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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian VOLLEY: Walla Walla downs Hermiston Continued from 1B Noelani Helm and junior Hannah Hair. Helm had seven kills, 18 assists, 11 ace serves and six digs, while Hair had 10 kills and three aces. “Our passing was spot on,” Wa-Hi coach Tracy Rotert said. “When that hap- pens, those two can make magic.” The Bulldogs (2-3 MCC) got off to a great start in the first set, leading 8-5 and forg- ing a tie at 11-all. Then Hair went the ser- vice line and reeled off eight consecutive points for a 19-12 lead. The 6-foot-1 middle also had an ace and a back-row kill in the run of points. Hermiston regained serve, only to see Courtnee West serve the ball out of play. The teams traded points until Kaiya Lynch put the set away with a kill. Hair and Helm served back-to-back in the second set, combining for 16 points and a 24-5 lead. Helm, who has a dominant jump serve, had five ace serves among her 10 points. Ireland McDonough served three aces in a row to pull the Bulldogs within 24-8, then a missed serve closed out the set. “I have loved our serving this year,” Rotert said. “It’s consistently tough and that makes it fun.” The Bulldogs controlled the start of the third set, tak- ing leads of 6-3 and 9-4 before Walla Walla starting chipping away. Lynch served two points to tied the score at 10-10, and the Blue Devils had a 13-11 lead when Helm went to the service line. Helm reeled off two aces to start, then added two more for an 18-11 lead before serv- ing the ball long. Staff photos by Kathy Aney Above, Sophia Streeter, of Hermiston, hits the ball against Walla Walla. Below, Ire- land McDonough (9), of Hermiston, gets a hand on the ball after a hit by Walla Wal- la’s Noelani Helm (8) during Thursday’s game in Hermiston. Two hitting errors by Hermiston ended the match. “We have been dialing it in on serve receive, but tonight we got into a funk,” Dyck said. McDonough led the Bull- dogs with six kills, six digs and three aces, while Halee Stubbs had six digs, Kend- all Dowdy three kills, eight assists and five digs, and Courtnee West six assists and three digs. Lindsey Ruff, a junior transfer from Colorado Springs, Colo., added eight kills and six digs for Wa-Hi, while Morgan Sucharda had 10 digs. Hermiston will host Han- ford on Tuesday. Continued from 1B Staff photo by Brett Kane Riverside’s Ulyses Lopez attempts to steal the ball from Umatilla’s Luis Castro. frustrated at some of the refs calls and the penalties called on his team, especially the penalty kick that scored Riv- erside their third goal. “Outside of that, some of our players still need work,” he said. “Our wings need to learn how to play back and forth, and make passes. They’re fresh- men — high school soccer is a lot different than the AYSO.” Riverside faced sim- ilar issues. The majority of their varsity team grad- uated last year, leaving them with newcomers and freshmen. But that didn’t seem to hinder them much. The Pirates displayed tal- ent both on offense and defense, preventing Uma- tilla from scoring. “Today, we talked bet- ter, communicated and put goals in when we needed to,” Lopez said after his team’s win. “Our defense really stepped it up.” The Pirates open their league schedule with a win, and they’re now 4-2-1 overall. They’ll host Nyssa next Saturday, while Uma- tilla will travel to Four Riv- ers this weekend. SCOREBOARD Friday, September 21 Football Ione at Imbler, 2 p.m. Pendleton at Scappoose, 7 p.m. Hermiston at Walla Walla, 7 p.m. La Grande at Mac-Hi, 7 p.m. Stevenson (WA) at Irrigon, 7 p.m. Umatilla at Grant Union, 7 p.m. Stanfield at Nyssa, 7 p.m. (MT) Culver at Weston-McEwen, 7 p.m. Heppner at Colfax (WA), 7 p.m. King’s Way Christian (WA) at Riverside, 7 p.m. Pilot Rock at Arlington, 7 p.m. Huntington at Echo, 7 p.m. Cross country Umatilla at Footrace to Valhalla, Umatilla Saturday, September 22 Volleyball Cove at Helix, 5 p.m. Boys soccer Nyssa at Irrigon, 3 p.m. Girls soccer Nyssa at Irrigon, 1 p.m. La Grande at Mac-Hi, 2 p.m. Shadle Park at Hermiston, 2 p.m. Girls Swimming Hermiston at Mid-Columbia Invite, Kamiakin Sports on TV Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Friday, Sept. 21 AUTO RACING 8:30 a.m. NBCSN — NASCAR, Monster Energy Cup Series, Federated Auto Parts 400, practice, at Richmond, Va. 10:30 a.m. NBCSN — NASCAR, Monster Energy Cup Series, Federated Auto Parts 400, final practice, at Richmond, Va. 11:30 a.m. NBCSN — NASCAR, K&N Pro Series West, at Las Vegas 1:30 p.m. NBCSN — NASCAR, Xfinity Series, Go Bowling 250, qualifying, at Richmond, Va. 3 p.m. NBCSN — NASCAR, Monster Energy Cup Series, Federated Auto Parts 400, qualifying, at Richmond, Va. 4:30 p.m. NBCSN — NASCAR, Xfinity Series, Go Bowling 250, at Richmond, Va. BOXING 6:45 p.m. SHO — Jon Fernandez vs. O’Shaquie Fos- ter, super featherweights; Irvin Gonzalez Jr. vs. Carlos Ramos, featherweights; Wesley Ferrer vs. Steven Ortiz, lightweights; James Wilkins vs. Misael Lopez, junior lightweights, at Shawnee, Okla. COLLEGE FOOTBALL 4 p.m. ESPN — FAU at UCF Prep Roundup Pendleton falls to No. 2 Crook County East Oregonian SOCCER: Pirates crush Vikings Local Slate Friday, September 21, 2018 ESPNU — Harvard at Brown 6 p.m. FS1 — Penn St. at Illinois 7:30 p.m. ESPN — Washington St. at Southern Cal DRAG RACING 4 p.m. FS1 — NHRA, AAA Insurance Midwest Nationals, qualifying, at Madison, Ill. EQUESTRIAN 8:30 p.m. NBCSN — FEI World Equestrian Games, Jumping Team Medals, at Mill Spring, N.C. (same-day tape) GOLF 3:30 a.m. GOLF — European PGA Tour, Portugal Masters, second round, at Vilamoura, Portugal 7 a.m. GOLF — Web.com Tour, Tour Champion- ship, second round, at Atlantic Beach, Fla. 10 a.m. GOLF — PGA Tour, Tour Championship, second round, at Atlanta 3 p.m. GOLF — Champions Tour, Sanford Inter- national, first round, at Sioux Falls, S.D. MLB BASEBALL 1 p.m. MLB — Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox 4 p.m. ESPN2 — Boston at Cleveland 4:30 p.m. MLB — Regional coverage, Philadelphia at Atlanta OR San Francisco at St. Louis (8 p.m.) SOCCER 11:20 a.m. FS2 — Bundesliga, Stuttgart vs. Fortuna Dusseldorf Baseball American League East Division W L Pct x-Boston 104 49 .680 New York 93 59 .612 Tampa Bay 85 67 .559 Toronto 70 83 .458 Baltimore 44 108 .289 Central Division W L Pct x-Cleveland 85 67 .559 Minnesota 71 81 .467 Detroit 62 91 .405 Chicago 60 92 .395 Kansas City 52 101 .340 West Division W L Pct Houston 95 57 .625 Oakland 92 61 .601 Seattle 84 68 .553 Los Angeles 75 78 .490 Texas 64 88 .421 x-clinched division GB — 10½ 18½ 34 59½ GB — 14 23½ 25 33½ GB — 3½ 11 20½ 31 Wednesday’s Games Minnesota 8, Detroit 2 Tampa Bay 9, Texas 3 Baltimore 2, Toronto 1 N.Y. Yankees 10, Boston 1 Pittsburgh 2, Kansas City 1 Cleveland 4, Chicago White Sox 1 Seattle 9, Houston 0 Oakland 10, L.A. Angels 0 Thursday’s Games Oakland 21, L.A. Angels 3 Boston 11, N.Y. Yankees 6 Toronto 9, Tampa Bay 8 Chicago White Sox 5, Cleveland 4, 11 innings Detroit 11, Kansas City 8 Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs (Quintana 13-10) at Chicago White Sox (Lopez 6-9), 1:10 p.m. Baltimore (Ramirez 1-6) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 7-7), 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay (TBD) at Toronto (Reid-Foley 2-3), 4:07 p.m. Boston (Sale 12-4) at Cleveland (Bauer 12-6), 4:10 p.m. Kansas City (Kennedy 2-8) at Detroit (Liria- no 5-10), 4:10 p.m. Seattle (Ramirez 2-3) at Texas (Sadzeck 0-0), 5:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Heaney 9-9) at Houston (Cole 14-5), 5:10 p.m. Minnesota (Berrios 11-11) at Oakland (TBD), 7:05 p.m. Saturday’s Games Baltimore at N.Y. Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Toronto, 1:07 p.m. Kansas City at Detroit, 3:10 p.m. Boston at Cleveland, 4:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, 4:10 p.m. L.A. Angels at Houston, 4:10 p.m. Seattle at Texas, 5:05 p.m. Minnesota at Oakland, 6:05 p.m. National League East Division W L Pct Atlanta 85 68 .556 Philadelphia 78 74 .513 Washington 77 76 .503 New York 71 82 .464 Miami 59 93 .388 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 89 63 .586 Milwaukee 87 66 .569 St. Louis 84 69 .549 Pittsburgh 77 74 .510 Cincinnati 66 88 .429 West Division W L Pct Los Angeles 85 68 .556 Colorado 82 70 .539 Arizona 79 74 .516 San Francisco 72 81 .471 San Diego 61 92 .399 GB — 6½ 8 14 25½ GB — 2½ 5½ 11½ 24 GB — 2½ 6 13 24 Wednesday’s Games Atlanta 7, St. Louis 3 Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Mets 0 Pittsburgh 2, Kansas City 1 Milwaukee 7, Cincinnati 0 San Diego 8, San Francisco 4 Arizona 9, Chicago Cubs 0 L.A. Dodgers 5, Colorado 2 Thursday’s Games N.Y. Mets 5, Washington 4, 12 innings Cincinnati 4, Miami 2 Atlanta 8, Philadelphia 3 Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs (Quintana 13-10) at Chicago White Sox (Lopez 6-9), 1:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Chacin 14-8) at Pittsburgh (Nova 9-9), 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets (deGrom 8-9) at Washington (Ross 0-0), 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati (Castillo 10-12) at Miami (Chen 6-11), 4:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Pivetta 7-13) at Atlanta (Teheran 9-8), 4:35 p.m. San Francisco (Bumgarner 6-6) at St. Louis (Gant 7-6), 5:15 p.m. Colorado (Marquez 12-10) at Arizona (Godley 14-10), 6:40 p.m. San Diego (Lauer 5-7) at L.A. Dodgers (Stripling 8-4), 7:10 p.m. Saturday’s Games Philadelphia at Atlanta, 10:05 a.m. San Francisco at St. Louis, 10:05 a.m. N.Y. Mets at Washington, 1:05 p.m. Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Chicago White Sox, 4:10 p.m. Cincinnati at Miami, 4:10 p.m. Colorado at Arizona, 5:10 p.m. San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, 6:10 p.m. Football National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Miami 2 0 0 1.000 47 32 New England 1 1 0 .500 47 51 N.Y. Jets 1 2 0 .333 77 58 Buffalo 0 2 0 .000 23 78 South W L T Pct PF PA Jacksonville 2 0 0 1.000 51 35 Tennessee 1 1 0 .500 40 44 Indianapolis 1 1 0 .500 44 43 Houston 0 2 0 .000 37 47 North W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 2 0 0 1.000 68 46 Cleveland 1 1 1 .500 60 59 Baltimore 1 1 0 .500 70 37 Pittsburgh 0 1 1 .250 58 63 West W L T Pct PF PA Kansas City 2 0 0 1.000 80 65 Denver 2 0 0 1.000 47 43 L.A. Chargers 1 1 0 .500 59 58 Oakland 0 2 0 .000 32 53 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Dallas 1 1 0 .500 28 29 Washington 1 1 0 .500 33 27 Philadelphia 1 1 0 .500 39 39 N.Y. Giants 0 2 0 .000 28 40 South W L T Pct PF PA Tampa Bay 2 0 0 1.000 75 61 Atlanta 1 1 0 .500 43 42 Carolina 1 1 0 .500 40 39 New Orleans 1 1 0 .500 61 66 North W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay 1 0 1 .750 53 52 Minnesota 1 0 1 .750 53 45 Chicago 1 1 0 .500 47 41 Detroit 0 2 0 .000 44 78 West W L T Pct PF PA L.A. Rams 2 0 0 1.000 67 13 San Francisco 1 1 0 .500 46 51 Seattle 0 2 0 .000 41 51 Arizona 0 2 0 .000 6 58 Thursday’s Games Cleveland 21, N.Y. Jets 17 PRINEVILLE — The No. 2-ranked Cowboys improved to 3-0 in Inter- mountain Conference play with a victory over the Buckaroos in Prineville. Pendleton, which suf- fered it first conference loss, won the first set 25-22 before dropping the next three 25-15, 25-20, 25-7. “The girls played with a lot of heart and emotion tonight,” Pendleton coach Amanda Lapp said. “We knew this was going to be a match that we had to pull out everything we’ve learned. Our passing was on tonight, which resulted in some great offensive plays.” Elizabeth House had five kills for Pendleton, while Josie Wilson added four kills and two blocks and Kirah McGlothan 12 digs. IRRIGON 3, UMA- TILLA 0 — Hailey White had 10 kills and 10 service points, and Myka Davis added eight kills as the Knights swept the visiting Vikings (0-2) in an Eastern Oregon League match. Irrigon won by identical scores in each set, 25-13, 25-13, 25-13, to improve to 2-0 in league play. Makenna Collins added 10 ace serves, while Emma Muelle had 12 assists and Bailey Botefuhr 11 points. WESTON-McEWEN 3, UNION 1 — Hailey Weaver had 10 kills and two blocks to help the top- ranked TigerScots to a 19-25, 25-8, 25-11, 25-20 Blue Mountain Confer- ence victory in Athena. Bryce Thul added 17 assists and five kills, while Ellie Scheidner had 15 assists, Jesse Man- ning 17 digs and five kills, Emma Olson 12 digs and three aces, Trinty Hearn six aces, Tyree Burke five kills, five blocks and six aces, and Keree Graves 10 digs and seven kills. “We got contributions from everyone,” W-M coach Shawn White said. The TigerScots will host defending 2A state champion Grant Union at noon Saturday and will play Stanfield later in the day. STANFIELD 3, ENTERPRISE 1 — Ken- dra Hart had 13 kills, 10 digs and eight assists to lead the Tigers to their first Blue Mountain Confer- ence win. Stanfield topped the Outlaws (0-1) 25-12, 25-16, 18-25, 25-19. “We’ve been starting out slow, so we changed up our practices and it paid off tonight, Stanfield coach Blaine Ganvoa said. “The thing I’m most proud of is that we came out and played as team and worked hard all night to keep our rhythm.” Allison Griffin added 10 kills and 15 digs, Savannah Sharp 12 digs and 18 assists, and Amber Weems five block. HEPPNER 3, PILOT ROCK 1 — Sydney Wil- son had 12 kills and 23 digs to lead the Mustangs to a 25-15, 25-27, 27-25, 25-18 Blue Mountain Conference win over the visiting Rockets. “Really proud how the girls came together tonight,” Heppner coach Mindy Wilson said. “It was a full team effort. Pilot Rock pushed us and we battled back.” Jenna McCullough added 18 digs, seven kills and six blocks, while Gen- evieve Smith handed out 20 assists. As a team, Hep- pner served at 91 percent with 10 aces. ECHO 3, MITCH- ELL-SPRAY 0 — The Cougars improved to 5-1 in Big Sky League play with a 25-12, 25-10-, 25-10 home win. Tylene Skillman led Echo with nine kills and two blocks, while Lexie Cox added eight kills and Katlynn Jackson was 35 of 37 from the service line with five aces. Setters Faith McCarty and Annie Barnes each had 10 assists. Girls Soccer WALLA WALLA 2, HERMISTON 0 — The Lady Bulldogs added another loss to their record when they faced Walla Walla at home on Thurs- day night. “It was a slow first half,” said Hermiston coach Freddy Guizar. “We held our ground during the second half. Walla Walla only got two shots in. Our girls were very encourag- ing and gave each other the motivation they needed to push through.” Hermiston is 0-7 over- all and 0-6 for the league. They’ll host Clarkston on Saturday. RIVERSIDE 2, UMA- TILLA 0 — The River- side Pirates upset their rivals from Umatilla at home on Thursday, win- ning 2-0 in their season’s first league game. Layla Castillo and Marisol Pacheco each scored a goal. “The girls played good today,” said Riverside coach Carlos Velasco. “I’m impressed with their efforts all around.” The Lady Pirates will travel to the Portland Christian Academy for one more nonleague game next Tuesday. They stand with a 4-2-1 overall record. REDMOND 2, PEND- LETON 1 — Pendle- ton opened league play with a “heartbreaker” of a loss against Redmond on Thursday night. The defeat came in the form of a penalty kick late in the second half, giving Redmond a one-point lead to finish the game. “We actually had a much better soccer game today — we were an offensive pressure,” said coach Paul Parker. “We connected as a team better, and showed progress.” After a week off, Parker says it’s been rough get- ting back into the groove — the Lady Bucks had just come off a 4-1 loss against Mac-Hi on Tuesday. “There’s lots of good things to build off of,” he said. “We have a really, really good team.” Pendleton is now 1-4 overall, and 0-1 for the league. They’ll travel to The Dalles next Tuesday. Boys Soccer PENDLETON 5, REDMOND 3 — The Bucks opened their league on Thursday with their first win of the season, hosting Redmond and coming out on top. Jonathan Lopez, Tyler Browning, Gabe Rodri- guez, Curtis Simons and Edwin Linares all put in goals to seal their win. “We’ve been work- ing hard, and I think that showed today,” said Bucks coach Alex Erazo. “They were focused, and the intensity was there.” Pendleton will continue their league play when they travel to The Dalles next Tuesday. Girls Swimming SOUTHRIDGE 115, HERMISTON 62 — Hermiston lost their meet at Kennewick’s Kenneth Serier Memorial Pool against Southridge on Thursday. The Lady Bulldogs were led by Abby Sharon in the 100-meter freestyle, clocking in at 1:03.98, and Georgia Stevenson in the 100-meter breast stroke, finishing in 1:31.27. Sharon also placed sec- ond in the 50-meter free- style with a 29.14 time, and Stevenson finished second in the 200-meter individual medley with a time of 2:48.57.