SPORTS
FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 2017
HERMISTON
Prep Roundup
Defending
champs
start strong
1B
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Hermiston wins on clutch kick
Bulldog girls win
season opener in
fi nal minutes
Weston-McEwen
volleyball wins
season-openers
By ALEXIS MANSANAREZ
East Oregonian
East Oregonian
ATHENA — The Weston-
McEwen TigerScots began
their state championship
defense in a positive way
Thursday evening, earning a
pair of victories against Dufur
and Imbler.
The Tiger-
Scots’
fi rst
game was a
rematch of the
2016 2A state
title game, where Weston-
McEwen swept Imbler 3-0. It
wasn’t any easy win, by any
means, with the TigerScots
winning 25-21, 25-21 and
25-19. Then against Dufur,
Weston-McEwen dropped
the second set to the Rangers
27-25 but won three sets
25-14, 25-17 and 25-14 to
take the 3-1 victory.
“It was a good night, a
good start for us,” Weston-
McEwen coach Shawn White
said. “I was really pleased
with the effort and the girls
showed some toughness.
We were down in almost
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Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Hermiston’s Elsa Torres drives on Umatilla’s Viridiana Mendoza in the Bulldogs’ 1-0 win against
the Vikings on Thursday in Hermiston.
NFL
Kasen
Williams
standing
out for
Seahawks
Third-year WR
trying to make cut
at deep position
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
RENTON, Wash. —
There is little doubt that wide
receiver Kasen Williams has
boosted himself more than
anyone else so far during the
Seattle Seahawks’ camp.
Whether it’s been his
acrobatic
receptions
or his effort
on
special
t e a m s ,
Williams
has inserted
himself into
Williams
the competi-
tion for one
of the coveted spots in Seat-
tle’s wide receiver rotation.
Yet, it still may not be
enough to make the fi nal
53-man roster, which speaks
to the depth the Seahawks
feel they have at wide
receiver. This makes Friday’s
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Third time was the charm for the Herm-
iston girls soccer team Thursday night at
Kennison Field.
After 47 scoreless minutes and more
than 20 shots on goal against Umatilla,
the Bulldogs (1-0) sealed
season-opening
Girls Soccer their
victory on their third
consecutive corner kick.
The clock was winding
Umatilla
down with the fi rst of the
three corners during the
fi nal three minutes of
play. Another followed,
and then another. That’s
when forward MaKayla
Hermiston
Pacheco, one of 12
seniors on the team, set
the ball down carefully,
stepped up, and sent the
corner kick fl ying to the feet of senior
forward Hannah Thompson.
Thompson banged in the only goal of
the night, giving Hermiston the momentum
teams hope for after a season opener.
“It’s always good to come off your
fi rst game with a win,” Bulldogs’ head
coach Danielle MacBride said. “Umatilla
is always a battle for us for some reason.
We always come out prepared for the most
part, and usually we’ll be at the top of all
the stats and all the shots. We usually end
up squeaking away and sure enough that’s
what happened.”
Just as MacBride predicted, Hermiston
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LEFT: Hermiston’s
Amanda
Nygard
splits Umatilla de-
fenders
Devina
Monreal (17) and
Lorena Leon in the
Bulldogs’ 1-0 win
against the Vikings
on Thursday
in
Hermiston.
RIGHT: Umatilla GK
Maria Moreno dives
on the ball in the Vi-
kings’ 1-0 loss to the
Bulldogs on Thurs-
day in Hermiston.
Bulldog boys make statement in opener
Hermiston doesn’t hold
back against Umatilla
By ALEXIS MANSANAREZ
East Oregonian
The second game of Hermiston’s
varsity soccer doubleheader was
nothing like the
Boys Soccer fi rst. But if you
ask Bulldogs’ head
coach Rich Harsh-
berger what he
Umatilla
expected after the
fi rst few minutes
of play, his answer
is
drastically
different than the
8-0 outcome of the
Hermiston
boys match.
“The
fi rst
couple
minutes
were actually a
little cagey,” Harshberger said. “I
was like, ‘Okay, this is going to
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Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Hermiston’s Mark Mejia lines up a shot on goal guarded by Uma-
tilla’s Christian Alaniz (5) and Jose Arroyo in the Bulldogs’ 8-0 win
against the Vikings on Thursday in Hermiston.
be a little more of a contest than I
thought.’”
However, the Bulldogs (1-0)
quickly composed themselves and
let the goals rain on a hot, windy
night.
“We settled into our game and
then I thought from about the third
minute on we really just played
our game,” Harshberger continued.
“I’m pretty pleased with their
performance tonight.”
Three goals fell in the fi rst 10
minutes of play, and Hermiston
added three more in the next 30 to
keep Umatilla at bay. By the end of
the game, fi ve Bulldogs scored to
open their season at Kennison Field
with a victory.
Senior forward Joel Mendez was
the star of the night, scoring three
goals — two in the fi rst half and
capping the hat trick in the second.
Three more upperclassmen, junior
Rene Alarcon and seniors Noe Silva
and Mark Mejia, as well as sopho-
more Oliver Paredes contributed on
offense.
If anyone thought losing last
season’s senior class would slow the
Bulldogs down, they were shown
otherwise Thursday. Harshberger
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Sports shorts
Ginobili re-signs with Spurs
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Manu Ginobili
is returning for his 16th season with the San
Antonio Spurs.
The Spurs re-signed the 40-year-old Argen-
tine guard Thursday. Terms of the deal weren’t
disclosed.
Ginobili will become the
eighth player in NBA history to
spend his entire career with one
team and play at least 16 seasons,
joining Tim Duncan, Tony Parker,
Kobe Bryant, Dirk Nowitzki, John
Stockton, Reggie Miller and John
Ginobili
Havlicek.
Ginobili averaged 7.5 points,
2.7 assists and 2.3 rebounds in 69 games last
season, In 992 career regular-season games, he
has averaged 13.6 points, 3.9 assists and 3.6
rebounds. In 213 playoff games, the four-time
NBA champion has averaged 14.1 points, 4.0
rebounds and 3.8 assists.
“It turns your stomach.
A player was having a
tremendous year and
really making a name
for himself. To go down
like that, and that kind of
injury, is tough to watch.“
— Terry Collins
New York Mets manager on
outfi elder Michael Conforto, who
collapsed in pain following a
swing during an at-bat in Thurs-
day’s game against Arizona. The
Seattle native and Oregon State
alum was diagnosed with a dis-
located left shoulder and a tear in
his posterior capsule. He will likely
miss the remainder of the season.
Dustin Johnson starts fi rst
round hot at Northern Trust
OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. (AP) — Dustin
Johnson overcame a shaky start with a switch
to his old putter to post a 5-under 65, leaving
him one shot behind Russell Henley after
opening round of The Northern
Trust.
The 65 was his lowest round
since he won at Riviera in
February, which began his rise
to No. 1 in the world. That was
the start of three straight victories
Johnson
going into the Masters, where
Johnson injured his back and had
to withdraw.
Henley played in the morning and holed
seven birdie putts from 12 feet or close, along
with an 80-foot chip-in for birdie for his 64.
The Northern Trust is the fi rst of four
FedEx Cup playoff events that lead to the Tour
Championship and the $10 million payoff.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1922 — In one of the wildest
baseball games ever played, the
Cubs beat the Phillies 26-23.
The Cubs led 25-6 in the fourth
inning, but held on as the game
ended with the Phillies leaving
the bases loaded.
1991 — Carl Lewis reclaims
title of world’s fastest human by
setting a world record of 9.86
seconds in the 100-meter fi nal
in the world championships in
Tokyo.
2011 — The New York
Yankees become the fi rst
team in MLB history to hit
three grand slams in a game,
with Robinson Cano, Russell
Martin and Curtis Granderson
connecting.
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