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Polk County Itemizer-Observer • February 3, 2016 10A
DALLAS PREP BOWLING
SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 3
Boys basketball: Perry-
dale at Falls City, 7 p.m.
Girls basketball: Central
at South Albany, 7 p.m. Dal-
las at Woodburn, 7 p.m. Per-
rydale at Falls City, 5:30 p.m.
Wrestling: Woodburn at
Central, 7 p.m. Silverton at
Dallas, 6 p.m.
Dragons soar at districts
THURSDAY, FEB. 4
Baseball: Western Ore-
gon at Azusa Paciic, 5 p.m.
Men’s basketball: West-
ern Oregon at Saint Mar-
tin’s, 7 p.m.
Women’s basketball:
Alaska Fairbanks at West-
ern Oregon, 7 p.m.
Track and ield: West-
ern Oregon at Pilot Indoor
Meet, all day.
FRIDAY, FEB. 5
Baseball: Western Ore-
gon at Azusa Paciic (DH), 3
p.m.
Boys basketball: Cen-
tral at Dallas, 7 p.m. Falls
City at Crosshill Christian, 7
p.m. St. John Bosco at Per-
rydale, 7 p.m.
Girls basketball: Dallas
at Central, 7 p.m. Falls City
at Crosshill Christian, 5:30
p.m. St. John Bosco at Per-
rydale, 5:30 p.m.
Softball: Western Oregon
vs. Metropolitan State (Den-
ver) at La Jolla, Calif., noon.
Western Oregon vs. Universi-
ty of California, San Diego at
La Jolla, Calif., 5 p.m.
SATURDAY, FEB. 6
Baseball: Western Ore-
gon at Azusa Paciic, noon.
Boys basketball:
Southwest Christian at Per-
rydale, 5:30 p.m.
Girls basketball: South-
west Christian at Perrydale,
4 p.m.
Men’s basketball: West-
ern Oregon at Seattle Pa-
ciic, 7 p.m.
Softball: Western Ore-
gon vs. University of Cali-
fornia, San Diego at La
Jolla, Calif., 12:30 p.m.
Western Oregon vs. Metro-
politan State (Denver) at La
Jolla Calif., 3 p.m.
Women’s basketball:
Alaska Anchorage at West-
ern Oregon, 7 p.m.
Wrestling: Dallas at
Mid-Valley Classic, 10 a.m.
Central at Robert Paul Invi-
tational, 10 a.m.
SUNDAY, FEB. 7
Baseball: Western Ore-
gon at California State,
Dominguez Hills, 11 a.m.
TUESDAY, FEB. 9
Boys basketball: Jew-
ell at Falls City, 7 p.m.
Girls basketball: Cen-
tral at Crescent Valley, 7
p.m. Dallas at South Al-
bany, 7 p.m. Jewell at Falls
City, 5:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 10
Boys basketball: Cres-
cent Valley at Central, 7
p.m. South Albany at Dal-
las, 7 p.m.
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Schedules Subject to Change
LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer
Dallas’ boys and girls bowling teams, which consist of students from Dallas, Morrison and Central, qualified for state .
Mann
aims for
state title
Accident can’t keep Cutler from bowling
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
DALLAS — For Morrison senior
Stephanie Cutler, making state is more than
a triumph in athletics. It’s a return to a sport
few, if any, thought she’d ever get to play again
and a refusal to let a life-threatening situation keep
her down.
—
It was a normal afternoon on Dec. 17, 2015.
Cutler was on her way to Starlite Lanes, much like she
had done throughout her high school career.
Only this time, she wouldn’t arrive.
“I’m walking to bowling practice and the next thing I
know I’m in a hospital bed and I don’t know why I’m here,”
Cutler said.
While crossing the street near the corner of Walnut
Avenue and Main Street, Cutler was hit by a pickup
truck. She was placed in a medical-induced coma for
two days.
“They never thought I was going to wake up,”
Cutler said. “They thought I would be mentally
challenged for the rest of my life, that I wouldn’t
be able to speak English or remember how to
do my school work. Basically, they
thought that I’d forget everything.”
See CUTLER, Page 12A
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
DALLAS — Morrison sen-
ior Luke Mann had never
picked up a bowling ball be-
fore his freshman year of
high school.
“I saw an
ad in the
(Dallas)
s c h o o l
paper and I
thought it
l o o k e d
pretty fun,”
Mann said.
Curiosity
Mann
got the
better of him and Mann
joined Dallas’ bowling team
that year, though he soon
realized he had a lot to
learn.
See MANN, Page 12A
CENTRAL SWIMMING
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Panthers’ quiet leader
Dallas
faces
injuries
Hasbrook becomes one of Central’s strongest girls
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
QUICK HITS
WOU set to host
charity game
MONMOUTH/INDEPEN-
DENCE — The New P.E.
Building at Western Oregon
University will host the Sec-
ond Annual First Respon-
der’s charity basketball
game Friday at 5:15 p.m.
Monmouth and Inde-
pendence oicers will play
against ireighters/medics
from the Polk County Fire
District.
The event is free.
Donations will be ac-
cepted. Money raised dur-
ing the event will go to-
ward supporting irst re-
sponders.
www.polkio.com
INDEPENDENCE — Cen-
tral sophomore swimmer
AnneMarie Hasbrook isn’t
one to shout at teammates,
but that doesn’t mean she
isn’t one of the Panthers
leaders.
“A n -
neMarie
is
a
silent
leader,”
Ce n t ra l
coach Jennifer
Tress said. “She isn’t as loud
as some of the other swim-
mers, but she is a very hard
worker. She takes initiative
in asking for feedback on
her stroke and asking for
splits during races. An-
neMarie is one of the
strongest swimmers for the
LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer
Central sophomore AnneMarie Hasbrook swims the
freestyle during a practice on Jan. 27.
girls team and I have really
enjoyed coaching her.”
Hasbrook, who finished
second in the 50-yard
freestyle with a time of
33.10 seconds and third in
the 100 freestyle (1:11.35) at
South Albany on Jan. 26 has
become one of the girls
team’s top swimmers.
“I’m really happy so
far,” Hasbrook said. “I was
kind of iffy at first with a
new coach coming in and
not knowing who she was
and how she was going to
play out.”
Hasbrook is no stranger
to the pool, taking swim les-
sons at the age of 2. By the
time she was 5, she had
joined a club team. Has-
brook grew addicted to the
nature of the sport.
“I definitely like how as
much work as you put in is
what you’re going to get out
of it,” Hasbrook said. “It’s up
to you. You’re held account-
able. I really enjoy it.”
That kind of personal re-
sponsibility has helped the
sophomore excel in other
parts of life as well.
“It’s kept me strong-
minded,” Hasbrook said. “It
takes a lot of mental
strength to keep going
when you really don’t want
t o. T h a t ’s h e l p e d m e
through a lot of things.”
See LEADER, Page 11A
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By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
DALLAS — In all of Dallas
girls basketball coach David
Brautigam’s years of experi-
ence, he’s never had a sea-
son quite
like this
one.
E v e r y
team deals
with its
share of in-
juries, but
the Drag-
ons have
Zwicker
been hit by
the injury bug harder than
Brautigam’s ever seen dur-
ing his coaching career.
See INJURIES, Page 12A
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