Polk County Sports
Polk County Itemizer-Observer • December 21, 2016 11A
Weather: January may become hectic for schools
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“Finding comparable
dates to make up one con-
test can be difficult, but to
do it three times is really
making our January very
busy,” Dugan said. “We had
to rearrange or cancel six
total JV and junior high
games in order to accom-
modate the changed varsi-
ty league contests.”
For coaches, the break
can be a blessing and a
curse. When school is can-
celed, so are all extracurricu-
lar activities.
The time off can give
banged up players a chance
to heal.
But it can also be a frus-
trating pause to momentum
a team may be building.
“The conditioning piece,
that’s the part where it’s
hard to get caught back up
on,” Central boys basket-
ball coach Tim Kreta said.
“You can know what you’re
doing out there, but it’s
going to be tough to win if
you don’t have the legs to
WESTERN OREGON ROUNDUP
finish it. Then you have the
kids who need constant
reps who, after five days off
and you’re calling a play,
they may not remember
everything.”
After being forced to miss
practices for more than half
a week, when players finally
returned, it was as if the sea-
son was new all over again,
Kreta said.
“The kids were all
pumped up,” Kreta said. “It’s
the same kind of excite-
ment.”
FALLS CITY ROUNDUP
Womens basketball picks up Boys rally to defeat Siletz
first road victory of the season
Itemizer-Observer staff report
ARCATA, Calif. — Western
Oregon’s women’s basketball
team earned its first road
win of the season after beat-
ing Humboldt State 69-60 on
Saturday.
Shelby Snook scored a
team-high 23 points to lead
the Wolves.
“Shelby had a great night,”
coach Holli Howard-Car-
penter said. “She was fo-
cused on one thing and that
was to get this win.”
Sydney Azorr added 13
points and seven rebounds
in her first
start of the
season,
w h i l e
K a y l i e
Boschma
recorded
13 points.
WOU (5-
Snook
4 overall) is
off until Dec. 29, when it
opens Great Northwest Ath-
letic Conference play at
Simon Fraser.
MEN’S BASKETBALL FALLS
TO AZUSA: Western Oregon’s
men’s basketball team lost to
Azusa Pacific 82-71 on Friday.
Bryan Berg had a team-high 17
points off the bench, while
Tanner Omlid added nine
points, eight rebounds and
three assists.
Ali Faruq-Bey scored 11
points, and JJ Chirnside record-
ed 10 points. WOU struggled
on defense, though, allowing
Azusa Pacific to shoot 50.9 per-
cent from the field.
WOU (4-6 overall, 1-1 GNAC)
is off until Dec. 29, when the
Wolves host Central Washing-
ton at 7 p.m. The Wolves also
host Northwest Nazarene Dec.
31 at 2 p.m.
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SILETZ — Falls City’s
boys basketball team de-
feated Siletz Valley 41-37 on
Monday night.
The Mountaineers rallied
from a 25-16 halftime
deficit.
Austin Burgess recorded
a double-double, scoring 14
points and grabbing 12 re-
bounds.
Jeremy Labrado also
scored 14 points, including
two free-throws late in the
fourth quarter.
Zach Varney added four
points and eight rebounds.
Falls City plays Trinity
Lutheran at Damascus
Christian Tuesday at 3:30
p.m. before playing Firm
Foundation from Washing-
ton at Southwest Christian
on Dec. 28 at 4:30 p.m.
The Mountaineers’ game
against Jewell, scheduled
for Dec. 14, was canceled
due to weather conditions.
Falls City’s game against
Perrydale was postponed
until Jan. 30.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
FALLS: Falls City’s girls basket-
ball team lost to Siletz Valley
40-11 on Monday.
The Mountaineers were
without four varsity players
who were sick or on vacation.
“We saw some good things
and improvement from some
of the freshmen and first year
players tonight,” coach Micke
Kidd said. “Olivia Hazelton and
freshman Natalie Batie both
responded well to starting
and to an increased role.”
The Mountaineers’ game
against Jewell on Dec. 14 was
canceled due to weather con-
ditions. The team’s game
against Perrydale was
rescheduled for Jan. 30.
The Mountaineers play St.
Stephens Academy and Siletz
Valley at Damascus Christian
on Tuesday at the Valley 10
Tournament at 2 p.m. before
playing Camas Valley at
Southwest Christian on Dec.
28 at 3 p.m.
DALLAS ROUNDUP
Richey leads Dallas to comeback win over Hillsboro
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DALLAS — Dallas’ boys
basketball team defeated
Hillsboro 60-56 on Dec. 13.
Dallas trailed 44-34 enter-
ing the fourth quarter before
outscoring the Spartans 26-
12 over the final period.
Jason Richey scored a
game-high 28 points and
grabbed a team-high six re-
bounds during the victory.
He also had two steals.
Da l l a s’
g a m e
against
Milwaukie
on Thurs-
day was
canceled
due
to
weather
Richey
conditions.
T h e Dra g o n s h o s t e d
North Salem Tuesday after
press time. Dallas will com-
pete at the Rebel Basketball
Classic at South Albany High
S c h o o l o n We d n e s d a y
(today), Thursday and Fri-
day before playing at Her-
miston on Tuesday and at
Pendleton on Dec. 28.
GIRLS BASKETBALL EARNS
FIRST WIN: Dallas’ girls basket-
ball team defeated South Eu-
gene 42-37 on Dec. 13 to earn
its first victory of the season.
The Dragons play at Hills-
boro Wednesday (today) in a
make-up game.
BOYS SWIMMING DE-
FEATS CRESCENT VALLEY:
Dallas’ boys swimming team
defeated Crescent Valley 81-
69 on Dec. 13, while the girls
fell 127-36.
The boys saw first-place fin-
ishes from Tyler Boggs in the 50-
yard freestyle (28.57 seconds),
the 200 freestyle relay team of
Boggs, Christopher Campione,
Wesley Tornow and Joseph
Name
C o o k
(2:07.71) and
the 400
freestyle
relay team of
R y a n
Kennedy,
Boggs, Gabe
Applegate
and Isaiah
Dressel
(4:22.16).
Jolie-Rae Ford led the girls,
finishing first in the 200
freestyle in 2:05.83 and the 500
freestyle (5:38.10).
The Paul Mannen Invitational
was canceled on Thursday due
to weather conditions.
WRESTLING TOURNAMENT
CANCELLED: Dallas’ wrestling
team saw a scheduled tourna-
ment at Liberty High School on
Saturday canceled due to
weather conditions.
The Dragons will compete
at the Northwest Duals Dec.
29-30.
PE: Elementary schools
face large PE increase Boys defeat Cascade
CENTRAL ROUNDUP
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“We’ve been working this
for more than a year and a
half on systems to imple-
ment,” Martinelli said.
Creativity may be the
key as it would be difficult
to squeeze into the sched-
ules the necessary addi-
tional PE class time, Mar-
tinelli said.
“A t W h i t w o r t h , o u r
(fourth- and fifth-grade) P.E.
teacher, his entire day is full
five days a week. We can
only get 80 minutes because
there’s 16 classrooms,” he
said. “We might be able to
do 90 minutes per week. For
him to teach 150 minutes
per week, the only way we
could do that is to double
and triple up classes.”
Martinelli said some ideas
include using the school’s
once-a-week “team time”
session as an opportunity to
include more activity.
“There are ways to be cre-
ative,” he said. “Maybe a
morning warm-up session,
which isn’t a terrible thing
for kids anyway.”
He said there has been a
suggestion that the legisla-
ture review the requirements
in the context of cost for hir-
ing more staff and facility
limitations at some schools,
but isn’t sure that will hap-
pen.
While the minimum min-
utes are mandatory, there is
flexibility in who can provide
the instruction. Any activi-
ties during “team time” or
in-class must be designed by
a PE teacher, but can be led
by other staff members.
“They are going to find a
way,” Martinelli said.
Falls City: School missed
date to appeal decision
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Sickles said Falls
City/Kings Valley may not
be able to make its case
after missing the deadline
to appeal at the OSAA’s
board meeting in Decem-
ber.
He said the schools will
try to get on the agenda in
February, the next time the
group meets.
Sickles said if the board
won’t hear the appeal or if
it’s denied, the two schools
will reconvene to discuss a
“plan B.”
He said the options are
keeping the co-op and
playing at 2A on inde-
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INDEPENDENCE —
Central’s boys basketball
team defeated Cascade 57-
46 on Monday night.
A l e c
B a r b a
scored 16
points to
lead the
Panthers.
Andrew
B a r r y
added 15
Barba
points.
P e t e r
Mendazona, Peter Mason,
Ivan Carter and Will Cable
each scored 16 points.
“We did a much better
job with our energy on
Monday,” coach Tim Kreta
said. “Andrew Barry, Peter
Mendazona and Alec Barba
Cable
all hit
early 3-
p o i n t
shots, and
Will Cable
did a great
job on the
defensive
side of the
ball down
low.”
Central’s game against
Stayton on Friday was can-
celed due to weather condi-
tions.
The Panthers play at
C h u r c h i l l We d n e s d a y
(today) at 7 p.m. Central
will open the Century/Hills-
boro Tournament on Dec.
28 against Tigard at Century
High School.
GIRLS BASKETBALL LOSES
TO CASCADE: Central’s girls
basketball team lost to Cas-
cade 48-39 on Monday. Stats
were not available as of press
time. The Panthers’ game
against Stayton was canceled
on Friday due to weather con-
ditions. Central hosts Churchill
Wednesday (today) at 5 p.m.
and Summit Thursday at 7 p.m.
CENTRAL INVITATIONAL
CANCELLED: The Central Invi-
tational wrestling tournament
was canceled on Friday due to
weather conditions. The Pan-
thers will compete at the
Northwest Duals Dec. 29-30.
SWIM MEET CANCELLED
Central was set to compete at
the Paul Mannen Invitational
on Thursday, but the meet was
canceled due to weather con-
ditions.
The Panthers competed at
South Albany on Dec. 13. Re-
sults were not reported as of
press time.
Taking it to the hoop
pendent schedules, dis-
solving the co-op, or dis-
solving it just for football
and play a 2A independ-
ent schedule for the rest
of the sports.
“Once we get past the ap-
peal, we will meet again and
decide where to go from
there,” Sickles said.
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Andrew Barry looks to drive to the hoop on Monday. Barry scored 15 points during
Central’s 57-46 victory.