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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
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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,
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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