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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Friday, March 17, 2017 PREPS: Umatilla softball notches season’s first victory Continued from 1B The Bucks, which return three starters from last season’s team, shot 359 as a team and coach Nels Nelson said some more practice on the greens is in store. “Way too many putts as a team,” he said. “Truthfully, I think they got a little tired because this is the fist time we’ve played 18 holes. It’s been so wet.” Jared Geier led the Bucks with an 86, and Nathan Som shot 87 while Brayden Pulver had a 96 and varsity newcomers Trevor Reyes and Avery Madril shot 96 and 97, respectively. Pendleton is back on the links today at a meet in The Dalles. GIRLS TENNIS KAMIAKIN 6, HERM- ISTON 1 — At Kennewick, Wash., Jaycee Ternes and Katelyn Millard opened their season with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Kamiakin’s Emma Van Eaton and Emily Hein- richson in No. 1 doubles action on Thursday. They were the only win for the Bulldogs, and coach Jason Sivey said that while he was hoping for more out of the team’s first match, there was no shame in losing to the Braves. “Kamiakin was a really good team that we played,” he said. “It’s a little frus- trating to come out like this, but I’m looking forward to the rest of the season and I’m sure we’ll come out better next time.” Hermiston’s next match is Monday when it hosts Walla Walla at 4 p.m. ——— Singles Kara Newcomb (K) def. Mackenzie Hill 6-2, 6-2 Ashlynn Tate (K) def. Lindsay McAllister 6-0, 6-0 Savannah Forbes (K) def. Breckyn Me- cham 6-0, 6-1 Lisa Chung (K) def. Alyssa Perkins 6-4, 6-4 Doubles Jaycee Ternes/Katelyn Millard (H) def. Emma Van Eaton/Emily Heinrichson 6-1, 6-4 Cassidy Hall/Madeline Lindholm (K) def. Reed Middleton/Breena Wadekamper 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 Olivia Szendra/Cameron Halle (K) def. Paola Sanchez/Adriann Stewart 6-4, 6-3 SOFTBALL TOUCHET 28-6, UMATILLA 13-16 — At Umatilla, the Vikings bounced back from the first half of their doubleheader to force a split and earn their first win of the season on Thursday in non-league action. Lauren Journot was 4-for-4 at the plate to lead the Vikings’ 15-hit output in their 16-6 win in six innings. She was 6-for-8 on the day, Christy Macias was 5-for-6 on the day, Alex Ford was 4-for-5, and Char- lene Alvarez was 3-for-3 in Game 2. “We actually executed our small ball and our base running, that’s what helped us be successful tonight,” said Umatilla coach Kylee Lete. “The girls executed the little things, and they’re starting to build some confi- dence.” Umatilla (1-2) plays its next game Monday when it hosts Heppner for a twin bill at 2 and 4 p.m. ——— Game 1 (5 innings) R H E THS 216 5(14) — 28 24 0 UHS 422 23 — 13 14 2 M. Gallagher and H. Kromm. P. Picker, L. Journot (6) and S. Griggs. W — Gallagher. L — Picker. 2B — K. Skramstad, M. Gallagher, E. Olsen, E. Skramstad (THS). 3B — O. Rea (THS); C. Alvarez (UHS). Game 2 (6 innings) R H E THS 012 300 — 6 10 0 UHS 222 334 — 16 15 0 Skramstad and Contreras. K. Kennedy, L. Journot (3) and Y. Flores, S. Griggs (3). W — Journot. L — Skramstad. 2B — Y. Ortiz (UHS). PIONEERS: Cain blast in seventh makes Mac-Hi hold its breath Continued from 1B the plate from senior Mallory Copeland (2-for-3, HR, 3 runs, 3 RBI), senior Rachel Lyon (2-for-5, 2 runs), and freshman Graci Bullock (2-for-4, 4 runs, 2 RBI). Hillmick started the game on the mound for Weston- McEwen and pitched into the fourth inning, but was taken out for Jordyn Lambert who lasted two innings and gave up eight runs. Hillmick was then re-inserted in the sixth inning, and she finished with 12 runs allowed, four walks and three strikeouts. Weston-McEwen coach Jeff Griggs said he attributed the pitching struggles to simply a lack of meaningful reps on the actual field. Due to weather, Thursday’s game was actually the first time his pitchers had thrown on the TigerScots’ home field. “I wouldn’t say there was anything in particular with the girls,” Griggs said, “I thought Bailey had pretty good command, we just didn’t make some plays behind her and put her in a hole in that long inning. “And our pitching circle was a bit deeper than it prob- ably should have been, and I think it affected everybody Staff photo by Kathy Aney Tyree Burke, of Weston-McEwen, slides safely into home as Mac-H pitcher Sydney Earls fields the ball during Thursday’s non-conference game in Athena. that had to stand in there.” But as Weston-McEwen’s pitching and defense was having its fair share of strug- gles, the TigerScot bats kept battling. Weston-McEwen answered Mac-Hi’s 10-run barrage in the fourth with three runs of its own behind a big two-RBI single to right field from Bennett to cut the deficit to 12-9. The TigerScots added three more runs in the fifth but went into their final at-bat trailing 20-12 with things looking grim. But as Griggs re-iterated many times after the game, his TigerScots did not give in. “We kept our game face on stayed mentally tough, stayed loud-and-proud in the dugout and encouraged one another,” Griggs said of his team. “And in spite of the fact of the mistakes we made we kept ourselves in a position to win. In a lot of ways we’re pretty young in spots so we’ll be able to learn from this game and move forward.” Four-straight TigerScots reached base safely to start the inning and RBI hits from Whitney Roggerio and Lambert cut the lead to just 20-16 with only one out. A run-scoring single from Sydney Peal then made it a 20-17 game and with two outs and two runners on, Cain stepped to the plate as the tying run. And on a 2-2 count, Cain ripped a towering fly ball into right field that had everyone gasping as it tumbled toward the fence. But thankfully for the Pioneers, the ball fell short of the fence and into the awaiting glove of Becca Jones for the final out. “Right when it hit, I had a bad thought at first,” Fortune said of the final out, “but then I had all the faith in my outfield and it was a relief when she caught it. Fortune said that even though the game showed the Pioneers that they still have a lot of work left to do, it also brought the team closer together. “It means a lot for us to keep working hard even when they (Weston- McEwen) kept scoring and we just kept coming back with more runs,” she said. “It means a lot for us to come together and just work well together.” Weston-McEwen was led at the plate by Hillmick (2-for-3, 3 runs), Bennett (3-for-4, 2 runs, 3 RBI, HR), and Cain (2-for-5, HR, 2 RBI, 2 runs). UP NEXT Mac-Hi next plays on Mar. 25 for a doubleheader against Banks and Yamhill- Carlton in Yamhill, while Weston-McEwen will travel to Pilot Rock to take on Enterprise and Gaston on Mar. 24 for the Pilot Rock tournament. ———— R H E MHS 200 10 34 1 — 20 17 2 W-M 024 330 5 — 17 14 6 S. Earls, G. Bullock (3) and Copeland; Co- peland and B. Wells (MHS). B. Hillmick, J. Lambert (4) and S. Peal. W — M. Copeland; L — J. Lambert. 2B — R. Lyon, B. Smiley, M. Copeland, G. Bullock (MHS); B. Hillmick, J. Lambert (W-M). 3B — M. Fortune (MHS). HR — M. Copeland (MHS); C. Cain, C. Bennett (W-M). ———— Contact Eric at esinger@ eastoregonian.com or 541-966-0839. Follow him on Twitter @ByEricSinger. BULLDOGS: Reagan, Juul and Solorio win multiple events for Hermiston girls Continued from 1B different world with all this rain,” he said. “But it’s great, the track heats up, you can smell the track, and you just feel like track season is here.” Rohrman was one of several Bulldogs to win two events on Thursday and blew away his competition in each of the hurdles events while also placing second in the 100 meters and the 4x100 relay. In the 110-meter hurdles, Rohrman came out smooth from start to finish as he glided over each hurdle for a 15.34-second time to win by more than 20 meters. His 300 had a couple of hitches in his stride, but he still cruised to a five-second win with a time of 42.30. “I feel like where we are in the season, we’ve just been trying to get our hips in shape for the hurdles, so I haven’t got a lot of 300 work in. But I’m really happy with it. I took a lot of hurdles on my off leg, which is really big for me,” he said. “I feel like we came out the 4x1 was great, 100 solid. I feel like I came out and did what I needed to do today.” Bulldogs junior Isaac Sanchez also won two events and picked up his first victory by a large margin in the 1,500 meters with a time of 4:30.46. He wasn’t exactly thrilled with the time, but considering he was 80 meters ahead of second place by the time the race ended he wasn’t judging himself too harshly. “It’s about 20 seconds from my personal record, so I could have done better but it’s tough to run by yourself,” he said. Sanchez got the race he was looking for in his next event, the 800 meters. He dropped back to third to start as Hood River’s Jesse Wiley set a fast pace, but started to close in after the first lap. With 200 meters to go Sanchez and Wiley were running shoulder to shoulder, and Sanchez pulled ahead with 125 meters to the finish. Wiley stuck with him, though, and for the last 100 meters the runners were stride for stride before Wiley leaned in at the finish to win by .04. “I was dead, I was stum- bling through the finish. That was a tough race. That was crazy,” Sanchez said. “I really didn’t know what to expect because the previous track seasons the Hood River guys didn’t really race much 800, so I didn’t know what to expect this race. It was a great race though.” He wasn’t completely tapped out though. After a break Sanchez returned to the track in the final event of the meet to anchor the boys’ 4x400 relay team. Like the 800, the race began with Hood River setting a fast pace and opening up big leads before the Hermiston runners would reel them in over the last 200 meters. Hermiston found itself behind at each hand-off though, and when Hiram Maciel passed the baton to Sanchez he had about 15 meters to make up. Hood River’s Nathan Schmidli gave an initial push to double that, but Sanchez began pulling him back right away and overtook the lead with 150 meters left. This time Sanchez continued to pull away to give the team a four-second win. Also taking home event wins for Hermiston boys were: senior Alexis Mercado in the 200 (24.34) and 400 (55.41), senior Elias Arenas in discus (135-02) and javelin (140-08), junior Antonio Fernandez in the shot put (46-7.5), and Maciel in a tie for the high jump win at 5-10. Arenas also was second in shot put (45-09) and Fernandez was second in discus (128-10). With a pair of wins in the relays, and a narrow victory in the 100, Hermiston soph- omore Scout Reagan was the most decorated Bulldog to lead the girls team’s victory. She held off the kick of Hermiston senior Audrey Lincoln to win the 100 in 12.67, and helped the 4x100 and 4x400 relays to big wins in their heats. Junior Maddy Juul won two events with 37-02 in shot put and 109-03 in javelin. She was second in discus with 105-10. It was a strong day overall for Hermiston throwers as junior Stephanie Miears was first in discus (105-10) and second in shot put (35-05), and senior Makayla Akers was second in javelin (102-01). The Bulldogs also swept the hurdles with sophomore Madison Wilson in the 100 (16.14) and sophomore Jennifer Fuentes in the 300 (53.74). Junior Melany Solorio also won two events, and after crushing the field by a full 20 seconds to win the 1,500 in 5:23.40, she held off Hood River’s Lottie Bromham down the stretch to win the 800 by a half second in 2:36.86. She said she was taken off guard at the beginning of the race as the pack seemed to look to her to set the pace. “I would have wanted it to be faster, because I don’t really know how to pace,” she said, and added that she knew it was going to be a close finish. “I could hear them breathing and everything and I was like, ‘Oh my.’ And then at the end I was like, ‘Is she going to pass me or not?’ And so I just went. I don’t really usually sprint because I’m not a good kicker, but that was like a pressure, everyone was yelling.” With their first meet out of the way and a baseline set for the season, the Bulldogs said they’ll just hope for more sun as they prepare for the next meet on March 23 at Pendleton. ——— Contact Matt Entrup at mentrup@eastoregonian. com or (541) 966-0838. Hockey Women Quarterfinals Kristina Mladenovic (28), France, def. Caroline Wozniacki (13), Denmark, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2. Elena Vesnina (14), Russia, def. Venus Williams (12), United States, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. Doubles Women Semifinals Chan Yung-jan, Taiwan, and Martina Hingis (6), Switzerland, def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, and Lucie Safarova (1), Czech Republic, 7-6 (7), 7-5. Lucie Hradecka and Katerina Siniakova, Czech Republic, def. Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina (2), Russia, 6-3, 6-3. SCOREBOARD Local Slate PREP BASEBALL Today Joseph at Pilot Rock (DH), 11 a.m./1 p.m. Columbia (WA) at Riverside (DH), 2/4:30 p.m. Saturday Pendleton vs. Oak Harbor (WA) (at Hanford), 11 a.m. Stanfield at DeSales (WA), 11 a.m. Elgin at Mac-Hi, Noon Pendleton at Hanford (WA), 2 p.m. La Salle at Hermiston, 2 p.m. PREP SOFTBALL Today Riverside at Elgin (DH), 1/3:30 p.m. Hillsboro at Pendleton, 4 p.m. St. Helens at Hermiston, 4:30 p.m. Saturday Waitsburg (WA) at Irrigon (DH), 11 a.m./1 p.m. Pilot Rock at Echo, 11 a.m. Hillsboro at Hermiston, Noon St. Helens at Pendleton, Noon PREP GOLF Today Pendleton, Hermiston (boys) at The Dalles Country Club, 10 a.m. PREP TENNIS Today Mac-Hi (boys) at Pendleton, 3:30 p.m. Pendleton (girls) at Mac-Hi, 3:30 p.m. COLLEGE BASEBALL Saturday Prairie Baseball Academy at Blue Moun- tain (DH), 11 a.m./2 p.m. Sunday Green River at Blue Mountain (DH), 11 a.m./2 p.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Today Great Falls at Eastern Oregon (DH), 2/4 p.m. Spokane at Blue Mountain (DH), 2/4 p.m. Saturday Great Falls at Eastern Oregon (DH), 11 a.m./1 p.m. North Idaho at Blue Mountain (DH), Noon/2 p.m. Basketball NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Boston 43 25 .632 Toronto 39 29 .574 New York 27 42 .391 Philadelphia 24 43 .358 Brooklyn 13 54 .194 Southeast Division W L Pct Washington 41 26 .612 Atlanta 37 31 .544 Miami 33 35 .485 Charlotte 29 39 .426 Orlando 24 45 .348 Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 45 22 .672 Indiana 35 33 .515 Milwaukee 33 34 .493 Detroit 33 35 .485 Chicago 32 36 .471 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct x-San Antonio 52 15 .776 x-Houston 47 21 .691 Memphis 39 30 .565 Dallas 29 38 .433 New Orleans 27 41 .397 Northwest Division W L Pct Utah 43 26 .623 Oklahoma City 39 29 .574 Denver 33 35 .485 Portland 30 37 .448 Minnesota 28 39 .418 Pacific Division W L Pct x-Golden State 54 14 .794 L.A. Clippers 40 29 .580 Sacramento 27 41 .397 Phoenix 22 46 .324 L.A. Lakers 20 48 .294 x-clinched playoff spot ——— Thursday’s Games Cleveland 91, Utah 83 Oklahoma City 123, Toronto 102 Brooklyn 121, New York 110 Memphis 103, Atlanta 91 Denver 129, L.A. Clippers 114 Golden State 122, Orlando 92 GB — 4 16½ 18½ 29½ GB — 4½ 8½ 12½ 18 GB — 10½ 12 12½ 13½ GB — 5½ 14 23 25½ GB — 3½ 9½ 12 14 GB — 14½ 27 32 34 Friday’s Games Chicago at Washington, 4 p.m. Dallas at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Boston at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Toronto at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Houston at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Miami, 5 p.m. Orlando at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Milwaukee at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m. NCAA NCAA Tournament EAST REGIONAL First Round Thursday Villanova 76, Mt. St. Mary’s 56 Wisconsin 84, Virginia Tech 74 Virginia 76, UNC-Wilmington, 71 Florida 80, ETSU 65 Friday Greenville, S.C. Duke (27-8) vs. Troy (22-14), 4:20 p.m. South Carolina (22-10) vs. Marquette (19- 12), 6:50 p.m. Tulsa, Okla. Baylor (25-7) vs. New Mexico State (28-5), 9:40 a.m. SMU (29-4) vs. Southern Cal (25-9), 12:10 p.m. ——— SOUTH REGIONAL First Round Thursday Butler 76, Winthrop 64 Middle Tennessee 81, Minnesota 72 Friday Greenville, S.C. Arkansas (25-9) vs. Seton Hall (21-11), 10:30 a.m. North Carolina (27-7) vs. Texas Southern (23-11), 1 p.m. Indianapolis Dayton (24-7) vs. Wichita State (30-4), 4:10 p.m. Kentucky (29-5) vs. Northern Kentucky (24-10), 6:40 p.m. Sacramento, Calif. Cincinnati (29-5) vs. Kansas State, 4:27 p.m. UCLA (29-4) vs. Kent State (22-13), 6:57 p.m. ——— MIDWEST REGIONAL First Round Today Milwaukee Purdue 80, Vermont 70 Iowa State 84, Nevada 73 Friday Indianapolis Michigan (24-11) vs. Oklahoma State (20-12), 9:15 a.m. Louisville (24-8) vs. Jacksonville State (20-14), 11:45 a.m. Tulsa, Okla. Kansas (28-4) vs. UC Davis, 3:50 p.m. Miami (21-11) vs. Michigan State (19-14), 6:20 p.m. Sacramento, Calif. Oregon (29-5) vs. Iona (22-12), 11 a.m. Creighton (25-9) vs. Rhode Island (24-9), 1:30 p.m. ——— WEST REGIONAL First Round Thursday Notre Dame 60, Princeton 58 West Virginia 86, Bucknell 80 Xavier 76, Maryland 65 Florida State 86, Florida Gulf Coast 80 Gonzaga 66, South Dakota State 46 Northwestern 68, Vanderbilt 66 Saint Mary’s 85, VCU 77 Arizona 100, North Dakota 82 NCAA Women’s Tournament BRIDGEPORT REGIONAL First Round Friday At College Park, Md. Maryland (30-2) vs. Bucknell (27-5), 9 a.m. West Virginia (23-10) vs. Elon (27-6), 11:30 a.m. STOCKTON REGIONAL Friday At Columbia, S.C. South Carolina (27-4) vs. UNC-Asheville (19-14), 2 p.m. Arizona State (19-12) vs. Michigan State (21-11), 4:30 p.m. At Tallahassee, Fla. Missouri (21-10) vs. South Florida (24-8), 2 p.m. Florida State (25-6) vs. Western Illinois (26-6), 4:30 p.m. Corvallis, Ore. Oregon State (29-4) vs. Long Beach State (23-10), 2 p.m. Creighton (23-7) vs. Toledo (25-8), 4:30 p.m. NHL Thursday’s Games Carolina 3, Minnesota 1 Winnipeg 4, N.Y. Islanders 2 Nashville 2, Washington 1, OT New Jersey 6, Philadelphia 2 Columbus 2, Florida 1 Chicago 2, Ottawa 1 Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 0 Edmonton 7, Boston 4 Dallas 4, Vancouver 2 Detroit 5, Arizona 4, SO Los Angeles 2, Buffalo 0 St. Louis 4, San Jose 1 Friday’s Games New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. Florida at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Dallas at Calgary, 6 p.m. Buffalo at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Baseball World Baseball Classic Pool F At Petco Park San Diego W L Pct GB Puerto Rico 1 0 1.000 — United States 1 0 1.000 — Venezuela 0 1 0.000 1 Dominican Republic 0 1 0.000 1 ——— Thursday Dominican Republic vs. Venezuela, late finish Friday United States vs. Puerto Rico, 7 p.m. Tennis Paribas Open Results Thursday At The Indian Wells Tennis Garden Indian Wells, Calif. Purse: Men, $6.99 million (Masters 1000); Women, $6.99 million (Premier) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Men Quarterfinals Pablo Carreno Busta (21), Spain, def. Pab- lo Cuevas (27), Uruguay, 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (4). Stan Wawrinka (3), Switzerland, def. Dom- inic Thiem (8), Austria, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (2). Golf PGA Tour Arnold Palmer Invitational Thursday At Bay Hill Lodge & Resort Orlando, Fla. Purse: $8.7 million Yardage: 7,419; Par 72 (36-36) First Round Emiliano Grillo 34-33—67 Matthew Fitzpatrick 33-34—67 Lucas Glover 35-33—68 Paul Casey 36-32—68 Charley Hoffman 34-34—68 Greg Chalmers 35-34—69 Ryan Ruffels 37-32—69 Francesco Molinari 33-37—70 Jason Day 36-34—70 Stewart Cink 34-36—70 Kevin Kisner 35-35—70 David Hearn 35-35—70 Louis Oosthuizen 37-33—70 Trevor Immelman 35-35—70 Adam Hadwin 35-35—70 Aaron Baddeley 36-34—70 Alex Noren 36-34—70 Harold Varner III 36-34—70 J.J. Spaun 34-36—70 Other Notables Justin Rose 36-35—71 Keegan Bradley 37-34—71 Bubba Watson 36-36—72 Rickie Fowler 36-38—74 Rory McIlroy 35-39—74 Zach Johnson 36-39—75 -5 -5 -4 -4 -4 -3 -3 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -1 -1 E +2 +2 +3
