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Polk County Itemizer-Observer • March 8, 2017 10A
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, MARCH 10
Track and field: Western
Oregon at NCAA Div. II In-
door National Champi-
onships at Birmingham,
Ala., TBA.
SATURDAY, MARCH 11
Baseball: Western Ore-
gon at Concordia (DH), 4:30
p.m.
Softball: Simon Fraser at
Western Oregon (DH),
noon.
Track and field: Western
Oregon at NCAA Div. II In-
door National Champi-
onships at Birmingham,
Ala., TBA.
SUNDAY, MARCH 12
Baseball: Western Ore-
gon at Concordia (DH), 4:30
p.m.
Softball: Western Wash-
ington at Western Oregon
(DH), noon.
MONDAY, MARCH 13
Boys golf: Dallas at
Canby Invite, noon.
Baseball: Central at
Stayton, 4 p.m. Siletz Valley
at Perrydale, 4:30 p.m.
Softball: Siletz Valley at
Perrydale, 4:30 p.m.
TUESDAY, MARCH 14
Baseball: South Eugene
at Dallas, 4:30 p.m.
Boys tennis: Central at
Lebanon, 4 p.m. Woodburn
at Dallas, 4 p.m.
Girls tennis: Lebanon at
Central, 4 p.m. Dallas at
Woodburn, 4 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15
Baseball: Central at
Yamhill-Carlton, 4 p.m. Cor-
ban at Western Oregon, 2
p.m.
Softball: North Marion
at Central, 4:30 p.m.
Track and field: Cres-
cent Valley at Central, TBA.
South Albany at Dallas, 3:30
p.m.
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Schedules Subject to Change
QUICK HITS
A new chapter
Wolves enter league play confident they will contend for a title
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
MONMOUTH — Pitcher Sammi
Cadwallader is in the midst of her
final season with WOU’s softball
team — but she’s not the first in her
family to take the field as a Wolf.
Her mother Kathy played softball
on Western Oregon’s JV team in
1988-89.
“It’s really cool,” Sammi said. “My
mom and I have
bonded over soft-
ball. My mom
would catch for me
when I took pitch-
ing lessons when I
was younger. She
was always there
listening in with
my pitching
Sargent
coaches. When I
was looking at colleges, what sold
me was the atmosphere and the fact
that my mom had played here. I
wanted to play at the same school as
her.”
Now Sammi hopes to end the next
chapter of her family’s legacy at
WOU by leading the Wolves to a
Great Northwest Athletic Confer-
ence title.
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Western Oregon enters league
play with confidence. WOU went 9-6
in nonconference play — one of the
team’s strongest starts in recent
years.
“Record-wise, this is one of the
best we’ve done (in nonleague play)
LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer
Western Oregon seniors Ashlee Lynch and Sammi Cadwallader will play a big role in the Wolves’ success.
in a while,” coach Lonny Sargent
said.
A big reason for that is a strong
start by the Wolves’ pitching staff.
Cadwallader carries a 4-0 record
Pirates place third at state
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
PERRYDALE — The Polk
Pedalers Bicycle Club will
host a ride Saturday at 8
a.m. Cyclists will meet at
Perrydale School and ride
the Amity spring loop, a
30-mile course rated as
easy.
All ages are welcome,
but children must be ac-
companied by an adult.
Helmets are required.
There is no cost to at-
tend, and carpooling is
available.
For more information:
503-623-6533.
Omlid earns
league honor
Local wrestler
heads to state
INDEPENDENCE — Tal-
madge’s wrestling team
competed at the
Willamette Valley Region-
als. Brock Pierce won the
160-pound title and will
compete at the middle
school state championship
this weekend. Manuel Vela,
Joseph Pearson, Trevyn
Lilly and Liam Sievers also
competed.
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“I think I’m right where I want to
be,” Cadwallader said. “The pitching
staff is amazing. I think we’re in a
good spot.”
See WOLVES, Page 11A
PERRYDALE BASKETBALL
Polk Pedalers to
meet Saturday
MONMOUTH — Western
Oregon junior Tanner Omlid
has been named the Great
North-
w e s t
Athletic
Confer-
e n c e
m e n’s
basket-
ball De-
fensive
Player
of the
Omlid
Year.
Omlid led the confer-
ence in steals (97) and led
the Wolves in blocks (47),
rebounds (237), assists
(106) and points (486).
Omlid was also named
first team all-GNAC. Ali
Faruq-Bey earned an hon-
orable mention. Faruq-Bey
averaged 15.0 points per
game and was second on
the team in scoring, assists,
and rebounds.
Western Oregon fin-
ished 18-13 overall and ad-
vanced to the GNAC tour-
nament title game.
with a 1.75 ERA in 28 innings of
work into GNAC play.
As a staff, WOU boasts a 2.68 team
ERA and has 48 strikeouts among
them.
AARON YOST/for the Itemizer-Observer
Perrydale junior Cooper Bulter goes up for a shot.
BAKER CITY — Despite a
59-35 loss to eventual state
champions Sherman in the
1A semifinals on Friday, Per-
rydale’s boys basketball
team still had work to do
with a matchup against Jor-
dan Valley on Saturday with
third place on the line.
“We knew what we were
up against Friday (against
Sherman),” coach Brian
Domes said. “We gave it our
best shot. We had a lot of
kids tired, but I told them
this is your last chance. I
know you’re tired, but you
will have plenty of time to
rest after this. I need 32
more minutes from you on
Saturday.”
The Pirates defeated Jor-
dan Valley 48-44 to record
Perrydale’s best-ever finish
at the 1A state basketball
championships.
“We were wearing our
white home uniforms for
that game,” junior Cooper
Butler said. “We hadn’t lost a
s i n g l e
game in
our home
jerseys, and
we told
ourselves,
‘ l e t ’s d o
this. Let’s
go unde-
Butler
f e a t e d
being the home team.’ That
win felt amazing.”
Perrydale finished the
season with a 25-4 record
overall. The Pirates’ accom-
plishments were numerous,
including winning Casco
League regular season and
tournament titles, and earn-
ing the team’s first trip to
Baker City since the early
1980s.
“It was definitely
thrilling,” senior Haylen
Janesofsky said. “It’s excit-
ing to be in a new situation.
It’s somewhere I’ve never
been, and to do this with
my teammates and friends,
it made the whole experi-
ence fun.”
From the beginning of the
season, the Pirates knew
making it to
Baker City
was a real
possibility.
The jour-
ney made
for a mem-
orable, fun
and excit-
Janesofsky
ing ride.
“We had a sense of to-
getherness,” senior Daniel
Domes said. “We played to-
gether, never got on each
other a whole lot, just played
as a team.”
The Pirates defeated
Crosshill Christian 57-47 in
the quarterfinals round on
March 1 to advance to the
semifinals.
“It means a lot,” Butler
said. “This is the best Perry-
dale has done at state for
basketball. To see all the
hard work pay off, it means a
ton. We exceeded what we
wanted to do.”
Although they didn’t win a
state title, winning the third-
place game meant the Pirates
could go out with a victory.
See PIRATES, Page 11A
DALLAS GIRLS BASKETBALL
Dragons rally falls short at Crater
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
CENTRAL POINT — Trail-
ing seventh-seeded Crater
16-4 on Saturday, Dallas’
girls bas-
ketball
team could
h a v e
packed it
in.
Instead,
the Drag-
ons fought
back, earn-
Nelson
ing a 26-24
lead with
two min-
utes left in
t h e t h i rd
quarter be-
fore falling
to Crater
44-36 in
the first
Tallon
round of
the state playoffs.
Olivia Nelson and Katie
Senger
Ronco
S e n g e r
scored 11
points each
to lead Dal-
las.
Dallas
advanced
to the first
r o u n d by
defeating
North Eu-
gene 42-37
in the state
play-in
ro u n d o n
March 1.
T h e
Dragons
ended the
season with
a 14-11
record overall.
Nelson was named first
team all-Mid-Willamette
Conference. Stefani Tallon
was named second team all-
league. Becca Ronco and
Emma Classen earned hon-
orable mentions.
LUKAS EGGEN/ Itemizer-Observer
Dallas’ Becca Ronco, left, and Emma Classen, right, fight to control a loose ball on March 1.
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