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Polk County Itemizer-Observer • October 26, 2016 14A
PERRYDALE VOLLEYBALL
SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 26
Cross-country: Central,
Dallas at Mid-Willamette
Conference district cham-
pionship (at Waterloo Park,
Lebanon), 1:30 p.m.
Volleyball: OSAA Class
1A state tournament, first
round: Perrydale at North
Clackamas Christian, 6:30
p.m.
THURSDAY, OCT. 27
Volleyball: Western
Oregon at Western Wash-
ington, 7 p.m.
Women’s Soccer: Seat-
tle Pacific at Western Ore-
gon, 3 p.m.
FRIDAY, OCT. 28
Football: Central at Cor-
vallis, 7 p.m. Lebanon at
Dallas, 7 p.m. Yoncalla at
Falls City (at Panther Stadi-
um), 7 p.m. Perrydale at Ar-
lington/Condon, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY, OCT. 29
Boys Soccer: OSAA
Class 5A state play-in: Cen-
tral vs. TBA, TBA.
Girls Soccer: OSAA
Class 5A state play-in: Dal-
las vs. TBA, TBA.
Volleyball: OSAA Class
5A state tournament, first
round: Central vs. TBA,
TBA. OSAA Class 1A state
tournament, second
round: Perrydale vs. TBA,
TBA. Western Oregon at
Simon Fraser, 7 p.m.
TUESDAY, NOV. 1
Girls Soccer: OSAA
Class 5A state playoffs, first
round: Dallas vs. TBA, TBA.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 2
Boys Soccer: OSAA
Class 5A state playoffs, first
round: Central vs. TBA, TBA.
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Schedules Subject to Change
QUICK HITS
Wolves picked sixth
in preseason poll
MONMOUTH — West-
ern Oregon’s men’s basket-
ball team was picked to
finish sixth in the Great
Northwest Athletic Confer-
ence’s preseason coaches’
poll on Monday.
The Wolves lost four of
five starters from a season
ago to graduation, when
that team advanced to the
N C A A D i v i s i o n I I Fi n a l
Four.
Junior forward Tanner
Omlid is the team’s lone
returning starter. Omlid
averaged 10.5 points and
5.7 rebounds per game
after transfering from
Army.
Alaska Anchorage was
selected first, followed by
Western Washington, Cen-
tral Washington, Alaska
Fairbanks and Seattle Pa-
cific.
Western Oregon opens
the 2016-17 season at the
GNAC/Pac West Challenge
against Point Loma in
Fresno, Calif.
Western Oregon
chosen 11th in poll
MONMOUTH — West-
ern Oregon’s women’s bas-
ketball team was picked to
finish 11th in the Great
Northwest Athletic Confer-
ence preseason coaches’
poll on Oct. 19.
WOU opens the season
by hosting Linfield Mon-
day at 6 p.m. in an exhibi-
tion game, followed by an
exhibition at Portland
State on Nov. 4.
Western Washington
was chosen to finish first.
Dragon wrestling
camp returns
DALLAS — The Dragon
kid wrestling camp returns
Nov. 8.
The youth wrestling pro-
gram is open to kids in
grades kindergarten
through sixth.
Practices will be held
Nov. 8, 10, 15 and 17 at
Dallas High School from
6:30 to 7:30 p.m., culminat-
ing with a tournament on
Nov. 19.
Cost is $20 and includes
a T-shirt and entry into the
tournament. Registration
will be held at 6 p.m. on
Nov. 8.
For more information:
Tony Olliff, Tony.Olliff@dsd
2.org.
www.polkio.com
Pirates advance to state tourney
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
Class 1A State Volleyball
DAYTON — Perrydale’s
volleyball team’s season
stood on the brink. The Pi-
rates lost to Willamette Val-
ley Christian 25-15, 25-13,
25-17 in the team’s first
match of the Casco League
tournament on Saturday.
That meant Perrydale
would face Jewell with a
state berth on the line.
“We only had 20 minutes
to recover from the loss to
mentally prepare for our
match against Jewell,”
coach Denise Dickey said.
“… We refocused by playing
some mental games and
Who: Perrydale Pirates (10-11 overall, 6-4 Casco League) vs.
North Clackamas Christian (17-10 overall, 10-2 The Valley 10
League).
What: Class 1A state volleyball, first round.
When: Wednesday (today), 6:30 p.m.
Where: North Clackamas Christian, Oregon City.
Admission: Adults, $6; students (ages 5 and up), $4.
What’s at stake: The winner advances to the second
round on Saturday.
ball handling drills. For our
warm up, we played six-on -
six and I felt like they were
ready to play.”
The Pirates rose to the
challenge, earning a 19-25,
25-12, 25-18, 25-21 win to
receive the Casco League’s
cheering from my bench
players is what helped us
win the match. Everything
was positive and they really
pushed through as a team.
If a player looked like they
were struggling, another
player would pick them
up.”
Statistics were not avail-
able, but Jackie Juarez was
named to the Casco League
all-tournament team.
Juarez also earned first
team all-league honors.
Alyssa Lux was named sec-
ond team all-league, while
McKenna Desnoyers re-
ceived honorable mention.
The Pirates open the first
round of the state tourna-
third and final bid to state.
“They handled the pres-
sure better than what I ex-
pected,” Dickey said. “With
having a very young team,
especially my freshmen
setters played a very solid
match. The inspiration and
ment Wednesday (today)
against North Clackamas
Christian.
North Clackamas Chris-
tian went 17-10 overall and
10-2 in The Valley 10 league
play, good for second place.
Perrydale lost to North
Clackamas 25-18, 17-25, 18-
25, 25-22, 15-11 on Aug. 27.
The winner advances to
the second round on Satur-
day.
“This is a big step for my
team to make it to state,”
Dickey said. “I don’t like to
get ahead of myself, but I
am hoping with such a
young team, this will just
make next year a bit easier
mentally for them.”
A helping hand
Krug finds true calling in athletic training, excited to help Dallas
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
DALLAS — Jennifer Krug
was nearly done with her
undergraduate degree at
Corban University.
She had always had an in-
terest in the medical field,
but didn’t want to be a
physician or nurse. She set-
tled on studying computer
science when a professor
opened her eyes to the
world of athletic training.
Krug was hooked.
“The first day of class, I
knew it was what I wanted
to do. I was one quarter
away from a degree in com-
puter science,” she said. “I
threw it all away and be-
came an athletic trainer.”
It was one of the best de-
cisions she ever made.
Krug was hired by Dallas
High School to be a full-time
athletic trainer this fall.
Prior to Dallas, she served
as an athletic trainer at Sil-
verton High School for
seven years and a trainer at
Corban University for 12
years.
Krug, a Stevenson, Wash.,
native, was drawn to the size
of the Dallas community.
“We didn’t even have a
stoplight (in Stevenson),”
Krug said. “The move from
college to high school to a
LUKAS EGGEN/ Itemizer-Observer
Jennifer Krug helps a student-athlete treat an injury on Monday.
smaller town is not
of a deal for me. I
really love it.”
She hadn’t been
to leave Silverton.
that big
actually
looking
Instead,
my career, I’ve moved to
where I felt I was needed
and where I could be a
benefit to that communi-
ty,” Krug said.
she found Dallas offered her
a chance to provide a posi-
tive impact on a new com-
munity.
“I feel like throughout
Since arriving, Krug has
been working hard to earn
the trust of Dallas’ student-
athletes and others.
That includes making
sure when an injury occurs,
Krug, the athlete, parents
and the physician are all on
the same page for a recovery
plan.
“(I’ve been working on)
establishing the trust be-
tween myself and the par-
ents, athletes and physi-
cians,” Krug said. “That’s re-
ally important. We’re all part
of a big team.”
Helping an athlete recover
is incredibly rewarding, Krug
said, but those moments
leading up to a return can be
difficult — especially when
it means telling an athlete
the news they don’t want to
here.
“That’s the tough part,”
Krug said. “I played (volley-
ball and basketball) in col-
lege. I understand the com-
petitive part. I also have to
be the neutral party in being
able to explain to them that
the next two minutes, two
days, two weeks, two
months and two years can
make a big difference. They
have to think past those next
moments. That’s why I’m
here — to help facilitate
that.”
See KRUG, Page 15A
PREP CROSS-COUNTRY
Central boys, girls ready for ‘battle’ DHS hopes to surprise
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
INDEPENDENCE — Cen-
tral’s cross-country teams
hope strength in numbers
pays off on Wednesday
(today) at the Mid-
Willamette Conference dis-
trict championships at Wa-
terloo Park in Lebanon.
The boys may not have an
individual finisher inside the
top 10, but its varsity run-
ners’ best times of the sea-
son are separated by only 40
seconds (Matt Raines, Zach
Meyer, Jaydon Aydelotte,
Aaron Padilla, Caedmon
Whisenhunt, Maynard De-
witt and Jaime Cantu).
Both the boys and girls
finished third in the district
preview meet on Sept. 21,
but a lot can change, coach
Eli Cirino said.
That includes the venue.
The race was originally
scheduled to take place at
Willamette Mission State
Park, but weather conditions
caused parts to be flooded,
and concerns remained
about the course’s condition.
Waterloo presents a differ-
ent challenge — especially at
the beginning.
Where Willamette Mission
State Park featured a much
more open start, Waterloo’s
is more condensed.
See CENTRAL, Page 15A
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
DALLAS — A season ago,
Dallas’ boys cross-country
team came close to qualify-
ing for state — finishing
fourth in the team standings.
The Dragons are hoping
for a similar surprise
Wednesday (today) at the
Mid-Willamette Conference
district championship at
Waterloo Park in Lebanon.
Sophomore Trevor Cross
will pace Dallas. Cross post-
ed the second fastest time
in the MWC so far this sea-
son (16 minutes, 11.2 sec-
onds), behind only Silver-
t o n’s Ho s e a C a t t e r a l l
(16:04.4).
“I’m really close to get-
ting under 16 minutes,”
Cross said. “I’d like to do
that and maybe take first or
second.”
See DHS, Page 15A
PREP SOCCER
Dallas roars back to life, clinches play-in spot
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
DALLAS — Since a 7-0
win over Redmond to open
the season, Dallas’ girls soc-
cer team had gone 0-9.
Against Central and
Woodburn, the Dragons
roared back to life.
Dallas defeated the Pan-
thers 7-0 on Oct. 18 and
Woodburn 2-1 on Thursday
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Willamette Conference’s a
spot in the state play-in
round.
“I think (Oct. 18) was the
most fun any of us have
had on this field in the last
four years,” senior Jenifer
Webb said.
T h e
Dragons
(3-9 over-
all, 2-4
M W C )
poured it
on against
Central on
senior day.
Tallon
W e b b
recorded a hat trick in the
first half, helping pace Dal-
las to a 5-0 lead.
“It feels really awesome,”
Webb said. “It makes me
want to go out there and get
some more goals and assists
for my team.”
Seniors Stefani Tallon and
Kaja Elgaen scored two goals
each.
“The girls have really
started playing a lot better
together the last four or five
m a t c h e s ,” c o a c h R o n
Brooks said. “... When I took
over, there was a lot of
blaming people when
things weren’t going right.
Now they are a lot more
supportive. Family has been
their rallying cry. We’re fi-
nally getting to the point
where they feel that way
and not just saying it.”
Dallas played South Al-
bany Tuesday after press
time.
The winner will clinch
fifth place in the MWC and
face the Midwestern
League’s fourth-place team
in the play-in round.
See DALLAS, Page 15A
LUKAS EGGEN/ Itemizer-Observer
Dallas senior Jenifer Webb shoots against Central. Webb
scored three goals against the Panthers.
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