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Byline: The Register-Guard
COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHT
Olivia Houser of Willamette Christian School and Jessica Stipek of Oak Hill School are two of the local favorites in the 12-school Emerald Youth League district track and field meet Saturday at Lane Community College. The event is really four track meets, with separate scoring for boys and girls in fifth/sixth and seventh/eighth grade divisions. In addition to the two local private schools, teams from public schools at the meet will be from Alsea, Central Linn, Crow, Harrisburg, Lowell, Mapleton, McKenzie, Monroe, Oakridge and Triangle Lake. Houser's favorite event is the 200-meter dash. Now a seventh-grader, Houser won last year's fifth/sixth district race in 28.76 seconds, half a second ahead of Stipek. Houser has a 28.5 best for her school this year and a PR of 27.7 set last summer in an all-comers meet. Stipek is a year younger, so won't be competing with Houser this week. She expects to run in the 100-, 200- and 400-meter events Saturday, having won all three of her 400-meter races this spring in fields including seventh- and eighth-graders. Her fastest time is 1:08.34. Saturday's field events begin at 9 a.m., with the first running event scheduled for 11 a.m. Admission is free.
NOTES & ANNOUNCEMENTS
To submit events
The deadline for community sports notes and announcements is Thursday at noon. Due to the volume of requests, announcements may appear only once. Submit listings to: Gil Hulin, P.O. Box 10188, Eugene OR 97440, e-mail them to ghulin@guardnet.com or fax them to 687-6674.
Achievements
Ellen Cook, Eugene's Elks Hoop Shoot finalist in the age 12-13 girls division, made 32-of-35 free throws at Springfield, Mass., a week ago to finish second in the national competition. A Minnesota girl made 23-of-25 shots to win the division, while Cook was one of four competitors tied for second with 22-of-25 free throws. She made 5-of-5 in the first tiebreaker round as the deadlock was reduced to two, and Cook then made another five to win second place by one point over North Carolina's qualifier. Cook, 13, is an eighth-grader at Roosevelt Middle School.
Pop Warner Scholars: Eleven local youth football players have been recognized as All-American scholars through Pop Warner Football for the 2006-2007 year. Players, their grades and schools are listed for three levels: First team - James Banks, 6, O'Hara Catholic; Josh Harper, 6, O'Hara. Second team - Justin Banks, 5, O'Hara; Ryan Delaney, 7, Madison; Ryan Land, 7, O'Hara (now at Cal Young); Michael Lyford, 7, O'Hara; Josh Paiement, 7, O'Hara; Jerry Rouleau, 8, Cal Young; Logan Silver, 7, Monroe; Rhett Ybarra, 7, Thurston Middle. Honorable mention - Brandon Haines, 7, Meadow View.
Registration
Saturday's Middle School Mile still has space for youth runners to compete at Hayward Field during the University of Oregon's annual Twilight Meet. Sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade girls and boys are invited to compete. Entry is free, but the fields will be limited to 40 boys and 40 girls. Suggested entry standards are 6:40 for 1,500 meters for girls and 5:50 for 1,500 for boys. To enter, call Tom Heinonen, 344-0498, or e-mail heino@uoregon.edu no later than Thursday. The races have been moved up to a mid-afternoon start Saturday, estimated to be around 3 p.m. Runners may be accompanied by one adult and should enter through Gate 15.
Kidsports' fall football registration is now open for second-/third- and fourth-/fifth-grade flag football and fifth-/sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade tackle football programs. Registration is available online at kidsports.org or in person at Eugene and Springfield Kidsports offices. For more information, contact Dave at 683-2374,...
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