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SPORTS
East Oregonian
VOLLEY: Walla Walla downs Hermiston
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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.
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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.