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Polk County Sports Polk County Itemizer-Observer • June 1, 2016 10A PREP SOFTBALL QUICK HITS BDST competes in Corvallis meet Dragons fall in state quarterfinals CORVALLIS — The Blue Dolphins Swim Team com- peted in a trophy meet in Corvallis on May 25. Kaitlyn Landis won the mixed 50-meter butterfly (10 and younger) in 48.76 seconds. Gentry Hagedorn won the 50 backstroke (10 and younger) in 48.28 sec- onds, while Savannah King won the 50 backstroke (11- 12) in 44.76. King also won the 50 freestyle in 37.60. Kadence King took sec- ond in the 50 freestyle (10 and younger) with a time of 42.41 and Taylor Hage- dorn placed second in the 100 individual medley in 1:34.12. The Blue Dolphins Swim Team is a nonprofit, com- petitive swim program based in Dallas. For more information: Mark Maxwell, familymax- ell4@yahoo.com. By Lukas Eggen The Itemizer-Observer LUKAS EGGEN/ Itemizer-Observer Podratz earns recognition MONMOUTH — Western Oregon baseball player Trevor Podratz received an All-America honorable mention from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association on May 25. P o - dratz, a s e n i o r, trans- ferred to W O U prior to t h e 2 0 1 6 season. Podratz He led the Wolves in batting aver- age, .391, hits (70) and runs batted in (44). Podratz also had a 22- game hit streak during the season that saw the Wolves advance to the Great Northwest Athletic Confer- ence tournament champi- onship game before falling to Northwest Nazarene. Podratz is the third WOU player to earn All-American honorable mention, join- ing Blake Miller in 2013 and Mike McRae in 2005. WOU volleyball adds four MONMOUTH — Western Oregon’s volleyball team announced the signing of four student-athletes on May 24. WOU will add Makanna Behrens (Kennewick, Wash.), Jenna Compton (Phelan, Calif.), Morgan Haskett (Roseburg) and Katherine Huntington (Su- perior, Colo.). All four are expected to enroll in the fall and be eli- gible for competition upon arriving at campus. Western Oregon fin- ished 8-21 overall and 5-15 in conference play in 2015. Tommy Gott was an- nounced as new head coach earlier this year. STAT SHEET 70 The number of hits Western Oregon base- ball player Trevor Podratz recorded during the 2016 season. Podratz ranked first in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference in batting aver- age (.391) and was second in hits and RBIs. www.polkio.com Dallas freshman Kaelynn Simmons gets ready to throw a runner out at first base against Sandy on May 25. EUGENE — Dallas’ soft- ball team’s run in the state playoffs ended in the quar- terfinals round on Friday. The No. 6 Dragons fell to third-seeded Churchill 6-0 in Eugene, ending Dallas’ sea- son. “Friday’s game was a tough loss,” senior Yasmine El-Hato said. “We could have won that game if we had brought all our bats and had minimized our errors. I feel like if we had the chance to play them again, we could beat them, no question in my mind. However, things like that happen and we just have to accept it and move on.” The Dragons opened the playoffs with a 9-1 win over Sandy on May 25 in the first round. Sandy scored the first run of the game in the top of the first, but Dallas re- sponded with nine u n a n - swered. “We had an error in the first, Nelson and I think at the beginning of the sea- son, we would have let that get to us and not stop the bleeding,” Dallas coach Brandi Jackson said. “We got in there and shut them down and answered that same inning.” Olivia Nelson recorded a triple in the first inning, Emily May stole third before scoring on an errant throw in the fourth, and the Drag- ons added five runs in the bottom of the sixth to get some more space. “It was so much fun,” Ash- lee Lichtenberger said. “Everyone hit the crap out of the ball.” The fun w o u l d n’t last, though, as Dallas finished the season 19-9 overall and 17-7 in Mid- Willamette El-Hato Conference play. “Overall, we had a great sea- s o n ,” E l - Hato said. “I would not have wanted to end my Linn season with any other team because they made my senior season memorable.” Dallas will lose several key seniors to graduation, in- cluding El-Hato, outfielder Makena Linn and catcher Ciara Greisen. See DRAGONS, Page 11A Adult rec grows up By Lukas Eggen The Itemizer-Observer DALLAS — When the city of Dallas brought adult recreation programs back in 2013, the goal was simple — give people a way to stay ac- tive. “The original goal was to get adult recreation going,” David Brautigam said. “We wanted to establish it, make sure it ran well and was successful. The way to do that was through main- stream sports.” Basketball, volleyball and softball leagues soon popped up and have grown each year. The basketball league has doubled in size from eight teams to 16, Brautigam said. Now the goal is shifting from establishing adult re c re a t i o n t o o f f e r i n g something for people of all fitness levels. Things like pickleball, played during the summer, gives older adults an option for getting involved. Now, the city is ready to cast a wide net, Brautigam said. The city started offering pingpong, played every Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 7 to 8 a.m. and noon to 1 p.m. at the Civic Center, and a walking club that meets at Roger Jordan Community Park (days vary). T h e Tr i a t h l o n F i e l d Games, consisting of bocce ball, corn hole and disc golf will be held for the first time Saturday at 11 a.m. (registra- t i o n d u e We d n e s d a y (today)). “We’re really trying to get people 25 to 70 years old in- volved in a variety of sports,” Brautigam said. See REC, Page 11A Upcoming sports • Registration for coed softball (due June 17) and men’s soft- ball (due July 1) is now open. • Pingpong is offered every Monday, Thursday and Friday from 7 to 8 a.m. and noon to 1 p.m. at the Civic Center. • Signups for Mighty Mites is due Friday. • For more information: www..ci.dallas.or.us/756/Adult- Recreation or David Brautigam, david.brautigam@dallasor.gov. LUKAS EGGEN/ Itemizer-Observer file Pickleball is one of the activities the city of Dallas helped start that is aimed at attract- ing adults of all ages to get more active. One down, Western duo places at three to go ... COLLEGE TRACK AND FIELD national championships Itemizer-Observer staff report BRADENTON, Fla. — Western Oregon sopho- more David Ribich and sen- ior Sam Naffziger earned All-American honors Satur- day at the NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Ribich finished fifth in the men’s 1,500-meter run with a time of 3 minutes, 50.76 seconds. “I was trying to position myself close to the front, but same as in- doors, all those top guys hit an extra Ribich gear and started to pull away early,” Ribich said. “I’m looking for- ward to the next two years to try and chop it down to a higher place finish.” Naffziger finished eighth in the same race in 3:52.37, earning the race’s final All- American spot. “It was all just really sur- real,” Naffziger said. “It kind of hit me (on Saturday morning) that I would be done after today. The goal was All-American and get- ting eighth place is still All- American.” See WOU, Page 11A L UKAS E GGEN Commentary It was a moment 26 years in the making. The crowd could barely contain its an- ticipation. A single putt stood between me and glory. 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