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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.
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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
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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
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2,068
7
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
WOU wins GNAC-opener over Concordia
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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.
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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.
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LUKAS EGGEN/ Itemizer-Observer
Meagan Mendazona looks to drive against a Gresham
defender on Nov. 30. Mendazona scored nine points and
grabbed 10 rebounds during Central’s 36-30 victory.
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