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Hood River News, Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Senior night sweep
completes perfect league
season for Horizon boys
By MIKE WEBER
For the News
The powerhouse 1A No. 1
ranked Horizon Christian
School boys basketball team
steamrolled two more oppo-
nents over the weekend to
conclude its Big Sky Confer-
ence schedule with a perfect
14-0 record.
Horizon (22-3 overall) won
79-42 over the Mitchell-
Spray Loggers (5-9 Big Sky,
9-13) on the road Friday at
Spray High School, and on
Senior Night Saturday at
home the Hawks had anoth-
er dominating performance
in a 70-46 victory over the
South Wasco County Red-
sides (8-6, 12-10).
Saturday marked the 15th
time this season Horizon
has won by 20 or more
points and was the eighth
time the Hawks scored 70 or
more points. Horizon has
the No. 2 ranked offense at
62.64 points a game.
The four-time defending
Big Sky Conference champi-
on Hawks, guided by coach
Darrin Lingel and assistant
Mike Totaro, extended their
conference win streak to 47
g ames. T he impressive
streak includes regular sea-
son and district playoff
games combined over the
last four years. Horizon’s
last loss to a Big Sky oppo-
nent was 65-59 to the Sher-
man Huskies on Feb. 10,
2012. Horizon will be focus-
ing on extending that streak
when it plays in the Big Sky
District Tournament Feb.
20-21 at Hermiston High
School.
“The kids played very
well in our final regular
season game,” said Lingel.
“All the seniors played well
and we’re getting into a
good routine now with our
team both offensively and
defensively. We’re on a roll
and we’ve got lots of mo-
mentum going, so we’re
feeling good as we get ready
for the district playoffs. We
focus on one game at a time.
We’re excited about dis-
tricts and having a chance
to win it for a fifth straight
year, so that should be fun.
If we take care of business
there, then we’ll have one
m o re p l ayo f f g a m e at
home.”
On Friday, the senior
starting trio of Jared Davis
(16 points, nine assists),
Mason Bloomster (19 pts., 13
rebounds) and RJ Hicks (14
pts., three steals) each
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land’s 100 freestyle time of
53.50 and Burke’s 500
freestyle time of 5:39.21 are
both new CRC records.
Highlighting the boys re-
sults, Carlos Galvez, David
Walker and Trey Schilling
all earned individual titles
and swam on the winning 200
medley relay team.
In addition to event win-
ners (complete results page
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earned three wild-card en-
tries into the meet. The
state’s top two second-place
district finishers in each
event earn wild-card entries
to state. Walker qualified in
the 100 backstroke, Stan
Ocheskey qualified in the 100
freestyle and the girls 200
freestyle relay team quali-
fied.
“One of the biggest sur-
prises of the meet came from
Trey Schilling; he had an ab-
solutely fantastic race,”
Ebbert said. Schilling posted
a blazing 22.97 time to win
the 50 freestyle event and bet-
scored in double figures to
help lead Horizon to the lop-
sided win over the Loggers.
Hawk senior starters Wes
Johnston (eight pts.) and
Ryan Aldrich (eight pts.)
also contributed to Hori-
zon’s impressive offensive
attack, which marked their
second highest point total
this year.
Leading 16-10 after one
q u a r t e r,
the
H aw k s
outscored the Loggers 23-13
in the second quarter to
build a 39-23 halftime ad-
vantage. Horizon main-
tained its momentum in the
second half, which included
a dominating fourth quar-
ter performance when they
outscored Mitchell-Spray
20-3. Horizon was on target
from the field in two-point
field goals, while shooting
35-for-59 (59.3 percent).
Davis (16 pts., four as-
sists), Johnston (11 pts.),
Bloomster (15 pts., 15 rebs.,
six steals) and Aldrich (12
pts., four steals) scored in
double figures to help lead
t h e H aw k s t o v i c t o r y
against South Wasco. Hori-
zon jumped in front 23-7
after one and outscored
South Wasco in every quar-
ter to maintain control of
the game from start-to-fin-
ish in a dominating home
win at the Hawks Nest.
“I think we came into our
final home game with a
playoff mentality and it
feels pretty good to have the
momentum of a long win-
ning streak,” said Aldrich.
“We definitely feel like
we’re ready to play well at
districts. It’s very satisfying
to know that we’re having
another very good season. It
was an awesome and fun ex-
perience with Senior Night
and it was a very emotional
feeling as well. I think we
can always get better, but I
think we played one of our
best games tonight (versus
South Wasco).”
Prior to the contest, Hori-
zon’s seniors (Davis, Bloom-
ster, Aldrich, Johnston,
Hicks, Nick Andersen, Tris-
tan Gillis, Shawn Wang and
Nick Zerkel) were honored
in a special Senior Night
ceremony with each player
accompanied by their par-
ents and midcourt.
“Senior Night was fun
and it was hard to believe
that it was our last regular
season game,” said Bloom-
ster, who played on the
Hawks 2012 state title team
The Horizon girls basket-
ball team kept their hopes
alive for chance to reach the
Big Sky District Tourna-
ment for the first time since
2012 after winning 34-24 Fri-
day over the Mitchell-Spray
Loggers (2-12 Big Sky, 7-16
ove r a ll ) at S p r ay H i g h
School.
The Hawks (3-11 Big Sky,
6-19) needed another win in
their final regular season
home game on Senior Night
Saturday versus the South
Wasco County Redsides (5-9,
7-16) to stay alive in the
playof f race. The Lady
Hawks got off to a good
start when senior Hannah
Lingel sank a free throw to
help Horizon take a 7-4 lead
after one quarter. The Red-
sides took control from that
point on though, outscoring
the Hawks 48-22 over the
final three quar ters in
pulling away for a 52-29 win.
The three Hawk seniors
(Lingel, Trista Hicks, Han-
nah Kempf) were honored
in a special Senior Night
presentation. They each re-
ceived flowers and were ac-
companied by their parents
at midcourt prior to the last
game of their career at the
Hawks Nest.
ter his runner-up district
time from last year by more
than a full second. Freshman
Yasmin Ziada also surprised
the competition with a come-
from-behind win in the 100
butterfly finals.
“She was in third place
going into the final 50 (me-
ters) and won the event in
the last 25,” Ebbert said.
“That was a fantastic race
for her. She beat her prelim
time by about four seconds.”
For several event winners
who came as less of a sur-
prise, the focus has been less
on simply getting to state
and more on how best to
compete once they’re there.
Last season’s state meet
brought eight HRV swim-
mers to MHCC, with the line-
up of Freeland, Webb, Cait-
lyn Fick and Danielle Miller
finishing third overall and
runner up in the 200 medley
relay and third in the 200
relay. Webb was also second
in the 200 IM and third in the
100 breaststroke and Free-
land finished fifth in the 100
and 200 freestyle events. For
the HRV boys who made it to
state, the appearance alone
was a mission accomplished
(none made it through the
preliminary rounds).
“We’re looking for top-
three performances for those
swimmers,” Ebbert said.
“For others, just the opportu-
nity to compete at state is a
success.”
a l o n g w i t h D av i s a n d
Aldrich. “Hopefully, we’ll
have one more home game
in the playoffs. We came to-
gether and had a real good
performance with everyone
doing their job. We finished
the regular season really
well. I think if we continue
playing up to our maximum
potential, then I don’t think
any team can stop us from
our goal of winning the
state championship. Our six
seniors have been playing
together since we were in
seventh grade and we’re all
very familiar with each
other. We’ve been looking
forward to this season for a
long time.”
If Horizon wins the dis-
trict championship, the
team
will
host
an
O S A A / U. S .
Bank/Les
Schwab Tires second round
state playoff contest Feb. 27.
If they win that contest,
Horizon would advance to
the state tournament quar-
terfinals Mar. 4-7 at Baker
High School for a fifth con-
secutive year. The Hawks
are seeking to win the state
title for the first time since
2012.
Horizon girls
Kegler’s
Corner
By JEFF OLSON
Len Hickman is back
Team of the Week
Len Hickman: +183 (837)
Clifford Beat: +107 (707)
Lela Smith: +106 (706)
Gordon Sim: +103 (760)
Spencer Johnisee: +100 (742)
Last week we had some remarkable
league action on the friendly boards at Hood
River’s Orchard Lanes, and when the dust
settled a truly eclectic mix of bowlers who
shot the most over their averages ended up
making our coveted Team of the Week. This
particular lineup is particularly special be-
cause it’s comprised of three new faces who
have never made it before.
We have simply run out of adjectives to
describe our No. 1 star, Len Hickman. You
know him, everybody knows him. Two
weeks in a row now the famous Mr. Hick-
man has topped everybody at the lanes. Like
the Energizer Bunny, he just keeps on
rolling!
This time he rolled back the clock a few
dozen years and, just like some of our
young stars, scorched the sticks with a huge
scratch 723 series in the high flying Wednes-
day evening Fraternal league. That stellar
effort was a whopping 183 pins over his av-
erage! Len just about had a perfect game
two weeks ago and last week he was knock-
ing on the door of perfection once again.
He began the session with the first 10
strikes in a row but that eleventh one just
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a mental boost and motivates
me even more to go out and
win another state title.”
At 106 pounds, Jones made
it to the finals with a first-
round bye, a hard-fought 7-6
win in the quarterfinals and
a pin in the semifinals. He
lost 11-2 in the finals to 5A
No. 1 ranked Connor Duhn of
Mt. View.
Shaner made it to the 120-
pound finals with relative
missed and he had to settle for a 288 game
this time. Len is clearly the hottest bowler
in town right now so who knows, maybe
he’ll get that perfecto next week. This is his
fourth appearance on the Team of the Week
this season.
Clifford Beat punched the pins silly in the
Thursday afternoon senior Lads & Lassies
league, where he notched a mighty fine
scratch 659 set that was 107 pins over his av-
erage, good enough to get the second slot on
our vaunted big five. Clifford has been bowl-
ing well all season, tossing big scratch 200
games just about every week. This is the
first time that he has ever made the Team of
the Week, so this is definitely a feather in
his cap. Nobody deserves to bask in the
limelight more than Clifford, one of our re-
liable regulars who is with us every week,
rain or shine.
The same goes for Lela Smith, who had
the pins rocking and rolling in the Lads &
Lassies. Another one of our loyal regulars,
Lela had a beautiful 191 game and finished
up 106 pins over her average for her series
to take the third slot on our fab five. For
many years now, Lela has been trekking
from The Dalles to bowl league with us, so
it’s really special to see her make the Team
of the Week, also for her first time ever!
Gordon Sim is one of our elite bowlers
and he proved it once again in the rollicking
Tuesday Nite Mixed league, where he tossed
a beautiful and lofty scratch 742 set that was
highlighted by a strike filled 270 game. Gor-
don finished up in the session 103 pins over
his average. The super smooth right hander
with the textbook style and high powered
average earns the clean-up spot on our
classy crew this week. This is Gordon’s
fourth appearance on the team of the week
this season.
Anchoring this renowned crew is Spencer
Johnisee, who had an outstanding outing in
the Fraternal where he racked up a nice
scratch 234 game and finished his series an
even 100 pins over his average. Spencer is
another relative newcomer to league bowl-
ing in Hood River, so this marks a milestone
in his brief career on the maples as this is
also his first appearance ever on the Team
of the week!
Great bowling everybody!
ease. He won his first two
matches by tech-fall (25-7 and
23-8) and won by fall in the
semis. In the finals he lost 9-0
to Hermiston’s Andy Wagn-
er, last year’s state runner-up
and currently ranked 5A No.
2.
Manzo finished fourth
after pinning his first two op-
ponents in the first round,
losing a tough 7-4 battle in
the semi-finals, winning 19-6
in the consolation-semis (to
secure a trip to state) and los-
ing 4-0 in the third/fourth
place match.
Also earning podium fin-
ishes were Jessica DeHart
(6th, 106), Dylan Peterson
(6th, 126), James Estes (5th,
138), Ian Rand (5th, 160),
Jesus Gordian (6th, 160) and
Mark Reyes (5th, 195).
Team results
With 17 placers and seven
champions, the defending 5A
state champion Hermiston
Bulldogs won the district
team title with 347.5 points.
Redmond was a relatively
close second with 299 points,
followed by Bend with 222.5,
HRV with 200.5, Mountain
View with 157.5, Summit
with 113, Pendleton with 108
and The Dalles with 25.
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