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HERMISTON
Prep Roundup
TigerScots
sweep
Huskies
Two hundred run Butte Challenge
Weston-McEwen baseball
closes gap in playoff race
East Oregonian
ATHENA — The Weston-McEwen
baseball team picked up two huge wins on
Saturday afternoon as it swept the Elgin
Huskies in a doubleheader.
In Game 1, Weston-McEwen (9-9, 7-6
SD6) took advantage of six Elgin errors
to pull out the victory, as
the TigerScots had just
Baseball
three hits in the game.
Parker Munck, James
West and Dylan Cain all
Elgin
had RBI singles, while
Brett Speed pitched three
innings of shutout base-
ball with three strikeouts
to get the save.
In Game 2, the Tiger-
Scot bats came out hot and Weston-McEwen
heavy with 13 hits to pick
up nine runs. Brendan
Dearing put together a 4
for 5 game with one run and two RBI from
the leadoff spot, while Speed and Hunter
Sater each had two hits and a double. Sater
also added a team-high four RBI.
Speed started the game on the mound
and was dominant, allowing just four
hits and one run in six innings with eight
strikeouts.
The wins boost Weston-McEwen into
fi fth place in the Special District 6 stand-
ings, just one-half game behind Culver with
just two games left in the regular season.
UP NEXT
Weston-McEwen travels to Grant Union
on Saturday to wrap up the regular season
with a doubleheader starting at 11 a.m.
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4-2
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
About 200 runners and walkers take off for the Butte Challenge on Saturday morning at Hermiston Butte Park.
Puzeys take the tape in 10-kilometer races
7-9
East Oregonian
Game 1
R H E
ELG
103 000
0 — 4 7 6
W-M
112 300 X — 7 3 2
(E) J. Lathrop, B. Howes (6). (W) T. Hendley, B. Speed (5) and
G. Shell. W — T. Hendley, L — Lathrop.
Game 2
R H E
W-M
201 003
3 — 9 13 5
ELG
000 100
1 — 2 6 3
(W) B. Speed, H. Sater (7). (E) C. Lathrop, T. Owen (6). W —
B. Speed, L — C. Lathrop.
2B — H. Sater, B. Speed, J. West (W-M); J. Palmer (ELG).
See PREPS/2B
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Tommy Rivers Puzey and Hayden Earl
run together during the Butte Challenge
5K/10K Run on Saturday at Hermiston
Butte Park. Puzey won the men’s 10K
and Earl won the men’s 5K.
More than 200 men,
women and children gath-
ered at Butte Park on a chilly
Saturday morning for the
annual Butte Challenge.
Exactly 217 people partic-
ipated in the four different
races — a 5K run, 5K walk,
10K run and a shorter Kid’s
Butte Scoot — though only
114 of them completed their
respective races. The 5K
run was the most popular of
the day, with 99 participants
taking on the race with 61
fi nishing with an average
time of 32:01 to fi nish the
three mile course.
Fresh off a 16th-place
fi nish at the Boston Mara-
thon in April, Tommy Rivers
Puzey of Flagstaff, Arizona
was the overall champion in
the 10-kilometer with a time
of 38 minutes, 26 seconds.
Not far behind him was
TOP FINISHERS
10K Run
Women
1. Amy Puzey (38:50)
2. Katie Puzey Hendrickson (43:56)
3. Rosa Holt (44:51)
4. Emily Ernst (46:05)
5. Lydia Hales (46:52)
Men
1. Tommy Rivers Puzey (38:26)
2. Cameron Bendixsen (43:49)
3. Larry Palmer (49:48)
4. Wyatt Morris (49:54)
5. Jacob Puzey (1:15:04)
5K Run
Women
1. Angie Treadwell (20:36)
2. Melody Sanchez (21:04)
3. Alaina Lemmon (23:50)
4. Sandra Aguilar (24:06)
5. Hailey Gardner (25:15)
Men
1. Hayden Earl (17:17)
2. Jaysen Rodriguez (21:30)
3. Joe Hodge (21:31)
4. Cody Radant (22:15)
5. Juan Sanchez (22:47)
Amy Puzey of Calgary,
Alberta as the women’s 10K
champion with a time of
38:50.
Cameron Bendixsen of
Hermiston was second in
the men’s race in 43:49 and
Katie Puzey Hendrickson of
Melissa, Texas was second
for the women in 43:56.
For much of the race,
Hermiston’s Hayden Earl ran
along with Tommy Puzey
at a 5:34 mile pace, but his
portion ended at Puzey’s
halfway mark as Earl was the
fastest 5K fi nisher in 17:17.
Angie Treadwell of
Hermiston was fi rst for the
women in 20:36 and Melody
Sanchez of Hermiston was
third overall in 21:04. Also
from Hermiston, Jayson
Rodriguez was second for
the men in 21:30.
In the 5K walk, 58 people
began the race and 34
fi nished with Kristy Black-
burn and Taylor Blackburn,
age 8, crossing the fi nish line
in tandem to share the win in
a time of 31:00.
Tamara Bock was third
overall in 35.04.
Full results can be found
online by visiting ButteChal-
lenge.ItsYourRace.com.
Prep Golf
Buckaroos, Bulldogs qualify for state
Haley Greb
narrowly misses
out on individual
district title
By MIKE WEBER
For The East Oregonian
Photo by Mike Weber for the East Oregonian
Pendleton senior Haley Greb, right, shakes hands with
Summit’s Olivia Loberg after the pair fi nished the fi nal
round of the 5A Special District 2 tournament in Redmond.
Loberg won the tournament and Greb fi nished in second.
REDMOND
— As
expected, the powerhouse
Pendleton girls golf team
advanced to the Class 5A
state tournament after taking
third place in the Special
District
2
Tournament
Saturday at Eagle Crest
Resort in Redmond, though
it was not alone.
In fact, three out of four
local teams qualifi ed for
the prestigious event May
14-16 at Emerald Valley Golf
Course in Creswell (near
Eugene). The Hermiston
girls squad took fourth
place to earn a top-four state
qualifying position, while
Photo by Mike Weber for the East Oregonian
Hermiston’s Jared Thacker hits a fairway shot during
the 5A Special District 2 tournament on Saturday in
Redmond. Hermiston missed the cut for a spot at state.
Pendleton’s boys squad (685)
fi nished fi fth to earn the fi fth
and fi nal qualifying spot as
well.
The Hermiston boys team
(698) took sixth just behind
Pendleton, but missed quali-
fying for state. The boys state
tournament is May 14-16 at
Quail Valley Golf Course in
Banks.
Led by senior Haley Greb,
who shot an 80 on Saturday
to take second place individ-
ually, Pendleton notched a
total score of 381. Greb shot a
77 in Friday’s opening round
of the two-day event for a
total 157 score. Olivia Loberg
(154) of Summit, took fi rst
place by three strokes over
Greb. The Buckaroo squad of
Greb, Megan George, Rylee
Harris, MaKenzie McLeod
and Kendell Blair combined
for total score of 756.
Bend (721) won the
district title and Summit
(731) was second.
“This was our goal at the
beginning of the season, so
we’re super excited to be
going to state,” said Greb,
who has qualifi ed individu-
ally for state for four years
and she took second place last
year. “We were all focusing
on playing very well and
Megan sure did a good job
with her score of 84 today. It
was a big improvement for
her from her score on the fi rst
day (93).
“We’re looking forward to
seeing what we can do at state
and I defi nitely think that we
can place in the top-three
there. If we play well, maybe
we can even fi nish in second
or in fi rst place.”
Pendleton, guided by 11th
year coach Terry Prouse,
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Sports shorts
Thompson wins monthly award
Washington Capitals force Game 7
ARLINGTON, Texas — Oregon State
redshirt junior Jake Thompson has been named
the nation’s Pitcher of the Month for April, the
National Collegiate Baseball Writers Associa-
tion (NCBWA) announced on Monday.
Thompson, who improved
to 10-0 Sunday in a 10-2 over
California in his fi rst start in
May, went 4-0 in April, posting a
miniscule 0.71 earned run average.
He earned two of his wins in
rubber games, and held opponents
to three runs, 22 hits and nine
Thompson
walks while striking out 35 in 38
innings over fi ve starts.
The Florence native is tied for the nation’s
lead with 10 wins and his 1.20 ERA on the year
is ranked fi fth. Opponents have scored just 12
runs – 11 earned - off him in 82 1/3 innings, and
Thompson has 84 strikeouts to 25 walks and 50
hits allowed for a WHIP of 0.91.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andre Burakovsky
scored twice, Nicklas Backstrom got his sixth
of the playoffs and the Washington Capitals
beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2 on Monday
night to force a Game 7 in their taut Eastern
Conference semifi nal.
John Carlson and T.J. Oshie
also scored for the Capitals.
Braden Holtby stopped 16 to send
the series back to Washington for
the deciding game on Wednesday night.
Jake Guentzel picked up his playoff-leading
ninth goal and Evgeni Malkin added another 52
seconds later late in the third period to make the
score look cosmetically better, but the Penguins
were never in it. The Capitals controlled play
throughout. Marc-Andre Fleury fi nished with
21 saves and received little help in front him.
This is the fourth time the Penguins and
Capitals will meet in a Game 7. Pittsburgh has
won each of the three previous deciding games.
“When you watch
Cleveland play, you’re
only watching one side
of the good basketball.
That’s kind of weak.“
— Draymond Green
Golden State Warriors forward
expressing dissatisfaction with the
competition level provided for the
Cleveland Cavaliers by their fi rst
two playoff opponents the Indi-
ana Pacers and Toronto Raptors.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1961 — Jim Gentile of
the Baltimore Orioles hits
consecutive grand slams in
the fi rst and second innings
of a 13-5 rout of Minnesota.
1999 — Marshall McDou-
gall hits six consecutive
homers and knocks in 16 runs
both NCAA records in Florida
State’s 26-2 rout of Maryland.
2011 — The ATP and
WTA tennis rankings are
released with no American
man or woman in the top
10 for the fi rst time in the
38-year history of the rank-
ings. Mardy Fish and Andy
Roddick are Nos. 11 and
12, while Serena and Venus
Williams are Nos. 17 and 19.
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