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Polk County Itemizer-Observer • July 5, 2017 11A
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Nygaard named
Player of the Week
ISSAQUAH, Wash. —
Western Oregon senior
baseball player Nyle Ny-
gaard was named the West
Coast League Player of the
Week for June 19-25.
Nygaard went 8-for-12,
including two doubles and
a home run with four RBIs
with the Cowlitz Black
Bears.
Nygaard was named the
Great Northwest Athletic
Conference Newcomer of
the Year as a junior during
the 2017 season.
Registration open
for scavenger hunt
DALLAS — Registration
is open for the Dallas High
School Booster Club’s
SummerQuest Scavenger
Hunt Fun Run, held July 29
at 5 p.m.
Teams can contain two
to six members, and walk-
ers or runners are wel-
come. Each adult team
member will receive a
cinch bag to collect clues
and artifacts along the
route, and at least one
team member must have a
smartphone to receive
texts from the race direc-
tor.
Cost is $25 for team
members 13 and older
and $10 for team mem-
bers 12 and younger.
The hunt begins at the
Academy Building, where
you will receive your first
list of clues. Teams may
use any media to figure
out answers to clues and
directions. Any non-shoed
form of transport is not al-
lowed.
Each team member will
receive a complimentary
beverage (beer, cider or
root beer) that can be re-
deemed at the West Valley
Tap House beer garden lo-
cated at the Academy
Building.
The hunt will lead par-
ticipants through Dallas
City Park and along the
streets during Summer-
fest.
Proceeds will benefit
Dallas High School athletic
programs.
To register: www.run-
signup.com/sum-
merquest.
For more information:
trenda@DHSBoosterClub.o
rg.
Cross Creek
women’s club
results
DALLAS — Cross Creek
Women’s Club results for
June 26.
Blind draw best ball
1, Laurilee Hatcher-
Karen Goodwin, 24; 2, Julie
Hertel-Susan Austermiller,
27; 3, Loretta Bishop-Dar-
lene Powers, 29.
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Los Angeles Chargers receiver Tyrell Williams speaks to campers during his Offensive Skills Camp on Thursday.
Williams leads camp
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
MONMOUTH — It was a
situation former Western
Oregon and current Los An-
geles Chargers receiver
Tyrell Williams had been in
numerous times growing
up: Standing in line, waiting
for a chance to meet an NFL
player.
“It definitely took me
back,” Williams said. “I re-
member waiting in line to
get signatures after a foot-
ball camp and just feeling
that excitement.”
This time, Williams
wasn’t the star-struck kid;
he was the one kids waited
to meet.
—
Williams held his first Of-
fensive Skills Camp on
Thursday at Western Oregon
University with around 150
campers participating.
“It was good to be out in
front of the kids,” Williams
said. “It was my first camp,
and I just wanted everyone
to have a fun time.”
Williams, along with his
father, WOU coaches and
players, helped lead the
four-hour camp, which in-
cluded various drills.
After ward, Williams
signed autographs and took
photos with those in atten-
dance.
For Anabel Galindo and
her son, Marco, the camp
was extra special.
The Galindos are lifelong
LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer
Quarterbacks take part in a drill during Tyrell Williams’ Offensive Skills Camp at Western Oregon University.
Chargers fans, and the
chance to take part in a
camp run by the Chargers’
leading receiver during the
2016-17 season was too
good to pass up.
“We thought it was an
awesome opportunity,” An-
abel said. “We’re really thank-
ful to have a big NFL person
doing something like this.”
For his part, Williams
wanted to keep the focus on
having fun.
“I wanted them to have a
good time,” he said. “I didn’t
want them standing around
a lot and wanted to teach
them as much as I can.”
See CAMP, Page 12A
MONMOUTH-INDEPENDENCE TENNIS TOURNAMENT
Tennis tournament draws 58 players
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer
Robert Sanchez and Venedict Matveev, from Woodburn, play a doubles match on Sunday morning.
www.polkio.com
INDEPENDENCE —
Robert Sanchez, of Wood-
burn, loves tennis.
T h e 2 0 1 7 Wo o d b u r n
High graduate played
throughout high school
and has competed in Unit-
ed States Tennis Associa-
tion tournaments.
The Monmouth-Inde-
pendence Fourth of July
tennis tournament is one
he makes sure never to
miss each year.
“I’ve been doing this
tournament for a while,” he
said. “It’s real cool. It helps
build a community. On Sat-
urday, I play singles and
doubles. I show up at 8 a.m.
and can play all day long. I
like that. I’ve done other
tournaments where you
play one match a day and
then go home.”
Sanchez’s doubles partner,
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Venedict Matveev, has been
playing in the tournament for
two years and has fallen in
love with how it is run.
“One of the bigger aspects
is the community,” Matveev
said. “There are so many
people here, and we’re all
here to play tennis. We share
the same fun sport.”
The chance to share sto-
ries with each other proved
just as entertaining and
valuable as competing for a
trophy.
“You can talk to an old
player about how they
played back in the day,”
Matveev said. “I think that’s
really awesome and just a
great experience.”
The two-day tournament
featured singles and doubles
brackets for men and
women. There were also
mixed doubles and
father/daughter and moth-
er/son brackets.
See TENNIS, Page 12A
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