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Sports
Designed by
Sierra Westlake
volleyball
football
Reaching for
Respect
Timothy Meinzen
Advisor
In a season at the
frustrating middle,
the volleyball team
is a team looking to
break out under its
new coach, Kayla
Grabler.
The Billies are 7
and 8 with an experienced team that longs
for more success in
the PacWest League
where they are 3 and
5. The team has beaten up Waldport and
Toledo but struggled
against Harrisburg,
Santiam
Christian
and Creswell.
The Billies are
led by hard-hitting
Hailey Bowman and
Kiva Perkins. Paisley
Barnhart rounds out
the senior starters.
Jackie Brooks, Ashley
Howard and Courtney Cox are junior Hailey Bowman
starters who form
the backbone.
One particularly bright spot is the
recognition that our Billies have a combined 3.0 GPA marking them for the
Academic All State honor from the Dairy
Farmers of Oregon.
The Billies are eager and aggressive,
and looking to push their way into the
post season.
Billies are Kings of the Hill
Olivia Raimer
Reporter
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soccer
Blowing by!
Heather Jenness
Editor-in-Chief
Marcus Blas
Quarter Back Rhyland Hayter takes the snap while Jacob Andress gets set for
the run as Parker Smith rumbles in from the wing.
The Billies have a flawless record in
the PacWest blowing out their opponents
by dozens of points. This sets up a titanic
clash with arch rival, Santiam Christian
this Friday night.
The football season started on a low
note, however. The Elmira Falcons pushed
around the Billies, 31 to 7. With a young,
inexperienced offensive and defensive
line, it was tough to hold back or push
through the Falcons.
“Rhyland [Hayter] had no time to
do anything because the offensive line
couldn’t hold very long,” said one team
member.
However, the Billies turned it around
and the boys fired on all cylinders winning, 34-16 against Regis.
cross country
Fast and Furious
“It was a good comeback against our
loss from Elmira” said Brandon Billow.
When it came to the game against
Glide, the team was ready. The Billies collared the ‘dogs 62 to 21. Jacob Andress
(12) made a record of seven touchdowns
in a single game. KEZI news reported that
Jacob had the game of his life.
Next up came the Jefferson game, and
the Billies continued their torrential scoring 66 to 26.
The Billies have a balanced run and
pass attack. Besides battering ram Andress, the Billies have relied on the sure
play of several key players.
The Billies are ranked 43rd in all
State schools and depending upon their
game with Santiam Christian, could move
much higher.
The soccer team is enjoying the benefits of moving to 3-A from 4-A. The Billies have 7 -1-1 record so far this season.
Their biggest win was a defanging of the
Glide Bulldogs, 7-1 and their only loss was
to Junction City 0-1.
Eric Spresser (12) leads the team with
an amazing 7 goals in four games. Spressor plans to play soccer in college. Senior
Marcus Blas’ favorite thing about soccer
this year is “that we win!”
Captain Trystin Pierzina (11) thinks
the team has improved a lot since last year
and his happy that he is scoring this year.
Another change is that there are more
girls joining the “boys” soccer team.
Trae Rogers (9) likes that there’s pretty much no drama playing on the team
because they’re all pretty nice. Trae looks
up Captain Mckynzie Ritchie (12). The
other girl on the team is Molly Townley
(11).
Alternative Sports
Sam Dale
Candace Joyner
Nicholas Cooper and Jonathan Ferguson are the leading runners for the
Pleasant Hill cross country team.
Sarah Lueders
Reporter
Pleasant Hill’s fleet Billies are blazing
past their opponents in cross country getting a reputation for dominance.
Lead by seniors Jonathan Ferguson
and Nicholas Cooper, the Billies are in the
rarified air of the top ten runners in the
State.
“Not to sound cocky, but we’re training for State,” Cooper said. “We’re still
going to try our hardest at Districts but
I think we’re going to win Districts. I feel
great going into it and hopefully we’ll win
State.”(quotation from Springfield Times,
October 13, Matt Singledecker)
The Billies began their season playing in the mud. The first of these races was
Trask. The team agreed that this race was
fun with a lot of mud.
“Usually we try to stay away from
mud, but this time was different.” said
Emma Boys.
The second was the Richardson Relays.
Lastly, was the North West Classic.
Many runners will argue that Cross
Country is much more than running. “It
is more of a mental thing than a physical
thing” said Lydia Richins.
The team does more than run to practice for a meet. They also get exercise from
challenging strength workouts that leave
you sweeting and exhausted.
“Why do cross country?” One may
ask.
Quinn Stearns answered, “I do it because there is no better feeling than the
one you get when you finish a run,”
Have you ever thought of
Sierra Westlake in Dressage which is like danctrying a lesser known sport?
Editor
ing on horseback. She also rides
There are some students at
cross country which is a speed
Pleasant Hill that are very serious about
and strength section over fences and she
what others might see as a hobby.
rides Stadium Jumping which is about
Most people see riding horses, motorprecision.
cycles or quads as just a fun spare time ac“(I do eventing) because it is the best
tivity. But some students at Pleasant Hill
it is the most thrilling sport there is and
have decided to make it more than that.
there is the most intensity. With other
Candace Joyner (11) competes
sports you do the same thing over and
American Quarter Horses all along
over but with jumping there is a lot of
the North West and drives all the way
change so eventing is the best.”
to Lebanon three times a week to
Sam Dale (12) competes vintage
prepare for her competitions as
motorcycles. Sam has been racing “a
well as riding at home four or five
1968 Ossa Stiletto Scrambler 250
times a week.
which is a very rare cool bike. I
“There are a lot of things that
compete for the fun of it. It is the
I enjoy (about riding) but persame rush you get as a sprinter
haps the most valuable thing is
when you are racing toe to toe.”
the relationship between the
“I would like to see more people
rider and horse. We win togetting in to it because most of
gether, we lose together, we
the riders are older so the club
compete together.”
won’t be around much longer.
Every person learns
Two reasons for vintage
something different from
motorcycles is that they are
their sport. Candace said
much cheaper and you can fix
“I get so many things I
them yourself.”
learn how to compete
Akash Giri(9) rides dirt
against myself and how
bikes because “it is a fun sport
to fall on my face and
and a good work out.” He
get back up again.”
started riding dirt bikes when
Sophia
Hunthe was five years old. “I get a
Statzer (8) competes
work out, a fun time and meet
in eventing the
new people.”
triathlon of horse
Sophie
Hunt Statzer
sports. She competes