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Polk County Sports SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, MAY 24 Baseball: Class 5A State Playoffs, First Round: No. 11 Dallas at No. 6 Hood River Valley, 4:30 p.m. Softball: Class 5A State Playoffs, First Round: No. 16 Parkrose at No. 1 Dallas, 4:30 p.m. THURSDAY, MAY 25 Track and field: West- ern Oregon at NCAA Out- door National Champi- onships, TBA. Track and field: West- ern Oregon at NCAA Out- door National Champi- onships, TBA. Polk County Itemizer-Observer • May 24, 2017 11A PREP SOFTBALL Top-ranked Dragons to host Parkrose By Lukas Eggen The Itemizer-Observer DALLAS — Dallas’ softball team made history, but the celebration will have to wait. After finishing league play with a perfect 18-0 record for the first time in school history, the top-ranked Dra g o n s h o s t No. 1 6 Parkrose Wednesday (today) at 4:30 p.m. in the first round of the state playoffs. FRIDAY, MAY 26 Baseball: OSAA 5A State Playoffs, Quarterfi- nals: TBA. Softball: OSAA 5A State Playoffs, Quarter finals: TBA. SATURDAY, MAY 27 Track and field: West- ern Oregon at NCAA Out- door National Champi- onships, TBA. TUESDAY, MAY 30 Baseball: OSAA 5A State Playoffs, Semifinals: TBA. Softball: OSAA 5A State Playoffs, Semifinals: TBA. — Schedules Subject to Change QUICK HITS Polk County kids excel at state EUGENE — Polk County student-athletes attend- ing Santiam Christian placed in multiple events at the OSAA Track and Field State Championships on Thursday and Friday. Rebeka Preston won a state title in the 3A girls triple jump with a mark of 37 feet, 6 inches. The mark is a new school record. She was also part of the 4 x 100 relay team that placed third and the 4 x 400 relay team that fin- ished fourth. Ainsley Beam took third in the girls 3,000-meter run with a time of 14 min- utes, 3.25 seconds and Amanda Preston was part of the girls 4 x 400 relay team. Zach Watson finished third in the boys 800 in 2:02.29, a new school record. August Thornton took eighth in the 3,000 (9:27.85) and ninth in the 1,500 (4:18.27). Cross Creek men’s club results DALLAS — Cross Creek’s men’s club results for May 16: Low gross/net Gross: 1 (tie), Rocky Kygar and Jim Schroeder, 39; 3, Wayne Weathers, 40. Net: 1, Eldon Rivers, 35; 2 (tie), Lee Gamaney, Bill Karjala and Bob Hughes, 37; 4, Bob Bennett, 38. “At this point in the season, we are just fine tuning all aspects of the game,” c o a c h Simmons Br a n d i Jackson said. “This team comes out and works hard every day and it is paying off. I couldn’t be more proud Class 5A State First Round What: No. 16 Parkrose at No. 1 Dallas. When: Wednesday, 4:30 p.m. Where: Dallas High School. Admission: Adults, $6; students, $4. What’s at stake: The winner advances to the second round on Friday against the winner of Lebanon vs. Eagle Point. of these girls.” Parkrose finished 7-18 overall and 5-12 in North- west Oregon Conference play — but Jackson knows regular season records mean little at this point. “I don’t know many de- tails about Parkrose, but I do know that anything can hap- pen in the playoffs, so it will be important for us to do what we have all season, which is play our game,” Jackson said. “We need to have quality at-bats, play solid defense and have con- sistency on the (pitcher’s) mound.” See DALLAS, Page 12A PREP TRACK AND FIELD Champion at last By Lukas Eggen The Itemizer-Observer EUGENE — About an hour before the girls 400-meter final at the OSAA Track and Field State Championships on Satur- day, Central junior Bethanie Altamirano felt like she was car- rying the weight of the world. “I cried because I was scared,” she said. “I was scared I wasn’t going to win. I was scared of not beating the school record. I was scared of losing.” It was the kind of pressure that could de- rail even the most talented athlete. With her race quickly approaching, Altamirano was- n’t going to let that happen. “I took a walk and thought of how I was going to run the race,” Altamirano said. “I Mason thought about starting faster and remem- bered who I was running for.” By the time she stepped onto the track for the 400, she looked calm and determined. “(Coach Eli) Cirino told me not to lose the girls at the start,” she said. “In other races, I used to think I have time to catch them. At state, you can’t make that up.” See STATE, Page 13A LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer Central sophomore Sophia Henke placed third in the girls high jump at the state track and field meet on Saturday. LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer Central junior Bethanie Altamirano, right, edges out Summit’s Sarah Reeves for first place in the finals of the girls 400-meter run on Saturday. PREP TRACK AND FIELD Pirates perform well at state By Lukas Eggen The Itemizer-Observer EUGENE — When Perrydale senior Jacob Pope was a freshman, he wanted to play baseball, but track and field coach Brian Evans made a deal with him. “He told me I’m just getting this program going, can you come out for your first year,” Pope said. Initially the plan was to spend one year doing track before returning to baseball. But Cross Creek women’s club results DALLAS — Cross Creek’s men’s club results for May 22: Low net 1, Laurilee Hatcher, -4; 2 (tie), Karen Goodwin and Vicky Heffner, -3; 4 Cheryl Gesner, -2; 5 (tie), Sherrill Hurt, MJ Ferrin and Juanita Temple, -1. Evans introduced him to the javelin, and those plans instantly changed. “The minute I threw it, it was a lot of fun,” Pope said. “I knew this is what I’m doing.” Four years later and all the hard work and training paid off. Pope took eighth in the javelin at the 1A track and field state cham- pionships on Friday. “It was really special,” Pope said. “I’ve al- ways wanted to be out on this field. It’s memorable and I’ll cherish this memory.” See PIRATES, Page 13A STAT SHEET 0 The number of times a softball team from Dallas has gone un- defeated in league play prior to this spring, ac- cording to athletic director Tim Larson. Dallas’ softball team finished 18-0 in league play and is ranked No. 1 in the state. 20 The number of games in a row Dallas’ softball team has won entering the state playoffs. The Dragons’ last loss came against Grants Pass, a 6A school, on March 28. Dallas lost that game 14-3. www.polkio.com LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer Perrydale’s Jacob Pope prepares to throw on Friday. Perrydale thrower Abigail Bibler finished 10th in the shot put on Friday. www.facebook.com/pages/Polk-County-Itemizer-Observer/205062686252209 www.twitter.com/PolkIOSports
