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SPORTS FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2018 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS HERMISTON BULLDOGS STAY ALIVE and an automatic trip to state with a 25-23, 25-14, 25-17 victory over Southridge. The Hermiston-Kamiakin winner will play Southridge for the last berth to state next week in Yakima. The Bulldogs got off to a quick start over the Highlanders (3-13). Leading 6-5 in the first set, McDonough took to the service line and reeled off 10 con- secutive points for a 16-5 lead. Shadle Park would hang a few points on the scoreboard, but would not get closer than seven points down the stretch. McDonough served two con- secutive aces for the win. The Highlanders had no quit in them. They pushed the Bulldogs in the second set, and forged a 19-19 tie before Hermiston pulled away. Scout Reagan gave the Bulldogs a 24-19 lead with four consecutive points, and Avery Treadwell laid down a kill to give Hermiston a 2-0 lead. With a victory on the horizon, the Bulldogs went to work in the third set. A big service run by Reagan gave the Bulldogs a 16-6 lead, but a series of unforced errors and a kill by Shadle Will face Kamiakin on Saturday in regional, loser- out match By ANNIE FOWLER East Oregonian W ith its season on the line Thursday night, the Herm- iston volleyball team did what it need to do to stay alive in the Region 5/8 tournament. Sophia Streeter had seven kills, and Ireland McDonough had eight aces and 13 digs to lead the Bulldogs (7-11) to a 25-15, 25-20, 25-23 victory over visit- ing Shadle Park. “We like to keep people on their toes,” Hermiston coach Amy Dyck said. “Keep them guessing. I encour- aged the girls not to take them lightly. Shadle Park was in the tournament for a reason. They have the tools and they have a lot of volleyball knowledge. We didn’t want to overlook them.” The Bulldogs will face Kamiakin at noon Saturday at Southridge High School in a loser-out match. The Braves swept North Central to advance. Mt. Spokane won the regional title See DAWGS/2B Staff photos by E.J. Harris Left: Hermiston’s Sophia Streeter (14) and Avery Treadwell (2) attempt to block a strike from Shadle Park’s Meghan Keenan. Right: Hermiston’s Daisy Maddox spikes the ball into the block from Shadle Park’s Chloe Flerchinger (13) and Megan Gallagher (10) in the Bulldogs’ 3-0 win against the Highlanders on Thursday in Hermiston. MLS SOCCER Prep volleyball Timbers advance in shootout SEATTLE (AP) — Dairon Asprilla scored the deciding penalty as the Portland Timbers survived a wild second half and extra time to defeat the Seat- tle Sounders 4-2 in a shootout Thursday night and advance to the MLS Western Conference finals. Seattle won the wild second leg of the conference semifinal matchup between the Cascadia rivals 3-2, scoring late in regu- lation to force extra time before both teams scored early in the extra session. Eventually, the sides decided the winner via penal- ties, although Portland initially believed it had won at the end of extra time because of scoring a second road goal in the soc- cer match. The celebration was prema- ture as road goals are not a tie- breaker in extra time. But it became real minutes later when Asprilla beat Seattle goalkeeper Stefan Frei and sent Portland to the West finals for the first time since winning the MLS Cup in 2015. Portland will face Sporting Irrigon’s Collins named MVP of EOL for volleyball By ANNIE FOWLER East Oregonian AP Photo/Ted S. Warren Seattle Sounders forward Raul Ruidiaz has a shot deflected by Portland Timbers goalkeeper Jeff Attinella during the first half of the second leg of an MLS playoff soccer series on Thursday in Seattle. Kansas City or Real Salt Lake in the West finals. Asprilla, Lucas Melano, Diego Valeri and Sebastian Blanco scored in the shootout for Portland. Seattle’s goals came from Raul Ruidiaz and Hand- walla Bwana, but Will Bruin hit the post and Osvaldo Alon- so’s shot was saved by Portland goalkeeper Jeff Attinella, aton- ing for an earlier mistake that led to Seattle’s first goal. Portland held a 2-1 lead after the first leg at home and the match reached penalties only because of a wild final 25 min- utes of regulation and a begin- ning to extra time that was equally crazy. The Irrigon Knights made school history this season with their first trip to the 3A state volleyball tournament. And the honors kept rolling in for the team Collins as sophomore libero MaKenna Collins was named the Eastern Oregon League Player of the Year. Collins finished league play with 220 digs, and served at 94 percent with 11 aces. Collins was joined on the first team by teammate Haley White, a junior outside hitter. White had 119 kills on the season, along with 25 blocks and 12 aces. She served at 84 percent. On the honorable men- tion team, the Knights had set- ter Emma Mueller, outside hitter Myka Davis and opposite hitter Nikki Phillips. Umatilla outside hitter Char- lene Alvarez was named to the second team, while Riverside middle Megan Hegar was selected to the hon- orable mention team. The Knights finished third in the EOL stand- ings, but finished sec- ond at district to qual- ify for state, where they were swept by South Umpqua in the first round. Irrigon also received the Sportsmanship Award from the Blue Mountain Conference Offi- cials Association, and had the highest GPA in the state among 3A volleyball teams at 3.91. Eastern Oregon League Player of the Year: MaKenna Collins, so., Irrigon. Coach of the Year: Paula Toney, Burns. First team: MaKenna Collins, so., libe- ro, Irrigon; Kaiden Raif, so., setter, Burns; Haley White, jr., outside hitter, Irrigon; Emmy Johnson, so., middle, Vale; Jaymo Jensen, fr., outside hitter, Vale; Allie Hueckman, so., outside hitter, Burns. Second team: Mariah Atencio, jr., middle, Burns; Lexi Schaffeld, sr., outside hitter, Vale; Jenna Garner, jr., outside hitter, Burns; Sierra Cleaver, sr., outside hitter, Vale; Syriah Trujillo, jr., libero, Nyssa; Charlene Alvarez, sr., outside hitter, Umatilla. Honorable mention team: Lacy Singhose, sr., opposite hitter, Burns; Emma Mueller, so., setter, Irrigon; Myka Davis, sr., outside hitter, Irrigon; Nikki Phillips, sr., opposite hitter, Irri- gon; Maycee Delong, jr., setter, Vale; DeMiah Hardin, jr., outside hitter, Vale; Megan Hegar, jr., middle, Riverside. Sports shorts IRRIGON’S ZACH HENRICHS SIGNS WITH BMCC By ANNIE FOWLER East Oregonian Irrigon senior Zack Henrichs signed a letter of intent earlier this week to continue his baseball career at Blue Mountain Com- munity College. “I think the big thing for me was the atmosphere,” Henrichs said of choosing BMCC. “The players want to be there. I felt a part of the team when I was there. They are hard-working guys.” The 5-foot-9, 190-pound Henrichs plays every infield position except first base, but the Timberwolves plan to play him at either second or third base. “Baseball is everything to me,” said Henrichs, who will receive a partial schol- arship at BMCC. “I will play wherever they need me.” Henrichs will join former Irrigon player Adrian Roa on the Henrichs BMCC team. Also playing col- lege baseball from Irrigon is Austin Rice, hurt.” who pitches for Whitworth Uni- versity in Spokane. The Knights advanced to the state tournament last year, where they lost a 4-3 game in eight innings to Pleasant Hill in the first round. “That was an emotional game,” Henrichs said. “They won on a walk-off error in the bottom of the eighth. That one A three-year starter, Henrichs hit .405 last year with 10 doubles, two triples and 27 RBIs. On the mound, he had a 1.47 ERA and 67 strikeouts. He was named to the Eastern Ore- gon League first team as a pitcher, and to the second team as an infielder, his junior year. He was a first-team infielder as a sophomore. Henrichs, who carries a 3.45 GPA, said he would like to major in something in the medical field. Radiology and nursing are high on his list.
