Polk County Sports Polk County Itemizer-Observer • August 2, 2017 12A QUICK HITS Cross Creek women’s club results DALLAS — Cross Creek Women’s Club results for July 24. Nine holes: 1, Sherril Hurt, 29; 2, Barb Largent, 30; 3 (tie), Karne Goodwin, Dar- lene McKee, Carolyn Wall, MJ Ferrin and Laurilee Hatcher, 31. Eighteen holes: 1 (tie), Darlene McKee and Barb Largent, 62; 3, Laurilee Hatcher, 63. Cross Creek men’s club results DALLAS — Cross Creek’s men’s club results for July 25: Low gross/low net Gross: 1, Wayne Weath- ers, 34; 2, Bob Bennett, 36; 3 (tie), Jim Schroeder and Kevin Moen, 38; 5, Ken Dankenbring, 39. Net: 1 (tie), Wayne Baughman and Al Fahlman, 29; 3 (tie), Dave Voves, Ed Johnson, John Strader and Lynn Hurt, 31; 7 (tie), Kevin O’Brien, Jason Fahlman, Derrill Weaver, Jack Duncan, Jim Cain and John Hopkins, 34. Kids ‘Tri’umph over course Top: Venya and Nina Kuzichev catch their breath after completing the Kids’ Triathlon on Fri- day morning at the Dallas Aquatic Center. Venya, age 12, and Nina, 9, swam 50 yards and biked for 545 yards. Nina did a 300-yard run, while Venya completed a 600-yard run. Left: Brooklyn and Madi- son Barcroft get set for the start of the Kids’ Triathlon on Friday morning. Brook- lyn finished first in the 7-8- year-old age group, while Madison finished fifth. For more photos from Summerfest, see page 8A. For more Kids’ Triathlon photos and results, check out www.polkio.com. Youth tennis camp coming Aug. 14 DALLAS — Registration is open for a youth tennis camp held at Dallas High School Aug. 14-18. Cost is $30 plus two new cans of tennis balls. Campers will be split into two age groups, with first- through fifth-grade stu- dents from 7:30 to 8:15 a.m. and sixth- through 12th- graders from 8:30 to 9:15 a.m. No experience is neces- sary. Mary Christensen will serve as lead instructor. For more information: Mary Christensen, 503-507- 9303. LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer Ribich earns national honor MONMOUTH — Western Oregon’s David Ribich was one of four student-athletes to be named the NCAA Di- vision II Track and Field Male Scholar Athletes of the Year. Ribich, a junior, earned a 3.41 GPA and was named the Male Outdoor Track Scholar Athlete of the Year. Ribich won the men’s Ribich 1,500- meter run at the NCAA Divi- sion II Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Ribich is the first athlete from WOU to earn the honor. Ribich was also one of nine Wolves to earn All-Aca- demic Team honors. Juniors Nicole Maurmann, Megan Rose, Kennedy Rufener, Amanda Short, Suzie Van De Grift and AJ Holmberg, and sophomores Olivia Woods and Dustin Nading were also all-academic se- lections. Selections were made by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer Caleb Heil sprints to the finish of the Kids’ Triathlon. LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer Colton Barcroft gets a final push as he begins the cycling portion of the triathlon. Dirtbags finish second at state By Lukas Eggen The Itemizer-Observer KLAMATH FALLS — The Demarini Dirtbags entered the American Legion state baseball tournament hungry for success. What followed was an up- and-down journey culmi- nating in a second-place fin- ish, falling just short of the state title. The team entered the championship round on www.polkio.com Kessler Sunday needing to beat Med- ford twice to take home the champi- onship, but lost 11-9 in 10 innings. “Medford is just a scrap- py team,” Dirtbags coach Scot McDonald said. “They hit really well. They’re four- Dirtbags • The Demarini Dirtbags advanced to the state champi- onship round at the American Legion State Tournament in Kla- math Falls. • The Dirtbags opened the tournament with wins over Willamette Valley and Portland, scoring a combined 37 runs during the two games. • The Dirtbags lost to Medford in the championship round on Sunday. time state champions for a reason. They don’t make mistakes. It’s not that we made mistakes, but they just clutched up and beat us in extra innings.” T h e Dirtbags opened the tour- nament on July 26 with a 17-5 w i n ov e r Albany be- Stewart fore earn- ing a 20-10 win over Port- land on Thursday. “Our bats were on fire,” McDonald said. “We played and pitched really well. www.facebook.com/pages/Polk-County-Itemizer-Observer/205062686252209 Those first two games we had 37 runs and 50 hits. It was like, holy cow. This is going exactly as planned.” The Dirtbags raced out to a 7-0 lead over Medford on Friday, but gave up 19 unan- swered runs to get knocked into the losers’ bracket and a matchup with Eugene on Saturday. The Dirtbags fell behind 4-0 through four innings be- fore rallying for a 9-5 victory. See STATE, Page 13A www.twitter.com/PolkIOSports