Glendale strides and Colfax notes in local sports chatter
In Glendale Oregon Tom Pappas, Olympic decathlon hopeful, is a hometown legend while Ed Waggoner helps fight a Cape Horn fire. Colfax hosts Labor Day Classic Aug 27 29, with eight men’s teams and a Colfax Grass Valley women’s game, plus the Kidd band return for Aug 27 28 events. Community updates include a Port Townsend McCary family wedding and Colfax High alumni in golf and soccer, Kenny Westphalen Jr. joining Cal Lutheran as offensive line coach.
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Glendale
Oregon
Weimar
Dutch Flat
Alta
I-5
Athens
Morning Star
Tom Pappas
Lane Junior College
University of Tennessee
Pappas
Stevens
Cape Horn
Colfax High
Ed Waggoner
Waggoner
CDF
North Tahoe
Colfax
Colby Wiesz
Colfax Recreation Association
Trackside Tavern
Recreation Association
McCary
Port Townsend
Washington
Mike
Kim McCary
Katie
Justin Smith
Puget Sound
Port Ludlow
Colfaxan
Frank Paoli Jr
Robin
Molokai
Hawaii
Kenny
Pt. Townsend
Cathy
Eric Spears
Auburn Valley Country Club
Greater Sacramento
Spears
Monet Filteau
Kingsmen
SCIAC
Colfax High to Hall of Fame honors Billat and peers
Gary Billat, a standout two-sport athlete from Colfax High, joins the Hall of Fame along with basketball star Daryl East, Gary Edlund, Karen Kendall, R.J. Miles, Barbara Longnecker Propp, and Don and Patty Dougherty. His football feats include 189 rushing yards in a game, a GEL Back of the Year, and a key 84-yard fourth-quarter TD pass to topple River City. He also excelled in basketball, helping Colfax to a North Section AA title and earning all-GEL honors, later earning all-state JC recognition at Sierra College.
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Gary Billat
Colfax High
Billat
Colfax
John Hays
Falcon
Daryl East
Gary Edlund
Karen Kendall
R.J. Miles
Barbara Longnecker Propp
Don
Patty Dougherty
Hays
Gary
Falcons
Bob Lis
River City
Gels
Sacramento
Wolverines
Sacramento State
Hornets
Colfax High Sets Fall Sports Clearances and Fees
Colfax High lists athletic clearance dates from Aug 9 to Aug 17 in the school office with 8 am to 12 noon and after Aug 18 during lunch periods. The final clearance date for Fall sports is Sept 17. Athletic fees remain, with discounts of 15 dollars for a second sport and 25 dollars for a third sport, and detailed fees per sport such as football 120 and cross country 110.
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Colfax High
39th annual Fast Pitch soft ball tournament set for Aug. 27 29
One of California's longest running men's fast pitch softball events returns for its 39th annual Labor Day Classic in Colfax. Eight teams from Northern California and Nevada compete in pool play on Aug. 27-28 with eliminations on Aug. 29 at Living War Memorial Park. Teams include Sonoma Dogs, X-Dragons, Reno Wolfpack, Neilsen Realty Gamblers, RPM and Budweiser from Grass Valley, Italian AC from Stockton, and MBI Reds Mix Who Are Those Guys? from Colfax. A Colfax vs Grass Valley women's game is set for Saturday at 6:45 p.m. followed by a street dance hosted by the Recreation Association with music by Bigg Kidd.
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Colfax
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X-Dragons
Sonoma
Reno Wolfpack
Neilsen Realty Gamblers
RPM
Budweiser
Grass Valley
Italian AC
Stockton
MBI Reds
49er United Hosts Gold Rush Classic Youth Soccer Tourney
More than 50 teams and 500 players converge across Colfax Meadow Vista and Auburn as 49er United Soccer Club hosts its Gold Rush Classic. Divisions for boys and girls run at Colfax High Meadow Vista Park Placer Hills School and Winchester Park. Local clubs feature U14 Las Chicas coached by Jamie and Dan Howard with matches Saturday and Sunday at Meadow Vista Park Winchester Park. The U14 Strikers from Weimar Hills led by Robert Ruzette play Saturday and Sunday with the girls championship slated for Meadow Vista Park at 2 PM.
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Meadow Vista
Auburn
United
Colfax High
Meadow Vista Park
Placer Hills School
Winchester Park
United Las Chicas
Jamie
Dan Howard
Weimar Hills
United Strikers
Robert Ruzette
Trackside Tavern Miners Drop Two Of Three In Senior Ball
The Trackside Tavern Miners lost two of three in Gold Country Senior Hardball League action after a 6-3 win over the Sidewinders. Pitcher Ryan Carlson went the distance with 12 strikeouts, while Roger Lillie, Arlen Bodily and Carlson produced key hits for six RBIs. A 23-11 second game collapse doomed the Miners as the Sidewinders sent 17 men to the plate in the first inning. Bodily, Chris Shafer and Mike Milligan each had multi hit efforts. In another league game, Auburn Wildcats edged Trackside 7-6 as Jason Weaver went 4x5 with three RBIs and a run. Jim Everhardt added two hits and two runs for Trackside.
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Trackside Tavern Miners
Ryan Carlson
Roger Lillie
Arlen Bodily
Carlson
Miners
Bodily
Chris Shafer
Mike Milligan
Auburn Wildcats
Trackside
Jason Weaver
Jim Everhardt
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Colfax High Hall of Fame
Jane Arpat
Bigg Kidd
49Er United
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