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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Prep Roundup
Greb leads Buckaroos to win at Wildhorse tournament
East Oregonian
PENDLETON — Pend-
leton senior Haley Greb shot
the low round for the day at
Wildhorse Resort and Casino
to win the girls’ title at two
over par on Monday.
She shot a 74, and boys’
champion Gabe Cach shot a
75 and won in a playoff over
The Dalles’ Chase Snodgrass.
It was Greb’s third title in
as many tournaments this
season.
———
Team Scores
BOYS — The Dalles 323; Pendleton 333;
Hermiston 338; Hanford 358; Mac-Hi 366;
Baker 372; Pasco 381; La Grande 386.
GIRLS — Pendleton 409; La Grande 494.
Boys Medalists — 1, Gabe Cach,
Hanford, 75; 2, Chase Snodgrass, The
Dalles, 75; 3, Anders Lind, Hermiston, 77;
4, Devon Caruso, Pomeroy, 78; 5, Nathan
Som, Pendleton, 79.
Girls Medalists — 1, Haley Greb, Pendle-
ton, 74; 2, Trinity McCarthy, La Grande, 79;
3, Deana Caruso, Pomeroy, 82; 4, Lauren
Galloway, Pendleton, 104; 5, Rylee Harris,
Pendleton, 111.
Pendleton Boys — Nathan Som, 79;
Jared Geier, 81; Brayden Pulver, 84; Trevor
Reyes, 89; Seth Wood, 107.
Pendleton Girls — Haley Greb, 74; Rylee
Harris 111; MaKenzie McLeod, 120; Lauren
Galloway, 104.
Hermiston Boys — Jared Thacker, 82;
Anders Lind, 77; Kayden Mecham, 103;
Blue Blackhurst, 96; Tyler Cameron, 83.
Mac-Hi Boys — Riley Chester, 84; Noah
Wilson, 94; Evaan Kain, 86; Kodi Leidenf-
ros, 103; Oliver Nordstrom, 102.
Mac-Hi Girls — Megan Norton 127,
Caitlyn Fite 142, Tyra Chester 141.
Nixyaawii Boys — Riley Lankford, 81.
BASEBALL
MAC-HI 13, RIVER-
SIDE 3 — At Boardman,
the Pioneers jumped on a
pitching change by the Pirates
and plated seven runs during
a five-hit inning ti take the
lead for good in a non-league
baseball game on Monday.
Jesse Jones doubled to
drive in Adrian Martinez to
tie the score 3-3, then Keaton
Smith drew a walk three
batters later to push in Jones
for the eventual game-winner.
It was one of eight walks in
the game for the Pioneers.
———
(6 innings)
M-H
002
074
—
R H
13 16
E
0
RHS
000 300 —
3 7 1
W — J. Jones. L — S. Bither.
2B — A. Martinez, J. Jones, J. Vela (M-H);
A. Sorensen, A. Rodelo, M. Hegar (RHS).
3B — A. Corpus (RHS).
UMATILLA
19,
HEPPNER 8 (5 innings) —
At Heppner, Seth Cranston
hit a three-run homer during
Umatilla’s six-run second
inning and the Vikings added
nine more in the third to get
their first win on Monday.
Cranston finished 2 for 3
with three runs and five RBI,
and Andrew Wilson went 2
for 2 with three runs and four
RBI to lead Umatilla (1-3-1).
———
(5 innings)
R H E
UHS
369 10 — 19 10 1
HHS
304 01 —
8 6 1
W — C. Samson. L — K. Wilkins.
2B — S. Cranston, A. Wilson (UHS); P.
Lehman 2 (HHS). 3B — T. Jaca (HHS). HR
— S. Cranston (UHS).
PENDLETON
11,
MOUNTAIN HOME 1 (5
innings) — At Boise, Idaho,
the Pendleton Buckaroos
finished off the Bucks Bags
Tournament in style on
Saturday and got a huge lift
on the mound from starting
pitcher Chris Large, who
threw 70 pitches over five
innings while giving up just
one hit, one unearned run
and four walks with two
strikeouts to get the win.
Hayden Villers was
Pendleton’s leading hitter
with a 3 for 3 day with three
runs scored, while Daniel
Naughton went 2 for 3 with
a double and a pair of RBIs.
———
(5 innings)
R H E
MTN
001
00 —
1 1 1
PHS
041
06 — 11 9 1
(MTN) R. Woodward, C. Wells (2), T. Abeun-
thy (4), B. Shineflow (4). (PHS) C. Large. WP
— C. Large, LP — R. Woodward.
2B — D. Naughton, S. Jerome (PHS).
STANFIELD
4-3,
RAINIER 3-2 — At Stanfield,
the Tigers gritted out a pair
of one-run victories against
Rainier on Saturday afternoon.
Stanfield (6-1) had a
pair of strong pitching
performances
by
both
starters on Saturday as both
Dylan Grogan and Brody
Woods went at least six
innings. Grogan pitched six
and gave up five hits, three
earned runs and five walks
with eight strikeouts, while
Woods pitched a complete
game giving up three hits,
two runs, three walks and six
strikeouts.
Tony Flores also pitched
one scoreless inning in of
relief in game one, and also
led the team with four hits
combined on the day.
———
Game 1
R H E
RHS
011 001
0 — 3 5 1
SHS
002 002 X — 4 9 1
(RHS) Schimmel, Carr (6). (SHS) D.
Grogan, T. Flores (7). WP — D. Grogan, LP
— Schimmel.
2B — H. Barnes (SHS).
Game 2
R H E
RHS
100 000
1 — 2 3 3
SHS
102 000 X — 3 6 0
(RHS) Rea, Seybert. (SHS) B. Woods. WP
— B. Woods, LP — Rea.
2B — Carr (RHS); T. Flores (SHS).
SOFTBALL
PILOT ROCK 10,
BONANZA 0 — At La
Grande, Pilot Rock smashed
three home runs on its way
to shutting out Bonanza on
Saturday at the Union Spring
Bash tournament.
Bekah Roe, Sara Weinke
and Ayana Aguilar all hit home
runs for Pilot Rock, while
Marissa Sutherlin had a triple
and three RBI. Tehya Ostrom
threw her second shutout of the
season in the pitching circle,
giving up just four hits and one
walk with 11 strikeouts.
———
R H E
PR
024 101
0 — 8 10 1
BHS
000 000
0 — 0 4 0
WP — T. Ostrom, LP — K. McGee.
3B — M. Sutherlin (PR). HR — B. Roe, S.
Weinke, Aguilar (PR).
PILOT ROCK 12,
VALE 0 (5 innings) — At
La Grande, Tehya Ostrom
threw her second shutout of
the day and her third straight
as Pilot Rock defeated Vale
at the Union Spring Bash
tournament on Saturday.
Ostrom gave up just two
hits in the game and zero walks
to go with her 10 strikeouts.
Pilot Rock coach Darin Fitz-
patrick said that it was the first
time Ostrom had thrown two
games in one day, and he was
encouraged by what he saw.
———
(5 innings)
R H E
PR
103
52 — 11 12 0
VHS
000
00 —
0 2 0
WP — T. Ostrom, LP — D. Hardin.
2B — B. Roe (PR). 3B — R. Oates (PR).
HR — S. Weinke, S. Fitzpatrick (PR).
MAC-HI
12,
ESTACADA 1 (6 innings)
— At Milton-Freewater,
Mac-Hi finished off its home
spring break tournament
with its sixth straight win
after beating Estacada on
Saturday.
Estacada got its lone run in
the first inning off of a Mac-Hi
(6-1) error, but the Pioneers
responded with five runs in the
third inning to take control of
the game. Mallory Copeland
led off the inning with a solo
home run to tie it at 1-1 and
then took the lead on a RBI
single by Sydney Richwine.
The Pioneers added a two-RBI
triple by Micha Fortune and a
run off an Estacada error to
finish the inning.
———
(6 innings)
R H E
EHS
100 000 —
1 7 4
MHS
050 124 — 12 7 1
WP — S. Earls, LP — I. Hayel.
2B — M. Copeland, G. Bullock (MHS). 3B
— M. Fortune (MHS). HR — M. Copeland,
B. Smiley (MHS).
UNION 9, WESTON-
MCEWEN 8 — At La
Grande, the Weston-McEwen
TigerScots fell just short
against the Union Bobcats on
Saturday at the Union Spring
Bash tournament.
In the seventh Charmayne
Bennett hit a two-run home
run to get the score within one
and then the TigerScots put
the tying run on second and
the go-ahead run on first with
two outs. However, Union
induced a groundball to the
shortstop for the final out.
———
R H E
W-M
102 210
2 — 8 11 1
UHS
100 134 X — 9 8 2
(W-M) J. Lambert, B. Hillmick (6). (UHS)
J. Monson. WP — J. Monson, LP — B.
Hillmick.
2B — C. Cain 2, B. Hillmick (W-M); E.
Clark, A. Wright (UHS). HR — C. Bennett,
A. Coffman (W-M).
TRACK & FIELD
COLUMBIA
RIVER
INVITATIONAL — At
Boardman, several local teams
hit the track on Saturday,
though Irrigon and Riverside
stood out among the rest.
Winners for Irrigon were
Ana Zacarias (200 meters),
Justin Iveson (triple jump),
Luke Meyers (shot put) and
Ammon Byers (pole vault).
Riverside’s event winners
were Faith Rosen (100-meter
hurdles),
and Alejandro
Llamas (400 and 800).
Other
local
winners
included Pilot Rock’s Abby
Rigby in the 400 and Rachel
Willingham in the 300 hurdles,
long jump and triple jump.
TENNIS
(GIRLS) PENDLETON
5, LA GRANDE 0 — At La
Grande, Pendleton’s first and
third doubles bounced back
from close losses in their last
matches to get big wins in
a non-league sweep for the
Buckaroos on Monday.
The first-year team Jessie
Patterson and Maureen
Davies continued to show
progress at No. 1 doubles, said
coach Rocky Dillenburg, and
were able to beat La Grande’s
Katelyn Stencha and Fiona
Borcherding 6-1, 6-3.
———
Singles
Brandy Brown (P) def. Jenny Schiller
6-1, 7-5
Addy Williams (P) def. Ines Gomez 6-3, 7-5
Doubles
Jessie Patterson/Maureen Davies (P) def.
Katelyn Strencha/Fiona Borcherding 6-1, 6-3
Deane Smith/Gabby Cuthbert (P) def.
Faith Akers/Lindsay Adkins 6-0, 6-1
Emma Florence/Maggie Scanlon (P)
def. Natalie Morehead/Sabrina Morehead
6-0, 6-2
(GIRLS)
MAC-HI
4, UMATILLA 2 — At
Milton-Freewater,
the
Pioneers came back from
their spring break strong and
coach Danny Sanchez said it
was evident the players had
been practicing while school
was out.
One match Mac-Hi
couldn’t take was at No.
1 singles where Kairy
Escobedo defeated Karina
Saldana 8-4.
———
Singles
Kairy Escobedo (U) def. Karina Saldana 8-4
Kasey Lesko (M) def. Fatima Sanchez 8-2
Jessica Hernandez (M) def. Kaytlinn
Abbott 8-0
Andrea Maldanado (U) def. Ciera Werhan 6-4
Doubles
Emily Cuellar/Janelle Martinez (M) def.
Kairy Escobedo/Fatima Sanchez 8-0
Evelyn Garcia/Nicole Flores (M) def. Kayti-
linn Abbott/Andrea Maldanado 8-1
(BOYS) UMATILLA
5, MAC-HI 1 — At
Milton-Freewater,
the
Vikings swept singles play to
earn a convincing win over
the Pioneers on Monday.
Gio Armenta beat Julian
Villegas 8-2 at No. 1 singles,
and Mac-Hi coach Danny
Sanchez said he thought the
Pioneers did well.
“The Umatilla boys are a
strong team that has a good
chance on winning districts
this year,” he said. “I was
pleased on the toughness the
Mac-Hi boys showed against
a strong team, they kept
fighting for every point.”
———
Singles
Gio Armenta (U) def. Julian Villegas 8-2
Elian Madrigal (U) def. Spencer Wells 8-2
Joel Escamilla (U) def. Juan Alcantar 8-0
Freddy Madrigal (U) def. James Hager 6-2
Doubles
Gio Armenta/Elian Madrigal (U) def. Jorge
Alvarez/Esgar Parra 8-4
Conner Humbert/Brandyn Chaney (M)
def. Freddy Madrigal/Joel Escamilla 8-6
NBA
Minnesota snaps Blazers’ six-game streak
By JON KRAWCZYNSKI
Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS — As
Karl-Anthony Towns powered
through Portland’s smaller
frontcourt, the Trail Blazers
found out just how much
they’re going to miss big man
Jusuf Nurkic down the stretch.
Towns had 34 points and
12 rebounds and the Minne-
sota Timberwolves snapped
Portland’s six-game winning
streak with a 110-109 victory
over the Trail Blazers on
Monday night.
It was the second game
for Portland without Nurkic,
Portland
Minnesota
109
110
who galvanized the team after
coming over in a trade from
Denver at the deadline.
He will miss at least the
rest of the regular season with
a fractured right leg, leaving
the Blazers to battle big front-
courts in San Antonio, Utah
and one more time against
Minnesota without him and
just a 1½-game cushion on
Denver for the eighth seed in
the Western Conference.
“There’s a lot of good
bigs out there, and we’re thin
right now. We’ve got Meyers
(Leonard) and (Al-Farouq
Aminu), who’s not really a
five,” C.J. McCollum said.
“So we’re in a tough position,
but it’s not an excuse. We’ve
got to go out there and play
and make the best of it.”
Damian Lillard scored 25
points but made just 7 of 21 shots,
including 3 of 11 3-pointers. His
potential game-winning pull-up
jumper at the buzzer glanced off
the rim.
Andrew Wiggins scored
29 points and Ricky Rubio
had 11 points, 16 assists
and seven rebounds for the
Timberwolves, who bounced
back from an ugly home loss
to Sacramento that eliminated
them from postseason conten-
tion on Saturday.
“They’re playing small,
we have a big who can guard
smalls and play like a big at
the other end,” Rubio said of
Towns. “That’s big for us.”
Aminu scored 20 points
and Maurice Harkless had 17
points, eight rebounds and a
big block of a Rubio drive that
gave the Blazers the ball back
with 4.9 seconds to play.
Lillard got a clean look,
but couldn’t knock it down.
RED: Fairlee Frey wins women’s elite, overall titles
Continued from 1B
Going through the twists,
turns and hills of the roughly
32-mile long course running
through the Echo West
vineyard, Yanik said he did
not really feel like he was
going as fast as he was. He
won the elite men’s class by
nearly four minutes ahead
of second place Evan Plews
(1:55.27) of Wenatchee,
Washington and six minutes
ahead of third place Jacob
Hull (1:57.04) of Portland.
“Honestly, I was kind of
just riding in the pack for a
while,” Yanik said. “And
then after awhile at some
of the changeovers I could
glance back and see where
guys were at and could tell
my lead was growing, but
yeah I didn’t think I was as
fast as I was.”
On the women’s side,
there was only one elite
class rider and that was
31-year-old Fairlee Frey
who took first place, as well
as the top women’s prize,
with a blazing time of 2:05.
The 318 racers were split up
into 26 different categories
based on age and skill level
that raced on three different
lengths of course.
The elite and Category 1
riders rode for 32 miles, the
Category 2 and 3 riders rode
24 miles, and the Category 3
juniors and open beginners
approximately 12 miles.
Myers said that the overall
turnout for the event was
down slightly from previous
years, though she believed a
few factors caused the dip.
The biggest reason was that
the race was rescheduled
from a previous date in early
March because of lingering
snow and ice on the trails.
Myers said that the
reasons for the delay was
unusual because of the
normally-mild winters of
Eastern Oregon allows Echo
to be one of the few rideable
trails in the Pacific North-
west early in the season.
However an unseasonably
snowy and icy winter this
year put the organizers in a
predicament.
And on top of that, spring
break for most schools in
the Pacific Northwest was
this week, which took away
a chunk of usual competitors
as well.
Red 2 Red is looking
forward to its 10th anniver-
sary next year, where Myers
said afterwards that orga-
nizers will hope to make it
bigger and better, and even set
a preliminary date for Saint
Patrick’s Day, which happens
to fall on a Saturday in 2018.
Yanik said he hopes he
can make it back to defend
his crowns.
“I’d like to for sure,” he
said, “But we’ll have to see
what life throws my way.
It’s a super fun course here.”
TRIP
TO
THE
HOSPITAL
While there were a few
racers that did not finish,
one racer in particular had a
scary way to go out.
Adam Bergerson, a
42-year-old from Salem,
wiped out on one of the
corner turns on the trail and
crashed, landing hard on his
right shoulder. It required a
trip to Good Shepard Health
Care System in Hermiston,
where he was diagnosed
with a Grade 3 shoulder
separation at his collarbone.
He did return to Echo
after he was released from
the hospital, and said he will
have to have surgery some
time in the next week.
ONE WHEEL MAN
For the fifth straight
year, 60-year-old Joe Myers
drew some eyes at the finish
line on Saturday he again
competed on his unicycle.
Myers finished the full
29-mile long course in 6
hours, 36 minutes after he
started out on the course at
5:54 a.m.
He gets such an early start
to avoid being a roadblock
for the other racers, and said
he only owns a unicycle
and not a bicycle for health
reasons.
————
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or
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SCOREBOARD
Local Slate
PREP BASEBALL
Today
Hermiston at La Grande (2), 3/5 p.m.
Thursday
Pendleton at La Grande (2), 3/5 p.m.
Friday
Nyssa at Riverside (2), 1/3 p.m.
Irrigon at Umatilla (2), 1/3 p.m.
Stanfield at Burns (2), 1/3 p.m.
Heritage (WA) at Hermiston (2) 1:30/3:30
p.m.
Saturday
Mac-Hi at Ontario (2), 1/3 p.m.
Pilot Rock at Weston-McEwen (2), 11
a.m./1 p.m.
PREP SOFTBALL
Tuesday
Riverside at Portland Christian, 4 p.m.
Umatilla at Heppner, 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday
Hermiston at Sherwood, 5 p.m.
Thursday
Pendleton at La Grande (2), 3/4:30 p.m.
Pilot Rock at Riverside, 4:30 p.m.
Friday
Echo at Burns (2), 2/4 p.m.
Saturday
Culver at Pilot Rock (2), 11 a.m./1 p.m.
Echo at Bonanza, 11 a.m.
Mac-Hi at Ontario (2), 1/3 p.m.
Central Catholic at Hermiston (2), 1/3
p.m.
Echo vs. Oakland (at Bonanza), 2 p.m.
PREP GOLF
Friday
Mac-Hi at Milton-Freewater GC, Noon
Pendleton, Hermiston girls at Eagle
Crest Resort, 9 a.m.
PREP TRACK & FIELD
Friday
Pendleton, Mac-Hi, Riverside, Irrigon,
Umatilla, Pilot Rock, Weston-McEwen,
Echo at Mac-Hi Carnival of Speed, 11 a.m.
Saturday
Pendleton, Riverside, Umatilla, Stanfield,
Pilot Rock, Heppner, Weston-McEwen,
Echo, Helix at Stanfield, 10 a.m.
Hermiston at Eisenhower (WA), 10 a.m.
Arlington at Seaside, 10 a.m.
Ione at Glide, 11 a.m.
PREP TENNIS
Today
Condon/Wheeler at Helix, 4 p.m.
Ione at Weston-McEwen, 4 p.m.
Riverside at Umatilla, 4 p.m.
Wednesday
Pendleton girls at Hood River, 4 p.m.
The Dalles at Hermiston girls, 4 p.m.
Hermiston boys at The Dalles, 4 p.m.
Hood River at Pendleton boys, 4 p.m.
Friday
Mac-Hi at Riverside, 3:30 p.m.
Ione at Helix, 4 p.m.
Saturday
Mac-Hi at La Grande, 11 a.m.
Sherman, Riverside at Helix, 10 a.m.
PREP LACROSSE
Friday
Hermiston at Lincoln, 8 p.m.
Saturday
Hermiston at Cleveland, 12:30 p.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Wednesday
Blue Mountain at Spokane (2), 1/4 p.m.
Saturday
Walla Walla at Blue Mountain (2), 1/4
p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Today
Walla Walla at Eastern Oregon (2), 2/4
p.m.
Wednesday
Blue Mountain at Treasure Valley (2),
2/4 p.m.
Friday
Blue Mountain at Big Bend (2), 2/4 p.m.
Northwest (WA) at Eastern Oregon (2),
2/4 p.m.
Saturday
Northwest at Eastern Oregon (2), 11
a.m./1 p.m.
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
BMCC pitcher Gunnar Johnson gets ready to hurl the
ball during early innings of Saturday’s first of two
home games against Wenatchee Valley College.
BMCC: Softball team swept
Continued from 1B
the fourth and fifth innings
with three runs in each inning
to take a commanding 9-2
lead.
The Knights did make a
last push, scoring four runs
in the sixth inning to chase
BMCC starting pitcher
Colton Walker, though the
combination of Nathan
Pena and Kaden Enriquez
combined to slam the door
out of the bullpen.
Walker struck out six in 5
1/3 innings, while giving up
eight hits, five runs and two
walks.
Tate
Spivey,
Chase
Labbe, and Florez each had a
combined four hits between
the two games, while Spivey
added two runs scored and
four RBI. Keegan Parry had
a big contribution in Game
2, as he went 2 for 3 with a
pair of runs scored and three
RBI, on top of his first career
home run in the fifth.
UP NEXT
Blue Mountain will travel
to Spokane (9-8, 2-2) on
Wednesday for a East Region
doubleheader at 1 p.m.
———
Game 1
R H E
WVC
142 110 000 — 9 13 1
BMCC
002 210 311 — 10 12 1
(WVC) L. Herlihly, K. Cooper (5), D.
Romanowski (7), C. Bensen (8), A. Mickles
(9). (BMCC) G. Johnson, C. Root (3), C.
Connolly (5). WP — C. Connolly, LP — A.
Mickles.
2B — G. Green 2, T. Angel, A. Osoria
(WVC); T. Spivey, A. Florez, C. Sutton 2, D.
Durflinger (BMCC). 3B — K. Westergard,
M. Kiey (WVC); T. Rea (BMCC).
Game 2
R H E
WVC
011 004 000 — 6 10 2
BMCC
201 330 00X — 9 14 0
(WVC) G. Reyes, K. Cooper (4), C. Cardi-
nal (5) and A. Osoria. (BMCC) C. Walker, N.
pena (6), K. Enriquez (9) and J. Rogers.
2B — K. Westergard, D. Harum, A.
Osoria, M. Kley, T. Schwartz (WVC); D.
Durfinger, A. Florez, C. Labbe (BMCC).
3B — T. Schwartz (WVC), T. Spivey (BMCC).
HR — K. Parry (BMCC).
SOFTBALL
W E N AT C H E E
VALLEY 15-7, BLUE
MOUNTAIN 3-0 — At
Pendleton, the Wenatchee
Valley pitchers kept the
Blue Mountain bats quiet
on Saturday, sweeping the
Timberwolves 15-3 and 7-0
in a NWAC East Region
doubleheader.
In Game 1, Wenatchee
Valley scored in the top of
the first inning and then Blue
Mountain answered with a
run of its own when Lauryn
Cagle scored from third on
a fielder’s choice to tie the
game at 1-1. But from there,
the Knights offense took off
as they scored seven runs
in the top of the second and
never looked back.
In Game 2, Weston-
McEwen
graduate
Jessica Lambert started
in the pitching circle for
Wenatchee Valley and
pitched her first career
complete game shutout,
allowing just four hits and
one walk with five strike-
outs. Brooke Kralman led
Blue Mountain’s offense in
the game going 2 for 3 with
two doubles.
UP NEXT
Blue Mountain will
travel to Treasure Valley on
Wednesday for a double-
header at 2 p.m.
———
Game 1
R H E
WVC
171 15 — 15 11 1
BMCC
101 01 —
3 5 2
WP — K. Lambert, LP — M. Ulrey.
2B — K. Malcolm, J. Withrow, A. Steen
(WVC); S. Saxton Siaki (BMCC).
Game 2
R H E
WVC
021 020
2 — 7 11 2
BMCC
000 000
0 — 0 4 3
WP — J. Lambert, LP — T. Snyder.
2B — A. Kopczynski, A. Steen (WVC); B.
Anderson, B. Kralman (BMCC).