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E AST O REGONIAN Saturday, OctOber 26, 2019 FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS | FACEBOOK.COM/EOSPORTS Timberwolves fall in four to Vikings on Pink Night Moulton and Morrison each had six kills to lead blue Mountain By BRETT KANE East Oregonian PeNdLetON — the timber- wolves had previously faced the big bend Vikings earlier in the season, suffering a five-set loss. They knew exactly what to expect the second time around. Strength. and although the blue Moun- tain community college volleyball team came prepared for a battle, the Vikings still escaped with a four- set win on the timberwolves’ Pink Night on Friday, which raised aware- ness and funds for local breast can- cer patients and survivors, as well as Pendleton’s tough enough to Wear Pink campaign. “You just have to fight the whole way through,” blue Mountain soph- omore outside hitter Mariah Moul- ton said. “We knew they were going to bring a lot of big blockers.” the timberwolves let go of the first set 25-18 before rallying back for a 25-19 win. The Vikings returned to sweep the final two sets 25-23 and 25-16 to make off with their sec- ond victory over blue Mountain in Northwest athletic conference play this season. Vikings sophomore libero Kiana Miller served up two back-to-back See BMCC, Page B2 B1 PREP ROUNDUP Tigers down Pirates in 8-man matchup East Oregonian Staff photo by Ben Lonergan Blue Mountain’s Abigail Ives (8) sets the ball to teammate Keeley Morrison (5) during the fourth set against the Vikings. The Big Bend Community College Vikings defeated the Blue Mountain Communi- ty College Timberwolves in four sets on Friday night in Pendleton. FALCONS TAKE DOWN BULLDOGS StaNFIeLd — Friday night’s game between Stanfield and Riverside was unlike any other either team had played all season. due to injuries and low participa- tion for riverside, both team’s agreed at the start of the week to play with 8-man lineups. “I think a lot of the kids were con- fused, and honestly a lot of the coaches were too,” Stanfield coach David Salas said. With the field opened up, Stanfield relied on a potent rushing attack that eclipsed 300 yards and led the Tigers to a 44-14 win at home versus Riverside. “the stats sound better than the game was,” Salas said, noting that his team came out flat and struggled to find a rhythm in the awkward 8-man game. andrew Shaw ran for both of the Pirates touchdowns — one was from 5 yards out and the other from 55 yards. Nathan ellis ran in a two-point conver- sion for Riverside following the first score. Stanfield (5-2, 2-1 BMC) looks for a statement ending to its regular season at 2A’s No. 1 Heppner next Friday. Riverside’s season ends at 0-8 overall and last place in the EOL at 0-4. “the kids battled till the end,” river- side head coach david boor said of the season. “I told them after that they have that to hang their hats on.” Football Staff photo by Kathy Aney Hermiston quarterback Sam Schwirse (15) looks for a receiver during Friday’s game against the Hanford Falcons. Falcons score 29 points in second half for 50-28 victory By ANNIE FOWLER East Oregonian H erMIStON — In a play straight out of the movie “rudy,” Hermis- ton starting wide receiver trevor Wagner went to coach david Faaeteete and asked that senior Zach tovey start in his place Friday night against Hanford. tovey, who has been hurt most of his high school career, started the first series of the game against Hanford, carried the ball 6 yards on a reverse. It was one of a few bright spots in what would be a 50-28 Mid-Colum- bia conference loss to the Falcons at Ken- nison Field. “that’s a testament to him,” Hermiston coach David Faaeteete said of Wagner. “To have him (tovey) come out, be successful and contribute is big.” To Wagner, it was the right thing to do. “He comes to everything,” Wagner said. “He has been troubled with injuries and I felt it was only right he got to start on Senior Night.” Senior Garrett Walchli had four touch- down catches on the night for the Bulldogs. Staff photo by Kathy Aney Hermiston quarterback Sam Schwirse (15) hands the ball to Guiomar Garay (21) during Friday’s game against the Hanford Falcons. “It was a lot of fun,” Walchli said. “We were battling the wind all day.” Hanford took a 21-0 lead at the end of the first quarter, getting scoring passes of 25 and 21 yards from easton Wise-Hyde, and an 8-yard run by Idrian Cerna. Hermiston would hold the Falcons score- less in the second quarter. the bulldogs scored with 1:47 left in the first half as Walchli hauled in a 4-yard pass from Sam Schwirse. Hermiston’s series started after D.J. Wil- son intercepted Wise-Hyde and took the ball out to the Hanford 40-yard line. the Falcons helped the bulldogs down the field with a face mask penalty, a rough- ing the passer penalty, and a pass inter- ference penalty in the end zone on fourth down. When the bulldogs got to replay fourth down from the 4-yard line, Walchli got the touchdown. Walchli also had touchdown catches of 80, 18 and 6 yards in the second half as the Bulldogs never backed down. “We are never satisfied,” said Walchli, who had 11 receptions for 185 yards. “Our record does not show who we are.” Hermiston played the last part of the game without Faaeteete, who was ejected with 4:47 remaining in the third quarter for disputing a ruling on a fumble by trevor Wagner. “that was a big momentum swing,” Faaeteete said. “We were only down 15 at the time.” the Falcons scored two plays later for a 36-14 lead. Kamari Durmas led the Falcons with 173 yards rushing, while Cerna had 98 yards and three touchdowns. defensively, Wilson, Wagner, ryan Arnold and Tyson Stocker each had five solo tackles for the Bulldogs (1-7, 1-6 MCC). DAYVILLE/MONUMENT 37, ECHO 34 — at the end of the year 6-man showcase held in Sherman, echo came up just short in a 37-34 loss against Dayville/Monument. “Our kids played their hearts out. We just ran out of time,” echo coach don Walker said. the showcase marked the beginning of 1a’s 6-man playoffs along with an opportunity for the state’s 6-man rosters to get one last matchup in for 2019. “It was just to get the word out of what 6-man is all about,” Walker said. “It was great. Nothing but fun.” UNION 40, IONE/ARLINGTON 8 — union took down Ione/arlington at home 40-8 at home on Friday. Ione/arlington’s 2019 season ends at 2-6 overall and 1-4 in Big Sky play. The Cardinals will not qualify for playoffs. HEPPNER 41, GRANT UNION 18 — Mustangs quarterback Jayden Wil- son threw for 200 yards and three touch- downs as Heppner finished off its three- game road swing with a 41-18 win at Grant Union. Wilson combined his night through the air with 40 yards on the ground and two more touchdowns to bring his total to five in the game. “We came out and did some nice things early,” Mustangs coach Greg Grant said. “It was a frustrating game because of the lack of execution at important moments, but overall, the kids played really hard.” Mason Lehman went for 100 yards receiving and brought in one of Wilson’s touchdown passes. Lehman also totaled 59 yards on the ground on just four car- ries that also included a touchdown run. Kannon Wilkins hauled in two passes for 29 yards and both for touchdowns. Heppner (8-0, 3-0 BMC) now finishes off the regular season at home against Stanfield next Friday. WESTON-MCEWEN 37, PORT- LAND CHRISTIAN 7 — Weston-Mce- wen handled Portland christian at home, See Prep roundup, Page B2 SPORTS SHORTS Trump critic gets 1st pitch at Series game Trump to attend WaSHINGtON (aP) — a day after President donald trump said he plans to attend Game 5 of the World Series, the Washington Nationals announced the ceremonial first pitch at that game will be thrown by chef José Andrés, a vocal critic of Trump. Andrés, a prominent local restau- rant owner and humanitarian, has repeatedly opposed trump’s immigra- tion policies and his administration’s response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. He has also tangled with Trump in court. “the name came from the Nation- als, and it seemed like a good choice,” baseball commissioner rob Man- fred said Friday. “So it’s sort of a joint decision.” Four years ago, Andrés with- drew from plans to open a restaurant in the trump International Hotel in Washington following trump’s con- troversial comments about Mexican immigrants during the presidential campaign. Trump Old Post Office, which runs the hotel as the landlord under a lease with the General Services administra- tion, sued Andrés’ companies, Think Food Group and Topo Atrio, in July 2015 for breach of contract and claimed damages in excess of $10 million. In this Oct. 26, 2016, file photo, Spanish-Amer- ican chef José Andrés speaks during a “Get out the vote,” rally for Democratic presiden- tial nominee Hillary Clinton rally in Tampa, Fla. AP Photo/Andres Leiva, File
