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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, May 1, 2013 Page A-3 Sports (Courtesy photo for The Illinois Valley News) IVHS Freshman Holly McKenzie rides during the regular season. Mckenzie will be representing IVHS in pole pending in Redmond, Ore on Wednesday, May 15. IVHS Equestrian Team qualifies one state competitor By Tristan Stocker IVN Contributing Writer The Illinois Valley High School Equestrian Team got off to a rocky start, but things started to come together for them towards the end of the season. “As a coach, it was nice to see the kids laughing even when things went awry,” said head coach Desiree Eddy. But despite the inevitable downs which seem to always accompany the ups; IVHS won the Southern District Sportsmanship Award, which is awarded purely on a peer-vote basis. “There’s really no benefit to being mean towards our opponents,” said ddy. “It’s kind of like the Olympics – as soon as we get to state we’re recogni ed as outhern Oregon, and that kid you were mean to is now your teammate.” The equestrian season only lasts for three months wherein they compete in three meets to determine who will move forward to compete in the state competition, and Holly cKen ie will do just that by representing IVHS in pole pending in Redmond, Ore on Wednesday, May 15. t the third and final meet, I came in second place in the In-Hand Obstacle Relay (IHOR), coached by licia Kinsey, and just missed state ualification by a couple points. “We had a rough start at the first meet in the IHOR event because one of our horses wasn’t acting right,” said Eddy. “It turned out the horse was sick and had to be escorted to the vet.” This year, team took on new recruit Monica Meng from China, who was paired up with a rather large horse named Bubba. “We’re grateful for having Monica on the team this season,” said Eddy. “In China, the only place she’s seen horses was at the oo. he’s made us laugh and cry over the season and the coaches have had a wonderful time watching her and Bubba develop.” At the third meet, the team said their Senior Farewell to senior Bryan Sowell as this is his last year competing for the Cougars. “Bryan is an ama ing young man who I’ve had the pleasure to coach for two years on my Drill Team,” said Eddy. “He steals the hearts of many when he takes the arena and is seen as a role model by the rest of the team.” Sowell has cerebral palsy, but he doesn’t let a few heart surgeries and a pacemaker get in the way of his passion for equines. “He struggles with constant pain and doesn’t complain at all,” said ddy. “ e’s a true inspiration just because of who he is. Other issues make him a miracle.” Sowell has plans to sign up to be a volunteer firefighter this summer and afterwards attend Montana State in the fall. Eddy and the team would also like to thank all the coaches for their time, the parents for the money they invest and to the community who supports the team at fundraisers. “We’ve spent 5, this season so far and we still have to go to state, which isn’t cheap” said ddy. “Therefore we’d especially to thank ll print Ranch and the Late arl Allman for the use of your arena twice a week. We are also very grateful for Don Clark allowing us on sunny days to ride in his arena.” Freshman Halona Jackson and IV Cougars leave competition in the dust By Tristan Stocker IVN Contributing Writer On Tuesday, April 23, the Illinois Valley track team took to Glide to compete in the second Glide Small Schools meet and on Friday, April 26, the freshmen and sophomores competed at South Medford High School in the Bob Newland Frosh/Soph Invitational. “We had a really good meet at Glide against the other small schools – like us,” said head coach Ray Yarborough. “We had a lot of kids break personal records that day – probably the most at any meet this season.” lacing first for the men’s team was ovanny anche in the meters .5 and 5 meters 4 4 .4 oshua llen in the pole vault (11-00.00); and Mack Epple in the high jump (05-08.00). For the women, Taysha Hodge, Samantha Milner, Amanda Brooks and Theresa Frederick placed first in the 4 4 relay 4 4. alona ackson placed first in the meters . , 200 meters (27.03) and triple jump (31-02); while Frederick took first in high jump 5 and pole vault . Back on the men’s team, Nick oe le placed second in the 100 meters (11.58), 200 meters (23.94) and 400 meters (55.84); and Epple landed in second in the 300 meter hurdles (47.16). lacing second in women’s was manda Brooks in the meters . and le LaFlamme in shot put . Athletes placing third in the meet were Epple in long jump (17-09.5), Hodge in 200 meters (27.94), Milner in 1500 meters (5:50.92), and Frederick in 300 meter hurdles (52.41). Overall, the men placed third with a total of 90 points and the women took second with a score of 110. The Frosh oph Invitational proved a bit more difficult for the ougars, as they don’t have all that many freshmen and sophomores with which to compete. “It’s the only frosh soph meet we compete in all year and it’s really good for the kids because they’re competing solely against kids their own age,” said arborough. “But they’re also competing against 5-A and 6-A schools.” The Lady ougars were the star of this meet, despite placing eleventh out of si teen competing schools. Freshman ackson took first place in the triple jump . and third in the 100 meters (13.32) and 400 meters (62.43). She also placed fifth in the meters . . Ne t on the agenda for the ougars is the 4th nnual Grants Pass Rotary Track & Field Meet on Saturday, May 4 at the Russ Werner Field in Grants Pass which starts at 10 a.m. The Grants Pass Rotary Meet is purely invitational, which means that athletes have to qualify in order to get invited. “We ualified eight athletes this year,” said arborough. “However, the meet falls on the same week as the SAT tests, so only four will be going.” The athletes who will be attending the Grants Pass Rotary eet are pple, ackson, anche and oe le. Freshman Skyla Patton of IVHS Golf Team sinks hole-in-one By Tristan Stocker IVN Contributing Writer Thursday, April 25, marks a day freshman kyla atton won’t soon forget. It was just a normal day of practice for Patton as she teed off on the eighth hole – a short par 3 – with her 6 iron. “I just teed off and saw it land on the green, so I went to grab by bag,” said Patton. “When I put my bag away and looked up, I couldn’t see the ball.” It wasn’t until teammate Kimberly Rodrigue noticed the ball in the hole that Patton discovered her achievement. “’ ou just got a hole in one ’ Rodrigue said to me, and I must’ve jumped up and down for like five minutes,” atton said. Patton has only been playing golf for two months now and definitely plans to pursue it. “ y dad’s played golf for a really long time, so I knew I was going to play since I’m not a track person” said Patton when asked why she decided to play golf. “I got a set of clubs beforehand and decided it was super fun and I’m definitely going to do this.” “I am very e cited for kyla,” said head coach Derek Duman. “Many golfers go their entire lives without getting a hole in one. It is a once in a lifetime event that she will never forget.” As for the team, they competed in Medford at the Centennial Tournament and took fourth place with 596 points. North Valley ended up winning that one with 485. The girls then play their last pre-district tournament at Rogue Valley Country Club which is to be hosted by t. ary’s igh chool on Tuesday, April 30. Calendar Arts Red Garter Lavender Blue May 3 & 4 Karaoke - Dancing Live Music East Fork Friday May 3 @ 5:30 p.m. Taylor’s Country Store Every Wed Open Mic Night From 6-8 p..m.. Pool Tourney Every Saturday Cash Prizes Kate’s Redwood Bar and Grill Tuesday to Sunday Noon to Close Kitchen Closes at 8 Sportsman Tavern Stop in and see Kate and Mamie Today! Outdoors in the Beer Garden May 3, 7 p.m. J.Barley Band $3 cover @ Mc Grew’s of Course
