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Polk County Sports Polk County Itemizer-Observer • September 6, 2017 11A PREP VOLLEYBALL SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 6 Volleyball: Livingstone Adventist at Falls City, 6 p.m. Dragons go 2-1 at tourney THURSDAY, SEPT. 7 Boys soccer: Central at Barlow, 7 p.m. Dallas at Ben- son, 6 p.m. Girls soccer: Eagle Point at Dallas, 4 p.m. Volleyball: Central at South Albany, 6 p.m. Cres- cent Valley at Dallas, 6 p.m. Perrydale at Jewell, 6 p.m. Cal State San Marcos at Western Oregon, 8 p.m. By Lukas Eggen The Itemizer-Observer FRIDAY, SEPT. 8 Cross-country: Western Oregon at Ash Creek Invita- tional, 5 p.m. Football: Mountain View at Central, 7 p.m. North Eu- gene at Dallas, 7 p.m. Falls City at Sherman, 7 p.m. Lowell at Perrydale, 7 p.m. Volleyball: Chaminade at Western Oregon, 3 p.m. Women’s soccer: West- ern Oregon at Hawaii Pacif- ic, TBA. SATURDAY, SEPT. 9 Cross-country: Central at Ash Creek Cross-country Festival, noon. Dallas at Saxon Invite, 10 a.m. Football: Western Ore- gon at Central Washington, 1 p.m. Volleyball: Perrydale at Damascus Christian, 1 p.m. Fresno Pacific at Western Oregon, 10:30 a.m. Cal State East Bay at Western Oregon, 6:30 p.m. SUNDAY, SEPT. 10 Women’s soccer: West- ern Oregon at Chaminade, TBA. MONDAY, SEPT. 11 Volleyball: Falls City at Siletz Valley, 6 p.m. TUESDAY, SEPT. 12 Boys soccer: North Mari- on at Central, 6 p.m. Girls soccer: Central at North Marion, 4 p.m. Red- mond at Dallas, 4 p.m. Volleyball: Central at Crescent Valley, 6 p.m. Cor- vallis at Dallas, 6 p.m. Willamette Valley Christian at Perrydale, 6 p.m. — Schedules Subject to Change QUICK HITS Nygaard, Fallon earn honors MONMOUTH — Western Oregon baseball players Nyles Nygaard and Koty Fal- lon earned postseason ac- colades while competing in summer leagues. Nygaard was selected second team all-West Coast League as a utility player. Nygaard had 12 doubles and 16 RBIs while playing with the Cowlitz Black Bears. Fallon earned second team Great West League honors after hitting .260 with the Portland Pickles. In addition, WOU players Jacob Fricke, Alex Roth and Cam Walker received all- WCL honorable mentions. LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer Hunter Chase (29) eludes a Bend tackler during the Panthers’ 35-6 win over the Lava Bears on Friday night. PREP FOOTBALL Panthers roll in opener Defense, special teams help spark Central’s victory By Lukas Eggen The Itemizer-Observer INDEPENDENCE — Sen- ior Isaiah Abraham was itch- ing to get on the field Friday night. The wide receiver/defen- sive back missed much of the 2016 season due to injuries, but he was ready to contribute to Central’s Abraham football team. And contribute he did. Abraham had one receiv- ing touchdown on offense and two interceptions, in- cluding one returned for a touchdown, on defense, helping the Panthers to a 35- 6 win over Bend on Friday night. “It was just great to be LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer Central’s defense held Bend to six points on Friday night. back on the field again and play football,” Abraham said. “We’re a brotherhood this year. We play for each other.” PREP FOOTBALL Wolves fall to 0-2 Pirates outlast Mapleton By Lukas Eggen The Itemizer-Observer MONMOUTH — Western Oregon women’s soccer coach Steve Ancheta knows WOU is a work in progress. The Wolves opened the sea- son by falling to Biola 3-2 in double overtime on Thursday and San Francisco State 3-0 on Saturday. “We have a young team,” Ancheta said. “We have 11 new players added and lost nine seniors from last year. I thought the two opponents we saw are very talented and very athletic. With San Fran- cisco State, I’m thinking they can be a playoff team. They have some nice talent out there. They were great games for us to play and it was a learning environment for us.” See WOLVES, Page 13A DALLAS — Cross Creek’s men’s club results for Aug. 29: Two man best ball Gross: 1, Bob Bennett- Ted Bennett, 35; 2, Paul Dis- ney-Bill Karjala, 36; 3, Jim Schroeder-Bob Sprinkle, 37. Net: 1, Ken Ross-David White, 28; 2 (tie), Chuck Wo o d b e c k- Pat Fa r re l l, Wayne Baughman-Steve Albin and Vern Smith-John Mangini, 29; 5, Rocky Kygar- Bill Bishop, 29. STAT SHEET 139 www.polkio.com a 6-yard touchdown run by Hunter Chase. Nikolai Wolfe returned the second block for a touchdown. See PANTHERS, Page 13A COLLEGE SOCCER Cross Creek men’s club results The num- ber of points Central, Dallas, Falls City and Perry- dale’s football teams com- bined to score during the first week of the high school season. The Pirates scored 52 points, the Dragons scored 40 points, the Panthers scored 35 points and Falls City scored 12 points. Cen- tral, Dallas and Perrydale recorded victories, while the Mountaineers lost. Central controlled the game right from the opening snaps, blocking punts on each of Bend’s first two drives. The first block set up SALEM — Dallas’ volley- ball team opened its sea- son at the McKay Tournament in Salem on Saturday. The Dragons defeated McKay 25-15, 25-18 and Blanchett, 25-23, 19-25, 15-11 before falling to Radford (from Hawaii), 23-25, 25-23, 15-11 in t h e champi- onship match. Classen “This was our first true test to see how the girls w e r e going to mesh as a team,” coach Savage Shana Lavier s a i d . “They played a lot of volley- ball, and e v e n though Van Well t h e y were exhausted by the time the championship game came around, they showed tremendous tenacity.” Stats were not available, but Lavier said several players stepped up in a big way. “Emma (Classen) and Maggie (Blair) played all the way around all day and were just solid and consistent,” Lavier said. “Tristin (Savage) had a great tournament, not only hitting, but was able to frustrate a lot of teams with her blocking. She shut down hitters real quick. Hailey (VanWell), even though she is only a sophomore, she was an offensive threat.” See DALLAS, Page 12A By Lukas Eggen The Itemizer-Observer PERRYDALE — Almost from the opening snap, one thing was clear during Per- rydale’s football game against Mapleton. This was going to be one exciting game. “It was a battle, for sure,” senior Cooper Butler said. “We were going blow for blow on offense.” The Pirates and Sailors traded leads six times be- fore Perrydale secured a 52- 42 victory on Thursday. Butler scored three touchdowns, including a 61-yard touchdown run in the first quarter and a 50- yard touchdown run in the third quarter. “Cooper was running like a man possessed,” coach Steve Mabry said. “He’s our saving grace a little bit. If we need 3 yards, we’re going to give him the ball.” See PIRATES, Page 12A Soccer LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer Western Oregon defender Kaitlin Poe attempts to ad- vance the ball up the field on Saturday afternoon. • Western Oregon’s soc- cer team will play at Hawaii Pacific on Friday and at Chaminade on Sunday. Game times have not been announced. • The Wolves open Great Northwest Athletic Confer- ence play at Western Wash- ington on Sept. 16. LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer Cooper Butler (3) breaks free for a run on Thursday. www.facebook.com/pages/Polk-County-Itemizer-Observer/205062686252209 www.twitter.com/PolkIOSports
