THE SPOKESMAN • WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 2021 P5
PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL
Index
Ravens rolling
Continued from P1
Ridgeview caps off
first week of ‘winter’
season with wins
BY BRIAN RATHBONE
The Bulletin
REDMOND — Friday
night’s game between Rid-
geview and Summit girls
basketball teams started not
with a tipoff, but with Sum-
mit passing the ball in to start
the game — a sight as strange
as starting a shortened winter
sports season weeks before
Memorial Day.
While certain aspects of
life prior to COVID-19 are
trending toward normalcy,
the effect of the pandemic on
high school sports has taken
a toll.
Whether because of the
unusual overlap of sports sea-
sons this year or COVID-19
complications sending high
school athletes into quaran-
tine, high school basketball
teams are taking longer to
find their competitive form
— or even field full rosters —
after a 14-month hiatus.“We
are just grateful to be playing,
grateful to have our people
in the stands,” said Summit
girls basketball coach Lynette
Landis. “I think Monday we
will have our full team avail-
able. We haven’t had that.”
Ridgeview won its sec-
ond game over Summit in as
many days Friday evening,
beating the Storm 49-43 to
start the season after its state
tournament campaign more
than a year ago with two
wins.
Faye Davis led the Ravens
with 21 points while fellow
senior Paige Pentzer jump-
started the ravens with eight
of her 10 total points com-
ing in the opening quarter.
Sophomore Rose Koehler led
the way for Summit with 17
points while Mimi Dioguadri
added 11.
“For not playing for over
a year, I am super impressed
and I am happy with how it is
starting off,” said Ridgeview
coach Alicia Love follow-
ing the win. “We are miss-
ing some kids so it is a good
feeling to know that there are
more coming in and we are
still playing at a high level.”
Friday’s game showed
Ryan Brennecke/The Bulletin
Ridgeview High School’s Faye
Davis (44) attempts a shot
against Summit High School at
Ridgeview on Friday night.
how the high school sports
world is beginning to sway
back to normal for players,
coaches, officials and fans
who are vaccinated. Vacci-
nated players did not need to
wear masks while playing. All
three officials were maskless
as well. As were a large por-
tion of the fans in attendance.
Per the guidelines of the
Oregon Health Authority and
the Oregon School Activi-
ties Association, people who
are fully vaccinated do not
need to wear masks at ath-
letic competitions. To be fully
vaccinated it takes two weeks
after the final dose of the vac-
cine. High school students
have only recently been able
to receive the vaccine.
Until then, anyone play-
ing, officiating or attending a
high game who has not been
vaccinated must still wear a
mask.“It is crazy to see peo-
ple in the stands not wear-
ing masks, then you look on
the court and all the players
that are working are wearing
them,” said Love.
While most of the region’s
teams have started the final
leg of the high school sports
year, two suffered serious
setbacks less than a week af-
ter starting. The Bend High
girls basketball team has yet
to play a game this spring be-
cause COVID-19 outbreak
sent all but a handful of play-
ers into quarantine. The Lava
Bears are set to play their first
game since March of 2020 on
Thursday against Summit.
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Reporter: 541-383-0307,
brathbone@bendbulletin.com
OBITUARY
Alvin Clair “Lad” Lash
July 1, 1930 - May 14, 2021
Alvin “Lad” Lash passed away in Redmond, OR at his
home on May 14, 2021. Lad was born July 1, 1930 to
Orville and Mary (Saunders) Lash in The Dalles, OR. He
graduated from the Dalles Union High School 1948. He
enlisted in the US Navy from 1948-50. He then worked
for ODF in the Dalles. He met and married Donna M.
Strixner Nov 27, 1955 in The Dalles. He went on to work
at the Dalles Fire Department. They had a son Steve in
1955, a daughter Cindy in 1957 and another son Brian
in 1960. In the pursuit of an avia} on career, and av er
his second trip to Alaska û ying airplanes he rebuilt, Cal
Butler <Butler Aircrav = hired him in the Spring of 1965
to û y as a crop duster in the spring and a tanker pilot
in the summer. In 1979 Lad started Sherman Avia} on
in Wasco, OR. he operated the business un} l 1994.
He re} red from Butler Aircrav at the end of the û re
season 1997. He was 67 years old û ying a C-130 air
tanker number 67. He loved his 7s.
Av er his re} rement Lad went on to build numerous
aircrav and cars, something he had always done and
loved. He enjoyed trips with Mom in their RV to visit
friends and especially their annual two week spring trip
to Forest Creek in the Mount Hood Na} onal Forest. In
Lad9s earlier days he loved hun} ng, û shing, horseback
riding, backpacking and camping.
He was preceded in death by his loving wife Donna
on June 8, 2014. He is survived by his children Steve
and Becky Lash, Cindy and Robert Meyers and Brian
and Kris} Lash, six grandchildren and ten great
grandchildren.
A celebra} on of life will be June 5, 2021 at the
American Legion Community Park, 850 SW Rimrock
Way, Redmond, OR. Starts at 1:00 PM } ll 5:00 PM.
Despite adding more jobs,
the region still has 4,400 fewer
jobs this first quarter. Duy said
it was perplexing to have fewer
jobs given the tight labor mar-
ket in Central Oregon.
“If you look at the underly-
ing indicators, the shock to the
economy is behind us,” Duy
said. “We’ll continue to see con-
tinued improvement in the form
of job growth and that’s what
people care about. The upside
here and there’s a lot of potential,
for job growth to pick up in the
sectors most impacted.”
The seasonally adjusted
unemployment rate, accord-
ing to the Oregon Employ-
ment Department, was 6.6%
in March, down from 6.8% in
February, but still higher than
it was pre-pandemic when the
Deschutes County unemploy-
ment rate was 3.3%.
On Friday, Deschutes
County moved into the lower
risk category, which allowed
for more dining-in and fitness
capacity and more social gath-
ering. The county achieved
65% vaccination rate among
those 16 and older, a level set
by of Gov. Kate Brown.
If the growth continues,
Duy said, the forecast for the
economy is rosy in the months
ahead. “The tourism and travel
sector did recover, clearly people
have flocked to the area and that
reflects the outdoor amenities,”
Duy said. “We’ve been coming
out of this (recession) econom-
ically for a while, now it’s more
light at the end of the tunnel.
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Reporter: 541-633-2117,
sroig@bendbulletin.com
OBITUARY
Carole Joyce Grover
September 8, 1931 - May 10, 2021
Carole Joyce Grover passed
away May 10, 2021 in
Eugene, Oregon.
Carole was born September
8, 1931 in Woodland,
Washington to Ralph and
Geneva Rhodes. She spent
a happy childhood in the
Beaverton, Oregon area
with her parents and three
sisters. They vaca} oned
in Long Beach, WA every
summer.
She married George Wat s on September 15, 1950,
and they raised their six kids in Redmond, Oregon.
She really enjoyed sewing clothes for her kids,
canning vegetables from their garden, and their
many cats. She also enjoyed playing the piano at
church where she was a member of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Lat er-day Saints.
In 1969 she returned to school and received her
teaching degree from Southern Oregon University in
Ashland, Oregon. Carole taught 3rd grade at Lynch
school in Redmond for 21 years.
Carole married Wally Grover in 1991. They lived in
Bend, Oregon and then moved to Newport, Oregon.
Living on the coast was always her dream, and she
was able to fulû ll that dream and lived there for 13
years. One of her favorite things was taking walks on
the beach with family and friends or even by herself
and ea} ng clam chowder and seafood.
Cooking, shopping, researching her family
genealogy, quil} ng, and croche} ng were some
of her talents and hobbies. She enjoyed sharing
these talents with others, including making quilts
for her children and afghans for her grandchildren
and great-grandchildren. Carole also really enjoyed
traveling abroad.
Playing cards was another one of Carole’s favorite
things to do. She played pinochle and taught her
friends and family to play four-card and nine-card
golf, among many other games. Carole was a joy to
be around and will be missed dearly.
She is survived by her husband, Wally Grover, her
children, Chris (Brian) Plat , Sue (Scot ) Richey,
Julie Wat s, Brian (Camille) Wat s, son-in-law
Don McClaû in, many grandchildren and great-
grandchildren, her sisters Nan Thompson, Charlene
Mills, Geri Sly. She is preceded in death by her son
Craig Wat s, and daughter Terri McClaû in, mother
Geneva Rhodes, father Ralph Rhodes, and grandson
Steve Plat .
A graveside service was held on Saturday, May 22,
2021 at 10:00 am at Redmond Memorial Cemetery.