The highly anticipated boys basketball showdown between Oak Hills and Hesperia didn’t disappoint Tuesday The gymnasium at Oak Hills rocked as the two rival programs squared off to end the first round of Mojave River League play Oak Hills took the first step to capturing the league title with a 76-59 win led behind 29 points from Ashton McCullough and 17 from Mark Jones III I appreciate what the former coaches have done and it’s just building on that,” Oak Hills coach Robert Alexander said “Our guys executed tonight but we have 2½ weeks left For the first time since transferring from Hesperia to Oak Hills over the summer Jones had to suit up against his former teammates He had spent his first three high school seasons at Hesperia and last year was named the Mojave River League’s MVP and the Daily Press Boys Basketball Athlete of the Year “A little nervous playing but I was expecting a good game for sure against my former team,” he said “I was expecting for the crowd and our players to be into it all my nerves dropped and I was ready to play.”  then found a groove with seven points in the third quarter Did you vote for him?: Sultana’s Rocky Humphrey is the Victorville Chevrolet High School Athlete of the Week But the cherry on top for Jones came on the last of his five assists with about two minutes left Jones took a Hesperia turnover up the court looked back and bounced a pass off the backboard for teammate Mar Landry I saw him behind me and so I wanted to throw it up Oak Hills entered the matchup ranked 45th in the latest CIF-Southern Section computer rankings Yet the teams seemed evenly matched in the first half as Oak Hills led 39-33 at halftime Oak Hills upped the lead to 60-48 entering the fourth quarter behind seven points from both McCullough and Jones “We got a little loosey-goosey in that first half and didn’t really lock in defensively,” Alexander said “Then in the second half they really committed to helping each other and working together We’re relentless with our defensive pressure And that defensive pressure turned into offensive outlets and easy scoring opportunities.”  Nolan Newman-Gomez led the way for Hesperia with 24 points including 11 of the team's 13 in the third quarter “He’s one of the best players out here,” Jones said of his former teammate “I told my coach before the game that I wanted to guard him because I feel that he’s one of the best players in the High Desert Both teams are back in action Thursday to begin the second round of Mojave River League play Oak Hills rides its eight-game winning streak into a home game against Apple Valley Your request has been blocked by our security system due to potential security concerns Please contact us for assistance and hand roll sets for under $60 in West Oak Hill A new Japanese restaurant offering several affordable omakase options opened in Austin this fall. Tancho Sushi opened within the Lantana Place development at 7415 Southwest Parkway Suite 300 in the West Oak Hill neighborhood on October 10 The restaurant’s physical space was designed by architecture firm Chioco Design and design agency Helms Workshop a tiled counter-window section into the kitchen Tancho is the first restaurant under the new company Double V Hospitality which is run by co-owners and co-founders Samit Varma (who founded the Los Angeles-based chain Pizza Studio) and Brad Van Otterloo The two picked far southwest Austin because of “its vibrant energy and an identified need for elevated dining options,” per reps for the restaurant and that the company “recogniz[ed] the area’s limited sushi offerings.” It’s found in the same plaza as theater chain Moviehouse It’s a walk-in restaurant only (no reservations are available) 2025 at 2:42 pm ET.css-79elbk{position:relative;}(Shutterstock)BROOKLINE Oak Hill Post on Brookline Boulevard its closing The intimate dining spot's last day is Saturday Owners Christian Schulz and Rebecca Nicholson announced the closure Friday on social media "We knew that this business wouldn’t last forever," a Facebook post stated we have decided that the time to hang up our aprons is now I understand that this may come as a shock and some may lament the loss of a great restaurant and one of our greatest achievements in life We are grateful that we were able to share it with you all." The restaurant will have a few pop-up events as it winds down operations Schulz said he plans to leave the culinary field "with a renewed focus on other creative pursuits." Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. or sign up for a new account to continue reading We hope that you continue to enjoy our free content Since you viewed this item previously you can read it again no promotional deals were found matching that code Richard and Robin Hill on the staircase inside of Oak Street Place A landmark in the resurgence of downtown Laurel has changed hands owned by Richard and Robin Hill of Ellisville took over ownership of Oak Street Place from Vicki Smith who had been managing the property since it was acquired by Leottis “Lee” Barnett in December 2006 What was Sears Roebuck throughout the 1920s and ’30s has become known as the home to Lee’s Coffee & Tea since Barnett bought the building with a vision of providing the community with a place to live Oak Street Place was designed to be the area’s first multi-purpose space within walking distance of other businesses Many businesses began their current ventures inside Oak Street Place either as an official tenant or setting up transient space in Lee’s Lee’s Coffee & Tea is synonymous with Oak Street Place but in fact has always been a separate business nonetheless,” the Hills said in a press release about the ownership change as Lee's and Crossroads Coffee Roastery are still open providing the community with a great place to grab a cup of coffee get some work done or enjoy brunch with friends “Oak Street Place has been a hub for creative endeavors and commerce deals alike and the family members of Lee’s who have been running it since her passing in 2017 are thrilled to pass the torch to new owners who share a similar vision and business acumen.” The Hills extended a warm welcome to existing tenants neighbors in the downtown area and the thousands of visitors that travel through Mississippi’s “Home Town” daily to stop by and experience one of Laurel’s most-storied structures They also offered sincere thanks to the family of Lee Beau Davis and Lauren Bynum of REAL Brokers Pine Belt Land & Title “and everyone else who played a crucial role in carrying on the legacy of this beautiful historic building.” The Sultana boys and girls wrestling teams took home the team titles at the Mojave River League Finals on Wednesday afternoon Sultana took first place as a team with 216 points as seven wrestlers captured league titles Hesperia finished right behind with 214.5 points and five league champions Four of Sultana’s five state-ranked wrestlers captured league titles 6 in the California Wrestler 132-pound rankings captured the title by pinning Hesperia’s Landin Arguelles Cael Humphrey also pinned Apple Valley's Jesse Konikow in the semifinals 12 ranked Rocky Humphrey took first place in the 126-pound division with a 23-3 tech fall over Hesperia’s Dylan Garcia Humphrey also scored a 17-1 tech fall over Oak Hills' Santos Montoya captured the 113-pound title by pinning Serrano's Nathan Villalobos in 12 seconds followed by a 13-0 major decision over Hesperia's Brandon Garcia 10 ranked Xander Firm was named the upper-weight MVP award as he captured the heavyweight title by scoring a 16-2 major decision over Serrano’s Marcus Ochoa Firm also pinned Oak Hills' Leo Lopez at the 2:17 mark in the semifinals Hesperia’s Paulo Valdez earned the lower-weight MVP award as he captured the 120-pound title by scoring a 17-2 tech fall over Oak Hills’ Ruben Reyes pinned Apple Valley's Korbin Hoye in 1:42 in the semifinals Desert Sky League Finals: Victor Valley continues its dominance at the DSL wrestling finals rounded out the list of wrestlers reaching the top podium Sultana took the team title with 127 points and Apple Valley came in second place with 86 points Sultana was represented by eight division champions while Apple Valley and Hesperia each had two titlists Sultana's Estella Wade earned the lower-weight MVP award after capturing the 120-pound title while teammate Chelsea Garcia was named the upper-weight MVP after claiming the 190-pound title All top three wrestlers in each division advance to the CIF-Southern Section individuals tournament hosted by Fountain Valley High School on Feb An upcoming over-the-top-but-approachable sandwich eatery, HeyDay, will open in the old Oak Hill Cafe space on Poinsett Highway Its owners, Paul and Sarah Klaassen, are veterans of Gather GVL and brought HenDough Chicken & Donuts to the West End food hall HeyDay is projected to open in May at 2510 Poinsett Highway including sandwich teasers and what to expect Cava, a Mediterranean eatery based in Washington, D.C., opened March 15 in Greenville. The eatery held an event the day before in partnership with Harvest Hope Food Bank It offered a complimentary lunch or dinner while also accepting and matching donations of up to $1,000 to the food bank Greer’s Stomping Grounds Coffee will serve its last cups of coffee and glasses of wine this month after 12 years in business The coffeehouse and wine bar announced its closure through social media and is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m Good to Go Greenville announced its expansion via social media The kitchen and market will double its size this summer “We’re outgrowing where we are now, and so we are actually going to be able to take the rest of the building we’re currently in,” Cameron Kendrick, owner of the business, said in a post about the expansion The extra space will allow for a larger wine inventory a lunch counter and a private room for cooking camps It’s the perfect place,” Hali Mullins the grocery’s in-house marketing specialist “We’re bringing in a lot of retailers 99% of our retailers are local or regional so we’re getting to bring in more partnerships.” Its hours are Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m The expansion is expected to be completed by the end of Summer 2024 Finally, Simpsonville will get a McAlister’s Deli will open at 234-A Harrison Bridge Road March 15 It is open Sunday through Thursday from 10 a.m Input your search keywords and press Enter the redevelopment of County Square is one of the biggest — and the most important — developments in Greenville’s recent history when you have a small piece of land and it doesn’t work out as intended there’s a lot more at stake,” said Nancy Whitworth the City of Greenville’s deputy city manager “With this site and its sensitivity to the park and downtown The county-owned property is more than 37 acres equivalent in size to downtown Greenville’s core and located within walking distance of Falls Park and the Greenville Health System Swamp Rabbit Trail Its redevelopment is expected to be a billion-dollar the redevelopment of a block of South Main Street across from the Peace Center the mixed-use development at the corner of North Main and Washington streets the master planned urban community on Verdae Boulevard and Laurens Road on land once owned by the late reclusive textile magnate John D at 1,100 acres and $1.5 billion when completed and we’ve got to make sure to get it right,” said Greenville County Council Chairman Butch Kirven County Square was not thought of as a part of Greenville’s downtown But Falls Park opened in 2004 and Fluor Field two years later planning started for the Swamp Rabbit Trail a 22-mile multiuse trail that opened in 2009 Because the former mall that now houses county operations will be torn down the developer and the county have a wonderful opportunity to design from the ground up professor emeritus of city and regional planning at Clemson University and former member of the city’s planning commission and Design Review Board “They have the opportunity to be creative and efficient and make it an important part of Greenville “Any time you double or triple the density of activities it’s going to strain existing capacities,” he said “They’ll have to have other ways to get there so you don’t have to get in a car They’ll need to think carefully about the back streets They need to make it attractive and feasible to walk with site lines and well-defined walking routes.” who said the city hasn’t had discussions with the developer said the city will be interested in how the development’s design will minimize impacts on traffic The city will also look at other elements like parking The development will likely require a zoning change “There’s no opportunity to back-door anything.” Kirven said County Square is more than an extension of downtown “It’s a test bed to demonstrate how the future looks in an urban environment,” he said “It’s a clean slate where we can design and create a smart urban environment for the future Acceptable 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York Nearly two decades after the idea for a Cancer Survivors Park grew from a high school senior project to beautify an area outside a local cancer treatment center Greenville Cancer Survivors Park will hold its grand opening this weekend A public ribbon cutting will be held at 11 a.m “The Dedication to a Vision of Hope and Healing” will feature community leaders sharing the story about the creation of the park and plans for the Center for Hope & Healing a space for community celebrations and survivorship programs The ceremony will include recognition of the Greenville Health System and other contributors who made the park possible “The Garden Party,” will be held from 6 p.m The fundraising soiree will feature music by Trey Francis Guests at the party will be able to walk through the park and hear stories about the design and meaning Tickets are $125 and are available at cancersurvivorspark.org/the-garden-party.php Proceeds will benefit the Cancer Survivors Park Alliance’s education programs A free Cancer Survivors Day Celebration will be held at the park from 1 p.m Activities include walking tours of the park A survivors recognition ceremony and photo are set for 2:32 p.m Registration is requested but not required “We are excited to be celebrating a significant milestone — the transformation of a challenged piece of property into a beautiful park We still have much to do as we transition from bricks and mortar to a focus on incorporating the creative features and resources that are the essence of our vision — creating a space for hope and healing,” said Kay Roper executive director of the Cancer Survivors Park Alliance As the functions of parks grow more complex public-private partnerships have increased as a funding source Greenville’s Unity Park is an example of many of the current trends in building urban parks — a greater reliance on public-private partnerships the conversion of postindustrial sites into green space and construction of facilities that accommodate fluctuation in water levels to help water quality and flooding issues “Parks are no longer simply places for recreation That’s why public-private partnerships are so important,” said Catherine Nagel “Really where public-private partnerships shine is that they bring in more resources and skills.” While Greenville has been known for public-private partnerships for downtown development projects such as the Hyatt Mayor Knox White said Unity Park is the city’s first example of a true public-private partnership on a park The city has earmarked $20 million in hospitality tax revenue for the new park over 10 years and wants private partners to contribute another $20 million Separate from the city’s fundraising efforts is one led by Community Journals’ chairman and co-founder Doug Greenlaw to raise money for a veterans memorial in the park Greenlaw is a founder of the Upstate charter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart “Public-private partnerships have become a critical funding tool in the toolbox,” said Kevin O’Hara vice president of urban and government affairs for the National Recreation and Parks Association public-private partnerships are good for parks.” Chicago’s Millennium Park was a result of a public-private partnership Mayor Richard Daley originally proposed construction of a parking garage with a landscaped greenroof on land that had been parkland The original plan financing called for $120 million from parking revenue bonds and $30 million from private resources plans for the park had changed drastically A cycle center provides heated bicycle parking There are outdoor art galleries and a promenade and the Pritzker Pavilion that hosts the Grant Park Musical Festival Underneath the park is a 4,000 space parking garage the park was the Midwest’s most popular tourist attraction There’s a wide range of how park public-private partnerships are structured “There’s a real range of public-private partnership models to consider,” she said “The key is to fit the model to your community Some cities have a strong base of philanthropic organizations City Park would also mirror the trend in other cities where postindustrial sites are turned into parks and green space those sites are on waterfronts and riverfronts areas that some cities turned their backs on and became nasty places to which people didn’t want to go a waterfront cargo yard was turned into one of New York’s signature parks The city redirects real estate taxes from residential and commercial developments in the project zone creating a self-sustaining revenue stream that is far less dependent on concessions and permits for special events than signature parks in other major cities “Parks are helping to revitalize cities and put them on the map,” Nagel said “It’s exciting that those projects are not just happening in the largest cities but in medium and small cities as well.” “It’s a summer camp where I get to hang out with kids every week but it’s not a basic camp that you can just drive to It’s definitely an Alaskan camp where you have to use a plane a smaller plane and a boat to get there,” Kameroff said with a laugh Kameroff was also in the process of being interviewed by the Portland Rescue Mission a ministry that focuses on helping people affected by homelessness “I would basically make myself available as an asset for people to work through their addictions conduct Bible studies and whatever else they need me to do,” Kameroff added “They talked about how OHCC was a small community feel with pretty small class sizes and a great student-to-teacher ratio,” Kameroff said Not exactly knowing her field of study until her junior year Kameroff settled on psychology after weighing it against a business degree and considering her hopes to help people in her future career but I didn’t want to choose business so psychology was pretty much for me,” Kameroff said It worked out great because I’ve always wanted to help people and I think psychology is one of the greatest ways to help someone else.” Kameroff’s favorite class was Group Process as it gave the class a chance to conduct mock group therapy sessions and observe how close the students became from the beginning to the end of the class no one really talked to each other and we were all in our own little bubbles,” Kameroff mentioned Opening up was an initial struggle for Kameroff at the start of her time at Oak Hills which coincided with the coronavirus pandemic “Leaving a place I was comfortable with along with my friends and family then going to a place where I couldn’t make such great relationships because of social distancing and wearing masks made that first semester so hard,” Kameroff said “I remember sitting on the floor weeping because it was just terrible.” She admitted to only talking to one other person outside of classes with help from her personal mentor and OHCC’s Associate Dean of Student Life who made it so much easier for me to come out of my shell do fun activities and be part of a team,” Kameroff added I just became completely comfortable introducing who I am to other people It was just a really big learning curve for me coming down (to Minnesota) from Alaska Kameroff has since become active on campus including playing volleyball for the Oak Hills Wolfpack being a resident assistant and being part of the student activity leadership team last year she took part in a March mission trip to Honduras as part of Operation Christmas Child providing aid and supplies to churches across the country “I was part of the volunteer group last year and this year I actually got to be a part of it in person,” Kameroff said distributing them to churches across Honduras and visiting kids at local villages was really neat.” Kameroff enjoys searching for hiking trails and taking her hammock along for the journey She also enjoys painting and drawing and describes herself as a coffee connoisseur three bags of fresh coffee beans,” Kameroff said “I absolutely love my coffee at a certain temperature using different percolators or pour-overs or French press Despite her immediate plans of summer work for Covenant Youth of Alaska and other job interviews in the works Kameroff isn’t rushing to find a permanent position and opts for a more laissez-faire approach in terms of finding the right opportunity “I went into 2022 thinking I wasn’t going to make any long-term decisions and didn’t want to plan what’s going to happen the rest of this year,” Kameroff said most everything has been working out that way I’m figuring out what’s available and just flying by the seat of my pants.” Oak Hills' commencement will take place at 10 a.m The Oak Hills wrestling team took third place at the Downey 32 tournament over the weekend led by first-place finishes from Julian Jeong and Dylan Bentz Bentz beat his teammate John Mancera by a 4-3 decision in the first place match in the 170 pound division Jeong topped Roosevelt's Noah Vasquez in the title match by a 3-1 decision Shea Gabriel scored four pinfall victories in the 182 pound division before losing to Valencia's Alex Munoz in the title match Charles King went 5-1 in the tourney and claimed third place with a pinfall over Temescal's Canyon's Zachary Potter King began the tourney with three pinfall victories before dropping to the consolation bracket Both Kamron Yamada and Jacob Hernandez took fourth place in their divisions Yamada picked up to victores before dropping to the consolation bracket Hernandez begane the tourney with three victories before dropping to the consolation bracket where he won a match and then lost a 4-2 decision Dominic Tamayo placed sixth in the 152-pound division The Bulldogs are back in action this week against Hesperia to begin Mojave River League action Sheriff's deputies have seized more than 90,000 pounds of marijuana from a "stash house" in the Oak Hills neighborhood of San Bernardino County Monday at a home in the 5000 block of Honeyhill Road in the unincorporated county area just outside of Hesperia according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department Deputies from the Sheriff's Department's Marijuana Enforcement Team arrived at the 5-acre property with a search warrant, according to a sheriff's department statement They discovered the massive pot pile inside a newly constructed investigators located over 3,000 trash bags filled with processed marijuana The trash bags each weighed approximately 30 to 50 pounds," according to the statement The total weight amounted to between 90,000 and 150,000 pounds It took 51 truck loads over two days to remove the huge stash of cannabis over the coarse of two days More: 64 arrested, $6,800 in stolen goods recovered in High Desert anti-retail theft campaign The "stash house" was believed to be linked to an illegal marijuana-growing operation No arrests had been made as the investigation continued Wednesday afternoon A driver was killed after a vehicle veered off the side of the 15 Freeway in Oak Hills early Saturday according to California Highway Patrol logs The car left the roadway and came to rest on the property of Desert Valley Towing Identification by coroner's officials was pending More: Suspect arrested after Apple Valley senior turns tables on would-be scammer can reach the CHP's San Bernardino Office at (909) 383-4247 (This story will be updated as additional information becomes available.) I jotted down Oak Hills Boxing Club’s phone number from a sign on Palmdale Road I noticed a comment on my previous column included a phone number for Johnny Hernandez So I gave Hernandez a call and sure enough I went to his gym on Poplar Street and found out it’s in the same area as Oaks Hills Brewery — a place I have loved going to since they opened a few years ago I walked in and I was impressed when I saw several photos and newspaper clippings on the wall De La Hoya is pretty much the reason I became a boxing fan Growing up all I watched was baseball and professional wrestling But my dad also watched boxing and still tells me about the time we went to a pizzeria in Ontario and watched De La Hoya’s professional debut I must have been 4 at the time so I don’t remember that but I sure remember his showdowns with Julio Cesar Chavez in 1996 and 1998 But back to the topic — Hernandez has an impressive gym with a full-sized ring I got there a bit early and got a chance to watch his youngsters spar against each other It was pretty cool watching 8 and 10 year olds sparing But what was most impressive was seeing Hernandez’s daughter in the ring against boys is tough and more than held her own against the boys Hernandez said he is trying hard to find a girl with similar experience in the High Desert to set up her first fight Hernandez showed me some videos of her sparring with boys from other gyms including on video of her knocking down a boy with a hard body shot I asked him if it was tough to watch his daughter in the ring against boys He said it isn’t because she’s kicking their butts Hernandez is hopeful to find a fight in the near future for Maya Magdalena Hernandez because he has not made a lot of friends in the High Desert “I don’t think there is anyone in this sport who is here to make friends I’m training them to hurt their opponent inside the ring And for that mentality I haven’t made very many friends up here.” Hernandez said that after many years of working with talent in the High Desert he got tired of not getting proper credit for his work That’s what led to him opening his gym roughly seven months ago Hernandez wasn’t shy or ashamed to talk about his troubled past that has gotten him to where he is today He’s overcome a lot of personal demons to make something of himself everything happens for a reason,” Hernandez said “I’ve overcome a lot of things and now I have a gym I can call my own I’m thankful for my family and the community that has been so supportive in making this possible I’m not in this to make money and I’m certainly not in this to make friends I want to mold champions and also teach them valuable life lessons at the same time.” I enjoyed chatting with him and hearing stories about boxing in the High Desert back in the 1990s while telling me a few stories Hernandez said he used to make sparring trips to a gym in Hemet I recently interviewed a guy who used to train in Hemet in the early 90s He goes by the nickname “The Mouthpiece Guy.” Next week I’ll share his story and how he went from being in the dental field to protecting the smiles of some of the best boxers of today Jose Quintero can be reached at 760-256-4122 or JQuintero@DesertDispatch.com You can also follow him on Twitter at @DD_JQuintero Locked in a battle for second place in the Mojave River League standings the Oak Hills girls volleyball team topped Apple Valley in five sets Monday night.  Keonahi'ilani Solaita led the way as the Bulldogs took sole possession of second place in the standings But the Bulldogs dropped the fourth set as Apple Valley rallied for a 25-22 victory.  Oak Hills won by five points in the fifth set 15-10.  Makayla Hill had a huge night for the Bulldogs with 33 assists dished 13 assists to go along with 12 digs three blocks and two digs; Izabella Lechuga dished 36 assists with 28 digs; and Isabella Killion tallied 10 kills and 23 digs.  4-3 MRL) travels to face first-place Serrano on Wednesday the Cougars participated in the Temecula Twilight Invitational on Oct The boys team ran in the seeded race and placed 16th overall.  coming in 14th place with a time of 16:21.7; Esteban Hernandez finished 78th (16:51.9) and Aiden Dougherty took 92nd (17:33.9.).   Charlotte Hele took 26th overall with a time of 20.12.8 while Janet Martinez set a personal record with a time of 22:33.0 The Cougars are back in action at the Desert Sky League’s cluster meet at Barstow on Wednesday and then will compete in the Inland Empire Challenge on Oct the Sultans topped the Burros in five sets (16-25 15-12) Monday night for their first victory in Mojave River League action.  Laylah Okoye spiked a kill to give Sultana the ball back Justice Doddy went on to serve four points for the victory.  Sultana sealed the deal on a block by Okoye for the 15-12 victory.  four digs and three kills; Lola Hansen dished 15 assists with two kills and nine digs; Mary Sanchez chipped in 10 digs; Doddy ended with seven assists and six digs; and Megan Mullinax spiked five kills with four digs.  1-6 MRL) travels to Oak Hills on Wednesday As we look forward to the 2023 PGA Championship here are five things you should know about Oak Hill Country Club Oak Hill has been part of the roots of recent PGA Championship history It also held the 2008 and 2019 Senior PGA Championships Oak Hill's major past began before the PGA Championship arrived READ MORE: Insider's Guide to The Architecture of Oak Hill East A year after our friends at @the_fried_egg premiered Championship Restoration: Southern Hills and inspired the preparation of two-time PGA Champion Rory McIlroy, they’ve done it again with one of our favorite content offerings to date.#PGAChamp https://t.co/GE5lZO7acg 2) Jack Nicklaus' 7-shot Win in 1980 was the Largest Margin of Victory in PGA Championship History for 32 Years Nicklaus earned his penultimate major title with a seven-stroke victory over Andy Bean 43 years ago as Nicklaus sat three strokes off of Craig Stadler's first-round lead The Golden Bear held a three-stroke lead going into the final round one of four scores in the 60s on Sunday to finish off his 17th major title Jack Nicklaus captured his record-tying 5th PGA Championship in 1980 at Oak Hill. Look back in partnership with @ROLEX at the highlights from his dominant 7-shot victory. #PGAChamp | #ROLEX pic.twitter.com/WgfEmZMiC4 3) It's Oak Trees Are From All Around The World When Donald Ross first came on in 1922 to design the East Course the first practitioner to successfully administer penicillin to a patient as the person to plant trees around the course Trees that dot the course today come from Sherwood Forest and the gardens of Shakespeare and President George Washington Once acorn at a time 🌳#PGAChamp pic.twitter.com/Y9A80sYZ5F 4) This Week Will Be The Fourth Time The Club Has Hosted The PGA Championship Holding the 105th PGA Championship puts Oak Hill in second place for the most PGA Championships ever hosted course will break away from a seven-way tie for second and Firestone Country Club have hosted three times each Each visit brings a new challenge— 2023 will present the longest setup in four PGA Championships at Oak Hill. #PGAChamp pic.twitter.com/tc5pk0tySD 5) Jason Dufner Set The Course Record During the 2013 PGA Championship A seven-under-par scorecard is excellent any day But a seven-under 63 to take the lead at a major That's what Jason Dufner did to set Oak Hill's course record at the 95th PGA Championship during the second round His 63 tied for the lowest score in PGA Championship history Dufner went on to win his first major championship An eagle and PGA Championship record 63 in round 2. Jason Dufner took control & never looked back at Oak Hill in 2013. #PGAChamp pic.twitter.com/ubNyqJW4rZ Unseasonably frigid weather may have caused a nearly two-hour delay on the first day of play at the 2023 PGA Championship at Oak Hill ESPN commentator Scott Van Pelt declared the resulting pre-dawn frost “long forgotten.” the warmth flowed: “Oak Hill is taking its rightful place in the sun,” he said Indeed, the Pittsford club’s famed East Course looked picture perfect under clear blue skies and amid birds loudly chirping birds Oak Hill golf fans earn praise from ESPN announcerVan Pelt also praised local spectators And he and David Duval, ESPN’s lead golf analyst, noted that a lot of them seem to be rooting for Rory McIlroy, whose wife, Erica Stoll, grew up in Irondequoit staying with the in-laws this week,” Duval said “His wife is from right around the corner.” noting that McIlroy is an honorary Oak Hill member Sunday updates from Oak Hill: Follow the PGA Championship here all day long More: How the Garbage Plate became Rochester's culinary muse More: Why Rochester can't afford to lose Nick Tahou Hots Van Pelt didn’t miss a beat: “Garbage Plate ESPN+ aired a full Garbage Plate segment in which they quizzed players about the messy entrée: you got some context?” asked Scottie Scheffler at which point a narrator rattled off the list of components: home fries bake beans and cheeseburgers (or hamburgers or hots) smothered with a meat-based hot sauce and topped with raw onions and mustard Said Brit Matt Fitzpatrick: “That’s America in one long sentence right there.” Justin Thomas said he’d try it “I’m taking the afternoon off if I’m having that.” Probably not before the night I play in the PGA this year At press conference on Tuesday, McIlory said “I’ve only had one Garbage Plate in my life More: 'I was hooked immediately.' He's 63 and still eats a garbage plate every day Reporter Marcia Greenwood covers general assignments. Send story tips to mgreenwo@rocheste.gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter @MarciaGreenwood golf balls struck by the world’s greatest men’s professionals will fill the air at Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa Oklahoma when the season’s second major tournament What that means as it pertains to Rochester is that on this day one year from now activity will be taking place at Oak Hill Country Club when the PGA Championship commences on the fabled East Course This will be the fourth time the PGA of America’s premier event - one of golf’s four major championships - will be played at Oak Hill on the heels of Jack Nicklaus winning in 1980 Oak Hill has also hosted three other PGA of America-sponsored events - the 1995 Ryder Cup and the 2008 and 2019 Senior PGA Championship - and one of the keys to this fruitful partnership is Oak Hill’s decades-long commitment to bring major championship golf to the Rochester region “There’s just that connection with the PGA of America and Oak Hill that’s so wonderful for a community like this,” championship director Barry Deach said last week during a press briefing at the club “And I think because of the longstanding relationship followed by the four rounds of competition May 18-21 Here is what spectators can expect if they plan to attend: Long gone are the days when you could get them at Wegmans or one of the local banks in town. Everything is now done online, and you have to pre-register - free with no obligation - at the following address: https://www.pgachampionship.com/2023/ticketregistry Doing so holds your place in line for the opportunity to purchase tickets “opportunity” being the operative word because tickets will be sold on a first-come They will be available to the general public June 6 You are only allowed to register once and during the purchasing window you are assigned there will likely be a limit of four tickets available children 17 years of age or younger will be admitted free of charge when accompanied by a ticketed adult Each ticketed adult will be permitted four junior grounds admissions per day at no additional charge.  Junior tickets may be picked up onsite at the admissions office at the main entrance Junior tickets cannot be obtained in advance and will be available regardless of a sellout A junior ticket will not provide access to the clubhouse The PGA of America has declined to make that information One can expect there will be single-day tickets for both practice and competition days and the tickets that come with the purchase of corporate hospitality.  a special seating and full-service food and beverage hospitality area that will be erected at the 13th green where the club’s Hill of Fame is located up in the trees,” is how Deach described it “The idea was to create a different experience for the membership which allows us to create and have a little bit more flexibility inside the clubhouse for players but it will also be available to everyone willing to pay more money the way the now defunct clubhouse access passes used to work Members will get first crack starting on June 1 but the general public can gain access as a guest of a member or a member can purchase tickets on their behalf “It’s going to be a whole new experience that we have not ever had here at Oak Hill,” said Ron Pluta is that registrations have been pacing almost on an even split between local (within 100 miles of the club) and regional/national/international.  “That’s a little more (even) than I would have anticipated but it also tells me that’s great for Rochester that’s great for Monroe County,” Deach said meaning people will be coming to town and will be spending money on hotels restaurants and many other amenities and services.  Outside of the Member Experience and the usual expensive chalets most of which will be located near the 14th fairway there will be three or four large gathering areas for general ticket-holders which the PGA of America is calling marketplaces and another will be on the front nine in the area of the fifth space that was created by the removal of so many trees since the 2019 Senior PGA This area will be quite popular because with the trees gone “The marketplace concept here fits with the renovation and the design in the sense that you’ll be able to see more from everywhere,” Deach said.  These will be places where fans can purchase food and beverage plus sit down at tables and enjoy wait service as they watch the golf unfolding around them Much of this plan is still in the works as Oak Hill and the PGA of America are trying to secure the use of off-site parking lots for the shuttle bus system that will ferry spectators back and forth There will be no on-site parking at Oak Hill shuttle buses will no longer be the primary option This will be the first time that full-scale use of ridesharing with companies such as Uber and Lyft will be available Those plans are also still in the development stages regarding the routes and how the drop off and pick up will work but it will be an alternative for spectators to consider given the convenience though they will have to pay for their ride “Rideshare didn’t exist 10 years ago (when the PGA Championship was last at Oak Hill),” Deach said For those who were on site for the 2019 Senior PGA you saw a glimpse of what was happening at Oak Hill - the systematic removal of trees on the East Course which was done primarily to allow more sunlight to reach the ground and promote healthier grass growth.  That work really ramped up after that tournament and today So many of the majestic trees that lent beauty and challenge to the course are gone Oak Hill course superintendent Jeff Corcoran explained “There were a few areas on the golf course where you couldn’t even see the fairway bunkers because the trees had grown over them Some greens compounds surrounded by trees were only seeing two or three hours of sunlight a day and that really starts to affect plant health which affects the condition and playability of the golf course.” and if the sun shines during tournament week - we can only hope given the May dates - there are certainly fewer areas to gain respite in the shade The tree removal was only part of a large overhaul of the East Course as all 18 of the greens were rebuilt and re-seeded with a new strain of bent grass; numerous bunkers were re-shaped and modernized; length was added to a few tee boxes; and the routing was altered as three holes were either completely refurbished or built from scratch site of the four holes-in-one at the 1989 U.S heavily-bunkered par-3 was built and it is now the fifth hole That means the old fifth hole is now the sixth and it has been re-designed and lengthened at the par-3 15th the treacherous pond on the right side has been drained and filled in and the green has been elevated and shifted to the left The idea was to return the course as close as possible to architect Donald Ross’ original design from the 1920s and Greece native and long-time PGA Tour and Champions Tour player Jeff Sluman consulted on the project with Andrew Green the highly-respected Maryland-based architect who performed the renovation “Donald Ross created a gem and that’s all we’re trying to do,” Sluman said at the time the work began “Oak Hill still has copies of Ross’ original design drawings and notes from more than 90 years ago and they have been used to guide the plan with modifications made to account for the vast difference in the way the game is played today; primarily “We’re just trying to take it back to where it was We want to be kind of like a referee in a championship game; we want to go in and nobody even knows that we were there.” Sal Maiorana can be reached at maiorana@gannett.com The Sultana girls wrestling team claimed fourth place at the Cpl as Chelsea Garcia and Nataly Diaz each claimed a title Garcia earned the 190-pound title by pinning Elah Castro Vote: Sultana's Chelsea Garcia is one of four Victorville Chevrolet High School Athlete of the Week nominees Diaz won another match by pinfall and a 7-0 decision Both Isabella Belanger and Mia Garcia took second place in their weight classes Belanger won two matches before losing a 7-5 decision to Calexico’s Nicole Ibarra in the 130-pound title match She won three matches by pinfall and then lost a 5-2 decision to Arianna Navarro Savannah Etheridge took third place after pinning Indio's Clarissa Gamboa in two minutes and 23 seconds Gabriella Belanger took fifth place at 140 pounds More: High Desert wrestlers to keep an eye on this season Samera Mejia claimed the 125-pound title after pinning Calexico’s Hailey Alaniz She won two other matches by pinfall and also a technical fall She lost in the semifinals and then picked up two more pinfall victories Sage Sheffield ended in fourth place at 155 pounds Didn't see your team's scores in this roundup All local varsity scores and results can be reported by email to Daily Press reporter Jose Quintero at JQuintero@VVDailyPress.com at @J0seQuintero to report any results throughout the season The Serrano baseball team rallied after a slow start Wednesday to defeat Oak Hills and clinch the program’s first Mojave River League title since 2015.  Serrano entered the final two-game series of the season needing just one win over the Bulldogs to clinch first place The Bulldogs came out hot looking to play spoiler jumping out to a 2-0 lead in the first two innings Serrano wouldn't allow another run in the game scoring seven unanswered en route to the 7-2 victory.  they worked their butts off,” Serrano head coach John Grijalva said “They came out a little sluggish at first but came back to fundamental baseball Southpaw Aiden Taylor was called upon to start and his day did not start how he envisioned Taylor’s first pitch of the game to Tyler Martinez was pulled over the left-field wall for a solo home run Taylor didn't let the home run impact the rest of his game by wiping it from his memory.  “I just really reset my mind and told myself to throw strikes and just trust my defense,” Taylor said “Because if I didn’t throw strikes we weren’t going to win the ballgame.”  Two more runners reached base in the top of the first but were unable to score Oak Hills did score an unearned run in the second following a pair of throwing errors on the same play by Serrano.  Taylor kept his team in it by holding Oak Hills scoreless in the third That paved the way for Serrano to have the biggest inning of the game putting four runs across in the bottom of the third.  The biggest hit of the third inning belonged to Taylor Taylor fouled off several 3-2 pitches to work a long at-bat against Oak Hills starter Sebastian Sanchez Taylor got the pitch he was looking for over the plate and shot it into right-center for a two-run double.  “I was waiting until he threw something down the middle because he was really spotting up the corners with his fastball,” Taylor said “I knew it was going to be a battle the whole way through get it in the air so I can drive those runs in.” before relinquishing the ball to Connor Abadie.  Abadie faced the minimum in his two innings out of the bullpen while striking out three David O’Neill pitched the final inning and struck out two batters.  “It was kind of fluid as the game went on but we knew those three were going to throw today just depending on who felt what at what time,” Grijalva said “Danny (O’Neill) is like my right-hand man behind the dish so he was telling me who is on who is off so I relied a lot on him and his judgments When you got dudes who can throw it is not a very hard decision.”  The Diamondbacks have rode a talented four-man rotation consisting of Taylor O’Neill and Preston Overton all season While the pitching once again showed up for the Diamondbacks it was the offense’s ability to overcome the 2-0 deficit with quality at-bats that won this game for Serrano.  They looked for something to put in play and something they could take a bag with Their adjustments during the game were amazing,” Grijalva said of his offense.  The two teams will square off in the season finale at Oak Hills on Friday The two teams have split the season series thus far and the Diamondbacks not only want to take the rubber match but want to get some momentum for the playoffs as well.  “We’re going out to win for sure We want to finish with a 10-game win streak and get into playoffs,” Grijalva said “This is the last game that we can actually fine-tune because after this it is one-and-done We need to get out there and keep doing what we do.” OAK HILLS — While most students may spend a Saturday enjoying free time or catching up on homework several Oak Hills High School students would rather work on cracking a cyber security code the Oak Hills High School "3ncrypt3d" Club recently earned platinum and gold status in the first round of the CyberPatriot National Competition CyberPatriot is a program geared toward encouraging kindergarten through 12th grade students to choose a career in cybersecurity or other STEM — science The competition places teams of high school and middle school students in the position of newly hired IT professionals tasked with managing the network of a small company according to the AirForce Association’s website “It is a national competition held locally We do compete inside the classroom on a Saturday,” Cisco Academy Instructor and 3ncrypted Club Coach Mark Smith said students are presented with images that represent operating systems The students must seek out vulnerabilities Finding stuff that shouldn’t be there,” Smith said they had to set up a network so all computers can talk to each other safely.” There are five teams in the 3ncrypt3d Club “Dogbyte” placed in the top 1.2 percent of the nation “Landogs” placed in the top 10.9 percentile OHHS Tech placed in the top 12.8 percentile “Watchdogs” placed in the top 22.5 percentile and “Print Bulldog” placed in the top 39.5 percentile said the 3ncrypt3d Club “was a turning point in my education.” With his “slight interest” turning into a passion Briceno now plans to pursue a Master’s Degree in cyber security “This program has already provided me with many opportunities and I hope others can have the same experience,” Briceno said joined the club this year and is a member of Landogs Along with acquiring the skills for his future career path Sedano said cyber know-how is needed for “everyday life to make sure you “We live in a digital world now where computers are a gateway to the future Keeping these gateways secure is very important and I'm hoping to go into cyber security myself to help keep them as safe as I can,” Sedano said the 3ncrypt3d Club is open to students who are enrolled in classes through the Oak Hills High School Cisco Networking Academy Program students can take Introduction to Computer Science Round two of the CyberPatriot National Competition will be held this weekend The teams will then compete in a state competition aiming for top in nation The top teams in the nation will earn a trip to Baltimore Maryland for the National Finals Competition where they can earn scholarship money.​ The Hesperia boys cross country claimed the program’s first league title since 1991 and is looking forward to competing in this weekend’s CIF-Southern Section Preliminaries.  the Scorpions took first as a team with a score of 32 points Burroughs finished in second place at 46 points.  the feeling of being called the Mojave River League champions is special Especially because Gallardo was a part of the Hesperia team that won league titles in 1990 and 1991.  “It is great to be a part of the only three in the history of the school both as an athlete and now as the new head coach,” Gallardo said.  Victor Amaro led the way for Hesperia with a time of 16:35.5 Four of Amaro’s teammates finished in the top 10.  Burroughs’ Zion Ortiz led all the boys runners with a time of 16:06 Oak Hills’ Raye Duarte finished second (16:21.3) and Serrano’s Aiden Zylker followed right behind (16:23.9).  Burroughs’ Eve Washburn took first place (19:19.4) while Oak Hills took second with 45 points.  Serrano’s Siena Burns finished in second place (20:00.7) and Oak Hills’ Grace Dorado took third (20:10.9).  The top three teams automatically qualified for the CIF-SS Prelims qualified as an individual with a top 10 finish.  Teams competing in Divisions 1 and 5 will run on Friday while the three divisions are scheduled for Saturday.  took first with a time of 22:17.3 in the girls race at the Cross Valley League Finals The Cougars finished second as a team with 67 points and Hesperia Christian’s Kylie Page each qualified for the CIF-SS Prelims as individuals.  Big Bear dominated with runners accounting for five of the seven best times The Bears were led by Kael Jex’s time of 17:35.1 AAE’s Elijah Lovett followed right behind at 17:57.8.  Silverado's Filiberto Escobedo took first place in the boys race with a time of 17:07 helping his team to a third-place finished with 94 points.  Granite Hills dominated with seven runners finishing in the top 10 The Cougars took first place with 25 points followed by Victor Valley with 49 points.  Barstow's Angelina Vasquez led the way with a time of 19:10 Barstow took first place as a team with 19 points.  Granite Hills' Charlotte Hele came in second place with a time of 20:39.  CROSS VALLEY LEAGUE FINALSBoys Team Results DESERT SKY LEAGUE FINALS Boys Team Results Daily Press reporter Jose Quintero may be reached at 760-951-6274 or JQuintero@VVDailyPress.com Oak Hills’ Julian Jeong and three wrestlers from Hesperia all claimed titles Saturday afternoon at the CIF-Southern Section Inland Division boys wrestling tournament Jeong is one of 25 total wrestlers from the High Desert to qualify for the CIF-SS Masters tournament Jeong scored a 4-2 decision over Corona Del Mar's Antonio Aramburu for the 152-pound title Jeong won all three matches on Friday by pinfall Hesperia took second place as a team with 221 points Oak Hills finished third with 210.5 points and Victor Valley came in fifth place at 160 points Valdez claimed the 106-pound title after pinning Sultana’s Rocky Humphrey in the championship match Valdez’s teammates Hector Hernandez (120) and Evan Roy (132) also captured titles at Fountain Valley High School Hernandez scored a 6-4 decision over Laguna Hills' Syrus Singh and Evan Roy pinned Arroyo's Finnegan Long in separate title matches five other local wrestlers took second place Dominic Tamayo (145) lost a 9-4 decision to Newport Harbor's Anthony Manno Dylan Bentz (160) lost a 7-4 decision to Corona Del Mar's Zion Hernandez and Charles King (220) lost a 4-1 decision to Hillcrest's Gabriel Chavez Serrano’s Blake Chaffee was pinned by Fountain Valley's Khale McDonnell in the 170-pound title match and Hesperia’s Matthias Valdez lost by pinfall to Fountain Valley’s Windrath at 138 pounds Six area wrestlers captured third place after losing in the semifinals including three from Hesperia — Emiliano Hernandez (113) Andrew Diaz (126) and Hesperia's Anthony Ruiz (285) Victor Valley’s Aaron Ramirez pinned Laguna Hills' Zach Chacon for third place at 138 pounds while teammate Avian Singh scored a major decision over Marina's Shane Lerma at 145 pounds After scoring two pinfall victories in a combined 38 seconds on Friday Oak Hills’ Shea Gabriel lost in the semifinals and dropped to the consolation bracket He pinned Victor Valley's Jesse Cardona for the second time in two days in the third-place match The CIF-SS Masters tournament will be held at Palm Springs High School on Feb the top 10 placers in each division will qualify for the CIF State Wrestling Championships Here’s a list of all the local boys that qualified for the CIF-SS Masters tournament The Oak Hills boys soccer team took a commanding lead in the Mojave River League standings Friday night after a 6-0 victory over Apple Valley on the road The Bulldogs improved to 6-0 in the MRL standings as Jesse Cardenas and Jordan Guerrero  each scored a pair of goals D’Angelo Martinez and Carlos Rocha each scored a goal; Guerrero Val Tapia and Raul Becerra each had an assist; and Edgar Esparza tallied three saves in goal Oak Hills now leads the MRL standings by two-and-a-half games with four games left in the season Girls Soccer: Apple Valley tops Oak Hills, closes in on the Mojave River League title Athlete of Week: Adelanto’s Kimo Brown Jr. is the Victorville Chevrolet High School Athlete of the Week That substantial lead is due to the CIF-Southern Section office confirming on Friday afternoon that both Hesperia and Sultana were forced to forfeit several games due to ineligible players Sultana was forced to forfeit five total games including two league victories over Oak Hills and Burroughs including two league victories over Burroughs and Serrano The Hesperia player will be eligible to return to action for the season finale on Jan Bartle said the Sultana player is not eligible for the remainder of the season Sultana was in third place in the standings at 2-2-1 while Serrano jumped up to second place at 3-2 Hesperia dropped all the way down to fifth place in the standings behind Burroughs at 1-3-1 Here’s a look at how the rest of the MRL teams fared on Friday night the Sultans jumped into second place in the MRL standings with a victory over the Burros Giovanni Vitela scored the lone goal of the match Sultana is back in action on the road on Jan the Scorpions got back in the win column in a big way Friday afternoon and are now in fourth place in the MRL standings Jorge Negrete led the way for Hesperia with two goals and an assist The Hesperia boys wrestling team continued its hot start to the season as four wrestlers claimed titles at the Tom Bravo Classic Emiliano Hernandez and Chris Guerrero each took first place in their divisions helping the Scorpions to a third-place finish with 238.5 points Palm Desert took the team title with 270.5 points made his season debut in the 120-pound division and claimed the title by pinning Caiden Meyers-Medina and then technical falls in the quarterfinals and semifinals Diaz claimed the title by pinning Rancho Cucamonga’s Talon Spry at the 3:57 mark including in the semifinals against Daniel Campos teammate Landin Arguelles took third place after scoring a 7-3 decision over Isaiah Duarte Arguelles was pinned by Spry in the quarterfinals and then he picked up three decision victories in the consolation bracket Emiliano Hernandez claimed the 132-pound title by pinning Bonita’s Dylan Garcia in 1:43 Hernandez won all five of his matches by pinfall Chris Guerrero beat Etiwanda’s Austin McSwain by tiebreaker in the title match He also won three other matches by pinfall and a technical fall Dylan Garcia took second place at 113 pounds He lost to Etiwanda’s Maxx Diaz in the title match Garcia won two matches by pinfall and scored a 14-10 decision over Bonita's Elias Echeveste in the semifinals while Loghan Zuniga took fifth place at 157 pounds by pinning Luke Romero More: Sports Roundup: Silverado claims 1st place at the Wilson Ladycat Classic, Udeze named MVP Angel Salgado scored a 5-0 decision over Luca Munoz won a match by pinfall and then lost a 9-8 decision to Munoz in the quarterfinals Salgado picked up two pinfall victories before his rematch with Munoz Frankie Stevenson lost a technical fall in the semifinals at 175 pounds including against Etiwanda’s Dom Montellano for third place A few Oak Hills wrestlers also competed in the tournament Brandon Lozano was the only one from the squad to place Lozano took third place at 215 pounds after pinning Los Osos’ AJ Beserra in 24 seconds Lozano began the day with two pinfall victories and then scored a majority decision to reach the semifinals where he lost by pinfall to Diego Morales Charles King and Gabriel Garcia both claimed titles as the Bulldogs took second place at the Downey 32 Way tournament on Dec while Paramount won the tournament with 182 points Garcia scored a 5-1 decision over Matthew Flores Garcia also won two other matches by pinfall and two other decisions including outpointing Chaparral’s Ivan Nataceli 2-0 in the semifinals King battled with Downey’s Brian Valdespino for the 215-pound title and pinned him at the 5:04 mark who has now won two tournament titles this season also won two other matches by pinfall and a majority decision Jayden Vaugner took fifth place at 150 pounds Oak Hills got sixth-place finishes from Carlos Monroy (138) and Max Waller (175) Adelanto also competed in the tournament and ended with 91.5 points as five wrestlers reached the podium Brandon Allen led the way with a third-place finish at 144 after beating Andy Sanchez Allen reached the semifinals after three pinfall victories before losing to Downey’s Ismael Guerra Eric Castandeda-De La Torre finished in fifth place at 190 pounds after scoring a 5-3 decision over Miguel Romo The Saints got seventh-place finishes from Jovan Reese (138) Daylen Bell (215) and George Rosales (285) Sultana’s first tourney a successAt Hesperia the first-ever Frankie Bollinger Memorial Sultana Wrestling Tournament was a hit as six total teams competed on Dec five girls went unbeaten in the tournament Gabriella Belanger and Chelsea Garcia each went 3-0 More: 26 High Desert girls wrestlers to watch this high school season The tournament is in honor of Frankie Bollinger Cody placed third at that year's CIF State Wrestling Championships and earned the Daily Press Athlete of the Year He also came in the top 12 at state as a sophomore in '07 Frankie Bollinger passed away earlier this year at the age of 56 Frankie Bollinger was a former King of the Cage champion before being diagnosed with Cancer and putting his MMA career on hold in 2005 He returned to action at the age of 49 and defeated his opponent via rear-naked choke at 1:15 in the first round for Gladiator Challenge’s 170-pound belt Cody also won the 160-pound title that same night On his way to finishing tied for eighth in the 1941 Times-Union, Gene Sarazen was asked what he thought about Oak Hill Country Club’s viability as a future host site for a U.S “There isn’t one weakness in the whole place and it is certainly better than the Fort Worth Country Club and the Canterbury Golf Club in Cleveland,” Sarazen said of the host venues for the 1941 and 1940 U.S who won the first of the two T-U tournaments (Ben Hogan won the other in 1942) agreed saying the East Course was “one of the finest I ever saw Those guys knew what they were talking about Golf Association and the PGA of America started listening In the 82 years since those comments were made, Oak Hill has become one of the most iconic major tournament sites in the world and is the only facility in the United States that has hosted at least one U.S. Open (three), PGA Championship (2023 will be the fourth), Senior PGA (two), U.S. Senior Open, Ryder Cup and U.S. Amateur (2027 will be the third) More: Oak Hill will look different for pros playing in 2023 PGA championship Here is a look back at the previous major events that have been held at Oak Hill: and the two T-U opens were just regular tournaments that were part of the largely undefined pro golf circuit so the first recognized major tournament was the U.S was considered every bit as important as the U.S Charlie Coe of Oklahoma routed Texan Rufus King 11-and-10 in the 36-hole final as more than 15,000 spectators watched the action during the week Among the 210 contestants who started the tournament were Palmer Willie Turnesa and Rochester’s own Sam Urzetta who the following year would win the Amateur title in Minneapolis An aging Hogan was trying to become the first five-time winner of the Open He was one shot off Peter Thomson’s 36-hole lead heading into the 36-hole final day and he needed pars on the final two holes to match Cary Middlecoff’s score of 281 which he had posted an hour before Hogan finished his round Hogan missed a 30-inch putt at 17 and lost by one stroke the Open was played at Oak Hill and little-known Trevino earned his first professional victory holding off Nicklaus – who closed with a 67 – by four strokes Trevino became the first Open champion to play four rounds in the 60s “Ain’t this a hell of a way to make a living?” Trevino said it wasn’t until the final three holes “I’m certainly glad I didn’t think about winning that thing beforehand I might have had a heart attack,” Trevino said came into Hagen’s backyard and tied Sir Walter’s record of five career PGA Championship victories by rolling to a record seven-shot triumph This was Nicklaus’ 17th professional major and his second of 1980 “Oak Hill is a marvelous golf course and people should not look back at this tournament and look at my score,” he said “I just happened to get lucky.” Typical Jack Senior OpenIt was Miller time on the East Course as Miller Barber edged Palmer by two strokes Barber was leading by one when Palmer made a disastrous double-bogey at the par-3 15th one of the shots coming when he admitted to stubbing his putter and whiffing on a tap-in that Barber didn’t even see That error provided Barber with enough cushion to bring him the victory and he said he’ll never forget the ovation he heard from the fans surrounding the 18th green some people play a lifetime and never get something like that,” he said When the long and grueling week was complete Curtis Strange sat down behind the microphone in the press tent and said Strange became the first man since Hogan in 1951 to win back-to-back U.S and he did it with a gritty final round in which he made 15 straight pars before a crucial birdie at 16 but what others haven’t done,” Strange said Jack Nicklaus and Tom Watson have not won back-to-back Opens No one matched that feat until Brooks Koepka won back-to-back Opens in 2017 and 2018 it was also hard to describe the feeling Strange felt when he lost the final three holes of his singles match with Nick Faldo which enabled the European team to win the 31st Ryder Cup Matches There were plenty of other Americans who failed miserably in the singles on that unforgettable Sunday Forty-nine years after first coming to Oak Hill which incidentally was the last time it had been played in New York state though the drought will end when the Amateur returns in 2027 When you consider all he had been through in his short life battling teenage alcoholism on his way to becoming the national amateur champion 21-year-old Hank Kuehne certainly made for a compelling story topped only by the quality of his play throughout the week after McKnight had ousted teenager Sergio Garcia in the semifinals 2003 PGA ChampionshipAmong the magnificent roster of players who have won tournaments at Oak Hill there is one that certainly stands out: Unheralded Shaun Micheel The PGA Championship was the first victory of his career and it remains the only one as the journeyman struggled for a variety of on- and off-course reasons almost since the moment he hoisted the Wanamaker Trophy 20 years ago Micheel punctuated his unlikely triumph with a brilliant 7-iron approach shot from 174 yards at the 72nd hole that stopped 2 inches from the cup The PGA of America brought its Senior Championship to Oak Hill for the first time, and Jay Haas gained sweet redemption with his immensely popular victory Haas had played a key role in America’s loss in the 1995 Ryder Cup and he made it a point to talk about that disappointment and how he had been using it as motivation ever since Coming back to Oak Hill was a golden opportunity to officially erase the bad taste left from the Ryder Cup who was on Europe’s winning Ryder Cup side in 1995 Some put Jason Dufner’s victory in the PGA Championship in the same category as Micheel’s 10 years earlier Dufner had already won twice on the PGA Tour and in 2011 he’d lost a playoff to Keegan Bradley in the PGA Championship so he had a more formidable résumé than Micheel Dufner broke the all-time Oak Hill 72-hole scoring record with a 10-under total of 270 in defeating Jim Furyk by two shots Furyk at 8-under and Henrik Stenson at 7-under all bested the previous Oak Hill record of 6-under set by Nicklaus in 1980 entered the final day trailing Furyk by a stroke but he took the lead for good with a birdie at No the lowest sub-par mark in Oak Hill history He finished off his 68 with bogeys on the last two holes but was able to hold on to the victory because Furyk did the same Ken Tanigawa grew tired of grinding to make a living as a pro golfer in the 1990s so he quit to get into real estate development and applied for amateur status so he could continue to play tournaments to enter the Champions Tour Qualifying School tournament in December 2017 because it was being held just down the road from his Phoenix home at TPC Scottsdale Tanigawa earned a spot on the senior tour for 2018, won an event at Pebble Beach - his first ever as a pro - and then came to Oak Hill in 2019 and captured the Senior PGA overtaking long-time leader Paul Broadhurst on the 70th hole “To say it's a dream come true may be an understatement to a big level,” he said “And to win at Oak Hill on such a storied venue just makes it that much more special because you know all the great players have hit that tee shot off of 1 and then to just be able to play here and compete and to pull off a victory of this magnitude is unbelievable Sal Maiorana can be reached at maiorana@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter @salmaiorana.To subscribe to Sal's newsletter, Bills Blast, which will come out every Friday during the offseason, please follow this link: https://profile.democratandchronicle.com/newsletters/bills-blast The Oak Hills football team will live by three words during the 2021 high school football season: Burn the boats.  After a lackluster finish in the Mojave River League last season and with a new head coach in Robert Metzger the Bulldogs are looking to reestablish itself as a dominant force “The saying is all about survival,” Metzger explained “It stems from Hernán Cortés who burned his own boats (during the Spanish conquest of Mexico in the 1500s) to force himself to survive There is no escape plan for us this year.”  The Bulldogs are coming off two uncharacteristic seasons.  which typically fights for first place in the MRL finished third in each of the last two seasons — losing to Serrano and Apple Valley both seasons.  Oak Hills suffered its worst league loss in program history last season to Apple Valley in a 35-7 blowout.  But this season is fresh, not yet out of its packaging and it represents the beginning of a new era for the Bulldogs Longtime head coach Robert Kistner stepped down over the summer who has served on Kistner’s staff as an assistant and defensive coordinator dating back to their days at Hesperia Metzger hopes to reignite what made the Bulldogs so competitive in the past before they hit the field together this season.  “We are trying to reestablish the culture here in the program We have lost it a bit over the last few years and it is a big focus for us to get it back,” Metzger said 2021 Oak Hills High School Football ScheduleAll games are scheduled to start at 7 p.m Kistner still helps the Oak Hills football team despite no longer being associated with the program He always stressed a family dynamic among players and staff It's part of what Metzger has focused on as the new head coach.  Metzger does not want any of his players to get complacent Every position is up for grabs. If jobs aren't performed up to his standards, then there won't be hesitation on his part in making changes — including at the quarterback position “We don’t want anyone to get comfortable,” he said “We want to reestablish that competition and push the kids every day If you get comfortable you are going to get beat out.”  Senior Andrew Garcia is currently in the driver’s seat insofar as the quarterback position is concerned.  One position that recently opened up for the Bulldogs Carlos Anaya was set to be the team’s No 1 option this season and received collegiate offers before the year began But Anaya transferred after the Bulldogs started practicing which left a gap for someone to step up close.  The loss of one player likely won't break what the team hopes to accomplish this season Another team saying this season addresses all potential setbacks: Row the boats, which stresses the importance of working together no matter the circumstance We just keep rowing,” Metzger said.  And it's all part of the equation — the sayings the coaching away from complacency and the hunger — as Metzger and his staff look to return the program to its championship-level status Enrollment numbers are great for the Bulldogs but back-to-back third-place finishes aren't part of the Oak Hills way “We are trying to get our identity back as the Oak Hills football team,” Metzger said Jason Reed is a freelance journalist for the Daily Press Follow him on Twitter @EatYourReedies ONTARIO — The CIF-Southern Section Masters Meet isn’t Jesse Madrigal’s favorite tournament Two pins to start the tournament followed by three decisions gave Madrigal the title keeping him firmly atop the state rankings heading to the State Championships on March 4 “It feels good to redeem myself after last year,” said Madrigal who lost all three of his matches on the second day of last year’s tournament “I’m still a little disappointed in the way I wrestled Madrigal fell behind early in the first period of his championship match but he willed his way back into it and eventually won 4-2 wrestled defensively after taking the lead but was unable to hold off Madrigal for long After tying the match 2-2 early in the third period Madrigal scored a takedown and took the victory “The only thing I can keep doing is attacking because guys are just going to get more defensive,” said Madrigal “Up here in the heavier weights it’s not so much an offensive game as it is a defensive game.” Madrigal will be joined in Bakersfield by nine other High Desert wrestlers but surviving “the meat grinder” as Masters is affectionately referred to by wrestling coaches is a feat unto itself Victor Valley led the High Desert with three wrestlers qualified to the state tournament and tied for eighth in team score with 64 points “I’m really happy about it,” said Victor Valley coach C.T We’re on a four or five week run with winning league wrestling in a win-or-go-home match on an injured knee picking up a pin in 59 seconds and firing up the Victor Valley coaches on the sideline You know he hurt his knee last week and he’s been battling,” said Campbell Just suck it up.’ And you know he goes out there and he can barely walk and he qualifies for a state tournament.” 12 at 220) punched his ticket to state by winning his first match of the day before eventually finishing eighth after defaulting in the seventh-place match 7 David Ortega lost in the semifinals and defaulted in the fifth-place match to finish sixth “It feels amazing to have something that you worked so hard for finally happen,” said Hill "It feels good that we're putting High Desert wrestling on a higher pedestal." wrestled his way through the consolation bracket on Day 1 but a tough draw saw him lose in the fourth consolation round to start Day 2 From there he wrestled his way up to the ninth place match where he lost to No Barstow qualified two wrestlers to state for the first time in program history won his fourth consolation match to join teammate Jose Rubio Jr “All the hard work I put in over the offseason .. who wrestled a staggering 79 times during the offseason “That was the main thing that got me here.” He didn’t even make Masters last year,” said Barnhart it’s because of the work he put in during the offseason He wrestled nearly 80 matches and that was the difference.” 18 Rubio (132) finished fourth after losing his third-place match but takes positives out of the second day of wrestling “Honestly I would have loved to win it but it doesn’t break my game plan and it doesn’t stop me from doing what I want to do,” said Rubio Sultana qualified both of its wrestlers on to state after entering the day with a bit of uncertainty 12 Austin Gillham (220) won a pair of consolation matches before eventually losing and ending up in the seventh-place match took a more difficult road as he had to wrestle through the brutal ninth-place bracket winning the semifinal match and then going on to secure ninth finished fourth after losing his third-place match Jacob Sundstrom can be reached at 760-951-6274 and jsundstrom@vvdailypress.com The summer session of athletic director musical chairs is in full swing.  three local high schools named new athletic directors The day after Keith Pantling was board approved Monday at Little Miami Turpin announced the return of Tony Hemmelgarn and Oak Hills introduced longtime teacher and coach Ben Hageman as its new athletic director.  Hemmelgarn spent the last two years as athletic director at Oak Hills but when Eric Fry resigned from Turpin in June Hemmelgarn knew it was an opportunity he couldn’t pass up "We've lived in the (Forest Hills) district for 20 years," Hemmelgarn told The Enquirer "I was the athletic director at Turpin for 15 years and a school board member in Forest Hills for three years my son was hired there probably a month ago so it's just a great opportunity to be a part of my family's life every day and go back to a place I love."  Hemmelgarn stepped away and tried a new career in the business world only to realize that his true passion was high school athletics.  "I got out and into the business world and what I learned through that is I love being a high school athletic director," Hemmelgarn said "At the time I decided that was my calling the Oak Hills opportunity was available and I went to Oak Hills I've never been more energized and I've never loved what I do more I never would have thought Eric (Fry) would have left when he left When it happened it was just really a no-brainer."  Get the latest news from your favorite high school teams. Download the Varsity app on both the Apple App Store and Google Play for Android users is a first-time athletic director who's entering his 20th year working in Oak Hills Local School District.  "After spending the first 19 years of my career in the classroom I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work in athletics at Oak Hills.  This community has been nothing but fantastic to me.  I strive to continue to build upon the academic and athletic opportunities that are available and provide the best possible experiences to our students," Hageman said in a press release Oak Hills High School has a new football coach in place Athletic Director Ben Hageman announced Justin Roden as head Highlander Monday afternoon pending school board approval Roden has 20 years of coaching experience and most recently was head coach at Noblesville Prior to that he led Southeastern Indiana powerhouse East Central to a 2015 state runner-up finish and a 4A State title in 2017 He was Eastern Indiana Athletic Conference Coach of the Year five times.  “We’re thrilled,” Hageman said. “Justin’s passion his experience really matched what we were looking for.” Roden was Oak Hills defensive coordinator in 2006-2008 He also had coaching stints at Mount Healthy he graduated from Colerain in 1995 and was tutored by the staff of Kerry Coombs including current Lakota West coach Tom Bolden and Lakota East coach Rick Haynes Joseph before starting his coaching career.  always a West-sider as they say,” Roden said from Noblesville Monday.  and has been commuting two hours each way to coach football.  “Oak Hills is closer to my home than East Central was,” Roden said.  The move also appeals to Roden for family reasons as his mother is battling Stage 4 cancer His father has also been long associated with youth football in the area.  “Oak Hills is a good fit,” Roden said “I know a lot of coaches in the conference Tom Bolden is married to a Roden (second cousin) It’s a good opportunity with some of the best people Good coaches have gone to Oak Hills and failed Roden replaces Kyle Prosser who departed the football job by mutual agreement two weeks ago The new coach plans an aggressive 5-2 Colerain-style defense and looks to run spread offense with run-pass options.  “There’s some unfinished business at Oak Hills,” Roden said “We’re not going to beat people with talent We’re going to have to outwork them and be well-prepared We need to get the better kids in our district we need to find a way to play a better brand of football.”  OAK HILLS — Oak Hills and Serrano athletes combined to take first place in 18 events and set three meet records at the Mojave River League Track and Field Finals on Wednesday Serrano paced the way with 10 first-place finishes and picked up two MVP awards Serrano senior jumper Kristina Moyer picked up MRL Girls Field Athlete of the Year honors while Brandon LaBreche took the same honors for boys Moyer took first in the girls long jump (16-feet-1-inch) and triple jump (34-4) LaBreche took first in the discus with a throw of 146-11 and second in shot put (47-8 1/4) “We were very happy with the kids that won,” Serrano coach Ken Quinn said “I think we had more boys league champions this year than we did last year Oak Hills’ Desha Ferguson earned Girls Track Athlete of the Year honors and also took first in the 100 (12.85) and 200 (25.77) Hesperia’s Gary Reece-Scott won Boys Track Athlete of the Year and won the 100 (11.48) and the 200 (22.73) Oak Hills took three of four relays and the girls 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams each set a meet record The 4x100 team ran a 48.41 whil the 4x400 finished at 4:01.55 Serrano’s Ben Guitterrez took first in the 800 and set a meet record with a time of 1:58.32 Oak Hills’ Xjaedah Williams took first in the 100 hurdles (16.12) 300 hurdles (47.83) and second in the 100 (13.38) Sultana’s Peyton Vukovich swept both boys hurdling events taking the 110 hurdles with a time of 15.15 and the 300 hurdles in 40.45 First-place finishers automatically qualify for CIF-Southern Section Prelims on May 16 Others who hit qualifying marks also advanced Oak Hills and Serrano) head to Moorpark High while those in Division 3 (Burroughs Sultana) will compete at Estancia High in Costa Mesa 100 Meters: Gary Reece-Scott (H) 11.48; Jaloni Dedman (O) 11.51; Adam Brown (Se) 11.66 200 Meters: Gary Reece-Scott (H) 22.73; Robert Smith (Se) 22.97; Michael Usher (Su) 23.42 400 Meters: Tommy Manning (Se) 50.70; Stephon Walker (O) 50.73; Michael Usher (Su) 51.25 800 Meters: Ben Gutierrez (Se) 1:58.32; Chris La Rue (A) 2:04.62; Matt Lewis (A) 2:05.88 1600 Meters: Jhavahn Holston (Se) 4:36.33; Melek McIntosh (B) 4:38.89; Zachary Williams (Su) 4:44.40 3200 Meters: Manuel Ramirez (Su) 10:11.15; Jhavahn Holston (Se) 10:20.87; Melek McIntosh (B) 10:22.24 110 Hurdles: Peyton Vukovich (Se) 15.15; Adam Brown (Se) 15.48; Gianni Lyons-Wilson (O) 16.04 300 Hurdles: Peyton Vukovich (Su) 40.45; Isaac Reed (O) 41.51; Logan Carey (O) 42.54 4x100 Relay: Oak Hills 43.25; Hesperia 43.71; Burroughs 45.70 4x400 Relay: Serrano 3:24.28; Oak Hills 3:26.23; Sultana 3:44.37 Shot Put: Tyler Moulton (B) 51-02; Brandon LaBreche (Se) 47-08 1/4; Alexander Rockwell (B) 46-6 Discus: Brandon LaBreche (Se) 146-11; Efrain Gonzalez (O) 146-7 1/2; Tyler Moulton (B) 143-5 1/2 High Jump: Gerald Scott (A) 5-11; Maddy Jackson (Su) 5-9; Torrance Roliford (H) 5-7 Pole Vault: Aidon Olvara (A) 13-0; Chase Poffek (Se) 12-06; Joe Humphrey (B) 12-0 Long Jump: Robert Smith (Se) 21-8 1/2; Alex Hammond (H) 21-5; Stephon Walker (O) 20-5 1/2 Triple Jump: Alex Hammond (H) 46-4; Jacob Rodriguez (A) 41-0; Quavon Jones (O) 40-5 100 Meters: Desha Ferguson (O) 12.85; Xjaedah Williams (O) 13.38; Tamia Stokes (O) 13.53 200 Meters: Desha Ferguson (O) 25.77; Tavajia Richardson (O) 26.94; Vanessa Anderson (A) 27.45 400 Meters: Tavajia Richardson (O) 58.40; Vanessa Anderson (O) 58.94; Claire Robinson (Se) 59.98 800 Meters: Kelly Fairchild (Se) 2:20.66; Jamie Morales (A) 2:24.16; Shanna Burns (Se) 2:25.43 1600 Meters: Courtney Brenner (Se) 5:24.05; McKenzie Cornell (Se) 5:37.82; Jovanna Flores (se) 5:47.52 3200 Meters: Stefani Gaskell (Su) 11:36.24; Courtney Brenner (Se) 11:39.21; McKenzie Cornell (Se) 12:13.10 100 Hurdles: Xjaedah Williams (O) 16.12; Sandra Arteaga (Se) 17.21; Kristina Moyer (Se) 17.63 300 Hurdles Xjaedah Williams (O) 47.83; Sandra Arteaga (Se) 48.26; Jessie Kim (Se) 48.83 4x100 Relay: Oak Hills (48.41); Serrano (50.69); Sultana (52.03) 4x400 Relay: Oak Hills (4:01.44); Serrano (4:02.02); Apple Valley (4:09.46) Shot Put: Jennifer Kandell (B) 34-02; Kendra Negron (Se) 30-11; Kristin Walker (A) 30-10 1/2 Discus: Madison Felix (B) 121; Jennifer Kandell (B) 106; Kendra Negron (S) 104-11 High Jump: Alexandria Spears (H) 5-0; Amiiyah Britt (H) 4-10; Libby Harrison (O) 4-08 Pole Vault: Darla Gonzalez (A) 9-0; Bailey Gammel (O) 8-6; Haley Taskas (O) 8-0 Long Jump: Kristina Moyer (Se) 16-01; Taniy Hall-Redman (H) 15-11; Claire Robbins (Se) 15-4 1/2 Triple Jump: Kristina Moyer (Se) 34-4; Michelle Pettet (B) 33-6; Destiny Bazzelle (A) 32-4 Like many of the tiny cemeteries tucked away off the dark Oak Hill is the final resting place for the area’s first European settlers and World War I and World War II veterans,” said Bob Busch While not as notorious as nearby Bachelor’s Grove Cemetery Oak Hill comes with its own ghostly lore that warrants a stop on paranormal tours Oak Hill is built on farmland donated by Sidney Campbell an early homesteader who set aside a few acres of his farm so neighborhood families would have a place to bury their loved ones most likely arriving with a group of pioneers from upstate New York led by David Paddock whose family went on to found the Daily Herald “Locals called him ‘Blind David,’ supposedly because his eyes were injured when he was blinded by a cannon flash during the Revolutionary War,” Busch said “Three of his sons married three McClaughry sisters The historical society hasn’t been able to track down if Blind David was an early settler of Palos Township Genealogical records document Blind David as moving to Kenosha Many of the Paddocks and McClaughrys moved on to Wisconsin but the Revolutionary War hero was believed to have been buried in Oak Hill at one time before his grave was moved The Mahaffay family plot is located off the cemetery’s small parking lot and responsible for the mix-up involving the unknown Union soldier Patriarch Samuel Mahaffay was an Irish immigrant and farmer The Mahaffay clan was among Palos Township’s earliest settlers enlisting in Company F of the 100th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Many men in Company F were from Palos and Orland Townships Like many soldiers who fought on both sides of the Civil War William died of measles in 1863 in Murfreesboro paid $100 to have her son’s body shipped home for burial at Oak Hill it was somebody else’s son who had been shipped from the war front In 2002, Palos Park VFW Post 4861 dedicated a proper monument to the unknown Civil War soldier “in remembrance of all the known and unknown Civil War soldiers buried here.” Members of the Butcher family are also buried at Oak Hill but don’t get Busch started on Hermann Butcher the alleged “Butcher of Palos Park.” As legend has it Hermann was said to have butchered his apprentices and neighborhood hoboes selling the meat to his meat-starved neighbors When his neighbors found out they were eating soylent green they decapitated Hermann and buried his head in Indian Hill Cemetery with his headless body interred in Oak Hill Hermann roams the woods looking for his head “They keep saying the gravestone moves closer to [The Center in Palos Park] As the street widened it got closer to the cemetery.” who also joined up with Company F – Joseph – who fought in the Battle of Nashville He was wounded and died from complications of having his leg amputated “If there is any Butcher looking for a body part it’s Joseph looking for his leg,” Busch said The first documented Memorial Day ceremony held at Oak Hill was in 1924 The Palos Historical Society assumed responsibility for organizing it in the 1950s This year marks the full return of the remembrance ceremony since the pandemic “We did a streamed-down ceremony the past few years," Busch said we went and took pictures to keep the continuity.” Monday’s Memorial Day observance will include Boy Scout Troop 699 presenting colors (as Boys Scouts have done for the past 99 years). The Swallow Cliff Chapter of the Illinois Daughters of the American Revolution will lay a wreath on the grave of the unknown Union soldier and historical society member Larry Raider will speak on Oak Hill’s historic significance The Palos Historical Society meets every Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon at the Palos Park Public Library Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts. - There are many little things that add up to a distance runner reaching his or her potential - things like training regimen all those pieces are slowly finding their place on the girls cross country team the better the individual parts will be.  Christine John (née Wells) ran for Oak Hills back in the 1980s She actually ran on three straight teams that qualified for state she stills runs at the Highlanders’ practices.  has quickly stormed onto the high school scene already besting her mother’s fastest time in just her first high school race.  “She’s doing better than I ever did,” Christine said of her daughter “My best time was mid-20 (minutes).”  Megan ran 19 minutes and 47 seconds — a personal best — Aug 26 in her first high school race at Talawanda.  Megan’s goal was to break 21 minutes and she shattered that taking third place overall as her team took first place.  I just was surprised she broke 20 minutes that first race,” Oak Hills coach Shellie Hageman said “I knew she could break 20 by the end of the season I had no idea it would be the first race.”  Her mom directed a youth program called “Girls on the Run,” a non-competitive program that introduces running to young girls and it was also something she knew her mom enjoyed.  “I can’t ever remember a time I didn’t know she ran in high school,” said Megan “She never really talked about how she did Sometimes she talked about how she wasn’t the fastest but she was always on varsity and always scored for the team.”  Watching what her daughter has done in just a year since competing in middle school Christine knows the only reason she can use words like that is a result of her work ethic and how the team has pushed the pace.  in eighth grade she started improving a lot she’s just excelled,” said Christine “It’s clearly the training she’s had from Shellie It’s so important … what the coaching has done for her and what her teammates do for her She could not be doing this without her teammates.”  Hageman said it’s a situation where the older girls have accepted the younger talent — Oak Hills’ next two fastest runners are sophomores running for the first time — and everyone pushes each other “I have eight seniors,” said Hageman I have great leadership this year and I give that credit to my seniors I did not pick captains this year because each senior has played such an important leadership role.  They all have such a positive attitude and they’re all so welcoming Whether you’re the fastest runner or slowest runner Megan has had great success and everyone’s really happy for her I think that is gonna help push the rest of the team because they see that success.”   She competes for Oak Hills’ middle school team now but she’ll join her big sister in a few years.  Christine said what Megan’s already done has been inspiring to her younger sister “and she’s very proud of the fact that she’s running faster than Megan did when she was in seventh grade,” laughed Christine There were 94,204 votes cast this week and it was a landslide for the Victorville Chevrolet High School Athlete of the Week poll winner Hesperia’s Jorge Negrete ended with 36.26% of total votes casted by Daily Press readers beating out seven other high school athletes from across the High Desert Jorge scored both goals for the Scorpions in a 2-0 victory over Adelanto on Nov Jorge followed that up with two more goals in a 5-3 loss to Oak Park on Dec Jorge beat out Oak Hills girls soccer’s Aliyah Casillas who finished with 24.94% at 23,497 total votes Wrestling Roundup: Hesperia takes third place at the Tom Bravo Classic tourney Aaliyah scored three goals to help lead the Bulldogs to victory in the season opener on Nov Oak Hills beat Silverado 7-0 as the freshman recorded the hat trick finished in third place with 11.87% at 11,184 total votes The nominees were selected based on performances between Nov Nominations are based on information available to the Daily Press All high school varsity players from the High Desert can be considered for the ballot Nominations must be received for consideration by Sunday morning following that week's games Anyone can nominate an Athlete of the Week for every varsity sport Be sure to nominate next week’s ballot through email to sports reporter Jose Quintero at JQuintero@VVDailyPress.com Please include a player’s statistics and a photo if possible OAK HILL — Friends and family gathered Thursday to place flowers and balloons at the spot where a 16-year-old was killed and two other teens were injured when their pickup went airborne and crashed Cody Goodrich of Oak Hill was killed Wednesday about 9 p.m while riding in a 2005 Dodge Dakota driven by his 17-year-old cousin that crashed while traveling at a high rate of speed on West Halifax Avenue near Eleanore Street Two teenage girls also were riding in the truck Cody Goodrich of Oak Hill was killed and his cousin Austen Goodrich of Edgewater was listed in stable condition at Halifax Health Medical Center according to a Sheriff's Office press release of New Smyrna Beach was listed in critical condition at the hospital of Edgewater was the only teen wearing a seat belt and suffered only minor injuries A previous release had Wilson incorrectly identified because deputies could not find an ID and she was not immediately able to provide her name after the wreck Investigators said the truck went airborne as it crossed the railroad tracks and Austen Goodrich lost control when it landed on the pavement The truck skidded sideways into the ditch on the south side of the road and rolled onto its side Several open containers of alcohol were found inside the truck and investigators are looking to see if that or speeding played a role in the crash About 20 friends and family gathered at the accident scene Thursday and remembered Cody Goodrich who would have started his junior year next month at New Smyrna Beach High School He loved going barefoot and riding his four-wheeler He was the life of the party and a jokester who once put a friend's pickup on Craig's List “Cody was like my little brother,” said Joel Nielson we were all family,” added Clayton Browning torn-up grass and fresh gouges in the ground were evidence of the violent crash as people gathered to place flowers and balloons — one with R.I.P Cody written on it in marker — in remembrance of the teenager The memorial included a beer can stuck in a shoe “He must have been doing 80" miles an hour when he came over the tracks there were also those who brought their children hoping they might take something away from the tragedy a retired law enforcement officer who stated he is distantly related to the dead teenager “I am teaching my grandson to drive,” Jim Goodrich said An unidentified woman who came to the door of Cody's Maytown Road home said his mother did not want to talk about the death of her son Thursday Jim Goodrich said Cody Goodrich is distantly related to the Goodrich family that once owned the popular seafood restaurant of the same name in Oak Hill Swimmer Kim Lewallen competed as Kim Rhodenbaugh for the United States in the 1984 Olympics and she’s got a box of Wheaties cereal with her photo in a USA uniform on the front to prove it she told Go Swim that the experience wasn’t the most memorable of her career Surpassing the Olympics for the Oak Hills High School product was the 1982 Ohio high school state swim meet at C.T More: Glory Days: 1992 Sycamore state swim title a pleasant surprise The Highlanders tied North Canton GlenOak for the girls’ state championship “I have never been to a more exciting meet,” she said in the 2004 interview “The pool had stands on three sides and they were packed It seemed like everyone in the crowd genuinely loved swimming and cheered regardless of whether it was a swimmer from their team.” Karolyn Worthington and diver Chris Creutzinger to finish the meet with 93 points “We only had five who went to state,” Lewallen said from her home in Texas “Krista and I knew we would do well because of our times but we had no idea that our (200-yard) medley relay team would come in third who practiced with the Marlins along with Zimmer specialized in the breaststroke and would set a national high school record at the state meet but the Highlanders’ lack of depth forced her to swim the backstroke in the medley relay – the first event on the girls’ schedule Looking back at the results jogged her memory “I was laughing because I didn’t remember swimming the backstroke Krista the (butterfly) and then Karolyn held off another girl for third place.” followed up by winning the 200 individual medley with Zimmer finishing third described by Lewallen as “like a sister” and a carpool buddy to and from Marlins practices also finished third in the 500 freestyle before Rhodenbaugh won the 100 breaststroke in a national record time of 1:02.498 minutes Creutzinger also contributed with a sixth-place finish in diving “That really helped us,” said Lewallen an American Airlines pilot who recently retired but having only five girls made it that much more exciting It was so much fun to be a part of that.” Lewallen and her husband devote much of their time to ministry She hasn’t swum since she and her siblings and parents got together in 2004 to form “Team Rhodenbaugh” and compete in Indianapolis at a Masters National meet The 1982 Ohio high school meet was noteworthy in many ways Xavier saw its streak of consecutive boys’ team championships snapped at 12 Walnut Hills senior Jenni Johnston set a state record while winning the girls’ 500 freestyle and won the 200 freestyle but it was the Rhodenbaughs who stole the spotlight Oak Hills senior Mark “Mook” Rhodenbaugh set national records in two event – the 200 individual medley and the 100 backstroke “Mook was the stud of that meet,” Lewallen said Mooook.’ I went up to hug him and he was like Go do it.’ I was so fired up watching him that I went and got a national record “It was pretty exciting for our high school team to do that This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page University of Tulsa sophomore golfer Matt Mabrey was named the Conference USA Golf Athlete of the Week finished in fifth place in a field of 83 golfers at Tulsa's first tournament of the spring season Mabrey carded rounds of 74-70-69 for an even-par 213 total at the par-71 Oak Hills Country Club in San Antonio Mabrey's fifth-place finish improved upon his 54th place finish at last year's Oak Hills Invitational and ties for the second-best finish of his career and best performance of the 2012-13 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