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Newspaper Page TextSPORTS Tuesday, April 21, 2015 Prep Baseball Pendleton claws back for split Bucks win game two on bases-loaded walk Even under bright skies, Pendle- ton appeared to be in for a dark Co- lumbia River Conference opening Saturday. The Buckaroos couldn’t make contact with Hood River Valley’s ace in the opener, losing 5-1, and after the ¿UVWVHYHQ(DJOHEDWWHUVUHDFKHGEDVH to begin game two, a sweep seemed inevitable. But, the Bucks strung together Staff photo by Kathy Aney enough quality at-bats to hang around James Bradt, of Pendleton, gets a hit Saturday in a bases loaded situ- in the closing game before a four-run ation against Hood River at Bob White Field. sixth inning rally salvaged a league split, wining 9-8 going away. bottom half of the opening anybody had it.” “I’m proud of the kids for Baseball frame, and the score evened “That was SportsCenter material,” the way they battled back, up twice before Pendleton Whitten said in agreement with the and it’s a pretty good win for took the lead for good in the man in blue. “That’s one of the best us,” Pendleton coach Greg bottom of the sixth on a bas- high school catches I’ve ever seen.” Pendleton Whitten said of snaring the es-loaded Zack Myers walk. The highlight-worthy catch didn’t victory. With Devon Roe, Smith overshadow a dismal defensive day The split keeps the Buck- and Brandon Hergert already for the longtime Buckaroo skipper, aroos (5-10, 1-1 CRC) on on base, Myers, a senior though. The Buckaroos took the split even footing in league play, catcher, was content to let the despite committing nine errors in two as Hermiston and The Dalles Hood River bat rest on his shoulder and games — including six in the game each took a game from the watch Eagle reliever Kam two win. The defensive gaffes were other in the their opening Walker pump four consec- ZLGHVSUHDG RXW¿HOGHUV GURSSHG À\ double dip. utive balls wide of the plate EDOOVLQ¿HOGHUVRYHUWKUHZ¿UVWEDVH- Washington State pledge and into catcher Andrew man. Ryan Ward was fantastic for Hood Roberts mitt. ³, MXVW FDQ¶W ¿JXUH LW RXW :H GR River Valley (9-6, 1-1 CRC) on the “They were all pretty far off the something in every game to shoot mound in the opener. He struck out 13 plate,” said Myers, who didn’t con- ourselves in the foot,” Whitten said. batters switching between a high-ve- sider a swing on any of the offerings. The poor play didn’t make life locity fastball and a wicked breaking “They were all high, outside and at easy on starters Cockburn or Brady ball. Just four Buckaroos reached on least six inches off the plate each Smith, who allowed 11 runs, but only his watch, and after a pair of crooked pitch.” 7 that were earned. LQQLQJLQWKHIRXUWKDQG¿IWKWKH(D- The bases-loaded walk gave the “Our pitching staff isn’t good gles were never in jeopardy of losing. %XFNDURRV WKHLU ¿UVW OHDG RI WKH HQRXJKWRJLYHWHDP¿YHDQGVL[RXWV “He was throwing fast,” said game, and after Wyatt Morris retired an inning,” Whitten said. “If we do Buckaroo shortstop Caden Smith, the bottom of the HRV lineup in or- that we’re going to have a tough time who went 0-for-3 with a strikeout GHUWKHLU¿UVWZLQRI&ROXPELD5LYHU winning.” against Ward in the opener. “He had Conference Play. Smith followed up his hitless some off-speed that was pretty good. “I don’t think that was the opening game with a three-hit second There was no way to really tell what game-winning play,” Myers said of game that included two doubles and a he was going to pitch and when we his go-ahead walk that plated Roe. pair of RBIs. Morris scored four runs, did it was phoom.” “If (Kyler) wouldn’t have made that Lunny two. The action came back to Pendle- catch that would’ve been two more Pendleton travels to Hood River ton’s speed in the muddled second runs. That would’ve made it a hell of Valley on Tuesday for a single game. game. a lot harder. I feel like that was the First pitch is set for 4:30 p.m. Pendleton starter Quinn Cockburn JDPH ZLQQHU 7KH ZDON GH¿QLWHO\ ——— HOOD RIVER VALLEY 5, PENDLETON 1 was erratic to open the game, putting helped I guess.” Game one R H E the Bucks in a 4-0 hole following a HRV 100 220 0 — 5 6 1 Myers was referring to an acrobat- 000 100 0 — 1 3 3 three-run Kellan Duffy bomb to right LF GLYLQJ FDWFK FHQWHU ¿HOGHU .\OHU PEN Ryan Ward and Adam Cameron. Brady Smith, Bran- Hergert (5) and Quinn Cockburn, Zack Myers (5). ¿HOG &RFNEXUQ ¿OOHG WKH EDVHV IRO- Lunny made in the top of the fourth don W — R. Ward. L — B. Smith. lowing the homer, still with no one inning. The lunging play came with out, but two nifty defensive plays left two outs and HRV’s Kam Walker PENDLETON 9, HOOD RIVER VALLEY Game two R H E the damage at four runs. prepared to charge on contact from HRV 410 120 0 — 8 10 0 PEN 302 004 x — 9 9 6 Thankfully for the Bucks, Pat- second base. Patrick Harvey, Kam Walker (6) and A. Cameron, rick Harvey, the Eagles second game “I was just on auto pilot,” Lunny A. Roberts (4). Q. Cockburn, Wyatt Morris (6) and Z. W — W. Morris. L — K. Walker. starter, was no Ward. said. “The adrenaline was pumping Myers. 2B — Jack Peterson (PEN); Caden Smith (PEN) 2. HR The Buckaroos got three runs and it just fell right in my glove. The — Kellan Duffy (HRV). off of the junior right-hander in the umpire said to send it in to ESPN if 1, 9 5, 8 Prep Baseball 6WDQ¿HOG7LJHUVVOLGHSDVW9DOLDQWV By SAM BARBEE EO Media Group Sam Barbee photo Stanfield’s Ryan Bailey (3) slides into home for Stanfield’s fifth run in a 7-2 win over 4A Valley Catho- lic on Saturday in Stanfield. After losing its first three, Stanfied has won nine straight. RPRUH ULJKW\ WRVVHG WKH ¿UVW IRXU innings and allowed one unearned UXQ RQ WKUHH KLWV ZKLIIHG ¿YH DQG walked three. Klay Jenson earned the VDYHLQUHOLHIWRVVLQJWKH¿QDOWKUHH innings, allowing one earned on two hits, struck out three and walked none. Grogan only ever encountered DQ\ WURXEOH LQ WKH ¿UVW LQQLQJ ZKHQ he walked, hit a batter then allowed a sharp single to center to load the bases. After Valiant sophomore third baseman Alex Tranquill worked a 12-pitch at-bat that ended in a swing- ing strikeout, Makoa Nakamura trot- ted home on a passed ball to put Val- OH\&DWKROLFDKHDG7KH¿UVWSLWFK after the run, Grogan got Jakob Pruitt to pound one into the ground right in front of his battery mate Thyler Monkus, who made the easy throw WR¿UVWWRZLJJOHRXWRIWKHMDP “You gotta be able to deal with that adversity,” Johnson said of Gro- JDQ¶V ¿UVW LQQLQJ ³,W¶V FRPSHWLQJ You gotta be able to compete. He battles.” Grogan was also the leading force DWWKHSODWH2I6WDQ¿HOG¶VIRXUKLWV Grogan had two of them, including the only extra base hit of the after- noon — a leadoff double in the bottom of the second. Though Stan- ¿HOGKDGMXVWIRXUKLWV7LJHUKLWWHUV worked seven walks, partly because Valley Catholic was playing its third game in three days, and partly be- FDXVH6WDQ¿HOG¶VKLWWHUVZHUHSDWLHQW Those walks, especially late in the game, were crucial to securing the go-ahead and insurance runs late in the game. 6WDQ¿HOG SOD\V 7XHVGD\ DW ,UUL- gon at 4 p.m., and the doubleheader against Vale on Friday is set to start at 1 p.m. ——— STANFIELD 7, VALLEY CATHOLIC 2 R H E VC 100 010 0 — 2 5 3 SHS 011 032 X — 7 4 1 T. Magenheimer, A. Tranquill, B. Robbins and J. Pruitt; D. Grogan, K. Jenson and T. Monkus. 2B: D. Grogan (SHS). Prep Softball The Dalles sweeps Hermiston in league opener last pitch.” itself trailing. Though Softball In the opener, Herm- they scored runs con- iston seemed to be fully sistently, highlighed by Kalene Wheeler’s two- The Hermiston softball team’s in control. The Bulldogs league-opening doubleheader in The SODWHG WKUHH LQ WKH ¿UVW The Dalles Hermiston run single, the Bulldogs inning, capped by a were down 5-3 heading Dalles was full of heart-break. into the top of the sev- The Riverhawks swept the Bull- two-run shot off the bat enth. The Bulldogs had dogs 6-5 and 5-4 on Saturday, with the of third baseman Ellery ¿UVWORVVFRPLQJRQDZDONRIIKRPH Jones. In the third, Mikayla Kopacz, the bases loaded with two outs, but a run, and the Bulldogs (6-9, 0-2) left the who was 5-for-6 on the day, doubled harmless pop-up to the shortstop com- bases loaded down 5-4 in the top of the and Abi Drotzmann followed with her pleted the sweep for The Dalles. second dinger of the year to put Herm- “There were positives to take away,” seventh in the second game. Lete said. “We just gotta go back to the “The conversation we had with our iston up 5-1. But the Riverhawks got a run in the drawing board on Monday.” team (after the games) was there are Hermiston completes its home- the positives to take away,” head coach bottom of the seventh and went single, Kylee Lete said. “Yeah, we came up double, home run while down 5-2 to and-home series with The Dalles on short both times, but look at the sev- take the improbable come-from-be- Tuesday at Rocky Heights Elementary School. First pitch is scheduled for 4 enth inning. You had an opportunity to hind victory. In the nightcap, Hermiston found p.m. quit and you didn’t. You battled to the By SAM BARBEE EO Media Group 6, 5 5, 4 Page 3B Prep Roundup Rockets, Mustangs sweep league twin bills East Oregonian By ERIK SKOPIL East Oregonian The start of the 2015 baseball campaign wasn’t friendly to the 6WDQ¿HOG 7LJHUV ([SHFWHG WR FRP- pete for a league and perhaps state title, the Tigers started off the season with a stumble. The talented but young club lost LWV ¿UVW WKUHH JDPHV E\ D FRPELQHG score of 28-12, including a 10-0 drubbing by Cashmere (WA) on 0DUFK 6LQFH WKDW GD\ 6WDQ¿HOG (9-3) is 9-0 and has won those games by an average of 9.5 runs, and most recently a 7-2 win over 4A Valley &DWKROLFRQ6DWXUGD\LQ6WDQ¿HOG So what’s caused the quick turn- around? Pitching, says head coach Bryan Johnson. “Our pitching has been pretty solid,” he said. “You’re going to win a lot of games if your pitching’s good. The competition has probably GURSSHG RII D OLWWOH ELW WKRVH ¿UVW three teams were solid. But I think we’ve faced pretty good teams, I think. The pitching’s been consistent, and I think that’s the biggest thing. A lot of guys who can throw strikes and we keep arms fresh that way.” It was Dylan Grogan’s turn on the hill, and he turned in an impressive performance despite a week full of illness and arm soreness. The soph- East Oregonian PILOT ROCK — Justin Willingham only had one hit in Saturday’s league doublehead- er, but it was big one. The Pilot Rock senior smacked a grand slam during the Rockets’ nine-run fourth inning in Game 2, and Pilot Rock earned a sweep over Irri- gon by scores of 5-2 and 14-11. Mike Hiatt (3 for 4), Bray- don Postma (2 for 4) and Chris Weinke (2 for 4) each bolstered Game 2’s production with two RBIs for Pilot Rock (-6, 4-0 6' ZKLFK KDV ZRQ ¿YH games in a row. Jacob Pierce allowed 11 earned runs on nine Irrigon hits, but also struck out sev- en and earned the win. Levi Thieme allowed no runs off two hits in the last two innings for the save. Irrigon (7-4, 2-2) saw early leads evaporate in both losses, and led 7-3 after two innings in Game 2. Hayden White (3 for 4), Alan Blackman (2 for 4) and Fredy Vera (2 for 4) led them at the plate while Vera, Austin Rice and Nate Gumbert each drove in a pair of runs. Hiatt pitched a complete game for Pilot Rock in the opener, allowing two earned run on eight hits and striking out seven while walking two. Rice also went the distance for Irrigon, and struck out nine EXWDOORZHG¿YHHDUQHGUXQVRQ four hits. He walked six. ,UULJRQ KRVWV 6WDQ¿HOG IRU a non-league game on Tues- day at 4 p.m. Pilot Rock’s next games are Saturday, April 25 at Weston-McEwen in a league doubleheader that starts at 11 a.m. ——— PILOT ROCK 5, IRRIGON 2 Game 1 R H E IHS 110 000 0 — 2 8 0 PRHS 302 000 X — 5 4 0 Austin Rice and Cougar Kroske. Mike Hiatt and Dillon Fritz. W — Hiatt. L — Rice. 2B — Fredy Vera, Rice (Irrigon); Fritz (Pilot Rock). PILOT ROCK 14, IRRIGON 11 Game 2 R H E IHS 520 130 0 — 11 11 1 PRHS 300 911 X — 14 13 0 Jonny Phillips, Fredy Vera (4) and Cougar Kroske. Jacob Pierce, Levi Thieme (6) and Dil- lon Fritz. W — Pierce. L — Vera. S — Thieme. 2B — Jacob Pierce, Bryson Pierce, Chris Weinke 2 (Pilot Rock). HR — Justin Willing- ham (Pilot Rock). HEPPNER 9-10, WESTON-MCEWEN 2-7 — At Athena, the Mustangs snapped a four-game skid for WKHLU ¿UVW WZR ZLQV LQ 6SHFLDO District 6 on Saturday. Pat Collins and C.J. Kindle pitched complete games and Zach Irons swung a timely bat to lead Heppner (4-5, 2-2 SD6). Irons was just 2 for 6 on the day, but drove in a team-high ¿YHUXQV&ROOLQVIRUDQG Will Lutcher (3 for 5) also had RBIs in both games. Collins limited the Tiger- Scots (3-12, 0-4 SD6) to one hit in the opener and gave up one earned, struck out two and walked three. Sutter Ball went the whole way on the mound in opposi- tion, but his defense made six errors behind him. He gave up no earned runs on four hits, struck out six and walked two. Kindle fanned 11 Tiger- Scots in Game 2, walked six DQG JDYH XS ¿YH HDUQHG UXQV on four hits. Hunter Sater had a three-run double to highlight Weston-McEwen’s hitting. Travis Hendley threw WKH ¿UVW VL[ LQQLQJV IRU Weston-McEwen, surren- dering seven earned runs on KLWV ¿YH ZDONV DQG WKUHH strikeouts. Heppner hosts Irrigon next Saturday for a twin bill starting at 11 a.m. Weston-McEwen will try IRULWV¿UVWOHDJXHZLQVZKHQLW hosts Pilot Rock, also on Satur- day at 11 a.m. ——— HEPPNER 9, WESTON-MCEWEN 2 Game 1 R H E HHS 200 034 0 — 9 4 2 WM 100 001 0 — 2 1 6 Pat Collins and Weston Putman. Sutter Ball and Cedric Hall. W — Collins. L — Ball. 2B — Ball (Weston-McEwen). HEPPNER 10, WESTON-MCEWEN 7 Game 2 R H E HHS 140 005 0 — 10 10 4 WM 122 000 2 — 7 4 4 CJ Kindle and Weston Putman. Travis Hendley, Hunter Sater (7) and Cedric Hall. W — Kindle. L — Hendley. 2B — Sater, Brendan Dearing (Weston-McE- wen). SOFTBALL HEPPNER 1-4, CULVER 2-1 — At Heppner, the Hep- pner Mustangs and Culver Bulldogs split their Special District 6 doubleheader on Sat- urday, each team earning its ¿UVWOHDJXHZLQLQWKHSURFHVV Culver (4-11, 1-5 SD6) started the day with a 2-1 win in nine innings as Heppner (3- 12, 1-5) stranded runners on second base in both the eighth and ninth innings. Meranda Lemmon and Onna DeLoach gave Heppner a 4-0 lead early in Game 2 and HDFK¿QLVKHGZLWKWZR5%,V Lemmon pitched both games for Heppner, holding Culver to six hits on the day. Heppner’s next game is a non-league contest on Tuesday at Echo at 4 p.m. ——— CULVER 2, HEPPNER 1 (9 innings) Game 1 R H E CHS 000 100 001 — 2 3 2 HHS 010 000 000 — 1 4 5 J. Harrison and T. Berry. Meranda Lemmon and Taylor Hamby. W — Harrison. L — Lemmon. 2B — Lemmon, Onna DeLoach (Heppner). HEPPNER 4, CULVER 1 Game 2 R H E CHS 000 100 0 — 1 3 5 HHS 103 000 X — 4 4 2 C. Aldred and T. Berry. Meranda Lemmon and Taylor Hamby. W — Lemmon. L — Aldred. 2B — Onna DeLoach (Heppner). IRRIGON 11-10, BURNS 16-6 — At Irrigon, the Knights had their 10-game winning streak snapped when the Hi- landers topped them 16-11 in a wild opener to a Special Dis- trict 6 dust-up on Saturday, but Irrigon got revenge by handing %XUQVLWV¿UVWOHDJXHORVV in the second game. League newcomer Burns (8-6, 5-1 SD6) scattered 25 hits around the park to win Game 1 despite a 10-2 lead held by Irrigon after one inning. Burns pitcher Carli Feist walked 11 Knights, but was supported by good defense during the come- back. “We couldn’t hit a gap to save our lives,” said Irrigon coach Dave Cooley. The Knights (11-2, 5-1) solved that issue in the second game to pull even with Burns at second place in SD6. Casandra Fleming hit an inside-the-park grand slam to put the Knights up 5-0 in the second inning and Irrigon nev- er trailed. “It was just a shot to the ULJKW¿HOG IHQFH DQG VKH MXVW cleared the bases,” Cooley said of the speedy sophomore. “The girls said after she came in that they could see smoke coming off her cleats.” Mya Chapman held Burns to eight hits and didn’t allow a run until the bottom of the third after Irrigon had extended its lead to 8-0. ——— BURNS 16, IRRIGON 11 Game 1 R H E BHS 257 001 0 — 16 25 1 IHS (10)00 000 1 — 11 9 2 Carli Feist and Shealyne Peasley. Julisa Garza, Kendra Roberts (3), Mya Chapman (5) and Lily Mills. W — Feist. L — Roberts. 2B — Peasley, Shelbi Sims (Burns); Kelsie Stewart, Beatriz Aguilera (Irrigon). 3B — Sims, Feist (Burns. IRRIGON 10, BURNS 6 Game 2 R H E IHS 143 011 0 — 10 9 0 BHS 004 000 2 — 6 8 0 Mya Chapman and Kelly McLaughlin. Carli Feist and Shealyne Peasley. W — Chapman. L — Feist. HR — Casandra Fleming (Irrigon). TRACK & FIELD BOARDMAN — Riverside senior Justyce Smith and Stan- ¿HOGVHQLRU+XQWHU%UDLWKZDLWH each won three events on Sat- urday at the Columbia River Invitational track meet on Sat- urday. Braithwaite had a personal record to win javelin with a throw of 131 feet, 1 inch, and also won the long jump (19-5) and 400-meter dash (54.57). Smith won the 100 (13.24), 200 (27.07) and long jump (17- 0.5). Her marks in the 200 and long jump were season bests. The Heppner boys and He- lix girls each placed second as a team. For the Grizzlies it was a FORVHVHFRQGDV+HOL[¿QLVKHG with 101 points to Imbler’s 109. The Grizzlies were paced E\ WRSWKUHH ¿QLVKHV DQG four event wins. Lucy Case (1,500 meters) and Bethany Newtson (3,000) won their races in a strong day for He- lix’s distance runner that also saw Macey Tullis place second in the 800. Tegan Jackson won the shot put (32-6.25) and was second in the discus (91-4), and both relay teams set season-best times with the 4x400 team rounding out Helix’s wins with a time of 4:46.16. Heppner’s boys only had VL[ WRSWKUHH ¿QLVKHV DV (Q- terprise loaded the podium for 183 points. The Mustangs ¿QLVKHG D GLVWDQW VHFRQG ZLWK DQG6WDQ¿HOGZDVWKLUGZLWK 58.5. Kaden Clark won the 200-meter dash (23.90) and was second in the 100 (12.07). Other local event winners ZHUH 6WDQ¿HOG¶V /DULVVD &DV- tellanos in girls’ discus (93-10) and Payton Wright in boys’ pole vault (9-0).