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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Prep Roundup
Riverhawks sweep Bulldogs
East Oregonian
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Pendleton’s Aspen Garton throws the ball home as an un-
identified Hood River runner gets caught in a run down Sat-
urday at Steve Cary Field. Pendleton eventually got the tag.
SOFTBALL SPLIT:
Continued from 1B
two-RBI double off the bat
of Kila Solomon to end it at
12-2.
Richards was good but
not great again for Pendleton,
pitching seven strikeouts with
four walks, three hits and two
runs in five innings.
“She wasn’t as sharp as she
has been but she bears down
when she needed to,” Cary said.
“She’s a competitor and she
finds a way to get out of jams.”
But in Game 2, it was Hood
River that jumped on the Buck-
aroos with a five-run first aided
by a chunk of Pendleton’s four
total errors. The Eagles chased
Pendleton pitcher Brehaut after
just 2/3 innings, and brought
Richards back on for the final
6 1/3 innings.
The Eagles added three more
runs in the top of the second
to take an 8-2 lead before the
Buckaroos finally settled in.
In the bottom of the
second, Hergert smashed her
second homer of the day, this
time a three-run shot, to make
it a 8-5 game. And then in the
fourth, Hergert hit her third of
the day, a two-run homer to
cut the deficit to just 8-7.
“Payton’s a tough, tough
power hitter,” Cary said.
“She’s a competitor and
brings a lot to this team, she
can hit one out of the yard at
any time and we’re glad to
have her back.”
Pendleton eventually tied
the game in the bottom of
the sixth, but in the top of
the seventh Richards ran into
trouble and loaded the bases
with two outs. The Bucks
thought they had escaped with
a groundout to end the inning,
however the umpire ruled that
Brehaut’s foot came off the
bag at first and runner was
safe, allowing the go-ahead
run to score for a 9-8 lead.
Pendleton had a big chance
in the bottom of seventh as the
tying run was on second and
the winning run at first with
one out. However two straight
strikeouts ended the game and
gave the Eagles the win.
“I was proud of the way
we battled back, but our
mistakes early put us in too
big of a hole to come back
from,” Cary said.
UP NEXT
Pendleton travels to Hood
River today for a 4:30 p.m.
start.
———
Game 1
R H E
HRV
010 10 —
2 3 4
PHS
510 24 — 12 14 2
WP — L. Richards, LP — H. McNerney.
2B — P. Hergert, L. Richards, A. Brehaut,
K. Solomon (PHS). HR — P. Hergert (PHS).
Game 2
R H E
HRV
530 000
1 — 9 8 0
PHS
230 201
0 — 8 14 4
(PHS) A. Brehaut, L. Richards (1) and K.
Solomon. (HRV) K. Winans, H. McNerney
(5) and M. Chambers. W — H. McNerney,
L — L. Richards.
2B — Winans, Zeller 2, Weekly (HRV);
Brehaut, Solomon (PHS). HR — Winans
(HRV); P. Hergert 2 (PHS).
THE DALLES — The
Hermiston softball team
nearly stopped its losing
streak but were unable to
get past the Riverhawks in
Game 2 of a league double-
header and dropped their
sixth and seventh contests in
a row on Saturday by scores
of 8-1 and 9-8.
Kalei Smith had a big day
at the plate for Hermiston
(6-12, 0-5 CRC) going 4 for
7, and Ashley Cameron drove
in two runs in Game 2 while
Sydney Stefani went 2 for 3.
Janelle and Julissa Alma-
guer took the losses in the
circle. Janelle was relieved
after allowing seven runs
(four earned) in the first
inning of Game 1, and Julissa
gave the Bulldogs five strong
innings giving up just one
more run off five hits and
four balls with six strikeouts.
The Dalles (3-14, 2-3)
had her pegged by Game 2,
though, and she went just 2 1/3
to start and allowed five runs.
WESTON-MCEWEN
9-12, RIVERSIDE 1-1 —
At Athena, Bailey Hillmick
threw two complete game
victories allowing just 11
hits, two runs and two walks
with 22 strikeouts as Weston-
McEwen swept Riverside
9-1 and 12-1 on Saturday.
Weston-McEwewn (7-4,
4-0 SD1) coach Jeff Griggs
said that Hillmick has been
working hard in practice on
her pitches and it has started to
pay off like it did on Saturday.
On offense, Courtney
Cain and Jordyn Lambert
each hit home runs for the
TigerScots, while Hillmick
and Charmayne Bennett led
the team with a combined
four hits each.
Sadie Hasbell led River-
side’s (12-5, 2-3) offense
with four hits and a double,
while Abby Hernandez hit a
solo home run in Game 2.
———
Game 1
R H E
RHS
000 100
0 — 1 7 3
W-M
301 014 X — 9 12 2
WP — B. Hillmick, LP — S. Wightman.
2B — S. Hasbell, Villegas (RHS); S. Peal,
C. Cain, B. Hillmick (W-M). HR — C. Cain
(W-M).
Game 2
R H E
RHS
001 00 —
1 4 4
W-M
205 5X — 12 8 1
WP — B. Hillmick, LP — S. Wightman.
2B — W. Roggerio, C. Cain (W-M). HR —
Hernandez (RHS); J. Lambert (W-M).
ECHO 15, IRRIGON 5
— At Echo, the Cougars put
UNION 4-8, PILOT
ROCK 1-5 — At Union,
the Bobcats jumped ahead
in the Special District 6 title
race with a pair of wins over
the Rockets on Saturday.
Tehya Ostrom collected
the hit for Pilot Rock (12-4,
4-2 SD6) in Game 1, a
double, and was saddled
with both losses in the circle.
Union (11-2, 6-0) was
dialed in at the plate and
finished with 20 hits on the
day, and had 13 of those in
Game 2 to overcome a 5-0
deficit after a big second
inning by the Rockets.
———
Game 1
R H E
PRHS
000 000
1 — 1 1 4
UHS
111 100 X — 4 7 0
W — J. Monson. L — T. Ostrom.
2B — T. Ostrom (PRHS); H. Davis (UHS).
Game 2
R H E
PRHS
050 000
0 — 5 7 3
UHS
010 520 X — 8 13 2
W — J. Monson. L — T. Ostrom.
2B — A. Ayala (PRHS); H. Davis (UHS).
BASEBALL
THE DALLES 10-4,
HERMISTON 0-3 — At
The Dalles, the Bulldogs
offense sputtered on Saturday
as Hermiston collected just
nine hits and three runs
resulting in a 10-0 and 4-3
Game 1
R H E
HHS
000 000 —
0 3 2
TDS
002 305 — 10 7 0
(HHS) L. Tolan, A. James (5) and S. Gritz.
(TDS) J. Wetmore. WP — J. Wetmore,
LP — L. Tolan.
2B — K. Moss (HHS); D. Hoffman (TDS).
Game 2
R H E
HHS
001 020
0 — 3 6 3
TDS
200 001
1 — 4 6 2
(HHS) B. Dufloth, W. Noland (7) and S.
Gritz. (TDS) J. Miller, H. Lee (4). WP — H.
Lee, LP — B. Dufloth.
2B — D. Hoffman (TDS).
PILOT ROCK 14-8,
HEPPNER 0-1 — At
Heppner, Pilot Rock extended
its win streak to eight games
as it swept the Heppner
Mustangs in a Special
District 6 doubleheader on
Saturday afternoon.
Pilot Rock (9-4, 7-0
SD6) tallied 33 hits on the
day as its offense feasted on
Mustang pitching. Caden
Munkers and Braydon
Postma led that offense with
six hits each on the day,
while Tracker Denny, Levi
Thieme and Bryson Pierce
each had four hits.
The Rockets pitching
was very solid as well, as
Chris Weinke threw 4 1/3
scoreless in Game 1 with
four strikeouts and just two
hits allowed, while Bryson
Pierce went 3 1/3 in Game 2
with five strikeouts and just
one hit allowed.
Kevin Smith led Heppner’s
(1-15, 0-10) offense with
three hits on the day.
———
Game 1
R H E
PR
904 10 — 14 20 2
HHS
000 00 —
0 2 1
(PR) C. Weinke, B. Postma (5). (HHS) K.
Smith, L. Wilhelm (1). WP — C. Weinke,
LP — K. Smith.
Game 2
R H E
HHS
000 100
0 — 1 4 1
PR
104 012 X — 8 13 0
(HHS) W. Steagall, Gibbs (5). (PR) B.
Pierce, B. Postma (4), L. Weinke (7). WP
— B. Pierce, LP — W. Steagall.
2B — L. Thieme, C. Weinke, B. Pierce (PR).
IRRIGON
7-14,
BURNS 2-6 — At Burns,
Zack Henrichs and Austin
Rice combined on the
mound to put the Hilanders
away in the first half of
their league doubleheader
on Friday, then the Knights
scored nine runs in the top of
the seventh inning to come
from behind to win Game 2.
Henrichs struck out nine
to get the win in Game 1,
and allowed two runs on six
hits in five innings. The Rice
struck out five in two innings
of hitless relief to secure the
7-2 win for Irrigon (13-1,
6-1 EOL).
Rice batted 5 for 6 on the
day, and got two of those
hits in Game 2 and scored
three times.
Henrichs also helped
lead the offensive surge after
Burns (3-11, 2-4) took a 6-5
lead with a run in the bottom
of the sixth. He finished 3 for
5 with three runs and four
RBI, and Tanner Mills and
Nate Gumbert each had two
hits and two RBI in that game.
———
Game 1
R H E
IHS
103 300
0 — 7 12 3
BHS
110 000
0 — 2 6 3
W — Z. Henrichs. L — K. Nyborg.
2B — A. Rice (IHS). 3B — T. Mills (IHS);
M. Winn (BHS).
Game 2
R H E
IHS
220 100
9 — 14 14 5
BHS
040 101
0 — 6 8 1
W — J. Phillips. L — I. Zamora.
2B — A. Rice 2 (IHS). 3B — J. Phillips
(IHS).
GOLF
HEPPNER
INVITE
— At Willow Creek Golf
Course,
the
Heppner
Mustangs boys golf team
turned in a solid 292 and
the girls a 318 to claim team
victories at the Heppner
Invite on Friday.
On the boys side,
Heppner’s Logan Grieb
claimed top medalist honors
with a 68, while Kellen
Grant was close behind with
a 70 and Dan Bretsch was
tied for third with a 72. On
the girls side, Sophie Grant
finished tied for second
medalist with a 72, one
stroke behind La Grande’s
Trinity McCarthy with a 71.
Rounding out Heppner’s
scores on the boys side was
Logan Burright with an 83 and
Jake Lindsay with an 82, while
the girls finished with Nicole
Prophetor (84), Amanda Rea
(77), Caitlyn Scrivner (85) and
Claire Grieb (99).
Hermiston successful at Kiwanis Invite
East Oregonian
HERMISTON — The
Hermiston Bulldogs had a
strong showing at its 32nd
annual Kiwanis Invitational
meet on Saturday, as the
Bulldog boys team finished
second to Kamiakin (170)
with 155 points while the girls
pulled out a close victory with
190 points to Kamiakin’s 186.
Pendleton and Mac-Hi
also competed Saturday,
with
Pendleton
boys
finishing fifth with 69 points
and the girls finished fifth
with 70. Mac-Hi boys were
eighth with 13 and the girls
were eighth with 17.
Hermiston picked up
wins in 10 events overall on
Saturday. In the girls sprints,
Staff photo by
Kathy Aney
BASEBALL SWEPT:
out to end the game.
Pendleton coach T.J.
Haguewood said while he
was obviously disappointed
that the Bucks took the loss
in the game, he was pleased
to see his team battle the way
they did.
“We always stress doing
something positive in anything
you do ... don’t make a hill a
mountain,” Haguewood said.
“People make mistakes, but
it’s how you respond to those
mistakes. We just came up
short and dug ourselves too
big of a hole.”
Game 2 of the day was
a better showing for the
Buckaroos thanks to a solid
start on the mound from
Russell. Making his second
start of the season, the junior
right-hander tossed five-plus
innings and allowed five hits,
four walks and four runs with
one strikeout as well.
He danced out of danger
a few times as well, working
out of a bases-loaded, one-out
situation in the first allowing
just one run and a bases-
loaded situation in the fourth
where he escaped unscathed.
R H E
IHS
210 20 —
5 5 2
EHS
717 0X — 15 17 2
WP — A. Ray, LP — M. Chapman.
2B — Fleming, Chapman (IHS); Hart,
Montoya, Putman (EHS). HR — A. Ray
(EHS).
victory over The Dalles.
In Game 1, The Dalles
(9-9, 3-2 CRC) pitcher Jordan
Wetmore mowed through
Hermiston’s order, allowing
just three hits and one walk
in six scoreless innings to go
with seven strikeouts.
In Game 2, Hermiston
(7-11, 1-4) pitcher Brylee
Dufloth kept the Bulldogs
right in it, giving up six hits
with five strikeouts in 6 1/3
innings. However he ran
into trouble in the seventh
with a leadoff walk and
eventually loaded the bases.
Wyatt Noland came in on
relief and the Riverhawk’s
Spencer Honald put down
a perfect squeeze bunt to
score the game-winning run.
———
Prep Track & Field
Pendleton’s
Nick Bower
dives back
to first base
as Conner
Coerper, of
Hood River,
fields a
throw from
the pitcher
during the
second of
two games
Saturday.
Continued from 1B
together a dominant victory
over Irrigon on Saturday,
winning the rubber match of
the season series 15-5.
Echo (7-8, 3-2 SD1)
pelted 17 hits on the day, as
coach Javier Garcia said his
Cougars had an ultra-aggres-
sive approach at the plate
which paid off big time.
“We went away from
being overly patient and
wanted to make things
happen and put pressure on
them,” Garcia said. “We had
three first pitch hits in the first
inning, which set the tone.”
Alyssa Ray had a big
afternoon for Echo, as she
threw a complete game
in the circle for the win,
allowing five hits and five
runs with nine strikeouts
while also hitting a home
run on offense.
Kendra Hart, Monique
Montoya and Alex Putman
each hit doubles in the game
or Echo, while Mya Chapman
and Fleming both had doubles
for Irrigon (11-6, 3-2).
———
Russell says that being able
to get out of danger was a big
boost for his confidence, but
adds that he needs to figure out
how to limit those situations.
“Sometimes I feel I lose
focus and once I get guys on
base I re-focus and pitch well,”
Russell said. “Today, I couldn’t
find my curveball which would
have helped me a ton but it’s
something to build on.”
Russell said he simply ran
out of gas in the sixth inning,
where he gave up two straight
hard hits to the Eagles and
was credited for both runs as
the Eagles re-took the lead for
good at 4-2.
After Hood River scored
one in the first, Pendleton
answered in the second inning
as Justin Duso smacked a 3-2
pitch into left field to drive
in Daniel Naughton to tie the
game at 1-1. The Eagles then
re-took the lead in the third
with a RBI single of their
own, but yet again Pendleton
answered in the bottom of the
inning.
Wyatt Morris led off the
inning with a deep double that
clanked off the left field fence,
and then two batters later Nick
Bower sent a deep single into
right field to score Morris to
tie the game at 2-2.
But that would be all the
offense Pendleton could get.
The Buckaroos had some
chances, but some mental
mistakes on the basepaths and
discipline issues at the plate
left the Bucks empty-handed.
In both games combined,
Pendleton struck out 20 times.
“We had a couple of timely
hits, but we had other runners
on base and just couldn’t push
them across,” Haguewood
said. “We had too many
strikeouts with guys on base
and that’s a killer offensively
when you don’t move runners
over and don’t put pressure on
the defense.”
———
Game 1
R H E
HRV
003 106
2 — 12 15 6
PHS
000 020
7 — 9 13 2
(HRV) C. Coerper, T. Hough (7), I. Enriquez
(7) and A. Cameron. (PHS) D. Naughton,
N. Lani (4), H. Villers (6), A. Zaugg (7) and
R. Russell. WP — C. Coerper, LP — D.
Naughton.
2B — C. Ward, A. Cameron, C. Coerper,
I. Enriquez (HRV); W. Morris, D. Naughton
(PHS). HR — C. Leiblein 2, T. Hough (HRV).
Game 2
R H E
HRV
101 002
0 — 4 6 2
PHS
011 000
0 — 2 7 2
(HRV) I. Enriquez, G. Losee (6) and A.
Cameron. (PHS) R. Russell, W. Morris (6)
and J. Duso. WP — I. Enriquez, LP — R.
Russell.
2B — W. Morris (PHS).
Scout Reagan set a new PR
in the 100 meter dash with
a 12.33 run for first and
Audrey Lincoln took first
in the 400 meter (1:01.02).
Hermiston swept the 100m
and 110 meter hurdle events,
with
Madison
Wilson
(15.28) and Tyler Rohrman
(14.57) each setting new PRs
as well. Both Bulldog 4x100
relay teams also won as well.
In field events, Herm-
iston’s Stephanie Miears
(36-07.50) and Antonio
Hernandez (48-01) won the
shot put events, while Elias
Arenas (140-10) won the
discus. And to wrap up the
day, Ebony Wilson won both
the girls long jump (16-09.00)
and triple jump (34-11.75).
Pendleton’s two wins
came in the high jump,
where Kiara Glover was the
only girl to clear five-feet as
she jumped 5-02.00, while
Johnny Stuvland tied with
Hermiston’s Hiram Maciel
by clearing 6-feet-2.
Mac-Hi’s Bianca Garcia
claimed victory in the girls
javelin, setting a new PR
with a distance of 127-06.
Team Scores
Boys
1. Kamiakin
2. Hermiston
3. Chiawana
4. La Grande
5. The Dalles
6. Pendleton
7. Pasco
8. Mac-Hi
Girls
1. Hermiston
2. Kamiakin
3. Chiawana
4. La Grande
5. Pendleton
6. The Dalles
7. Pasco
8. Mac-Hi
170
155
146
88
69
57
29
13
190
186
84
79
70
40.5
23.5
17
BLAZERS: McCollum scoreless in first half
Continued from 1B
Durant finished with 10
points in 21 minutes. All of
Golden State’s starters were
in double figures.
Damian Lillard scored 34
points for the Blazers, who
were making their fourth
straight appearance in the
playoffs. The crowd at the
Moda Center gave Lillard
a standing ovation when he
came out with 6:12 to play.
Last season, the Warriors
defeated the Blazers 4-1
in the second round. Curry
missed the first three games
of that series with a sprained
MCL in his right knee, but
returned in time to take the
series back to Golden State
and advance. The Warriors,
who won the NBA title in
2015, fell to the Cleveland
Cavaliers in seven games in
the Finals last year.
The Warriors were still
without Matt Barnes (right
ankle/foot sprain), and Shaun
Livingston (right index finger
sprain). Livingston hasn’t
played since Game 1 and
Barnes has been sidelined the
whole series.
The Blazers led Game 3
by as many as 17 points in
the first half — sparked by
the return of big man Jusuf
Nurkic. But the lead slipped
away in the third quarter and
the deeper Warriors prevailed
119-113.
Nurkic, who had missed the
final seven games of the regular
season and the first two playoff
games because of a nondis-
placed fracture in his right leg,
finished with two points and 11
rebounds. He was ruled out of
Monday’s game.
The Warriors jumped out
to a 14-0 lead at the start.
Durant’s dunk extended the
lead to 22-3 and the rout was
on. JaVale McGee made a
highlight-reel alley-oop dunk
in route to a 45-22 lead after
the opening quarter.
It was the most points
ever in a quarter for Golden
State in a playoff game, and
matched the NBA record for
most first-quarter points in a
playoff game.
Lillard shouldered most
of the burden for the Blazers
with 21 points in the half, but
backcourt partner CJ McCo-
llum was scoreless on 0-for-7
shooting and Portland trailed
72-48 at the break.
The Warriors showed no
signs of slowing in the third.
Curry’s 3-pointer pushed
Golden State’s lead to 91-58.
Kerr announced on
Sunday that he would not be
on the sideline for Game 4.
However, he was at the Moda
Center for the game. Brown
said beforehand he expected
Kerr would be watching
from the locker room.
It is unclear how long he
might be out.
Kerr still experiences
lingering symptoms from
complications
following
two back surgeries after the
franchise’s run to the 2015
championship. He missed
the first 43 games last season
dealing with symptoms such
as headaches, nausea and an
aching neck.