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5A/3A Wednesday, March 16, 2016 East Oregonian/Hermiston Herald H ERMISTON T RACK & F IELD H ERMISTON T ENNIS COACH: Emily Strot, 2nd year 2015 SEASON: The Bulldogs ¿nished toZard the middle at the 201 state meet, Zith the Eoys ¿nishing 1th and the girls at 23rd. Tre Neal had the highest Eoys Slacing Zith si[th in discus and Audrey Lincoln had the highest girls Slacing Zith si[th in the 100meter dash. KEY RETURNERS: (BOYS) Tre Neal, sr., Will SharNey, sr., AndreZ Horn, sr., -osiah NiederZerIer, sr., Hayden Earl, sr., Ale[is Mercado, sr., Nathan HunsaNer, sr., Ethan SnoZ, sr. Elias Arenas, soSh. (*,5LS) Audrey Lincoln, sr., Sara Orti], soSh., Maddy -uul, soSh., Macey )oley, sr., Hannah Earl, soSh., Melany Solorio, soSh. BOYS COACH: Shann West, 2nd year 2015 SEASON: The Bulldogs did not advance anyone to state LOSSES: Tyler WadekamSer. KEY RETURNERS: -acoE Snell, sr., SteIano 3eiris, sr., Skyler *rigg, sr., Hayden 3reZitt, sr., 5ace Latham, sr., &ameron Meade, sr. he Hermiston Eoys tennis Srogram loses Must one memEer Irom 201, Tyler WadekamSer, and returns si[ seniors. -acoE Snell takes over WadekamSer¶s toS singles sSot, and 5ace Latham and &ameron Meade are the toS singles team. Secondyear head coach Shann West likes his team, in relation to the rest oI the &olumEia 5iver &onIerence, Eut knoZs the Bend schools, esSecially Summit, are alZays tough. “Hood 5iver Zas tough last year, they have a Sretty good sTuad. , knoZ they lost Tuite a Eit, so looking at the &5&, , think out e[Sectation is SroEaEly to take that and Zin it.´ “Team to team, , don¶t think anyone in the &5& can match uS Zith us. SinglesZise Ze¶re Sretty tough.´ T S econdyear coach Emily Strot returns many oI the state Slacers Irom last year. ThreedisciSline Slacer Tre Neal is EacN Ior the throZers, and Audrey Lincoln, Zho also Slaced in three events, returns on the girls side. Strot hoSes -osiah NiederZerIer and Hayden Earl can once again hold doZn the distance running, Zhile Lincoln, Ale[is Mercado, AndreZ Horn and Ethan SnoZ shoZ Zell on the sSrinting side. Lincoln, Horn and Ireshman Elsa Torres Zere each invited to run at the ,AA) National ,ndoor &hamSionshiSs last ZeeNend in 3ortland. ³Last year, Zhen , looN at our endoIseason results, Ze Erought an average numEer oI Nids to state,´ Strot said. “We took second at our district meet and Iourth on the girls side. , tell the kids all the time, , Zon¶t ever Iorget that, my ¿rst year coaching. “And that Zas our SerIormance. And not that Ze SerIormed Eadly, Ze Must need to Euild uS the Srogram. My e[Sectations this year is that Ze come Eack and hoSeIully comSete Ior that district title and ultimately Ering more kids to state. (So) district title and Ering more kids to state. That Zould make me a haSSy coach.´ Staff photo by Kathy Aney Tre Neal is one the top returning athletes for the Hermiston track and ield team this season . 2016 SCHEDULE at 3endleton at Hood 5iver at *resham vs. The Dalles at Oregon &ity at HayZard )ield, Eugene at HayZard )ield, Eugene KiZanis Meet vs. Heli[, ,rrigon, 8matilla at &entral 9alley (WA) at Hood 5iver Districts at Hermiston High Districts at Hermiston High Mar. 1 Mar. 2 ASril 1 ASril ASril ASril 1 ASril 16 ASril 23 ASril 2 ASril 30 May 6 May 11 May 12 noon S.m. S.m. S.m. 10 a.m. 3 S.m. 10 a.m. 10 a.m. S.m. a.m. 3 S.m. S.m. S.m. he Bulldogs Zent indeSendent Ior 2016, leaving the High Desert division oI the Oregon High School Lacrosse Assocition (OHSLA) Eecause it Eecame to arduous to convince the memEer schools to sSend e[tra money to come all the Zay out to Hermiston. That alloZs ¿rstyear coach TramSis 3almer to Ee more varied Zith his scheduling, adding more Tri&ities and Yakimaarea schools, as Zell as some Irom SSokane, to ¿ll out the schedule. A youth coach originally, 3almer has already coached many oI T the Slayers currently in the Hermiston Srogram and is imSressed Zith their imSrovement. “, think that Ze¶re gonna Ereak some neZ ground Zith these guys and Ee Sretty successIul,´ 3almer said. “, e[Sect to have some Sost season games and hoSeIully host some here. “The &ascade &uS Zas Zhere they Zere last year and they Zent out in the ¿rst round.´ The return oI several Slayers that have Zorked hard in the oIIseason has 3almer Eelieving the team Zill do more this season. “ Again, Ze only lost mayEe one or tZo seniors. Everyone¶s coming Eack and they¶re coming Eack much Eetter than last year. , think Ze¶re gonna have some Sostseason success and get some Zins.´ 2016 SCHEDULE 5 achel &arter takes over the 8matilla tennis Srogram aIter tZo years under &alvin Meade. &arter coached three years at Hermiston, and Zill Ee helSed Ey Iormer Bulldogs Lucas Wyant. The 9ikings lose stateSarticiSant douEles team 5amiro 5uEio and Alejandro Madrigal on the Eoys side, Eut retain girls district runneruS Sidney WeEE. The Eoys side, Zhich has just one returner — soShomore Elian Armenta, Zho may not Slay due to an injury — is just one oI many soShomores, Zhile WeEE leads a girls grouS Iull oI ¿rstyear Slayers. “, don¶t really knoZ Zhat to e[Sect,´ &arter said, e[Slaining she¶ll need a IeZ matches to get a good Eead. “We¶re just seeing hoZ much Ze can imSrove. So Iar, the kids have Eeen Zorking really hard. They¶re good Zorkers and it¶s Eeen a lot oI Iun.´ Mar. 1 Mar. 1 Mar. 21 ASril ASril ASril 11 ASril 12 ASril 13 ASril 1 ASril 21 ASril 26 ASril 2 ASril 2 ASril 30 May May 6 May 131 2016 SCHEDULE at HanIord (WA) S.m. at 'avis (WA) 3:30 S.m. at Tri&ity ,nvite (3asco) TB' at 3asco 3:30 S.m. at &aSital ,nvitational (Boise) TB' at &aSital ,nvitational (Boise) TB' at Hood 5iver S.m. vs. 3endleton S.m. at Bend ,nvite TB' Districts in Hermiston TBD State in 3ortland TBD State in 3ortland TBD State in 3ortland TBD GIRLS T Mar. 1 vs. 5idgevieZ :30 S.m. Mar. 1 vs. Selah (WA) 1 S.m. Mar. 22 at &entral 9alley (WA) :30 S.m. Mar. 26 vs. Mt. SSokane (WA) 3 S.m. Mar. 21 at 5ichland S.m. ASril 2 at Mt. SSokane (WA) 1 S.m. ASril vs. Lincoln :30 S.m. ASril 1 at Aloha S.m. ASril 16 at NeZEerg 1 S.m. ASril 1 vs. 5ichland (WA) S.m. ASril 30 at 5idgevieZ 2 S.m. May 1 at Mt. 9ieZ 1 S.m. May vs. &entral 9alley (WA) 2 S.m. May 11 vs. Southridge (WA) :30 S.m. May 1 at Hood 5iver 1 S.m. he Hermiston girls tennis team, under secondyear coach Jason Sivey, ¿gures to Ee young this season Zith three seinors and as many soSomores. Sivey is con¿dent his young Eunch can havZe success in the &5&, Zhich looks ZinnaEle to him. “, e[Sect us to Ee Iairly successIul this year. We¶re still Sretty young Zith only Kylie and Whitney (as seniors). (They) Zill Ee steSSing uS to No. 1 douEles. , e[Sect them to at least comSete Ior state, hoSing they get to state. &hy had some state e[Serience. Trying to deicde iI she¶s going to Ee singles or douEles, Zhere she¶ll Iall. Katelyn, Jaycee looking good at 12 (singles). Macken]ie Hill lit it uS in Sreseason. Looking strong as a team, Eut de¿nitely still looking Ior our leaders on the team.´ Mar. 1 Mar. 30 ASril 1 ASril 22 ASril 2 ASril 30 May 3 May 6 May May 13 May 1 May 20 May 21 2016 SCHEDULE at HanIord (WA) at Davis (WA) at Tri&ity ,nvite (3asco) vs. 3asco &aSital ,nvitational (Boise) &aSital ,nvitational (Boise) vs. Hood 5iver at 3endleton at Bend ,nvite Districts at Bend State in 3ortland State in 3ortland State in 3ortland S.m. 3:30 S.m. TBD S.m. TBD TBD S.m. S.m. TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD Proud of Our Athletes! U MATILLA T ENNIS COACH: 5achel &arter, 1st year 2015 SEASON: The 9ikings advance a douEles team and a singles SarticiSant to state last season Eut did not Zin a match once there. LOSSES: 5amiro 5uEio, Alejandro Madrigal. KEY RETURNERS: (*irls) Sidney WeEE, sr., Elian Armenta, soSh. Mar. 1 Mar. 1 ASril 1 ASril 22 ASril 2 ASril 30 May 3 May 6 May May 13 May 1 May 20 May 21 COACH: Jason Sivey, 2nd year 2015 SEASON: The Bulldogs did not advance anyone to state LOSSES: Briana WolIe, Athen 5eid, Devon WolIe, Tania JaimeSanche], Morgan Wilson, Mr. KEY RETURNERS: Katelyn Milard, jr., Jaycee Ternes, jr., Kylie MarkZick, sr., Whitney McMahon sr., &hy 3eterson, sr, Macken]ie Hill, soSh., 5eed Middleton, soSh., Breena WadekamSer, soSh. H ERMISTON L ACROSSE COACH: TramSis 3almer, 1st year 2015 SEASON: 11, 3 POSTSEASON STORY: Lost in ¿rst round oI &ascade &uS. The Bull dogs have SarticiSated in the chamSion shiS tournament once, in 2011. KEY RETURNERS: Tucker Salinas, sr., AJ Schoonover, sr., JacoE 3almer, sr. 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