SPORTS
Saturday, October 21, 2017
East Oregonian
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MISSION
Two hundred run in Kyle Burnside Wildhorse Invite
East Oregonian
MISSION — More than
200 runners from fifteen
high schools across Eastern
and Central Oregon gathered
at Wildhorse Resort Golf
Course on Thursday after-
noon for the annual Kyle
Burnside Memorial Wild-
horse Cross Country Invite.
Union sat atop the lead-
erboard in the men’s team
standings with 36 points, and
the Bobcats were followed by
Hood River Valley (65), The
Dalles (79), Hermiston (145)
and Baker (157) to round out
the Top 5. Locally, Stanfield
(221) was seventh, Heppner
(230) was ninth, Pendleton
(277) 11th, Helix (348) 13th
and Mac-Hi (410) 15th.
On the women’s side, The
Dalles (66) was first followed
by Hood River Valley (66),
Hermiston (68), Enterprise
(72) and Union (123). For the
local teams, Pendleton (193)
was seventh, Helix (208)
eighth, and Stanfield (256)
10th.
Individually, Union’s Alex
Graffunder (15:35.0) and
Tim Stevens (15:40.2) blew
away the field in the men’s
competition to take the top
two spots with a 45-second
cushion. Heppner’s Hunter
Nichols finished third at
16:25.8 and Hermiston’s
Isaac Sanchez was fourth
with a time of 16:32.1.
For the women, Hood
River’s Josephine Dickinson
(19:27.3) and Frances Dick-
Stan-
field’s Si-
say Hurty
competes
during
the Kyle
Burnside
Wildhorse
Invite on
Thursday
in Mis-
sion.
Staff photo by
E.J. Harris
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Hermiston’s Amanda Nygard crests the top of a hill while competing in the Kyle
Burnside Wildhorse Invite on Thursday in Mission.
inson (19:33.3) earned the
top two spots with Hermiston
freshman Amanda Nygard
finishing in fourth with a
time of 19:47.8.
Here are the top three
finishers for each team,
starting with host Pendleton:
(Boys) 46. Michael Brooks,
18:36.5; 60. Richard Scott,
19:19.1;
67.
Leighton
Redcrane, 19:29.8. (Girls)
26. Rylee Harris, 21:22.1;
40. Katie Beach, 22:17.0; 45.
Jordyn Murphy, 22:31.8.
HERMISTON — (Boys)
4. Isaac Sanchez, 16:32.1; 22.
Gregory Anderson, 17:33.4;
36. Emanuel Ibarra, 18:02.5.
(Girls) 4. Amanda Nygard,
19:47.8; 8. Melany Solorio,
20:08.8; 17. Julianna Joyce,
20:47.0.
STANFIELD — (Boys)
Sisay Hurty, 17:11.8; 33.
Elias Esquivel, 17:59.4; 65.
Garrett Wiggins, 19:29.1.
(Girls) 36. Izabella Garcia,
21:59.8; 55. Chelsy Lemmon,
23:01.7; 59. Valerie Martin,
23:24.4.
HEPPNER — (Boys)
3. Hunter Nichols, 16:25.8;
30. Hayden Qualls, 17:52.5;
59. Leo Waite, 19:10.1.
(Girls) 14. Madelyn Nichols,
20:39.5; 28. Mackenzie
Heideman, 21:24.7; 82.
Hannah Palmer, 26:07.2.
HELIX — (Boys) 44.
Gavin Newtson, 18:27.8;
75.
Colton
Reynolds,
19:50.7; 81. Bryce Fairchild,
19:59.3. (Girls) 22. Lucy
Case, 21:10.9; 41. Kaylee
Cope, 22:18.3; 44. Hannah
Christman, 22:26.0.
MAC-HI — (Boys)
63. Thayne Krumbaugh,
19:22.8; 89. Deazen Zerba,
20:20.6;
106.
Stephen
Medina, 21:08.9. (Girls) 16.
Mekenna Simpson, 20:39.5;
66. Lilee Roggow, 24:10.0;
88. Jessica Hernandez,
28:31.9.
R I V E R S I D E /
IRRIGON — (Boys) 108.
Andrew Barker, 21:14.7;
116. Brian Franco, 21:46.3;
118.
Connor
Graham,
21:47.4; 129. Darnell Woods,
25:21.7.
UMATILLA — (Boys)
23. Zayne Troeger, 17:35.4;
96. Trevor Reiner, 20:33.3;
117. Alex Ibarra, 21:46.7.
(Girls) 54. Abigail Cardenas,
22:59.0; 57. Jacqualine
Brown, 23:14.7; 72. Cecilia
Cardenas, 24:40.2.
NIXYAAWII — (Boys)
51. Mick Schimmel, 18:54.5;
56. Moses Moses, 19:03.0;
111. Reuben Sigo Bronson,
21:23.2. (Girls) 48. MacK-
enzie Kiona, 22:47.0; 60.
Milan Schimmel, 23:37.0;
84. Ella Mae Looney,
26:58.0.
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Men’s Team Results
1. Union, 36; 2. Hood River, 65; 3. The
Dalles, 79; 4. Hermiston, 145; 5. Baker,
157; 6. La Grande, 191; 7. Stanfield, 221;
7. Ontario, 221; 9. Heppner, 230; 10.
Enterprise, 252; 11. Pendleton, 277; 12.
Nyssa, 300; 13. Helix, 348; 14. Elgin, 353;
15. Mac-Hi, 410.
Women’s Team Results
1. The Dalles, 66; 1. Hood River, 66; 3.
Hermiston, 68; 4. Enterprise, 72; 5. Union,
123; 6. La Grande, 155; 7. Pendleton, 193;
8. Helix, 208; 9. Baker, 218; 10. Stanfield,
256.
Prep Football Roundup
Buckaroos earn crucial victory on road over Lava Bears
East Oregonian
BEND — Nick Bower
threw for 275 yards and
three touchdowns and Aiden
Patterson ran for 95 yards
and two touchdowns as their
Pendleton Buckaroos earned
a huge 39-20 victory over
Bend on Friday night.
Pendleton (5-3 overall,
4-2 5A Special District 1)
controlled the game in nearly
all facets, out-gaining Bend
(5-3, 4-2) in total yardage
420-296,
winning
the
turnover battle one to three,
and controlling the game
clock for nearly 30 of the 48
minutes. Pendleton held a
21-14 lead at halftime and a
27-2 lead after three quarters,
but were able to add to its
cushion in the fourth quarter
to pull away.
It was a crucial win for the
Buckaroos, who hang on to
the fourth playoff spot in the
district with the victory.
“One of the things we
talked about this week was
getting on the board early
and we were able to do that,
21 points in the first half,”
Pendleton coach Erik Davis
said. “Nick (Bower) had a
tremendous game, he was
a leader on the field and he
distributed the ball well ...
and defensively we stiffened
up a bit. Our kids didn’t give
up and they battled.”
UP NEXT
Pendleton will host Herm-
iston at the Round-Up Arena
for the regular season finale.
IRRIGON
40,
UMATILLA 6 — At
Umatilla,
the
Irrigon
Knights’ defense quieted a
potent Umatilla offense on its
way to thumping the Vikings
on their home field 40-6 on
Friday night.
Josue Aguilera ran for 134
yards and three touchdowns
for Irrigon (4-3 overall, 2-2
Eastern Oregon League), and
Lino Covarrubia added 82
yards and two touchdowns.
Pedro Alvarez led Umatil-
la’s (4-4, 1-3) offense with
61 rushing yards and one
touchdown, while Kaden
Webb threw for 133 yards on
7-of-16 passing.
“Our offensive line really
dominated the game and our
defense kept (Umatilla) in
check,” Irrigon coach Steve
Sheller said. “I’m proud of
our boys, they played their
tails off tonight.”
UP NEXT
Umatilla hosts Nyssa and
Irrigon hosts Burns.
NYSSA 53, RIVER-
SIDE 6 — At Boardman,
the Riverside Pirates lost for
the fifth consecutive game
as they were thumped by the
undefeated Nyssa Bulldogs
on Friday night.
Riverside (2-5 overall,
0-4 Eastern Oregon League)
finishes up the regular season
at Vale next week.
ECHO 36, COVE 24 —
At Cove, the Echo Cougars
earned sole possession of
third place in the district with
a tough 36-24 win over Cove
on Friday night, marking the
Cougars’ third straight win
overall.
Echo (6-2 overall, 4-1
Special District 1) will play
in a league playoff next week
with opponent TBD.
SHERMAN
46,
ARLINGTON 8 — At
Moro, the Arlington Honkers
were held to a season-low
eight points in a tough loss
to the Sherman Huskies on
Friday night.
Arlington (5-3 overall,
1-2 Special District 4) wraps
up the regular season next
week at Pilot Rock.
DUFUR 58, PILOT
ROCK 22 — At Dufur, the
Pilot Rock Rockets lost for
the second straight week,
this time losing to the No.
1-ranked Dufur Rangers
58-22 on Friday night.
Pilot Rock (2-5 overall)
finishes up the regular season
next week at home against
Arlington.
DAWGS: Wrap up regular season next week with rivalry game at Pendleton
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drive. Seconds later senior
Jonathan Hinkle ran eight
yards to the end zone to give
Hermiston an early 7-0 lead.
“It was a good kick off
return that sent that thing
up and I just finished it off,”
Hinkle said of his seventh
rushing touchdown of the
season.
The Bulldogs (6-2 overall,
5-1 Special District 1) would
put one more touchdown on
the board — another short
eight-yard rush from senior
Dayshawn Neal — before
breaking through in the
second quarter.
Hermiston scored in rapid
fire before halftime — three
touchdowns in a five-minute
span and two more just two
minutes apart.
The Panthers’ quarterback
struggles caught up with
them Friday. There were six
passes thrown for a total of 31
yards, and only half of them
were completions. Redmond
had to rely on its run, which
in the end didn’t have much
success either.
“The (singleback forma-
tion) is easiest for us to guard
because that’s stuff we can
see,” Gutierrez said. “I put
it all on our coach (Scott)
Hammond. He gets us ready
and we just go out and play
and execute.”
That they did. Redmond’s
only first down in the first
half was because of a face
mask penalty on Hermiston
and the Panthers (1-7, 1-5)
could barely break through
the defensive line. But Herm-
iston’s performance wasn’t
perfect, and Redmond found
its footing twice.
Senior Jack Taylor scored
the Panthers only touch-
downs of the night, a 78-yard
run in the second quarter and
another run for 49 yards in the
third. It wasn’t due to a lack
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Hermiston’s Dayshawn Neal runs the ball chased by
Redmond’s Tyson Hester and Cooper Browning (4) in
the Bulldogs’ 62-14 win against the Panthers on Friday.
of effort on the Bulldogs part,
as they made it extremely
difficult for Taylor to break
through a sea of purple. But
a lack of execution in those
moments gave Taylor all he
needed to sprint down the
field.
“We pretty much sured up
everything we need to do on
defense and took care of it for
the most part,” head coach
David Faaeteete said. “We
had a couple lapses. We had
guys wrapped up, but didn’t
finish tackles. We have to get
those things fixed.”
Redmond’s second quarter
score was sandwiched in
between five Hermiston
touchdowns. A 39-yard
connection from James to
senior Luke Walchli started
things off. Neal and Hinkle
took care of the rest. Both
of Hinkle’s touchdowns in
the second quarter were on
the ground — a 36-yard rush
followed by a 12-yard run —
and Neal would once again
be James’ favorite target and
bring home a 39-yarder and
a 16-yard reception with no
time left on the clock.
All sides of the ball were
clicking, and that continued
well into the second half with
some No. 2 and 3’s in. Senior
Garron Anderson would be
the last Bulldog to score. His
6-yard run put the nail in the
coffin and secured Hermis-
ton’s 48-point victory.
“We just played all
together, as a team, like
everybody was blocking
down field just going full
speed,” Gutierrez said.
“Everybody was in the game
even the side lines were in it.”
James was able to sit out
the fourth quarter with the
comfortable lead and finished
8-of-10 for 157 yards and
three touchdowns. He also
had eight carries for 40 yards,
but it was Hinkle who had
the best ground game. Hinkle
finished with 160 yards and
three touchdowns on nine
carries. Neal led the receivers
with four catches for 74 yards
and two touchdowns.
UP NEXT
Hermiston will finish its
regular season in Round-Up
Stadium. The Bulldogs will
travel up the highway to face
the Pendleton Buckaroos in
their rivalry match up at 7
p.m. Friday.
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MUSTANGS: Defense held Stanfield to just 92 total yards in second half
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three touchdowns. Wilson
added 79 passing yards and
one touchdown with one
interception.
“He’s shown that he can
really run,” Grant said of the
freshman. “I haven’t wanted
him to run a lot early in the
year, but I think he’s shown
that he’s capable and that’s a
real weapon for us.”
The Mustangs took advan-
tage of good field position all
game long, starting with the
game’s opening kickoff that
gave them the ball at their own
49. Heppner drove 51 yards
on 11 plays that was capped
off by a six-yard plunge by
Wilson. Heppner started a
drive inside its own 30 just
three times on nine drives and
four times started outside its
own 40.
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
The Tigers’ Justin Keeney looks for an opening during
Friday’s game againt Heppner in Stanfield.
Stanfield looked like it
would answer the Mustangs’
opening scoring drive with
one of its own, moving
easily through the Mustangs’
defense all the way down
to Mustangs’ 10. But the
Heppner defense tightened up
and Wilson intercepted a pass
by Stanfield’s Shayne Keltz at
the four-yard-line.
From there, Heppner drove
96 yards on 10 plays and took
a 16-0 lead early in the second
quarter when Dougherty
took an inside handoff in the
backfield, patiently followed
his blockers and then attacked
the hole and sprinted 35 yards
through Tigers defense for the
score. Another Wilson touch-
down run two drives later put
Heppner up 22-0 late in the
second quarter.
However, Stanfield did not
give in. The Tigers intercepted
a pass by Wilson at its own
20 with just 1:06 left to play
in the first half and turned to
Adrian Renner to give them
a boost. Renner, who finished
the game with 127 rushing
yards, utilized his speed and
busted off a 43 yard run to
put the Tigers in scoring
position. After a few failed
pass attempts, Renner took a
sweep handoff and cut his way
through the Mustangs defense
for an 18-yard touchdown to
cut the deficit to 22-8 with 13
seconds left in the half.
The late Tigers score made
Grant a little worried going
into the half, thinking about
a possible momentum swing
for the Tigers going into the
second half. However, that
was not the case. Heppner’s
defense held Stanfield to just
92 yards of offense in the
second half, and the offense
continued to wear down the
Tigers, move the chains, and
find the end zone. The only
touchdown Heppner allowed
was a one-yard rush by Keltz
late in the fourth quarter.
“The kids just figured it out
and played it better,” Grant
said. “Maybe we were being
a little too careful to start but
we finally said ‘To heck with
it’ and came out and got after it
and we really did shut it down.
But Stanfield really played
hard. They ran hard, blocked
hard, and challenged us.”
Up next, Stanfield will
host Monroe on Friday for
its regular season finale.
Heppner will host Corbett as
the Mustangs aim for a fifth
straight victory and go into the
playoffs at full strength.
“Those losses that we had
early on were good for us,”
Dougherty said. “We learned
a lot in those games and we’ve
grown so much as a team, it’s
amazing where we are now.”
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