Polk County
Sports
SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 21
Boys basketball: Central
at Churchill, 7 p.m. Rebel
Basketball Classic: Dallas vs.
Redmond (at South Al-
bany), 3 p.m. Perrydale at
Bandon Dunes Invitational,
TBA.
Girls basketball:
Churchill at Central, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Hillsboro, 1:30 p.m.
Perrydale at Bandon Dunes
Invitational, TBA.
THURSDAY, DEC. 22
Boys basketball: Rebel
Basketball Classic: Dallas vs.
North Eugene (at South Al-
bany), 1 p.m.
Girls basketball: Sum-
mit at Central, 5 p.m.
FRIDAY, DEC. 23
Boys basketball: Rebel
Basketball Classic: Dallas vs.
Roseburg (at South Albany),
5 p.m.
TUESDAY, DEC. 27
Boys basketball: Dallas
at Hermiston, 7 p.m. Falls
City vs. Trinity Lutheran (at
Damascus Christian), 3:30
p.m.
Girls basketball: Nike
Interstate Shootout: Dallas
vs. Sherwood (at Lake Os-
wego) 8 p.m. Valley 10 Tour-
nament: Falls City vs. Siletz
Valley (at Damascus Chris-
tian), 2 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, DEC. 28
Boys basketball: Centu-
ry/Hillsboro Tournament:
Central vs. Tigard (at Centu-
ry), 8:15 p.m. Dallas at
Pendleton, noon. Falls City
vs. Firm Foundation (at
Southwest Christian), 4:30
p.m.
Girls basketball: Nike
Interstate Shootout: Dallas
vs. TBA, TBA. Valley 10 Tour-
nament: Falls City vs. Camas
Valley (at Southwest Chris-
tian), 3 p.m.
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Schedules Subject to Change
QUICK HITS
BDST competes
at Winter Open
EUGENE — The Blue
Dolphins Swim Team com-
peted at the Winter Open
in Eugene Dec. 9-11.
Gentry Hagedorn won
the girls 200-yard individ-
ual medley (10 and under)
with a time of 3 minutes,
3.28 seconds.
A m o n g H a g e d o r n’s
other top finishes included
a third-place finish in the
100 breaststroke (10 and
younger) in 1:38.96 and a
fifth-place finish in the 100
individual medley (10 and
younger) in 1:27.62.
Taylor Hagedorn fin-
ished third in the 400 indi-
vidual medley (11-12) with
a time of 5:58.97. She also
placed sixth in the 500
freestyle (11-12) in 6:34.57.
David Beasley led the
boys with a fifth-place fin-
ish in the 500 freestyle (11-
12) in 6:54.79.
Cash Hagedorn took
sixth in the 200 freestyle
(10 and under).
Polk County Itemizer-Observer • December 21, 2016 10A
Falls City may move up to Class 2A
By Jolene Guzman
The Itemizer-Observer
FALLS CITY — The athlet-
ics co-op between Falls City
High School and Kings Val-
ley Charter School may have
to move up a classification
in the 2017-18 school year
due to growth at both
schools.
Falls City and Kings Valley
have had a co-op, meaning
students from both schools
Falls City/Kings Valley co-op teams
• FOOTBALL — Falls City 19, Kings Valley 3.
• VOLLEYBALL — Falls City 8, Kings Valley 8.
• GIRLS BASKETBALL — Falls City 7, Kings Valley 9.
• BOYS BASKETBALL — Falls City 17, Kings Valley 4.
compete on one team, for
several years. In November,
the Oregon School Activities
Association sent a letter to
both schools saying that
based on enrollment num-
www.polkio.com
at some point,” he said.
Just not now.
After meeting with offi-
cials from Kings Valley on
Thursday, the Falls City
School Board decided to ap-
peal the decision and lobby
the OSAA to play 1A for the
2017-18 school year. The
OSAA is reviewing the classi-
fication system with possi-
ble changes effective in the
2018-19 school year.
See FALLS CITY, Page 11A
PREP SPORTS
Schools weather the storm
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
POLK COUNTY — Oh the weath-
er outside is frightful. For high
school sports, that means schedules
can change on a dime.
Dallas, Central, Falls City and Per-
rydale high schools saw multiple
events canceled or postponed last
Wednesday through Saturday across
all sports.
“Cancellations and postpone-
ments are just part of doing busi-
ness this time of year,” Perrydale
athletic director Dan Dugan said.
“Granted, this year seems to be
worse so far.”
Among the cancellations and/or
postponements included boys and
girls basketball games, a swim meet
and wrestling tournaments. What
happens next is an attempt to find
common open dates to make up
missed events.
“We just look for open dates,”
Dallas athletic director Tim Larson
said. “Sometimes it’s difficult to
find open dates and, in extreme
cases, we cannot make them up
after league starts. Everyone we
work with does a great job of work-
ing together to make it happen for
our athletes.”
The process of rescheduling often
LUKAS EGGEN/ Itemizer-Observer
Centrals boys and girls basketball teams returned to the court on Monday night.
involves constant contact between
athletic directors, Dugan said. But it
goes beyond that. Coaches, trans-
portation companies, official associ-
ations, game personnel, custodians
and parents are all kept in the loop
during the rescheduling process.
In smaller schools, like Perrydale
and Falls City, a rescheduled varsity
game can have big impacts on other
teams.
See WEATHER, Page 11A
PE requirements loom large
By Jolene Guzman
The Itemizer-Observer
Perrydale games
postponed
PERRYDALE — Perry-
dale’s boys and girls bas-
ketball teams saw sched-
uled games against
Crosshill Christian on Dec.
14 and Falls City on Friday
postponed due to weather
conditions.
Both games will be
made up in January.
Perrydale’s boys and
girls teams are competing
at the Bandon Dunes Invi-
tational Wednesday
(today).
bers, the co-op exceeded the
limit to compete at the 1A
level.
The high schools at Falls
City and Kings Valley have a
combined enrollment of 109
(60 at Falls City and 49 at
Kings Valley). The OSAA ad-
justs enrollment numbers to
account for students consid-
ered in poverty, bringing the
number down to 96. The
cutoff for 1A classification is
89.
Falls City Athletic Director
Dennis Sickles said he was
surprised to see the num-
bers so high so soon.
“I knew we were going to
have to consider going to 2A
LUKAS EGGEN/ Itemizer-Observer file
LaCreole Middle School is already near the new PE requirements for next school year.
DALLAS — Teachers and
administrators in Dallas
School District must get cre-
ative to meet minimal physi-
cal education instruction
time requirements starting
next school year.
The state will require ele-
mentar y school grades
(kindergarten through fifth-
grade) to spend 150 minutes
per week in PE classes or
other structured activities —
not recess, which is non-
structured play — per week.
Middle School students
(sixth- through eighth-
grade) are required to have
225 minutes per week.
Steve Martinelli, the direc-
tor of instructional services,
said this year, students at Lyle
Elementary School have one
hour of PE per week; Oakdale
Elementary students spend
72 minutes in PE; Whitworth
Elementary students average
80 minutes per week; and
LaCreole Middle School stu-
dents fall just short of the re-
quirement at 215 minutes.
“We can see we are short
in all of the those, and we are
aware of that. We’ve been
aware of that for a couple
years,” Martinelli said during
the Dec. 12 Dallas School
Board meeting.
He said LaCreole’s staff
isn’t worried about finding
another 10 minutes per
week, but elementary
schools have a lot more work
to do to achieve standards.
See PE, Page 11A
PREP FOOTBALL
County players earn
all-state honors
Itemizer-Observer staff report
POLK COUNTY — Dallas
seniors Tanner Earhart and
Cody Janssen, and Central
seniors
Marlon Tu-
ipulotu
and Peter
M a s o n
w e r e
among the
selections
for first
team all-
Earhart
state on
Thursday.
Tuipulotu was named first
team all-state at offensive
and defensive line. Mason
earned first team honors at
wide receiver and defensive
back.
Earhart received first team
honors at running back, and
Janssen
was named
first team
all-state at
offensive
line.
Dallas
junior tight
e n d T. J .
Tuipulotu
Dimick, de-
fensive
lineman
C a d e
Caudill,
and line-
b a c k e r
J a c o b
Collins
earned sec-
Mason
ond team
all-state recognition.
Dallas and Central’s foot-
ball teams advanced to the
5A state semifinals.
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