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Polk County Itemizer-Observer • September 21, 2016 11A
SCHEDULE
GIRLS SOCCER
STANDING
TOGETHER
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21
Cross-country: Central,
Dallas at Mid-Willamette
Conference District Pre-
view (at Willamette Mis-
sion State Park, Gervais), 3
p.m.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 22
Boys Soccer: La Salle at
Central, 4 p.m. Sandy at
Dallas, 4 p.m.
Girls Soccer: Central at
Roosevelt, 7 p.m. Dallas at
Centennial, 7 p.m.
Volleyball: Central at
Corvallis, 6 p.m. Woodburn
at Dallas, 6 p.m. C.S. Lewis
at Perrydale, 5:30 p.m.
Western Oregon at Seattle
Pacific, 7:30 p.m.
Women’s Soccer: West-
ern Oregon at Montana
State Billings, 1 p.m.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 23
Football: South Albany
at Central, 7 p.m. Glencoe
at Dallas, 7 p.m. Falls City
at Siletz Valley, 7 p.m. Per-
rydale at Dufur, 7 p.m.
Volleyball: Perrydale vs.
Heppner (at Dufur), TBA.
Perrydale at Dufur, 5:30
p.m.
LUKAS EGGEN/ Itemizer-Observer
Dallas’ girls soccer team thanks fans for their support after the Dragons’ 1-0 loss to McNary on Thursday afternoon.
Dragons come together to show unity, strength
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
SATURDAY, SEPT. 24
Cross-country: Dallas at
Nike Portland XC meet at
Portland Meadows Race
Track, all day.
Football: Western Ore-
gon at Humboldt State, 6
p.m.
Girls Soccer: McKay at
Dallas, 3 p.m.
Volleyball: Dallas at
Oregon City Tournament,
8 a.m. Western Oregon at
Saint Martin’s, 7 p.m.
W o m e n ’s S o c c e r :
Northwest Nazarene at
Western Oregon, 1 p.m.
DALLAS — Officially, Dallas’ girls soccer team’s match
against McNary on Thursday will go down as a 1-0 loss.
For the players on the field, the match meant so much
more.
Thursday was the team’s first game since Kirk Myrold was
arrested on Sept. 12 (see page 1A for story).
In the days that followed, the team dealt with the fallout
both emotionally and athletically.
Ron Brooks, a youth soccer coach and former coach at
Santiam Christian, stepped in as head coach, and the Drag-
ons, for at least a couple hours, could focus on one thing:
soccer.
See DALLAS, Page 12A
Ron Brooks
MONDAY, SEPT. 26
Volleyball: Perrydale at
Willamette Valley Christian,
5:30 p.m.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 27
Boys Soccer: Central at
Newberg, 7 p.m. Dallas at
Milwaukie, 7 p.m.
Girls Soccer: Milwaukie
at Central, 6 p.m. Dallas at
Oregon City, 7 p.m.
Volleyball: Woodburn
at Central, 6 p.m. South Al-
bany at Dallas, 6 p.m.
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Schedules Subject to Change
QUICK HITS
LUKAS EGGEN/ Itemizer-Observer
Dallas senior midfielder Alva Hopland looks to break away toward the goal against Mc-
Nary on Thursday. The Dragons lost to McNary 1-0.
• Dallas coach Ron Brooks has been involved in coaching
youth soccer since the late 1980s.
• Brooks has coached teams at Dallas Kids Inc., Oregon Youth
Soccer Association, and Santiam Christian High School.
• Brooks’ first match as head coach was Thursday against Mc-
Nary.
VOLLEYBALL
BOYS SOCCER
Two tricks are better than one
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
Cross Creek
men’s club results
DALLAS — Cross
Creek’s men’s club results
for Sept. 13:
Two man best ball
Gross: 1 (tie), Jim Kain-
Rocky Kygar and Joe John-
son-Bob Bennett, 36.
Net: 1 Denny Klassen-
Brian Reed, 30; 2 (tie), Jim
Schroeder-Vern Smith and
Terry Reed-Larry Hatcher,
32.
Golf tournament
coming Oct. 1
INDEPENDENCE — Oak
Knoll Golf Course, 6335
Highway 22, Independ-
ence, will host the Okto-
berfest Golf Tournament
on Oct. 1.
The four-man scramble
begins at 10 a.m.
Ribich receives
honor again
MONMOUTH — West-
ern Oregon junior cross-
countr y runner David
Ribich was named the
Great Northwest Athletic
Conference Male Athlete
of the Week for the third
time in a row on Mon-
day.
Ribich took second at
the Sundodger Invitation-
al in Seattle on Saturday.
H e
finished
t h e
8,000-
meter
race in
24 min-
utes, 4.9
seconds
and was
t h e
Ribich
fastest
Division II runner at the race.
WOU does not compete
this week. The Wolves will
return to competition on
Oct. 1 at the Charles
Bowles Invitational in
Salem.
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INDEPENDENCE — Some athletes
grow up idolizing the superstars of a
sport. It was far more personal for
Central senior Tony Rincon.
“A lot of people can say a player like
Messi or others inspired me to play,”
Rincon said. “It’s not like that for me.
Seeing my dad play, that’s my inspira-
tion.”
Rincon’s father played in indoor
soccer leagues.
“I saw him play one match and I
thought, I’m going to like this,” he
said. “Every time I’m out there I think
of him and think I better get out here
and bring it.”
He certainly has in 2016, and team-
mates have followed suit as Rincon’s
leadership has helped lift the Panthers
up.
—
Midway through Central’s boys soc-
cer team’s 6-2 victory over North Mar-
ion on Sept. 13, Rincon wasn’t happy.
The Panthers were ahead 1-0, but
he wasn’t pleased with the team’s exe-
cution.
“They saw the fire in my eyes,” Rin-
con said. “… On a scale of one to 10
(my competitiveness) is an 11. The
first half, we didn’t get off to a good
start. We flipped a switch and said it’s
time to get going.”
Central scored five second-half
goals, and Rincon ended the match
with a hat trick (three goals in a sin-
Pirates
make
progress
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
LUKAS EGGEN/ Itemizer-Observer
Central senior forward Tony Rincon recorded a hat trick in each of the Pan-
thers’ matches last week, including a 9-0 win over Cascade on Thursday.
gle match).
On Thursday, the senior recorded
his second hat trick — the first time
that’s happened in school history, ac-
cording to coach Joe Orozco —
spurring the Panthers to a 9-0 victory
over Cascade.
“I was trying to create more chances
for my teammates because I felt I
didn’t need that many more goals right
now,” Rincon said with a smile. “But if
they’re still willing to feed me more
chances, I’ll take them.”
The Panthers, which entered the
Central soccer
• Central’s boys soccer team im-
proved to 3-0-1 after defeating North
Marion 6-2 on Sept. 13 and Cascade 9-
0 on Thursday.
• The Panthers have scored 21 goals
so far this season. Central scored 25
total goals during the entire 2015 sea-
son.
week 3-0-1 overall, has scored at least
six goals in each of the team’s victories.
See GOALS, Page 12A
PERRYDALE — Perrydale’s
volleyball team is on a mis-
sion to grow up on the court
as quickly as possible.
Team co-
captain
McKenna
Desnoyers
is one of
two seniors
on the ros-
ter that fea-
tures three
freshmen
Desnoyers
and three
sophomores.
Desnoyers was thrust into
an unfamiliar role — leader.
“I’m used to always hav-
ing girls older than me on
the team,” Desnoyers said.
“But I’m happy. Me and my
teammate Jacki have taken
leadership roles on the
team. It’s new for me, but I
like it a lot.”
The biggest challenge was-
n’t anything related to devel-
oping volleyball skills. It was
learning how to encourage.
See PIRATES, Page 12A
FOOTBALL
Offensive line paving way for Dallas
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
DALLAS — They are the
unsung heroes on the grid-
iron.
They are the players who
are rarely heard from, yet
play a critical role on every
play. If they do their job well,
they are almost never no-
ticed. They are the ones who
engage in a physical battle
every snap.
They are the offensive
Unger
linemen.
And for
Dallas’
football
team, the
offensive
line is the
key that
m a k e s
their rush-
ing attack go.
At first glance, one thing is
clear. The Dragons’ line isn’t
going to physically intimi-
date anyone.
Victory
• Dallas defeated Silver-
ton 20-13 on Friday.
• Running back Tanner
Earhart rushed for two
touchdowns. Quarterback
Caedmon Blair added one.
Tackles Ian Gaither-Lyell
(245 pounds) and Josh
Willden (275 pounds), center
Carson Unger (265 pounds),
and guards Cody Janssen
( 1 7 5
pounds)
and Tim
Hensley
( 1 6 5
pounds)
won’t tower
over many
opponents.
Janssen
T h a t
hasn’t stopped them from
dominating the line of
scrimmage.
Dallas rushed for 265
yards during a 20-13 win
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over Silverton on Friday,
fresh off paving the way for
r u n n i n g b a c k Ta n n e r
Earhart to gain 429 yards on
the ground the week prior
against North Eugene.
“(Creating space for our
running backs) is about the
funnest thing I’ve ever done,”
Unger said. “We want to keep
that as part of our mindset to
keep working, keep winning
and being a part of breaking
school records.”
See FOOTBALL, Page 13A
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