Sports Preview - Spring Sports Special 2013

march 14, 2013 | OkanOgan Valley gazette-tribune Page b1

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TONASKET - The road to excellence in the Caribou Trail League can be a difficult one, but Tonasket baseball coach Tim Cork believes his team is heading in the right direction.

The Tigers didn’t win a league game on the field last year - they did pick up a forfeit win over Okanogan early in the season - but were competitive against all but Cashmere, which went unbeaten on the way to a state championship.

There’s not a lot of experience on the roster despite eight return-ing players as just three of those were full-time starters a year ago. But with only one senior (Ian Young) on the roster, there is time to mold the squad into what Cork envisions.

John Rawley is the team’s top returning pitcher, while Jake Cory and Kjeld Williams started regularly. Transfer student Jimmy Coleman also brings playing experience to the table.

“Our goal is to work hard and get better every day,” Cork says. “We expect to be competitive in the CTL this season.”

Cork, in his second year, says he is seeing progress.

“Things are better in every aspect of our program,” he says. “Last year was a stepping stone for us and we are excited to see

the guys play some good baseball this season.”

Cork’s optimism comes from the work he’s seen his team put in during the pre-season.

“I am really proud of how hard

our guys are working,” he says. “There is a commitment to a new kind of excellence within the team. They want success and it’s fun to see that in a young man’s eyes.”

Tonasket baseball seeks to build on last year


OROVILLE - To say last year was a rough one for the Oroville baseball team might be an under-statement.

The Hornets had hoped to improve on a winless 2011 season last year. Instead, they not only failed to win a game, but by the end of the season had two few eligible players to field a team and had to forfeit their final six contests.

It probably won’t help much this season, but the Oroville School Board’s decision to allow eighth graders to participate in non-contact high school sports where a middle school program hasn’t been offered should help the Hornet baseball program regain some traction.

Only five of the 16 players on

Oroville’s pre-season roster have high school playing experience, and only two of those have played for more than one year. But with an infusion of six eighth graders getting a chance to cut their teeth now, coach Tam Hutchinson sees a chance to get the foundation rebuilt.

“The impact of having six eighth graders will be felt in the years to come,” Hutchinson says. “Youth baseball at the junior high level has ceased to exist in the last five years. As a result (of that, there are) fewer players with experience on the ‘big’ diamond.

“The last year we had players who played at the age 13-15 level on the big diamond, we went to the state playoffs. Years prior to that we had successful teams. The key is having that experience.”

Of the five upperclassmen, two are new to the team. Outfielder Scotty Frazier, a senior, is the only four-year player on the team, while catcher Boone McKinney, a

junior is a third-year player.Other returners include junior

infielder Jake Scott and sopho-more infielders Ricky Mathis and Steven Maupin. All were starters last year.

For the most part, positions haven’t been solidified, but

Hutchinson expects McKinney, Dustin Nigg, and eighth grad-ers Brentt Kallstrom and Casey Martin to handle most of the pitching.

The reconfigured Central Washington League North Division includes defending state

playoff qualifier Lake Roosevelt, district qualifier Liberty Bell, Manson, Bridgeport and Pateros, which is playing 1B for the next two years.

But for Hutchinson, the oppo-nents are going to be a lot less important than the Hornets’ progress through the year.

“As a team we may struggle as we learn the game,” he says. “But we will improve as the season

goes on.“Our goal: to improve with

each practice and each game, and to enjoy playing the game.”

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OROVILLE BASEBALL SCHEDULE

3/14 at Tonasket 4:00 pm3/18 * at Pateros 3:30 pm3/21 Tonasket 4:00 pm3/23 * at Lk Roos. (2) 11:00 am3/26 * Bridgeport 4:00 pm3/29 * Manson (2) 3:30 pm

4/9 * at Liberty Bell 4:00 pm4/13 * Pateros (2) 11:00 am4/16 * at Manson 4:00 pm4/20 * at B’port (2) 11:00 am4/23 * Lk Roosevelt 4:00 pm4/27 * Liberty Bell (2) 11:00 am5/7 # Districts begin

* League Contest# If Qualify

TONASKET BASEBALL SCHEDULE

3/14 Oroville 4:00 pm3/16 Bridgeport (2) 11:00 am3/21 at Oroville 4:00 pm

3/26 * Okanogan 4:30 pm3/30 * at Chelan (2) 11:00 am4/9 * Omak 4:30 pm4/11 Lk Roosevelt 4:00 pm4/13 * Cashmere (2) 11:00 am4/16 * at Okanogan 4:30 pm4/20 * Cascade (2) 11:00 am

4/23 * at Omak 4:30 pm4/25 Liberty Bell 4:30 pm4/27 * at Quincy (2) 11:00 am5/4 * Brewster (2) 11:00 am 5/7 # Districts begin* League Contest# If Qualify

OROVILLE BASEBALLROSTER

Name GrAngel Camacho 12Scotty Frazier 12Boone McKinney 11Eddie Ocampo 11Jake Scott 11Dustin Nigg 10Ricky Mathis 10Steven Maupin 10Trevor Shearer 10Brandon Watkins 9Andrew Miers 8Brentt Kallstrom 8Casey Martin 8Jaxon Blackler 8Ryan Marcolin 8Will Shearer 8

Head coach: Tam Hutc hinsonAssistant coach: Josh Marchand

Hornet baseball reboots with very young squad

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The Oroville baseball team includes (front row, l-r) Angel Camacho, Scotty Frazier, Andrew Mieirs, (back) head coach Tam Hutchinson, Brandon Watkins, Casey Martin, Ryan Marcolin, Jaxon Blackler, Trevor Shearer, Steven Maupin, Jake Scott, Dustin Nigg, Eddie Ocampo and assistant coach Josh Marchand. Not pictured are Ricky Mathis, Boone McKinney and Brentt Kallstrom.


The Tonasket baseball team includes (front row, l-r) bat boy Quincy Vassar, ball boy Reese Vassar, Ian Young, Jeremiah Yaussey-Albright, Dallin Good, Nicholas Crandall, Boyd Lorz-Vanatta, Makalapua Goodness, Kjeld Williams, Jesse Manring, bat boy Braden Cork, manager Amanda Johnson, (back) assistant coach Dan Vassar, Derek Sund, John Rawley, Pete Valentine, Jake Cory, Chris Elliott, Cade Hockett, Adrian McCarthy, Jimmy Coleman and head coach Tim Cork. Not pictured are Rade Pilkinton and Parker Kenyon.

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OROVILLE - Dane Forrester will be the first to admit it’s been a long couple of seasons for Oroville softball.

The Hornets won just two games two seasons ago and none last year, but Forrester says that should change with an influx of players that have been through the youth softball program that a few years ago didn’t exist.

“When I first took the position I went to one person in town, Shelly Martin, and I talked to her about doing the lower grade levels league,” he says. “She started it up at the fourth and fifth grade level and built them to the seventh and eighth, and I’m seeing those girls for the first time this year.

“The past couple of years we’ve had to teach some pretty basic things, like how to hold onto a bat. We’re not having to do that now.”

The biggest difference should be in the pitching circle, where for the first time in a couple of seasons Forrester has two pitchers who are familiar with the mechanics of the fastpitch.

“Having two of them is big,” Forrester says. “That in itself will make us a bit more successful.”

With four eighth graders and a fresh-man, it will be a young group, but not entirely so.

A lot will rest on shortstop Marissa Garcia, who transferred back to Oroville from Spokane after having come up through middle school here.

“She’s a really strong player,” Forrester says. “When you watch here, you can just see it.

“Faith Martin, it’s her first year at the varsity level, but her mom worked with her for the past four years and she’s shown some strength. Pie Todd is a go-

getter, we almost have to slow here down a little bit.”

Of the returning players, sophomore Rachelle Nutt has made a big impres-sion.

“She’s improved so much, it’s almost unbelievable,” Forrester says.

He’s also been enjoying the team’s attitude through early-season practices, despite many of them being indoors or outdoors in the cold.

“This group really likes the sport,” he says. “They’re putting out 110 percent. The other day we were doing some of our

situational drills for the first time, and it was just a huge positive.

“Also having the larger numbers brings out a little bit more competition between the girls. I think that will help them play at a higher level. And we have some really good athletes this year. It’s a very athletic group.”

Forrester says its hard to predict how the team will finish due to its youth. But he expects by next year, with more varsity experience under their belts, the

Hornets will be a force to reckon with.“The (feeder program) is so important

to a program,” he says. “That’s where the turnaround is. I won’t predict districts or state yet. But I think the next few years, we should be a progressively better team each year. And this year we should have a dramatically more successful season than we the last couple of years.”


TONASKET - None of the current Tonasket softball players have experienced a Caribou Trail League victory.

The Tigers came close last sea-son on several occasions, most notably an extra-innings loss to Cashmere.

That close-but-no-cigar feel-ing has the current team pushing hard in pre-season practices to do what it takes to reach that goal.

“They really want a league win this year,” says coach Emily Rimestad. “It’s what I keep hear-ing during prac-tice. The ladies got a taste of it last year by some of the close games we had. They really want it.

“Our goal this year is to win some games, of course...to be competitive in all our games. It is possible if the girls keep showing me what they have in practice.”

With just five returning play-ers, the Tigers will be a young squad overall. But in both softball and baseball, it pays to be strong up the middle, and that is where Tonasket’s experience lies.

Senior Sadie Long returns at pitcher, along with junior catcher Baylie Tyus, junior shortstop (and backup pitcher) Amber Monroe

and junior outfield-er Carrisa Frazier.

The team’s only other senior,

Cortney Jones, returns at third base.

“We have a young team with a few new

freshman and some juniors who

have not played before,” Rimestad says.

“We also have a couple of players

who have played but not with Tonasket. For such a young team and not playing together (before), they are playing very well togeth-er now.”

Rimestad says that assistant coach Gene Jones and her broth-er-in-law, Jeff, have been working with the team to improve their batting.

“Last year we had issues that kept us out of being more com-petitive,” she says.

“This year I hope to rectify this. With their help, I have really seen an improvement with the ladies.”

Rimestad said it has been a bit easier to get underway in her

second season.“The pre-jitters seem to be

gone,” she says. “I feel a little more grounded, I know what is lacking where I need to improve in my coaching skills. I know where I need to take the team and what works to push the girls to get to that next step of competition.”

She added that the team’s vibe has her encouraged as well.

“Everyone gets along real well and encourages each other,” Rimestad says.

“It’s a good feeling to see it and coach a group like this. This is what makes coaching softball or any sport such a pleasure.”

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TONASKET FASTPITCH SOFTBALL

SCHEDULE

3/16 at B’port (2) 11:00 pm3/19 Lk Roosevelt 4:30 pm3/23 at Oroville (2) 11:00 am3/26 * at Okanogan 4:30 pm3/28 Liberty Bell 4:30 pm3/30 * at Chelan (2) 11:00 am4/9 * Omak 4:30 pm4/13 * Cashmere (2) 11:00 am4/16 * Okanogan 4:30 pm4/20 * at Cascade (2) 11:00 am4/23 * at Omak 4:30 pm4/27 * Quincy (2) 11:00 am5/4 * Brewster (2) 11:00 am5/7 # Districts begin* League Contest# If Qualify

OROVILLE FASTPITCH SOFTBALLSCHEDULE

3/23 Tonasket (2) 11:00 am3/28 at Republic 4:00 pm4/9 * at Bridgeport 4:00 pm4/13 * at Pateros (2) 11:00 am4/16 * Manson 4:00 pm4/18 at Curlew (2) 3:00 pm

4/20 Lk Roosevelt (2) 11:00 am4/23 * Pateros 4:00 pm4/27 * at Liberty Bell (2) 11:00 am4/30 at Lk Roosevelt 4:00 pm5/4 * Bridgeport (2) 11:00 am5/7 * Liberty Bell 4:00 pm5/9 * at Manson (2) 4:00 pm5/14 # Districts begin* League Contest# If Qualify

OROVILLE FASTPITCH SOFTBALL

ROSTER

Name Gr

Celene Cisneros 12Jasmine Nutt 12Tosca Pickering 12Gabby Capote 11Stephany Cisneros 11Marissa Garcia 11Nadia Maldonado 11Shiyan King 11Cruz Ortega 11Rose Rivera 11Shelby Scott 11Kylee Davis 10Serina Finley 10Rachelle Nutt 10Faith Martin 9Kendal Miller 8Courtnee Kallstrom 8Alyssa Mieirs 8Pie Todd 8

Head coach: Dane ForresterAssistant coach: Kelsey Cleveland

TONASKET FASTPITCH SOFTBALL

ROSTER

Name GrCourtney Jones 12Sadie Long 12Jenny Bello 11Selena Cosino 11Carrisa Frazier 11Joni Glover 11Tori King 11Ann-Christin Rolschewski 11Amber Monroe 11Baylie Tyus 11Shyane Lewis 9Vanessa Pershing 9Rachel Silverthorn 9

Head coach: Emily RimestadAssistant coach: Gene Jones

Better times ahead for Hornet softball

Tonasket softball seeking that elusive CTL victory


The Tonasket softball team includes (front row, l-r) Baylie Tyus, Ann-Christin Rolschewski, Amber Monroe, Rachel Silverthorn, (back) assistant coach Gene Jones, Carrisa Frazier, Tori King, Vanessa Pershing, Courtney Jones, Sadie Long, Selena Cosino and head coach Emily Rimestad. Not pictured are Joni Glover, Jenny Bello and Shyane Lewis.


The Oroville softball team includes (front row, l-r) Faith Martin, Cruz Ortega, Shiyan King, Tosca Pickering, Celene Cisneros, Shelby Scott, Kendal Miller, Stephany Cisneros, (back) assistant coach Kelsey Cleveland, Pie Todd, Nadia Maldonado, Marissa Garcia, Serina Finley, Rachelle Nutt, Kylee Davis, Courtnee Kallstrom, Rosa Rivera and head coach Dane Forrester. Not pictured are Jasmine Nutt, Alyssa Mieirs

Close calls last year have Rimestad optimistic that team is on the upswing

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SPRING SPORTS SEASON!

CTL victory

Courtney Jones Sadie Long

Seniors

“They really want a league win this year,” says coach Emily Rimestad. “It’s what I keep hear-ing during prac-tice. The ladies got a taste of it last year by some of the close games we had. They really want it.

“Our goal this year is to win some games, of course...to be competitive in all our games. It is possible if the girls keep showing me what they have in








have not played before,” Rimestad


who have played but not with Tonasket. For such a young team and not playing together (before), they are playing very well togeth-er now.”

coach Gene Jones and her broth-er-in-law, Jeff, have been working with the team to improve their batting.

kept us out of being more com-petitive,” she says.

With their help, I have really seen an improvement with the ladies.”

bit easier to get underway in her


Courtney Jones Sadie Long

“They really want a

a taste of it last year by some of the close games we had. They really want it.

“Our goal this year is to win some games, of course...to be competitive in all our games. It is possible if the girls keep showing me what they have in








have not played before,” Rimestad says.



Sadie Long

Celene Cisneros

Tosca Pickering

Seniors

Jasmine Nutt


TONASKET - Tonasket had nearly 50 athletes turn out for track and field this year, giving the Tigers the ability to cover all of their events.

That probably won’t be enough for the Tigers to be able to chal-lenge Cashmere for Caribou Trail League supremacy for either the boys or the girls titles. The boys were the league runner-up last season and will be hard-pressed to repeat that feat, but the girls finished fourth in a tight battle with Chelan and Okanogan and

look primed to improve that fin-ish, even with the league expand-ing by two teams this year.

“As the ones that are new to track this year get experience,” says coach Bob Thornton, “we hope to be able to have people place in all the events. We have a lot of new and talented ath-letes this year so we have a lot of potential as the season goes on to do well as a team.”

Lending a big boost to the girls team is senior Emily Mills, who last year was caught in transfer student no-man’s land, able to run on her own in regular-season meets but ineligible to compete in the post-season.

“She should do very well in the 100, 200 and 400,” Thornton says. “She had some of the fastest 1A times last year in the 200 and 400 and is looking even stronger this year.”

Several other girls look likely to push for state finals spots, includ-ing Kathryn Cleman (300 hur-dles and pole vault), Cassie Spear (400), Kylie Dellinger (1600) and Devan Utt (800 and jump events).

“Kathryn is looking good,” Thornton says. “Cassie ran this winter and is looking strong, and

Kylie finished last year running very well.

“Devan is looking stron in the jumps, and I’m excited to see what she can do in the 800.”

Senior girls include Mills, Utt, Kelly Cruz, Jessica Puente and Shea Smith.

The boys team lost nearly all of its state-level talent from last

year; only Smith Condon remains from the 4x100 state-qualifying relay team. Seniors include Ryan DeJong, Jose Hernandez and David Williams.

“We always emphasize person-al records with the goal of having everyone set new PRs at the end of the season,” Thornton says. “If they can do that we should do well as a team as well.

“We have good leadership this year so as we combine hard work with having fun, it should be another great season. Our goal is always to end the season at the state meet in Cheney. Everyone from the newcomers to the ‘old timers’ are working hard and are focused on getting better.”

1A StandardsLast year, 3 athletes in each

event at the Distrct 6/7 regional qualified for state. This year’s qualification allocations have not yet been determined. However, any athlete may qual-ify regardless of placing if they meet the qualifying standards listed below (which are updated for 2013).

1A BOYSEvent FAT Hand100 11.30 11.1200 22.91 22.7400 50.78 50.6800 1:59.37 1:59.21600 4:27.02 4:26.83200 9:47.12 9:46.9110H 15.60 15.4300H 39.84 39.64x100 Rel. 44.01 43.84x400 Rel. 3:31.76 3:31.6Shot Put 51-9

Discus 158-11Javelin 179-5Long Jump 21-11.5Triple Jump 43-7.25High Jump 6-3Pole Vault 13-6

1A GIRLSEvent FAT Hand100 13.10 12.9200 26.51 26.3400 59.29 59.1800 2:23.92 2:23.71600 5:17.17 5:17.03200 11:28.06 11:27.9100H 16.08 15.9300H 46.94 46.74x100 Rel. 50.98 50.84x200 Rel. 1:47.14 1:46.94x400 Rel. 4:07.98 4:07.8Shot Put 38-5.5Discus 119-10Javelin 119-10Long Jump 16-11.25Triple Jump 36-0.5High Jump 5-2Pole Vault 9-9



The Tonasket track and field teams include (front row) Chad Edwards, Ryan DeJong, (2nd row) Jessica Puente, Daisy Alcauter, Yazmin Cervantes, Allison Jo Glanzer, Janelle Catone, Jaden Vugteveen, Mary Naylor, Emily Mills, (3rd row) Ivan Morales, Jose Hernandez, Ryan Rylie, Jenna Valentine, Kendra Davisson, Joaquin Polito, Kallie Mirick, Kelly Cruz, Cassie Spear, Devan Utt, (back) Luis Casarrobias, Jevonti Haney-Williamson, Zach Collins, Johnathan Tellez, Devyn Catone, Rose Walts, Dallas Tyus, Dalton Smith, Shea L. Smith, David Williams, Smith Condon, Abe Podkranic and Jenna Davisson. Not pictured are Kathryn Cleman, Adam Halvorsen, Kylie Dellinger, Alissa Young, Ethan Bensing, Corrina Karrer and Adrian Palomares.

Tonasket track looks to rely on young talent

TONASKET TRACK & FIELD SCHEDULE

3/16 at E. Valley (Yakima) Papa Wells Invite 10:00 am3/19 at Cascade 4:00 pm3/23 at Ephrata Ray Cross Invite 11:00 am3/26 at Chelan 4:00 pm3/30 at Oroville Eagle Home Mortgage Invite 11:30 am4/9 at Bridgeport/Brewster Co-ed 4:00 pm4/16 at Okanogan 4:00 pm4/23 Home Meet 4:00 pm4/27 at Riverside Invite 10:00 am4/30 at Bridgeport Invite 4:00 pm5/3 at CTL Finals (Cashmere) 4:00 pm5/10 District 6 (Home) 4:00 pm5/18 # at Regionals (Riverside) 12:00 pm5/24-5 # at State (EWU) TBA

# Qualifi ers

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ROSTERS

GIRLS

Name GrKelly Cruz 12Emily Mills 12Jessica Puente 12Shea Smith 12Devan Utt 12Yazmin Cervantes 11Kathryn Cleman 11Kylie Dellinger 11Jenna Davisson 11Cassie Spear 11Janelle Catone 10Allison Jo Glanzer 10Kallie Mirick 10Mary Naylor 10Alissa Young 10Daisy Alcauter 9Kendra Davisson 9Jenna Valentine 9Jaden Vugteveen 9Rose Walts 9

BOYS

Name GrRyan DeJong 12Jose Hernandez 12David Williams 12Zach Collins 11Ethan Bensing 10Devyn Catone 10Smith Condon 10Adam Halvorsen 10Chad Edwards 10Abe Podkranic 10Joaquin Polito 10Dalton Smith 10Johnathan Tellez 10Dallas Tyus 10Jevonti Haney-Williamson 9

Luis CasarrobiasIvan MoralesAdrian PalomaresRyan Rylie

Head coach: Bob ThorntonAssistant coaches: Dewie

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Kelly Cruz Ryan DeJong

Jose Hernandez Emily Mills

Jessica Puente Shea L. Smith

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OROVILLE - Harold Jensen expects a lot out of his Oroville track team this spring, particu-larly on the girls’ side. And that mainly is because they have already accomplished quite a lot.

“The girls should be dynamite,” Jensen says. “It will take a bad day to keep us out of the top five at state. There may be just a 1-2 point differential from eighth to

fourth, so I have no doubt that we’ll be in the top 10.”

With a deep squad featuring five returning state qualifiers, the Hornet girls are definitely set up for a solid season. Callie Barker, a two-time state runner-up in the pole vault, will try to break through against her nemesis from Willapa Valley after losing out on the state title by tiebreak criteria last year.

“Callie has beaten her once, just not at state,” Jensen says. “She should be able to get back there and hopefully things will be a little different this time.”

Sierra Speiker, who as won the state cross country title in two of her three years, will try to

better last year’s state per-formance in which she took fourth in the 1600 and sixth in the 3200. She also qualified in the 800.

“I’d call her the favorite in the mile and 3200,” Jensen says, “and she should place in the 800 as well.”

Kaitlyn Grunst had a number of close calls late last season that has Jensen expecting big things. She n e ar ly qualified for state in four events (and would have with the previ-ous year’s state allocations), but instead broke through in just one, the high jump. At state, she fin-

ished just one spot shy of the medal stand.

“She should be able to get to state in the high jump, triple jump and

long jump,” Jensen says. “And she

should be able to place in all of

those once she gets there.”

Breanna Ervin also qualified for state

in the pole vault and while she didn’t medal,

was one jump away from cracking the top five. Jensen

expects Brittany Jewett to return to state in the javelin and perhaps get there on a sprint relay.

He also has hopes that Andrea Perez (shot put), Alexa Werner (shot put and discus) as well as freshman Kayla Mathis (pole vault) could get to Cheney as well.

The boys team brings back far less experience.

Tanner Smith, who qualified for state in the 200, will try to get to the medal stand this year, while Luke Kindred missed state by one spot in both the javelin and discus. Kindred and Smith were also on a 4x100 relay team that finished one place shy of the state finals.

“Beyond those two guys and a relay, it may be tough,” Jensen said. “I think we have some tal-ent, but not the experience.”

The Hornets will once again be hosting the CWL north sec-tional, which this year will con-sist of just four teams: Oroville, Lake Roosevelt, Bridgeport and Manson. Pateros dropped down to 1B and Brewster moved up to 1A for this year and next. The road to state will get significantly tougher against the south sec-tion at regionals, which feature powerful squads from Riverside Christian and Kittitas.


OROVILLE TRACK & FIELD SCHEDULE

3/23 at Colville Inv. 11:00 am3/30 Oroville Invite 11:30 am4/9 at Bridgeport/Brewster Co-ed 4:00 pm4/13 at Cashmere Invite 12:00 pm4/20 at Quincy Invite 10:30 am4/23 at Mans� eld Invite 4:00 pm4/26 at Cascade Invite 4:00 pm4/30 at Bridgeport Invite 4:00 pm5/3 at Liberty Bell Invite 4:00 pm5/9 North Div. Sub-district (home) 4:00 pm5/18 # at District 5/6 Regional (Ephrata) 10:00 am5/24-5 # at State (EWU) TBA# Quali� ers

2B StandardsLast year, the top 4 boys

and top 3 girls in each event at District 5/6 regional meet quali-fied for state. This year’s quali-fication allocations have not yet been determined. However, any athlete may qualify regard-less of placing if they meet the qualifying standards listed below (which are updated for 2013).

2B BOYSEvent FAT Hand100 11.62 11.4200 23.36 23.2400 51.36 51.2800 2:00.70 2:00.51600 4:35.84 4:35.63200 10:02.15 10:02.0110H 15.71 15.5300H 41.21 41.04x100 Rel. 45.03 44.84x400 Rel. 3:33.35 3:33.2Shot Put 48-2

Discus 145-8Javelin 176-2Long Jump 21-9.25Triple Jump 42-10.75High Jump 6-2Pole Vault 12-4

2B GIRLSEvent FAT Hand100 13.16 13.0200 26.61 26.4400 1:00.69 1:00.5800 2:55.22 2:25.01600 5:21.11 5:20.9

3200 11:41.62 11:41.4100H 16.54 16.3300H 47.27 47.14x100 Rel. 52.27 52.14x200 Rel. 1:48.94 1:48.84x400 Rel. 4:15.61 4:15.4Shot Put 35-3.25Discus 112-6Javelin 119-2Long Jump 16-8Triple Jump 33-9.25High Jump 5-1Pole Vault 9-0

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GIRLSName GrCallie Barker 12Breanna Ervin 12Alexa Werner 12Kaitlyn Grunst 11Brittany Jewett 11Sierra Speiker 11Andrea Perez 10Kayla Mathis 9Sami Walimaki 9

BOYSName GrLuke Kindred 11Josh Janczyk 11Lukas Mieirs 11Connelly Quick 11Taylor Robinson 11Diego Santana 11Tanner Smith 11Jose Barbosa 10Nahum Gar� as 10Charlie Arrigoni 9Dakota Haney 9Logan Mills 9

Head coach: Harold JensenAssistant coach: Tony Kindred


The Oroville track teams include (front row, l-r) Kaitlyn Grunst, Sierra Speiker, Sammie Walimaki, Kayla Mathis, Brittany Jewett, Andrea Perez, Callie Barker, Breanna Ervin, Alexa Werner, (back) Nahum Garfias, Dakota Haney, Logan Mills, Taylor Robinson, Lukas Mieirs, Charlie Arrigoni, Luke Kindred, Tanner Smith, Diego Santana, (rear) head coach Harold Jensen and assistant coach Tony Kindred.

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better last year’s state per-formance in which she took fourth in the 1600 and sixth in the 3200. She also qualified

“I’d call her the favorite in the mile and 3200,” Jensen says, “and she should place in the 800 as well.”

Kaitlyn Grunst had a number of close calls late last season that has Jensen expecting big things. She n e ar ly qualified for state in four events (and would have with the previ-ous year’s state allocations), but instead broke through in just one, the high jump. At state, she fin-

ished just one spot shy of the medal stand.

“She should be able to get to state in the high jump, triple jump and

long jump,” Jensen says. “And she

should be able to place in all of

those once she gets there.”

Breanna Ervin also qualified for state

in the pole vault and while she didn’t medal,

was one jump away from cracking the top five. Jensen


OROVILLE - Just keeping a team on the field proved to be a challenge for Mike Pitts last year in his first season as Oroville’s head soccer coach.

Fortunately, in Class B soccer, teams often are willing to play shorthanded, thus a number of 7-on-7 and 8-on-8 games kept the Hornets from having to scrap the end of last season.

This year that shouldn’t be a problem with 18 players on the squad. With an extremely youth-ful bunch - there are just two seniors and three juniors on the roster - wins against more estab-lished teams may be hard to come by, but Pitts is looking forward to building a lasting foundation.

“We have an awesome opportu-nity to establish a foundation for the next 3-5 seasons,” Pitts says. “These young players will see a lot of playing time which will benefit them in the long run.”

The team would have been young anyway with six freshmen

in the mix. But it also includes three eighth graders who will get thrown into the fray right away as several other players will start the year on the bench due to eligibil-ity issues.

“The eighth graders are in a unique situation where they’re being asked to contribute in major way at a younger age,” Pitts says. “So far ... they have shown a lot of maturity and have taken the

challenge head on.”Key returners are senior for-

ward EZ Layata, senior defender Michael Ripley, junior defender/goalkeeper Connelly Quick and junior midfielder Abe Capote.

Young team or no, Pitts expects the team to be competitive in the league and hopes to advance

to the combined 2B/1A district tournament.

“Our team goals are to compete for the league title and advance to district play,” he says. “We want to improve each player’s academic GPA over the course of the sea-son, and we want to compete with class.”


TONASKET - Jack Goyette’s first year back coaching the Tonasket boys soccer team pro-duced significant signs of prog-ress in the program.

The Tigers improved from 2-13-1 (winless in Caribou Trail League play) in 2011 to 6-9-1 last year and earning a season-opening tie (versus Manson) and a season-ending victory (over Okanogan) against state tourna-ment qualifying teams.

Goyette is hoping for even fur-

ther gains in the upcoming sea-son.

“My experience is that the first year is always the toughest (when taking over a new program),” Goyette says. “There’s a lot of changes. After players are accus-tomed to the coach it’s much easier to focus on coaching and playing well.”

The Tigers will again have enough players to easily field a JV team. The squad will be led by seniors Jesus “Chewie” Alvarez, Oscar Avilez, Joel Cosino, Brayson Hires, Wyatt O’Brien and Ivan Rios.

“They’re all solid guys, good

teammates and hard workers,” Goyette says. “With 29 or 30 kids, we had a great turnout, and they’re great kids.”

The addition of Quincy and Brewster will only make the league tougher. Last year all three league district qualifiers survived

into the state tournament, with league runner-up Chelan advanc-ing to the state title game before losing 1-0 in the final.

So as Goyette looks to the sea-son ahead, catching those teams doesn’t come up.

“We want to improve our over-all possession game, as well as defensively,” he says. “Our goal is to be competitive and to get bet-ter as the season progresses.”

And if the Tigers are able to do that, the wins should take care of themselves.

Tiger soccer looks to take next stepPAGE B6 OKANOGAN VALLEY GAZETTE-TRIBUNE | MARCH 14, 2013

OROVILLE BOYS SOCCER SCHEDULE

3/12 at Moses Lk fr. 5:00 pm3/21 at Tonasket 4:00 pm3/23 Newport 11:00 am3/26 * at Bridgeport 4:00 pm3/28 * Liberty Bell 4:00 pm3/30 Moses Lk fr 12:00 pm4/6 at Quincy JV

4/9 * Manson 4:00 pm4/13 * Bridgeport 11:00 am4/16 * at Liberty Bell 5:00 pm4/20 * at Manson 11:00 am4/23 * at Bridgeport 4:00 pm4/27 * at Liberty Bell 11:00 am4/30 * Manson 4:00 pm5/4 # Districts begin* League Contest# If Qualify

TONASKET BOYS SOCCER SCHEDULE

3/12 * Cascade 4:00 pm3/16 * Quincy 11:00 am3/19 * at Brewster 4:00 pm3/21 Oroville 4:00 pm3/23 * at Cashmere 11:00 am3/26 * Okanogan 4:30 pm3/28 at Manson 4:30 pm3/30 * at Chelan 11:00 am

4/9 * Omak 4:30 pm4/13 * Cashmere 11:00 am4/16 * at Okanogan 4:30 pm4/20 * at Cascade 11:00 am4/23 * at Omak 4:30 pm4/27 * at Quincy 11:00 am4/30 * Brewster 4:30 pm5/2 * Chelan 4:30 pm5/7 # Districts begin* League Contest# If Qualify

TONASKET BOYS SOCCER

ROSTER

Name GrJesus Alvarez 12Oscar Avilez 12Joel Cosino 12Brayson Hires 12

Wyatt O’Brien 12Ivan Rios 12Camron Baller 11Tyler Farver 11Timothy Jackson 11Michael Orozco 11Elias Ramos 11Marcelino Ruiz-Martell 11Abran Alvarez 10Blake Ash 10

Cristian Diaz 10Christian Garcia 10Jose Ortega 10Cesar Reynoso 10Antonio Sanchez 10Noe Vazquez 10Lawrence Wambugu 10Isaiah Yaussey-Albright 10Omar Calderon 9Jesus Garcia 9

Christian Garcia Herrera 9Azael Herrera 9Bryden Hires 9Anthony Luna 9Hugo Sanchez 9Lucas Vugteveen 9

Head coach: Jack GoyetteAssistant coach: Todd Mathews

OROVILLE BOYS SOCCERROSTER

Name GrEZ Layata 12Michael Riple 12Abraham Capote 11Connelly Quick 11Jessey Tizapa 11Leonardo Curiel 10Ezequiel Delgado 10Cesar Lozano 10Brian Wise 10Javier Castillo 9Daniel Castrejon 9Emmanuel Castrejon 9Jesus Churape 9Austin Holcomb 9Luis Reyes 9Moises Capote 8Robbie Dudley 8Aldo Perez 8

Head coach: MIke PittsAssistant coach: Tony Flores


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The Tonasket boys soccer team includes (front row, l-r) Tyler Farver, Tilly Garcia, Bryden Hires, Cristian Diaz, Marcelino Ruiz-Martell, Michael Orozco, Elias Ramos, Timothy Jackson, Omar Calderon, Lawrence Wambugu, (middle) Cesar Reynoso, Abran Alvarez, Christian Garcia Herrera, Noe Vazquez, Jose Andres Ortega, Camron Baller, Hugo Sanchez, Azael Herrera, Anthony Luna, (back) assistant coach Todd Mathews, Cristian Garcia, Lucas Vugteveen, Wyatt O’Brien, Ivan Rios, Brayson Hires, Joel Cosino, Oscar Avilez, Antonio Sanchez, Isaiah Yaussey-Albright, head coach Jack Goyette. Not pictured are Jesus Alvarez, Antonioin Sanchez and Blake Ash.

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OROVILLE - Billy Monroe takes over coaching the Oroville tennis teams, and for the first time in several years the Hornets will start the season able to field full squads on both the boys and girls side.

Six girls and four boys return, giving Monroe, an assistant at Tonasket last year, a relatively experienced crew to start with.

“Every single athlete who turned out this season is key,” Monroe says. “It gives us the opportunity to have full teams.

“On the boys side, I’m look-ing for veteran leadership from Ronel Kee, Joe Sarmiento and Donny Wise. On the girls side, from Menze Pickering, Lily Hilderbrand and Aya Cruspero.”

Also returning are Eric Herrera, Ali Miller, Angela Nelson and Maddy Richardson.

As when any new coach takes over, there will be changes in approach, and Monroe says it may take awhile for the team to hit its stride.

“The main goal for this season is to get better every week and stay positive,” he says. “Fundamentally, I am making a lot of changes to the players’ games and there will be struggles early in the season. The plan is to stay the course and

improve as tennis players.”Filling out this year’s lineups

will be a pair of eighth graders, on each on the boys and girls teams.

“Without either of them, we would not have a full team so their impact already is huge,”

Monroe says. The Hornets didn’t have any-

one survive for long at the dis-trict tournament last year, which

is a combined tourney with 1A schools. But that hasn’t lowered his expectations for where he wants the team to be at the end

of the year.“Overall, there are some good

athletes and hard workers in the group I have this season,” Monroe says. “It’ss fair to expect Oroville tennis to have a couple players making noise at the district tour-nament either as a doubles team or in the singles bracket.”


TONASKET - Tonasket’s ten-nis teams feature an interesting blend of youth and experience, a combination of knowns and unknowns.

The girls team features one of the league’s best players, while the boys overall may have a better chance to contend in the Caribou Trail League.

Tonasket coach Dave Buchheim is looking for big things from senior Megan Beyers, who fin-ished second in the state singles tournament two years ago but last season, playing doubles with Amber Monroe, fell one match short of state after being eliminat-ed by the eventual state fourth-place medalists from Cashmere.

Beyers, in a bid to get back to state, played indoor tennis all winter.

“I really expect Megan to well,” Buchheim says. “She should come out of districts (number) one or two and go from there. She’ll be one of the top players in the league. It’s a great place for us to start as a team, but of course, you have to win three out of five matches.”

The Tigers do have five other return-ers, includ-ing seniors Claire Thornton and Michaela Newton, as well as juniors Brisa Leep, Abby Gschiel, Maddie Villalva and soph-omores Cassie

Blaney and Anna St. Martin.“I always have high hopes,”

Buchheim says. “But realistically

I think we’ll finish in the middle somewhere.”

The boys may not have an

established state medal contender like Beyers, but are solid with juniors Trevor Terris and Brian

Hendrick in singles, with sopho-mores Walker Marks and Colton Leep looking solid in doubles.

With no seniors on the squad, other returners include junior Levi Schell and sophomores Morgan O’Brien and Conner Williams.

“It’s kind of a mixed team,” Buccheim says. “We have a lot of returning players, but a lot of young ones too. But I still expect the boys to finish in the top half of the league.”


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3/16 vs White Swan (at East-mont) 1:00 pm

3/19 at Wilson Creek 4:00 pm3/20 Pateros 4:00 pm3/21 at Tonasket 4:30 pm3/26 Lk Roosevelt 4:00 pm

3/28 at Entiat 4:00 pm4/9 Liberty Bell 4:00 pm4/13 vs. White Swan (at East-

mont) 1:00 pm4/16 Wilson Creek 4:00 pm4/18 at Pateros 4:00 pm4/23 at Lk Roosevelt 4:00 pm4/25 Entiat 4:00 pm4/27 at Liberty Bell 11:00 am5/11 Districts begin

* League Contest

TONASKET BOYS AND GIRLS TENNIS

SCHEDULE

3/12 * Cascade 4:00 pm3/16 * Quincy 11:00 am3/21 Oroville 4:30 pm3/23 * at Cashmere 11:00 am3/26 * Okanogan 4:30 pm3/28 Liberty Bell 4:30 pm3/29 * at Chelan 4:30 pm4/9 * Omak 4:30 pm4/13 * Cashmere 11:00 am4/16 * at Okanogan 4:30 pm4/18 * Omak 4:30 pm4/20 *at Cascade 11:00 am4/23 * at Omak 4:30 pm4/27 * at Quincy 11:00 am5/2 * at Lk Roosevelt 4:00 pm5/4 * Chelan 11:00 am5/11 Districts begin

* League Match

TONASKETBOYS AND GIRLS TENNIS

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BOYSName GrBrian Hendrick 11Walker Marks 11Levi Schell 11Trevor Terris 11Dmytro Golubovych 10

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GIRLSName GrMegan Beyers 12Grace Maldonado 12Michaela Newton 12Claire Thornton 12

Abby Gschiel 11Brisa Leep 11Cassie Blaney 10Ye Jee 10Anna St. Martin 10Shoshanna Thomas-McCue 10Maddie Villalva 10Baillie Hirst 9

Head coach: Dave BuchheimAssistant coach: Anitra Atcheson

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Lillie Gronlund 8

BOYSName GrEric Herrera 12Ronel Kee 12Donny Wise 12Michael Ortiz 11Joe Sarmiento 10Connor Bocook 9Nathan Hugus 8

Head Coach: Billy Monroe


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ers, includ-ing seniors Claire Thornton and Michaela Newton, as well as juniors Brisa Leep, Abby Gschiel, Maddie Villalva and soph-omores Cassie

Blaney and Anna St. Martin.“I always have high hopes,”


Name GrBrian Hendrick 11Walker Marks 11Levi Schell 11Trevor Terris 11Dmytro Golubovych 10

Beyers, Cassie Blaney, Shoshanna Thomas-McCue, Anna St. Martin, (back) head coach Dave Buchheim, Levi Schell, Morgan O’Brien, Brian Hendrick, Walker Marks, Trevor Terris, Jesse Holan, Dmytro Golubovych and assitant coach Kevin Terris. Not pictured are Colton Leep, Conner Williams, Brisa Leep and Maddie Villalva.

league. It’s a great place for us to start as a team, but of course, you have to win three out of five

ing seniors Claire Thornton

Leep, Abby Gschiel, Maddie Villalva and soph-omores Cassie

Blaney and Anna St. Martin.


Name GrBrian Hendrick 11Walker Marks 11Levi Schell 11Trevor Terris 11Dmytro Golubovych 10

Beyers, Cassie Blaney, Shoshanna Thomas-McCue, Anna St. Martin, (back) head coach Dave Buchheim, Levi Schell, Morgan O’Brien, Brian Hendrick, Walker Marks, Trevor Terris, Jesse Holan, Dmytro Golubovych and assitant coach Kevin Terris. Not pictured are Colton Leep, Conner Williams, Brisa Leep and Maddie Villalva.


OROVILLE - It seems to be a recurring theme this year that Oroville’s spring sports teams are on the young side.

That is particularly true for the Hornet golf squad, which boasts all of one single upperclassman on its 12-athlete roster.

Senior Connor Hughes brings far and away the most experience to the team. He qualified for the state finals each of the past two years, and last season survived the Day One cut and cracked the top 40 for the weekend.

“We are young, so our golfers just need to play and develop their golf skills this year,” says Oroville coach DeHaven Hill.The only other returners on either

squad are sophomores Kyle Scott, Mick Fulmer and Lane Tietje.

The rest of the teams include two freshmen, five eighth grad-ers, and Tonasket freshman Cayden Field as part of a co-op arrangement.

Two of the Hornet eighth grad-ers, Bryce Glover and Jordyn

Smith, have played golf for sev-eral years.

“They bring a little more expe-rience than our other eighth graders,” Hill says. “We have a great group of eighth graders par-

ticipating this year.”Smith and fellow eighth grader

Heidi Gronlund are the only girls playing, with 10 boys turning out.

“Our goals will be to continue

to develop and lower our team score as we play throughout the year,” Hill says. “Our team goal will be to win districts, and every player’s individual goal is to qual-ify for the state tournament.”

Underclassmen dominate Oroville golf teamState qualifier Connor Hughes is lone senior while five eighth graders take to the links


BASEBALL STANDINGSCARIBOU TRAIL LEAGUE (1A)Team W L RS RA W L RS RA* Cashmere 15 0 213 2 26 0 275 19* Cascade 11 4 116 72 14 7 159 124* Okanogan 7 8 63 83 8 12 108 118Chelan 6 9 65 117 8 11 83 142Omak 5 10 78 119 6 10 92 119Tonasket 1 14 34 172 2 18 58 227* Post-season quali� erState quali� ers: Cashmere (state champion)

CENTRAL WASHINGTON LEAGUE NORTH DIVISION (2B)Team W L RS RA W L RS RA* Lk. Roosevelt 12 3 120 39 21 4 198 70* Liberty Bell 12 3 126 31 14 7 196 69* Brewster 12 3 185 45 15 7 213 85Pateros 5 10 82 154 5 12 93 186Waterville 4 11 74 134 6 11 105 150Oroville 0 15 24 216 0 19 56 289Bridgeport (all games non-league) 2 17 54 286* Post-season quali� erState quali� ers: Brewster, Lake Roosevelt

FASTPITCH SOFTBALL STANDINGSCARIBOU TRAIL LEAGUE (1A)Team W L RS RA W L RS RA* Cascade 14 1 174 40 22 7 292 127* Okanogan 10 5 141 97 17 10 246 201* Chelan 8 7 112 81 12 12 168 157* Omak 8 7 86 86 12 10 153 127Cashmere 5 10 69 81 6 12 82 111Tonasket 0 15 24 227 5 15 103 253* Post-season quali� erState quali� ers: Cascade, Okanogan

CENTRAL WASHINGTON LEAGUE NORTH DIVISION (2B)Team W L RS RA W L RS RA* Brewster 17 0 349 53 19 5 385 120* Pateros 15 2 303 47 20 5 386 97* Waterville 10 8 252 220 11 9 252 220* Liberty Bell 10 8 220 189 11 10 267 222Lk Roosevelt 6 12 195 402 6 15 201 486Bridgeport 4 14 105 278 4 16 106 315Oroville 0 18 97 336 0 20 118 368* Post-season quali� erState quali� ers: Brewster, Pateros

BOYS SOCCER STANDINGSCARIBOU TRAIL LEAGUE (1A)Team Pts. W L GF GA W L T GF GA* Cascade 27 9 1 34 15 15 3 2 59 32* Chelan 24 8 2 38 13 17 6 0 81 31* Okanogan 18 6 4 32 16 12 8 0 72 51Omak 12 4 6 29 33 9 7 0 54 42Tonasket 6 2 8 13 38 6 9 1 38 50Cashmere 3 1 9 18 49 3 13 0 28 72* Post-season quali� erState Quali� ers: Cascade, Chelan (2nd place), Okanogan

CENTRAL WASHINGTON LEAGUE (B)Team Pts. W L GF GA W L T GF GA* Manson 28 9 1 48 7 11 5 3 69 32* Brewster 26 9 1 64 6 14 2 0 87 14* Warden 18 6 4 28 15 8 7 0 42 27Bridgeport 9 3 7 32 26 6 10 0 51 45Liberty Bell 6 2 8 10 48 2 14 0 14 87Oroville 3 1 9 18 99 1 14 0 25 126* Post-season quali� erState Quali� ers: Manson

BOYS TENNISCARIBOU TRAIL LEAGUE (1A)Team W L W L Cashmere 10 0 13 1Chelan 7 2 10 4Omak 4 5 8 6Tonasket 4 6 7 8Cascade 2 8 4 10Okanogan 2 8 5 10

Tonasket State Quali� er: Anthony VerhasseltOroville State Quali� ers: None

CTL and CWL North B/1A Medalists:Matt Robinson, Chelan (5rd place)Warren Robertson, Cashmere (8th place)Nathan Stiles/Adam Ross, Cashmere (2nd place)

GIRLS TENNISCARIBOU TRAIL LEAGUE (1A)Team W L W L Cashmere 9 1 13 1Chelan 8 1 11 2Cascade 5 5 8 5Omak 4 5 9 5Tonasket 2 8 5 10Okanogan 1 9 4 11

Tonasket State Quali� ers: None.Oroville State Quali� ers: None.

CTL and CWL North B/1A Medalists:Shaylyn Goodall, Omak (2nd place)Maghara DePaoli/Megan Robinson, Chelan (3rd place)Mikeala Kowatsch/Tasaha Kowatsch, Chelan (4th place)Olivia Plew/Clancy Courtney, Chelan (7th place)

BOYS TRACK STANDINGS / STATE QUALIFIERS

CTL Track Finals: Cashmere 174, Tonasket 104, Omak 81, Chelan 67, Cascade 57, Okanogan 29.Tonasket 1A State Quali� ers: Damon Halvorsen, 1600Jake Hickman, John Stedtfeld, Zach Villalva, Smith Condon, 4x100 Relay

CTL 1A MedalistsMoe Roberts, Cashmere, 100 (5th)Joey Michael, Cashmere, 110 Hurdles (4th), 300 Hurdles (8th)Brad Wood, Cashmere, pole vault (2nd)Joseph LaGrou, Omak, High Jump (8th)

CWL North Sub-District Track Finals: Liberty Bell 150, Oroville 144, Bridgeport 77.5, Lake Roosevelt 60, Brewster 37, Waterville 30.5, Pateros 15.

Oroville 2B State Quali� ers: Caleb Haney (Discus)C.J. Mathews (Triple Jump, Long Jump)Tanner Smith (200)Zack Speiker (3200)

CWL 2B North MedalistsC.J. Mathews, Oroville, Triple Jump (2nd)Michael Frisk, Entiat, 300 Hurdles (5th)Marcus Vanderholm, Manson, 1600 (3rd), 3200 (4th)Casey Sorensen, Manson, Shot Put (6th)Alex Vanderholm, Manson, Discus (6th)Jesse Adkins, Lake Roosevelt, 300 Hurdles (3rd)Kip Craig, Bridgeport, 300 Hurdles (4th)

GIRLS TRACK STANDINGS / STATE QUALIFIERS

CTL Track Finals: Cashmere 240, Chelan 75, Okanogan 74, Tonasket 70, Omak 57, Cascade 34.

CWL North Sub-District Track Finals: Oroville 153, Liberty Bell 103, Lake Roosevelt 90, Bridgeport 83, Pateros 60, Brewster 47, Waterville 2.

Tonasket 1A State Quali� ers: None

Oroville 2B State Quali� ers: Sierra Speiker (800, 1600, 3200)Callie Barker (Pole Vault)Brittany Jewett (Javelin)Breanna Ervin (Pole Vault)Kaitlyn Grunst (High Jump)

CTL 1A MedalistsKarle Pittsinger, Chelan, shot (6th)Jesica Bauer, Cashmere, 100 (7th)Angela Knishka, Cashmere, 400 (8th); 800 (5th)Jozie Kimes, Cashmere, 100 Hurdles (6th), 300 Hurdles (5th)Cashmere 4x200 Girls (Bauer, Helm, B Knishka, A Knishka) (3rd)Cashmere 4x400 Girls (B Knishka, Weddle, Kimes, A Knishka) (4th)Monique Blanchard, Cashmere, Pole vault (6th)Ashlee Barker, Omak, long jump (8th)Maddie Timm, Okanogan, high jump (1st, 5-5)

CWL 2B North MedalistsCallie Barker, Oroville, Pole Vault (2nd)Sierra Speiker, Oroville, 1600 (6th), 3200 (4th)Emily Wooldridge, Entiat, 800 (7th), 1600 (7th), 3200 (5th)Heather Segle, Entiat, 300 Hurdles (6th)Entiat 4x400 (Wooldridge, Rock, Parks, Segle) (3rd)Jamie Bruno, Pateros, 200 (6th), 100 Hurdles (5th), 300 Hurdles (7th), Kim Barry, Lake Roosevelt, 400 (2nd), 800 (1st), 1600 (4th), 3200 (3rd)Brette Boesel, Brewster, High Jump (2nd)Yvonne Kilgour, Bridgeport, Shot Put (8th)

OROVILLE BOYS AND GIRLS GOLF SCHEDULE

3/26 vs Lake Roosevelt @ Desert Canyon 2:30 pm

4/9 Lake Roosevelt/Manson @ Oroville GC 2:30 pm

4/16 vs. Manson/RCS @ Alta Lks GC 2:30 pm

4/22 vs. Manson @ Lake Chelan GC 2:30 pm

4/30 Okanogan @ Oroville GC 2:30 pm5/2 vs. Lake Roosevelt/RCS

at Banks Lk GC 2:30 pm5/7 vs. Lake Roosevelt @

Bear Creek GC 2:30 pm5/14 Districts @ Lake Chelan

GC 2:30 pm5/20 # State @ Oakbrook CC

# Quali� ers

OROVILLE GOLFROSTERS

BOYS

Name GrConnor Hughes 12Kyle Scott 10Lane Tietje 10Mick Fulmer 10Cayden Field (Tonasket) 9Blake Rise 9Blaine Weaver 9Bryce Glover 8Austin Hughes 8William Shearer 8

GIRLSName GrHeidi Gronlund 8Jordyn Smith 8

Head coach: DeHaven HillAssistant coach: Ed Booker


The Oroville golf team includes (l-r) William Shearer, Jordyn Smith, Austin Hughes and Lane Tietje. Not pictured are Connor Hughes, Kyle Scott, Mick Fulmer, Blake Rise, Blaine Weaver, Bryce Glover, Heidi Gronlund , Cayden Field (Tonasket) and assistant coach Ed Booker.

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