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Hermiston’s Palzinski
takes 9th in the shot put
Jazlyn Romero and Kaylee
Young will compete
Saturday
Pendleton shuts out
Crescent Valley in
quarterfinals battle
They may have taken four innings to
bring the bats, but the Bucks are now on
their way to the 5A semifinals.
On Friday’s quarterfinals baseball
contest at Crescent Valley, the Pendleton
Buckaroos kept the Raiders off of home
plate for a 6-0 shut out.
Cooper Roberts, who threw just one
strikeout over a full game on the mound,
never let a single run slip by him.
“Cooper threw a heck of a game,” said
Pendleton coach TJ Haguewood. “He just
pounded the zone, kept guys off-balance,
and let his defense work behind him.
He worked ahead of the count. He was
always in control.”
Three innings went by without a run
from either team.
“It was moving along quickly,” Hauge-
wood said. “It was good baseball. Their
pitcher (Ethan Krupp) was doing a good
job of mowing us down, and Cooper did
the same to them.”
The Bucks finally broke the game
open in the top of the fourth. On a 1-0
count, Quinn Doherty singled on a line
drive to right field, and advanced to sec-
ond on Ryan Stahl’s single on the follow-
ing at-bat.
Tanner Sweek doubled on a full-
count pitch to right field to score the two
runners.
“That was huge,” Haguewood said. “It
finally broke the ice.”
In the top of the fifth, Ty Beers doubled
to right field and scored Curtis Simons,
who was running for Justin Duso.
Sweek singled to lead off the next
inning and took second base on a wild
pitch. Kyle Field’s single sent him to third,
and he scored on an error during the next
at-bat to put the Bucks ahead 4-0.
The Bucks put up two more runs in
the top of the seventh, including an RBI
single from Matthew Demianew.
Sweek went 2-for-3 at the plate and
posted a run and two RBIs to lead Pend-
leton’s offense. Stahl hit 3-for-4 with two
Photo courtesy of Michael Najera
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Hermiston sophomore Paige Palzinski prepares to throw the shot put on Friday at
the 3A state track meet in Tacoma. Palzinski finished ninth.
Jennings fourth in javelin for Bucks
Pendleton’s Lane Maher
qualifies for finals in both
hurdle events
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
Pendleton freshman Sam Jennings made
a big splash at the 5A State Track and Field
Championships Friday, placing fourth in the
javelin with a toss of 181 feet, 7 inches at Mt.
Hood Community College.
Jennings’ previous best this season was
162-7. The Pendleton school record is 186-
10, set by Geoff Herd in 2009.
“Oh, my gosh,” Pendleton coach Larry
Brizendine said. “He threw 181 feet — that
was crazy. He just let it fly.”
Ty Hampton of North Bend won the
event with a mark of 213-11, breaking the
state record of 205-8, set by Garrett Snow of
Eagle Point in 2012.
Edwin Linares picked up a silver medal
in the triple jump, soaring 43-9½. He fin-
ished 10th at state last year in the event.
Sophomore Emma House finished eighth
in the javelin with a toss of 107 feet, 2
inches, which came on her second throw in
the finals.
“Emma was told she did not make the
finals,” Brizendine said. “She was sitting up
in the stands when they called for her. She
Bucks
advance to
5A semifinals
By BRETT KANE
East Oregonian
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
Hermiston sophomore Paige Palz-
inski finished ninth in the shot put Fri-
day at the 3A State Track and Field
Championships at Mt. tahoma High
School in Tacoma, missing the podium
by a half-inch.
Palzinski’s top mark of 40 feet, 7½
inches came on her final throw in the
finals. Her first throw of 39-8¼ in the
prelims put her into the finals.
Kiana Lino of Shorecrest won the
event with a throw of 44-10.
“I am so proud of her,” Hermiston
coach Emilee Strot said of Palzinski. “It
was her best series ever; she has to be
happy with that. It’s unfortunate that she
missed the podium, but there was good
competition. There were really good
marks and a lot of the girls were excited,
which sparks the competition.”
The Hermiston boys 4x100 relay
team of Broc Remmer, Thomas Rea-
gan, DJ Wilson and Garrett Walchli fin-
ished 11th in Friday’s prelims and did
not make the finals.
The Bulldogs turned in a time of
44.65 seconds and finished seventh in
the first heat. Gig Harbor had the top
time in the prelims at 42.52.
Walchli finished 14th in the 200
prelims with a time of 23.14 seconds.
Dorien Simon of Lakes had the fastest
qualifying time of 21.54.
“It’s exciting,” Strot said. “Every kid
we have with us here has the possibility
of coming back next year. I think they
are thankful for the experience.”
The Bulldogs are back in action Sat-
urday. Jazlyn Romero throws the javelin
at 10:30 a.m., while Kaylee Young long
jumps at 2 p.m.
romero has the top mark going into
the competition.
“She has been soaking it all in,” Strot
said of Romero. “She watched Paige
today. She’s ready. She’s not stressing
out.”
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Staff Photo by Kathy Aney, File
Sam Jennings of Pendleton heaves the jave-
lin during the Kiwanis Twilight Invitational
track meet April 19. Jennings placed fourth
at the 5A Track and Field Championships Fri-
day at Mt. Hood Community College with a
throw of 181 feet, 7 inches.
went in without any warm-ups and finished
eighth.”
In the prelims, Lane Maher made the
finals of both hurdle events.
In the 300 hurdles, he had the top time
of 39.13 seconds. His top competitor, Dylan
Murray of Willamette, was disqualified for
a trail leg violation.
“Lane has a good shot tomorrow at tak-
ing home gold,” Brizendine said. “He was
cruising. He might break his own school
record.”
In the 110 hurdles, Murray had the top
time of 14.43, while Maher crossed the fin-
ish line in 14.90. They were the only two to
run the prelims in under 15 seconds.
Freshman Muriel Hoisington made the
finals of the 400 meters, clocking a per-
sonal best 1:01.05 to finish seventh in the
prelims.
Elisabeth House qualified for the finals of
the 300 hurdles, turning in a time of 46.48
for the fourth-best time in the prelims.
Cam Sanford (200), Aaron Luke (400)
and Elisabeth House (100) did not make the
finals in their respective events.
In addition to the track finals Saturday,
Linares will compete in the long jump at
2:30 p.m., while the boys 4x100 relay team
of Sanford, Luke, Blake Davis and Aiden
Patterson will be on the track in the finals
at 1:45 p.m.
The Pendleton girls 4x100 and 4x400
relay teams were given at-large berths to
state and also will run Saturday. There were
no prelims for the relays.
The Pendleton boys are sitting fifth in
the team standings after the first day with
13 points. Silverton leads with 22.
“We are looking good,” Brizendine said.
“We are hoping for top four and a trophy.”
Dawgs go
1-2 at state
tournament
Hermiston rallies for 8-5
win over Holy Names
East Oregonian
Bailee Noland hit two home runs,
including a key two-out, three-run blast
in the top of the seventh inning, to help
Hermiston to an 8-5 victory over Holy
Names in the consolation bracket at
the 3A state softball tournament at the
Regional Athletic Complex in Lacey,
Washington.
Hermiston’s tournament run would
end with the next game as Snohomish
escaped with a 4-2 victory.
Hermiston finished its season with a
17-10 record.
The Bulldogs trailed Holy Names 4-0
heading into the the sixth inning, where
Noland hit a solo shot and Hermiston
hung three runs on the board for a 5-3
game.
Holy Names failed to score in the bot-
tom half of the inning, putting the Bull-
dogs at the plate in the seventh.
With two out, and Kalei Smith on
third, Ashley Cameron hit an RBI single
to push Smith across the plate and bring
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