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P o l k C oun t y S p o r t s Po l k Coun t y I t em i z e r -Ob se rv e r • Augu s t 26 , 2015 1 1A PR EP A TH L E T ICS F a l l s p o r t s s e a s o n s b e g i n t h i s w e e k e n d Lo ca l s choo l s to comp e t e in jambo r e e s to p r epa r e fo r th e 2015 r e gu la r s ea son I t em i z e r -Ob se rv e r s ta f f r epo r t POLK COUNTY — The 2015 fa l l spo r t s sea son ge t s unde rway th i s week a s va r i - ou s loca l team s p lay the i r f i r s t game s o f the yea r . The Da l la s foo tba l l squad t rave l s to Ca scade H igh S choo l to p la y in the Ca s - cade J ambo r ee on F r ida y . The D ragon s ’ bo y s and g i r l s so c c e r t eam s w i l l pa r t i c - ipa t e in th e C en tu ry J am - bo r e e on Thu r sda y in H i l l s - bo ro . The g i r l s socce r squad open s r egu la r sea son p la y a t Sp rague on Tue sda y . The bo y s and g i r l s c ro s s - coun t ry team s w i l l pa r t i c i - pa te in the Bu sh P a rk C ro s s Coun t ry S e r ie s ra ce in S a lem on Thu r sda y . Da l la s ’ vo l leyba l l squad opens Sep t . 5 a t the Sou th r idge va r s i ty tou rna - men t . Cen t ra l ’ s vo l leyba l l team opens its season at W i l sonv i l le on Thu r sday , wh i le the g i r l s socce r team ho s t s No r th Eugene a t 7 p .m . Thu r sday . The P an the r s ’ bo y s so c ce r team open s the 2015 cam - pa ign a t Canb y on Tue sda y . Cen t ra l ’ s foo tba l l squad w i l l open i t s sea son on S ep t . 4 a t B end . Pe r ryda le ’ s vo l leyba l l squad t ra v e l s to C .S . Lew i s A cadem y Thu r sda y to take pa r t in a jambo r ee be fo r e p la y ing a t No r th C la ckama s Ch r i s t ian on S a tu rda y and a t W i l lame t te V a l le y Ch r i s t ian on S ep t . 2 . The Moun ta inee r s ’ vo l le y - ba l l team w i l l a l so t ra v e l to C .S . Lew i s Academy on Thu r sda y . F a l l s C i t y and P e r ryda le ’ s foo tba l l squad s open the 2015 sea son aga in s t ea ch o the r a t P e r ryda le 7 p .m . S ep t . 4 . A l l schedu le s a re f rom www .o saa .o rg . Fo r fu l l fa l l spo r t s s ch ed - u l e s , ch e ck ou t th e F a l l Spo r t s Gu id e in th e S ep t . 2 ed i t ion LUKA S EGG EN / I t em i z e r -Ob se rv e r f i le o f th e I t em i z e r -Ob s e r v e r . Da l la s w i l l see i t s f i r s t a c t ion o f the 2015 sea son on F r iday a t the Ca s cade H igh S choo l Jambo ree . l id e x c i t ed to N F L : W i l l iam s hope s WOU: Om la y f o r coa ch Shaw to imp re s s coa che s p Con t inued f rom Page 10A W i l l iam s ’ pe r fo rmance aga in s t the Sea t t le Sea - hawk s in the Cha rge r s ’ th i rd p reseason game cou ld go a long wa y in de - te rm in ing h i s chan ce s to make the f ina l ro s te r . “ I ’m fee l ing p r e t t y con f i - den t abou t tha t , ” W i l l iam s sa id . “ I ’m do ing wha t I ’m a sked to do and ge t t ing be t te r e v e ry da y . A l l I can do i s con t ro l wha t I can . ” L i f e in th e NFL i s a b i t d i f - fe ren t than h i s t ime a t WOU . Mu ch o f W i l l i am s ’ f r e e t im e i s sp en t go in g o v e r th e p l a yboo k and p r ep a r in g fo r th e n e x t p r a c t i c e in s t e ad o f go in g to c l a s s e s o r h an g - in g w i th f r i end s ; bu t th a t i s exac t ly whe re W i l l iam s w an t s to b e . “S e e ing th e d i f f e r en c e s be tween (San D iego ’ s ) t r a in ing camp and (W e s t - e rn O regon ’ s ) ha s been c r a z y , ” W i l l iam s sa id . “Bu t WOU A TH L ET IC S / I t em i z e r -Ob se rv e r f i le th i s i s a d r eam com e t ru e W i l l iam s hope s to d raw f rom h i s expe r ien ce a t W e s te rn and i t ’ s h e lp ed m e app r e c i - O regon to he lp h im su c ceed in the NFL . a t e wh e r e I cam e f rom . ” SCOREBOARD FOO TBA L L CLASS 5A M ID -W ILLAMETTE F r iday , Aug . 28 Game D a l l a s a t C a s c ade J ambo r ee — COLLEGE GNAC 2015 PRESEASON COACHES POLL (p red i c ted o rde r o f f in i sh ) S choo l Po in t s 1 . A zu s a P a c i f i c (5 ) 34 2 . Humbo ld t S t a t e 30 3 . C en t r a l W a sh ing ton (1 ) 27 4 . W e s t e rn O r egon (1 ) 23 5 . D i x ie S t a t e 14 6 . Sou th D a ko t a M ine s 12 7 . S imon F r a se r 6 ( f i r s t -p la c e v o t e s in pa r en th e s e s ; po in t s aw a rd ed on a 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 ba s i s ) VO L LEYBA L L CLASS 5A M ID -W ILLAMETTE Thu r sday , Aug . 27 Ma t ch C en t r a l a t W i l son CLASS 1A CASCO LEAGUE Thu r sday , Aug . 27 Ma t che s P e r r yd a le a t C . S . L ew i s J ambo r ee F a l l s C i t y a t C . S . L ew i s J ambo r ee Sa tu rday , Aug . 29 Ma t ch P e r r yd a le a t No r th C l a c kam a s Ch r i s t i an W edne sday , Sep t . 2 Ma t ch P e r r yd a le a t W i l l ame t t e V a l le y Ch r i s t i an — COLLEGE GNAC 2015 PRESEASON COACHES POLL (p red i c ted o rde r o f f in i sh ) S choo l Po in t s 1 . A l a s ka An cho r age (5 ) 92 2 . No r thw e s t N a z a r ene (3 ) 85 T3 . C en t r a l W a sh ing ton (3 ) 84 T3 . W e s t e rn W a sh ing ton (1 ) 84 5 . S imon F r a se r 58 6 . Se a t t le P a c i f i c 52 7 . Con co rd i a 49 8 . W e s t e rn O r egon 37 9 . Mon t an a S t . B i l l ing s 33 10 . S a in t M a r t in ’ s 16 11 . A l a s ka F a i rb an k s 15 ( f i r s t -p la c e v o t e s in pa r en th e s e s ; po in t s aw a rd ed on a 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 ba s i s ) BO YS SOCCER CLASS 5A M ID -W ILLAMETTE Thu r sday , Aug . 27 Ma t ch D a l l a s a t C en tu r y J ambo r ee Tue sday , Sep t . 1 Ma t ch G IR LS SOCC ER C en t r a l a t C anb y CLASS 5A M ID -W ILLAMETTE Thu r sday , Aug . 27 Ma t che s D a l l a s a t C en tu r y J ambo r ee C en t r a l a t No r th Eugene Tue sday , Sep t . 1 Ma t ch D a l l a s a t Sp r ague — CLASS 3A -2A -1A SPEC IAL D ISTR ICT 3 W edne sday , Sep t . 2 Ma t ch W . Mennon i te /P e r ryd a le a t W e s t s ide Ch r i s t i an — COLLEGE GNAC 2015 PRESEASON COACHES POLL (p red i c ted o rde r o f f in i sh ) S choo l Po in t s 1 . W e s t e rn W a sh ing ton (6 ) 78 2 . Se a t t le P a c i f i c (2 ) 71 T3 . C en t r a l W a sh ing ton (1 ) 52 T3 . Mon t an a S t a t e B i l l ing s 52 5 . Con co rd i a 51 5 . W e s t e rn O r egon 37 7 . No r thw e s t N a z a r ene 28 8 . S a in t M a r t in ’ s 22 8 . S imon F r a se r 14 ( f i r s t -p la c e v o t e s in pa r en th e s e s ; po in t s aw a rd ed on a 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 ba s i s ) C LUB GO LF CROSS CREEK GOLF COURSE CROSS CREEK MEN ’S CLUB Tue sday , Aug . 18 Re su l t s Low g ro s s / low ne t Low g ro s s : 1 , B en T a lon k a yn e - J im S ch ro ed e r , 36 ; 2 ( t i e ) , G r eg F i sh e r -D a v e W a t son and L e e T a y lo r - J a c k Dun c an , 37 . Low ne t : 1 ( t i e ) , A l l an H ad l e y -B r i an H a l in and D a v id K a r r -D enn i s B e rgm an , 2 8 ; 2 , L ynn Hu r t -D a v e V o v e s , 2 9 ; 3 , Bob B en - n e t t -W a r r en R i ch a rd s , 3 0 . Con t inued f rom Page 10A A f te r a s te l la r h igh s choo l ca r ee r , wh i ch in c luded he lp - ing the P an the r s w in a pa i r o f s ta te t i t le s and ea rn ing the OSAA C la s s 4A P la y e r o f the Y ea r hono r s , Om l id com - m i t ted to p la y ba ske tba l l a t A rm y . Th is summe r , Om l id knew he needed a change . “ I knew a f te r m y summe r de ta i l a t W e s t Po in t tha t I wa sn ’ t go ing to be in the A rm y , ” Om l id sa id . “ I knew I wa s go ing to go to O r egon T ech o r W e s te rn . O regon T e ch came a f te r me r ea l l y ha rd . ” In i t ia l l y , Om l id s igned a le t te r o f in ten t to jo in O IT , bu t the Wo l v e s had an a ce up the i r s lee v e tha t wou ld tu rn the t ide in the i r fa vo r — new head coa ch J im Shaw . “ I d idn ’ t know J im Shaw wa s a t W e s te rn a t the t ime , ” Om l id sa id . “H e w en t to co l - lege w i th m y pa r en t s . Coa ch Shaw ga v e me a ca l l and w e kep t ta lk ing . ” Shaw rep lace s fo rme r coa ch B r ad y B e r g e son , who Om l i d f i l e • T anne r Om l id i s a 6 - foo t -3 jun io r fo rw a rd . He a v e r aged 15 m inu te s pe r g ame du r ing h i s sopho - mo r e s e a son . • Om l id he lped le ad the C en t r a l P an the r s to two s t a te ch amp ion sh ip s in 2010 and 2012 . s t epp ed down a s coa ch ea r l i - e r th i s y ea r . Th e W o l v e s won the regu la r sea son G rea t No r thw e s t A th l e t i c Con f e r - en c e t i t l e du r ing th e 2014 -15 sea son , some th ing Om l id sa id h e i s e x c i t ed to t ry and h e lp th e t eam d e f end . “W e p lan on do ing b ig th ing s the r e , ” Om l id sa id . “W e wan t to p i ck up r igh t whe r e the y le f t o f f la s t y ea r . I wan t to f ind a p la ce to he lp ou t the team a s mu ch a s I can . ” Om l id ave raged mo re than two s tea l s pe r game du r ing h i s two sea son s w i th the B la ck Kn igh t s . H i s soph - omo r e campa ign wa s cu t sho r t due to a knee in ju ry , bu t Om l id ave raged 6 .6 po in t s , 2 .2 s tea l s and 1 .4 b lock s pe r game be fo re then . A l though Om l id ’ s mo v e to WOU r ep r e sen t s a sw i t ch f rom D i v i s ion I to D i v i s ion I I , Om l id i s e x c i ted fo r the oppo r tun i t y to con t inue h i s ba ske tba l l ca r ee r . “ A lmo s t e v e ry le v e l o f ba s - ke tba l l i s c lo se , ma ybe b y a coup le o f in che s in the p la y - e r s , ” Om l id sa id . “The r e ’ s a h igh le v e l o f ba ske tba l l , no ma t te r whe r e you p la y . M y b igge s t ad van tage i s tha t I ’ v e had the chan ce to ju s t p la y ba ske tba l l . ” Om l id ’ s mo v e to W e s te rn O r egon r ep r e sen t s a chan ce to fu l f i l l a ch i ldhood d r eam — and he ’ s mo r e than r ead y to ha v e h i s home com ing on the cou r t th i s w in te r . “ I t ’ s go ing to fee l g r ea t (p lay ing a t W e s te rn O re - gon ) , ” Om l id sa id . “ I th ink I ’ l l fee l a t home . I can ’ t wa i t to ge t ba ck and p la y in O r e - gon . I fee l l ike W e s te rn (O r e - gon ) i s the r igh t p la ce . ” Y ou th : New Pop W a rne r ha s mo re than 200 k id s s i gn up Con t inued f rom Page 10A The age /we igh t ma t r i x u sed b y Pop W a rne r he lp s en su r e k id s a r e p la ced on team s aga in s t opponen t s o f s im i la r age and s i ze , so the r e i s no g rade cu to f f . Becau se o f th i s , bo th leagues un in ten t iona l ly began d raw ing f rom the same poo l o f k id s fo r the i r r e spe c t i v e league s . “ I f a k id i s in f i f th g rade , 10 yea r s o ld and we igh s 95 pound s , he can be on th ree d i f fe ren t teams , ” H evene r sa id . Tha t mean t choo s ing one league cou ld lea v e the o the r league ’ s team s sho r thand - ed , o r f r iend s cou ld w ind up on d i f fe r en t team s in d i f fe r - en t league s . Tha t won ’ t be the ca se an y longe r . Pop W a rne r run s you th foo tba l l in Da l la s , bu t wo rk s w i th K id s , Inc . to reach mo r e you th . “W e a t tend boa rd mee t - ing s to keep them app r i sed o f wha t i s go ing on , wha t w e a r e do ing , and wha t i s com - ing up , ” H e v ene r sa id . “W e a r e Da l la s Pop W a rne r , bu t w e a r e a commun i t y spo r t r ep r e sen t ing K id s , In c . ” The re su l t i s a s ing le league , one whe r e k id s p la y unde r one banne r , a l low ing fo r h ighe r pa r t ic ipa t ion ra te s and mo r e team s . “ In ou r commun i t y , w e don ’ t ha v e enough you th in spo r t s to f ie ld team s fo r two o rgan iza t ion s , ” Hevene r sa id . A f te r the dec i s ion to come toge the r wa s made , the ra ce wa s on to p r epa r e fo r the sea son . One o f the b igge s t cha l - lenge s i s en su r ing pa r en t s know the dead l ine s fo r s ign - up s , wh i ch o c cu r in Ap r i l and Ma y . “ A t t im e s , w e can mak e an e x c ep t ion , bu t ou r ba l l i s ro l l ing in M a y , and t eam s a r e e s tab l i sh ed in th e f i r s t w e ek o f Jun e , ” H e v en e r sa id . “W e know i t ’ s tough b e cau s e man y k id s a r e p la y ing ba s e - ba l l du r ing tha t t im e and i t ’ s d i f f i cu l t to t e l l fam i l i e s tha t i t ’ s too la t e , bu t f rom spo r t s ph y s i ca l s to a l l th e c e r t i f i ca - t ion s n e ed ed and th e fo rma - t ion o f th e t eam s , w e a r e s e t in ea r l y summ e r . ” I tem i zer -Observer S ince then , vo lun tee r s ha v e b e en p r epa r ing fo r th e s ea son , wh i ch b eg in s th i s w e ek . “W e have backg round che ck s , sa fe t y che ck s , gea r inspec t ion , issu ing the equ ipmen t , ce r t i f y ing ea ch p la y e r to make su r e the y a r e in the r igh t league ba sed on age and w e igh t , and g rade s a re a l so inco rpo ra ted , ” H e v ene r sa id . “The r e ’ s a lo t tha t goe s in to the fo rma t ion o f a team . ” Th i s y ea r a l so ma rked the s ta r t o f a you th chee r p ro - g ram . “La s t y ea r , w e w en t to foo tba l l game s and wou ld see a g i r l o r two chee r ing , ” H e v ene r sa id . “The pa r en t s sa id , ‘wh y can ’ t w e do a chee r p rog ram fo r them , ’ and I ag r eed w i th them . ” Abou t 30 g i r l s a re in - vo lved w i th two chee r squad s and s i x coa che s . A s Pop W a rne r and K id s , In c . look to he lp bo th the foo tba l l and chee r p ro - g ram s g row , p la y e r sa fe t y r ema in s a con ce rn a c ro s s the coun t ry . H e v ene r sa id the league i s do ing a l l i t can to en su r e the sa fe s t cond i - t ion s po s s ib le thank s to the age /w e igh t sa fe t y ma t r i x . “ I t ’ s no t ju s t p i t t ing k id s o f equa l age toge the r , i t fa c - to r s in age and we igh t range s a s we l l , ” H evene r sa id . Tha t mean s k id s a re g rouped w i th p laye r s o f s im i la r s i ze , a l low ing fo r sa fe r p la y ing cond i t ion s . In add i t ion , s ide l ine pe r - sonne l mu s t be ce r t i f ied in H ead s Up , a na t iona l p ro - g ram a imed a t teach ing sa fe r ta ck l ing and b lo ck ing techn ique s . T ra in ing fo r CPR /F i r s t A id and r e cogn i z - ing cond i t ion s , l ike hea t e x - hau s t ion , a r e a l so taugh t . W i th the you th foo tba l l sea son k i ck ing in to fu l l gea r , H e v ene r i sn ’ t su r e how b ig the league can g row , bu t ha s seen p laye r s f rom Da l la s and P e r ryda le pa r t i c ipa te . No ma t te r wha t you ’ re look ing fo r , H evene r sa id th i s new a r rangemen t w i l l o f fe r oppo r tun i t ie s fo r a l l . “ I t do e sn ’ t ma t t e r i f you ’ r e th e b e s t a th l e t e o r ju s t look - ing to g e t a c t i v e , w e ha v e a spo t fo r you , ” H e v en e r sa id . V is i t ou r webs i te , www .po lk io .com fo r loca l news , spo r ts and commun i ty even ts .