Polk County Sports
Polk County Itemizer-Observer • December 20, 2017 13A
PERRYDALE BOYS BASKETBALL
Pirates rally late to beat Dufur
By Lukas Eggen
The Itemizer-Observer
DUFUR — Down by nine
with 2 minutes, 25 seconds
left in the game on Saturday,
Perrydale boys basketball
coach Brian Domes thought
the Pirates were about to go
home with a sour taste in
their mouths.
“It was going to be a long
bus ride home,” Domes said.
Dufur’s athleticism had
given Perrydale trouble all
game.
Domes told his players it
was time to put in the full-
court press.
“That was something I’ve
never really witnessed as a
coach,” Domes said.
The Pirates began forcing
turnover after turnover and
taking advantage of the scor-
ing chances, capped off by a
Cooper Butler basket with
1:15 remaining in the game
to put Perrydale up 49-48.
Neither team would score
Domes
and the Pi-
rates es-
caped with
a victory.
“It sure
made the
bus ride
home more
f u n , ”
D o m e s
said.
Butler finished the game
with 20 points and 10 re-
bounds.
Perrydale also defeated
Klickitat 68-49 on Friday.
David Domes had 16 points
and eight rebounds to lead
the Pirates.
Perrydale played Country
Christian Tuesday after press
time and plays at Days Creek
Thursday at 6:30 p.m.
“Days Creek will be chal-
lenging,” Brian Domes said.
“They are very athletic. They
can be a little out of control
sometimes, and that can get
you out of your gameplan.
We’ll see how that plays out.”
Dragons
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Ryan Bibler (120), Dawson
Barcroft (126), and Nicholas
Nelson (160) took second,
and Bryce Jordan (285),
Jared Coxen (160), and Bryce
Miller (152) placed third.
“The freshmen, Millard
and Morrison are establish-
ing themselves as top light-
weights,” Olliff said. “Our
upperclassmen, Nelson and
Earhart, are leaders both on
and off the mat.”
The Dragons hope to see
injured wrestlers Jacob
Jones, Joe English and Dylan
Dupas healthy by the new
year.
Dallas will compete at the
Northwest Duals in Albany
Dec. 28-29.
Pirates
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Cooper Butler drives to the hoop against Willamette
Valley Christian on Thursday.
Youth wrestling
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“Cody Lawrence played
on Thursday and did a great
job,” Newton said. “Sydney
Lawrence is tough as nails.
When we need a basket, she
usually gets it for us.”
Sydney Lawrence scored a
combined 45 points during
the Pirates’ games on Friday
and Saturday.
The Pirates will need
players to continue step-
p i n g u p. Ne w t o n s a i d
Alyssa Lux injured her knee
during the weekend, which
could leave Perrydale with-
out three of its normal
starters this week.
Perrydale played Country
Christian Tuesday after press
time. The Pirates play at
Days Creek on Thursday.
“We’re working through
the things we have to,” New-
ton said. “Our younger play-
ers are getting experience so
when our injured girls come
back, we’ll be deeper. I can't
complain.”
CENTRAL ROUNDUP
Girls basketball finishes
first at the holiday classic
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Max Vidal, right, wrestles on Saturday. More than 200 youth wrestlers competed
at Central High School on Saturday. The Panthers youth wrestling team boasted
19 competitors. Vidal, Lili Alvarez, Sawyer Herbert, Tyanna H., Grady Lewis, Jake
Merrit and Rylan Lilly placed second. Roddy Alvarez, Bridget and Casey
Humphreys, Case Merrit and Timo Cantu took third and Diego Pena and Issac
McBride finished fourth.
Falls City
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“He’s keeping the ball
high,” Kidd said. “And he’s
more mature and bigger and
stronger. Some guys make a
big jump from their sopho-
more to junior year.”
Individually, Kidd is see-
ing talent. Putting it together
for 32 minutes will just take
time, he said.
“We need more practice
time,” Kidd said. “We’re try-
ing to integrate three players
into a system that the other
guys are used to. Some of
our schedule got rearranged
and, with the football season
going as long as it did, we
missed out on a week of
practice.”
Falls City hosts Siletz Val-
ley Thursday at 7 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL WINS
TWO: Falls City’s girls basket-
ball team defeated Oregon
School for the Deaf 48-24 on
Dec. 12 and C.S. Lewis 50-20 on
Thursday.
Emma Burgess scored a
game-high 15 points against
OSD and grabbed seven re-
bounds. Brittney Potts added
eight points and seven re-
bounds.
Amara Houghtaling led the
Mountaineers against C.S.
Lewis with 19 points and two
assists. Potts and Burgess com-
bined for 19 rebounds.
“The girls started the season a
little slow, but they played some
pretty good teams,” Kidd said. “I
was wondering how they would
respond, and their energy has
been a lot better on the floor.”
Falls City hosts Siletz Valley
Thursday at 5:30 p.m.
Panthers
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“I have more confidence
than I’ve had in wrestling,”
he said. “I have the confi-
dence that I can go out there
and be in a battle.”
Central will compete at
the Northwest Duals Dec.
28-29 with another chance
for the Panthers to show
they are ready to battle.
“The focus is only on the
next match,” Sedlacek said.
“When I’m out there, noth-
ing else in life matters.
Whether it’s for 30 seconds
or 10 minutes, my mind is
clear.”
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Itemizer-Observer staff report
AURORA — Central’s girls
basketball team went 3-0
and took first at the Abby’s
Pizza Holiday Classic at
North Marion High School.
T h e
Pa n t h e r s
defeated
Molalla 46-
30
on
Thursday,
V a l l e y
Catholic
57-38 on
Mendazona Friday and
Hidden
Valley 62-43 on Saturday.
“We faced three great
teams that all do well in
their leagues,” coach Julie
McDonald said. “We were
faced with different chal-
lenges from each team that I
felt like we executed well
against.”
Meagan Mendazona had
12 points, nine rebounds
and six steals against Molal-
la, while Lexy Barba added
11 points and four assists.
Elizabeth Chavez added
eight points and six steals.
Annika Riddell had five
points and nine rebounds.
Mendazona scored a
game-high 19 points against
Valley Catholic. Riddell
scored 12
points, and
Chavez
added 10
points as
t h e Pa n -
t h e r s
outscored
V a l l e y
Chavez
Catholic
18-2 in the third quarter to
pull away for the win.
Chavez scored a game-
high 21 points against Hid-
den Valley. Barba scored 12
points. Mendazona added
10 points, five steals, seven
assists and seven rebounds.
“Our bench was a huge
factor in all three games,”
McDonald said. “We kept
the same pace and pressure.
… Meagan Mendazona and
Elizabeth Chavez had an ex-
cellent tournament, and
Lexy Baba and Bailey Hart-
ford did a phenomenal job
stopping the opponents’ of-
fensive forces. Annika Rid-
dell had a great tournament
keeping the big men off the
boards.”
Central (7-0 overall) plays
a t St a y t o n We d n e s d a y
(today) at 7 p.m.
SWIM TEAM COMPETES AT
SOUTH ALBANY: Central’s
swim team competed at South
Albany on Dec. 12.
Sophomore Lynze Bradley
finished the girls 100-yard
backstroke in 1 minute, 24.40
seconds, shaving 3.51 seconds
off her previous personal best.
AnneMarie Hasbrook fin-
ished the 500 freestyle in
7:25.65, and Grace Holstad fin-
ished in 6:35.82 in her first time
swimming the 500.
BOYS BASKETBALL GOES
2-1 AT CLASSIC: Central’s boys
basketball team went 2-1 at
the Holiday Classic at North
Marion High School. The Pan-
thers lost to Banks 67-26 on
Thursday before beating Cor-
bett 60-53 on Friday and Molal-
la 57-51 on Saturday. Peter
Mendazona scored 28 points to
lead the Panthers against Mo-
lalla.
Mendazona scored 14 points
against Corbett, while Kaleb
Kantola added 11 points.
“It was a really good tourna-
ment,” coach Tim Kreta said. “On
Friday, we faced a really good
Corbett team that is developing
and played well together. We
came back on Saturday a little
tired and flat, but we were able
to hold them to four points in
the fourth quarter.”
The Panthers also defeated
Milwaukie 58-46 on Dec. 12.
Peter Mendazona scored 14
points, while Josh Rodriguez
added 12 points, and Jesse
Cable recorded 10 points.
WESTERN OREGON ROUNDUP
Men’s basketball downs Alaska
Itemizer-Observer staff report
MONMOUTH — Western
Oregon University’s men’s
basketball team used a bal-
anced scoring attack to de-
feat Alaska Anchorage 82-50
on Sunday. The Wolves saw
10 players score five or
more points.
Vince Boumann scored a
team-high 15 points. Ali
Faruq-Bey added 12 points
and four rebounds. Tanner
Omlid recorded 10 points,
five rebounds, three blocks
and three assists.
Western Oregon (10-1
overall, 2-1 Great Northwest
Athletic Conference) played
Alaska Fairbanks Tuesday
after press time. The Wolves
are off until Jan. 2, when
WOU plays at Concordia at
7 p.m.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
FALLS TO SOUTHERN ORE-
GON: Western Oregon Univer-
sity’s women’s basketball team
lost to Southern Oregon 77-67
on Dec. 12.
The Wolves led 37-30 at the
half before Southern Oregon
outscored WOU 27-13 in the
third quarter to take the lead
for good.
Savannah Heugly recorded
15 points, five rebounds and
three assists to lead WOU.
Kennedy Corrigan added 14
points, and Sydney Azorr had
12 points and four assists.
Western Oregon (5-3 over-
all) played Central Washington
Tuesday after press time. The
Wolves are off until Dec. 30 at
Northwest Nazarene.
DALLAS ROUNDUP
Swim team competes at Corvallis
Itemizer-Observer staff report
CORVALLIS — Dallas’
swim team competed at
Corvallis on Dec. 12.
The boys 200-yard med-
ley relay team of Gabe Ap-
plegate, Isaiah Dressel,
Jakob Lloyd and Hans Gar-
rison placed third in 2 min-
utes, 29.82 seconds.
The 200 freestyle relay
team of Lloyd, Applegate,
Garrison and Dressel also
placed third with a time of
2:04.41.
Garrison finished third in
the boys 50 freestyle in
38.76.
Guinevere Bagnall took
fourth in the girls 50
freestyle with a time of
50.27.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
DROPS FIRST GAME: Dallas’
girls basketball team defeated
Roosevelt 62-56 on Dec. 12
before losing to Hillsboro 53-
31 on Friday.
Dallas (5-1 overall_ played
McKay Tuesday after press
time.
The Dragons play at
Sprague Dec. 29 at 6:45 p.m.
BOYS BASKETBALL
DOWNS GLENCOE: Dallas’
boys basketball team defeated
Glencoe 48-44 on Dec. 12 be-
fore falling to Hillsboro 39-27
on Friday.
The Dragons (1-6 overall)
host Hermiston Friday at 7
p.m.
Dallas wrestlers compete at Battle for the Belts
Itemizer-Observer staff report
DALLAS — Dallas
wrestlers competed at the
Battle for the Belts girls
tournament on Saturday.
The Polk County
Delila Tormis placed
third in the 81-pound divi-
sion (elementary school).
Morgan Smith placed
fourth at 135 pounds and
Molly Parson of the Dallas
Mat Club finished fifth
(96) at the middle school
level.
Dallas High’s Kim Hol-
gat placed fourth at 127
pounds at the high school
level.
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