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Polk County Itemizer-Observer • November 16, 2016 10A
Dallas crashes
semifinals
THURSDAY, NOV. 17
Volleyball: Western
Oregon at Central Wash-
ington, 7 p.m.
FRIDAY, NOV. 18
Men’s basketball: San
Francisco State at Western
Oregon, 7 p.m.
Women’s basketball:
Western Oregon at Chico
State, 7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY, NOV. 19
Football: OSAA Class 5A
state playoffs, semifinals (at
Hillsboro Stadium): No. 11
Central vs. No. 2 Wilsonville,
11 a.m. No. 8 Dallas vs. No. 4
Lebanon, 2:15 p.m.
Men’s basketball: Uni-
versity of California, San
Diego at Western Oregon, 7
p.m.
Volleyball: Western
O re g o n at N o r t hwe s t
Nazarene, 1 p.m.
Women’s basketball:
Western Oregon vs. Sono-
ma State (at Chico State),
5:30 p.m.
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Schedules Subject to Change
QUICK HITS
Blue Dolphins
swim at Albany
ALBANY — The Blue
Dolphins Swim Team com-
peted at the Turkey Dive
Nov. 5 and 6 at the Albany
Community Pool.
Sydney Alamein won
the girls 100-yard butterfly
(11-12) with a time of 1
minute, 24.07 seconds.
Jolie-Rae Ford won the
500 freestyle (senior) in
5:41.13 and the 100 but-
terfly (15 and over) in
1:09.06.
Ford placed second in
the girls senior 200-yard
freestyle finishing in
2:03.89. Ford also finished
second in the 100 freestyle
(15 and over) finishing in
59.45 seconds, the 50
freestyle (15 and over) in
26.08 and the 100 back-
stroke (15 and over) with a
time of 1:07.94.
Other highlights for the
girls included a third-place
finish in the girls 100
breaststroke (11-12) by
Alamein in 40.88 seconds,
while Taylor Hagedorn
took ninth in 42.92.
Alamein also finished
sixth in the 100 freestyle
(11-12) with a time of
1:08.83.
Gentry Hagedorn took
sixth in the girls breast-
stroke (9-10) finishing in
46.15 seconds and sixth in
the backstroke (9-10) in
1:30.68.
Lonny Stork finished
third in the 100 butterfly
(11-12) in 1:30.39.
Cash Hagedorn finished
second in the boys 100
backstroke in 2:02.04.
Hagedorn also took third in
the boys 50 breaststroke
(9-10) with a time of
1:01.85.
David Beasley placed
second in the boys 50
backstroke (11-12) with a
time of 41.13.
Isaiah Dressell finished
third in the boys 200 but-
terfly (13-14) in 3:20.61 and
fourth in the 100 breast-
stroke (13-14) in 1:23.83.
Full results are available
online at www.bluedol-
phinswimteam.org.
The Blue Dolphins Swim
Team is a nonprofit com-
petitive swim program and
is a member of Oregon
Swimming and USA Swim-
ming.
The team practices at
Dallas Aquatic Center.
For more information:
Mark Maxwell, family-
maxwell4@yahoo.com.
STAT SHEET
3
The number of
football teams from
the Mid-Willamette
Conference that
advanced to the state
semifinals. No. 4 Lebanon,
No. 8 Dallas and No. 11
Central qualified for the
semifinals
12
The number of
years its been
since Western
Oregon’s
women’s basketball team
opened a season with two-
straight victories.
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Dallas players and coaches celebrate after the Dragons’ 29-28 victory over top-ranked Summit on Friday night in the state quarterfinals.
Dallas upsets Summit, faces rematch with Lebanon
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
BEND — It was an ending
few saw coming outside of
Dallas’ locker room.
By the time the final sec-
ond ticked off, words es-
caped even those who just
witnessed what had hap-
pened.
“It was crazy,” senior Aaron
White said. “Everything that
happened — after the game I
just stood there for a second
letting it all sink in.”
Dallas defeated No. 1
Summit 29-28 on Friday,
earning a spot in the state
semifinals against Lebanon
on Saturday.
Running back Tanner
Earhart rushed for 239 yards
and two touchdowns.
Early on, it appeared as
though the Dragons had
Summit in a bad spot, build-
ing a 14-0 lead in the first
quarter.
Summit hit back in a big
way, scoring 28 unanswered
points to take a 28-14 lead in
the fourth quarter.
See DALLAS, Page 11A
Class 5A State Football
RYAN BRENNECKE/ Itemizer-Observer
Dallas running back Tanner Earhart (24) rushed for 239 yards and two touchdowns
against Summit on Friday night. The Dragons defeated the Storm 29-28.
Who: No. 8 Dallas (9-2 overall, 4-2 Mid-Willamette Confer-
ence) vs. No. 4 Lebanon (10-1 overall, 5-1 MWC).
What: Class 5A football, semifinals.
When: Saturday, 2:15 p.m.
Where: Hillsboro Stadium.
Admission: Adults, $8; students, $5.
What’s at stake: The winner advances to the state cham-
pionship game on Nov. 26 against the winner of No. 11 Cen-
tral vs. No. 2 Wilsonville.
Panthers hold off Redmond
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
INDEPENDENCE —
Leading by six with two min-
utes left, Central’s football
team faced a fourth-and-
one on Friday night. Con-
vert, and the Panthers would
advance to the OSAA Class
5A state semifinals.
F a l l
short and
Re d m o n d
would get
one last
chance to
tie or win
the game.
“ W e
knew that
Mason
if we get
this, the game is over,” quar-
terback Peter Mendazona
said.
Central planned a power
running play, but players
signaled for a change.
“The signal from the kids
to me was that the sneak
would work,” coach Shane
Hedrick said. “Sometimes
you get to this time of the
year, and you trust your
players and they said,
‘coach, follow me.’”
Mendazona gained two
yards on the rush — clinch-
ing Central’s 42-36 win over
No. 14 Redmond and earn-
ing a spot in the semifinals
against No.
2 Wilson-
ville Satur-
day at 11
a.m. at
Hillsboro
Stadium.
“I don’t
even know
Mendazona how to ex-
plain this
feeling,” re-
ceiver An-
drew Barry
said. “I’ve
never been
in this kind
of situation
w h e r e
we’ve made
Tuipulotu
it this far in
the playoffs in any sport that
I’ve played. I’m pumped and
ready to go and get after it.”
This is Central’s first trip
to the semifinals since mov-
ing to Class 5A — and it
didn’t come easy.
The Panthers’ victory Fri-
day was a back-and-forth
battle featuring four ties.
Mendazona threw for 396
yards and five touchdowns
and had one rushing touch-
down.
Peter Mason hauled in six
catches for 165 yards and
two touchdowns, while
Barry had four catches for
116 yards and two touch-
downs. Running back AJ
LUKAS EGGEN/ Itemizer-Observer
Central receiver Andrew Barry attempts to break out of a tackle on Friday night. Barry
had four catches for 116 yards and two touchdowns during the Panthers’ victory.
Morales rushed for 134
yards.
“I just tried to do what I
could to put this team into a
position to be successful,”
Barry said. “Being able to
help the team in any way is
pretty huge.”
On defense, senior Sam
Crow recorded eight tackles,
and Marlon Tuipulotu had
seven tackles and one sack.
See CENTRAL, Page 11A
Class 5A State Football
Who: No. 11 Central (7-4 overall, 4-2 Mid-Willamette Confer-
ence) vs. No. 2 Wilsonville (10-1 overall, 6-1 Northwest Oregon
Conference).
What: Class 5A football, semifinals.
When: Saturday, 11 a.m.
Where: Hillsboro Stadium.
Admission: Adults, $8; students, $5.
What’s at stake: The winner advances to the state cham-
pionship game on Nov. 26 against the winner of No. 8 Dallas
vs. No. 4 Lebanon.
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