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A8 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2017 Herald Sports Follow sports on Twitter @HHeraldSports Hermiston boys BMCC hosting rodeo regional finals lacrosse splits in weekend roadtrip By Hermiston Herald staff Hermiston Herald The Hermiston la- crosse team made a trip to central Oregon over the weekend for a pair of games, looking to extend its win streak to a possi- ble four games. However, the Bulldogs have to settle with three wins in their last four games as they dropped Friday’s game to Rid- geview in a 6-5 nail-bit- er and then rebounded to breeze past Sisters 16-5 on Saturday morning. The win over Sisters improves Hermiston’s re- cord to 3-0 when it scores at least 10 goals in a game. In the loss to Rid- geview, Hermiston (3-6) senior Fidel Contreras broke through for two goals in the game, while Taylor Arnold, Luke Walchili and Bradlee Gi- usti all scored one goal apiece. Then against Sis- ters, Brady Christiansen stood out with a team- best five goals, Tucker Salinas was close behind with three and Walchli and Giesen each had two. Tysen Salinas, Hunter PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY KARI CRISTIANSEN Josh Simpson, a sophomore for the Hermiston Bulldogs, plays defense against the Sisters Outlaws over the weekend. Thompson, Elias Sando- val and Ian Bush each had one goal apiece as well. Hermiston’s next game will be on Friday as it hosts Liberty under the lights at Kennison Field. The junior varsity will start the night off at 5 p.m. and the varsity will follow at 7 p.m. and the games are free to the pub- lic. Senior night recogni- tion will also precede the varsity contest. Local Special Olympian receives state award Hermiston Herald Multi-sport Special Olympics athlete Andrea Eiden received the Pride In Performance Award for Outstanding Athlete. The Hermiston/Pendle- ton Local Program athlete was presented the award during the March 19 Special Olympics Regional Com- petition held in Tualatin. Adam Kau, director of pro- gram and coach services for Special Olympics Oregon, said Eiden has participated in the program for 15 years. “She has overcome a lot of difficulties in life and still has a positive outlook,” Kau said. “She’s amazing.” Eiden started with the skiing program and now participates in basketball, track & field and bowling with the Hermiston/Pendle- ton program. After getting the award, Eiden helped lead The H/P Shockers, a 5 vs 5 basketball team, to a gold medal in Division E. The team is coached by Mark Smalley, Kris Neustel and Cindy Middleton. The Individual Skills Competition resulted in a gold medal for Lyall Arey, a silver medal for Misty Larsen and fourth place for Jolynn Smutz. The 3 vs 3 competition added to the medal count with the H/P Currents of Division C tak- ing gold, the H/P Lightning earning bronze and the H/P Volts placing fourth and the Sportsmanship Award. In Division B, the H/P Thunder earned the bronze medal and Sportsmanship Award. Special Olympics pro- vides year-around athletic training and sports competi- tions for individuals with in- tellectual and developmental disabilities. To participate, athletes must be age 6 or older. There is no charge for athletes to participate. Spring and summer training for golf, bocce and athletics (track and field) are starting up. Athletes in- terested in participating can call Angela Scheider at 541- 314-0166. Summer Tennis Camps introduce kids to tennis with fun, high-energy games at local parks all summer long! powered by USTA PNW smash summer boredom The Blue Mountain Community College ro- deo team is one of the best in the Northwest again this season, and later this month the Timberwolves will be able to show the hometown rodeo fans just how good they are. The BMCC team is hosting the Northwest In- tercollegiate Regional Fi- nals rodeo presented by Wyatt Enterprises on April 28-29 at the Farm-City Pro Rodeo Arena in Hermis- ton. It is BMCC’s only home rodeo of the season and the most important one, as the top three finish- ers in each event and the top two teams in men’s and women’s events will lock up spots for the Collegiate National Finals Rodeo in June. Competing in the rodeo along with BMCC will be Walla Walla CC, Treasure Valley, Eastern Oregon, Central Washington, Or- egon State, Boise State, Washington State, Eastern Washington, Linn-Benton, North Idaho and Idaho. The Blue Mountain men’s team currently leads Walla Walla in the standings by 202.5 points and the two- time defending national champion women’s team leads by 1,650.5 points over Treasure Valley. Danyelle Jo Williams is a safe bet to have a strong weekend for the Timber- wolves, as she is back to defend her women’s all-around national title this season. She currently leads the Northwest re- gion all-around standings with 1,711 points — a 276.5-point cushion on second place. BMCC’s Quincey Karoline Pend- ergrass is currently third in the all-around with 969 points, but is only 12 points ahead of fourth place. In the men’s all-around, BMCC’s JT Garland (715.00) and Preston John Espeland (651.00) are both top four in the standings and sit 192 points and 256 points out of first respec- tively. The men’s team also weekend. Jake Raley (steer wres- tling, team roping) won the boys’ all-around title and Kimberly Williams (break- away, goat tying, pole bend- ing) was the girls’ champ. Boys’ rookie all-around was Chase Joyce (team roping, tie-down) and girls’ rookie went to Brooklin Quisenber- ry (goat tying, breakaway, pole bending). On Friday, Quaid Quisen- berry won the state cow cut- ting title with 422 aggregate on three head, and Williams won the girls’ championship with 415 on three. UP NEXT There will be a dou- bleheader rodeo on May 6-7 in Prineville, which will be preceded on May 5 by reined cow horse competition. the Bulldogs played short- handed in singles action, which led to some shuffling of the lineup and ultimately contributed to Hermiston coming just short of a win, falling 4-3 on Saturday. Hermiston’s only singles win was Jose Mendoza at No. 1, where he battled back from a first set 6-1 loss to win 6-4 and 10-3 to clinch his first singles victory of the season, which coach Shann West said was a proud mo- ment for him to see. The Bulldogs top dou- bles teams continued their success Saturday, as Pat- rick Wicks/Thomas Mc- Cullough (6-2, 6-1) and Koby Grigg/Jason Morris (6-1, 6-4) each controlled their respective matches. “They’re finding com- fortable ways to play ag- gressive,” West said of his doubles teams. “The more they play together the more they mesh and this early success is more than what he had hoped.” has six cowboys current- ly in the top three of the standings in their respec- tive events. The regional finals will kick off with a slack per- formance at 10 a.m. and an evening performance 6:30 p.m. on Friday, April 28, and then pick back up on April 29 at 10 a.m. with slack before wrapping up at 6:30 p.m. for the final performance. Tickets for the evening performances are $10 and slack is $5 and both can be purchased at the gate. Children under 12 years of age are free. All proceeds from the rodeo will go directly to the Blue Mountain rodeo team’s scholarship fund. PREP ROUNDUP Rodeo Pendleton roper Trent Sorey was the only local to claim an average title at the weekend’s doubleheader high school rodeos at Farm- City Arena. Sorey won the tie-down title with an aggregate time of 20.71 seconds on two head, and vaulted himself to the top of the standings with a 9.12 that won Sunday’s round of competition. He was third in the first round with a 11.59. Jacee Currin, of Heppner, won the first round of goat tying on Saturday morning in 8.12 as the only other In- termountain team member to win an event in a round. 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