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A10 Hood River News, Wednesday, January 7, 2015 S PORTS McLean, Keillor repeat as Cato champs HRV ski team out the gates at 25th and final Cato Memorial Race By ADAM LAPIERRE News staff writer Lucy McLean successfully defend- ed her (unofficial) title as “Queen of the Cato Race” Saturday at Timber- line Lodge, where the Hood River Valley High School senior blew away the competition to win the varsity girls race for a fourth consecutive year. Also defending his title, senior Austin Keillor posted the fastest time of the day to win the varsity boys race for his second year. The annual Christine Cato Memo- rial Race is held at the beginning of each year to kick off the Oregon high school racing season, and al- though focused around fun, team building and school spirit, the event is also a good way of sizing up com- petition from the state’s seven alpine leagues, most of which won’t meet again until the state champi- onships in March. After a full day of slalom racing, the Eagles finished runner-up in overall boys and girls categories; the boys were just barely edged by West Linn and the girls by Lakeridge for team titles. “Great conditions, great weather, a great course and a great race,” coach Scott Keillor said in summary. “This was the final Cato race. It’s been a great event to be a part of and I hope they replace it with some- thing.” After 25 consecutive years, this was the last of a legacy started in 1990, in memory of Christine Cato, a young ski racer from Beaverton who died at Timberline in the summer of 1989, just before her senior year of high school. Although still a race, the “fun” aspect of the event is stressed. Teams are awarded with prizes for most spirit and costumes are judged prior to the race, with many racers electing to keep their costumes on as they fly down the hill. HRV’s theme was garden gnomes, which they sported with white bandanas and colorful, pointy caps. On a more serious side, Keillor and McLean return to the slopes for their final year of high school rac- Please see CATO, Page A9 Photo courtesy Mike Juliana Photography CATO WINNERS: During the post-race dinner and awards ceremony, Lucy McLean and Austin Keillor, both seniors, pose with a Gnome painted with the UO logo in honor of the Ducks’ Rose Bowl appearance the same days as the race. As is tradition with the race, teams wear costumes, and HRV’s theme was garden gnomes. Wrestlers roll into busy stretch of season SPORTS BRIEFS An action packed week for prep sports Eagles 4-4 at last week’s Northwest Duals; team ready for eight events in next two weeks By ADAM LAPIERRE News staff writer Hood River Valley High School wrestlers stayed busy over the win- ter break, traveling to Reno for the three-day Tournament of Champi- ons before Christmas and to West- view High last week to close out 2014 with the annual Northwest Duals, which pitted 28 teams against one another for two full days of combat. With four duals each day, HRV wrestlers had up to eight matches during the weekend, which provid- ed valuable mat time before the few days rest they got for the New Year holiday. The team picks up this week with back-to-back meets on the road; the first Wednesday in Stevenson for the annual Battle for the Bridge dual and the second Thursday when the Eagles get their first shot at Columbia River Confer- ence rivals, the Pendleton Bucka- roos. At NW Duals the Eagles went 2-2 each day for an overall tournament record of 4-4. On Monday the team defeated Cleveland and Lakeridge and lost to West Albany and Sno- homish. The following day HRV beat Westview and Lake Oswego and lost to Sweet Home and Glen- coe. Individual highlights (complete results below) include Christian Marquez going undefeated with seven wins, including five by fall, in the 132 and 138 weight classes, Oscar Villegas winning three of three to finish undefeated at 182 and 195 pounds, Steven Swafford win- ning four of his seven matches and freshman Jason Shaner finishing 5- 2 at the 120 and 126 weight classes. The tournament format consist- ed of four pools of seven teams, with all teams in their respective pools wrestling one another. Hood River ended up in third place in its pool, with Snohomish finishing first and Sweet Home second. That result put HRV in the third-tier bracket for the final round, where the team finished in a tie for fourth. Complete results (WBF is win by fall, LBF is loss by fall) ■ 106: Justin Lane, 2-4 (forf., forf., LBF, inj., inj., LBF) ■ 113: Angel Jones, 4-3 (6-1 loss, LBF, forf., 9-1 win, LBF, 10- 3 win, 7-3 win) ■ 120/126: Jason Shaner, 5-2 (LBF, 4-0 win, 16-4 win, WBF, 27-14 win, WBF, 13-2 win, 9-4 loss) ■ 132/138: Christian Marquez, 7-0 (12-7 win, WBF, WBF, 11-6 win WBF, WBF, WBF) ■ 132/138: Sam Ahrens, 2-5 (WBF, LBF, LBF, LBF, 20-4 loss, WBF, LBF) ■ 145: James Estes, 2-5 (forf., 17-2 loss, forf., LBF, loss, 19-3 loss, 7-5 loss) ■ 152: Chris Castro: 3-3 (5-2 loss, LBF, win by fall, 10-8 win, 10-4 loss, forf.) ■ 152: Derrek Flora: 0-1 (LBF) ■ 170: Ian Rand: 2-1 (8-5 win, WBF, 11-2 loss) ■ 160/170: Trystan Fisher: 1-6 (LBF, forf., LBF, LBF, LBF, LBF, LBF) ■ 160/170: Chris Lane: 0-3 (17-8 loss, 16-9 LBF, LBF) ■ 182/195: Oscar Villegas: 5-0 (10-5 win, WBF, forf., 7-3 win, forf.) ■ 182/195: Steven Swafford: 5-3 (12-3 win, 14-3 loss, LBF, LBF, WBF, WBF, WBF, forf.) ■ 195/220: Mark Reyes: 3-4 (LBF, LBF, 6-5 win, LBF, forf., 10-3 win, LBF) ■ 285: Max Lane: 1-5: 3-1 loss, LBF, LBF, DQ, WBF, LBF) HEAVY LIFTING: Hood River Valley High School wrestler Steven Swafford hoists Cleve- land’s Nathan Thai before tossing him to the mat in route to a 12-3 victory last week at the Northwest Duals in Beaverton. Swafford went 5-3 in the dual meet tournament. Below, Oscar Villegas works a power-half on his Cleve- land opponent. Villegas won all three matches he wrestled at the 182 and 195 weight classes. Below left is Christian Marquez in mind-form as he ankle picks an opponent on his way to a perfect 7-0 tournament showing. Below right, freshman Jason Shaner hip tosses an opponent to his back on his way to a 4-0 win in the match and a 5-2 tournament record. Photos by Adam Lapierre Hood River Valley and Horizon Christian athletes hit the ground running as they return from winter va- cation this week. Here’s what’s on the docket: Jan. 6: HRV girls basket- ball hosted South Albany, (varsity 7 p.m.) while the boys were away against the same school. Horizon bas- ketball also hosted Sher- man, girls at 6 p.m. and boys at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 7: HRV wrestling went on the road to Steven- son to take on the Bulldogs in a cross-river rivalry called Battle of the Bridge. Wrestling started at 7 p.m. Jan 8: HRV swimming hosts Hermiston, Pendleton and The Dalles in a home meet at the Hood River Aquatic Center starting at 2:45 p.m. HRV wrestling travels to Pendleton to take on the Buckaroos in the team’s first conference dual of the season. Jan. 9: HRV freestyle skiers are at Meadows for their first event of the sea- son, HRV boys basketball hosts Woodburn (varsity at 7 p.m.) while the girls are on the road against Saint He- lens and Horizon basketball is on the road at Dufur. Jan. 10: HRV swimmers host The Dalles for a meet starting at 10:15 a.m., HRV girl wrestlers are in Kelso for a two-day tournament and boys basketball hosts Heritage, varsity at 6 p.m. Jan. 12: HRV wrestling hosts a special dual against the Japanese National Team, 1:20 p.m. at HRVHS. Mid-season leaders at the Lanes By JEFF OLSON Kegler’s Corner We’re just about at the mid-season point in league action at Hood River’s vener- able Orchard Lanes, so as we normally do this at this time in the bowling season, let’s see who our top bowlers are right now (all scores are scratch): Men top averages 1st: Pat Olson, 217 2nd: Roger Montavon, 217 3rd: Mark Chabotte, 215 4th: Greg McDaniel, 214 5th: Gordon Sim, 214 6th: Jeff Miller, 213 7th: Josh Worth, 212 8th: Jeremy Bloom, 211 9th: Bryan Mason, 211 10th: Dan Wahl, 210 Women top averages 1st: Nancy Asai, 193 2nd: Sandy Holmes, 186 3rd: Bernie Keys, 178 High series Wrestlers host Japanese National Team, community invited to Jan. 11 dual In a unique cultural opportuni- ty, Hood River Valley wrestling hosts members of the Japanese National Wrestling Team for a three days next week as part of the 2014 Oregon Wrestling Cultur- al Exchange program. The group of 13 wrestlers and three coaches will arrive in Hood River on the night of Jan. 10 and will home stay with members of the Hood River Valley High School wrestling team. On Jan. 11, the group will spend a day sightseeing in the area and hanging out with host families. On Monday, Jan. 12 the group will at- tend the first two periods of school at HRVHS before a special dual meet between the Japanese team and a selection of HRV wrestlers and three others from outside schools. Members of the public are invited to attend this dual, which will showcase Japan’s lineup of all-star wrestlers from across the country (school visitors must check in at the front office). An opening ceremony at 1:20 p.m. will kick off the dual meet; wrestling starts at 1:30 p.m. and is expected to finish at about 3:15 p.m. The group will leave Hood River later that evening and will be handed off to members of Prairie High School’s wrestling program. Men: Pat Olson, 832 Women: Nancy Asai, 676 Senior men: Lynn Spell- man, 750 Senior Women: Charlotte Severns, 565 High game Men: Rick Nishimoto, 299; Jeremy Bloom, 299; Pat Olson, 299 Women: Nancy Asai, 289 Senior men: Gordon Sim, 268; Lynn Spellman, 268 Senior women: Polly Bull, 234 Please see HIGHS, Page A9
