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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2016
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HERMISTON
Jaguars stun Bulldogs
Goal in 80th
minute gives
Century the win
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
The Bulldogs had barely fi nished
celebrating their game-tying goal
in the 79th minute when Century’s
Pablo Monterroso delivered up a fi nal
sobering drive off his left foot to lift
PENDLETON
Bucks
feeling
good in
Week 2
Opening win
giving Pendleton
confi dence for
Putnam
Boys Soccer
Century
Hermiston
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the Jaguars to a 3-2 win on Tuesday at
Kennison Field.
It was the senior’s third goal of the
game, and came with just 25 seconds
left when he beat his defender to a
centering pass from Alonzo Beltran
Campos at the top of the penalty
box and laced a low line drive past
charging goalkeeper Junior Lopez.
“We can’t let this defi ne us in a
negative way,” said Hermiston coach
Rich Harshberger. “We’ve got to take
inspiration from it and we’ve got to
come out and make sure this never
happens again.
“This has been our biggest test to
date obviously, and Century’s a good
team, I don’t want to take anything
away from them. They just got the
better of us today. … It’s just a tough
one.”
Just seconds prior, the Bulldogs
(3-1) had knotted the game at two
goals apiece when junior defender
Staff photo by Matt
Entrup
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Prep Roundup
Hermiston falls in home opener
Bulldogs mount
comeback, but La
Grande holds on
Herm-
iston’s
Sophia
Street-
er hits
the ball
in the
Bulldogs’
game
against
La
Grande
on Tues-
day in
Hermis-
ton.
East Oregonian
After picking up their fi rst two wins of the
season on Friday afternoon, the Hermiston
Bulldogs volleyball team stepped onto the Dawg
House court on Tuesday evening for its 2016
home opener.
Unfortunately for the Bull-
Volleyball
dogs, the La Grande Tigers
were determined to spoil the
Bulldogs homecoming and that
La Grande
they did, defeating Hermiston
3-2. La Grande took the fi rst
two sets 25-20 and 25-13 and
then won the fi fth set convinc-
ingly 15-6.
Staring at a 2-0 defi cit,
Hermiston
Hermiston (2-1) was able to
battle back and steal the third
and fourth set wins with scores
of 25-20 and 25-21, a come-
back that head coach Elise Fleming said stemmed
from a change in serve strategy.
“It was a big contributor and we started to put
hits in the court and it allowed us to get back in
it,” Fleming said. “But in the fi fth set its all about
coming together as a team and we’ll get better at
that as we go.”
Senior outside hitter Hayden Meyers had a big
game for the Bulldogs, registering a team-high
32 digs and six kills, while Regan Meyers tallied
seven kills to lead the team. Other team leaders
included senior setter Clarissa Nitz who tallied
16 assists and three aces and senior libero Baylee
Powers with 31 digs.
Even with the loss, Fleming said the match will
be a great learning tool for the rest of the season.
Staff photo by
E.J. Harris
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
Starting the season off with a
victory in any sport is a big-time
morale booster.
But in the sport of football
when there are fewer than 10
chances to earn victories and
very little room for error, getting
win No. 1 checked off early is
perhaps the most important step
to success.
“I think it’s crucial,” Pend-
leton head coach Erik Davis said
of starting off
Football with a win. “It
doesn’t matter
who you beat,
getting that fi rst
Pendleton ‘W’ is huge.”
Buckaroos
The Pendleton
(1-0)
Buckaroos did
just that last
Friday when they
toppled the La
Putnam
Tigers
Kingsmen Grande
48-28 to improve
(0-1)
• Friday, 7 p.m. to 1-0 on the
• at Putnam HS season. But while
the Buckaroos
are happy for the
self-confi dence boost the victory
brought with it, the team knows
it can’t linger over it very long.
“It’s a good feeling but now
we’re looking at ourselves as
0-0,” said Pendleton senior
Deven Page following Tues-
day’s practice. “Now we’re
just working to get back to 1-0
again.”
Junior quarterback Nick
Bower agreed with Page.
“It’s a huge boost to start the
season out right,” he said, “but
we also have to put it into to
perspective to treat every game
the same and come prepared to
do our jobs again this week.”
Standing in the Buckaroos
way from another 1-0 week
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Century’s
Jerin Baeza
(14) shoves
Hermiston’s
Isaac Mu-
noz-Ortega
(6) in the
penalty box
to set up the
Bulldogs’
fi rst goal in
their boys
soccer game
on Tuesday
at Kenni-
son Field in
Hermiston.
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HERMISTON
Bulldogs look to level out after uneven start
Hermiston preparing
for Lewiston’s
passing attack
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
The Hermiston Bulldogs aren’t
going to be making any knee-jerk
reactions based off their 38-27
season-opening loss to Union (WA)
last Friday. However, a couple
decisions made in the heat of the
moment could affect this week’s
Football
Hermiston
Lewiston (ID)
Bulldogs
Bengals
(0-1)
(2-0)
• Friday, 7 p.m.
• at Lewiston, Idaho
• Radio: KOHU 1360 AM
game at Lewiston (ID) after two
Bulldogs were ejected in Week 1.
Seniors Jerry Ramirez and AJ
Fernandez were shown the door
after referees said they saw them
throw punches during separate
incidents. That would mean they
have to sit out this week as well,
but the Bulldogs are appealing on
behalf of both players and hope to
have an answer by today.
“Based off fi lm, and then our
HDTV team did a great job,” said
Hermiston coach David Faaeteete.
“They were on the sidelines so they
got the whole sequence from what
caused it, to the reaction of players,
to the separation of players. And
in no way shape or form did our
players throw a punch.”
The Bulldogs will need all
hands on deck when they travel out
of state to play the Lewiston (ID)
Bengals for their fi rst road game of
the season.
It’s the fourth-straight season
the teams have played, and Herm-
iston leads the series 2-1. But the
Bengals (2-0) took last year’s game
in Hermiston 56-37 and return
big-armed senior quarterback
Colton Richardson (6-foot-2, 225
pounds).
Richardson topped 400 yards
passing in Lewiston’s 53-28 win
over Walla Walla last week, and so
it’s no surprise where Hermiston’s
defensive game plan has to begin.
“We’ve got to put the pressure on
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Sports shorts
Djokovic breezes into U.S. Open
semis for 10th straight year
Novak Djokovic moved into the U.S. Open
semifi nals for the 10th consecutive year when
No. 9 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga stopped because of
a hurt left knee, the defending
FACES champion’s third opponent to pull
out with an injury.
After the top-seeded Djokovic
won the fi rst two sets 6-3, 6-2 on
Tuesday night, Tsonga was visited
by a trainer and had his left leg
taped below the knee. Tsonga
double-faulted on the opening
Djokovic
point of the third set, then retired
from the match.
Djokovic’s second-round opponent, Jiri
Vesely, withdrew from the tournament with
a sore left forearm. The man Djokovic was
supposed to play in the third round, Mikhail
Youzhny, quit after six games because of a
strained left hamstring.
“I think it’s his right to
be able to protest, and I
think it’s all right. That’s
what it’s about. It’s about
people having that right
to have their voice,
and I think it’s cool that
Jeremy Lane is doing
what he wants to do.“
— Michael Bennett
Seattle Seahawks defensive
lineman speaking on teammate
Jeremy Lane’s decision to follow
in the footsteps of Colin Kaeper-
nick and kneel during the nation-
al anthem before games to make
a statement for social change.
Rangers down Mariners 10-7
SEATTLE (AP) Elvis Andrus had a homer
and three doubles, Jonathan Lucroy hit a
two-run homer and the Texas Rangers held off
the slumping Seattle Mariners 10-7 on Tuesday
night.
Texas, which leads the AL
West by 8 games, had a season-
high seven doubles among its 15
hits and won for the eighth time
in 10 games.
Martin Perez (10-10) allowed
four runs two earned and seven hits in six
innings to earn the win.
James Paxton (4-6) allowed six runs four
earned and nine hits, throwing 103 pitches in 4
1/3 innings.
The Rangers snapped a 4-4 tie with three
runs in the fi fth. Lucroy chased Paxton with his
ninth homer since joining the Rangers. Drew
Storen relieved and gave up doubles to Andrus
and pinch-hitter Mitch Moreland.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1980 — John McEnroe
beats Bjorn Borg of Sweden
7-6, 6-1, 6-7, 5-7, 6-4 to win
his second straight U.S. Open
men’s title.
1993 — Mark Whiten of
the St. Louis Cardinals has
the greatest game at the plate
in major league history in the
nightcap of a doubleheader
against Cincinnati. Whiten
hits four home runs and
drives in 12 runs, becoming
the only player to accomplish
both feats in one game.
1996 — Mike Tyson
needs just 109 seconds to
win the WBA heavyweight
championship from Bruce
Seldon in Las Vegas.
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