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Hidden Valley Boys eye swim trophy CORVALLIS � Hidden Valley�s boys placed third in the 2000 Class 3A/2A/1A state swimming meet and the Mustangs may once again compete for a trophy as the state championship meet gets underway today. Preliminaries for the 3A/2A/1A schools begin at 8:30 a.m. at Osborn Aquatic Center, while the 4A boys prelims start at 2 p.m. and the girls go at 4 p.m. Saturday�s 3A/2A/1A finals begin at 9 a.m. with the 4A finals at 4 p.m. Hidden Valley sophomore Mark Pepitone is seeded No. 3 in the 100-yard butterfly (58.82) and No. 4 in the 200-freestyle (1:56.61) for the Mustangs. Pepitone placed fourth in the 100 butterfly and sixth in the 500 freestyle last year. Hidden Valley junior Lynsey Foree turned in the third-fastest 100 backstroke qualifying mark in last week�s district meets when she was clocked in 1:06.22. In the Class 4A competition, Roseburg is entered in five boys events and nine girls events, but the Southern Oregon Conference champion doesn�t have the horse power to compete with the likes of Westview of Beaverton and Sheldon of Eugene in the dash for team trophies. Grants Pass� Matt Bisson, who placed fifth in last year�s 100 backstroke, has a solid shot to make the finals of both the backstroke, where he�s seeded No. 5 (55.02) and 100 breaststroke, where he enters No. 6 (1:01.38). South Medford�s Ashley Johnson eyes a return to the 100 butterfly finals after placing sixth last winter. But Johnson�s 1:01.54 meet in the district finals was just the 15th best qualifying time. The senior turned in a 59.45 effort to place sixth in last year�s state finals. Ashland junior Brad Scoles is entered in two events and is seeded No. 7 in the 100 freestyle (48.62). Jamie Erickson became North Medford�s first qualifier in the state meet since the 1986 North/South split when she won the SOC 200 freestyle. But she will need to cut around eight seconds off her 2:05.02 district mark to place.   Mail Tribune Home | Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. | Dow Jones & Co., Inc. | Privacy | Contact Us Copyright � 2001 Mail Tribune, Inc.