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Polk County Sports SCHEDULE Polk County Itemizer-Observer • May 17, 2017 10A COLLEGE BASEBALL PREP TRACK AND FIELD WEDNESDAY, MAY 17 Baseball: Central at Blanchet Catholic, 5 p.m. Softball: Dallas at Tu- alatin, 5 p.m. Wolves win conference title THURSDAY, MAY 18 Baseball: Santiam at Perrydale, 4:30 p.m. Softball: Perrydale at Santiam, 3 p.m. Track and field: Class 1A State Championships, Hayward Field, Eugene, 10 a.m. FRIDAY, MAY 19 Baseball: OSAA 5A state play-in round: Marist Catholic at Central, 4:30 p.m. Ashland at Dallas, 5 p.m. Softball: OSAA 5A state play-in round: Churchill at Central, TBA. Track and field: Class 5A State Championships, Hayward Field, Eugene, 9 a.m. Class 1A State Cham- pionships, Hayward Field, Eugene, 4 p.m. SATURDAY, MAY 20 Track and field: Class 5A State Championships, Hayward Field, Eugene, 10:45 a.m. WEDNESDAY, MAY 24 Baseball: Class 5A State Playoffs, First Round, TBA. Softball: Class 5A State Playoffs, First Round, TBA. — Schedules Subject to Change QUICK HITS WOU hires new athletic director MONMOUTH — West- ern Oregon University an- nounced the hiring of Cur- tis Campbell to as athletic director on Monday. Campbell is the current director of athletics at NCAA Division II institu- tion Tuskegee University in Alabama. Campbell has 17 years of experience in intercolle- giate athletics at the Divi- sion II and Division III lev- els and is a member of the D-II Management Council and D-II Planning and Fi- nance Committee. "I am extremely excited to join the staff at Western Oregon University," Camp- bell said. “... I would like to thank President Fuller and the search committee for this opportunity." Campbell’s first day will be July 1. Scrap metal drive returns Saturday DALLAS — Dallas’ boys basketball program will hold its fifth annual scrap metal drive Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Email Trent Schwartz, trent.schwartz@dsd2.org or call 503-623-8336, ext. 2105, to arrange a pickup by Thursday. Name, address and brief description of the scrap and where to pick it up at the address is re- quired. Acceptable items include iron, cast iron, tin, cars, ap- pliances, copper, brass, alu- minum, stainless wire and copper wire. Refrigerants, asbestos, petroleum by products, an- tifreeze and other harmful substances will not be ac- cepted. For more informa- tion on what is acceptable: www.cherrycitymetals.com /recycling. All proceeds will help pay for Dallas’ boys basket- ball team, including equip- ment, tournament fees and jerseys. Cross Creek men’s club results DALLAS — Cross Creek’s men’s club results for May 9: Low gross/net Gross: 1 (tie), Eldon Rivers, Rocky Kygar, Jack Duncan, Bob Sprinkle and Don Seth, 30. Net: 1, Wayne Braugh- man, 18; 2, Lynn Hurt, 21; 3, John Hopkins, 23; 4 (tie), Ken Ross, Darrel Smedstad and John Mangini, 24; 7 (tie)m Glen White, Vern Smith and Ken Danken- bring, 25. www.polkio.com By Lukas Eggen The Itemizer-Observer Dallas sends 10 to state LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer Dallas seniors Stefani Tallon and Jenifer Webb begin to celebrate after the girls 100-meter hurdles on Saturday. By Lukas Eggen The Itemizer-Observer LEBANON — Moments after finishing the boys 300- meter hurdles race at the Mid-Willamette Conference District Track and Field Championships on Saturday, Dallas senior Jacob Deming threw his hands in the air. His first thought? “(Got) another one,” he said. Deming won the race at the Mid-Willamette Confer- ence District Track and Field Championships on Saturday with a time of 39.63 seconds. The race was a perfect cap to a stellar showing at Lebanon High School. Deming also took home district titles in the long jump (21 feet, 23¾ inches) and triple jump (44-5¼). “It means a lot,” Deming said. “It’s an amazing feeling to win three events.” The hardest may have been the triple jump — with Deming leaping past team- mates Aaron White and Evan Courtney. “I didn’t start off very well,” Deming said. “I had to focus on my phases and fun- damentals. My landing hadn’t been very good. Thankfully, on the last one, I got the landing down.” See DALLAS, Page 11A CLASS 5A TRACK AND FIELD STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS When: Friday, 9 a.m.; Saturday, 9:30 a.m. Gates open at 8 a.m. Where: Hayward Field, University of Oregon, Eugene. Admission: Adults, $12; students and children, $5. Dallas qualifiers: BOYS — Jacob Deming, sr., 300-meter hurdles (seeded first), long jump (seeded seventh) and triple jump (seeded fourth); Trevor Cross, soph., 3,000 (seeded ninth); Jacob Collins, sr., pole vault (seeded sixth); Aaron White, sr., triple jump (seeded fifth). GIRLS — Jenifer Webb, sr., 100 hurdles (seeded fifth); Stefani Tallon, sr., 100 hurdles (seeded eighth) and 300 hurdles (seed- ed 12th); Amelia Burgess, sr., discus (seeded sixth); Kayley Sayer, sr., long jump (seeded 12th); Hailey VanWell, fr., triple jump (seeded ninth). LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer Dallas senior Jacob Deming placed first in the boys triple jump, long jump and 300-meter hurdles. PORTLAND — After dis- posing of Montana State Billings 4-2 on May 10, West- ern Oregon’s baseball team found itself in a pickle at the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Championships. Trailing 7-1 on Thursday to Central Washington, the Wolves needed to kickstart its offense to rally. And rally it did. WOU scored 12 unan- swered runs to defeat the Wildcats 13-7 before beating Northwest Nazarene in the title game on Friday 9-1. Against the Wildcats, Western Oregon chipped away at the lead, scoring two runs in the sixth and seventh innings before ex- ploding for eight runs in the eighth. The Wolves recorded five hits and were aided by two Central Washington errors during the eighth inning rally. Against Northwest Nazarene, WOU jumped out to a 7-0 lead in the second inning and never looked back. Jay Leverett hit a solo home run, while Brock Pradere, Connor McCord and Jacob Martinez each had two hits. Pitcher Brady Miller threw nine strikeouts over seven in- nings to earn the win. “I’m proud of the club for sticking with it through the year," coach Kellen Walker said. “They went through some tough situations dur- ing the year. They earned this one.” The title is WOU’s third in the last five seasons. Cam Walker was named the tournament’s Most Valu- able Player. Walker and Brady Miller each threw 10 strikeouts dur- ing the championships. Western Oregon finishes the season with a 31-15 record overall. PREP TRACK AND FIELD Panthers show guts at districts By Lukas Eggen The Itemizer-Observer LEBANON — The 2016-17 athletic year has been a frus- trating one for Central sen- ior Isaiah Abraham. Injuries cost him most of the football season and basketball. But he had a goal in mind — to step onto the track for the 4 x 100-meter relay along with teammates Sterling Hutchinson, Peter Mason and Issac Burgett at the Mid- Willamette Conference Dis- trict Track and Field Cham- pionships on Saturday. “I knew I could push through it,” Abraham said. “I knew I was going to be out here whether it hurt or not.” His teammates knew he was hurting, but were sup- portive of him throughout the spring. “We told him not to push it,” Mason said. “Districts is the only meet that matters. If you’re ready for that, then that’s all we want.” Hutchinson got Central off to a s t r o n g start, and Mason and Burgett only ex- tended it. “I knew Sterling Henke was going to get us a lead,” Mason said. “He’s one of the best starters in the league. My goal is to keep that lead or add to it.” When Burgett handed the baton off to Abraham, the Panthers entered the home- stretch in first. Abraham left it all on the track, anchoring the relay team to a first-place finish — but it cost him a possible level two hamstring strain. “It means a lot to be out there at least one more time with these guys,” Abraham said. “This was the first time we raced together. I’m happy to be able to at least come out here and help us get to state.” Coach Eli Cirino said he’s unsure whether Abraham will be able to compete at state. But for at least one race, everything was as the relay team envisioned it would be. “It cost us an injured teammate, but we made it to state,” Hutchinson said. “That’s good enough for me. I don’t think anyone else wanted this more than us.” — Sophomore Sophia Henke wanted to focus on the triple jump during the 2017 sea- son. See PANTHERS, Page 12A CLASS 5A TRACK AND FIELD STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS Central qualifiers: BOYS — Issac Burgett, jr., 400-meter run (seeded eighth); 4 x 100 relay (Sterling Hutchinson, Peter Mason, Issac Burgett, Isaiah Abraham, seeded sixth); 4 x 400 relay (Sterling Hutchinson, Josh Dickson, Zach Meyer, Issac Burgett, seeded third); Peter Mason, sr., long jump (seeded ninth); Jaydon Aydelotte, soph., 110 hurdles (seeded ninth). GIRLS — Bethanie Altamirano, jr., 200 (seeded seventh) and 400 (seeded third); Sophia Henke, soph., high jump (seeded fourth). LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer Central’s Isaiah Abraham takes off after receiving the baton from Issac Burgett. www.facebook.com/pages/Polk-County-Itemizer-Observer/205062686252209 www.twitter.com/PolkIOSports
