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Bulldogs fi nish strong
ATHENA
OSAA Track & Field State Championships
Hillmick leads
TigerScots to
district title
Weston-McEwen senior pitcher
dominates Irrigon in championship
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
Before Saturday’s Class 3A Special District 1 champi-
onship game even began, the Irrigon Knights already had
momentum in their corner.
Roughly 45 minutes before the title game’s fi rst pitch,
Irrigon had fi nished off a 19-9 come-from-behind victory
over Echo in the semifi nal game, with
the Knights scoring all 19 runs over the
Softball
fi nal two innings. However that outcome
did not faze the No. 1 seed Weston-
McEwen TigerScots. With a dominant
Irrigon
pitching performance from senior Bailey
Hillmick, Weston-McEwen slammed the
door on Irrigon’s offense and earned a
4-1 victory to capture the district crown.
“It feels amazing,” said Hillmick,
who was all smiles afterward. “Espe-
Weston-McEwen cially since it’s my senior year, securing
that home fi rst round playoff game is
great and it gives us one more game on
our fi eld.”
Hillmick, still fi ghting through a left hamstring injury
that sidelined her late in the season, allowed just one run
on two hits with a walk and struck out eight Irrigon batters
to earn the complete game victory. The right-hander said
that Irrigon’s 19-run barrage had no affect on her game-
plan to attack its batters, because she believed in what got
the TigerScots (13-8) up to that point previously.
“I just told my teammates before we have to play our
game, that game before doesn’t matter because we’re
1
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Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Hermiston’s Audrey Lincoln places the baton in the hand of teammate Elsa Torres during the 5A 4x100-meter run fi nal
Saturday during the OSAA State Track & Field Championships at Eugene’s Hayward Field. Hermiston placed second.
Hermiston girls bring home third place, boys fi fth
East Oregonian
EUGENE — In 2016,
the Hermiston track and
fi eld team got its feet wet
at the OSAA State Champi-
onships, with the girls team
fi nishing tied for 19th out
of 30 teams and the boys in
13th out of 26.
But after a highly
successful 2017 season that
saw a Bulldogs team mixed
with senior studs and skilled
underclassmen
dominate
the district, this year’s trip
to state was to prove their
worth. And it’s safe to say
Hermiston accomplished its
goal.
The Bulldog girls and
boys both put together strong
fi nishes on Saturday to earn
top-fi ve fi nishes, with the
girls scoring 53 points for
a third place fi nish and the
boys grabbing 39 points for a
fi fth place fi nish at Hayward
Field. Summit ran away with
both team titles as the boys
had 71 points and the girls a
stunning 189 points.
Hermiston went 17 for 18
in placing in qualifi ed events,
headlined by the strong
performances of all four relay
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Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Tyler Rohrman, of Hermiston, competes in the 110-meter hurdles fi nal Saturday
during the OSAA State Track & Field Championships at Eugene’s Hayward Field.
Rohrman took second with a time of 14.68 seconds after Brock Rogers (right), of
Silverton.
teams. On the girls side, both
relays earned silver medals,
starting with the 4x100 team
of Ebony Wilson, Scout
Reagan, Audrey Lincoln
and Elsa Torres fi nishing
in 48.83 as the Dawgs and
fi rst place Summit were the
only two teams to turn in sub
Maddy Juul,
of Hermis-
ton, gets
ready to shot
put Satur-
day during
the OSAA
State Track &
Field Cham-
pionships
at Eugene’s
Hayward
Field. Juul
placed third
in 5A shot
put and
eighth in
discus.
Staff photo by
Kathy Aney
49-second times.
The 4x400 team of Torres,
Madison Wilson, Reagan and
Lincoln fi nished in 4:04.65,
behind Summit at 3:58.64.
On the boys side, the
4x100 relay team of Joey
Gutierrez, Vaemu Ena,
Tyler Rohrman and Alexis
Mercado crossed the fi nish
line in 43.30 seconds —
just .11 seconds out of
fi rst — for a silver medal
and a new school record.
The 4x400 team wasn’t
quite as successful, slipping
See TRACK & FIELD/2B
Weston-
McEwen
pitcher Bai-
ley Hillmick
readies to
fi re a pitch
towards
home plate
during
Saturday’s
3A Special
District 1
champion-
ship game
against
Irrigon in
Athena.
Hillmick
struck
out eight
batters in
a complete
game vic-
tory.
Staff photo by
Eric Singer
TigerScots lead
all-district team
Hillmick named Player of the Year
East Oregonian
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Kiara Glover, of Pendleton lands in the sand while tri-
ple jumping Saturday during the OSAA State Track &
Field Championships at Eugene’s Hayward Field. Glov-
er made it to the podium for fi fth place, just behind
Hermiston’s Ebony Wilson, who clinched fourth.
ATHENA — Before Weston-McEwen defeated Irrigon
in the Special District 1 championship game on Saturday,
seven TigerScots showed why they were the district’s best
with eight all-district team selections.
The headliner for the TigerScots was the district
Player of the Year, senior pitcher Bailey Hillmick. The
right-hander overwhelmed opposing hitters all season,
compiling an 8-1 record with a 1.62 ERA in nine district
appearances. She struck out 91 batters and walked just
See ALL-DISTRICT/2B
Sports shorts
Injury ends Chesek’s Oregon career
EUGENE(AP) — Record-breaking Oregon
runner Edward Cheserek’s college career has ended
because of a lower back strain.
Cheserek won a record 17 NCAA championships
across cross country and indoor and outdoor track.
His titles in the 5,000 and 3,000 meters
at the NCAA Indoor championships this
year pushed him passed by Suleiman
Nyambui, who won 15 NCAA titles for
Texas-El Paso from 1979-82.
The only athlete with more Division
I titles is Jenny Thompson, who won 19
swimming for Stanford.
Cheserek
Cheserek was also a seven-time Pac-12
champion, including four cross-country titles. He won
the 10,000 at the recent Pac-12 Championships.
The injury will force Cheserek to miss the West
Regional this coming week in Austin, Texas. As a
result, the senior from New Jersey will not be able to
compete in the NCAA outdoor championships next
month in Eugene.
“I will never talk to
seattle times [sic] the
rest of my career n
[sic] will encourage my
teammates to do the
same.“
— Michael Bennett
Seattle Seahawks defensive line-
man on Twitter after Seattle Times
columnist Matt Calkins criticized
his maturity in an article that ran
on Sunday. Calkins’ criticism
stemmed from Bennett’s treatment
of a reporter following the team’s
playoff loss to Atlanta.
Warriors fi nish off Spurs,
advance to third straight Finals
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Stephen Curry
scored 36 points and the Golden State Warriors
closed out the Western Conference Final
against the injury-ravaged San
Antonio Spurs with a 129-115
victory Monday night, becoming
the fi rst team in league history to
start the playoffs 12-0.
Golden State led by as many
as 22 points in cruising to its third straight NBA
Finals. The Warriors await a possible third
straight championship matchup with Cleveland,
which leads Boston 2-1 in the East fi nals.
San Antonio’s only lead came on the
opening possession when Manu Ginobili tossed
in a left-handed scoop shot. The Spurs started
Ginobili in what could be his fi nal game.
Kyle Anderson scored 20 points to lead the
Spurs, who were without Kawhi Leonard, Tony
Parker and David Lee.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1976 — Boston center Dave
Cowens dominates the opener of
the NBA Finals against Phoenix
with a 25-point, 21-rebound
performance as the Celtics
defeated the Suns, 98-87.
2002 — Shawn Green of the
Los Angeles Dodgers becomes
the 14th major leaguer to homer
four times in a game and sets a
record with 19 total bases. He is
6-for-6, scoring six times with
seven RBIs in a 16-3 win at
Milwaukee.
2005 — Anastasia Myskina
is the fi rst defending champion
at the French Open to be elim-
inated in the opening round,
losing to Spain’s Maria Sanchez
Lorenzo 6-4, 4-6, 6-0.
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