A8
SPORTS
East Oregonian
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
PREP ROUNDUP
Vikings send Touchet home early in season opener
East Oregonian
The Umatilla Vikings
started their softball sea-
son off with a bang, post-
ing a huge 15-3 home win
over their Touchet visitors
on Tuesday.
“We played really well
defensively,” said coach
Erick Olson. “We got the
bats going in the fourth
inning to break the game
open.”
The Vikings knocked in
13 runs in the fourth inning,
and put the game away in
inning five.
Starting pitcher Kier-
sten Holz gave up just three
hits, struck out 10, and was
2 for 3 at bat with two runs.
Lauryn Journot posted an
inside-the-park home run
for her season’s first at-bat,
and was also 2 for 3. Char-
lene Alvarez was 1 for 2 and
scored three runs.
Umatilla (1-0) hosts Hep-
pner/Ione on Thursday for a
doubleheader at 2 p.m.
Softball
STA N F I ELD/ ECHO
17, IRRIGON 4 (5) —
Kendra Hart shut down the
Knights at the plate, then
did a fair amount of damage
herself with a double and
three runs scored in the sea-
son opener for the Cougars.
Taylor Longhorn and
Amber Weems each drove
in three runs, while Megan
Wampler and Lyndzee
Keltz each drove in two
runs. Wampler also hit two
doubles, while Keltz and
Weems each had one.
The Cougars will host
Sunnyside Christian on
Thursday.
DAYTON (WA) 21,
RIVERSIDE 2 (5) — The
Pirates got hits from Lily
Rockwell and Megan Hegar,
but Riverside did not have
enough firepower to get
past the visiting Bulldogs in
their season opener.
“This was just our sec-
ond day outside,” Riverside
coach Jordan Mittlesdorf
said. “Yesterday was the
first. We are very young. It
is a building season, and we
can only go up from here.”
Baseball
STA N F I ELD/ ECHO
15, COLUMBIA (WHITE
SALMON) 2 — Stanfield’s
rematch against Columbia
didn’t play out as they had
hoped.
Last
Saturday,
the
Tigers’ baseball team were
shut out 10-0 by the Bruins,
and on Tuesday, they fell
once again.
“We’re young, so we’re
still trying to figure out who
can pitch and who can’t,”
said coach Brad Rogers.
“We don’t know what we
have yet.”
Dylan Dunlap brought
the Tigers to life with a
2-RBI single at the bottom
of the first to knot the score,
but Stanfield walked 19 in
the second inning.
While the Tigers got just
two runs off of four hits, the
Bruins scored 15 runs on
five.
“Both games so far
have been the story of one
inning,” Rogers said. “But
there were some bright
spots today.”
Freshman AJ Keeney
pitched the last 2⅔ scoreless
innings and struck out five
Columbia players. Dunlap
was 2 for 2 at bat.
Stanfield (0-2) hosts
Nyssa for a doubleheader on
Friday at noon.
Boys tennis
SOUTHRIDGE
6,
PENDLETON 0 — The
Bucks were shut out by
Bucks to host baseball camp this Saturday
East Oregonian
Pendleton Buckaroo baseball camp is
now accepting registrations.
The camp will be held on Saturday,
March 23 from 9 a.m. to noon. Children
age 5-14 are welcome. Those aged 10-14
will play on the Bob White baseball field,
and children 5-9 will play on Phelps field
(located behind Bob White).
their Southridge hosts on
Tuesday.
“It was a good learn-
ing experience,” said coach
Chris Holdman. “It’s good
to get out there and play
different caliber schools
and players. It gives us the
opportunity to see what we
need to work on, which is
pretty much everything.”
The Bucks will hit the
court again today at 3 p.m.
as they welcome Baker.
Girls tennis
SOUTHRIDGE
6,
PENDLETON 2 — Despite
the road loss to open their
season, the Bucks posted a
pair of successful doubles
matches.
The camp includes instruction from
current Pendleton High School baseball
staff and players.
To register, visit buckaroobaseball.
com. The cost is $50 per camper, and
payments can be received the day of the
camp.
For any questions, email T.J. Hague-
wood at tj.haguewood@pendleton.k12.
or.us, or call 541-310-0885.
Sylvie Heriza and Clare
Durant won 6-2 in their first
set, lost the second 6-4, and
won the third set tiebreaker
11-9.
Katie Kelm and Kyra
Jackson claimed their first
set 6-0, lost the second 7-5,
and won the tiebreaker 10-4.
“We didn’t play too bad
for our first matches,” said
coach Rocky Dillenburg.
“All of the matches were
competitive — even the
ones we lost.”
STANFIELD, HELIX
AT
WESTON-MCE-
WEN: Zora Gehrke won
two singles matches for
Stanfield in a match with
Weston-McEwen and Helix
in Athena.
Gehrke beat Shelby
Yunk of W-M 8-0, then
topped Darla Holden of
Helix 8-2.
Tenley Alderson picked
up a singles win for W-M,
beating McKenzie Dunn of
Helix 8-0.
Lebraun Albert, Noah
Kelley and Alex Wood all
recorded singles wins for
the TigerScots.
The Helix girls got an
8-6 win from the doubles
team of Dunn and Holden
against W-M’s Yunk and
Skyla Muilenburg. The
Helix boys doubles team
of Bryce Fairchild and Sam
Kubishta defeated Tray
Buck and Kobe McLemore
of Stanfield 8-3.
Softball: Bucks see offense falter in loss, hope to improve defense
Continued from Page A7
“But we needed to improve
our hitting as a team.”
Tigers pitcher Allie
Brock, last year’s 4A All-
State pitcher of the year,
struck out Marissa Medrano
and Sauren Garton to open
the second inning, and
caught a shallow fly ball
from Elli Nirschl for the
next at-bat.
Brock threw for six
innings until a muscle
spasm in her throwing arm
put her out of the game at
the top of the seventh.
“Allie’s a great pitcher,”
Cary said. “I thought our
pitching was fine. I know
we gave up a few walks,
but Aspen (Garton) pitched
a good game, and Sauren
came in and threw well for
us in the seventh inning.”
Pendleton managed one
runner on base during the
third and fourth innings, and
both were left stranded and
unable to score. In inning
six, Garton walked three
straight Tigers batters to
load the bases. Junior Jacie
Howton knocked down a
single to drive one of them
home, and junior Jaiden
Hafer’s sacrifice fly brought
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Pendleton’s Ellie Lankford slides into second during Tuesday’s game against La Grande at
Steve Cary Field.
in junior Jayce Seavert to
put the Tigers up 6-1.
“We needed more fight
in us,” McGlothan said. “I
could tell we started to lose
our positivity towards the
end. We started to give up
because we were down by
so much.”
Sauren Garton struck out
Field: Track, tennis
courts also cleared
Continued from Page A7
“We didn’t have a place
to play until last Friday,”
Suns Athletic Director
Tim Wood said. “We have
been practicing at Lamp-
son (Stadium). We won’t
play any games at South-
ridge until April. If we
didn’t play that jamboree
in Hermiston, we would
have not been able to play.
No doubt that Hermiston
gets after it.”
A daunting task
Clearing a field the size
of Kennison, not to men-
tion the track, was no easy
feat.
It took McQuain and
seven other men two full
days to clear the field and
four lanes of the track.
But
before
they
removed one snowflake,
they consulted with the
company Hellas Construc-
tion, which installed the
turf and track in 2013.
“I read through the
book on how to remove
the snow, then I contacted
them,” McQuain said. “We
used a 6-foot-wide rotary
broom, which is suggested
by Hellas. It’s the same
equipment used to main-
tain the field. The snow
was powdery, so it was
pretty easy. Had we had
a couple more inches, we
would not have been able
to do it.”
To clear the tennis
courts, they used a snow
blower and plastic snow
shovels so they would not
damage the court surface.
“Being able to provide
playing surfaces for our
athletes, and those in the
league, not to mention our
P.E. classes, was the right
thing to do,” McQuain
said.
“People were con-
cerned about all the black
rubber they were seeing in
the snow we removed, but
it really wasn’t that much.”
McQuain said Hellas
will be in Hermiston this
summer to provide field
maintenance, which will
include an impact test,
cleaning and sanitizing
the field, and replacing any
lost rubber particles.
“We have 12 tons of
rubber,” McQuain said.
“We are going to be put-
ting some back in. The nap
of the field is 2-3 inches
tall. You only see about
half an inch. That’s how
much fill is there.”
Tigers seniors Alaina Car-
son and Lexee Gomes in the
final inning, but freshman
Kenzy Bowen was driven in
by Seavert to round out the
Tigers’ scoring.
McGlothan made it to
third base at the bottom of
the seventh, but Aspen Gar-
ton struck out to end the
game before she could drive
McGlothan home.
Along with McGlothan’s
home run, Aspen Garton,
Sami Spriet, Carissa Cooley
and Kila Soloman were all
1 for 3 at the plate for the
Bucks.
“I’m hoping to see us
clean up our defense,” Cary
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Pendleton pitcher Kylie Parsons winds up for a pitch during
Tuesday’s game against La Grande at Steve Cary Field.
said. “We need to sharpen up
and field those ground balls
with more precision. That’ll
make the difference.”
Pendleton (1-2) hosts
Southridge on Thursday.
SCOREBOARD
LOCAL SLATE
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20
Softball
Weston-McEwen at Touchet (WA) [DH],
3 p.m.
Mac-Hi/Helix at Walla Walla, 4 p.m.
Tennis
Grandview at Hermiston, 3 p.m.
Pendleton at Baker/Powder Valley, 4 p.m.
THURSDAY, MARCH 21
Baseball
Irrigon at Stevenson (WA) [DH], 3 p.m.
La Grande at Pendleton, 4:30 p.m.
Softball
Heppner/Ione at Umatilla (DH), 2 p.m.
Echo/Stanfield at Sunnyside (DH), 3 p.m.
Irrigon at Stevenson (WA) [DH], 3 p.m.
Southridge at Pendleton, 4 p.m.
Riverside at Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii,
4:30 p.m.
Tennis
Weston-McEwen at Mac-Hi, 3:30 p.m.
Kennewick at Hermiston, 3:30 p.m.
Track
Weston-McEwen, Stanfield/Echo, River-
side, Pilot Rock, Ione, Heppner at Herm-
iston Invitational, 3 p.m.
Pendleton Varsity Meet, 3:30 p.m.
Golf
Heppner/Ione at Hood River Valley,
2 p.m.
FRIDAY, MARCH 22
Baseball
Nyssa at Stanfield/Echo (DH), 1 p.m.
Sherman/Arlington/Condon at Umatilla
(DH), 1 p.m.
Riverside at Columbia (White Salmon),
4 p.m.
Hermiston at Chiawana (DH), 4 p.m.
Softball
Enterprise/Wallowa/Joseph at Pilot
Rock/Nixyaawii, 11 a.m.
Tennis
Helix at Riverside, 1 p.m.
Stanfield/Echo, Umatilla at Mac-Hi,
4 p.m.
Golf
Hermiston at Kennewick, 8 a.m.
Stanfield/Echo at Heppner, 10 a.m.
SATURDAY, MARCH 23
Baseball
Weston-McEwen at Central Linn (DH),
1 p.m.
Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii at Irrigon, 1 p.m.
Softball
Lost River at Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii
(Rocket Invite), 9 a.m.
Vernonia at Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii (Rocket
Invite), 5 p.m.
Hermiston vs. Post Falls (at Columbia
Playfield, Richland), 10:30 a.m.
Hermiston vs. Central Valley (at Colum-
bia Playfield, Richland), 12:30 p.m.
Tennis
Hermiston at Eisenhower, 11 a.m.
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
z-Tampa Bay 73 56 13 4 116 287 191
Boston
73 44 20 9 97 221 185
Toronto
73 43 25 5 91 259 219
Montreal
73 38 28 7 83 215 213
Florida
72 32 28 12 76 234 242
Buffalo
72 31 32 9 71 200 233
Detroit
73 26 37 10 62 198 249
Ottawa
72 25 41 6 56 213 263
Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 73 43 23 7 93 252 226
N.Y. Islanders 73 42 24 7 91 206 178
Pittsburgh
74 39 24 11 89 251 223
Carolina
72 40 25 7 87 215 198
Columbus
72 40 28 4 84 220 210
Philadelphia 73 35 30 8 78 223 244
N.Y. Rangers 73 28 32 13 69 204 244
New Jersey
74 27 38 9 63 205 253
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Winnipeg
72 43 25 4 90 246 213
Nashville
74 42 27 5 89 222 195
St. Louis
73 38 27 8 84 214 200
Dallas
72 37 29 6 80 181 178
Minnesota 74 34 31 9 77 200 217
Colorado
73 32 29 12 76 232 224
Chicago
72 32 30 10 74 243 263
Pacific
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
x-Calgary
72 44 21 7 95 256 206
San Jose
73 43 22 8 94 261 229
Vegas
73 41 27 5 87 227 203
Arizona
73 36 31 6 78 196 204
Vancouver 73 31 32 10 72 199 225
Edmonton 73 32 34 7 71 206 244
Anaheim
74 30 35 9 69 173 227
Los Angeles 72 25 39 8 58 170 230
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for
overtime loss. Top three teams in each
division and two wild cards per confer-
ence advance to playoffs.
x-clinched playoff spot
z-clinched conference
Monday’s Games
Tampa Bay 4, Arizona 1
Vancouver 3, Chicago 2, OT
Vegas 7, San Jose 3
Winnipeg 3, Los Angeles 2
Tuesday’s Games
Carolina 3, Pittsburgh 2, SO
Montreal 3, Philadelphia 1
Detroit 3, N.Y. Rangers 2
Boston 5, N.Y. Islanders 0
Washington 4, New Jersey 1
Colorado 3, Minnesota 1
St. Louis 7, Edmonton 2
Nashville 3, Toronto 0
Florida at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
Columbus at Calgary, 6 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Toronto at Buffalo, 4 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Washington, 4:30 p.m.
Ottawa at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Anaheim, 7 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Tampa Bay at Carolina, 4 p.m.
Boston at New Jersey, 4 p.m.
Arizona at Florida, 4 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.
Detroit at St. Louis, 5 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Nashville, 5 p.m.
Colorado at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.
Columbus at Edmonton, 6 p.m.
Ottawa at Calgary, 6 p.m.
Winnipeg at Vegas, 7 p.m.
San Jose at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Minnesota at Washington, 4 p.m.
San Jose at Anaheim, 7 p.m.
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic
x-Toronto
x-Philadelphia
Boston
Brooklyn
New York
Southeast
Miami
Orlando
Charlotte
Washington
Atlanta
Central
x-Milwaukee
Indiana
Detroit
Chicago
Cleveland
W
50
46
43
36
14
W
34
33
31
30
24
W
53
44
36
20
18
L
21
25
28
36
57
L
36
38
39
41
48
L
18
27
34
52
53
Pct
.704
.648
.606
.500
.197
Pct
.486
.465
.443
.423
.333
Pct
.746
.620
.514
.278
.254
GB
—
4
7
14½
36
GB
—
1½
3
4½
11
GB
—
9
16½
33½
35
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest
Houston
San Antonio
New Orleans
W
45
42
31
L
26
29
42
Pct
.634
.592
.425
GB
—
3
15
Memphis
28 42 .400
Dallas
28 42 .400
Northwest
W
L
Pct
x-Denver
47 22 .681
Portland
43 27 .614
Oklahoma City 42 29 .592
Utah
41 29 .586
Minnesota
32 39 .451
Pacific
W
L
Pct
x-Golden State 48 22 .686
L.A. Clippers
41 30 .577
Sacramento
34 35 .493
L.A. Lakers
31 40 .437
Phoenix
17 55 .236
x-clinched playoff spot
———
Monday’s Games
Cleveland 126, Detroit 119
Utah 116, Washington 95
Denver 114, Boston 105
Toronto 128, New York 92
Miami 116, Oklahoma City 107
San Antonio 111, Golden State 105
New Orleans 129, Dallas 125, OT
Chicago 116, Phoenix 101
Portland 106, Indiana 98
Tuesday’s Games
Philadelphia 118, Charlotte 114
Houston 121, Atlanta 105
Golden State 117, Minnesota 107
Milwaukee 115, L.A. Lakers 101
Brooklyn at Sacramento, 7 p.m.
Indiana at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
Boston at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
Milwaukee at Cleveland, 4 p.m.
New Orleans at Orlando, 4 p.m.
Utah at New York, 4:30 p.m.
Houston at Memphis, 5 p.m.
Washington at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Miami at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.
Toronto at Oklahoma City, 6:30 p.m.
Dallas at Portland, 7 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Denver at Washington, 4 p.m.
Minnesota at Charlotte, 4 p.m.
Utah at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.
Dallas at Sacramento, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Phoenix, 7 p.m.
Indiana at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Memphis at Orlando, 4 p.m.
Denver at New York, 4:30 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.
San Antonio at Houston, 5 p.m.
Miami at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m.
Brooklyn at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.
16½
16½
GB
—
4½
6
6½
16
GB
—
7½
13½
17½
32