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SPORTS
East Oregonian
HODGEN: Has coached more than 1,000 kids
BRIEFLY
Ciez wins Round-
Up City Amateur
PENDLETON — Mike
Ciez of Walla Walla
came out on top of the
field of 111 golfers at the
Round-Up City Amateur
held at Pendleton Country
Club on June 10-11.
Ciez shot four under par
over 36 holes for a score
of 140, and was one stroke
ahead of Trevor Smith and
two ahead of Eric Nelson
and Seth Pennington.
Jeff Neher of Walla
Walla won low net honors
with a score of 135, and
Nelson wone the Sole
Survivor competition,
besting nine of the tourna-
ment’s top 10 golfers.
Bulldogs have
full slate of youth
athletic camps
HERMISTON —
Hermiston High School
is offering a wide array of
youth camps this summer,
and registration is open.
Here is a list of summer
camps offered with their
dates, grade range and
registration fees: Softball
(June 19-20, grades 3-8,
$45); Marching Band (June
19-23, grades 7-8, $15);
Volleyball (June 20-22,
grades 3-8, $65); Basket-
ball (June 26-28, grades
3-8, $65); Soccer (July
31-August 3, grades 3-8,
$40); Youth Football (Aug.
7-8, grades 2-6, $20);
Football Development (16
dates spanning from June
19 to July 20, grades 7-8,
$75); Tennis (Sept. 7-9,
grades 3-8, $55).
Registration can be
completed online at
HermistonAthletics.com.
Buckaroos host
basketball camp
PENDLETON — The
Buckaroo Basketball Camp
will be held at Pendleton
High School’s Warberg
Court on June 19-21.
It is for boys and girls in
grades 1-9. The camp will
run from 9-noon for boys
(first and second graders
Tuesday, June 13, 2017
will stop at 11 a.m.) and
1-4 p.m. for girls.
Sign up early and save
$10 on registration fees.
Early registration for first
and second graders is $40,
and is $50 for all others.
Registration forms are
available at Dean’s Athletic
and Dave’s Chevron.
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associate coach Pat Bailey
and former Pendleton coach
Mark Whitten.
It was evident just how
many people that Hodgen
has had an impact on, and
current Pendleton assistant
coach Travis Zander put
it into perspective. In his
speech, Zander pointed out
that in Hodgen’s 43-year
career, he has coached more
than 1,000 kids spanning
all levels of Pendleton high
school baseball and lasted
through five Pendleton head
coaching changes — from
Gary Yates to Haguewood.
The bulk of his coaching
tenure has been spent
as the head coach of the
junior varsity squad and the
Hodgen Distributing Legion
team, where he amassed
more than 1,600 wins, all
while continuously molding
the next wave of Pendleton
baseball stars.
Two of those stars were
brothers Dave and Dan
Alderman who played under
Hodgen back in the mid
1970s and early 1980s and
went on to play Division
I college baseball. Both
brothers currently live in the
Youth baseball
camp coming to
Milton-Freewater
MILTON-FREE-
WATER — Michaud
Athletics will host a
baseball camp on six days
in July at McRae-Ireland
Field in Milton-Freewater.
The camp is for ages
8-12, and will run July
11-13 and 18-20 from
3-6 p.m. Registration fees
cover both sessions, and
the camp will teach all
fundamentals as well as
provide competitive games.
Milton-Freewater
residents receive special
pricing, and can secure
their spot in the camp for
$50 if registered by June
30.
The cost for non-resi-
dents that register by June
30 is $75. Cost for late
registration is $75 and
$100.
For more information
go online to MichaudAth-
letics.com.
Staff photo by Eric Singer
Longtime Pendleton baseball coach Mike Hodgen ac-
cepts a commemorative plaque from current Pend-
leton head coach T.J. Haguewood during a ceremony
honoring Hodgen’s 40-plus year career on Saturday at
Bob White Ballpark.
Tri-Cities and didn’t hesitate
to make the one hour drive to
go down memory lane and
honor their old coach.
“He was always such
a fun-loving guy,” Dave
Alderman recalled. “He had
a tremendous work ethic, if
you needed extra cuts he’s
always out there throwing.
At his age with us, he was a
real young man so it’s a little
bit of a different connection
now because the age gap
wasn’t as big. But he’d never
get too down on you or never
get too high on you, he just
made you work hard.
“He always taught us
to respect yourself, respect
your opponent and do the
best you can, that’s what I
remember most.”
Quinn Williams coached
summer ball with Hodgen
from 1994-1999 and spent
many road trips and long
nights at the field with the
coach, which gave him a
pretty good understanding of
the type of person he is.
“What comes to mind first
and foremost is his class,”
Williams said, “Doing things
the right way, winning the
right way and losing the right
way but always working
hard to that end regardless
of the outcome. His love for
the game and for the players
and fellow coaches is second
to none.”
For the past two seasons,
Hodgen moved up from
junior varsity ranks to
varsity where he has been
the pitching coach for
Haguewood’s teams. As
of now, Hodgen plans on
finishing out the summer
as an assistant for Hodgen
Distributing and returning
for his 44th season with
Pendleton baseball next
spring. Though speaking
Saturday, he pointed out that
even with all the wins and
great players he’s coached,
there is one thing missing
from his resume.
“I’m looking out toward
center field and we know
in our program there’s one
thing to continually search
for,” he said. “It’s not just the
wins but it would great some
year to put a state champion-
ship flag or banner up.
“But personally, I feel like
I’m already a champion.”
TOURNAMENT: Diamondjaxx take fifth in Walla Walla
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Perch Jerk free to
kids under 14
right field, and then two
batters later Tyler Chichester
hit a double of his own that
drove in two, putting Hodgen
on top 7-6.
Hodgen then got a big
insurance run in the bottom
of the sixth when Chichester
singled into right to score
Doherty for an 8-6 lead.
Chichester had a team-high
three hits and two doubles
in the game with three RBI,
while Umbarger, Avery
Duetz and Doherty each had
a team-high two runs scored.
—————
PENDLETON — Mid
Columbia Bass Anglers
will sponsor the Bill
Johnson Memorial Perch
Jerk for children 14 and
younger on Saturday, June
24, at McKay Dam.
The event will run from
7 a.m. to 11 a.m., and all
contestants must register
by 9 a.m. There is no entry
fee, and all fishing must be
done from the shore.
Everyone will win a
prize, and hot dogs and soft
drinks will be provided.
For more information
call Greg Hadden at (541)
379-1543.
Championship
R H E
LAG
150 000
0 — 6 6 4
HDG
130 301 X — 8 5 1
(LAG) P. Robinson, C. Lathrop (3), B.
Kincade (6). (H) J. Beveridge, G. Umbarger
(3), D. Naughton (4) and J. Duso. W — D.
Naughton, L — C. Lathrop.
2B — L. Atkinson, L. Puastian, J. Leonard
(LAG); T. Chichester 2, Q. Doherty (HDG).
— East Oregonian
HERMISTON
9,
SANDY 4 — At Pendleton,
Hermiston finished off the
Ashlee Hodgen Memorial
Tournament much better
than it began, winning its last
two games including a 9-4
win over Sandy on Sunday.
Hermiston took control of
the game in the second inning
when it dropped a four-spot
on Sandy. Cole Campbell
got things started with a
two-RBI single to center
field, then Paytan Smith hit
a sacrifice fly to center to
bring in Campbell. A fielding
error by Sandy on a grounder
from Brylee Dufloth brought
home Andrew James for the
fourth run.
Sandy scored a pair in
the third inning to make it a
close game, but then Herm-
iston answered with two
more runs in the bottom of
the frame and never looked
back. Campbell had a team-
high three RBI, while Caden
Schwirse and Wyatt Nolan
each led the team with two
hits.
————
R H E
SND
002 002 —
4 6 3
HRM
042 30X —
9 9 2
W — D. Gossler, L — Menchaca.
2B — Drake, King (SND); C. Schwirse
(HRM).
Walla Walla Grizz
Tournament
PEPSI
DIAMOND-
JAXX 12, RIVER CITY
ATH. 1 — At Walla Walla,
the Pepsi Diamondjaxx
finished up their part in the
Walla Walla Grizz Tour-
nament with a fifth place
finish after blowing out the
River City Athletics 12-1 on
Sunday.
The Diamondjaxx rode
an oustanding performance
from pitcher Tucker Zander,
as he struck out seven and
allowed just five hits and
one run in six innings. He
allowed the offense to have
fun and go to work, where
the Diamondjaxx piled up 15
hits including seven extra-
base hits.
Tanner Sweek led the
team with three hits, two runs
and two RBI, while Greyson
Clark and Nat Hunsaker had
two hits. Lance Wolf had a
double and a triple with two
RBI and two runs, and Ty
Beers had two doubles and
three RBI.
————
5th place
R H E
PDJ
203 223 — 12 15 1
RCA
000 010 —
1 5 6
W — T. Zander, L — Elsethagen.
2B — T. Beers 2, G. Clark, N. Hunsaker, T.
Sweek, L. Wolf (PDJ). 3B — L. Wolf (PDJ).
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