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Polk County Itemizer-Observer • February 15, 2017 11A
SCHEDULE
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 15
Girls basketball:
Lebanon at Central, 7 p.m.
Silverton at Dallas, 7 p.m.
Jewell vs. Perrydale (at Gas-
ton High School, if needed),
4:30 p.m.
Softball: Western Ore-
gon at Chaminade (DH),
4:30 p.m. (HT).
THURSDAY, FEB. 16
Men’s basketball: Alas-
ka Fairbanks at Western
Oregon, 7:30 p.m.
Women’s basketball:
Northwest Nazarene at
Western Oregon, 5:15 p.m.
FRIDAY, FEB. 17
Baseball: Western Ore-
gon at UC, San Diego, 6 p.m.
Boys basketball: Central
at Dallas, 7 p.m. Falls City at
Casco League Tournament
(at Corban University), TBA.
Girls basketball: Central
at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Perry-
dale, Falls City at Casco
League Tournament (at Cor-
ban University), TBA.
Softball: Western Ore-
gon at BYU Hawaii (DH), 1
p.m. (HT).
Swimming: Dallas at
Swimming State Champi-
onships (Gresham), 9 a.m.
Track and field: Western
Oregon at GNAC Indoor
Championships (at Nampa,
Idaho), TBA.
SATURDAY, FEB. 18
Baseball: Western Ore-
gon at UC, San Diego (DH),
1 p.m.
Boys basketball: Falls
City, Perrydale at Casco
League Tournament (at Cor-
ban University), TBA.
Girls basketball: Falls
City, Perrydale at Casco
League Tournament (at Cor-
ban University), TBA.
Men’s basketball: Alas-
ka Anchorage at Western
Oregon, 7:30 p.m.
Swimming: Dallas at
Swimming State Champi-
onships (Gresham), 8:15 a.m.
Track and field: Western
Oregon at GNAC Indoor
Championships (at Nampa,
Idaho), TBA.
Women’s basketball:
Central Washington at
Western Oregon, 5:15 p.m.
SUNDAY, FEB. 19
Baseball: Western Ore-
gon at UC, San Diego, noon.
TUESDAY, FEB. 21
Boys basketball: Corval-
lis at Central, 7 p.m. Dallas
at Woodburn, 7 p.m.
Girls basketball: Wood-
burn at Dallas, 7 p.m.
Men’s basketball: West-
ern Oregon at Concordia, 7
p.m.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 22
Girls basketball: Central
at Corvallis, 7 p.m.
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Schedules Subject to Change
QUICK HITS
Registration for
spring sports
begins Thursday
DALLAS — Registration
for spring sports at Dallas
High School begins Thurs-
day.
Registration must be
completed and turned in by
Feb. 23 in order to partici-
pate on the first day of offi-
cial practices on Feb. 27.
The athletic office will
be closed on Feb. 24.
Sports registration costs
$150 for all sports.
Those qualifying for free
lunch must provide the let-
ter received from the dis-
trict office. Cost will then
be reduced to $35.
There is no reduction for
golf.
Forms will be available
outside the athletic office
beginning Thursday or on-
line at sites.google.-
com/a/dsd2.org/dallas-
high-school-athletics/.
STAT SHEET
19
The number of
wrestlers from
Central and
Dallas high
schools’ wrestling teams
who qualified for state at the
Mid-Willamette Conference
District Wrestling Champi-
onships on Friday and Satur-
day at Corvallis High School.
State will be held Feb. 24-25
at Veterans Memorial Coli-
seum in Portland.
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Dallas’ wrestling team celebrates its team title at the Mid-Willamette Conference District Wrestling Championships on Saturday night.
PREP WRESTLING
THE DALLAS DOZEN
Dragons dominate at district wrestling championships
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
C O RVA L L I S — Fo r D a l l a s’
wrestling team, the district title was
back where it belonged. The Dragons
won the team title at the Mid-
Willamette Conference District
Wrestling Championships on Friday
and Saturday for the seventh time in
eight years.
“It means a lot,”
Treve Earhart said.
“It’s nice to get it
back. Time to start
another streak.”
Twelve Dragon
wrestlers punched a
ticket to state as
Dallas prepares for
Ta. Earhart
a run at a 5A state
title.
—
Moments after
sophomore Jacob
Jones pinned Sil-
verton’s Tristan
Lavier to win a dis-
trict title at 126
pounds, the thrill
Tr. Earhart
of the moment
took over.
“It’s just crazy and exciting,” Jacob
said.
As his hand was raised in the air,
Jacob’s father, and one of Dallas’ as-
sistant coaches, John Jones let out a
scream.
“That’s a dedicated boy,” John
Jones said. “He works hard. … I’m
LUKAS EGGEN/ Itemizer-Observer
Dallas’ Jacob Jones was one of four Dragon wrestlers to win an individual district title.
Janssen
just proud of him.”
A district title is
always special.
Sharing the expe-
rience with his fa-
ther made his win
much
more
meaningful, Jacob
said.
“It’s cool,” he
said. “He’s been my coach and been
with me athletically pretty much my
whole life.”
The moment wasn’t lost on John,
either.
“It’s fun to be a dad and to get to
be on this side of things as a coach,”
John said.
Jones was one of four district
champions from Dallas, joining Tan-
ner Earhart (160), Cody Janssen
(170) and Treve Earhart (195).
“It’s cool,” Tanner said. “It’s weird
because this is my last one, but it felt
good.”
Treve Earhart defeated Central’s
Sam Crow for the third time this sea-
son in the district finals, earning a
10-6 decision.
See DRAGONS, Page 13A
PREP WRESTLING
PREP SWIMMING
Negrete wins district title
Ford headed
to state
Panthers send seven wrestlers to state later this month
By Lukas Eggen
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
CORVALLIS — Central
senior wrestler David Ne-
grete (220 pounds) won his
second district title on Satur-
day night at the Mid-
Willamette Conference Dis-
trict Wrestling Champi-
onships.
“I’m glad
I became a
district
champion
again,” Ne-
grete said.
“It makes
me feel
good and
Negrete
s h o w s
everyone I can do this.”
This will be the third time
Negrete is headed to the
state wrestling champi-
onships. After placing fourth
in 2016, he’s ready to show
how much he’s grown.
“Last year, I was pretty
nervous,” Negrete said. “This
year, I’m more prepared.”
The Panthers saw seven
wrestlers qualify for state at
districts.
See CENTRAL, Page 13A
LUKAS EGGEN/ Itemizer-Observer
Central senior Chris Polanco battles Dallas’ Devon Floyd in the third-place match.
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CORVALLIS — In the days
leading up to the entry dead-
line for the Mid-Willamette
Conference district swim-
ming championships, Dallas
senior Jolie-Rae Ford wasn’t
sure what to swim.
She settled on the 50-
a n d 1 0 0 - y a rd f re e s t y l e
events, and
put on a
s t r o n g
showing
on Friday
and Satur-
day. Ford
qualified
for state in
Ford
b o t h
events —
setting new school records
in the process.
Ford finished the 50
freestyle in 25.07 seconds,
breaking the record previ-
ously held by Jerusha Dres-
sel. Ford broke her own
mark in the 100 freestyle
with a time of 54.15.
“It was pretty cool,” Ford
said. “I’ve known I could get
them for a while now. When I
finally did set them, it was re-
ally great. I’m excited about
that.”
See FORD, Page 12A
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