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Polk County Sports Polk County Itemizer-Observer • April 6, 2016 11A SCHEDULE Living it up WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6 Baseball: Lebanon at Central, 4:30 p.m. Wood- burn at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. St. Paul at Perrydale, 4:30 p.m. Softball: Central at Sil- verton, 4:30 p.m. Crescent Valley at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. St. Paul at Perrydale, 4:30 p.m. Track and field: Dallas at Central, 4 p.m. Senior making the most of his time in the United States THURSDAY, APRIL 7 Boys tennis: Central at Lebanon, 4 p.m. Dallas at Corvallis, 4 p.m. Girls tennis: Lebanon at Central, 4 p.m. Corvallis at Dallas, 4 p.m. FRIDAY, APRIL 8 Baseball: Central at Lebanon, 4:30 p.m. Dallas at Woodburn, 4:30 p.m. Softball: Corvallis at Central, 4:30 p.m. Dallas at Lebanon, 4:30 p.m. Scio (JV) at Perrydale, 4:30 p.m. Track and field: Falls City, Perrydale at Life Invi- tational, 3:30 p.m. Western Oregon at John Knight Twilight meet, 1 p.m. SATURDAY, APRIL 9 Baseball: Concordia at Western Oregon (DH), 1 p.m. S of tball: Wester n Washington at Western Oregon (DH), noon. Track and field: Central at Sandy Invitational, 10 a.m. Perrydale at Banks In- vitational. SUNDAY, APRIL 10 Baseball: Concordia at Western Oregon (DH), noon. Softball: Simon Fraser at Western Oregon (DH), noon. MONDAY, APRIL 11 Baseball: Kennedy at Perrydale, 4:30 p.m. Boys golf: Dallas at Trysting Tree (Corvallis), 10 a.m. Softball: Kennedy at Perrydale, 4:30 p.m. Mon- tana State, Billings at West- ern Oregon (DH), 2 p.m. TUESDAY, APRIL 12 Baseball: Silverton at Central, 4:30 p.m. Dallas at Crescent Valley, 4:30 p.m. Boys tennis: Central at Silverton, 4 p.m. Crescent Valley at Dallas, 4 p.m. Girls golf: Dallas at Trysting Tree (Corvallis), 11 a.m. Girls tennis: Silverton at Central, 4 p.m. Dallas at Crescent Valley, 4 p.m. Softball: Woodburn at Central, 4:30 p.m. Dallas at Silverton, 4:30 p.m. Mon- tana State, Billings at West- ern Oregon, 2 p.m. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13 Baseball: Central at Sil- verton, 4:30 p.m. Crescent Valley at Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Perrydale at Western Men- nonite, 4:30 p.m. Softball: Central at South Albany, 4:30 p.m. Siletz Valley at Perrydale, 4:30 p.m. Track and field: Corval- lis, Lebanon, South Albany at Central, 3:30 p.m. Wood- burn, Crescent Valley, Sil- verton at Dallas, 3:30 p.m. — Schedules Subject to Change QUICK HITS By Lukas Eggen Swinging away The Itemizer-Observer DALLAS — When senior Thomas Gniadecki arrived in America from Denmark, he was shocked. Not at the culture, or the weather or the education system but at the image he had of what Americans would look like. “There’s a lot of movies about the U.S. and the food and stuff and that people are all fat here,” Gniadecki said. “They really aren’t that big.” Of course, Gniadecki, who arrived last year on a foreign exchange stu- dent program, also found out Polk County offers a different view than the bustling city life he was used to in Denmark. “It’s pretty country here,” he said. “I live close to Copenhagen, so there’s just houses and roads. Here, there is land. My first host family had chickens. That was completely different for me. They never had that in the city.” • Dallas’ boys tennis team de- feated Woodburn 6-2 on March 29 and Central 6-2 on Thursday. • Thomas Gniadecki and Caed- mon Blair won singles matches against the Bulldogs, while the dou- bles pairs of Josh Dudley and Cole Oace, Ryan Bibler and Randy Mullins, Honorio Colipano and Evan Koons, and Michael Friesen and Travis Wilson won matches. Against Central, Gniadecki, Joe Gillette, and Blair won singles points. Mullins and Bibler, Koons and Colipano, and Wilson and Friesen earned doubles points against the Panthers. LUKAS EGGEN/ Itemizer-Observer Dallas senior Thomas Gniadecki defeated Central senior Kevin Cable 6- 1, 6-4 on Thursday afternoon at Dallas High School. Perhaps the most lasting impact of his time? The food. “(I love) the Cheesecake Factory, COLLEGE ATHLETICS Redefining masculinity WOU part of pilot program to prevent sexual assault, promote healthy masculinity By Lukas Eggen The Itemizer-Observer This is the first part of a se- ries on the Healthy Mas- culinity Campus Athletics Project. Part two will look at the project from the athletes’ perspective. MONMOUTH — What does it mean to be a man? Everything from friends and families to TV, movies and books impact how people view masculinity, both positively and nega- tively. Western Oregon is one of 13 universities nationwide hoping to identify how so- ciety views masculinity among one of the most vis- ible groups on any campus: Male athletes. They’re hoping by re- defining masculinity they can prevent something that affects people across the country — sexual assault. — One in five women and one in 16 men will be sexu- ally assaulted while in col- lege according to the Na- tional Sexual Violence Re- source Center. In recent history, several high profile cases involving alleged sexual assault have thrust collegiate athletes into the spotlight about the issue. Western Oregon hopes to be among the leaders in changing the culture around masculinity. WOU joined a pilot pro- gram during the summer of 2015 called Healthy Mas- culinity Campus Athletics Project. The HMCAP is part of the Healthy Masculinity Action Project that began in 2012 to “eradicate the harmful expectations and stereotypes our society teaches boys about what it means to be a man.” The program is an exten- sion of the Campus Against Sexual Assault grant and a i m s t o u s e a t h l e t e s’ unique position on campus to promote awareness and prevention. Representatives from the university attended a three-day training summit last August in Washington, D.C., to discuss the topic. John Wilkins, WOU Coor- dinator for Campus Life and Activities, was one of the two who attended the training. See HMCAP, Page 12A PREP TRACK AND FIELD Fairchild outjumps his pain Registration for Dragon Run open By Lukas Eggen DALLAS — Registration is open for the ninth annual Dragon Run Saturday at 10 a.m. The event features dis- tances for all ages ranging from a quarter mile to 1½ miles long. There is also a 5-kilome- ter run for adults, teens and younger kids (accompanied by an adult). Starting locations differ based on distance, but each race will finish on the Dallas High School track. Every runner will receive a medal. After covering the costs of the event, the rest of the money raised will be donat- ed to the Dallas Education Fund. Cost is $25 for the 5k run and $20 for all other dis- tances. A family/group rate (four or more runners) is available. To r e g i s t e r o n l i n e : www.runsignup.com/Drag- onRun. Day-of-race regis- tration will also be avail- able at Whitworth Elemen- tary School. PERRYDALE — It’s not the technique that Perrydale senior Kirk Fairchild finds most difficult about jumping, though he struggled to master the form required for the high jump, triple jump and long jump. It’s the pain his body experiences on an al- most daily basis. “My knees are kind of banged up,” Fairchild said. “They started hurting my sophomore year, so I’ve just had to battle through the pain. I keep find- ing new ways to make them feel better.” It’s not uncom- mon to see both of Fairchild’s knees taped up before prac- tice or a meet. But the source of his discomfort remains a mystery. “I don’t know what it is yet,” he said. “I haven’t gone to the doctors because I don’t want them to tell me no more track.” Fairchild’s love of track and field has over- ridden whatever pain he deals with — a sur- prising development for someone who never planned on competing past his freshman year. — Football was Fairchild’s go-to sport grow- ing up. The spring of his freshman year, track and field was a means to an end to stay in www.polkio.com Buffalo Wild Wings and Red Robin,” Gniadecki said. “The food is really good here.” Wanting to immerse himself dur- ing his time in America, he’s also made it a point to become as in- volved as possible with Dallas High athletics — joining the soccer and wrestling squads. See LIVING, Page 12A The Itemizer-Observer Off to the races • Perrydale’s boys and girls track and field teams competed at Kennedy on Thursday af- ternoon. Sarah Clark led the girls, winning the girls javelin with a throw of 108 feet, 7 inches. Taylor Price added second-place fin- ishes in the 100- and 300-meter hurdles. Jacob Pope took second in the boys javelin (128-4). Kirk Fairchild took second in the high jump (5-6), fourth in the long jump (18-1) and fourth in the triple jump (35-9). shape for his favorite sport. “I came out for track to stay conditioned for football,” Fairchild said. “That’s the only reason I came out.” The sport piqued his curiosity enough for him to return the following spring. It was then that coach Brian Evans con- vinced Fairchild to give jumps a try. Deciding was easy. Mastering it is a task he’s working on to this day. “Coach would say let’s focus on this, so we’d work on something like stepping,” Fairchild said. “Then I think I’d have that down and he’d say let’s focus on this part now and the steps would be all wrong. There was nothing there. The first four meets, he’d take pictures of me and show them to me. I’d tell him I look funny and he would just nod and say ‘yes, you do.’” See FAIRCHILD, Page 12A LUKAS EGGEN/ Itemizer-Observer Perrydale senior Kirk Fairchild holds school records in the long jump, triple jump and high jump. www.facebook.com/pages/Polk-County-Itemizer-Observer/205062686252209 www.twitter.com/PolkIOSports
