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Polk County Sports Polk County Itemizer-Observer • June 24, 2015 10A PREP HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 Baseball: American Le- gion: Demarini Dirtbags at Albany (DH), 4 p.m. Division I Junior Baseball: Central at Lebanon, 6 p.m. Division II Junior Baseball: Corvallis at Dallas, 6 p.m. THURSDAY, JUNE 25 Baseball: American Le- gion: Roseburg at Demarini Dirtbags, 5 p.m. Division I Junior Baseball: Dallas vs. TBA at Bend Tournament, TBA. Division II Junior Base- ball: Kennedy at Dallas, 6 p.m. FRIDAY, JUNE 26 Baseball: Division I Jun- ior Baseball: Dallas vs. TBA at Bend Tournament, TBA. Central at Philomath Tour- nament. Division II Junior baseball: Silverton at Dal- las, 6 p.m. SATURDAY, JUNE 27 Baseball: Division I Jun- ior Baseball: Dallas vs. TBA at Bend Tournament, TBA. Central at Philomath Tour- nament, TBA. Recreation: Independ- ence Sprint Triathlon, 9 a.m. SUNDAY, JUNE 28 Baseball: Division I Jun- ior Baseball: Dallas vs. TBA at Bend Tournament, TBA. Central at Philomath tour- nament. MONDAY, JUNE 29 Baseball: American Le- gion: Demarini Dirtbags at Klamath Falls, 4 p.m. Divi- sion II Junior Baseball: Lebanon at Dallas, 6 p.m. TUESDAY, JUNE 30 Baseball: American Le- gion: Demarini Dirtbags at Medford, noon. WEDNESDAY, JULY 1 Baseball: American Le- gion: Demarini Dirtbags at Grants Pass, 2 p.m. Division II Junior Baseball: South Salem at Dallas, 6 p.m. — Schedules Subject to Change QUICK HITS Signups open for tourney MONMOUTH/INDEPEN- DENCE — Registration is open for the 42nd annual Monmouth-Independence Fourth of July Tennis Tour- nament. The two-day event will be held July 11 and 12 at the Central High School tennis courts in Independ- ence and the Western Ore- gon University courts in Monmouth. Categories are available for all skill levels in singles, doubles and mixed dou- bles. There will also be fa- ther/son and mo- ther/daughter categories. Cost is $15 for singles and $25 for doubles. Proceeds from the tour- nament will support youth tennis in the area. Entries are available o n l i n e a t w w w. o re - gontennis.com or by con- tacting tournament direc- tor Ron Warkentin, 503- 623-2998. Deadline for entry is July 8. STAT SHEET The number of re- ceiving touch- downs Central High graduate Wes Rid- dell scored during the Les Schwab Tires Bowl on Sat- urday evening. Riddell will play at Oregon State this fall. 1 www.polkio.com Dugan takes AD position at Perrydale Longtime employee will also serve as school’s assistant principal By Lukas Eggen The Itemizer-Observer P E R RY D A L E — D a n Dugan hadn’t even started his new role as assistant principal at Perrydale High School when he was given another title: athletic direc- tor. Chris Gubrud announced he was stepping down from his role as AD last week to allow for more time for him to watch his daugh- ter in high school and son at Eastern Wa s h i n g - ton. Dugan Dugan was more than happy to step up to the plate as Perrydale looked to consolidate the role, he said. “Chris has been the guy running athletics since I’ve been here,” Dugan said. “I’m happy to be getting back into sports. I’ve been here a long time as a coach ,and I care about all the programs. Whether it’s FFA, sports or choir, I want to see our kids have an opportunity to be involved and have success.” While his list of responsi- bilities just increased, Dugan said he’s ready to manage his time and tackle the chal- lenges ahead of him — even when he’s on vacation. “I’ve had a lot of different hats,” Dugan said. “I’m transitioning from helping out with the classroom to doing something I’ve want- ed to do for a long time. I’m glad the opportunity is at Perrydale. I was taking phone calls and answering emails when I was in Mexi- co (last week).” See DUGAN, Page 12A Dugan File • Longtime Perrydale teacher Dan Dugan will serve as Perrydale’s athletic director during the 2015-16 school year. • Dugan will also be the school’s assistant principal. • Perrydale will move back to Class 1A after com- peting in Class 2A during the 2014-15 school year. WRESTLING Watson living his dream Dallas resident continues family’s passion By Lukas Eggen The Itemizer-Observer DALLAS — The roar of the crowd. The pageantry. The larger than life charac- ters. Dallas resident Andrew Watson loves everything about the world of profes- sional wrestling. From the time he was born, wrestling wasn’t just an interest to his family. It was something more. “My family has been full of wrestling fans all the way back to my great-grandfa- ther,” Watson said. “I was raised on watching local Portland wrestling in the ’70s and ’80s and, of course, the WWE when it got big. I’ve been a major fan ever since birth.” Watson, 36, who will take part in Revolution Pro, Mockery and Mayhem on Saturday at the Polk County Fairgrounds, hopes to help inspire change in the pro wrestling industry. — For years, Watson was content watching his idols on his television screen. When he turned 26, he yearned for something more. “I was looking online and I read an article that (profes- sional wrestlers) ‘Playboy’ Buddy Rose and Edward Wiskoski were running a wrestling school,” Watson said. “I didn’t think I’d ever get an answer, but I called them up and let them know LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer Dallas resident Andrew Watson will take part in Revolution Pro, Mockery and Mayhem wrestling event on Saturday. I was interested.” Then, an unexpected turn of events. “They called me back the next day,” Watson said. “I thought it was my friends playing a prank on me, but then I remembered I didn’t tell anyone.” Watson began learning the industry from the inside. It wasn’t long before he began trying out for differ- ent wrestling companies. “I wasn’t prepared at all,” Watson said. “I didn’t have wrestling shoes and I didn’t have the wrestling gear that I wanted. It was makeshift. I had kind of like a football jersey with streamers across the front. It was god awful. It made an impression, just not the one that I wanted.” Still, in 2005, Watson was set to make his professional wrestling debut, taking part in a free-for-all match where wrestlers entered the ring in pairs. See DREAM, Page 11A It’s finally go time ... if only I trained more This is the third of a series of columns chronicling my journey in training for my first sprint triathlon on Sat- urday. In the movies, the main character will have a realiza- tion when suddenly every- thing makes sense. That mo- ment when a big change in the plot means everything will turn out OK. When the inspiring music swells in the background and the main character overcomes what- ever stands in his or her way to win the game, defeat the bad guy or win over their ro- L UKAS E GGEN Commentary mantic interest. This was not one of those moments. In the midst of attempting a training run including two-thirds of this sprint triathlon with my co-worker and fellow competitor Emily Mentzer, I went through what I call the stages of triathlon training: 1. Excitement: You feel de- termined, ready to tackle this challenge. 2. Optimism: After swim- ming 500 yards, I felt sur- prisingly strong and ready to tackle the bike ride. 3. Rationalization: De- spite a little tiredness creep- ing in during the start of the bike ride, I figured I was pac- ing myself well enough to finish in good time. 4. Delusional: As we turned around in Mon- mouth to finish the second Sprint Triathlon What: Independence Sprint Triathlon. When: Saturday, 9 a.m. Where: Independence City Pool. Volunteer: If you would like to volunteer, contact Brian Joynt at 503-837-0550. half of our trek, I had a new blast of energy. This wasn’t so hard! I felt like a pro cy- clist pushing up a moun- tainside ride. Yes, I know my ride was nearly all flat. No, www.facebook.com/pages/Polk-County-Itemizer-Observer/205062686252209 Mon -Fri 8am - 6pm • Sat 8am - 5pm DALLAS 121 Main St • 503-623-8155 INDEPENDENCE 1710 Monmouth St • 503-838-6340 www.LesSchwab.com that didn’t lessen my pride. 5. Reality check: They say pride comes before the fall. And as the wind hit us with about four miles left in our ride — let’s just say that overconfidence disappeared quickly. My pace slowed to a crawl. 6. The “I would swear if I had the energy to phase”: It can be discouraging when you’re struggling for air and someone passes you who barely looks tired. It’s about this point that I think I’ve made a huge mistake. See TRAIN, Page 12A www.twitter.com/PolkIOSports