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Zamudio takes over Umatilla volleyball program
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
uMaTilla — desirae
Zamudio admitted she was a lit-
tle nervous taking over the uma-
tilla High School volleyball
program.
The Vikings went 0-20 last
year, and had a record of 14-75
over the past four seasons. They
have lost 24 matches in a row
dating to the 2017 season.
“i gave it a
lot of thought,”
Zamudio said of
applying for the
job. “i was wait-
ing to see if some-
one a little more
Zamudio
qualified applied,
but no one did.
i was hoping to be an assistant
coach for a couple of years.”
Zamudio replaces Sonia Ego,
who coached the Vikings the
past four seasons.
“Sometimes you just need
new blood,” umatilla athletic
director Scott Bow said.
a 2001 graduate of uma-
tilla High, Zamudio is a media
assistant at the high school. She
played volleyball, basketball and
softball in high school.
in an effort to try and get
the program off the ground,
she recently had Blue Moun-
tain Community College coach
Ceanna larson host a clinic.
Players from umatilla and area
schools attended.
umatilla, which lost four play-
ers to graduation, had just six
players participate in the clinic.
“i think a lot of it has to do
with being new,” Zamudio
said. “They don’t know what
to expect. We are hoping to do
more camps. i think you have to
make them believe in you, the
program and themselves.”
Zamudio is doing her best to
give her players her best. She got
advice from larson during the
Vikings clinic, and she will be
attending a coaching clinic next
month in Portland.
The Vikings, who compete
in the Eastern Oregon league,
will open play Sept. 5 with a
nonleague home match against
Mac-Hi. Their first league
match is Sept. 12 against visit-
ing riverside.
AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
Seattle Seahawks defensive tackle Jarran Reed (90) runs a drill with teammates during NFL football training camp on Thursday in Renton, Wash.
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
R
ENTON, Wash. — Jarran
reed practiced. Bobby
Wagner watched.
Neither was particu-
larly pleased with his situation as the
Seattle Seahawks started training
camp Thursday.
reed took part in practice just
a few days after learning he would
miss the first six games of the sea-
son. He was suspended by the NFl
under the personal conduct policy
for an incident more than two years
ago in which police were called but
he was not arrested or charged.
Meanwhile, Wagner was a spec-
tator while waiting to see if he is
able to come to an agreement on a
contract extension. Wearing a blue
sweatshirt turned inside out and no
jersey, Wagner chatted with team-
mates and threw a ball around, but
wasn’t about to do more until there
is certainty about his future.
Wagner also attended the offsea-
son program but didn’t participate
then either.
“We’ve been working with Bobby
for some time. There has been a lot
of conversations, a lot of stuff going
on and really at this time he’s got an
issue getting out on the practice field
at this time,” coach Pete Carroll said.
“i did not talk to him about today.
We will visit on that. We’re working
with him to hopefully make a really
good decision, both ends of it. We
love him, he’s a great player, great
guy in the program and we respect
the heck out of him.”
Wagner’s contract dispute has
been ongoing, so the fact he didn’t
practice wasn’t a surprise.
But the first day of camp came
just 72 hours after reed was sus-
pended. While he can participate
in training camp and the presea-
son, reed will be gone once Week
1 comes around and he won’t return
AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
See Seahawks, Page A9
Seattle Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner pretends to throw a football to fans during
NFL football training camp Thursday in Renton, Wash.
SPORTS SHORTS
Score! Megan Rapinoe
book to be published next year
NEW yOrK (aP) — Soc-
cer star Megan rapinoe has
scored again, this time with a
book deal.
Penguin Press announced
Thursday that rapinoe’s book,
currently untitled, will be pub-
lished in Fall 2020. Penguin
is calling the book a “per-
fect vehicle” for an “honest,
thoughtful, unapologetic” take
on everything from soccer
to nationalism to gay rights.
Meanwhile, a division of Pen-
guin young readers will work
on a rapinoe book for middle
graders.
rapinoe became an inter-
national celebrity this sum-
mer after she helped lead the
u.S women’s soccer team to a
World Cup championship. She
openly denounced President
donald Trump and said she
would refuse to attend a White
House celebration if invited.
Trump tweeted in response
that rapinoe should “never dis-
respect our country, the White
House or our flag.”
AP Photo/David Vincent, File
This July 7, 2019, file photo shows Megan Rapinoe celebrating her
team’s victory after the Women’s World Cup final soccer match between
U.S. and The Netherlands outside Lyon, France.