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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2018
1B
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Prep roundup
Echo
wins fifth
straight
game
East Oregonian
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Hermiston quarterback Andrew James tries to ward off Eisenhower’s Roberto DeLaFuente while rushing the ball in the Bulldogs’
61-42 win against the Cadets on Friday in Hermiston.
Dawgs pile up the points
Noland has a career day in Hermiston’s win over Ike
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
PREP FOOTBALL
as that good enough?
That was the question
Hermiston coach David
Faaeteete asked his team Friday
night after beating Eisenhower
61-42 in a nonleague tilt at Ken-
nison Field.
“The defense was disappoint-
ing,” said Faaeteete, whose team
gave up more points than it had
all year.
“We took a step back. We have
to get better. We weren’t making
tackles and the D-Line was get-
ting blown off the ball.”
Hermiston’s offense was in
fine working order Friday night.
Wyatt Noland ran for a
career high 303 yards and four
touchdowns.
“He was a workhorse,” Faae-
teete said.
Noland picked up a big chunk
of his yards on touchdown runs
of 58 and 65 yards in the second
half.
Hermiston led 14-7 after the
first quarter, then pulled away
in the second, needing less than
W
Hermiston
Eisenhower
61
42
2 minutes on each of its scoring
drives.
The Bulldogs took a 41-21
lead into halftime, scoring on six
of their eight possessions.
The highlight of the first half
for the Bulldogs was a 90-yard
kickoff return for a touchdown
by Jordan Ramirez in the second
quarter.
“I was dead after that,”
Ramirez said. “I couldn’t feel my
legs. I saw a hole open up and I
ran through it. I looked back and
there was nothing (penalty flags).
It was beautiful.”
Noland ran for first-half touch-
downs of 34 and 3 yards, while
Andrew James had scoring runs
of 19 and 34 yards. James finished
with 117 yards on the ground.
Youbani Razon also caught a
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Hermiston’s Colton Duquette (57) collides with Eisenhower run-
ning back Damian Pacheco in the Bulldogs’ 61-42 win against the
Cadets on Friday in Hermiston.
20-yard scoring pass from James.
Eisenhower tried to climb back
in the game late, and had the ball
inside the Hermiston 10-yard line
in the final seconds, but could not
convert on fourth down.
The Cadets got 173 yards and
two touchdown from Damian
Pacheco, while Drew Reyes
caught touchdown passes of 37
and 22 yards from Drew Kor-
negay. Kornegay threw for 336
yards and three touchdowns.
Hermiston (5-2 overall, 4-2
MCC) will return to Mid-Colum-
bia Conference play next week,
taking on Hanford at Fran Rish
Stadium.
It looks like there’s no stopping
the Echo Cougars.
The team (5-1) took home their
fifth consecutive win after travel-
ing to Mitchell and shutting them
out 58-0.
Mason Smith led the Cougars,
rushing for 100 yards and three
touchdowns. Michael Pointer
rushed for 175 yards and two
touchdowns, including a 93-yard
carry into the end zone with 1:24
left in the fourth quarter. Scotty
Harper and Cam Scott each scored
a defensive touchdown.
“We outmatched them,” said
coach Rick Thew. “We were hop-
ing for a little more competition
to get ready for next week. We’re
feeling confident — it was a good
night.”
Echo will play their penultimate
league game against South Wasco
County (6-1) next Friday.
HEPPNER
55,
WESTON-MCEWEN 8 — Hep-
pner’s home win came in a big way
against Weston-McEwen on Fri-
day night.
Jayden Wilson led the team,
rushing for 132 yards and two
touchdowns, and passing for 133
yards and two more touchdowns.
Blake Wolters ran for 113 yards
and two touchdowns.
“I was pleased. Our goal was to
be more physical and play harder,”
said Mustangs coach Greg Grant.
“It took the first quarter for us to
warm up, but I’m real proud of our
efforts.”
Dylan Cain put in the Tiger-
Scots’ lone score, and Andrew
Gambill received Blane Peal’s pass
for a 2-point conversion.
Heppner (5-2, 2-0) will stay at
home next week when they host
Grant Union (3-3, 1-0) next Friday.
VALE 48, IRRIGON 14 —
Irrigon took home a road loss
against Vale on Friday night.
Knights running back Payton
Smith caught an interception and
ran the ball back 50 yards for a
touchdown, and running back Lino
Covarrubia scored on a 7-yard
rush.
“We played tough. They fought
real hard,” said Irrigon coach
Ken Thompson. “I feel like we’re
See ROUNDUP/2B
Reliever’s homer stuns Kershaw, Dodgers
By GENARO C. ARMAS
AP Sports Writer
MILWAUKEE — The
high-five at the plate from
Brandon Woodruff nearly
took out Lorenzo Cain.
It’s not often that reliever
hits a home run.
Batting left-handed. Off
lefty Clayton Kershaw. In
the playoffs.
Woodruff stunned the
ace with an early home run
and Milwaukee’s normally
shutdown bullpen held on
— barely — as the Brewers
beat the sloppy Los Angeles
Dodgers 6-5 Friday night in
Game 1 of the NL Champi-
onship Series.
Hard-throwing
Josh
Hader and the Brewers
earned their 12th straight
win, one shy of the franchise
record set to open the 1987
season.
Woodruff, of all people,
had the momentum-swing-
ing hit.
“It’s something obviously
coming into the day, you
don’t know in your wildest
dreams that’s going to hap-
pen,” he said.
It was the first time in
postseason history that a
pitcher homered in a lefty
vs. lefty matchup. Wood-
ruff was understandably
pumped as he rounded the
bases.
“He was fired up when
he came home. He nearly
broke my arm,” Cain said.
The Dodgers scored
three times in the eighth to
make it 6-4, then nearly tied
it in the ninth. Chris Taylor
hit an RBI triple off Cain’s
glove in deep center field
NLCS
Brewers
Dodgers
6
5
Brewers lead series 1-0
with two outs before Corey
Knebel fanned Justin Turner
to end the game.
See NLCS/2B
AP Photo/Matt Slocum
Milwaukee Brewers’ Brandon Woodruff reacts after hit-
ting a home run in the third inning of Game 1 Friday.
Sports shorts
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
Kelowna slips past Tri-City Americans 3-2
Photo by Doug Love/Tri-City Americans
The last time the Tri-City Americans
and Kelowna Rockets met, the Ameri-
cans swept them in the first round of the
playoffs last year.
The Rockets returned the favor Friday
night, taking a 3-2 game from the Amer-
icans at Toyota Center. It was just the
second win of the season for Kelowna
(2-8-0-0).
Trailing 2-0, the Americans (3-3-0-0)
cut the deficit in half with a goal by Isaac
Johnson at 19:32 of the first period.
The Rockets would stretch their lead
to 3-1 with a goal by Kyle Topping early
in the third period.
Blake Stevenson responded for the
Americans at 9:35 of the third, but they
would get no closer.
Dallon Wilton and Libor Zabransky
also scored for Kelowna, who will host
Tri-City on Saturday.
Beck Warn finished with 34 saves for
the Americans, while Roman Basran had
21 for the Rockets.
1903 — The Boston Pilgrims
win the first World Series, 5 games
to 3, with a 3-0 victory over the
Pittsburgh Pirates.
1960 — Bill Mazeroski opens
the bottom of the ninth with a home
run off Ralph Terry of the New
York Yankees to give the Pitts-
burgh Pirates a 10-9 victory and
the World Series championship.
1998 — For the first time in
NBA history, the league cancels
regular season games after labor
talks break off.
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