S PORTS
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Hood River News, Saturday, February 14, 2015
Team effort
leads Eagles
to revenge
vs Hermiston
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Kegler’s
Corner
By JEFF OLSON
Tim Furlong and
Joyce Ebersole are
leaders at the lanes
Team of the Week (Jan. 26-31)
HRV boys basketball
in three-way tie for
first in conference
Tim Furlong, +188 (839)
Len Hickman, +150 (750)
John Miller, +131 (731)
Jason DeGeus, +128 (785)
Ray Sollman, +120 (720)
Team of the Week (Feb. 2-6)
By ADAM LAPIERRE
News staff writer
Led by Dallas Buckley’s 16
points and Skyler Hunter’s 14, the
Hood River Valley Eagles’ varsity
boys basketball team gave Her-
miston a taste of good old-fash-
ioned revenge Tuesday night at
Vannet Court.
After losing to the Bulldogs by
11 points in the first of three
meetings this season (Jan. 30 at
Hermiston), the Eagles hosted
their Columbia River Conference
rival in a must-win matchup that
ended 58-48 in favor of the home
team. The win puts HRV in a
three-way tie for first in the con-
ference with Her miston and
Pendleton – all at 3-2 — with four
games remaining in the regular
season.
Although Buckley and Hunter
scored more than half of the
team’s points, the win was a total
team effort, and for much of the
game it was even more one-sided
than final score reflects. At half-
time the Eagles were up by ten (28-
18) and came out firing in the
third with an exciting 14-point
run that fired-up the sizable home
Photos by Adam Lapierre
SOLID DEFENSE contributed to the Eagles’ 58-48 win Tuesday over Hermistion. Pictured above are (from left) Dallas
Buckley, Andrew Roberts, Skyler Hunter, Austin Clark and Tyrone Stintzi holding-down the defensive end. At top, Noah
Noteboom drives up court while looking for a dish; Noteboom had a team-high five assists in the game.
crowd and gave the boys their
largest lead of the night.
On the other side of the court,
Hermiston seemed lackadaisical
‘We play three of our last
four league games on the
road, which makes it
more of a challenge, but
not insurmountable.’
COACH STEVE NOTEBOOM
from the get-go, managing just
four points in the first quarter
against HRV’s zone defense and
never really regaining footing
after. The Bulldogs did have a late
run in the fourth to trim the mar-
gin considerably and spare some
dignity before the final buzzer.
“We are now tied with Hermis-
ton and Pendleton for the confer-
ence lead,” coach Steve Noteboom
commented. “We play three of our
last four league games on the
road, which makes it more of a
challenge, but not insurmount-
able. Our goal at the beginning of
the season was to be one of the top
three teams in league; we will
reevaluate that after Friday’s
game (7 p.m. at The Dalles).”
With a legitimate shot at the
first Columbia River Conference
title in team history, the team will
have to continue evaluating
strengths and weaknesses and see
where it can improve, even from a
win like Tuesday night.
On the upside, the Eagles
played an all-around solid game of
basketball, and the team’s new ap-
proach of fast-paced, in-your-face
basketball seems to be improving
with every game. The boys also re-
bounded exceptionally well, tally-
ing 28 total (11 offensive, 17 defen-
Please see TEAM, Page A8
Teacup Nordic racers compete in Utah
By VALERIE FISCHER
For the news
The Teacup Nordic Junior Racing Team is a
cross-country skiing team that trains regular-
ly at Teacup Lake Nordic Club on Mount Hood.
The team trains year-round to race at Junior
National Qualifier races around the Pacific
Northwest. By earning five qualifying times,
an individual can join the Pacific Northwest
all-star team and compete at Junior Nationals
in Truckee, Calif.
The team recently sent six of its 12 racers to
Soldier Hollow, Utah, the site of the 2002 Win-
ter Olympics. On Jan. 30, the racers skate-
skied a 1.3-kilometer sprint course. Warm,
slushy, man-made snow made for challenging
conditions. With about one hundred skiers in
each age group, the course only became softer
and more trying as the races progressed.
Daniel Fischer (U18), Nils Engbersen (U18),
Leif Bergstrom (U18), Jesse Wiley (U16), Kim-
bert Schlichting-Robinson (U16) and Valerie
Fischer (U16) all had strong races, with Daniel
Fischer earning his fourth Junior National
SPORTS BRIEFS
A busy weekend for local sports
This is an action-packed week-
end for prep athletics in Hood
River. On Friday evening and all
day Saturday, HRV wrestling hosts
the 2015 5A Special District four
championships at HRVHS. Satur-
day action will be highlighted by
the championship matches sched-
uled for 5 p.m.
Also taking place in Hood River
is the Columbia River Conference
swimming championships. Action
will run all day Saturday (starting
at 11 a.m.) at the Hood River
Aquatics Center.
HRV baseball fundraiser Feb. 21
Hood River Valley High School
baseball is hosting its third-annu-
al fundraiser dinner and selection
auction on Saturday, Feb. 21 at
Springhouse Cellar in downtown
Hood River. Tickets are $20, avail-
able at the door or in advance by
members of the team. Proceeds
from the event will go to support
the HRV baseball program and
improvements to its stadium and
field. Entertainment for the event
will include live music by the
local band, Toy Gun Conspiracy.
qualifying time at the race.
The next day was the distance classic ski
race, which varied in length for different age
groups — U18 skiers raced 15 kilometers and
U16 skiers raced five kilometers. Skiers start-
ed in a mass start format, but their proximity
to the front depended on their results from the
day before. Many race teams struggled to find
wax that would be fast yet provide enough grip
to enable skiers to ski the course to their best
ability.
Teacup Nordic’s wax wizard and coach ex-
traordinaire, Karl Andersson, came through
for the team yet again, and every Teacup
Nordic racer was able to show the competition
the results of their hard work.
In the U16 boys’ race, Jesse Wiley moved
from 46th place to 29th and Kimbert Schlicht-
ing-Robinson raced up from 67th to 28th. In the
U16 girls’ race, Valerie Fischer skied from 59th
to 30th place. In the U18 and U20 combined
boys’ race, Daniel Fischer moved from 62nd to
46th place to earn his fifth qualifying time and
a spot on the regional Junior National team.
TEACUP
TEAM
members
in Soldier
Hollow.
Submitted
photo
Leif Bergstrom moved up from
80th to 56th place and Nils Engbersen skied a
strong race to move from 82nd to 62nd.
The challenging snow conditions made for
grueling climbs, terrifying descents and plen-
ty of spectacular crashes, but no serious in-
juries.
Every racer learned valuable lessons and
new racing strategies during this trip and
most importantly, they had fun skiing fast.
As coach Andersson reminded them all,
“Luck is what happens when preparation
meets opportunity.”
■ For information about Teacup Nordic Ski
Club visit www.teacupnordic.org.
Len Hickman, +141 (792)
Joyce Ebersole, +112 (712)
Randy Nieto, +107 (761)
Rita Schneeberg, +87 (687)
Nancy Asai, +84 (738)
Tim Furlong and Joyce Ebersole
took top honors over the last few
weeks at Orchard Lanes, as you’ll read
in this combined report from league
action in the last week of January and
the first week of February.
Jan. 26-31: Tim Furlong played a
starring role at Hood River’s Orchard
Lanes to close out January with a
s p e c t a c u l a r d i s p l ay o f b ow l i n g
prowess in the Monday night Industri-
al league. Tim notched his first ever
career scratch 700 three game series.
He scattered the sticks to the tune of
big 266 and 245 games ending up with
a spiffy 713 set that was a whopping
188 pins over his average. That first
700 is always memorable and it sure
feels good to climb over that magical
mark.
The inimitable Len Hickman, who
has been a long time Orchard Lanes
mainstay and a true ambassador of
the great game of bowling, displayed
some of his old time moxie in the
Wednesday afternoon senior Colts and
Fillies league where he rolled a super
scratch 675 series.
Our next two hot shots are making
their first appearance on the Team of
the Week this season. Grabbing the
big hitter slot is none other than the
gregarious lefty John Miller, who was
“in the zone” during the Colts and Fil-
lies where logged a nice scratch 202
game and 569 series that was 131 pins
over his average.
Our clean-up man is Jason DeGeus,
who blasted a mighty fine scratch 728
set in the Wednesday night Fraternal
league which was 128 pins over his
rapidly climbing average. He’s going
to have to shoot some really mon-
strous numbers to make the big five in
the future because his average is
going sky high but he’s got the talent
do it! Finally, our anchor man on the
Team of the Week is none other than
the ubiquitous Ray Sollman. Ray is
quite simply an institution in bowling
at Orchard Lanes and in Hood River.
He’s been at the lanes forever and this
marks his second appearance on the
big five this season. He punched out a
nifty scratch 213 game in the Colts and
Fillies ending up 120 pins over his av-
erage for the session!
Feb. 2-6: Len Hickman is an institu-
tion in Hood River; he has been in a
bit of a slump on the maples this sea-
son, but for the past couple of weeks
he’s bowled like he graduated back
from the senior tour to the regular
tour. Len put on a display of old time
veteran bowling savvy in last week’s
Please see BOWL Page A8
C HEER U P
The Hood River Valley High School winter competitive cheerleading
team performs their routine at halftime at Tuesday night’s boys basket-
ball game. Their competition routine is two and a half minutes of stunt-
ing, cheering, dancing, jumping and gymnastics. Holding signs from left
to right are Olivia Brink, Hope Kaady, Hannah Barry, Morgan Graves,
Jenna Chamness and Madi Wofford. Executing a scale stunt in the back
are top girl Katie Middel, front spot Jayden Shelton, back spot Taylor
Shelton and bases Emily Viuhkola and Brandi Fletcher (unseen).
Not pictured is team member Kelsey Beam.
The cheerleaders will compete in their last event
of the season Saturday afternoon at the Veterans
Memorial Coliseum in Portland, for the Oregon
School Activities Association State Championships.
Along with competitions, the cheerleaders attend
and cheer at HRVHS home boys and girls basket-
ball games.
Photo by Adam Lapierre