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SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2015
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PREP BASKETBALL • TAEKWONDO • SCHEDULE
Not just an Cougars drop Badgers
instructor
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who come in. He can
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—Sam Barbee is the
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Hermiston Herald and
can be reached at (541)
564-4542 or sbarbee@
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in their hair from that era.
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that lopsided.
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cons split with the Herm-
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and the La Salle Prep boys
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Watson teaches taekwondo,
life lessons at Stanfield dojo
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Saturday, January 17
Wrestling
Hermiston @ Oregon Wrestling Classic, Redmond,
8 a.m.
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Swimming
Hermiston @ La Grande, 12 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Umatilla vs. Vale, 4 p.m.
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Echo @ Wallowa, 4 p.m.
Boys Basketball
Umatilla vs. Vale, 5:30 p.m.
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Echo @ Wallowa, 5:30 p.m.
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