Polk County Itemizer-Observer • June 24, 2015 11A
Polk County Sports
SUMMER BASEBALL
Youth baseball schedules
American Legion, Division I and Division II Junior baseball teams
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
Baseball: American Legion: De-
marini 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 Legion: Rose-
burg at Demarini Dirtbags, 5 p.m. Divi-
sion I Junior Baseball: Dallas vs. TBA at
Bend Tournament, TBA. Division II Jun-
ior Baseball: Kennedy at Dallas, 6 p.m.
FRIDAY, JUNE 26
Baseball: Division I Junior Baseball:
Dallas vs. TBA at Bend Tournament,
TBA. Central at Philomath Tourna-
ment. Division II Junior baseball: Sil-
verton at Dallas, 6 p.m.
SATURDAY, JUNE 27
Baseball: Division I Junior Baseball:
Dallas vs. TBA at Bend Tournament,
TBA. Central at Philomath Tourna-
ment, TBA.
SUNDAY, JUNE 28
Baseball: Division I Junior Baseball:
Dallas vs. TBA at Bend Tournament,
TBA. Central at Philomath tourna-
ment.
MONDAY, JUNE 29
Baseball: American Legion: De-
marini Dirtbags at Klamath Falls, 4
p.m. Division II Junior Baseball:
Lebanon at Dallas, 6 p.m.
TUESDAY, JUNE 30
Baseball: American Legion: De-
marini Dirtbags at Medford, noon.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1
Baseball: American Legion: De-
marini Dirtbags at Grants Pass, 2 p.m.
Division II Junior Baseball: South
Salem at Dallas, 6 p.m.
THURSDAY, JULY 2
Baseball: American Legion: De-
marini Dirtbags at Western Oregon
Baseball Tournament, TBA. Division I
Junior Baseball: Central at Sprague,
5:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, JULY 3
Baseball: American Legion: De-
marini Dirtbags at Corvallis Tourna-
ment, TBA. Division I Junior Baseball:
Astoria at Dallas (DH), 11 a.m. Division
II Junior Baseball: West Salem at Dal-
las, 6 p.m.
SATURDAY, JULY 4
Baseball: American Legion: De-
marini Dirtbags at Corvallis Tourna-
ment, TBA.
SUNDAY, JULY 5
Baseball: American Legion: De-
marini Dirtbags at Corvallis Tourna-
ment, TBA.
MONDAY, JULY 6
Baseball: Division I Junior Baseball:
McKay at Dallas, 6 p.m.
TUESDAY, JULY 7
Baseball: American Legion: Flo-
rence at Demarini Dirtbags, 2 p.m. Di-
vision II Junior Baseball: Dallas at Sil-
verton, 5:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8
Baseball: American Legion: De-
marini Dirtbags at Florence (DH), 1
p.m. Division I Junior Baseball: Corval-
lis at Dallas, 6 p.m. McNary at Central,
6 p.m.
THURSDAY, JULY 9
Baseball: Division I Junior Baseball:
LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer file
Dallas’ Tanner Earhart will play for Dallas’ Division I Junior Baseball team during the summer season.
South Salem at Dallas, 6 p.m. Central
at Sweet Home, 6 p.m. Division II Jun-
ior Baseball: Dallas at McNary, 6 p.m.
FRIDAY, JULY 10
Baseball: Division I Junior Baseball:
Dallas at Central, 6 p.m.
SATURDAY, JULY 11
Baseball: American Legion: The
Yard at Demarini Dirtbags (DH), 2 p.m.
Division I Junior Baseball: Silverton at
Central (DH), 11 a.m. Division II Junior
Baseball: Dallas at league playoff vs.
TBA, TBA.
SUNDAY, JULY 12
Baseball: American Legion: De-
marini Dirtbags at Putnam (DH), 2
p.m. Division II Junior Baseball: Dallas
at league playoff vs. TBA, TBA.
MONDAY, JULY 13
Baseball: Division I Junior Baseball:
Philomath at Dallas, 6 p.m. Central at
North Salem, 6 p.m.
TUESDAY, JULY 14
Baseball: Division I Junior Baseball:
Central at Philomath, 3:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15
Baseball: American Legion: Put-
nam at Demarini Dirtbags, 5 p.m. Divi-
sion I Junior Baseball: Silverton at Dal-
las, 6 p.m.
THURSDAY, JULY 16
Baseball: American Legion: Toy-
ota Baseball at Demarini Dirtbags, 4
p.m. Division II Junior Baseball: Dallas
at state tournament (Willamette),
TBA.
FRIDAY, JULY 17
Baseball: Division I Junior Baseball:
Dallas at league playoff vs. TBA, TBA.
Central at league playoff vs. TBA, TBA.
Division II Junior Baseball: Dallas at
state tournament (Willamette), TBA.
SATURDAY, JULY 18
Baseball: American Legion: With-
nell at Demarini Dirtbags, 5 p.m. Divi-
sion I Junior Baseball: Dallas at league
playoff vs. TBA, TBA. Central at league
playoff vs. TBA, TBA. Division II Junior
Baseball: Dallas at state tournament
(Willamette), TBA.
SUNDAY, JULY 19
Baseball: American Legion: De-
marini Dirtbags at Withnell (DH), 1
p.m. Division I Junior Baseball: Dallas
at league playoff vs. TBA, TBA. Central
at league playoff vs. TBA, TBA. Divi-
sion II Junior Baseball: Dallas at state
tournament (Willamette), TBA.
MONDAY, JULY 20
Baseball: American Legion: Kla-
math Falls at Demarini Dirtbags, 5
p.m.
THURSDAY, JULY 23
Baseball: Division I Junior Baseball:
Dallas at state tournament (Crescent
Valley/Western Oregon), TBA. Central
at state tournament (Crescent Val-
ley/Western Oregon), TBA.
FRIDAY, JULY 24
Baseball: Division I Junior Baseball:
Dallas at state tournament (Crescent
Valley/Western Oregon), TBA. Central
at state tournament (Crescent Val-
ley/Western Oregon), TBA.
SATURDAY, JULY 25
Baseball: Division I Junior Baseball:
Dallas at state tournament (Crescent
Valley/Western Oregon), TBA. Central
at state tournament (Crescent Val-
ley/Western Oregon), TBA.
SUNDAY, JULY 26
Baseball: Division I Junior Baseball:
Dallas at state tournament (Crescent
Valley/Western Oregon), TBA. Central
at state tournament (Crescent Val-
ley/Western Oregon), TBA.
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Schedules Subject to Change
AARON YOST/Itemizer-Observer file
Central pitcher Chris Rech will help the Demarini Dirtbags during
the summer baseball season.
Dream: Wrestling is a family tradition
Continued from Page 10A
“I was insanely scared,”
Watson said. “I was worried I
would mess something up
or get hurt. I was genuinely
afraid.”
He should have been.
It wouldn’t take long for
Watson to receive his wel-
come to a new world from
his fellow wrestlers.
“One of my fellow
wrestlers said to me when
we were close to take an
elbow,” Watson said. “So I
was expecting an elbow. He
didn’t. He lifted his foot off
with what’s called a Yakuza
kick. I tried to protect myself
but I popped his foot up to
the top of my teeth and bit
into my lips. I was lifted a lit-
tle bit and smacked on the
floor. The gentlemen came
up and said, ‘Welcome to
the business kid.’”
—
Things have changed in
the world of wrestling since
that moment — and most
haven’t been for the better. In
the past, being a pro wrestler
meant you joined a fraterni-
ty, one where everyone was
looking out for each other.
That’s no longer the case,
Watson said.
“There’s too many people
coming in who aren’t look-
ing for what they can do to
help,” Watson said. “They
just want to know what they
can get out of it. Some guys
train for three months and
are in a main event. It’s not
right. A lot of these guys
don’t have the experience or
even the respect to be in a
Sprint Triathlon
What: Pro Revolution
Mockery and Mayhem.
When: Saturday, 7 p.m.
Where: Polk County Fair-
grounds and Events Center.
Cost: Forest River Em-
ployees, $10; All others 18
and older, $15. Groups of
five or more, $10 per per-
son.
Of note: Dallas resident
Andrew Watson will take
part in the professional
wrestling comedy show.
LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer
Andrew Watson (right) and his youngest son, Bryson, share a love for professional wrestling.
position like that.”
Coupled with the rise in
popularity of newer sports
like mixed martial arts, pro-
fessional wrestling seems to
be losing its place in the
world among the public.
“Pro wrestling is a dying
industry,” Watson said. “No
one wants to see a fake
wrestling show.”
But Watson isn’t ready to
let his lifelong love go down
without a fight.
—
When Watson enters the
ring Saturday at the Polk
County Fairgrounds, he
won’t be part of your normal
wrestling show that people
are used to. Instead, it will
be the culmination of work
from Revolution Produc-
tions NWWA founder Dan
Closser over the past few
years.
“Dan Closser took a cou-
ple of years off to see what
people are doing right and
what they’re doing wrong,”
Watson said. “He started
thinking about, what if we
did a comedy show that had
the high impact and all of
the wrestling aspect, but
we’re not there to take our-
selves seriously. We’re there
to have fun and help the
crowd have fun.”
Revolution Pro isn’t about
doing what’s been done be-
fore. It wants to provide “the
most entertaining, craziest,
fascinating, fun-loving and
best professional wrestling
in the Pacific Northwest,”
Closser said.
That means getting fans
directly involved in the ac-
tion.
“We refer to our fans and
followers as the Crew,” Closs-
er said. “They never know
when one of them will be
participating in the show.”
T h e re w i l l b e a d u l t
humor, but nothing worse
than what is on TV, Closser
said. Above all else, it will
provide an entertaining ex-
perience for all.
“There are certain events
where a guy barely taps
someone and he falls down,”
Watson said. “We’re not
going to have that. We’re
going to have full-blown
smacking each other.”
—
Watson’s love of wrestling
continues to expand
through his family. His eld-
est son, age 17, hopes to
begin training to become a
professional wrestler soon,
while Bryson, age 12, is an
avid fan.
Now, Watson hopes his
latest wrestling chapter
helps ensure a family tradi-
tion’s future continues.
“I don’t know if this will
bring the industry back, but
we are going to give it an
outlet to take a different
turn,” Watson said.