Polk County
Sports
Polk County Itemizer-Observer • August 19, 2015 10A
ROLLER DERBY
SCHEDULE
Becoming an athlete
YMCA to host
athlete party
INDEPENDENCE — The
Monmouth-Independence
YMCA will host an end of
season party Monday from
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The party
is open to all athletes and
their families.
The party will be held at
301 S. Main St. in Inde-
pendence.
For more information:
503-838-4042.
ODFW to offer
family workshops
POLK COUNTY — The
Oregon Department of
Forest and Wildlife will
offer five hunting work-
shops for adults and fami-
lies this fall.
Cost is $52 for adults,
$12 for children plus the
cost of a hunting license
($29.50 adults/$14.50 chil-
dren) and upland bird vali-
dation ($8.50).
E.E. Wilson Wildlife Area
will host a family pheasant
hunting workshop on
Sept. 12, a women’s pheas-
ant hunting workshop on
Sept. 19 and a second fam-
ily hunting workshop on
Sept. 25.
Suavie Island Wildlife
Area in Portland will host a
family workshop on Sept.
12 and 13, and Denman
Wildlife area in Central
Point will host a women’s
workshop on Nov. 7.
Participants in the Sep-
tember family and
women’s workshops are
required to take a Basic
Shotgunning Skills Class
prior to the event.
Classes are offered on
Saturday and Aug. 30 from
8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at
Mid Valley Shooting Clays
in Gervais. Cost is $22 for
adults and $12 for kids.
For more information:
Michelle Dennehy, 503-
947-6022.
Panther football
seats on sale
INDEPENDENCE —
KAJC 90.1 FM returns to
broadcast Central’s foot-
ball games during the
2015 season.
The first broadcast will
be Sept. 4, when the Pan-
thers travel to face Bend.
All games are sched-
uled to begin at 7 p.m.
with broadcasts starting at
6:57 p.m. on game night.
KAJC is broadcast in
Polk County. For those
wishing to listen to games
outside of the broadcast
range, games will be
streamed online at
www.kajcfm.com.
KAJC will broadcast the
following games: Central
at Bend (Sept. 4), Moun-
tain View at Central (Sept.
11), South Albany at Cen-
tral (Sept. 18), Central at
Dallas (Sept. 25), Crescent
Valley at Central (Oct. 2),
Central at Lebanon (Oct.
8), Central at Silverton
(Oct. 16), Corvallis at Cen-
tral (Oct. 23) and Wood-
burn at Central (Oct. 30).
STAT SHEET
The number of
Polk County
high school
teams that
began practice on Mon-
day: Central cross-country,
football, boys and girls soc-
cer and volleyball; Dallas
cross-country, football,
boys and girls soccer and
volleyball; Perrydale foot-
ball and volleyball and Falls
City football and volleyball.
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Roller derby giving Dallas resident confidence in herself
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
SALEM — Throughout
her life, Dallas resident
Sarah Hausman has always
watched sports from the
sidelines.
Since discovering roller
derby five and a half years
ago, Hausman is no longer
just a spectator. She’s be-
come what she thought she
would never get the chance
to be — an athlete.
“I had never done a sport
in my life,” Hausman said.
“To start a sport at the age of
32 and to be considered an
athlete, it still blows my
mind. It seemed out of the
realm of possibility.”
Hausman’s determination
and new found love helped
her to achieve the seemingly
impossible.
—
It was a friend who intro-
duced Hausman to Cherry
City Derby Girls.
After getting a glimpse
into the roller derby world,
the atmosphere, from the
outfits to the crowds, in-
trigued her.
There was just one com-
plication — Hausman didn’t
know how to skate.
“Man, I have no idea (why
I first joined),” Hausman
said, smiling. “I didn’t know
how to skate, so why did I
think I could do this?”
She was determined to
learn, and master, her new
passion. Luckily, Cherry City
teaches new recruits the ba-
sics of skating from learning
how to fall to being able to
take and receive hits.
“It’s really open to every-
one,” Independence resi-
dent Amanda Horne said.
“You don’t have to know how
to skate. If you want to be
on a team one day, you can
work toward that. Some
people just skate for fun and
recreation. It’s probably a lot
LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer
Sarah Hausman, center, attempts a block during a scrimmage on Thursday evening.
more accessible than you
think and you can pursue
this to your own level.”
It took Hausman about a
year to feel truly comfort-
able on skates, but she never
felt discouraged.
“We have girls of all abili-
ties and backgrounds,”
Hausman said. “You move
and learn at your own pace,
which is nice.”
After more than a year of
training, Hausman felt ready
for the next stage of her
roller derby experience. That
meant one thing — tryouts.
—
Hausman knew she was
prepared for this moment.
She knew the rules and the
strategy.
She was ready.
Those moments of confi-
dence soon disappeared.
Hundreds of skaters were
on the rink or waiting to
start.
Skaters both big and small
zoomed by and Hausman
had to calm herself before
her name was called.
See DERBY, Page 12A
Hit the rink
• A new recruit session
for skaters, volunteers or
referees will be held
Wednesday (today) at 6
p.m. at 1335 Madison NE in
Salem. Cherry City offers
skating programs for girls
ages 12 and older.
Coaches, players battle the heat
High school and college teams take extra precautions for safety
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
Beat the heat
POLK COUNTY — The fall
sports season officially
kicked off on Monday. As
players and coaches gath-
ered to prepare, they were
greeted by an unwelcome,
and dangerous, guest — the
heat.
Temperatures reached
into the 90s on Monday and
Tuesday and a heat advisory
went into effect on Tuesday
through Wednesday (today)
until 6 p.m.
Fa c i n g t e m p e ra t u re s
nearing triple digits, coach-
es are taking special pre-
cautions, regardless of the
sport.
For Central cross-country
coach Eli Cirino, beating the
heat means runners are up
early each morning for prac-
tice to avoid the peak tem-
peratures.
“Most of the summer, we
Summer training tips
from local coaches:
• Stay hydrated through-
out the day.
• Eat healthy, including
proteins, fruits and vegeta-
bles. Avoid caffeine. Caf-
feine can dehydrate you.
• For runners: Slow your
pace down by 30 seconds
per mile for every 5 degree
increase in temperature.
• Practice in the morn-
ings or evenings when
temperatures are not at
their peak.
• Take more frequent
water breaks during prac-
tices.
• Be sure to rest between
repetitions until heart rates
return to normal.
LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer
Dallas football coaches make sure players stay hydrated throughout practice.
run at 9 a.m.,” Cirino said.
“The heat scares the heck
out of me, especially when
kids are running different
routes and I can’t keep track
of them all at the same
time.”
Fo r r u n n e r s , w h o s e
workouts include going on
distance runs, Cirino en-
sures his runners are aware
of the temperature and
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how hard they should be
pushing themselves in the
heat.
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