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Polk County Sports SCHEDULE Polk County Itemizer-Observer • December 7, 2016 13A 2016 ITEMIZER-OBSERVER ALL-REGION FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR THURSDAY, DEC. 8 Boys basketball: Falls City at Eddyville Charter, 7 p.m. Perrydale at Willamette Valley Christian, 7:30 p.m. Girls basketball: Perry- dale at Willamette Valley Christian, 6 p.m. The Running Man FRIDAY, DEC. 9 Boys basketball: Philo- math at Central, 7 p.m. Dal- las at Churchill, 7 p.m. Mapleton at Falls City, 7 p.m. Girls basketball: Churchill at Dallas, 7 p.m. Mapleton at Falls City, 5:30 p.m. Wrestling: Dallas at Rose City Tournament, 1 p.m. SATURDAY, DEC. 10 Wrestling Dallas at Rose City Tournament, TBA. SUNDAY, DEC. 11 Men’s basketball: Port- land Bible at Western Ore- gon (exhibition), 7 p.m. MONDAY, DEC. 12 Boys basketball: Perry- dale at C.S. Lewis, 7 p.m. Women’s basketball: Southern Oregon at West- ern Oregon, 6 p.m. TUESDAY, DEC. 13 Boys basketball: Hills- boro at Dallas, 7 p.m. Girls basketball: Sum- mit at Central, 7 p.m. Dallas at South Eugene, 6:45 p.m. Swimming: Central at South Albany, 4 p.m. Dallas at Crescent Valley, 4 p.m. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 14 Boys basketball: Falls City at Jewell, 7 p.m. Crosshill Christian at Perry- dale, 7 p.m. Girls basketball: Falls City at Jewell, 5:30 p.m. Crosshill Christian at Perry- dale, 5:30 p.m. — Schedules Subject to Change QUICK HITS WOU game to air on ROOT Sports MONMOUTH — Western Oregon’s men’s basketball game against Seattle Pacif- ic on Feb. 4 will be one of three Great Northwest Ath- letic Conference games to be aired on ROOT Sports. The Wolves host the Fal- cons at 5 p.m. The 2016-17 season is the eighth consecutive season in which the GNAC will have games shown on ROOT Sports. ROOT Sports is carried in more than 3.4 million homes in Washing- ton, Oregon, Idaho, Mon- tana and Alaska. Earhart sets school rushing marks DALLAS — Senior Tanner Earhart isn’t quite sure when it hap- pened, but at some point during Dallas’ football team’s 35-14 win The Itemizer-Observer over South Albany on Oct. 7, he suffered a high ankle sprain on his left ankle. He had a choice — sit out or play through the pain. The choice was easy for Earhart: play. Fast forward to Nov. 11, Dallas was preparing to face No. 1 Sum- mit in the state quarterfinals. The The number of The number of The total num- running back, along with a hand- ber of rushing rushing touch- touchdowns yards Earhart downs Earhart Earhart scored ful of other players, felt sick — ran for during scored during during Dallas’ but not due to nerves. his senior cam- the 2016 foot- game against “I think it was something that paign. ball season. North Eugene. we ate,” Earhart said. See EARHART, Page 14A By Lukas Eggen By The Numbers 24 2,068 7 COLLEGE BASKETBALL WOU wins GNAC-opener over Concordia Itemizer-Observer staff report MONMOUTH — Western Oregon’s men’s basketball team opened Great North- west Athletic Conference play with an 80-70 win over Concordia on Nov. 29 in the team’s conference-opener. Junior Tanner Omlid scored a team-high 19 points to lead the Wolves. S e n i o r Ya n i c k K u l i c h added 13 points and junior Omlid Ali Faruq- Bey scored 12. W O U lost to the University of Oregon 93-54 on Nov. 30 in a nonleague contest. The Wolves (4-4 overall, 1- 0 Great Northwest Athletic Conference) host Portland Bible Sunday at 7 p.m. in an exhibition game. WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SPLITS CONFERENCE MATCHUPS: Western Oregon’s women’s basketball team lost to Seattle Pacific 68-59 on Thursday before defeating Saint Martin’s 70-56 on Satur- day. Junior Shelby Snook led the Wolves with 19 points against Seattle Pacific, helping WOU Snook enter half- time tied at 34. The Fal- c o n s outscored the Wolves by 10 in the third quar- ter to pull away for the win. Snook scored a season-high 31 points against Saint Martin’s — becoming the first Wolf to eclipse 30 points since the 2012 sea- son. Junior Jasmine Miller added 12 points and 11 re- Miller bounds. Western Oregon (4-3 overall, 1-1 GNAC) hosts Southern Ore- gon Monday at 5 p.m. CENTRAL ROUNDUP Balanced attack leads to victories Pirates earn all- league honors Riddell, Mendazona and Chavez excel in first games PERRYDALE — Eight players from Perrydale’s football team earned all- Special District 4 hon- ors. Cen- t e r Colton Moore earned fi r s t - t e a m Janesofsky a l l - league recognition on of- fense, while defensive line- man CJ Marsters and line- backer Haylen Janesofsky were named first team de- fense. Defensive lineman Alex Hawes, running back Cooper Butler, tight ends Jacob Pope and Janesofsky and offensive lineman Marsters earned second team recognition. Defensive lineman Michael Magill, Butler (de- fensive back) and quarter- back Daniel Domes re- ceived honorable men- tions. The Pirates finished the 2016 season with a 4-4 record overall. Itemizer-Observer staff report INDEPENDENCE — For much of the first half of its season-opener against Gre- sham, Central’s girls basket- ball team seemed tense. T h e Pa n t h e r s c a m e through when it mattered most, outscoring Gresham 10-2 in the fourth quarter to post a 36-30 win on Nov. 30. “They were excited to get their first g a m e under their b e l t , ” coach Julie McDonald s a i d . “ Yo u’r e never quite Mendazona sure where your team is at when you are practicing against yourself. It’s good to see what you have to work on, what they did well and move on from there. I thought they really Riddell settled down in the second half.” Annika Riddell scored a game-high 14 points, while Chavez Meagan Menda- zona added nine points and 10 re- bounds. The Pan- thers also defeated St. Helens 47- 30 on Friday. Mendazona and Eliza- beth Chavez each scored 13 points. “We have a really good shooting class,” McDonald said. “We didn’t knock down some shots from the outside (against Gresham), but they can. We have a lot of different scorers to look to each night.” Central played Grants Pass Tuesday after press time. The Panthers host Summit Tuesday at 7 p.m. See CENTRAL, Page 14A STAT SHEET 4 The number of play- ers on Western Ore- gon’s men’s basketball team who scored in double fig- ures against Concordia on Nov. 29. www.polkio.com LUKAS EGGEN/ Itemizer-Observer Meagan Mendazona looks to drive against a Gresham defender on Nov. 30. 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