12A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • July 15, 2015
Polk County Sports
SCOREBOARD
TENNIS
LOCAL
42md ANNUAL
MONMOUTH-INDEPENDENCE
TENNIS TOURNAMENT
At Central High School and
Western Oregon University
Saturday-Sunday Results
MEN’S OPEN SINGLES
Championship
Anthony Croteau def. Mitchell Earle,
6-3, 6-2.
Semifinals
Anthony Croteau def. Allen Soto, 6-1,
6-0; Mitchell Earle def. Erwin Soto, 6-3,
forfeit.
MEN’S 3.0 SINGLES
Championship
Bryson King def. Jacob Gillette, 6-2,
6-4.
Semifinals
Bryson King def. Brian Polonski, 6-2,
6-0; Jacob Gillette def. Calvy Yue, 6-4, 8-
6.
WOMEN’S 3.0 SINGLES
Round Robin
Ad e l a i n e G i l l e t te d e f. Ly n n
Gumpinger, 6-3, 6-1; Natasha Wiersch
def. Lynn Gumpinger 8-2.
MEN’S 3.5 SINGLES
Championship
Robert Sanchez def. Ian Cavalier, 6-2,
6-3.
Semifinals
Robert Sanchez def. Jason Yue, 6-3,
2-6, 6-1; Ian Cavalier def. Dirk Bellamy, 4-
6, 6-1, 6-4.
WOMEN’S 3.5 SINGLES
Round Robin
Laurel Nelson def. Lily Cudmore, 6-3,
6-2; Laurel Nelson def. Natasha Wiersch,
6-1, 6-2; Lily Cudmore def. Natasha Wier-
sch, 6-1, 5-7, 7-5.
MEN’S 4.0 SINGLES
Championship
Stefan Youngs def. Alejandro Echev-
erri, 6-3, 7-6.
Semifinals
Stefan Youngs def. Kevin Cable, 6-3,
3-6, 6-4; Alejandro Echeverri def. Jon
Poole, 6-4, 7-6.
WOMEN’S DOUBLES
Championship
Susan Humphrey-Ruth Katter def.
Allie Gillette-Adelaine Gillette, 6-1, 6-4.
MEN’S 3.5 DOUBLES
Championship
Scott Paulsen-Brad McDougal def.
Win Cudmore-Mike McDougal, 6-2, 6-1.
Semifinals
Scott Paulsen-Brad McDougal def.
Gillette-Gillette, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2; Cudmore-
McDougal def. Navarro-Samanal, 6-2, 6-2.
MIXED 8.0 DOUBLES
Round Robin
Mitchell Earle-Laurel Nelson def. Lily
Cudmore-Kevin Cable, 6-3, 6-1; Lily Cud-
more-Kevin Cable def. Alejandro Echev-
erri-Kira Schmidt, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4; Mitchell
Earle-Laurel Nelson def. Alejandro
Echeverri-Kira Schmidt, 6-1, 6-2.
MEN’S 4.0 DOUBLES
Championship
Erwin Soto-Travis Keating def. Stefan
Youngs-Ron Warkentin, 6-4, 6-2.
FATHER-SON DOUBLES
Championship
Jon Viahandreas-Grant Viahandreas
def. Joel Magill-Cade Magill, 5-7, 7-5, 7-
5.
CLUB GOLF
CROSS CREEK GOLF
COURSE
MEN’S CLUB
Tuesday, July 7 Results
Low Gross/Low Net
Gross — 1 Ted Bennett, 36; 2, Lee
Taylor, 37; 3, Bill lKarjala, 38; 4, Paul Dis-
ney, 39.
Net — 1 (tie), Dave Voves and Lynn
Hurt, 31; 3, Ken Ross, 32; 4, Ligoy
Gamaney, 33; 5 (tie), Michael Willem,
David Karr, Jim Cain and Larry Hatcher,
34.
Tennis: Eble, Youngren eye changes
Continued from Page 10A
This year’s tournament,
which usually occurs
Fourth of July weekend,
was scheduled a week later
because
Independence
Day was on a Saturday,
likely a reason why this
year’s numbers were slight-
ly down from previous
years, Eble said.
Bu t o r g a n i z e r s w e re
pleased with the turnout.
“I’m absolutely happy
with the number,” Youngren
said. “Fifty participants is a
good number. Having the
smaller draw kept everyone
at the Central High courts.”
Eble and Youngren said
they are already looking for-
ward to next year and help-
ing this event continue to
grow and allow players to get
more time on the court.
“Patti and I have some
ideas that we didn’t get a
chance to put into action
this year, so hopefully next
year we can do that,” Eble
said. “One thing we both
want to see is that everyone
gets at least two matches or
more. We also like the idea of
more round robins, allowing
players to play against sever-
al different people.”
Players of all ages took
part in this year’s tourna-
ment. But one age group
was particularly lacking,
Youngren said — high
school players.
“Only a few of our kids
took advantage of the tour-
nament,” Youngren said.
“Our players would have
such an advantage during
the season if they played
tournaments in the sum-
mer.”
Local players will have
one more chance to com-
pete in Polk County during
the city of Dallas’ Tennis
Tournament Aug. 8 and 9.
Dallas girls coach Jordan
Sollman is organizing the
tournament.
For more information:
www.dallasor.gov/Docu-
mentCenter/View/3939.
Sollman showed up to
watch the tournament while
Dallas girls tennis coach
Caleb Gillette competed
with his younger brother
Jacob.
“It’s important to sup-
port all tournaments be-
cause just like baseball and
other sports, tournaments
fill the need to compete,”
Youngren said. “Tennis
stays alive with summer
competition.”
As Eble and Youngren
begin running a Polk Coun-
ty tennis tradition, they’re
hoping that “little secret”
g r ow s i n t o s o m e t h i n g
more.
“This tournament has run
successfully for 42 years,
(most recently) under the
leadership of Ron
Warkentin,” Eble said. “My
goal is to keep going what he
has put so much time and
effort in.”
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Adelaine Gillette returns a hit during the Monmouth-Independence Tennis Tournament on Saturday morning.
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LUKAS EGGEN/ Itemizer-Observer
Kevin Cable and Stefan Youngs prepare for their match during the Monmouth-Independence Tennis Tournament.
Pointing In The Right Direction
Lynn Gumpinger hits a shot during her match against
Adelaine Gillette on Saturday morning.
WESTERN OREGON ROUNDUP
Men’s basketball
adds two recruits
Kulich and Alaby transfer to WOU
LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer
Dallas boys basketball coach Trent Schwartz (left) gives instructions to players during the Dallas High School bas-
ketball camp on Monday afternoon. The camp, run by Schwartz and Dragons’ girls basketball coach David
Brautigam, ends Wednesday (today) and is aimed at teaching younger players the fundamentals of the game and
to build a base for future Dallas High athletes.
Itemizer-Observer staff report
MONMOUTH — West-
ern Oregon men’s basket-
ball coach Jim Shaw an-
nounced the latest addi-
tions to its 2015 recruiting
class on Monday: Yanick
Kulich and Janvier Alaby,
both transfer students from
California.
Kulich, a 6-foot-6 for-
ward, will have two years of
eligibility remaining after
playing at the Academy of
Art in San Francisco.
He appeared in four
games before a foot injury
ended his season early. He
averaged 16.3 points and
six rebounds per game.
Alaby, a 6-foot-2 guard,
transferred from Foothill
College. Alaby averaged
12.6 points and four re-
bounds per game during
the 2014-15 season.
SIGNUPS FOR WOU GOLF
TOURNEY OPEN: Registration
is open for the ninth annual
WOU Golf Tournament at the
Salem Golf Club on Aug. 24.
Play begins at 1 p.m. Cost is
$400 per team or $125 per in-
dividual. The event features a
dinner and auction. Proceeds
benefit the WOU Football As-
sociation. For more informa-
tion: Justin Fritz, 503-931-
1084.