunmore, an Oregon g freshman from Newport, also' won two trophies including prep Athlete o f the Year for classes 3 4A-1A. But the stars o f ihe show .. weren’t the kids. It was the par ents, coaches and teammates who helped push these stars to new heights. The time commitment put in by parents and coaches cannot be underestimated in molding thefr children’s suc cess. The Game Changer Award was presented to an individual who had dedicated their lives to high school sports and positively ' affected their schools and com- . munities. The winner ibis year was former Lakeview teacher, track— and field and cross .Bobbie Steninger., iger spent - 50 years at Lake'' J •multiple Coaches die IfeaTh,'. honors and the 2t v . Educator J o f the Year Award. In 2011, Lakeview named its new track,, after Steninger. 1» Another similar award was the coolest one they gave away on Sunday. The DNA award was given to “individuals or oigani- ■ zations for their extraordinary - passion and dedication to sport in Oregon.” Oregon Instifoie of £ Technology head men’s basket ball coach Danny Miles is certain- ' ly part o f Oregon's sportsDNA. *- ’ Miles is currently in his 42nd" season at the helm of the Hustlin’ V ■ Owls, a NAIA Division II school in Klamath Falls. Miles led OIT to the 2012 NAIA II National T Championship. It was his third - championship in the last nine sea- .• sons, after also winning in 2004 and 2008. It’s the dedication put forth by , people like Steninger and Miles that make sports in Oregon that much better. There are c o u n tle s s * other coaches out there just like these two, working behind the scenes, coaching and teaching . , without any hoopla. They are the. real stars on a night like this. ' David Daly o f Evergreen Curling Club demonstrates curling form and style with a strategic throw. Daly runs Ihe league. Continued from Page 1 Curling consists of sliding stones across the ice to get close to the center of the target called the “button^” each team has eight -stones. The team with the stone closest to the button wins the “end” or round. The winners tally up one point per rock between the button and opposing team’s rock. “Strategy plays a big part,” said Petsche. The game winner is the team with the most points after 10 ends. The Evergreen Curling Club opened in 2002 at Mountain View Ice Arena where it ran for four years. The club then moved to the Lloyd Center ice skating rink and after six years, finally has an ideal playing surface at their new location in Beaverton at 10950 SW 5th Street. “It’s the only dedicated curling rink on the West Coast besides Seattle,” said club member Eugene Caroll. Evergreen wom en’s and men’s competitive teams both won at this year’s Mountain Pacific Curling Association Regional championships. The club welcomes newcom ers and novices with multiple league types, the friendly atmo sphere is comfortable and casual. It seems a splendid idea for a weekend adventure out and about with friends. “There’s no heckling,” said Caroll. “We don’t have curling hooligans.” The game is ancient in origin, as it was devised in the late middle ages in Scotland and was recently added to the winter Olympic Games as an official sport. “It’s the other stupid Scottish game, along with golf,” - said. Caroll. As with a few other Scottish games, a congratulatory drink is often in order for the winners and losers. This after game socialization is referred to as “stacking the brooms.” “It’s a pub game,” said curl ing enthusiast and Highland Stillhouse pub owner Mick Secor. “It’s a gentlemanly sport, but it gets pretty heated and exciting if you watch curling.” The best way to learn more about curling is to play with vet erans of the game. At about two hours a course, instructors have led many a session for beginning curlers. Terminology and basics were covered, including how to throw a stone and sweeping tech nique. Bundled up for the cooler con ditions, groups have discovered the delightful social game of curl ing. The next winter session will be held this Saturday at 1 p.m. and costs $20 with all equipment. Athletes get spring in step Grace Viuhklaa, who competes in steeplechase, 1500 and 5k, some times practices hurdles. Denee’ Shelton The Clackamas Print Who? The baseball team, the track and field team and the soft- ball team. What? Starting spring sports at Clackamas Community College! When? Well, they’ve already started practicing, and if weather permits, every NWAACC Champions. but there is still hope! Where? afternoon for conditioning. “There’s nothing that I’m not Baseball’s first home game is The track and field team is looking forward to this year,” Sunday, March 3 against Clark also ready for action. said head coach Jessica Buel. College. The track and field team - “I’m looking forward to us “I ’m really excited about this hosts the Clackamas Open on reaching our true potential,” said group. There’s nothing holding March 9 at Oregon City High head coach Keoni McHone. “My us back and we’ve got lots of School’s stadium. Softball’s first goal for this year is 85 percent potential this year.” home game is Friday, March 1 personal best rate from last sea There are 19 players on the against Concordia University. son to this season, I’m looking team, with eight returning play Why? Because it’s spring and for 85 percent o f them to improve ers and 11 freshmen. Practicing that’s when these things happen, in the events that they compete is sometimes difficult because of obviously. in. That’s how I measure our the typical dreary Oregon weath “This year we have a whole success. I usually don’t try to er. Outside practice isn’t fun and bunch o f new guys, pretty much say, ‘We’re going to try to win,’ the softball team has to share the an entire new team,” said base but this year I think we have the gym with the other teams at CCC. ball head coach Robin Robinson, potential to, as long as people do Between going to classes, “The new guys are like clay. We their part, we’re set.” practice and working out, the get a lot of opportunities to mold There are 72 men and women players on the baseball, track them. Some of them go from a on the track and field team this and field arid softball teams have kind o f decent player to a really year. “I don’t want to run in the their work cut out for them. The good player and from a good rain, but I don’t know how well least the students at Clackamas player to a great player. That’s that’s going to work out for me,” Community College could do is what’s rewarding about it. It’s said Tiffany Forbito, a sopho go out and support the teams. So not about winning and losing, it’s more on the track team. get on out to the fields to show about going from good to great As far as practice time goes, the teams how much support they and being able to go on to bigger the track team is going above and have here at home! Let’s see that and better things.” beyond the recommended prac school spirit! This season there are 28 play tice time and they are practicing For coach information, sched ers on the team but only 24 get their butts off to put their best ules, scores and anything else to go on the traveling roster. The foot forward. Cougar sports related, please visit baseball team is able to work out The final spring sport is depts.clackamas.edu/athletics. every morning from 7-10 a.m. softball, the returning 2012
