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Polk County Itemizer-Observer • March 1, 2017 11A
PREP WRESTLING
SCHEDULE
CHAMPS AT LAST
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1
Boys basketball: Class
1A state playoffs, quarterfi-
nals (at Baker High School):
No. 13 Crosshill Christian vs.
No. 5 Perrydale, 3:15 p.m.
Girls basketball: Class
5A state play-in round:
Thurston at Central, 6 p.m.
North Eugene at Dallas, 7
p.m.
THURSDAY, MARCH 2
Boys basketball: Class
1A state playoffs, consola-
tion semifinals (at Baker
High School): TBA vs. TBA,
TBA.
Men’s basketball: Great
Northwest Athletic Confer-
ence championships (at
Lacey, Wash.): No. 6 Mon-
tana State Billings vs. No. 3
Western Oregon, 5:15 p.m.
FRIDAY, MARCH 3
Boys basketball: Class
5A state playoffs, first
round: Central vs. TBA, TBA.
Class 1A state playoffs,
semifinals (at Baker High
School): TBA vs. TBA, 3:15
p.m.
Men’s basketball: Great
Northwest Athletic Confer-
ence championships, semi-
finals (at Lacey, Wash.): No.
6 Mont ana State
Billings/No. 3 Western Ore-
gon vs. No. 2 Alaska An-
chorage, 5:15 p.m.
SATURDAY, MARCH 4
Baseball: Montana State
Billings at Western Oregon
(DH), noon.
Boys basketball: Class
1A state playoffs, champi-
onship game (at Baker High
School): TBA vs. TBA, 9 p.m.
Girls basketball: Class
5A state playoffs, first
round: Central, Dallas vs.
TBA, TBA.
Men’s basketball: Great
Northwest Athletic Confer-
ence championships title
game (at Lacey, Wash.): TBA,
TBA, 7:30 p.m.
Track and field: Western
Oregon at Linfield Icebreak-
er and Willamette Opener,
TBA.
SUNDAY, MARCH 5
Baseball: Montana State
Billings at Western Oregon
(DH), noon.
TUESDAY, MARCH 7
Boys basketball: Class
5A state playoffs, quarterfi-
nals (at Gill Coliseum): Cen-
tral vs. TBA, TBA.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8
Boys basketball: Class
5A state playoffs, consola-
tion (at Gill Coliseum): TBA
vs. TBA, TBA.
Girls basketball: Class
5A state playoffs, quarterfi-
nals (at Gill Coliseum): Cen-
tral, Dallas vs. TBA, TBA.
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Dallas senior Tanner Earhart battles Pendleton’s Morgan Holcomb on
Saturday. Earhart earned a 7-6 decision to win a state title.
Central senior wrestler David Negrete celebrates after winning a state
title on Saturday night at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland.
Earhart leads Dallas to a
Negrete defeats Casteel to
second place finish at state capture 220-pound title
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
PORTLAND — Dallas senior
wrestler Tanner Earhart isn’t one
to let his emotions show.
Even he couldn’t help but let
the moment get to him on Satur-
day.
Earhart won an individual state
title in the 160-pound class at the
OSAA 5A state wrestling champi-
onships on Friday and Saturday at
Veterans Memorial Coliseum in
Portland.
“I feel a lot of emotions right
now,” Earhart said after his final
match. “I’m just really happy right
now.”
See DALLAS, Page 13A
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
PORTLAND — Central senior
wrestler David Negrete has ac-
complished a lot throughout his
wrestling career, from winning
multiple district titles to entering
the 5A state wrestling champi-
onships on Friday and Saturday
with a perfect record.
There was one thing he hadn’t
done yet — take a state title.
Negrete can officially cross that
off his list.
Negrete won a state title at 220
pounds on Saturday after a 4-2 deci-
sion over Thurston’s Jackson Casteel
in the championship match.
See CENTRAL, Page 13A
Schedules Subject to Change
QUICK HITS
Cross Creek to
hold meeting
DALLAS — Cross Creek
Golf Course will hold its an-
nual meeting Tuesday at
the Majestic, 976 Main St.,
Dallas. Check-in begins at
5:30 pm. Pizza and one
beverage will be provided
for $4 for members and $8
for nonmembers.
Membership dues for
Cross Creek’s men’s club
2017 season are $60 for full
membership and $25 for
associate membership.
RSVP is required. RSVP
to 503-623-6666 by Friday.
Planned events for the
2017 season and new pro-
posals will be announced
at the meeting.
WOU softball
players honored
MONMOUTH — Two
Western Oregon softball
p l a ye r s e a r n e d G re a t
Northwest Athletic Confer-
ence players of the week
honors on Monday.
Ashlee Lynch was
named Player of the Week
after going seven for 12
with six RBIs and a grand
slam over four games
against the College of
Idaho.
Sammi Cadwallader was
named Pitcher of the Week
after earning her fourth
win of the season in a 9-0
win over the College of
Idaho. She threw a com-
plete game and has a 1.75
ERA so far this season.
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Dallas senior Clay Coxen, right, finished second in the 182-pound class
at the state wrestling championships on Friday and Saturday.
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Central’s Noah Worthington finished sixth in the 106-pound class at
the state wrestling championships on Friday and Saturday.
PREP BASKETBALL
Pirates face rematch with league foe
Perrydale heads to Baker City for the first time since the 1980s
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
PERRYDALE — The out-
come was never in doubt,
but when the clock hit zero,
Perrydale’s boys basketball
team was ready to party like
it was 1983.
The Pirates defeated Pow-
ers 58-43 in the second
round of the OSAA 1A state
basketball playoffs to earn a
spot in the state quarterfi-
Silver
n a l s
Wednesday
(today) at
Baker High
School —
securing
Perrydale’s
first trip to
Baker City
since the
1982-83 season.
“It’s been a little while,”
coach Brian Domes said.
See PIRATES, Page 12A
Off to Baker
What: OSAA Class 1A state playoffs.
Who: No. 13 Crosshill Christian vs. No. 5 Perrydale.
When: Wednesday (today), 3:15 p.m.
Where: Baker High School.
Admission: Adults, $7; students and children, $4.
What’s at stake: The winner advances to state semifi-
nals on Friday. The loser plays in the consolation bracket
on Thursday.
LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer
Perrydale players celebrate after defeating Powers 58-43 on Friday night.
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