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Performing daring an exhibition at Sweet Home High School on March 12 were, from left, The Huskieites work through their routine. From left,
Yoshiko Tomono, Crystal Crites, Shalese ManCuso, Cathy Cheshire, Leticia Virgen, Emily Virgen, Emily Conrad, Crystal Crites, Yoshiko Tomono,
Conrad, Karese Mancuso and Andrea Wilcox. Laura MaUer.
Photos by Scott Swanson
they are Shalese Mancuso, Leticia
Andrea Wilcox, Cathy Cheshire and
The SweetHomeHighSchool had really tough competition.• points, next day.
Huskiettes dance team finished Every team was so good." The Huskiettes danced to "The second round was like
fourth at state on March 14 and First-place finisher Crook "Perfect" by Pink with the theme a thousand times better," Aschraft
March 15. County, with 85.31 points, was "Perfect toMe." said, but the state score is an
They didn't bring home a "awesome," she said. The second- They've done well with it average of scores from six judges
trophy, but they did OK, said through fifth-place scores were at competitions throughout their over both performances.
Coach Kristin Ashcraft. The 4A closer, season, Ashcraft said. Duringthe "Overall, I'm proud of them,"
small division had live teams . Astoria finished second with first state performance on March Aschraft said. "They pulled it out
total. 71.86 points. Molalla was" third 14, they had some precision the second'round."
"They were really close to at 67.11. Sweet Home had 65.42 problems and found themselves And they did well all season
third place," Ashcraft said. "We points, and Banks had 65.39 in a hole they Couldn't escape the long, she said. It's not just about
Win
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state.
"It's the whole journey
that's important," Ashcraft said.
"Overall,'it was a great season."
Performing were seniors
Emily Conrad, Laura Mauer and
Y0shiko Tomono; juniors Crystal
Crites, Shalese Mancuso and
Karese Mancuso; and sophomores
Cathy Cheshire and Leticia
Virgen.
baseball
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Santiam Christian 7, tie the game in 3-3 in the fifth was Colton Holly scored two runs,
Sweet Home 3 too late as Santiam scored two runs and Scott scored one run.
Errors cost the Huskies a game in the Mxda and ~eventh to blow bY Hunter Bidwell, Justin Rice
against Santiam Christian at home the Huskies. and Scott each had a stolen base.
Monday night. Justin Rice got the loss on the Justin Rice started the game,
Santiam Christian defeated the mound for Sweet Home. Otis got pitching three innings, striking out
Sweet Home High School baseball the win. four batters and walking two.
team 9-5 in Sweet Home.. Rice went 2-4, with a double, White Pitched two in relief,
Santiam took a 2-0 lead in to lead the Huskies at bat. Jeremy striking out four batters and
the top of the third. The Huskies White and Drayson Scott added
scored a run in response. A rally to singles. • See Baseball, page 16
Newport runs away from Huskiesin softball
Newport 10, Sweet Home 0
Newport shut out Sweet Home
in the Huskies' first softball outing
Of the season on Thursday.
The Huskies traveled to
Newport and lost in the fifth inning
under the 10-run rule.
"Our pitcher kind of got
behind early," said Coach Casey
Humphrey. "We had to give them
a pitch to hit."
When the Huskies did,
Newport was good at hitting it
into the gap and getting on bgse,
Humphrey said. Newport's pitcher,
Cochran, did the opposite. She
kept getting ahead in the count,
throwing strikes early.
"We just kind of had the first-
game blues;" Humphrey said. "We
hadn't been outside much, which
isn't an excuse."
It's got the team fired up, he
said. They're working a bit harder
now, and Monday was the best
practice of the season so far.
The Huskies played flawless
defense, while Newport had three
errors. Newport recorded 12 hits,
while Sweet Home recorded three.
"The •third inning, we kind of
got things going a bit," Humphrey
said. Down 7-0 with two outs,
Cailtyn Gillespie and Katie Virtue
put together back-to-back singles
in the third inning. With runners.
on first and second, it was a shot at
coming back.
• "In softball, that (7-0) can
change lickity split," Humphrey
said.
Emili Riggs added a single in
the fourth.
Megan Graville pitched 2 1/3
innings, and Emily Marchbanks
pitched 1 2/3 innings:
It wasn't the start this team
wanted, but what he saw afterward
was not a team that was satisfied,
Humphrey said. "I saw a team that
was ready to get back to work.
They want another game so they
can get the bad taste out of their
mouths.
"It wasn't the best outing, the
one we expected," Humphrey said.
"To be honest, I don't think we'll
have too many outings like that
day."
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Newport 160 3x - 10 12 3
A Newport base
up a loose ball.
runner slides
into third
while
Photo by Sean C. Morgan
Cory Hanks tries to pick
