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HERMISTON
Hermis-
ton native
Kaden
Stringfi eld
turns a cor-
ner during
a BMX race
in 2015. The
nine-year-
old recently
won the
Oregon
state BMX
champion-
ships for
the fourth
straight
year and
eighth
overall.
Stringfi eld fl ies high
Hermiston native
making name for
himself in BMX
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
When many kids are three years
old, the thought of riding a bicycle
perfectly without training wheels
may seem a little far-fetched.
And then riding a bicycle
well enough to start entering and
running BMX races at just four
years old may seem daunting.
But for Hermiston native Kaden
Stringfi eld, that was reality.
“It’s just really fun,” Stringfi eld
said. “It’s the only sport I like
doing is BMX.”
“He’s always kind of been a
natural at the bicycle stuff,” added
Jayson Tracy, Stringfi eld’s father.
“He just loves to ride.”
In the fi ve years that Stringfi eld
has been a BMX racer, he has taken
the sport by storm and recently
captured his fourth straight Oregon
state championship — and seventh
overall on his two different bikes
— back in August. The process of
becoming a great racer was one
of hard work and the love of the
sport, but the process of becoming
a racer to begin with is owed all to
a radio advertisement.
On a day that began like any
other in 2011, Stringfi eld was
riding around in the car with his
parents when a radio ad for Horn
Rapids Motorsports Complex in
Richland, Washington came across
the airwaves. The ad was selling
free BMX races at the track on
the weekends and Tracy, a former
motorcycle racer, thought it might
See STRINGFIELD/2B
Contributed photo
via Jayson Tracy
BOARDMAN
PENDLETON
Pirates hold off Vikings
Riverside gets win
over rival Umatilla
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
BOARDMAN — Sometimes
all it takes is being in the right
place at the right time.
The Riverside Pirates put
themselves in position, then got
a couple fortunate breaks for two
empty-net goals to beat Umatilla
2-1 in District 2
Girls Soccer girls soccer on
Thursday.
The rivalry
match-up was
Umatilla
played at a brisk
pace from the
opening kick
as both teams
looked to be
the aggressor,
Riverside
and when the
game went to
intermission
still knotted in
a scoreless tie, both teams could
sense they were about to break
through.
“I told my team there’s prob-
Staff photo by Matt Entrup
ably going to be a few goals in the Riverside’s Skylar Wightman (7) jukes Umatilla’s Patty Burres (6) prior to centering the ball to
second half, it’s going to happen,” teammate Brendy Avalos for the game-winning goal in a girls soccer game on Thursday in Board-
Umatilla coach Tim Lee said.
man. Riverside won 2-1.
“We had to jump on it, right
now,” said Riverside junior Skylar second half Wightman found a past Umatilla goalkeeper Maria controlled a long free-kick by
Mayra Ortiz near the top of the
Wightman of a sense of urgency way, and got the Pirates (3-3-1, Moreno.
3-0-1
SD2)
on
the
scoreboard
Unshaken,
the
Vikings
(3-4-1,
box, beat her defender to the right,
felt in the Pirate huddle. “We had
to get a goal somehow, fi nd a fi rst when she was there to clean 2-2) continued to attack and got then shot back across the goal to
up a loose ball in front of the net the equalizer about fi ve minutes beat Riverside goalkeeper Abigail
way.”
See SOCCER/2B
About 10 minutes into the after Karina Llamas touched it later when Jocelyn Guardado
1
2
Spokane
shoots
past Blue
Mountain
Timberwolves
still searching for
program’s fi rst win
East Oregonian
SPOKANE, Wash. — League-
leading Spokane struck fi rst in the
second minute and revisited the Blue
Mountain net often on its way to a
12-0 win in NWAC East women’s
soccer on Thursday.
The Timberwolves (0-11, 0-8
East), which have been shorthanded
due to injuries and illnesses, went
the entire game without getting a
shot on goal.
Next up for BMCC in its inau-
gural season is a home game against
Treasure Valley on Tuesday at 2 p.m.
———
BMCC
0
0 —
0
CCS
8
4 — 12
Goals
2’— Jenna Sullens (Maddy Boyd)
13’— Anisha Nicholson (Cali Moscrip)
17’— Maddy Boyd (Stephanie Overland)
20’— Jenna Sullens
28’— Maddy Boyd (Brittney Sanders)
31’— Cali Moscrip (Emily Carrell)
33’— Stephanie Overland (Ashly Busch)
33’— Brittney Sanders (Cali Moscrip)
46’— Stephanie Overland
58’— Peyton Vasquez (Emily Carrell)
68’— Ashly Busch
74’— Jenna Sullens (Maddy Boyd)
Saves — BMCC Jessica Adams 16; CCS Mackenzie
Schmidt 0.
College Football
Daunting task looms Saturday for Ducks against No. 5 Huskies
Herbert could unseat Prukop as starting QB
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
With a quarterback contro-
versy as a backdrop, Oregon
is preparing for a daunting
Washington team that proved
its mettle on a national stage
against Stanford.
Could the Ducks’ 12-game
winning streak against the
Huskies be coming to an
end?
The rivalry game with the
No. 5 Huskies couldn’t come
at a worse time for Oregon,
which is reeling from a three-
game losing streak. The
Ducks (2-3, 0-2) are coming
off a 51-33 loss to Wash-
ington State in Pullman.
Amid questions about
coach Mark Helfrich’s job
security and the changes to
the defense installed by new
coordinator Brady Hoke
comes uncertainty about the
Ducks’ starting quarterback.
Dakota Prukop has started
in all fi ve of Oregon’s games
Washington
Oregon
Huskies
Ducks
(5-0, 2-0)
(2-3, 0-2)
• Saturday, 4:30 p.m.
• at Autzen Stadium
• TV: FOX
thus far, throwing for 1,173
yards and eight touchdowns
with two interceptions.
He completed 14 of 22
passes for 132 yards and
one interception against the
Cougars. The week before,
he threw an interception
in the end zone on the fi nal
drive of Oregon’s 41-38
loss at Autzen Stadium to
Colorado.
Freshman Justin Herbert
came in for the fi nal series
against Washington State,
marching the team 85 yards
and capping the drive with a
4-yard run for a touchdown.
Herbert has appeared in
two games, completing three
of fi ve passes for 70 yards.
But he turned heads against
the Cougars when he led that
fi nal drive.
A local prospect out of
See DUCKS/2B
AP Photo/Young Kwak
In this Oct. 1, 2016, fi le photo, Oregon quarterback Jus-
tin Herbert passes the ball during the second half of a
game against Washington State in Pullman, Wash.
Sports shorts
Newton misses practice again,
status for Sunday in doubt
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Panthers
quarterback Cam Newton was not at the start
of practice for the second straight day while
dealing with a concussion.
Derek Anderson continues to
take fi rst-team reps, with Joe Webb
the backup. Anderson is 2-0 as a
starter since coming to the Panthers
as a free agent in 2011.
The 33-year-old Anderson
relieved Newton and threw two
Newton
touchdowns to get Carolina back in
the game before two interceptions
in the closing minutes.
The Panthers (1-3) are confi dent Anderson
can get the defending NFC Champions back on
track. Carolina has lost two straight and is two
games behind the Falcons in the NFC South, a
division it has won the past three seasons.
“Working with the
Marlins this past season
has been one of the most
rewarding experiences
of my baseball career.
I look forward to what
the future holds for me
— but I do know that
baseball is and always
will be in my blood.“
— Barry Bonds
MLB’s all-time home run king
posting on his personal blog on
Thursday after he was fi red by
the Marlins after just one season
as the team’s hitting coach.
Miami went 79-82 this season.
Stanton, Johnson lead Cardinals
to 33-21 win over 49ers
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) Drew
Stanton threw two touchdown passes to Larry
Fitzgerald in his fi rst start in two
years, David Johnson ran for two
scores and the Arizona Cardinals
capitalized on San Francisco
mistakes to beat the 49ers 33-21
on Thursday night.
The Cardinals (2-3) got 17
points off three turnovers by the
49ers (1-4) two interceptions by Blaine Gabbert
and a fumbled kickoff return by Chris Davis
and also had one drive extended by a running-
into-the-kicker penalty.
Stanton didn’t produce much with Palmer
sidelined by a concussion, going 11 for 27 for
124 yards. But Arizona didn’t turn the ball
over and got 157 yards rushing from Johnson
to get the win.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1916 — Georgia Tech beats
Cumberland 222-0 in the most
lopsided college football game
in history.
1984 — Walter Payton
breaks Jim Brown’s career
rushing mark of 12,312 yards
and Brown’s career mark of 58
100-yard rushing games in a
victory over New Orleans.
2001 — Barry Bonds
wraps up his record-breaking
season with his 73rd homer
and shatters the slugging
percentage record that Babe
Ruth had owned for 81 years.
He fi nishes with a slugging
percentage of .863, easily
surpassing the mark of .847
that Ruth set in 1920.
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