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Rough seventh inning sends
Tiger softball team to first loss
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The La Grande Tigers
softball team was three
outs away from an eighth
straight victory to start
the 2019 season.
But four errors in the
top of the seventh led the
visiting Pendleton Bucka-
roos to score four runs to
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La Grande, 4-3, Wednes-
day at Eastern Oregon
University.
“(We played) six good
innings of ball,” LHS
Head Coach Woody
Wright said. “We missed
a few signs scattered
throughout, but it’s seven
innings of ball (you have
to play). We didn’t com-
plete the game, but it’s a
great opportunity to learn
from our mistakes.”
The loss also ended
what was a 22-game win-
ning streak for the Tigers
dating back to last season.
Allie Brock hit a two-
run home run for the
Tigers that, through six
innings, was the only of-
fense generated by either
team. Brock had also been
solid in the pitcher’s cir-
cle, striking out nine bat-
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Silveira joining EOU
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innings and allowing just
four hits.
“Allie pitched a great
game. She did her job,”
Wright said.
But the game took a
turn in the seventh. Caris-
sa Cooley singled to open
the frame and wound up
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on third base after a pair
of errors on the play. Ma-
ria Lillienthal followed
one out later DeLaney
Duchek hit an RBI single
to make it 2-1.
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Nirschl
then
reached on a bunt, which
caught in a rundown be-
tween third and home.
But an error allowed her
to score the tying run, and
a second error on the play
resulted in both Duchek
and Nirschl scoring for a
4-2 Pendleton lead, and
season La Grande had
trailed.
The Tigers threatened
in the bottom of the sev-
to pull even or steal back
the win. Jaiden Hafer
singled with one out and
scored on a two-out single
by Lexee Gomes. Pinch-
hitter Felicity Houston
walked later to keep the
inning alive, but Pendle-
to secure the win.
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Three years ago, Cove senior Jack Sil-
veira considered distance running “evil.”
Now, he’s going to college for it.
Silveira will be running cross country
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University after signing his letter of intent
to join the Mountaineers Feb. 4.
“I got the chance to look at a lot of dif-
ferent campuses and meet the teams.
What stuck out to me was the coaching
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ra said. “Seeing how hungry (the athletes)
are to get better was good to see. Coach
(Ben) Welch, I could talk for an hour
about his accolades, but he’s someone I
trust to get me to where I want to get and
get me there healthy.”
And where does Silveira hope to be?
“The ultimate goal is to bring a national
championship back to Eastern Oregon,”
he said. “I think they’ve got something
special brewing there, and I’m excited to
be a part of it.”
Silveira chose EOU after considering an
uncommon breadth of schools, from the
NAIA level — including EOU and College
of Idaho — all the way to the NCAA Di-
vision I level — Portland State and Utah
State. He also checked out D-II Western
Oregon.
“I had a wide range, which was awe-
some,” he said. “To have any opportu-
nity was great. EOU was just the right
place.”
Silveira said the decision was based on
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competitive side wanted to look at one of
the D-I programs — Utah State was his
second pick.
“I wanted to go to D-I just to prove my-
self,” he said. “Ultimately I had to look at
what the big goal is and make the right de-
cision, not one based solely on my pride.”
Silveira has been involved in track since
middle school, but said he took the sport
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Tigers take seventh in Mountain Home
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Cruz Gallegos shot a
score of 80 to take sev-
enth place and lead the La
Grande Tigers boys golf
team to a seventh-place
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Idaho, Thursday.
“(The) greens were a
little tricky, especially for
the younger kids,” Head
Coach Ron Evans said. “All
in all, I’m happy with the
way we played. Cruz had a
good day.”
Braden Bell and Tristen
Shepherd both followed with
scores of 91 for La Grande.
Jack Seydel added a 97, and
Anton Evans shot a 110.
As a team, the Tigers
carded a score of 359.
Fruitland, Idaho, won the
team title with 315.
La Grande is back in ac-
tion Monday at Lewiston,
Idaho.
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EOU volleyball
hosting clinic
The Eastern Oregon vol-
leyball team will be hosting
a volleyball academy for
third- through 12th-grade
athletes from 5:30 p.m. t0
7:30 p.m. each of the next
four Mondays — April 8,
15, 22 and 29 — at Quinn
Coliseum. Cost is $30 per
session or $100 for all four
sessions.
For more information
or for questions, contact
EOU Head Coach Kaki
McLean-Morehead
at
kaki.mclean@eou.edu.
Eastern track hosting
jumps, vault clinic
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The
Eastern
Oregon
be putting on a jumps and
vault clinic from 9 a.m. to
4 p.m. April 28 at the EOU
track facility.
EOU
coaches
Re-
becca Rhodes and Bob
Heitstuman will lead
the clinic, which is for
eighth- through 12th-
grade athletes. There are
sessions for high jump
(9-11 a.m.), long jump
(11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.) and
triple jump (2-4 p.m.), and
there will be two pole vault
sessions (9 a.m.-noon,
12:30-3:30 p.m.).
For more information,
visit www.eousports.com.
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