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SPORTS WEEKEND, APRIL 22-23, 2017 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS HERMISTON Prep Roundup Tigers Falcons thump on Bulldogs roll for two Hermiston’s Brady Chris- tiansen (10) and Tysen Salinas (14) attempt to steal the ball from Isaac Tsolak (2), of Liberty, Friday in a la- crosse game at Kennison Field in Hermiston. Stanfi eld beats Riverside in baseball doubleheader East Oregonian STANFIELD — Brody Woods and Tony Flores pitched complete games and Thyler Monkus touched home plate seven times as the Stanfi eld baseball team rolled to a pair of fi ve-inning wins over Riverside on Friday. Woods tossed a one-hitter while getting an 18-hit Baseball outpouring in support to give the Tigers Riverside a 25-3 win in the opener of their Eastern O r e g o n L e a g u e doubleheader, Stanfi eld then Flores allowed just two hits as errors by the Pirates aided the offense in a 10-0 win. Woods struck out 10 while walking six, and Flores fanned nine while walking just one. Monkus went 5 for 8 on the day with three RBI, and Flores was 4 for 4 with two triples, four runs and fi ve RBI in Game 1 alone. Justin Keeney (3 for 4) also added fi ve RBI in Game 1 for Stanfi eld (13-1. 7-0 EOL). Aramis Corpus had the only hit in Game 1 for Riverside (2-12, 2-5). UP NEXT Stanfi eld plays at Irrigon on Tuesday at 4 p.m. Riverside is at Burns on Friday, April 28, for a double- header at 2 p.m. ——— Staff photo by Kathy Aney 3-0 25-10 Game 1 (5 innings) R H E RHS 003 00 — 3 1 7 SHS (11)68 0X — 25 18 1 W — B. Woods. L — A. Corpus. 2B — R. Bailey, T. Monkus 2, T. Flores, D. Grogan (SHS). 3B — T. Flores 2 (SHS). Game 2 (5 innings) R RHS 000 00 — 0 SHS 023 32 — 10 W — T. Flores. L — Caluillo. 3B — T. Monkus (SHS). See PREPS/2B H 2 5 E 8 1 Liberty hands Hermiston lacrosse second straight home loss By ERIC SINGER East Oregonian Friday had the potential to be a memorable night for the Hermiston lacrosse team. The Bulldogs were winners of three of the past fi ve games and were averaging more than 12 goals per game and their opponent, the Liberty Falcons, came into the game losers of three straight where they allowed more than 12 goals per game. And it was senior recog- nition for the Bulldogs as well. However once the game started the night turned into one to forget for the Bulldogs. The Falcons used some physical play and quick movement in the offensive zone to Warriors freshman Jansen Edmiston prepares to shoot a free throw during a game this season in Lewiston, Idaho. Ed- miston led her team in free throw percentage going 31 for 36 (86.1 per- cent) and will be looking to take more of a leadership role in her sophomore season. Photo courtesy of Lewis-Clark State Athletics defeat the Bulldogs 11-4 under the lights at Kennison Liberty Field. The Falcons (3-6) won the opening faceoff and gained the early possession and for awhile looked like it would not relinquish it. Liberty scored just 1:14 into the game when Jacob Randall-Bodman beat Hermiston (3-8) goalkeeper Beau Blake high for a 1-0 lead. The Falcons kept the pressure on the Hermiston defense in the quarter, scoring two more goals to take a 3-0 lead before Hermiston even registered a shot attempt, which the Bulldogs fi nally did at the 4:30 mark in the fi rst 11 quarter. Liberty scored three more times in Hermiston the half to hold a 6-0 advantage at the break. Their offense always seemed to be one step ahead of the Bulldogs defense, working the ball around with quick, strategic passes to get the Bulldogs out of position which set up easy shot attempts. “Their man in the middle, he kept pulling off to the side and we would get confused whether to slide over or still guard the middle,” Hermiston junior defenseman Mark Mejia said. When Hermiston’s offense would fi nally get some time on 4 attack, it could never develop a rhythm to sustain its attack. The Bulldogs could not consistently connect on passes, leading to turn- overs, while the Falcons defense showed its physicality with plenty of body checks. Senior Tucker Salinas said that the extra amount of pressure the Falcons defense brought took Hermiston some time to adjust to. “They were defi nitely pressuring us pretty good and we weren’t used to that,” Salinas said. “Even some of the better teams we’ve played don’t press us as hard as they did, so kudos to them. But it’s no excuse, we didn’t pass and catch which is fundamentals.” See LACROSSE/2B HERMISTON Edmiston eager for larger role Hermiston product made quick transition with Warriors By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian For Lewis-Clark State freshman Jansen Edmiston, lead- ership has always come naturally. A four-year starter at point guard for the Hermiston Bulldogs, Edmiston had grown comfortable as that player others look to for guidance. But when she joined the Warriors as the team’s only true freshman prior to the 2016-17 season, the two-time All-EO Player of the Year was glad she had some established veterans to learn from. “I think I’ve learned how to play a role,” she said recently in a phone interview. “I was leader for so long in Hermiston, but playing behind a couple All-Americans you’re going to learn from them and it was nice having that, and having somebody else to step up and have them teach me. Every day they would make me better.” Like she did in high school, Edmiston made the transition to the next level quickly and appeared in all 37 games as the Warriors posted program records for wins and winning percentage, 35-2 (.946), and reached their fi rst NAIA Championship where they lost 73-66 to Oklahoma City, which won its ninth title overall and third in four seasons. Edmiston went 2 for 2 from three-point range for six points and also had six rebounds in 11 minutes of playing time (about a minute more than her season average) in the title loss. “I mean I got a lot of playing time for a freshman, I don’t know I thought I would play that much,” See EDMISTON/2B Sports shorts Bumgarner lands on DL for fi rst time ever after dirt bike accident DENVER (AP) — Giants ace left-hander Madison Bumgarner was placed on the disabled list for the fi rst time in his big league career Friday after a dirt bike accident that sent him to a hospital with bruised ribs and a sprained joint in his pitching shoulder. San Francisco announced Bumgarner’s injury Friday, a day after the accident occurred during an off day in Colorado. The Giants Bumgarner said Bumgarner is out of the hospital and resting at the team hotel. He will be re-evaluated next week. The 27-year-old Bumgarner, the 2014 World Series MVP, is 0-3 with a 3.00 ERA in four 2017 starts. San Francisco recalled right-hander Chris Stratton from Triple-A Sacramento to fi ll the roster spot. “At some point you’d like to know and prior to the draft is that point. Our door is open and we’re not shutting the door until that time, pretty much ... We’re trying to get some more impact players and if it’s Marshawn, we’re going to do it..“ — Reggie McKenzie Oakland Raiders GM said he is keeping the door open on Marshawn Lynch coming out of retirement to join the Raiders, though the team hopes to know before the draft. ESPN buys CFB bowl game, moves it from Florida to Texas PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The American Athletic Conference announced ESPN Events has acquired the Miami Beach Bowl and the game will move out of Florida. The Miami Beach Bowl was created by the American and has been played at Marlins Park the past three seasons. AAC Commissioner Mike Aresco says the new site will be announced soon, but it appears to be heading to Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, the home of FC Dallas of the MLS and the FCS national championship game. In a statement, FC Dallas president Dan Hunt says the organization is “excited about the opportunity to have Toyota Stadium serve as the home for a bowl game,” but did not specify. ESPN Events is a division of ESPN that owns and operates more than a dozen bowls. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1876 — The fi rst offi cial National League baseball game is played, with Boston beating Philadelphia 6-5. 1987 — The NBA grants expansion franchises to Charlotte, Miami, Minnesota and Orlando. Charlotte and Miami join the league in the 1988-89 season; Minnesota and Orlando join in 1989-90. 2006 — New Jersey scores a playoff-record fi ve power-play goals in its 6-1 win over New York. 2008 — John Smoltz of Atlanta becomes the 16th pitcher in MLB history to reach the 3,000-strikeout plateau. 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