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Polk County Itemizer-Observer • January 4, 2017 11A
Central: Panthers open league play on Friday
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“I think it’s all fun,” Jesse
said.
The chemistry between
them was clear from the
start, Kreta said, and the
team is benefitting from it.
Will has grown into a leader,
and Jesse can keep Will’s
head in the game, when
necessary.
“They have great chem-
istry,” Kreta said.
The Panthers lost to
Tigard 48-34 on Dec. 28 be-
fore defeating Milwaukie 62-
46 on Thursday and Moun-
tain View 51-46 on Friday to
win the consolation bracket
at the Century/Hillsboro
Tournament.
Central now turns its at-
tention to a critical part of
the season.
on Jan. 11 at 7 p.m.
The Panthers, which en-
tered the week with a 4-4
record overall, experienced
an up-and-down ride dur-
ing the nonleague season,
but the experience has
players confident they are
The Panthers closed out
its nonleague season against
Putnam Tuesday after press
time.
Central opens Mid-
Willamette Conference play
Friday at Silverton at 7 p.m.
before hosting South Albany
prepared for a run at a
league title.
“We’re progressing pretty
dang well,” Will said. “It
doesn’t show how hard we
are working. I think we’re
going to be top notch once
league comes around.”
WOU: Omlid records back-to-back double-doubles
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We s t e r n O re g o n a p -
peared to be well on its way
to a second-straight victory
against Northwest
Nazarene before a second-
half collapse cost the
Wolves a victory.
WOU led 40-20 at the
half, but the Crusaders
went on a 32-8 run during
the second half en route to
a comeback victory.
Omlid recorded his sec-
ond-straight double-dou-
ble in the losing effort,
with 23 points and 11 re-
bounds. He also had three
steals.
Western Oregon (5-7
overall, 2-2 Great Northwest
Athletic Conference) plays
at Seattle Pacific on Thurs-
day and at Saint Martin’s on
Saturday.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
LOSES TWO: Western Oregon’s
women’s basketball team lost
to Simon Fraser 71-57 on
Thursday and Western Wash-
ington 86-65 on Saturday. Sa-
vannah Heugly, Ali Nelke and
Sydney Azorr scored 10 points
each to lead the Wolves
against Simon Fraser. Shelby
Snook led WOU against West-
ern Washington with 16 points.
WOU hosts Alaska Anchorage
Thursday at 7 p.m. and Alaska
Fairbanks Saturday at 2 p.m.
before playing at Concordia
Tuesday at 7 p.m.
PERRYDALE ROUNDUP
DALLAS ROUNDUP
Pirates fall to Lowell
Girls place fifth at shootout
Itemizer-Observer staff report
PERRYDALE — Facing an
experienced Lowell squad,
Perrydale’s girls basketball
team lost 39-20 on Thursday.
“I think for the first time,
we didn’t come out prepared
to play,” coach Terry Newton
said. “We weren’t attacking
and Lowell it to us.”
Lowell pressed the Pirates,
giving its offense troubles all
game long, Newton said.
“It wasn’t anything that
surprised us or that we
hadn’t seen before,” Newton
said. “But when you face
older girls who are a little bit
bigger, our girls aren’t used
to the physicality of the
game. That’s something we
weren’t ready for.”
Perrydale played
Willamette Valley Christian
Tuesday after press time —
a team that Newton consid-
ers one of the favorites to
win the Casco League this
season.
The Pirates play at Jewell
on Thursday at 5:30 p.m., at
Damascus Christian on Sat-
urday at 4 p.m. and at Liv-
ingstone Adventist on Tues-
day at 5:30 p.m.
“I think compared to a
month ago, this team looks
totally different,” Newton
said. “I’m happy with our
progress so far. At some
point they have to under-
stand that we can’t keep
making the same mistakes.”
BOYS DEFEAT MAPLETON:
Perrydale’s boys basketball
team topped Mapleton 65-41
on Thursday. The Pirates (6-1
overall, 2-0 Casco League)
played Willamette Valley Chris-
tian Tuesday after press time.
Perrydale plays at Jewell Thurs-
day at 7 p.m., at Damascus
Christian Saturday at 5:30 p.m.
and at Livingstone Adventist
Tuesday at 7 p.m.
Falls City: Girls
go 3-0 at tourney
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“It’s a lot of learning and
growing,” Houghtaling said.
“We’re doing a lot of drills
and it’s fast paced, especially
for the freshmen, but they
are getting the hang of it and
jumping right in.”
That progress has shown
up in the results as of late.
The Mountaineers reeled
off three-straight wins, de-
feating St. Stephens Academy
48-36 on Dec. 27, Camas Val-
ley 35-26 on Dec. 28 and
Portland Waldorf 29-23 on
Thursday — victories that
coach Micke Kidd said show
that little by little, Falls City is
putting together the pieces.
“The girls were aggressive
throughout the tourna-
ment,” Kidd said. “They at-
tempted 53 free throws dur-
ing the three games.”
That is in part because of
leadership from returning
varsity players, including
Houghtaling.
Though only a sopho-
more, she is embracing her
role as a leader.
Ho u g h t a l i n g l e d t h e
Mountaineers in scoring in
each of the team’s three
wins, scoring 23 against St.
Stephens, 16 against Camas
Valley and 20 against Port-
land Waldorf.
“I really tried to work on
my ball handling and work-
ing to get open,” Houghtal-
ing said. “I don’t want to just
stand there. I want to get
open and after a shot, attack
the rim and rebound. I’m
trying to be a role model of
what we should be doing.”
The hope is by building,
Falls City will see its hard
work pay off for years to
come.
“Maybe not this year, but
next year we want to be at
the district tournament,”
Houghtaling said. “This is
what this year is all about,
building to next year.”
BOYS BASKETBALL WINS
THREE: The boys basketball
team won three games last
week. The Mountaineers defeat-
ed Trinity Lutheran 49-47 on
Dec. 27, Firm Foundation 55-30
on Dec. 28 and Portland Waldorf
60-37 on Thursday.
“We are working a lot harder
than we have in the past,” Jeremy
Labrado said. “At first it started
out with coach pushing us to go
harder. Gradually we’ve kind of
taken over to work hard our-
selves.”
That hard work paid off last
week.
Labrado scored 22 points
against Trinity Lutheran — in-
cluding a lay-in with two sec-
onds left in overtime, and
Austin Burgess added 18 points
and 11 rebounds. Zach Varney
scored seven points and hauled
in 13 rebounds.
Against Firm Foundation,
Burgess had 21 points, and
Labrado scored 18 points.
Labrado and Burgess led Falls
City again against Portland Wal-
dorf. Labrado scored 23 points
and grabbed seven rebounds,
and Burgess recorded 18 points
and nine rebounds. Varney nar-
rowly missed a double-double,
with nine points and 10 re-
bounds.
Falls City entered Tuesday’s
game against Oregon School for
the Deaf on a four-game win
streak.
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LAKE OSWEGO — Dallas’
girls basketball team fin-
ished fifth in the Game Day
bracket at the Nike Inter-
state Shootout last week.
The Dragons dropped
their opening game of the
tournament, losing to Sher-
wood 43-23 on Dec. 27. Dal-
las bounced back to defeat
Hermiston 35-30 on Dec.
28, Springfield 35-25 on
Thursday and West Albany
40-37 on Friday.
Emma Classen scored a
team-high 11 points against
Hermiston, and Stefani Tal-
lon added 10 points.
Olivia Nelson scored a
game-high 12 points
against
Spring-
field, and
Katie Sen-
g
e
r
recorded a
g a m e -
high 15
points
against
Classen
West Albany.
Dallas’ game against Put-
nam on Tuesday was post-
poned. The Dragons travel
to face Lebanon Friday at 7
p.m. before hosting Crescent
Valley Tuesday at 7 p.m.
WRESTLING TAKES FIFTH:
Dallas’ wrestling team finished
fifth in the top bracket at the
Northwest Duals on Thursday
Tanner Earhar t and Clay
Coxen,” coach Tony Olliff said.
“We also got a lot of help from
Bryce Miller, P.J. Holgate, Bryce
Jordan and Orion Knudson.”
Dallas will travel to Lebanon
Wednesday (today) at 4 p.m.
for a three-way dual. Lebanon
won the Mid-Willamette Con-
ference Championship in
2016.
BOYS FALL TO PENDLE-
TON: Dallas’ boys basketball
team lost to Pendleton 47-34
on Dec. 28. Carter Weisensee
scored 11 points to lead the
Dragons. Jason Richey added
eight points.
Dallas hosts Lebanon Thurs-
day at 7 p.m. before playing at
Hermiston Friday at 7 p.m. and
at Crescent Valley on Jan. 11 at
7 p.m.
CENTRAL ROUNDUP
Wrestling finishes 16th
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ALBANY — Central’s
wrestling team finished
16th at the Northwest Duals
on Friday and Saturday.
The Panthers finished
fifth in the Jim Phillips
bracket, advancing to the
middle bracket, where Cen-
tral finished 16th. Senior
David Negrete (220 pounds)
went undefeated during the
duals.
“We were able to learn
from all the duals we wres-
tled,” coach Van Holstad
said.
The Panthers travel to
Woodburn to compete in a
f o u r- w a y l e a g u e d u a l
Wednesday (today) at 4
p.m. before competing at
the Bob Bishop Invitation-
al on Saturday. Central
hosts Corvallis on Jan. 11
at 4 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL DE-
FEATS WEST ALBANY: Cen-
tral’s girls basketball team de-
feated West Albany 47-38 on
Monday. Stats were not avail-
able as of press time. The Pan-
thers (3-4 overall) open Mid-
Willamette Conference play by
hosting Silverton Friday at 7
p.m. before playing at South
Albany Tuesday at 7 p.m.
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