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Polk County Sports SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, FEB. 24 Boys basketball: Cor- vallis at Central, 7 p.m. Dal- las at Lebanon, 7 p.m. Class 1A state playofs, irst round: Perrydale at Trian- gle Lake, 7 p.m. THURSDAY, FEB. 25 M e n ’s b a s k e t b a l l : Western Oregon at Mon- tana State, Billings, 6 p.m. Women’s basketball: Saint Martin’s at Western Oregon, 7 p.m. FRIDAY, FEB. 26 Boys basketball: Woodburn at Central, 7 p.m. Dallas at Silverton, 7 p.m. Girls basketball: Cen- tral at Woodburn, 7 p.m. Silverton at Dallas, 7 p.m. Class 1A State Playofs, sec- ond round: Perrydale vs. TBA, TBA. Wrestling: Dallas, Central at Class 5A State Champi- onships, Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Portland, 9 a.m. SATURDAY, FEB. 27 Boys basketball: Class 1A State Playofs, second round: Perrydale vs. TBA, TBA. Track and ield: West- ern Oregon at Seattle Pa- ciic Final Qualiier, all day. Women’s basketball: Seattle Paciic at Western Oregon, 2 p.m. Wrestling: Dallas, Cen- tral at Class 5A State Championships, Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Port- land, 9 a.m. Polk County Itemizer-Observer • February 24, 2016 15A PERRYDALE BOYS BASKETBALL Pirates rally to clinch trip to state By Lukas Eggen The Itemizer-Observer PERRYDALE — Facing a win-or-go-home situa- tion, Perrydale’s boys basketball team rose to the occasion at the Casco League Tournament. Trailing Willamette Val- ley Christian by eight, the Pirates outscored WVC 22-8 in the fourth quarter to earn a 39-33 win on Saturday — and a trip to the OSAA Class 1A state playoffs. “We remembered in the fourth quarter what makes our team success- ful: attacking the basket Janesofsky a n d playing w i t h physi- cality,” Perr y- d a l e coach Mi k e Lowr y said. Spencer Bibler scored a game-high 14 points — all in the second half — and went eight-for-eight from the free-throw line in the fourth quarter. Haylen Janesofsky added 12 points. The Pirates dropped their opening game of Playoff time What: First round, OSAA Class 1A boys state bas- ketball playoffs. Who: Perrydale Pirates (19-7, Casco League No. 3) at Triangle Lake (12-13, Mountain West League No. 2) When: Wednesday (today), 7 p.m. Where: Triangle Lake High School. Admission: Adults, $6; students and children, $4. What’s at stake: The winner advances to the round of 16 (state second round) and will play on Saturday against a yet-to-be determined oppo- nent. the Casco League Tour- nament to C.S. Lewis 39- 34 on Friday. Perrydale earned the league’s third seed at state. The Pirates play at Tri- angle Lake Wednesday (today) at 7 p.m. in the first round of the state LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer playoffs. Perrydale’s Spencer Bibler goes up for See PIRATES, Page 17A a shot against C.S. Lewis on Friday. PREP WRESTLING Dallas, Central send 22 to state TUESDAY, MARCH 1 Girls basketball: Class 5A state play-in round: Central, Dallas vs. TBA, TBA. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2 Boys basketball: Class 5A state play-in round: Central, Dallas vs. TBA, TBA. Girls basketball: Class 1A State Playofs, quarteri- nals: Perrydale vs. TBA, TBA — Schedules Subject to Change QUICK HITS KVCS to offer self- defense classes POLK COUNTY — Kings Valley Charter School will ofer a Kumgang Taekwon- do and Self-Defense class beginning Monday. Kim Savage, a fourth-de- gree black belt, will teach the class. Savage has been teaching since 1994. Cost is $49 per month for two half-hour classes per week. A uniform will be in- cluded. Deadline to register is Friday so uniforms can be ordered. Payment is due with registration. Classes are broken down by age group. K-2 (3:15 to 3:45 p.m.), third- through ifth-graders (4 to 4:30 p.m.) and adults (6 to 6:30 p.m.) will meet Mondays and Wednesdays. Middle school students (3:15 to 3:45 p.m.) and high school students (4 to 4:30 p.m.) will meet Tues- days and Thursdays. Paperwork can be picked up at the KVCS oice. For more information: www.simplesavage.com. Registration for Mighty Mites open DALLAS — Dallas will host its Mighty Mites pro- gram every Saturday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. in March beginning March 5 at Oak- dale Elementary School. Cost is $25. A T-shirt is in- cluded. Deadline is March 3. For more information: David Brautigam, david.brautigam@dallasor.g ov. www.polkio.com LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer Dallas senior Jeff Dunagan celebrates winning a district title in the 170-pound class on Saturday evening at South Albany High School. Central senior Collin Swinehart (right) wrestles Lebanon’s Armando Bastillas in the 145-pound district final one Saturday night. Dragons send 14 wrestlers to Tuipulotu, Swinehart and state, take second at districts Negrete claim district titles By Lukas Eggen The Itemizer-Observer ALBANY — For the first time in seven years, Dallas’ wrestling squad didn’t raise the team trophy at the Mi d - Wi l l a m e t t e Conference Dis- t r i c t Wr e s t l i n g Championships. The Dragons placed second in the team standings behind Lebanon, but Dallas still fig- ures to be a major Molina player at the OSAA 5A State Wrestling Championships on Friday and Satur- day at Veterans Memorial Colise- um. The Dragons qualified 13 wrestlers for state, Ta. Earhart including three district champions: Tanner Earhart (152 pounds), Jeff Dunagan (170) and Marcos Molina (220) and sec- ond-place finishes from Dawson By Lukas Eggen Barcroft (106), Jacob Jones (113), The Itemizer-Observer Noah Sickles (126), Ean Woodruff (138) and Cody Janssen (152). ALBANY — The Central wrestling For Dunagan and Earhart, their team entered the Mid-Willamette triumph at districts was, in part, a Conference District Wrestling result of a pact made long before the Championships looking to improve district fi- upon its nals on Sat- s h ow i n g urday. in 2015. Prior to T h e What: OSAA Class 5A State Wrestling Champi- the start of Panthers onships. the season, succeed- When: Feb. 26, 9 a.m.; Feb. 27, 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Dunagan ed, plac- Where: Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Portland. and Earhart ing third Admission: Friday — adults, $20; students, $12 decided in the (good all day). Saturday — adults, $20; students, $12 that, de- t e a m (per session). All-session passes are also available . spite the standings Dallas Qualifiers: Angie Sletten, sr., 106 (qualified difference and hav- for the girls state championships); Dawson Barcroft, in weight fr., 106; Jacob Jones, fr., 113; Joseph Foster, fr., 113; ing eight class, they Jesse Stuhr, sr., 120; Sammy Chung, sr., 126; Noah Sick- wrestlers les, soph., 126; Ean Woodruff, sr., 138; Tanner Earhart, would be- qualify for jr., 152; Cody Janssen, jr., 152; Treve Earhart, soph., 160; come train- the OSAA Jeff Dunagan, sr., 170; Clay Coxen, jr., 182; Marcos ing partners Class 5A Molina, sr., 220. and test S t a t e Central Qualifiers: Collin Swinehart, sr., 145; John each other’s Wrestling Lippsmeyer, sr., 152; Gabriel Arreguin, sr., 160; David limits. Champi- Negrete, jr., 182; Sam Crow, jr., 195; Opeti Tuipulotu, See onships, sr., 220; Marlon Tuipulotu, jr., 285; Caleb Sedlacek, DALLAS, two more soph., 285. than the Page 16A State Wrestling www.facebook.com/pages/Polk-County-Itemizer-Observer/205062686252209 previous year. Among them in- cluded a trio of dis- trict champions: Collin Swinehart (145 pounds), David Negrete (182) and Marlon Tuipulotu (285) and a second-place M. Tuipulotu finish from Opeti Tuipulotu (220). “I wanted to show my family members that I could do this and show my team- mates who I am,” Negrete said. “My coaches and my Negrete family taught me everything I know about wrestling, and I knew if I placed higher in districts I’d have a great chance at placing state.” All three of Central’s district champions enter the state wrestling championships this weekend with something to prove. 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