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Hood River News, Wednesday, May 27, 2015
SPORTS BRIEFS
HRV
Baseball to host Dallas May 27
With the conclusion of last week’s play-in games, the HRV
baseball team now has an opponent: the Dallas Dragons, who
edged Springfield, 9-8, for the honor of playing HRV. The No. 10
Dragons, representing the Mid-Willamette Conference, finished
with a 16-5 league record, 19-8 overall record. They will face
the No. 7 Eagles Wednesday at 5 p.m. in Hood River at the high
school baseball field.
Handball tourney May 30
Forty handball players from all over Oregon have been
paired up and will be battling it out in the first-ever Hood River
Invitational Handball Tournament this weekend. The event is
free to attend, but all profits from sponsors, entry fees, beer
sales, and raffle items will go to the Lila May cancer fund. The
event will be held Saturday and Sunday, May 30 and 31 from 8
a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Elks Lodge located at 304 Cascade Ave.
For more information, call Stephen Stenberg at 541-399-2656,
email hoodriverha@gmail.com, or go to the Hood River Hand-
ball Association’s Facebook page.
Ziegner’s run at state tourney ends in quarterfinals
The HRV boys tennis season came to an end last week at the
West Hills Racquet Club in Portland, where Scottie Ziegner, the
lone representative for the Eagles in the OSAA 5A State Cham-
pionships, made it as far as the quarterfinals of the singles
bracket before he was defeated In the first round on May 21,
Ziegner defeated Mischa Kirby, of Ashland, in a gritty, three-set
match. Ziegner won the first set, 6-3, then dropped the first set,
3-6, and battled back to win the final set, 6-4. Ziegner had a
rough matchup in the quarterfinal round, facing No. 4 seed
Rajul Chikkalingaiah, of Crescent Valley, who defeated Ziegner
in two sets (6-1, 6-1). Chikkalingaiah would ultimately place
fourth overall in the singles tournament. Coach Jon Hiatt de-
scribed Chikkalingaiah as a “very crafty and experienced play-
er. He travels all around the country playing year-round. Just a
great player.” Hiatt reflected on what he called a “great sea-
son,” which saw the team win its first-ever Columbia River
Conference title, tying for second in the district championship,
and sending an athlete to state for the fourth season in a row.
The team graduates nine seniors this year, one of whom is Zieg-
ner. “They will be missed. What a great group of student-ath-
letes,” Hiatt said.
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the shot with a throw of 53-
02.5 and first in discus with a
throw of 175-07 on what
Herneisen said were “very
cool and wet conditions Fri-
day morning.” Herneisen
said Barajas went with his
usual discus M.O.: get a big
throw early and let his com-
petitors chase him, usually
in vain. The junior’s win-
ning throw may have been 13
feet shorter than his person-
al record, but it was 10 feet
ahead of the second-place
HAWKS
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with Big Sky Conference rival
Kelsey Ranger of Echo before
bounding to her state champi-
onship distance on her final
jump. Kempf, jumping last in
the preliminary rotation
based on the best qualifying
mark (34 feet), warmed up and
then had to check out of the
event before attempting any
jumps because the 200 final
was at the same time. While
the other jumpers were com-
pleting their prelim efforts,
Kempf was racing by them a
few feet away en route to her
runner-up finish in the 200
(27.62 seconds).
Kempf checked back in – al-
beit a bit winded – and opened
with a 33-foot, ¼-inch jump,
one and a half inches behind
finisher and “was good
enough to win, when win-
ning was all that mattered,”
Herneisen said.
It was the third consecu-
tive year Barajas won the
state title in discus, one of
only six athletes ever to do so
in Oregon. If Barajas wins
again next year, he will be-
come the first-ever Oregon
boys discus thrower to win
four consecutive titles.
On Saturday, the boys were
led by Tyrone Stintzi’s third-
place finish in the high jump
(6-02), as well as Parker
Kennedy and senior Patrick
Crompton finishing third
and fourth in pole vault, re-
spectively with vaults of 14
feet; this was the second
podium finish in the pole
vault for Crompton in four
appearances. Herneisen said
the boys also got “a surprise
podium finish” in the 4x100
relay. HRV’s team composed
of Gabriel Campos-Davis,
Stintzi, Parker Irusta, and
Kennedy finished in eighth
with a time of 44.03. Other
points came from Justin
Crosswhite in the 3000 (7th,
9:04.16) and Irusta in the long
jump (20-04).
The meet was a bit of an
odd one for the HRV boys,
with only four of the team’s
44 points coming from track
events, which Her neisen
said was “definitely not how
we planned out our state
meet perfor mance.” He
added that being “able to tro-
phy without a strong perfor-
mance on the track” demon-
strates the depth of the team.
“Our boys should be ex-
tremely proud of their sea-
son, even though we didn’t
have the state championship
meet we could have very eas-
ily had,” Herneisen said.
“The boys have the super-
stars and the supporting cast
to make a great run next sea-
son, and possibly be the best
boys team ever at HRVHS.”
Ranger’s first mark. Kempf
improved to 33-3.5 before foul-
ing on her third prelim at-
tempt. Meantime, Ranger im-
proved to 33-7.5, making her
the last jumper in the competi-
tion as the athletes were re-
seeded for the final.
Both Kempf and Ranger im-
proved on each of their final
three jumps. Kempf caught
Ranger on her second-to-last
jump, reaching 33-8.75 to the
Echo junior’s 33-8.5. Kempf
then hopped, stepped and
jumped 33-10.75 and watched
as Ranger bounded 33-9.75.
The state title was a fitting
end to the high school track
and field career of Kempf, as
she finished as a seven-time
placer at the state champi-
onships. (The top eight finish-
ers at state score team points.)
“The championship was
validation for Hannah for her
four years of dedication to the
sport,” said Horizon Coach
Emma Neiworth-Petshow.
“She’s a great athlete and a
great person.”
Kempf ’s teammates may be
just getting started. Five other
Horizon girls competed at
state, including freshman
Paulina Finn, who was sixth
in the triple jump and joined
Kempf on the eighth place
4x400 relay. Other relay mem-
bers were sophomore Haley
Becnel (who also ran a leg on
Horizon’s non-scoring 4x100
relay) and sophomore Kloee
Brown (who was on the 4x100,
as well, and also raced to an
eight-second PR in the 800 of
2:42.36). Freshman Miranda
Roberts ran the other 4x100 leg
and sophomore Savanna
Hawk was ninth in the pole
vault.
Joining Ramirez as a boys
team placer at state was fellow
distance runner Jony Nelson.
The sophomore registered a
nine-second PR in the 3000, fin-
ishing fourth in 9:40.42. Hori-
zon seniors Mason Bloomster
and Ryan Aldrich finished
fourth and seventh in the dis-
cus to complete Horizon’s
team scoring. Bloomster, who
battled a hamstring injury
most of the season, finished
his high school career as a
state placer in four different
individual events and one
relay over the past three sea-
sons.
Second annual Hood 2 River Relay returns this weekend
The 2nd Annual Hood 2
River Relay returns this week-
end. This multi-sport relay
race, put on by Breakaway Pro-
motions, starts up at Mt. Hood
Meadows Ski Resort and de-
scends to the Hood River Mari-
na.
Last year over 300 competi-
tors started the event high on
the slopes of Mt. Hood and
alpine skied, Nordic skied,
mountain biked, road biked,
ran, and paddled their way
down 50 miles to the finish on
the Hood River Marina Lawn.
Due to the lack of snow this
year the alpine and Nordic ski
legs have been replaced with
two running legs.
“We are bummed with the
incredibly low snow year this
year,” says event director Chad
Sperry. “However, we are excit-
ed to have come up with two
fun legs to replace the skiing
portions of the race. Huge
kudos go to the U.S. Forest Ser-
vice and Meadows for working
through these changes and al-
lowing us to keep the race
going.”
This year’s event will start at
the main lodge at Mt. Hood
Meadows and entail a short up-
hill sprint for leg #1. This will
be followed by a 1.5-mile trail
run along Umbrella Falls Trail
for leg #2, and then onto the
mountain bike to take a fast 6-
mile lap around Teacup Nordic
Park for leg #3. Next up will be
the road cyclists who have a 27-
mile downhill run into the
Hood River Valley for leg #4,
were they will exchange their
bike shoes for running shoes at
the old Pine Grove Elementary
School. Runners will then head
down Eastside and Highline
roads before winding through
town and out to Marina Beach
for leg #5 to begin the paddling
leg and the final leg of the race.
Competitors can choose be-
tween kayaks or stand up pad-
dle boards (SUP) to complete
this leg that takes them upriver
to the Best Western Hood River
Inn and back. The final stretch
requires the paddlers to jump
off their vessels and sprint the
last 400 meters to the finish at
the Hood River Marina Lawn.
It’s still not too late to sign
up. Register online at
www.hood2riverrelay.com or
sign up at packet pickup and
registration at Shortt Supply
on Friday May 29th. This event
has categories for individuals,
two person teams and six-per-
son teams. The general public
is welcome to come out and
cheer these competitors on and
enjoy the Full Sail Brewing
post-race party at the Hood
River Marina. Many outdoor
equipment vendors will be on-
site, along with music, great
food, and Full Sail on tap.
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