Posted: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 12:00 am
Gazette-Times
Notebook
The Corvallis High baseball team can all but wrap up the Mid-Willamette Conference title this week with a sweep of second-place Dallas.
However, if the Spartans go winless, the race for the title will be up for grabs.
Corvallis enters this week's series with Dallas at 13-2 with six games to play. Dallas is coming off a 1-2 week against West Albany to fall two games back at 11-4. The Bulldogs are a game back of Dallas at 10-5.
The Spartans hold the homefield advantage, playing at home today and Friday while traveling to Dallas on Wednesday.
Crescent Valley is tied for fourth in the conference after taking two of three games last week against South Albany. Both teams are 8-7, but the Raiders hold the tiebreaker by virtue of the series win.
Lebanon is a game behind at 7-8 and faces South Albany this week. The Raiders face Silverton (3-12) this week and close out the regular season against Lebanon.
The Raiders are at Silverton today, home on Wednesday and at Silverton on Friday.
South Albany closes the regular season against West Albany.
Softball
Crescent Valley, riding a nine-game winning streak, can make some noise this week in the MWC, but it won't be easy.
The Raiders (11-4) take on first-place and 14-0 Silverton tonight in the first game of a three-game series. CV is home tonight, at Silverton on Wednesday and home again on Friday.
Runs may come at a premium as the Silver Foxes have allowed 19 in 18 games this season.
The Raiders are tied with West Albany, but the Bulldogs will take on winless Woodburn so they should move to 14-4 by the end of the week.
Corvallis and Lebanon are in a battle for the fourth and final playoff berth. CHS, coming off three easy wins over Woodburn, is 9-6 while Lebanon is 8-6, according to scores reported. Only two scores against Silverton were reported last week.
Track & Field
The Philomath High track and field team had a standout weekend as 33 season bests were recorded in three different meets.
Senior Brian Schaudt shattered his own school record and became the second best triple jumper in Oregon 4A history at the Oregon Relays in Eugene. Schaudt, whose previous personal best was 45 feet, 7 inches recorded a leap of 47-9 to capture first place in the event.
It was the sixth best jump by a high school student in the nation this year. Schaudt also placed second in the long jump with a leap of 22-3.
Among other highlights, freshmen Elise Barr won the girls long jump, Josh Seekatz took the boys 800 and Joe Keenan-Tasker won the pole vault at the Central Coast Invitationbal in Florence.
Sophomore Laura Schaudt won the high jump and placed second in the triple jump while Renay Norman clocked a season best of 52.7 to place second in the 300 meter hurdles.
Senior Susan Torgerson won the pole vault with a personal best of 9-4, making her the sixth best pole vaulter in Philomath history.
Full PHS results can be found at the Philomath page on athletic.net.
Miscellaneous
Crescent Valley's baseball and girls golf teams took home top honors for all classifications in the Spring edition of the Dairy Farmers of Oregon Academic All-State program released by the OSAA.
The Raiders' baseball team led with a cumulative GPA of 3.65 to tie with Tigard and Nestucca.
The girls golf team won with a 3.85 GPA.
Santiam Christian's softball team was tops in all classes with a 3.80 GPA.