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Columbia Gorge News
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
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SPORTS
TD girls netters
continue
improvement
Risley
■ By For Brandon
Columbia Gorge News
As we reach the mid-
way point of the spring
sports season, The Dalles
Riverhawks girls tennis team
has shown marked im-
provement since its opening
match last month.
While the scores have not
quite reached the goals that
Dufur freshman Henry Begay, on right, arrives safely at second base on a steel as the Lyle baseman Justin Ingram just misses the catch. the team has set for itself,
Dufur swept Lyle in the doubleheader.
Mark B. Gibson photo Coach Debby Jones remains
positive despite not having a
team win so far.
“Overall, I knew this would
be a rebuilding year,” said
Jones. “Even though we have
not won a team match I am
very pleasantly surprised
that we are as competitive
as we’ve been. We haven’t
been blanked in any of our
Josh Taylor and Roden hom- matches and we wanted to
against Lyle, three Dufur
loss, 3-0, Saturday at home
Staff report
Columbia Gorge News
ered — Taylor’s was a grand keep that going. Win at least
pitchers combined on a
against Weston-McEwen.
slam. The Rangers led 12-2
no-hitter, recording 14
one match in the overall
The Rangers bounced back
before Riverside made things team score.”
strikeouts of the 18 Lyle
Base running is somewhat in the second game (the
interesting with a six-run
outs. Elijah Thomas, Brock
Heading into last month’s
non-leaguer) of the dou-
of a lost art at the major
fifth inning. Dufur scored
match against HRV, Jones
ble-header by a football-like LaFaver and Henry Begay
league level nowadays, but
five times in the seventh
kept Lyle hitters off balance
challenged her team to focus
in Central Wasco County, it’s 34-11 score.
to put the game well out of
the entire six-inning game.
on something that would ul-
That result was more in
a major weapon.
Jason Peters and Begay both reach.
timately help them win more
line with this year’s Ranger
If opponents want to slow
Sherman lost its first
had two hits for Dufur; Begay
points going forward.
offense, which is averaging
down the Dufur High base-
league game Saturday, 3-1,
and Gabe Petroff knocked
“We’ve lost a lot of points
more than 15 runs a game.
ball team this season, they
at Heppner, and continues
in three runs apiece. The
off what we call ‘first strike
The 4-0 start included
had better keep the Rangers
to keep pace with Dufur.
Rangers took advantage of
balls,’” she said. “That could
doubleheader sweeps of
off the basepaths, or at the
their team speed, stealing 13 The Huskies also lost the
be serves or serve returns. If
very least, learn how to keep Riverside and Lyle. Dufur’s
non-league game of the
bases in as many attempts.
we can’t get the ball in the
season started late because
those runners close. Dufur
double-header, 10-5. The
Against Riverside, Dufur’s
court during our first strike
of COVID, but Coach CS
was a perfect 44 of 44 in
May 4 Sherman-Dufur dou- opportunity it automatically
stolen base attempts through Little’s team made up for lost 15-hit attack was led by
ble-header begins at 2 p.m.
LaFaver with three; he also
puts us in a hole. With that
time in a hurry with a 20-1
four games, all wins.
in Dufur.
said, improving our first
and 17-10 sweep of Riverside had five RBI. Elijah Roden,
The run-first Rangers
Petroff and Kaleb Pence
serve percentage is key.”
on April 23, followed by a
were 5-1 heading into their
added two apiece. In game
HRV won six of eight
13-0 and 12-1 sweep of Lyle
May 4 contest against rival
two, Petroff was 4-for-6 and
matches during the contest
on April 27.
Sherman (4-3, 2-1 District
knocked in three runs, and
but the effort and deter-
In the second game
7) after suffering their first
mination was there for the
Riverhawks. Number one
singles player Hannah Biehn
and the No. 4 doubles team
of Maia Thomas and Giselle
Ortega came away with their
first victories in impressive
fashion. Biehn, a senior and
undisputed leader of the
Riverhawks, got in a groove
early, striking the ball with
with an 8-0 first-inning lead. an error, making it 9-1 to
is May 5 at 4:30 p.m. on the
By Mike Weber
For Columbia Gorge News
The Buckaroos, who have the help the Riverhawks avoid a precision and confidence as
road against the Redmond
shutout.
No. 1 ranked offense (10.11
Panthers.
Riverhawk sophomore
runs per game average) out
The Dalles plays a dou-
It was a learning expe-
bleheader Saturday at Crook of 31 Class 5A squads, added pitcher Riley Brock was a
rience for the young The
a run in the third and scored bright spot on the mound for
County High School in
Dalles High Riverhawks
The Dalles. Brock had three
four more in the fourth to
Prineville. The Dalles faces
baseball team in an
strikeouts, walked four and
build a 13-0 advantage.
the Bend Lava Bears at 1:30
Intermountain Conference
allowed four hits in four in-
The Dalles scored two in
three-game series versus the p.m., followed by a matchup
the bottom half of the frame, nings pitched. In the second
against Crook County at 3
highly regarded Pendleton
Hood River Valley High
game, The Dalles enjoyed
making it 13-2. Pendleton,
p.m. The Dalles meets area
Buckaroos last week.
School’s baseball team is two
an early 1-0 first inning lead. games behind league-lead-
which outhit The Dalles 10-
rival the Hood River Valley
Pendleton won 14-2 at
3, got a run in the fifth for the Schwartz (1-for-3), singled
Eagles (4-2, 5-4) in a 4:30
Quinton Street Ballpark in
ing Pendleton and riding
and scored on a sacrifice fly
final margin.
The Dalles April 27, followed p.m. home game contest
a four-game league win
RBI by junior Austin Agidius. streak into this week’s
Last Friday in Pendleton,
May 11, followed by a 4:30
by wins of 11-1 and 10-1 in
It was short-lived though.
The Dalles continued strug-
p.m. home game versus
an April 30 doubleheader at
Intermountain Conference
Pendleton responded by
gling in two games against
Redmond May 12.
Pendleton High School.
tests against Redmond.
scoring two in the bottom of
The young Riverhawks (10 the Buckaroos. In the first
The Dalles was hoping
The Eagles (4-2 IMC, 5-4
the first and then outscored
freshmen, four juniors), who game, Pendleton scored in
to snap a four-game losing
overall) defeated Ridgeview
The Dalles 8-0 over the next
have no seniors, were simply every inning, while jumping
streak when it faced the
by identical 5-0 scores last
five frames. Pendleton had
in front 9-0 after four in-
unable to overcome a much
winless Crook County
week, April 27 at home and
more experienced Buckaroo nings. The Dalles sophomore six hits in its sixth straight
Cowboys at home Tuesday
May 1 in Redmond. HRV fac-
win. The Buckaroos only loss es Redmond High this week,
squad that has seven seniors. Braden Schwartz (2-for-3,
(results came after the
this year was 11-3 to Hood
single, double) singled in
In the April 27 contest,
printed edition deadline).
at home May 4 (too late for
River April 16 at Hood River. press time) and on the road
the fifth and later scored on
Pendleton jumped in front
The Riverhawks next game
Swift Dufur baseball team making
the best of its on-base prowess
■
Experienced Pendleton too
tough for young Riverhawks
■
she went on to defeat HRV’s
Cassandra Moreno, 6-2, 6-2.
After winning the first
set routinely, the second
set became a little dicey for
Thomas and Ortega, as they
found themselves in a 4-2
hole in the second. The pair
won the next four games,
completing the comeback to
take the match 6-3, 6-4.
Jones has high standards
for her team. “To be honest
I am seeing more progress
during practice,” she said.
“The effort and enthusiasm
are definitely there. We are
struggling a bit to translate
that into match situations.
That is the mental part of the
sport. We’ve been working
on that part most recently.
In comparing match and
practice play we’ve discov-
ered that our stress response
is really triggered during
match play. We are working
on being able to regulate
that stress and turn it into an
asset instead of a negative.
Playing matches is the best
way to work on that.”
Jones said a lot of her
tennis players are participat-
ing in their first high school
sport. “Learning to deal with
losses and not judge effort
and the score on the same
level has been important,”
she said. “We’ve had a lot
of team circle chats where
we’ve asked team members
individually to talk about
their effort as compared to
results.
“We then talk about what
went well and what the play-
er feels they need to work on
in order to be more prepared
for the next match. Because
of our youth we need to build
that resiliency within our
players so that they are able
to bounce back from losses.
Every match is a learning op-
portunity, and the hard work
will pay off if we are patient
enough.”
HRV moves into second place;
league win streak now at four
May 8.
Pendleton remained un-
beaten in league games with
a sweep of The Dalles (see
related story in Sports).
Redmond is 2-2 in league
and 2-4 overall. The Panthers
will have a tough, three-
game stretch midweek.
After their game at HRV, the
Panthers host The Dalles on
Wednesday and then HRV
again on Saturday.
Columbia girls third at district meet
Reyes, Acosta win
individual titles
Joe Petshow
■ By Columbia
Gorge News
Columbia High capped off
a successful track and field
season Friday at the District
IV 1A championships in
Vancouver, where the Bruin
relay teams won the meet’s
final events.
“That’s just such a great
way to end the season, fin-
ishing on top of the podium,”
Coach James Anderson said
of the Bruin girls and boys
4x400 relays.
Junior Chanele Reyes
won both hurdle races
and was the top point
scorer for the Bruin girls,
who finished third overall
behind Montesano and
Hoquaim. She also ran
legs on Columbia’s second
place 4x100-meter relay and
its champion 4x400 relay,
which won in a season-best,
4 minutes, 18.55 seconds.
Both of those relay races
were ultra-competitive
events which weren’t decid-
ed until the final few meters
over the Seton Catholic
track. There were anxious
moments for the Bruin long
relay, as LaCenter anchor,
frosh Shaela Bradley, ran a
57-second final 400 split to
make things interesting at
the finish.
Columbia’s Ella
Zimmerman ran the
opening leg, making up the
stagger on the rest of the
field. Reyes was next, as she
and Hannah Polkinghorn
combined to give the Bruins
about a 20-meter lead.
Bradley, who earlier in the
meet had won the 100, 200
and long jump, closed the
gap quickly on Bruin anchor,
Makayla Fies.
“When LaCenter took off
they were in third place and
by the 200-meter mark she
had already caught the Seton
girl,” Anderson said. “She
was closing fast. Makayla
held on and got it home for
us. For the girls it was a great
way to end.”
Three seconds separat-
ed the first three teams;
Columbia’s 4:18.55 was fol-
lowed by LaCenter at 4:19.69
and Seton at 4:21.33.
Polkinghorn added 16
team points, with sec-
ond-place finishes in the
sprints. The Columbia junior
recorded a personal best in
the 100 of 12.63 seconds,
and just missed her best in
the 200.
Fies also PR’d in her
specialty, the 400 (61.41),
where she finished second,
and was eighth in the 200.
Reyes won the 100-meter
hurdles in 17.45 seconds
and the 300 hurdles in 50.06.
Zimmerman ran a lifetime
best 51.13 in the longer race
to finish second and earn
eight team points for the
Bruins.
Anderson said
Zimmerman’s race for
second in the low hurdles
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behind Reyes was one of
the more competitive ones
on the day. “At about hurdle
six, Ella and the King’s Way
girl (Camille Vaughan)
were hitting the hurdles at
the same time,” Anderson
said. “They crossed the last
hurdles at the same time and
Ella just had a better sprint at
the finish. I was looking right
across at the finish and I was
going, ‘She got it.’”
Both hurdlers ran life-
time bests; Zimmerman
51.13 and Vaughan 51.15.
“The smile on her face at
the end of the race was
great,” Anderson said of
Zimmerman’s PR. “Most of
our runners either PR’d or
had season bests at the meet.
That’s all you can ask for.”
Frosh Jessica Polkinghorn
added 10 other points for
Columbia, with her third
place in the shot put (30-
5.75) and fifth in the javelin
(90-07). Columbia’s other
individual points came
from Esther Kline, who ran
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The Bruins were second to
Montesano in both the 4x100
relay, 52.40 to 52.54, and the
4x200, 1:50.69 to 1:53.49.
The time in the 4x200 was a
season best. Anderson said
Montesano was cleaner
overall on its handoffs and
that was the difference in the
close 4x100.
Montesano’s team depth
was evidenced by the fact
that it won just one individu-
al event — Madolyn Olson’s
400 victory. The Bulldogs
won both short relays and
finished with 135 team
points. Hoquaim was second
with 118 and Columbia had
91 points for third.
The Columbia boys
were fifth with 63 points
(Montesano also won the
boys competition with
137). Columbia senior Juan
Acosta was the lone Bruin
individual boys district
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40 so bad,” Anderson said.
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he needed to turn his body
away from it (to maintain his
balance).”
Acosta also finished sec-
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sonal-best 118-4. Teammate
Eli Nielson was eighth.
Montesano spoiled the
Columbia boys’ bid to win
the 4x100 relay, so the Bruin
squad did the next available
thing — it won the 4x400
instead to finish off the day’s
competition. In the shorter
race, Angel Sanchez, Peter
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