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Oregon Golden Gloves
Championship finals - good tournament, terrific night.
Three out of ten final bouts were chicks. One of those was especially good - featherweight Breanna Morlock of Ferndale vs. Ivet Panacoatl of Hillsboro. Evenly matched fighters with sharp skills and great conditioning. Bantamwieght Janna Piper of Portland had impressive skill and technique. She lost against windmill wailer Angelica Acuna of Ferndale. Acuna had consistent aggression but little skill. Unfortunately, the crowd and often the judges tend to reward that. But I'd watch Piper.
Lots of good bouts between guys, especially lighter weight classes. I particularly liked light-welterweight Jasper Smith of Warm Springs Nation. He won a well-executed fight with Thomas Miller of Kelso that had the crowd roaring over the lounge music from the next room (this was at an Elks Lodge).
Sponsors were all unions - ironworkers, pipefitters, dockworkers, laborers, bricklayers. Awesome.
Of note in the history of this tournament is 77-year-old Dorothy Milberger, who's been organizing and judging the event since the 1960s. The Oregonianhighlighted her in the preview article (nod to Laura Oppenheimer for her thoughtful coverage). I'd love to interview Dorothy for Straight to the Bar, so if anyone out there can hook me up, please post here.
Top - crappy cell phone photo of wailing windmill welterweights Dalia Diaz of Portland vs. Griselda Madrigal-Santana of Wenatchee.
incoming booty
Just ordered the book The Complete Sandbag Training Course by Brian Jones, and the DVD Olympic Style weightlifting with Jim Schmitz, from Ironmind.com. Am also reading up on CrossFit from journals. Haven't bought a book in a while. I did just finally get The Office, season one on DVD, to go with the rest of the series we already have.
ETA: Reviews are up.
sandbag booklet review
Olympic lifting DVD review
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