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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.
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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.
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