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
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“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.”