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Polk County Sports Polk County Itemizer-Observer • August 3, 2016 11A QUICK HITS Central to host sports physicals INDEPENDENCE — Cen- tral High School will hold sports physicals Aug. 9 from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Physicals will take place at the Panther Pit. Cost is $10. DHS, CHS fall sports registration coming POLK COUNTY — Regis- tration for the high school fall sports season will take place Aug. 8-11 at Dallas and Central high schools. Those who are not reg- istered by Aug. 11 will not be able to practice on Aug. 15, the first day of of- ficial practices. Cost in Dallas is $150 for all sports. Those quali- fying for free lunch must provide a letter from the district office. Cost will then be reduced to $35. Paperwork is available online at www.sites.google.com/a/d sd2.org/dallas-high- school-athletics/ and will be in the athletic office starting Aug. 8. At Central, registration will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 8-11 at the ath- letic office. Cost is $50. Forms will be available at the office. Having some fun in the sun LUKAS EGGEN/ Itemizer-Observer Racers take off at the start of the Summerfest Fun Run on Saturday morning. Runners and walkers took part in the 5-kilometer race. Bike MS returns to WOU Friday LUKAS EGGEN/ Itemizer-Observer Dashiell McNett-Barth gets a little help preparing for the start of the Kids Triathlon. MONMOUTH — Bike MS will set up camp at Western Oregon Universi- ty Friday through Sunday. The charity ride offers a variety of distances for cy- clists from 18 to 100 miles. Money raised from the event goes toward help- ing people affected by multiple sclerosis live the best lives possible. It’s not to late to regis- ter to ride, volunteer or donate. For more information: www.main.na- tionalmssociety.org/site/T R/Bike/ORCBikeEvents?pg =entry&fr_id=27007. Cross Creek men’s club results DALLAS — Cross Creek’s men’s club results for July 24: Progressive Tees Tour- nament Gross: 1, Joe Johnson, 74; 2, Wayne Weathers, 77. Net: 1, John Mangini, 66; 2, Bob Bennett, 67; 3 (tie), Randy Wiley, Wayne Baughman and Lynn Hurt, 68. July 26 Low gross/low net Gross: 1, Lee Gamaney, 37; 2 (tie), Rich Dominick and Kevin O’Brien, 38. Net: 1, Jim Schroeder, 30; 2, John Hopkins, 32; 3, Bob Sprinkle, 33; 4, John Mangini, 34. Golf scramble set for Thursday DALLAS — Western Oregon will host the Wolves on the Green golf scramble for women’s ath- letics Thursday at noon at Cross Creek Golf Course. Cost is $75 each or $300 per team and includes din- ner. Money raised will help create championship ex- periences for student-ath- letes. For more informa- tion: 503-838-8449. www.polkio.com LUKAS EGGEN/ Itemizer-Observer LUKAS EGGEN/ Itemizer-Observer LUKAS EGGEN/ Itemizer-Observer Grayson Keene races to the finish at the Dallas Aquatic Center’s Kids Triathlon on Friday morning. A trio of runners sprints toward the finish line at the Summerfest Fun Run Saturday. Ivy Nicolas gets ready to start the Kids Triathlon at the Dallas Aquatic Center. DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS Condition of high school track up for debate By Lukas Eggen The Itemizer-Observer DALLAS — When Dallas track and field coach Bill Masei began the 2016 sea- son, he looked for a way to cut down on the number of injuries — specifically shin splints. That included giving athletes an extra day of rest and staying off the high school’s track as much as possible. Dallas School District Fa- cilities Manager Kevin Mon- tague said the track isn’t the culprit and still has “several” years of life left. “I don’t deal with feelings, I deal with data,” Montague said. “The data simply does not support the theory that we need to replace the track at this point. Any evidence like shin splints, it’s purely anecdotal. You can’t draw LUKAS EGGEN/ Itemizer-Observer file The track at Dallas High School was installed in 2004 the correlation from a scien- tific perspective and say the track was the cause when a majority of shin splints can be reduced by additional stretching and exercises.” Montague said the district had representatives from Beynon Sports Surfaces ex- amine the track in 2015 and again on July 26. In a letter from 2015, Gary Logsdon, vice-president of sales for Beynon Sports Surfaces, said the track showed no signifi- cant signs of wear. Logsdon said the compa- ny tells people 10 to 12 years is the time frame for resur- facing. Dallas’ track was originally installed in 2004, making it 12 years old, but Montague said that number is more of a guideline than a hard deadline. See TRACK, Page 12A Dirtbags fall in state tournament By Lukas Eggen The Itemizer-Observer KEIZER — Offensive ex- plosions and a dash of con- troversy highlighted the DeMarini Dirtbags’ run in the American Legion AAA state tour- nament in Keizer. T h e Dirtbags advanced to day four of five of the double Weaver elimina- tion tournament. The squad opened the championship with a 16-3 win over the Bi-Mar t Challengers on July 27 that saw the Dirtbags jump out to a big lead early thanks in part to a three-run home run from Sam Swenson. The bats went silent on www.facebook.com/pages/Polk-County-Itemizer-Observer/205062686252209 Mendazona bracket. The Dirtbags stayed alive by blowing past Ad- vanced Metals (of Gre- sham) 17-6 on Friday, but the team’s run for a state title came to an end on Saturday after a 4-3 loss to the Medford Mustangs. The Dirtbags trailed 4-1 earlier in the game, but pulled to within one run with runners on first and second and two outs. The potential game-tying runner was thrown out at home plate to end the team’s season in a close call. See DIRTBAGS, Page 12A www.twitter.com/PolkIOSports IMAGINE Our Communities without our LOCAL NEWSPAPER! Thank the businesses who advertise in the Itemizer-Observer. Without them... I n t e r e s t e d i n a d v e r t i s i n g ? C a l l 5 0 3 - 6 2 3 - 2 3 7 3 day two, as the Dirtbags fell to the Withnell Dodgers 7 - 1 , bumping them to the loser’s