Ogle County Newspapers / oglecountynews.com • Friday, August 28, 2020
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Hawks getting ready to run for 2020 season Eighth-year Oregon cross country coach Tim Gipper welcomes back a solid core of girls runners that has the Hawks looking for big things in the 2020 season. Seniors Leah Watters and Lydia Cermak, juniors Faith Marquardt and Ashley Diehl and sophomores Ellen Hodson, Natalie Tremble and Hadley Lutz were each sectional qualifiers last fall. They will be joined by seven more returning runners in seniors Kaitlyn Ramirez, Madison Byerley, McKenna Tremble and Abigail Tomlinson, junior Taylar Rufer and freshmen Grace Tomlinson and Valerie Nyderek. “One of our strengths this year is we have a core group of athletes that should be able to run in a pack for scoring purposes and the leadership of our returning athletes,” Gipper said. Newcomers this season will be seniors Ella Martin and Alexis Wilhelm, sophomores Jennica Ciesiel, Katelyn Bowers and Ava Wight and freshmen Hailee Taylor and Teagan Champley. “We are excited about what the incoming freshmen are going to bring to the team,” Gipper said. “And we have some upperclassmen that are going to bring a great addition to the team.” On the boys side, the top returning runners are seniors Ryan Hussung and Conner Harshman, junior Nicholas Meives-Wylie and sophomore Lane Halverson. Newcomers to the team include seniors Riley Benton, Austin Ebert and Gavin Bradshaw, sophomores Grant Stender and Edwin Estrada and freshmen Leo Cardenas and Gabe Reed. “A great group of young men that work hard and want to do well,” Gipper said. “We are looking forward to what this group of runners can accomplish this year and what the new additions to the team will bring.” The Hawks begin the season on Tuesday, Sept. 8 with a home triangular against Stillman Valley and Byron.
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Runners start the girls 1A sectional race at Oregon Park West in 2019. Pictured, left to right, are: Princeton’s Elizabeth Orwig and Jenna Loftus; Oregon’s Ella Hudson: West Carroll’s Jaydin Sisler; and Oregon’s Leah Watters.
GOLF ROUNDUP Hackman goes low for Oregon’ Ava Hackman carded a 5-over-par 39 for the Oregon girls golf team in a 162180 loss to Rock Falls on Aug. 20 in a Big Northern Conference dual held at Rock River Golf and Pool. Mia Trampel (42), Tori Marchetti (49) and Cassie Nyderek (50) had the other counting scores for the Hawks. The Rockets’ Megan Fiorini was medalist with a 34, while Ellie Wasson added a 38. Polo 228, Eastland 245: Kamryn Stockton fired a 50 to lead the Marcos past the Cougars in a dual held Aug. 18 at Lake Carroll. Ashley Janssen had a 51 for the Cougars. Oregon 184, Rockford Lutheran
211: Marchetti carded a 41 and Hackman added a 43 for the Hawks in a win against the Crusaders on Aug. 18 at Silver Ridge. Oregon 210, Erie-Prophetstown 247: Helena Holden-Fox was the medalist with a 49 to lead the Hawks past he Panthers on Aug. 19 at Silver Ridge. Lena Trampel added a 53 for Oregon.
Boys Golf Hawks 4th at Tiger Shootout Jarrett Dietrich had an 88 to lead Oregon to a 383 total and fourth place at the five-team Tiger Shootout on Aug. 22 at PrairieView in Byron. Participating teams were Rockford Christian (328), Stillman Valley (333), Byron (346), Oregon (383) and Forreston (473).
Jackson Werren (94), Nick Bietel (98) and Isaac Kaltenbrun (101) had the other counting scores for the Hawks. Rockford Lutheran 192, Oregon 205: Dietrich had a 45 for the Hawks in a loss to the Crusaders on Aug. 18 at Silver Ridge. Werren was next with a 46. Lutheran’s Andrew Gravino was medalist with a 41. Dakota 173, Forreston 263: Joel Ludwig had a 50 for the Cardinals in a loss to the Indians on Aug. 18 at Sunset Golf Course in Mt. Morris. Logan Dyson added a 53. Dakota’s Ian Peterson was the medalist with a 40. Erie-Prophetstown 172, Oregon 194: Dietrich had a 44 for the Hawks in a loss to the Panthers on Aug. 19 at Silver
Ridge. The medalist was E-P’s Logan Wunderlich with a 2-over-par 38. Oregon 192, Rock Falls 217: Dietrich finished with a 43 as the Hawks handled the Rockets in a dual on Aug. 20 at Rock River Golf and Pool. Kaltenbrun was next with a 48. Eastland 192, River Ridge 210: Andy Anderson was the medalist with a 42 to lead the Cougars to a win against the Wildcats at Eagle Ridge South in Galena. Kellen Henze added a 47 for Eastland. Amboy 204, Forreston 265: Dyson led the Cardinals with a 47 in a dual against the Clippers at Shady Oaks in Amboy. Amboy’s Wesley Wilson was the medalist with a 44.
