Schmedding Saves Time With Quick Win In Kickboxing Match
Sarah Schmedding’s Pacific Northwest super lightweight kickboxing championship fight was more a stroll in the park than a rumble.
The 19-year-old Greenacres resident dispatched Tara Morneau of Vancouver, B.C. in a hurry with a first-round technical knockout during a featured bout at the Rumble in the Park kickboxing exhibition last Saturday at Franklin Park on the North Side.
“It was supposed to be a four-round match,” said Schmedding.
When she discovered that Morneau was more kicker than boxer, Schmedding said her strategy was to get inside the legs and pummel her foe with her fists.
“I caught her with a right hook and kept attacking at the head,” said Schmedding.
Morneau’s eyes glazed and she received a standing eight count. Schmedding bore in with a hard right hand to the face driving her opponent into the ropes.
“Her head went back and so did her eyes,” said Schmedding. “They called it.”
Schmedding said she thought the fight would have been tougher and wished that it had gone longer so she could have benefited more from the experience.
“I was afraid before I went in there. I always think everyone is going to be the Terminator,” she said. “I still had the adrenalin rush. If it had gone to the second and third rounds I would have been more relaxed.”
Next up for the 132-pound Valley kickboxer and newly crowned PNW champion is a tag team bout in three weeks in Victoria, B.C. There Schmedding and teammate Amanda Harvey will face boxers who weigh 60 pounds more than Schmedding. Her eventual goal is to be a women’s Golden Glove boxer.
Half-season equals two wholes
0Halfway through the GSL volleyball season, Central Valley has equaled the combined win total of the last two years.
The Bears are currently 3-6 in league, the most wins they have had in a season since 1992.
Tuesday CV is at Shadle Park in a match that will likely determine which is a playoff team. CV hasn’t been to post season since 1991. Crystal Lee has been CV’s kill leader in all nine matches, averaging 16.5 per match and been digs leader three times.
Setter Jessica Sackman is averaging 25.5 assists per game.
Liberty Cup champion
A better back nine was the difference when Betty Harmon won the Liberty Lake Ladies 18-Hole Club Liberty Cup over Glenda Scott.
Both shot net 72 during the 18-hole championship playoff but Harmon had a better score after the turn.
During concurrent medal play, Billie Etter and Sandy Mooney shot low gross 91 in A flight.
Dorothy Womach shot 94 in B flight, Betty Blackburn shot 95 in C flight and Barb Hafner shot 108 in D flight.
Net winners were Scott in A and Harmon in C. In B there was a four-way tie at 73 among Mabel Watkins, Alice Shattuck, Ets Yamada and Carol Alboucq.
D flight winner was Barb Midkiff with 74.
Painted Hills B flight golfer leads
B flight golfer Arleen Spragg turned in the low score of the day for Painted Hills Ladies Club golfers.
She shot a 48 low gross which edged A flight winner Jane Dashiell by a stroke. Sue Chard shot 54 in C flight and Trish Behrens had 67 in D.
Chip-ins helped Lolly Neff and Dorothy Dinius record low-net flight scores of 35.
Neff, in B flight, chipped-in on 15. Dinius, in C flight, chipped-in on 13.
Cheryl McCarthy had net 36 in A flight and Cathy Diehl had 38 in D.
Jacobs tops at Valley View
During medal play at Valley View Golf Course, Joyce Jacobs paced ladies club with a low gross 46.
Laurette Nogle shot 53 in B flight and Donna Festersen had 56 in C.
Net winners were Mary Ann Barham in A, Irene Spidle and Marjie Haser in B, all with 31s. Laura Odette had 30 in C.
Most recently the team participated in a scramble. The winning team was Emma Long, Kay Pritzl, Denise Pritzl and Monica Rejan.
Tai leads Liberty Lake 9-holers
Liberty Lake Ladies 9-Hole Golf Club leader during play last week was Elaine Tai.
She shot low gross 49 in A flight during the round. B flight leader was Polly Soderquist with 56. C flight was won by Joan Rassley with 69. Deanna Hauser shot 73 in D flight.
Net winners were Arla Beck with 35 in A flight, Sadie Rueckert with 39 in B, Jan Bernhart with 43 in C and Elberta Walker with 48 in D.
Hangman ladies golf blind
During recent gathering for Hangman Valley Ladies Club, a random nine holes and halfhandicap was used to determine winners.
Jackie Shea won A flight with low gross 43 and Carol Wagner netted 34. B flight went to Ellen Boudewyns with 44 and Marie Nelson netted 34.
Eleanor Anderson had 49 in C flight and Margaret Brashears netted 37. In D flight, Marian Pearson shot 52. Joyce Moller and Pat Kuhns tied with net 38.
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