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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.
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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.
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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-
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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,
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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.
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