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Polk County Sports 12A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • September 20, 2017 DALLAS ROUNDUP Volleyball goes 1-3 Itemizer-Observer staff report DALLAS — Dallas’ volley- ball team lost a pair of league matches last week. The Dragons fell to Corvallis 25-22, 26-24, 23-25, 25-21 on Sept. 12 and Silverton 11-25, 26-24, 25-23, 25-19 on Thursday. Dallas split matches at its home tournament on Satur- day, defeating Hillsboro 25- 16, 25-8 and losing to Philo- math 25-20, 25-16. The Dragons played Cen- tral Tuesday after press time. Dallas plays at Wood- burn Thursday at 6 p.m. and will compete at the Oregon City Tournament Saturday at 8 a.m. before playing at South Albany Tuesday at 6 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER FALLS TO McNARY: Dallas’ girls soccer team lost to McNary 7-0 on Thursday. The Dragons (0-4 overall) played Canby Tuesday after press time. Dallas hosts Centennial Thursday at 4 p.m. in the team’s final nonleague match of the season. CROSS - COUNTRY MEE T CANCELED: The Northwest Classic at Lane Community Col- lege in Eugene was canceled on Saturday due to smoky con- ditions. Dallas will compete at the Mid-Willamette Conference preview meet Wednesday (today) at 3 p.m. at Willamette Mission State Park in Gervais. The Dragons will also com- pete at the Three Course Chal- lenge in Warrenton on Satur- day. FOOTBALL DROPS LEAGUE OPENER: Dallas’ football team lost to Silverton 38-22 on Fri- day. The teams were tied at 14 at the half before Silver ton outscored the Dragons 24-8 in the second half. Running back Evan Court- ney had 31 carries for 182 yards and two touchdowns. Brycen Grillo had 11 carries for 63 yards and Damon Hodge rushed for three times for 16 yards and a touchdown. Dallas (2-1 overall, 0-1 Mid- Willamette Conference) plays a nonleague game at Glencoe Fri- day at 7 p.m. LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer LUKAS EGGEN/Itemizer-Observer Football picks up first win of ’17 es for 77 yards — and two touchdowns. Running back Torreahno Sweet had eight carries for 71 yards and a touchdown. On defense, Anderson led the Wolves with seven tackles and two picks. John- son had five tackles, includ- ing a sack. The Wolves will host Humboldt State University Saturday at 1 p.m. in the team’s home-opener. Anderson was named the GNAC’s Defensive Player of the Week. Kicker Adrian Sal- dana earned Special Teams Player of the Week honors. Saldana made three field goals and five extra points. Note: Freshman Nicholas Lyngheim died in a car acci- dent last week. Lyngheim, The Rip City Fair on Thursday gave kids a chance to compete in a skills challenge. The event also had give- aways, photo opportunities and more. For a story, see online at www.polkio.com. Hailey VanWell and Josie Smith share a laugh during Dallas’ home volleyball tournament on Saturday. WESTERN OREGON ROUNDUP Itemizer-Observer staff report SILVER CITY, N.M. — Western Oregon Universi- ty’s defense overwhelmed Western New Mexico, lead- ing the Wolves to a 58-21 victory on Saturday. Western Oregon forced six turnovers, including two returned for touchdowns. Linebacker Tyler Johnson returned an interception for a touchdown in the second quarter, and Curtis Ander- son returned an intercep- tion for a score in the fourth quarter. Quarterback Nick Duck- worth threw for 293 yards and four touchdowns. Re- ceiver Paul Revis had 10 catches for 133 yards and a touchdown, while Zack Suarez recorded two catch- Rip City 18, of Gresham, was an of- fensive lineman. “A s a h a r d - w o r k i n g young man, Nicholas im- mediately became a mem- ber of our family with his approach and demeanor,” WOU coach Arne Ferguson said. “Just starting his colle- giate academic career, his loss is a tragedy and our thoughts go out to his fami- ly and to everyone involved. He will be missed.” WOMEN’S SOCCER FALLS TO VIKINGS: Western Ore- gon’s women’s soccer team lost to top-ranked Western Washington 7-0 on Sept. 16. Western Washington extend- ed its win streak to 29 matches as the Wolves dropped their Great Northwest Athletic Con- ference-opener. WOU plays at Northwest Nazarene Thursday at 3 p.m., at Montana State, Billings Saturday at 11:30 a.m. and at Concordia Tuesday at 3 p.m. VOLLEYBALL SPLITS MATCHES: Western Oregon’s volleyball team split a pair of road matches last week. The Wolves defeated Saint Martin’s 25-15, 25-14, 25-19 on Thurs- day before losing to Seattle Pacific 25-17, 25-20, 26-24 on Saturday. Mariella Vandenkooy led the Wolves against Saint Mar- tin’s with 12 kills. Alisha Bettin- son added 11 kills and had two aces. Maddie Mehciz and Leila Holt each had three aces during the match. WOU (5-4 overall, 1-1 G N AC ) h o s t s N o r t hw e s t Nazarene Thursday at 7 p.m. and Central Washington Satur- day at 7 p.m. Dallas: Dragons seek consistency Continued from Page 10A “We’re getting there,” Jones said. “The thing we’re looking for is, we’ve got a bunch of seniors so we are looking for someone to step up and lead — some- one to say it’s not OK to have that drop off on the field. It has to be from there. We need players to step up and notice a drop off in play and communi- cates that to one another in a positive way. I think the ups and downs are because we still have a program that is a losing program. I think sometimes we start to get that mentality, we forget to play, and things fall a part.” Players believe they are close to making a break- through — and a big reason why is consistency on the coaching staff. “Having Jones back is def- initely good,” Walker said. “To have someone that sticks with us, knows us and doesn’t give up on us and leave is really good. We know what he expects and he knows what we’re capable of and can push us.” Dallas played Parkrose Tuesday after press time. The Dragons travel to face Sandy Thursday at 6:30 p.m. before hosting Milwaukie Tuesday at 4 p.m. The matches are the team’s final ones before the start of Mid-Willamette Con- ference play. “Consistency is definitely key,” Walker said. “We’ve got the skills, but if we can’t keep it up for 80 minutes, we have nothing.”
