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Polk County Itemizer-Observer • September 7, 2016 8A
PREP FOOTBALL
SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7
Women’s Soccer: West-
ern Oregon at Academy of
Art, noon.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 8
Boys Soccer: Benson at
Dallas, 4 p.m.
Volleyball: South Al-
bany at Central, 6 p.m. Dal-
las at Crescent Valley, 6
p.m. Jewell at Falls City,
5:30 p.m. Perrydale at
Crosshill Christian, 5:30
p.m. Western Oregon vs.
Concordia-Irvine at Tur-
lock, Calif., 2:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 9
Cross-country: Western
Oregon at Ash Creek Invita-
tional, 5 p.m.
Football: Central at
Mountain View, 7 p.m. Dal-
las at North Eugene, 7 p.m.
Dufur at Falls City, 7 p.m.
Perrydale at Lowell, 7 p.m.
Volleyball: Perrydale at
Lowell, 5 p.m. Western Ore-
gon vs. Hawaii Pacific at
Turlock, Calif., 12:30 p.m.
Western Oregon vs. Chico
State at Turlock, Calif., 5:30
p.m.
Women’s Soccer: West-
ern Oregon vs. Stanislaus
State at Turlock, Calif., 7
p.m.
Pirates survive test from Falls City
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
P E R RY D A L E — N e w
coach, same goal.
The Perrydale football
team, fresh off a trip to the
1A state semifinals in 2015,
has state title aspirations but
first up was a game against
rival Falls City.
The Mountaineers gave
the Pirates all they could
handle for three quarters.
Perrydale defeated Falls
City 20-8 on Friday, in coach
Duane Riddell’s Perrydale
debut.
“Beating Falls City is al-
ways a nice win,” senior
Haylen Janesofsky said. “Our
rivalry al-
ways keeps
the stakes a
little higher,
and
it
keeps us on
our toes.”
Janesof-
sky scored
Janesofsky
one receiv-
ing touchdown on a 29-yard
pass.
Perrydale trailed 8-6 en-
tering the fourth after Falls
City’s Austin Burgess re-
turned an interception 75
yards for a touchdown.
The Pirates responded by
scoring the final 14 points in
the fourth.
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BRIAN EVANS/ for the Itemizer-Observer
Haylen Janesofsky (5) attempts to evade Falls City’s Zach Varney on Friday.
PREP SOCCER
LIGHTING THE FIRE
SATURDAY, SEPT. 10
Cross-country: Central,
Dallas at Ash Creek Cross-
Country Festival, 10 a.m.
Football: Central Wash-
ington at Western Oregon,
1 p.m.
Volleyball: Western
Oregon vs. Stanislaus State
at Turlock, Calif., 10:30 a.m.
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
SUNDAY, SEPT. 11
Women’s Soccer: West-
ern Oregon vs. Fresno Pa-
cific at Turlock, Calif., 2 p.m.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 13
Boys Soccer: Central at
North Marion, 4 p.m.
Girls Soccer: North Mar-
ion at Central, 6 p.m.
Volleyball: Crescent Val-
ley at Central, 6 p.m. Dallas
at Corvallis, 6 p.m. Falls City
at Perrydale, 5:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 14
Cross-country: Central
at Silver Falls Invitational, 4
p.m.
Women’s Soccer: Ore-
gon Tech at Western Ore-
gon, 3 p.m.
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Schedules Subject to Change
QUICK HITS
Wolves to hold
softball tryouts
MONMOUTH — Western
Oregon’s softball team will
hold tryouts for the 2016-
17 season on Sept. 26 at
4:30 p.m. at the WOU soft-
ball field.
Per NCAA rules, tryouts
are limited to those who
have already graduated
high school and shall not
exceed two hours.
Interested players must
turn in medical paperwork
by Sept. 20. Required forms
are available online at
www.wouwolves.com/new
s/2016/9/1/softball-to -
hold-tryout-on-sept-
26.aspx. Contact WOU coach
Lonny Sargent at sar-
gentl@wou.edu no later
than Sept. 16 to be consid-
ered for the tryouts. Turning
in paperwork does not mean
you are eligible to try out.
Players must bring their
own equipment.
Cross Creek
men’s club results
DALLAS — Cross
Creek’s men’s club results
for Aug. 30:
Two man best ball low
gross/net
Gross: 1, Lee Taylor-Paul
Disney, 33; 2, Joe Johnson-
Randy Wiley, 36.
Net: 1, David Karr-Den-
nis Bergman, 26; 2 (tie),
Vern Smith-Darrel Smed-
stad, D on S eth-Eldon
Rivers and Bob Sprinkle-
Lynn Hurt, 31.
Hole-in-one
DALLAS — Dan Van
Camp recorded a hole-in-
one at Dallas Golf Course
during the Dallas Quarter-
back Club golf tourna-
ment on Aug. 20. Van
Camp recorded the ace on
the 121-yard ninth hole
using a pitching wedge.
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Alyssa Orozco (9) chases down a ball during Central’s soccer match against North Salem on Thursday.
INDEPENDENCE — For
Central’s girls soccer team, a
tie never felt so good.
The Panthers finished 0-
12-0 in 2015. Trailing North
Salem 1-0 midway through
the second half on Thursday,
Central was looking for a
spark.
It found it when senior
Abigail Cis-
n e r o s
scored on a
header to
tie
the
game at 1.
“I think
once they
saw that
they put
Cisneros
one in the
back of the net, they got that
confidence,” coach Veronica
Lepe said. “They got that
burst of energy and the fire of
wanting to get more goals.
They started communicating
a lot better as a team.”
T h e Pa n t h e r s h a d a
chance to take a lead late in
the second half, but saw a
shot hit the cross bar. Al-
though missing a chance on
earning the victory, a tie lift-
ed their spirits.
“It really is big,” senior
Alyssa Orozco said. “Last
year, it was sad everywhere
because we didn’t win any
games. Knowing that we at
least tied the first game, it
meant a lot for us.”
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PREP FOOTBALL
Dragons run over Parkrose
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
DALLAS — The ground
and pound is back.
And Dallas showed just
how dangerous it can be.
Dallas’ football team
cruised to a 47-30 win over
Parkrose on Friday. Dallas
built a 40-0 lead in the sec-
ond half and led 40-8 enter-
ing the final quarter before
pulling starters.
“Our guys were totally
outsized,” coach Tracy Jack-
son said. “If you saw the
game you’d see someone
like Tim Hensley, who is 165
pounds, trying to block a
guy that weighs 305. Our
guys are fighters, and I think
we set a tone early.”
Senior running back/line-
backer Tanner Ear har t
scored a pair of first-quarter
touchdowns — one on of-
fense and one on defense
after recovering a fumble —
and Dallas never looked
back.
“Up front our line was just
dominant,” Earhart said.
“We were beating them off
the ball.”
More importantly, it was
the team’s first season-open-
DAWN FELDMAN/ for the Itemizer-Observer
Dallas senior Tanner Earhart looks for an open running lane against Parkrose on Friday.
Earhart scored a pair of touchdowns during the Dragons’ 47-30 victory.
ing win since the 2013 sea-
son — the last time the
Dragons qualified for the
state playoffs.
“It’s nice to get a good
win,” Earhart said. “You
start with an opening loss
and we kind of questioned
ourselves. There’s just a
much different feeling — a
better, more positive feel-
ing everywhere.”
After dabbling with
changing its offense to start
the 2015 season, the Drag-
ons got back to basics — the
run game.
Tristan Evans rushed for
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164 yards and two touch-
downs. Earhart added 99
yards and Evan Courtney
ran for 57 yards and a touch-
down. Quarterback Caed-
mon Blair also rushed for 35
yards and a touchdown.
If one thing was clear to
players it was this: they
loved getting back to Dallas
football.
“It’s nice,” Earhart said.
“It’s the offense we ran as a
freshman. We’re familiar
with it and we all love it –
downhill, hard-nose, foot-
ball.
Dallas travels to North Eu-
gene on Friday with what
promises to be a stiffer chal-
lenge than Parkrose, which
saw a new head coach
roaming the sidelines.
“We have to become more
flawless as much as we can
every week with what we’re
doing,” Jackson said. “I think
we have a good, solid core,
but sometimes quickness
can cover mistakes. Every-
thing gets tougher from here
on out. North Eugene won
nine games last year. They’re
a lot like us, they’re not real
big, but they compete. We’re
going to have our hands
full.”
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