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GOLDENDALE, WASHINGTON
OCTOBER 4, 2017 -- 13
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JARYD CL1NE
SPORTS EDITOR
The Goldendale girls soc-
cer team has yet to pick up a
win this season, but after a
handful of close games and
some obvious improvements
from the team, the team is
ready to take the next step as
the second half of the South
Central Athletic Conference
season nears.
Much as many of the kids
and teachers in the three
Goldendale schools, the team
has been dealing with some
health issues as Strep Throat
continues to spread around.
There were 10 girls missing at
practice early this week with
sickness and some nagging
injuries.
They were without a few
girls during Saturday's 8-0
loss in Cle Elum where the
team struggled early but fin-
ished on a high note.
They fell behind 5-0 in the
opening half' but just seemed
out of Sync, according to head
coach Anna DeMott. After the
break the team became more
aggressive, taking more shots
on goal and holding the War- riors to three goals in the sec-
PHOTO COURTESY JOHN LONGFELLOW
KEEPING CONTROL: Goldendale
freshman forward Tiana Watson
dribbles the ball up the field dur-
ing last Thursday's 3-1 loss to
the Highland Scotties.
ond half.
"They played a great game
in the second half," DeMott
said. "First half, I don't know.
It just took us a while to get a
fire going."
Earlier in the week on
Thursday, the Timberwolves
were locked in a battle with
SCAC rival Highland. After
each team found the back of
the net once each in the first
half, the Wolves were held
scoreless over the final half
and the Scotties escaped
Goldendale with a 3-1 win.
Freshman Tiana Watson,
who's been a scoring ma-
chine so far this season, got
the team on the board in the
first, scoring on a penalty
kick.
"I told them at the end of
Highland, 'We've got a win
this season, it'll happen. We
just need to keep working'
and I think they see it and I
think they can feel it and played soccer before," she
they're just really excited for said. "It's nice to have some of
turning over a new leaf," De- that growth already from the
Mott said. youth program."
It was an encouraging With the larger turnout,
game for the Timberwolves a record 26 girls on this
despite the loss. It was their year's team, the girls have
third game the past two been pushing each other in
weeks in which the game was practice vying for playing
tied at some point in the sec- time.
ond half. The culture around "Because we have such a
the team has changed and is big turnout, it makes for a
continuing to change as they different competitive envi-
continue improving and bat- ronment within the team,"
fling. DeMott said. "They're will-
"I think that they have fig- ing to work hard and it real-
ured out that they're competi- ly starts that competitive
tors in the league and that's fire,"
really exciting for them," De-
Mott said. What's next
DeMott also complimented The team was in action
a strong youth soccer league on the road Tuesday at
that has been funneling in Royal, but results weren't
more and more girls into the available at press time. The
high school program the past teams also will be playing a
couple of years, junior varsity game shortly
There are over 170 kids after the varsity game con-
competing in the youth soccer cludes.
program this year, 25 more Goldendale is back at home
than last year, and that num- on Thursday for a 4 p.m. meet-
her is expected to continue to ing with the Zillah Leopards.
rise in the future. A junior varsity game also
"Typically we have players will be played after the varsi-
that come in and have never ty game.
mberwolves hang tough early but fall to Naches
JARYD CLINE However, the Timber- ing the ball to the house, but a
SPORTS EDITOR wolves weren't able to move penalty on the return moved
the chains on a fourth and the ball way back to Golden-
Heading into,last Friday's three play at the Naches' 12 dale's 30.
South Central Athletic Con- yard line, turning the ball However, a Goldendale in.
ference West matchup with over to the Rangers for their terception gave it right back
Naches, Goldendale head first possession, and the Rangers started to
football coach Alan Hale said The road team was hit by roll. They scored three more
he thought the Rangers were a brick wall on its first play touchdowns in the quarter
the second best team on the after Joseph Randall and and went on top 27-0 at the
west side behind the Zlllah Austin McKune dropped the half.
Leopards, who had beaten the Naches ballcarrier for a The Timberwolves contin-
Timberwolves the previous loss of two to set the tone ued to battle in the second
week. for a fired-up Goldendale half despite the deficit.
You wouldn't have known defense. Playing in his first game of
it though by the Timber- After a Naches first down the year, freshman Lucas
wolves played early in the on a QB run, the Goldendale Black emerged as a playmak-
first quarter against the defense held firm the next few er at the running back posi-
Rangers. Goldendale was able plays. On a fourth and short, tion. He gained 24 yards on
to move the ball offensively, Bland sniffed out a receiver his first run of the season in
and made plays on the defen- screen and dropped the run- the third, and ran hard, fast
sive side as well, but Naches ner just behind the first-down and eluded a handful of Nach-
was just too overwhelming line to give the ball back to the es' defenders with shifty
throughout 48 minutes of its Wolves. jukes and cuts throughout the
41-0 win over the Timber- Goldendale got tricky on rest of the game.
wolves, offense and picked up a Junior John David
Right after Goldendale re- chunk of yards when receiv- - ....... Pomerinke's sack helped:
JARYD CUNE a ~ ....
force a acnes punt late m
ceived the opening kickoff, se- er Justin Wells took the OPEN-FIELD RUNNING: Freshman receiver/defensive back Nick McKune bursts upfield while returning the fourth, but it was too late
nior running back Cort Ladi- handoff and ran to the right akick during Friday's game against Naches.
ges rumbled for 40 yards on side. Instead of running, he in the game for Goldendale to
the game's second play. Me- looked to pass and hit fresh- the endzone and gave it back back down just after he re- to drive the field and put up put together another drive.
ments later, sophomore quar- man Nick McKune in stride to the Rangers, who began to leased the ball that went points with under two min- Goldendale is on the road
terback Corbin Bland gained for a big gain that again put fred an offensive rhythm, nowhere near a receiver. The utes in the Rrst quarter, on Friday for another SCAC
20 yards on the ground to Goldendale in Naches' terri- Randall was in the back. intentional grounding penal- Wells came up big with his West game with La Salle, with
move the ball deeper into tory. field again and nearly had a ty put Naches deep in its own second interception in as kickoff set for 7 p.m. in Union
Rangers territory. However, they couldn't fend sack, dragging the quarter- territo but they were able many games, nearly return- Gap.
Wolves run in huge Yakima meet, home meet soon
JARYD CLINE
SPORTS EDITOR
It's not every week that the Gold-
endale cross country team com-
petes at a meet with just about 1,000
less people than Goldendale's popu-
lation.
That was the case on Saturday as
the Timberwolves competed in the
44th annual Sunfair Invitational in
Yakima, which featured 36 high
school teams from Oregon, Wash-
ington, and Idaho, as well as over 20
different races for a full day of run-
ning against the best competition
around.
"It's a really cool meet to bring
these kids to," Goldendale head
coach Juli Rising said. "There was
like 2,500 kids there. A huge balloon
across the starting line. It's like a
running festival."
Think the state cross country
meet, with tents set up all around
the course and hundreds of specta-
tors lining the course cheering on
all the runners. It was a state-like at-
mosphere as well, with the best run-
ners in the state across all classes.
A pair of Goldendale runners
also competed in the three-mile
elite races, with senior Dillon Ris-
ing placing sixth in the boys in 16
minutes, 8.52 seconds, and fresh-
man Ellie Rising finishing 15th on
the girls side in 20:45.09.
Two other Goldendale runners
earned medals and stood at the
podium on Saturday, sophomore
Corbin Riley after his 10th place
(17:49.66) finish in the flight three
race and junior Lucas Anderson
after he came in 12th place (17:15.85)
of the flight five race.
Sophomore Savannah Ross was
the only other girl to compete for
Goldendale, finishing the three-
mile flight three race in 23:54.64.
Freshman Austin Williams (22:12.94
in flight one race) and sophomore
Sterling Beasley (18:26.63 in flight
two race) also were in Yakima run-
ning with the Wolves.
Royal Meet
The Timberwolves competed in
their first South Central Athletic
Conference last Thursday in Royal
City, finishing second overall on
both the boys and girls side.
Without top runner Dillon Ris-
ing, the Timberwolf boys garnered
52 points to the Knights 43 points
while the girls, led by a th'st place
finish from Ellie Rising, fmished
second with 37 points to the
Knights 33.
Rising woke last Wednesday
with pain in his knee, but later
found out it wasn't a serious injury.
He saw a physical therapy special-
ist in Hood River who lined his hip
back up after Rising had pulled his
pelvic bone out of line. There is still
some pain, but it's not a threatening
injury and he should be back to full
health soon.
With Rising not running for the
boys, the Timberwolves had three
runners finish in the top 10. Ander-
son finished fourth and was the top
local finisher with a time of 18:01.1
on the five kilometer course. Riley
was eighth overall in 18:45, Beasley
10th in 19:11 and sophomore Mark
Blunt followed right behind at llth
place in 19:11.6. Williams was the
final Goldendale runner to cross
the line, finishing in the top half of
the race at 19th in 20:16.9.
For the girls in Royal, there were
three Timberwolves that ran to top
10 finishes including EUie Rising's
top overall finish in 20:46.4. She was
the only runner on the day to finish
quicker than 21 minutes. Sopho-
more Abby Hedges was next for
Goldendale, finishing faster than
she had all season in a 5K race, plac-
ing third in 22:11.4. Sophomore
Jade Smith also ran her fastest 5K
race so far this year in Royal also,
taking sixth in 23:18.5.
Sophomore Kimberly Chestnut
(13th in 26:52.1), Ross (15th in
27:12.7), and junior Denice Owen
(17th in 28:24.5) rounded out the
Goldendale girls, who all finished
inside the top 20.
Up next
Goldendale will be at Zillah on
Thursday for another SCAC meet
with the girls starting the 5K race at
4 p.m. and the boys at 4:30.
Juli Rising has been busy, and
will continue to have her hands full
in the next week as Goldendale pre-
pares for its home meet on Oct. 12 at
the Goldendale Golf Course. It's the
third straight year Goldendale's
home meet will be held at the golf
course, and there will again be a big
spaghetti dinner afterwards for all
the runners, coaches, and anyone
else hungry after the meet.
Most popular hunting seasons
of the year open Oct. 14
OLYMPIA - Some of Washing-closed in Goose Management Area
ton's most popular hunting sea- 2. Brant season, determined by the
sons will get underway Oct. 14, midwinter waterfowl survey, is also
when modern firearm deer currently closed, but may open on
hunters and waterfowl hunters selected dates in January.. Scaup
take to the field, season is also currently closed, but
The harsh winter of 2016-17 ap- opens on Nov. 4.
pears to have taken a toll on some "Washington can anticipate a
elk and deer populations--especial- strong fall flight," said WDFW wa-
ly in parts of eastern Washington, terfowl manager Kyle Spragens.
said Jerry Nelson, Washington De- "With exceptional habitat condi-
partment of Fish and Wildlife tions in WashingtOn this past
(WDFW) deer and elk section man- spring, and strong numbers of birds
ager. spotted during surveys in Alaska
Still, hunting prospects in many and Canada, things are looking fan-
areas look promising as hunts get tastic."
underway this fall, he added. WDFW has already received re-
"Winter conditions in recent ports of early arriving cackling,
years, wildfires, fall green-up and white-fronted, and snow geese, he
weather during the hunting season added.
are just some of the factors that can Information on access to more
influence deer numbers and distrib- than 1 million acres of private land
ution," Nelson said. "That is why we can be found at the Private Lands
are encouraging hunters to review Hunting Access page (www.
the Hunting Prospects on WDFW's wdfw.wa.gov/hunting/hunting_.a
website to find location-specific ccess/private lands).
forecasts." Hunters can also fend informa-
WDFW's 2017 Hunting Prospects tion on public or private lands open
reports (www.wdfw.wa.gov/hunt- to hunting by visiting GoHunt,
ing/prospects) include local infor- WDFWs interactive mapping pro-
mation on what upcoming seasons gram (www.apps.wdfw.wa.gov/go-
may hold. hunt/).
Hunters will also take to the field Hunters can purchase their li-
for waterfowl. Last season, nearly censes at www.fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov,
550,000 waterfowl were harvested in at any WDFW license dealer
Washington. Duck, goose, coot, and (www.wdfw.wa.gov/licensing/ven-
snipe seasons open Oct. 14. dors) or by calling WDFWs licens-
The exceptions include dusky ing customer service number at
Canada goose hunting, which is (360)902-2464.
SPIKERS
From Page 14
The Timberwolves, playing
in a fifth set for the second time
in third games, remained com-
posed and collected after
falling behind 7-6. They roiled
off eight of the next 11 points
to rally past the Spartans,
much like they did a week ear-
lier at home against the
Rangers.
It was a big day setting the
ball for Plum, who added to her
total as Goldendale's all-time
assist leader with 53 on Tues-
day night while the team had
contributions from everyone.
Goldendale had a great
night at the service line from
senior Talia Johnson, who con-
nected on 20-21 serves. Gilliam
(16-19) and freshman Taylor
Rising (8-9) also were accurate
from the line, while Mains and
Junior Tori Tallman combined
for nine service aces.
The Timberwolves also were
set up throughout the match
with great passing, with 25 per-
fect passes coming from sopho-
more Alyssa Weis, 21 from
Johnson, and 17 from Gilliam.
After Mains' game-high 30
kills, Tallman (11), Gilliam (10),
and Rising (6) paced the team,
and sophomore Delaney Peters
also had a big kill late in the
first set.
What's next
The Timberwolves have a
relatively light week this week.
They played Highland on Tues-
day, but results weren't yet
available at press time.
After Tuesday's game,
they're on the road in Kittitas
for a matchup with the Class
2B Coyotes. Goldendale beat
Kittitas at home last year, and
the Coyotes went on to win a
match at last year's state tour-
nament.
JARYD CLINE
NICE RETURN: Sophomore
Alyssa Weis reaches to
bump one of Granger's
serves during the team's
five-set win overthe
Spartans on Sept. 26.