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2B — Klay Jenson, A. Renner (STN); P.
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EO Media Group photos by Sam Barbee
ABOVE: Hermiston’s Lukas Tolan comes home
with a delivery late in an AAU baseball win over
Stanfi eld on Tuesday in Hermiston.
INSET: Stanfi eld’s Makiah Blankenship dives back
to fi rst base during a pick-off attempt Tuesday in
Hermiston.
