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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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2016 SCHEDULE
at Stan¿eld
vs. Heli[
vs. 5iverside
at McLoughlin
at 5iverside
vs. McLoughlin
at &ondon
vs. WestonMcEZen, Heli[
at Sherman &ounty
vs. Stan¿eld, &ondon
at WestonMcEZen
at Heli[
vs. ,one
Heli[ ,nvite at Hermiston
vs. Sherman &ounty
SuEDistricts at Tri&ities
Districts
S.m.
S.m.
S.m.
3 S.m.
S.m.
3 S.m.
S.m.
S.m.
S.m.
S.m.
S.m.
S.m.
2 S.m.
a.m.
S.m.
10 a.m.
a.m.
Wishing all
our local
athletes a
great season!
Youth is our
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