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East Oregonian
Saturday, October 10, 2015
College Volleyball
Timberwolves turn back energetic Warriors
BMCC stays
undefeated in
NWAC-East
sets 25-14, 25-20, 31-29.
The win gave BMCC
(29-7, 9-0 East) a 2.5-match
lead on Walla Walla (17-11,
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matches left before the
By MATT ENTRUP
NWAC Championships.
East Oregonian
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would have liked to have
PENDLETON — The closed it, but a win’s a win in
Warriors came out to play my book,” said sophomore
Friday night at Mosby Court, hitter Klaree Hobart, who
but the Blue Mountain smashed the match-winner
Timberwolves sent them through Walla Walla’s block
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entrenched in second place high with 12 kills. “(Walla
after a four-set victory.
Walla) had a lot of energy,
Perhaps the strongest a lot of motivation. Their
challenge standing in the HQHUJ\ GH¿QLWHO\ UDLVHG RXU
way of BMCC’s fourth- stakes a lot. I think we were
straight NWAC-East title, thinking we could take care
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set 25-22. But despite an off but it’s a good challenge for
night for its hitters, BMCC us and down the road it’ll be
was able to create some better for us.”
breathing room in the stand-
The T-Wolves’ largest
ings by taking the next three lead in the deciding fourth
right back.”
Williams
led
the
T-Wolves in hitting with a
Blue Mtn
Walla Walla
.333 percentage and tied
Hobart’s 12 kills on 20 fewer
attempts.
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set was four points, and they once she does she’s going to
were eventually caught by be pretty top caliber,” Hobart
the Warriors at 20-all Amy said of the Pendleton High
Arnzen dropped one of her graduate.
Brittney Fielder, Miah
team-high 15 kills into the
Perez, Keri Schwarz and
back corner.
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times from there until BMCC moments of brilliance for the
freshman Kristin Williams T-Wolves while combining
split the Warrior defense for a for another 31 kills, but the
game-tying kill, then gave the team was much too inconsis-
T-Wolves the lead at 30-29 tent and hit just .176.
“We allowed ourselves
when she was at the net to
clean up a long Warriors dig to get rattled a little bit,”
BMCC coach Dave Baty
for an easy kill.
“That’s what you live for said. “Walla Walla is a good
in volleyball, that’s the best team, (Pendleton native)
part, going back and forth,” Chelsie (Speer) is a good
Hobart said. “They knock on coach. I’m proud that our
the door and we answered kids were able to eke it out.
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“Not to take anything
away from Walla Walla, but
we talked about the other
day when our ‘A’ game isn’t
there, we have to be patient
with that and keep going.
We have to go, ‘OK, it’s less
than A, but we’re going to
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eke out the win,’ and that’s
what they did today.”
Walla Walla hit just .153
as a team with a match-low
.000 in the second set.
Maci Beierle led BMCC
with a match-high 26 assists
and Kylee Chavez added
23, Hannah Bailey led all
defensive players with 25
digs, and Schwarz had a
match-high 2.5 blocks.
Blue Mountain took
the season series with the
Warriors 2-1. The T-Wolves’
next match is Wednesday,
Oct. 14, at Spokane (13-20,
5-3), a team they’ve beaten
twice already.
EASTERN OREGON
3, NORTHWEST CHRIS-
TIAN 0 — At La Grande,
the Mountaineers continued
their tear through the
Cascade Collegiate Confer-
ence with their ninth sweep
of a 13-match winning
streak. Scores were 25-22,
25-11, 25-21.
Amanda Miller led EOU
(17-1, 12-0 CCC) with 15
kills, and no other player
had more than six. Rachelle
Chamberlain had 29 assists
and Emily Nay added 2.5
blocks. Piper Cantrell led the
match with 13 digs and Sara
Pulaski added 11.
Eastern hosts Corban
Saturday at 5 p.m.
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Contact Matt Entrup at
mentrup@eastoregonian.
com or (541) 966-0838.
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Nixyaawii
spikers end
losing streak
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Weston-McEwen held Pilot
Rock (0-5, 0-2) to -28 rushing
yards.
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tremendous amount of times,
some of those were bad snaps and
when the quarterback picked it up
to try run we were all over them,”
Bailey said.
The TigerScots’ running attack
had no such issues.
Ten players combined for 275
yards and Ethan Reger, Vince Roff,
Jimmy Patrick and Dylan Cain all
scored rushing touchdowns. Reger
led the team with 102 yards on
four carries — “He ran really hard
tonight,” said Bailey — and Vince
Roff added 70 yards on 10 carries.
Brett Speed was 4-of-8 passing
for 51 yards, three touchdowns
and no interceptions. He found
Tyler Cain, Xander Bailey and
Brendan Dearing for touchdowns.
The TigerScots’ other points
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Kirk Scott and fumble recovery
by Reeve Betts he returned for a
touchdown.
Pilot Rock recovered two
fumbles on defense.
The CBC playoff race really
heats up next week when Weston-
McEwen hosts Irrigon. Pilot Rock
will host Culver with both looking
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JOSEPH 62, ECHO 22 — At
Echo, the Joseph Eagles (2-3, 1-1
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Special District 1 this season by
beating the Echo Cougars (2-4,
0-3) on Friday. No details were
reported.
Echo plays a non-league game
next week at Elgin while Joseph
hosts SD1 foe Pine Eagle.
LA GRANDE 56, MAC-HI
3 — At La Grande, the La Grande
Tigers (5-1, 1-0 GOL) were too
much for the Mac-Hi Pioneers
(0-6, 0-1) in their Greater Oregon
League opener on Friday. No
details were reported.
Both teams remain in GOL
play next week as Mac-Hi hosts
Ontario and La Grande plays at
Baker.
KING’S WAY CHRISTIAN
48, UMATILLA 28 — At
Vancouver, Wash., the Umatilla
Vikings (4-2) lost their league
tune-up at the King’s Way Chris-
tian Knights (3-1) on Friday. No
details were reported.
Umatilla opens Eastern Oregon
League play next week at Nyssa
(3-2).
Volleyball
NIXYAAWII 3, WALLOWA
2 — At Wallowa, the Golden
Eagles snapped a 10-match losing
streak on Friday by outlasting the
Cougars in Old Oregon League
play.
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a score of 18-16. Other set scores
were 25-20, 18-25, 25-22 and
20-25. No details were reported.
HELIX 3, WALLOWA 0 —
At Wallowa, the Grizzlies won
their ninth-straight match with
the sweep of the Cougars in Old
Oregon League play on Friday.
Helix (15-2, 9-0 OOL) cruised
with scores of 25-6, 25-20 and
25-7. No details were reported.
Helix hosts Joseph on Saturday
at noon.
powered in from two yards out to
give Hermiston a 13-7 victory, its
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“I just saw an opportunity to
do something great for my team,”
Ena said. “I just wanted to avenge
myself and make the DBs look
good for once.”
The two overtime periods were
icing on the proverbial cake for
the Hermiston defense, which has
struggled to hold down offenses
this season. The Bulldogs held the
Pioneers to just 18 yards rushing
on 31 attempts, and kept bruising
back Grayson Fenwick from
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with 19 yards on 21 carries and
four catches for 27 yards and a
touchdown.
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much-needed. After the Bulldogs
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was taking shots at the end zone.
A Sanders pass on second down
almost found Gabe Poulin in the
back of the end zone, but it was just
a bit too far. Then, on third down,
Sanders overthrew Robert Snyder
and Ena picked it off close to his
goal line, and almost managed to
score to seal the win.
But he came just short, and
Hermiston had to make another
defensive stop late.
Cue Ena.
After a holding penalty on
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yards on their next two plays, the
Pioneers (0-6) found themselves
in a 3rd-and-goal situation from
the 35, with a shot to the end zone
almost guaranteed. Ena read the
play perfectly, jumped it and ran it
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to set up the touchdown. Sandy
only had the ball down at Herm-
iston’s goal line because Sanders
slipped away on a strange play.
With a third-and-one from
Hermiston’s 41, Sanders ran a
silent, quick-snap quarterback
sneak and was piled around, but
somehow he slipped out and
gained 25 yards, setting up the pass
interference penalty and later the
touchdown.
A long punt return from Mitch
Brown got Hermiston down to
the Sandy 26, but a fumble on a
zone-read exchange gave the ball
to Sandy, which simply knelt to
send the game to overtime. Then
it was Ena’s cue to snatch back the
momentum that led to Hermiston’s
win.
“It honestly just means we got
Staff photo by Sam Barbee
Tucker Salinas (with ball) is tackled hard by Sandy’s Aris Herrera heart and we’re ready to come out
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victory Friday night at Kennison Stadium. It was Salinas’ only good game and I’m glad we won.”
catch of the night.
Hermiston is scheduled for
Columbia River Conference play
That gave Hermiston a chance ties, all but ending drives.
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wasn’t necessary. Garcia plowed OHIW LQ WKH ¿UVW TXDUWHU ZKHQ the RiverHawks canceled this
into the end zone on 2nd down, 1DWKDQ +XQVDNHU ¿OOLQJ LQ IRU week’s game against Nyssa due to
and Hermiston’s players rushed the the injured Dayshawn Neal, hit a lack of players and will evaluate
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“Both teams battle hard,” head The junior tight end weaved his week.
coach David Faaeteete said. “I told way through the Pioneers defense,
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Hermiston 13, Sandy 6
the kids, ‘This is gonna be a tough making would-be tacklers miss and
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battle. Regardless of a team’s breaking a few before crossing the
First Quarter
win-loss record, they’re gonna goal line for a 13-yard touchdown.
HERMISTON — J. Ramirez 13-yard pass from N.
Hunsaker
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Hermiston would lead just
Fourth Quarter
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one’s hungry for a W. The later in about the rest of the game until a
(Extra Point Good), 7:10
the season you get, the hungrier late Sandy drive made things expo- ers Second
Overtime
HERMISTON — O. Garcia 2-yard run
you are.”
nentially more interesting. About
Statistics
Both teams, though, seemed halfway through the fourth quarter,
RUSHING — SANDY (31-18): G. Fenwick 31-18;
K. Sanders 7-(-)7; R. Snyder 1-3; A. Herrera 1-3; A.
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half.
64-yard drive capped by 10-yard 18-75, 1 TD; N. Hunsaker 15-58; M. Brown 9-52; H.
3-8.
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PASSING — SANDY (14-32-2, 123 yards, 1 TD):
K.
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123 yards, 1 TD. HERMISTON
three-and-outs and both teams Hermiston was whistled for a pass (10-20-2, 149 14-32-2,
yards, 1 TD): N. Hunsaker 10-20-2, 149
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Stanfield’s
Dylan Gro-
gan gets
wrapped
up by Irri-
gon’s Cou-
gar Kroske
(54) sand
Austin Rice
(22) in the
Tigers’
49-41 win
against the
Knights on
Friday in
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as Freddy Vera found the end zone
twice in the quarter with a three-
yard touchdown run and a 24-yard
touchdown reception from Verle to
give the Knights a 22-7 lead in the
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291 yards and two touchdowns on
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The second quarter saw plenty
of back-and-forth action, as the
Tigers and Knights traded scores
twice to send the teams to half-
time with a 35-21 score favoring
Irrigon.
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knew that his team was better than
what the scoreboard showed, and
challenged his players to step up.
“They weren’t doing anything
we didn’t work on in practice,”
said Salas. “And I think that there
was so much emotion in the game,
I just had to challenge them to
step up and play some defense.”
To start the second half, the
Knights still held the momentum,
holding the Tigers to a turnover
on downs to start the half.
Then the Knights added their
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in the third quarter on a two-yard
touchdown run by Rice to put the
Knights up 41-21 with just under
seven minutes remaining in the
quarter.
But after that point, the Tigers
dug deep and began to garner
some momentum behind the
offensive duo of Monkus and
Grogan.
Just four plays into the Tigers’
next possession, Grogan took the
QB keeper around the right edge,
side-stepped some defenders and
sprinted 54-yards for a touchdown
to cut the Knights lead to 41-28.
After the Tigers then forced
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in the game — the only punt by
either team — they put together
Staff photo by
E.J. Harris
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Stanfield’s Tyler Monkus gets gang tackled by a host of Irrigon
defenders in the Tigers’ 49-41 win against the Knights on Friday
in Irrigon.
a long drive starting from their
own nine-yard line. It was ended
with a 31-yard screen pass from
Grogan to Monkus on fourth-
and-long that Monkus took for a
touchdown to cut the Irrigon lead
to 41-35.
And just as Irrigon began to
put together a nice clock-eating
drive, the Tigers defense forced
a fumble and recovered on their
own 19-yard line.
After just three plays on the
drive, Monkus split the Knights
defense and sprinted 42-yards up
the middle for a touchdown and
with a successful extra point, the
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game at 42-41 with six minutes
left in the game.
Monkus and Grogan were
almost unstoppable on the ground
in the game, combining for 37
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touchdowns overall.
“It’s awesome (to have them),”
said Salas. “Grogan is tough, but
when you have two guys that
aren’t afraid to run off tackle, you
can win any game.”
The Tigers sealed the win
on a 16-yard touchdown run by
Grogan with just six seconds
remaining in the game.
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Contact Eric Singer at
esinger@eastoregonian.com or
541 966 0839