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SPORTS
Photos by Scott Swanson
Senior American baseball
Keanu Aione, above, beats the throw to steal third during a Valley League
Senior American baseball game between Sweet Home and South Albany
Wednesday,'June 27. At left, Devin Stafford legs it out to first base as
Coach Lonnie Keenon watches. Sweet Home lost 14-3 to even its record
at 6-6 going into this week's action,
Illness slows Calhoon at swimming Olympic Trials
Jayce Calhoon, a Sweet Home
High School graduate and a sopho-
more at the University of Wyoming,
competed in the 200 backstroke at
the U.S. Olympic Swimming trials
Friday in Omaha, Neb.
Calhoon said he wasn't sure
exactly where he placed in the
field of some 100 competitors, but
his time was off by about three
seconds from his personal best of
2:04 to finish "around 2:07."
Ryan Lochte, the. defend-
ing Olympic gold medalist in the
200 back, was the top qualifier in
1:57.24.
"I had strep throat, and then
I had the flu right after that," Cat-
hoon said, noting that that PrOb-
ably contributed to his time. He
hasn't been healthy leading up to
the meet.
"It's probably one I won't get
to do again," he said. "After col-
lege, I'll probably move on to get
a job."
He said he was disappointed,
but he enjoyed being at the trials.
"When you're actually there,'
it becomes more real for you," he
said. "It's a real possibility."
His event had 10 heats of 10
swimmers, he said.
The top two for each event
move on to the Olympics, sched-
uled to be held in London this
surfnTler.
Calhoon set four SHHS re-
cords in swimming. He was MVP
all tour years.
He won 11 state titles and
set records at state nine times. He
carried a 4.0 GPA, graduating in
2010.
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Of The New Era
Work on the baseball-softball
complex at Roy Johnston Field
should be finished in about another
month.
The project replaces five ball
fields with four better ones. The
complex is located on School Dis-
trict 55 property south of Haw-
thorne Elementary School, 3205
Long St.
Right now, the Boys and Girls
Clubs of the Greater Santiam Sweet
Home Clubhouse is finishing irri-
gation installation.
"We just have one field left to
do," said Athletic Director Shaft
Smith. Afterward, the club will be-
gin raising the backstops, and plan-
ners hope to have new grass planted
by the end of July or early August.
The club is still seeking a spon-
sor for the backstop on one boys
baseball field, Smith said. The cost
is about $4,000. Three are already
sponsored.
Photo by Sean C. Morgan
The snack shack at Roy Johnston Field sits in the tall grass as the com-
plex gets a makeover of its baseball and softball dimonds that has ex-
tended into this year's seasons.
The work depends on the
weather, Smith said. It seems just
about every time the club plans on
work, it starts raining.
While work is under way, the
club is holding its summer baseball
and softball games at the Sweet
Home High School, Foster Ele-
mentary School and Little Promises
(Pleasant Valley), Smith said.
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Work started in September,
around mid-October, Smith said.
"The fields were built probably
about 30 years ago," Smith said,
and there hasn't been a tremendous
amount of upkeep. "It was just time
for an update."
On the old fields, about 40
games were rained out last year.
The improvements will reduce the
number of rainouts.
"We just want a state-of-the-
art facility that the kids can be
proud of, that the community can
be proud of," Smith said.
If the club is able to execute
all of its planned improvements, it
should be able to host six to eight
baseball tournaments each season
in Sweet Home. Most tournaments
have at least eight teams compet-
ing, but some have up to 12 teams.
The project will cost about
$30,000.
For more information about
youth baseball and softball or the
project, contact the Boys and Girls
Club at (541) 367-6421.
