Polk County Sports
Polk County Itemizer-Observer • September 7, 2016 9A
WESTERN OREGON ROUNDUP
Stretching out
WOU football downs
Sacramento State
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
Western Oregon’s football
team opened the 2016 sea-
son with a big statement.
The Wolves defeated Divi-
sion I Sacramento State 38-
30 on Saturday.
Junior receiver Paul Revis
gained 175 all-purpose yards
with two
t o u c h -
downs,
while line-
backers Bo
Highburg-
er and Tolu
Naea com-
bined for
26 tackles.
Revis
Re v i s
gave WOU a 14-0 lead in the
first after scoring on a 19-
yard pass and a 74-yard punt
return.
WOU led 21-16 at the half.
Sacramento State pulled to
within 24-22 with 14:03 left
in the fourth, but a 36-yard
touchdown pass from Nick
Duckworth to Wesley Gray
and a 30-yard run from Tor-
reahno Sweet put the Wolves
up 38-22 with five minutes
to play.
Sacramento State scored
once more, but WOU held
on for the win.
Senior lineman Jeremy
Moore had two sacks to help
lead the defense.
Western Oregon hosts
Central Washington Satur-
day at 1 p.m.
SOCCER DEFEATS GEORGE
F O X : W e s t e r n O r e g o n ’s
women’s soccer team defeated
George Fox 1-0 on Thursday in
the Wolves’ season-opener.
Taylor Higa broke a 0-0 tie
with the game winner in the
51st minute.
G o a l -
keeper Cait-
lyn Kastelic
made seven
saves. True
freshman
K a s t e l i c ’s
best save
came in the
81st minute,
Higa
stopping a
shot from 15-yards out in a
one-on-one scenario.
The Wolves hit the road to
face the Academy of Art on
Wednesday (today), Stanislaus
State on Friday and Fresno Pa-
cific on Sunday. The Wolves
host Oregon Tech on Sept. 14
at 3 p.m.
RIBICH WINS INVITATION-
AL: Western Oregon junior
David Ribich won the John
Frank Oregon State Cross-
Country Invitational on Satur-
day. Ribich finished with a time
of 18 minutes, 21.6 seconds, 11
seconds ahead of second place.
WOU took second in the team
standings behind Portland. All
seven of the Wolves runners
finished in
the top 19,
including
Justin Cross-
white (10th),
Tyler Jones
( 1 2 t h ) ,
Michael Chin
(16th), Josh
Dempsey
Ribich
(17th), Alan
Ekanger (18th) and Hunter
Mosman (19th).
The women took third in the
team standings, led by a 10th-
place finish by Nicole Maur-
mann in 17:59.0.
Western Oregon will host
the Ash Creek Invitational Fri-
day at 5 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL GOES 0-3 AT
TOURNEY : Western Oregon’s
volleyball team dropped three
matches at the Concordia
Labor Day Tournament Thurs-
day through Saturday in Port-
land. The Wolves lost to No. 15
Florida Southern in the open-
ing match of the tournament
11-25, 18-25, 25-20, 25-21, 15-
9. WOU was swept by Embry-
Riddle 25-22, 25-23, 25-23 on
Friday and fell in four sets to
Metro State on Saturday 25-22,
14-25, 25-9, 25-21.
WOU will compete at the Di-
vision II West Region Volleyball
Showcase in Turlock, Calif.
Thursday through Saturday.
WOU will face Concordia-Irvine
on Thursday, Hawaii Pacific and
Chico State on Friday and
Stanislaus State on Saturday.
It
LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer
Western Oregon senior Shelby Peterson tries to score against George Fox on Thurs-
day afternoon. Peterson was unable to score, but Taylor Higa added a goal in the
51st minute to help the Wolves earn a 1-0 win in the team’s season-opening match.
Fire: Central rides second half surge to tie
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After a frustrating first
half, the Panthers came out
fired up in the second, with
crisp passes and an aggres-
siveness that Lepe hopes
Central will build on.
“This gives us hope,” Lepe
said. “It lets us know that we
can do this. We just have to
work hard and play as a
team. I think that was lack-
ing last year. We had a lot of
good individuals, but not a
solid team. We’re focused on
that this year.”
The Panthers, which
played McNary Tuesday
after press time, host North
Marion on Sept. 13 at 6
p.m.
After earning the tie to
open the season, Central
now looks to get in the win
column and continuing to
build momentum.
“We have to keep playing
together, communicating
and making good passes,”
senior Ana Becerra said.
“We can’t let our guard
down.”
Central went through the
entire 2015 season without a
win or a tie.
Now that the Panthers
have tasted a bit of success,
Lepe said Central is on the
prowl for more.
“We want to start out with
how they played the last 20
minutes,” Lepe said. “They
need that fire of wanting to
compete and win right off
the bat. They shouldn’t need
a goal to know they can do
this, because they have the
skills.”
FALLS CITY ROUNDUP
DALLAS ROUNDUP
Volleyball goes 1-2 at McKay tourney Volleyball defeats
Portland Waldorf
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McKAY — Dallas’ volley-
ball squad went 1-2 at the
McKay Tournament on Sat-
urday.
The Dragons defeated
McKay 25-18, 25-11 before
falling to Hood River Valley
twice, 25-20, 25-21 and 29-
27, 21-25, 15-7.
“Saturday was a great day
to get our feet wet for the
upcoming league season,”
coach Shana Lavier said.
“Megan Ronco had a great
performance for us.”
The Dragons opened
Mid-Willamette Conference
play against Lebanon Tues-
day after press time. Dallas
plays at Crescent Valley on
Thursday
and at Cor-
vallis on
Tuesday.
“This is
going to be
a
year
where we
have to
Ronco
constantly
build on each match,” Lavier
said. “We had some really
good things happen, but we
also have some things we re-
ally need to work on to be a
contender in this league.”
SOCCER FALLS TO
FRANKLIN: Dallas’ girls soccer
team fell to Franklin 1-0 on
Thursday. Though the Dragons
lost the tightly contested
match, coach Kirk Myrold saw
several strong performances.
“Our defensive back four of
Kloe Totten, Emmalee Jones,
Katie Senger and Callista Kiner
continually thwarted Franklin’s
attack,” Myrold said. “The four
worked well together, commu-
nicated and covered each other
when needed.”
The Dragons played St. He-
lens Tuesday after press time.
Dallas hosts McNary Thursday
at 4 p.m.
BOYS SOCCER LOSES
OPENER: Dallas’ boys soccer
team dropped its season-open-
ing match to Eagle Point 2-1 on
Thursday. The Dragons played
St. Helens Tuesday after press
time. Dallas hosts Benson
Thursday at 4 p.m.
CROSS TAKES FOURTH: Dal-
las’ girls cross-country team
placed ninth in the 1A-4A divi-
sion at the Nike Ultimook Race
on Saturday. Jamie English led
the girls with
a time of 25
minutes, 34.6
seconds to
place 44th.
The boys
team did not
have enough
runners to
score in the
team stand-
Cross
ings. Trevor
Cross placed fourth with a time
of 18:02.8. The Dragons will
compete at the Ash Creek Invi-
tational Saturday at noon at
Western Oregon University.
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P O R T L A N D — Fa l l s
City’s volleyball squad
opened its season with a
21-25, 17-25, 25-20, 25-23,
15-12 victory over Portland
Waldorf on Aug. 30. Stats
were not available as of
press time.
The Mountaineers
played C.S. Lewis Tuesday
after press time.
Falls City hosts Jewell
Thursday at 5:30 p.m. be-
fore playing at Perrydale
Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.
FOOTBALL FALLS TO PER-
RYDALE: Falls City’s football
team fell to Perrydale 20-8 on
Friday.
The Mountaineers took an
8-6 lead into the fourth quar-
ter after an interception return
for a touchdown by Austin
Burgess in the second quarter,
but the Pirates were able to
keep Falls City’s offense from
scoring.
The Mountaineers (0-1) host
Dufur Friday at 7 p.m.
Dufur defeated Hosanna
Christian 30-28 in its season-
opener on Friday. The Moun-
taineers open league play
against Mapleton on Sept. 16.
CENTRAL ROUNDUP
Panther football drops season-opener
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INDEPENDENCE — Cen-
tral’s football team dropped
a thriller to Bend, falling 26-
24 on Friday.
Running back Alvin
Berroa scored on an 80-yard
touchdown on the Panthers’
first play from scrimmage,
but Bend responded.
“Sometimes scoring like
that can set you up for failure
because it looks too easy,”
c o a c h
S h a n e
Hedrick
said. “I
don’t know
if we let up
just a little
bit, but
Bend exe-
Berroa
cuted very
well and it was a little bit of
wow, what just hit us.”
Bend took a 20-18 lead
into the half. Each team was
held to a touchdown in the
second half.
Berroa finished with 166
yards on the ground. Receiv-
er Peter Mason had 11
catches for 177 yards and a
touchdown, while Luis
Amador had seven tackles
on defense.
“I think from week one to
week two there’s a huge im-
provement,” Hedrick said.
Pirates: Lowell up next
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More importantly, it was
the first step on Perrydale’s
quest to return to the state
playoffs — and the start of a
journey that they hope in-
cludes two more wins than
last year.
“We know what we have
to do in order to go deep
into the playoffs,” Janesofsky
said. “We know the work
ethic it’ll take. It’s going to
take teamwork, but we can
re-create last season and
hopefully go further.”
Players hit the weight
room dur-
ing the off-
season,
Janesofsky
said, and
the Pirates
boast sev-
e r a l
weapons.
Domes
“The dif-
ference for our team in get-
ting the win (against Falls
City) was the fact that we
were able to utilize more
than one weapon,” Janesof-
sky said. “We could misdi-
rect their defense when they
keyed on any one player.
There’s not just one threat.”
Daniel Domes threw for
267 yards and three touch-
downs. Janesofsky, Jacob
Pope and Michael Magill
caught receiving touch-
downs.
Cooper Butler rushed for
137 yards.
Perrydale plays at Lowell
on Friday.
“We made a whole bunch
of first game mistakes, but
we were pleased with the end
result,” coach Duane Riddell
said. “The guys played hard.”
“It’s tough to come in after a
loss to a team you felt you
should have beat. I think we
learned we need to finish
plays. You practice some-
thing over and over and over
in a practice setting, you
don’t finish them as hard as
you should have in a game.”
BOYS CROSS - COUNTRY
TAKES SEVENTH: Central’s
boys cross- countr y team
placed seventh at the Nike Ulti-
mook R ace on Saturday.
Zachary Meyer placed 44th to
lead the boys, finishing in 19
minutes, 48.3 seconds. Caed-
mon Whisenhunt took 47th
(19:57.0).
The girls finished 11th in the
team standings. Bailie Hartford
finished 17th in 22:50.4. Beatriz
Trujillo finished 58th in 24:58.7.
Central will compete at the Ash
Creek Invitational Saturday at
noon.
BOYS SOCCER DEFEATS
THURSTON: Central boys soc-
cer team defeated Thurston 6-0
on Aug. 30 before tying
Sprague 0-0 on Thursday. The
Panthers scored all six goals
against Thurston in the second
half. Jose Herrera led Central
with a hat trick. Juan Ortiz,
Evan Hoover and Javier Puente
also scored one each. The Pan-
thers hosted McNary Tuesday
after press time. Central plays
at North Marion Sept. 13 at 4
p.m.
PERRYDALE VOLLEYBALL
Pirates lose three matches
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PERRYDALE — Perry-
dale’s volleyball team lost a
trio of matches last week.
The Pirates fell to East Linn
Christian 25-13, 25-13, 25-
21 and to Delphian 25-19,
20-25, 19-25, 25-16, 15-8 on
Aug. 30 before losing to
Willamette Valley Christian
25-20, 25-22, 25-17 on
Thursday.
Perrydale (0-4 overall, 0-1
Casco League) plays at
Crosshill Christian on
Thursday and at Lowell on
Friday before hosting Falls
City Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.
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