S
Golf Inside Bernhard Langer beats Fred Couples for U.S. Senior Open title, see Page D3.
www.bendbulletin.com/sports
THE BULLETIN • MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 2010
LOCAL SPORTS
WEST COAST LEAGUE BASEBALL: ELK TRACKS
Hillsboro man finishes solo run at Cascade Lakes Relay
Providing a helping hand
Hillsboro resident Eric Salkeld completed the 216.6mile Cascade Lakes Relay solo, finishing in a total time of 75 hours, 8 minutes, 43 seconds. His average per-mile pace was 21 minutes. Salkeld started the running race at 5:09 a.m. on Thursday morning at Diamond Lake Resort and finished in Bend at 8:14 a.m. on Sunday. As a schoolteacher of young student Levi Seed who is fighting leukemia, Salkeld’s solo effort was in part to raise awareness and funds for the Children’s Cancer Association. In other relay news, Portland’s Doug Gofflee collapsed on the course on Saturday from what medical providers described as heat exhaustion. Gofflee was life-flighted to St. Charles Medical Center-Bend. “It was his first leg of the relay, about 60 miles out from Diamond Lake,” said race director Scott Douglass via phone on Sunday. According to family members, Gofflee was in stable condition by Sunday afternoon and being transported to a Portland hospital. Douglass reported that a few other Cascade Lakes Relay participants had heat-related complications. — Bulletin staff report
Former college standout Corey Valine turns attention to coaching By Beau Eastes
Elks’ week ahead
The Bulletin
By all accounts, Bend Elks assistant coach Corey Valine can hit. An all-Western Athletic Conference selection in his junior (2009) and senior (2010) Inside seasons at San • Elks lose Jose State Uniseries finale versity, Valine to Black ranks among the Bears, Page Spartans’ all-time D5 hitting leaders in a number of categories. A .322 hitter for SJSU over the last four seasons, Valine ended his career fifth on the Spartans’ all-time list for runs batted in (120), eighth on the school’s all-time hits list (194), and tied for 13th in both doubles (29) and home runs (14). But after exhausting his eligibility at San Jose State this past spring, Valine, who was not selected in this
Tuesday: Thurston County Senators at Bend Elks (SS), 6:35 p.m. Wednesday: Thurston County Senators at Bend Elks (SS), 6:35 p.m. Friday: Wenatchee AppleSox at Bend Elks, 6:35 p.m. Saturday: Wenatchee AppleSox at Bend Elks, 6:35 p.m. Sunday: Wenatchee AppleSox at Bend Elks, 5:05 p.m. year’s Major League Draft, chose to accept a coaching position in Bend for the summer rather than try to extend his playing career with an independent club. “To be quite honest, I didn’t want to play anymore,” says the 22-yearold Valine, who last summer led the Elks in hitting with a .336 average. “I got burned out my senior year. I had
a few offers to play independent ball, but I’ve always liked helping other players. It’s a different aspect of the game.” Despite not being blessed with a big-league physique — Valine stands 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 210 pounds — the Elks’ first-year hitting coach has performed at the plate at every level. A four-year letterman in high school, Valine was a three-year starter at San Jose State. After playing sparingly as a true freshman in 2007, Valine became SJSU’s everyday third baseman as a sophomore in 2008, when he hit .288 with 33 RBIs, the second-best mark on the team. The next season he hit .387, the eighth-best single-season mark in school history, and solidified himself as one of the best bats in the WAC. This past spring, Valine hit .307 with 39 RBIs and was named to the allWAC first team. See Valine / D5
Ryan Brennecke / The Bulletin
Corey Valine, 22, says he likes helping other players and will help out the Elks as an assistant coach this summer.
C A S C A D E L A K E S S W I M S E R I E S & F E S T I VA L
HIGH GEAR Biffle ends losing streak at Pocono Driver gets first victory in 64 races in Pennsylvania, see Page D6
Bulletin staff report
Photos by Ryan Brennecke / The Bulletin
Swimmers take off from the starting area while participating in the 5,000-meter race Sunday at Elk Lake. The 16th annual Cascade Lakes Swim Series & Festival drew more than 160 participants and dozens of spectators.
Open up and swim Masters swimmers take on Elk Lake in a three-day open-water series
X GAMES Youth dominates Skateboard Park 15-year-old takes gold over his elders, see Page D3
GOLF Tseng wins Women’s British Open Taiwan golfer records a one-stroke victory, see Page D3
INDEX Scoreboard ................................D2 On the air ...................................D2 Extreme sports ..........................D3 Golf ............................................D3 MLB .......................................... D4 High Gear ................................. D6
GOLF
11 locals attempt to qualify for U.S. Am
INSIDE
Greg Biffle holds up the trophy in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series’ Pennsylvania 500 Sunday in Long Pond, Pa.
D
REDMOND — Eleven Central Oregonians are hoping to punch their tickets to the most prestigious amateur golf tournament in the country. Sixty-four golfers, including the local entries, will play 36 holes today at Juniper Golf Club in a one-day qualifier for the U.S. Amateur Championship. The lowest three scorers at the Juniper qualifier will advance to play in a field of 312 at the 2010 U.S. Amateur. If a Central Oregonian earns a berth, he won’t have to travel far to play in the weeklong U.S. Amateur, which will take place Aug. 23-29 at Chambers Bay in University Place, Wash., just south of Seattle. Bend’s Roger Eichhorn, Taylor Garbutt, Jesse Heinly, Brad Mombert, Nicholas Schaan and Andrew Vijarro will all attempt to qualify, as will Redmond’s Alex Fitch, Andrew Fitch, Landon Moore, Andy Rodby and Tim Sundseth. See Am / D5
By Katie Brauns The Bulletin
No one appeared to be particularly mighty at midmorning Sunday on the sunny Elk Lake beach. Older folks and twenty- and thirtysomethings in Speedos and wet suits milled around the sandy wooded area of the lake, tucked away on the south side of Mount Bachelor. To say the least, the atmosphere was relaxed. But one could sense an undercurrent of excitement and stalwart Inside determination. • Complete “Masters swimming results, (ages 18 and older) is Page D2 just a real big part of my retirement,” said Dave Radcliff, of Hillsboro, who completed all five events over the course of the annual three-day masters open-water swim meet known as the Cascade Lakes Swim Series & Festival. At age 76, Radcliff was the oldest competitor in the event. “It keeps me healthy and it keeps me going,” said Radcliff. “And if something bad does happen, I’m usually in fairly good shape to fight through it. I’m a cancer survivor and I’ve had one heart attack. And I’m still going and still trying.” Radcliff was a member of the 1956 U.S. Olympic swim team and holds numerous masters world records in swimming events. More than 160 swimmers and several dozen supporters — many from Central Oregon and elsewhere around the state, others from as far away as Tennessee — took part in the swim series at Elk Lake, hosted by Central Oregon Masters Aquatics (COMA) and the Bend Park
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Masoli set to join Ole Miss By Chris Talbott The Associated Press
David Brancamp, left, and Evan Morrison run toward the finish line while competing in the 5,000-meter swim race Sunday at Elk Lake. Morrison edged out Brancamp for a first place finish in the event, but Brancamp was the overall long-course series winner. The Cascade Lakes Swim Series & Festival is a three-day open-water swimming event that offers 500-, 1,000-, 1,500-, 3,000- and 5,000-meter races. & Recreation District. A whopping 54 swimmers stepped up to the series’ “Survivor Challenge” — which meant completing all five events, a total of 11,000 meters of open-water swimming including 500-, 1,000-, 1,500-, 3,000- and 5,000meter distances. By midday Sunday, after the final swim of 1,000 meters, most of the participants were exhausted. “It’s tiring,” said Henry Holmberg, 25,
of Bend, slumped in a collapsible chair on the Elk Lake beach just moments after completing the last of his five swims. “The first day I was pretty good, but right now I’m pretty exhausted, my muscles are pretty fatigued.” The mountainous surroundings and chilly lake water helped lift the energy of the masters swimmers, many of them said. See Swim / D5
Kicked off the team at Oregon, Jeremiah Masoli has found a new football home at Mississippi. The former Ducks’ quarterback, dismissed from the team after two run-ins with the law, visited the Ole Miss campus in Oxford this weekend and coach Houston Nutt offered him a place on the team as a walk-on. Masoli, a California native, posted on his website Sunday that he intends to take up the offer. He can play immediately under NCAA rules because he has earned his undergraduate degree and is enrolling in graduate school. He said on his website he will enter the parks and recreation management program. See Masoli / D5