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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian BRIEFLY Entry deadline nears for HHSGA scramble UMATILLA — The early entry deadline for the Hermiston High School Golf Association spring fundraiser tournament is approaching. Costs go up $5 per player for any registrations received after Saturday. Registrations can be turned in at Big River Golf Course in Umatilla. The two-person scramble tournament will be played April 23 beginning with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. There will be a barbecue after the round which is included in registration costs. For more information call tournament directors Bob Brinkley, 541-571-4647, or Karl Adams 541-561-7044. EOU men’s soccer to host fundraiser LA GRANDE — The Eastern Oregon University men’s VRFFHUWHDPZLOOKROGLWV¿UVWµ0RXQWLH3RQJ¶IXQGUDLVHUDW Quinn Coliseum on April 20. The alcohol-free tournament includes a double-elimination IRUPDWDQGDOOSURFHHGVZLOOEHQH¿WWKH0RXQWDLQHHUPHQ¶V soccer team. The pong action will kickoff at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20. Teams are required to have at least two participants, and are HQFRXUDJHGWRZHDUDFRVWXPHWKDWUHÀHFWVWKHLUWHDPQDPH7KH cost is $10 per team. To register, email jela_80@yahoo.com or call 503-572- 3072. — East Oregonian Friday, April 8, 2016 BEAVERS: 5XHFNLV1DLVPLWK¿QDOLVW WBCA All-America honors, as well as Pac-12 Player of the Year recogni- wins, the highest total in program tion. She also added Dallas Regional history, including an impressive seven Most Outstanding Player and Pac-12 victories over ranked opponents. Tournament Most Outstanding Player Along the way, the Beavers won their honors to her resume. second-straight Pac-12 regular-season Hamblin’s outstanding career was title, cutting down the nets as the best rewarded with a number of awards for team in the nation’s top league. They her accomplishments. The Houston, followed that up with another cham- B.C. native notched her second- pionship ceremony a week later when straight Pac-12 Defensive Player of WKH\ HDUQHG WKH SURJUDP¶V ¿UVW HYHU the Year nod, as well as her second Pac-12 Tournament title. All-Pac-12 honor. The conference’s The Beavers entered the NCAA career record holder for blocked shots, Tournament as a No. 2 seed, the Hamblin made her mark in the Pac-12 highest seed in school history. After Tournament Championship game, sweeping a pair of games at Gill Coli- notching the third 20-20 game in OSU seum to open the tournament, Oregon history, going for 23 points and 20 State earned possibly the biggest win rebounds. in program history in the Elite Eight, Hunter was a rock for the OSU knocking off perennial powerhouse program throughout her career, Baylor to earn a spot in the Final Four. making 132 starts and appearing in all The outstanding season on the 135 games the Beavers played over ÀRRU ZDV VSHDUKHDGHG E\ WKH WHDP¶V the course of her four years. A dynamo ¿YH VHQLRUV -DPLH :HLVQHU 5XWK on the glass, the Keizer native wraps Hamblin, Deven Hunter, Samantha up her career fourth in OSU history in Siegner and Jen’Von’Ta Hill. rebounds. Weisner led the way, earning Siegner will be remembered as Continued from 1B OSU’s most versatile player. The 6-foot-3 West Albany High graduate played every position but point guard over the course of her career, and appeared in all but three games in the last four seasons. Hill, who transferred into the OSU program last year, continued her winning ways with the Beavers. Hill’s teams went 130-12 in her collegiate career, as she went 71-2 at Hutchinson Community College, before helping OSU to a 59-10 record over the last two seasons. Scott Rueck earned some recogni- tion of his own for the turnaround he has engineered. The OSU alum was QDPHG RQH RI IRXU ¿QDOLVWV IRU WKH Naismith Coach of the Year Award, joining the outstanding trio of Geno Auriemma (Connecticut), Dawn Staley (South Carolina) and Muffet McGraw (Notre Dame). He also hit a pair of milestones this season, notching his 100th win with OSU, as well as his 400th overall career win (George Fox + OSU). MASTERS: Fowler has career- worst round at Augusta National low Watson — 66-year-old Tom Watson, in his last Masters, shot ment if I can, and be patient with 74. Adam Scott, coming off two myself, and hopefully I’m there victories in Florida last month, by Sunday,” Day said. “But it’s opened with a 76. a major championship. Things Rickie Fowler had his worst happen. And unfortunately, it score ever at Augusta National happened at the wrong time by posting an 80, with 44 of those today.” shots coming on the back nine. Right when Day was falling Spieth simply picked up where apart, McIlroy holed an 18-foot he left off a year ago. eagle putt on the 13th and looked Never mind that he discovered to be on his way in his bid to a hairline crack in his driver during win a green jacket and complete :HGQHVGD\SUDFWLFHDQGKDGWR¿QG the career Grand Slam. He was a backup for the opening round. within two shots of the lead until Or that he was hearing questions he three-putted the 16th for bogey about what was wrong with his and missed the 18th green to the game from not having seriously right, was plugged in a bunker and contended in the last two months. dropped another shot for a 70. Spieth was at Augusta National, “If somebody had given me a a course that feels like home for RQ WKH ¿UVW GD\ , ZRXOG KDYH the 22-year-old Texan. taken it,” McIlroy said. “I’m a “I would have signed for 2 little disappointed in the way I under today and not even played ¿QLVKHG´ the rough, knowing the conditions It could have been worse. that were coming up,” Spieth Bubba Watson, a two-time said. “Just scored extremely well, champion, had a 41 on the back which is something I’ve been nine and shot 75. He wasn’t even struggling with this season. If I can Continued from 1B kind of straighten out things with the iron play, hopefully we’ll be in business. But yeah, I’m extremely pleased with that round today. I felt like we stole a few.” For all the birdies — none longer than 12 feet — the pars make Spieth look so tough to beat. He settled himself early with D EHDXWLIXO SLWFK DFURVV WKH ¿UVW JUHHQWRIHHW+HSXPSHGKLV¿VW with a tough pitch over the bunker and to the upper tier on No. 4. He gambled with a 4-iron through a tiny gap in the trees on the 11th and made it pay off with another par. On 16, he kept his card clean by ramming in a 15-foot par putt. By the end of the day, no one could do better. Nine players couldn’t break 80, a group that included Els, who took six putts from 2 feet on the opening hole for a 9. He played the rest of the day at 1 over. “It wouldn’t matter if I putted with a stick,” Els said. “When snakes are going off in your brain, LW¶VGLI¿FXOW´ HOFFERT: Ready to enjoy time with family shouldn’t look to far as he has recommended long-time on January 15, 2013 on the assistant Juan Rodriguez for road the The Dalles. Hoffert the position. But whomever also led the Bulldogs to an takes over as the next coach, unbeaten record against their Hoffert said he will make rival Pendleton Buckaroos. himself available for the new Hermiston athletic coach for any tasks except director Blaine Ganvoa said making decisions. that the school would like to “I’ve always believed that have a quick search for the if you retire you need to step new coach, but the school away and let the new coach LV VWLOO DZDLWLQJ WKH RI¿FLDO do things their own way,” he resignation before the posi- said. “I’ll still be at games tion can be posted. and help out if I’m needed, Hoffert believes the school but that’s it.” Continued from 1B Hoffert also recently retired from his teaching position at Hermiston, and will now focus on running his home inspection business and spending plenty of time with his family. Hoffert’s daughter Jeni just completed her junior season on the basketball team at Northwest Christian University in Eugene, while his twin nine-year-old boys are getting heavily involved with youth sports. But while he soaks up retirement, Hoffert said it will take some time for him to get over the feelings of not coaching basketball. “I really enjoyed the day-to-day coaching, strate- gizing against other coaches, and building the relationships over the years,” he said. “I’ve been blessed with great groups of girls that made the job that much easier.” ——— Contact Eric Singer at esinger@eastoregonian. com, (541) 966-0839 or on Twitter @ByEricSinger. PREPS: Pendleton and Irrigon baseball get non-league wins on Thursday to wrap up their second win of the season us last time, that says a lot against La Grande. about our pitchers’ focus,” Kai Quinn and Jack said Pendleton coach Tim Peterson each led the team Cary, “especially in a game with two hits in the game, and where it can be hard to keep Peterson also added two runs focus with the slow pace of scored and an RBI while Quinn the game.” contributed a pair of RBIs. The reason the game Quinn also got the start had a slow pace was the on the mound for Pendleton control issues of La Grande’s (9-3), tossing three shutout pitchers. The Bucks (10-2) on innings allowing just one hit to had four hits in the game, two go along with two strikeouts. of them doubles by Alexis “The pitchers threw the Morrison and Ellie Richards. ball extremely well today,” “Not a whole lot of offense said Buckaroos coach T.J. out of either group but their Haguewood. “You can win a pitchers issued six walks and lot of games with pitching and six hit batters so it was kind defense and that’s what we did.” of hard to get anything going Pendleton got the scoring with the bat,” Cary said. “It VWDUWHGLQWKHWRSRIWKH¿UVW was a lot of being patient at inning when Quinn smacked the plate, so I thought we did D VLQJOH LQWR ULJKW ¿HOG WR a good job of being patient.” score Peterson from second For their part, Murphy base to hand the Buckaroos and Lyon kept the ball down the 1-0 lead. Pendleton and pitched to contact and scored twice more in the Murphy had the game’s only inning as James Bradt drove strikeout. in Devon Roe and Nick Lani “They got a lot of ground ZLWKDVLQJOHWRFHQWHU¿HOGWR balls which is what we ask push the lead to 3-0. our pitchers to do,” Cary And then in the second said. “Both pitchers did very inning, Pendleton scored one well today. I was very pleased UXQRIIRIDQLQ¿HOGVLQJOHE\ with the pitching today.” Peterson that scored Shaw Pendleton’s next game Jerome from third, and then will be against defending 4A DGGHGD¿IWKUXQRQDVDFUL¿FH state champion Mac-Hi at À\E\5RHWRVFRUH0RUULVIRU Steve Cary Field on Tuesday the 5-0 lead. at 4:30 p.m. Pendleton added its sixth ——— DQG ¿QDO UXQ LQ WKH VHYHQWK R H E inning on Quinn’s second PHS 410 132 — 11 4 0 LGHS 000 000 — 0 4 2 RBI single of the day, scoring K. Murphy, G. Lyon (5) and K. Solomon. Peterson for the second time Bell, Avila (5) and Avila, Lester (5). 2B — A. Morrison, E. Richards (PHS). for the 6-1 lead. Lani and Morris both Baseball pitched in relief on Thursday, PENDLETON 6, LA as Lani allowed one hit and GRANDE 1 — At La one run over two innings, Grande, the Pendleton Buck- while Morris tossed two DURRV SXW WRJHWKHU ¿YH UXQV perfect frames with two WKURXJKWKH¿UVWWZRLQQLQJV strikeouts to end the game. Continued from 1B Pendleton next plays at Walla Walla on Monday with DSP¿UVWSLWFK ——— third and fourth. Six Knights had multiple hit days to reach the team’s 18 total, led by Roa (4 for 4, 4 RBI, 3 runs), R H E Henrichs (3 for 3, 3 RBI, PHS 320 000 1 — 6 7 0 LHS 000 100 0 — 1 2 1 3 runs) and Rice (3 for 4, 2 Quinn, Lani (4), Morris (6) and Russell. RBI, 3 runs, 2 steals). Jacobs, Gonzalez (3), and Blackman (6). W — Quinn, L — Jacobs. Rice threw 3 1-3 innings and allowed no runs on one IRRIGON 22, MAC-HI hit with seven strikeouts and 1 (5 innings) — At two walks. Nate Verley got Milton-Freewater, the KLV ¿UVW DSSHDUDQFH LQ UHOLHI Knights produced back- and struck out four while to-back eight-run innings allowing one run on one hit. to bring an early end to “The boys are hitting the Thursday’s non-league game ball extremely well for us,” against the Pioneers. said coach Jason Dunten. Irrigon (5-3) started hot “They’re being very disci- and never let up, plating plined at the plate. We‘re IRXU UXQV LQ WKH ¿UVW LQQLQJ putting in a lot of time and Mac-Hi (2-3) pitcher Adrian Martinez hit Fredy Vera effort in practice and that’s to lead off the game, and what’s making a huge differ- walked Austin Rice on the ence for us right now.” Mac-Hi opens Greater next at-bat. Vera stole third base, and Zach Henrichs Oregon League play on WKHQKLWD¿UVWSLWFKVLQJOHWR Saturday at Ontario in a bring him in. Rice then stole doubleheader starting at third and would score on an noon. Irrigon also heads LQ¿HOGVLQJOHE\$GULDQ5RD into league play and will Mac-Hi made matters worse host District 6 foe Dufur on trying to salvage and out Tuesday at 4 p.m. ——— from the play and Henrichs R H E scored on an error. Roa later IHS 428 80 — 22 18 1 M-H 000 01 — 1 2 3 scored on a passed ball. D. Zitterkopf (3), J. Carlson Irrigon added two in the (3), A. Z. Martinez, Hodgen (4). A. Rice, N. Verley (4). W L — Martinez. second innings, and piled on — 2B Rice. — F. Vera, A. Roa, A. Rice (IHS). 3B — with eight runs in each the C. Kroske (IHS). Fully Digital Enya 3 Series Hearing Aid Spring $ Special 995 • Enhances Speech • Reduces Noise Call 541-276-3155 Ruud’s Hearing Aid Service Sale price valid on the Resound Enya 3 series. Limit two at the promotional price. No other offers or discounts apply. Discount does not apply to prior sales. Rory McIlroy, of Northern Ireland, chips out of a bun- ker on the 18th hole during the first round of the Masters golf tour- nament Thursday, April 7, 2016, in Augusta, Ga. AP Photo/Matt Slocum Athlete of the Week Twenty questions with Kiara Glover East Oregonian: Favorite sports team? Kiara Glover: Washington State Cougars Favorite athlete? Usain Bolt Favorite memory as a Buckaroo? Competing at districts with a torn calf and getting my PR in the high jump. Favorite track event? High jump Favorite movie? Too many to choose Favorite TV show? Private Practice Favorite music genre? R&B Hobbies? I like to ride horses Favorite restaurant in Pendleton? El Charrito’s Favorite food? Spaghetti Favorite family recipe? My uncle’s homemade four- cheese macaroni Favorite candy bar? Snickers Gatorade or Powerade? Powerade Favorite class in school? Algebra Dream job? OB-GYN Dream vacation spot? Italy Favorite color? Blue Favorite thing to do on weekends? Go to the movies or just hang out with friends Something people might not know about you? I like to draw Biggest inÀuence on your life? My father because he pushes me a lot to be the best I can. ATHLETE OF THE WEEK KIARA GLOVER Pendleton Junior Track Glover had a strong showing at the Mac-Hi Carnival of Speed on Friday taking first place in the long jump, high jump and the 100 meter hurdles. P ROUDLY S PONSORED B Y : • General Orthopedics • Sports Medicine • Arthroscopy • Foot & Ankle • Hand Surgery • Joint Replacement • Workman’s Comp Injuries Advanced Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Institute 620 NW 11th St., Ste. 201, Hermiston www.hermistonortho.com 541-289-7075