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E AST O REGONIAN Tuesday, OcTOber 29, 2019 FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS | FACEBOOK.COM/EOSPORTS B1 Stanfield volleyball headed to 2A state playoffs Tigers qualify for state for the first time in 29 years By ANNIE FOWLER East Oregonian UNION — Twenty-nine years is a long time. In 1990, there were no cell- phones or email, and gas was $1.15 a gallon. It also was the last time the Stanfield volley- ball team advanced to the state tournament. That drought is over after the Tigers earned the Blue Moun- tain Conference’s No. 2 seed to the 2A state playoffs Saturday afternoon. “They are really excited,” Stanfield coach Blaine Ganvoa said of his team. “This is what they have been trying to achieve.” The Tigers will have to wait until Tuesday night to learn their first-round opponent. Being a No. 2 seed, Stanfield will play on the road. A win Saturday would send the Tigers to the final eight Nov. 8-9 at Ridgeview High School in Redmond. The Tigers (19-8 overall) opened play Saturday with an 18-25, 25-17, 26-24, 25-21 vic- tory over Grant Union, putting them in the title game against Union and earning a spot in the state playoffs. “In the first set, we had a dif- ferent lineup,” Ganvoa said. “In the second, we went back to our regular lineup and did our thing.” Freshman Zuri Reeser led the Tigers with 17 kills and 18 digs, while Kendra Hart added nine kills and six digs. Brooke How- land had six kills and 21 digs; Savannah Sharp 18 digs and 15 assists; and Brielle Howland five kills, two blocks and 14 assists. Stanfield faced Union in the title match, falling to the Bobcats 25-14, 25-7, 25-21. “We had never been in that position before,” Ganvoa said. “We had to shake off the nerves, and we weren’t attacking as much.” Reeser had nine kills and 14 digs to lead the Tigers, while Alexis Shelby had seven blocks. Brooke Howland had 15 digs; Sharp 11 assists; and Bri- elle Howland five digs and five assists. Union (21-3) will host a state playoff game Saturday. The Bob- cats will find out who their oppo- nent is Tuesday night. Staff photo by Ben Lonergan Stanfield volleyball players celebrate with members of the crowd follow- ing their win over Heppner on Oct. 22, 2019, at Stanfield High School. The Tigers placed second at the Blue Mountain Conference tournament Satur- day to earn a trip to state. Pirates dominate Nyssa Neftali Pacheco nets hat trick to help Pirates stay No. 1 in EOL By BRETT KANE East Oregonian BOARDMAN — For the seventh time this sea- son, Riverside proved they were untouchable. The Eastern Oregon League’s top-ranked girls soccer team posted a 5-0 shutout over the visiting Nyssa Bulldogs on Saturday afternoon for its sev- enth match of the season in which it didn’t allow a goal. It would be the second time the Pirates kept the Bulldogs without a goal, following their 4-0 victory at Nyssa earlier in this fall. “They’re a challenging team,” Riverside senior forward Neftali Pacheco said of the Bulldogs. “They put a lot of pressure on us, but we’ve been practicing a lot on our control.” Pacheco and Pirates senior forward Yoanna Lopez both had early shots on goal within the open- ing five minutes of the match, but were stopped short by Nyssa junior keeper Paola Trinidad. Trini- dad was able to grab one more save before Riverside sophomore midfielder Valeria Echevarria sunk the match’s first goal at 27:47. Pacheco turned around to score another goal not two minutes later, and did the same again at 19:57 to keep the Pirates ahead 3-0. Riverside hit a minor roadblock when sophomore forward Marisol Pacheco was walked off the field with a leg injury, suffered after attempting a goal, but the Bulldogs still remained scoreless as the Pirates held onto their advantage by the buzzer. “We were trying to analyze how (Nyssa was) playing in the beginning,” Riverside coach Carlos Velasco said. “We were passing the ball well. They brought a lot of pressure, but they got tired as the game went on.” Marisol Pacheco was back on the field to start the second half and knocked down two back-to- back shots on goal in the 49th minute, but could not connect. Neftali Pacheco took matters into her own hands, completing a hat trick at 24:47, sinking a goal into the bottom left corner of the Bulldogs’ net. “The chemistry was there today,” she said. “Everything was working. We played really well as a team. We always want to make sure we’re focus- ing on our teamwork.” Junior midfielder Cynthia Diaz capped off scor- ing with a goal in the 63rd minute. Meanwhile, Nyssa couldn’t slip past Riverside sophomore keeper Areli Cambero. “It’s the way that we practice. We want to pass the ball to whoever has the best chance to score,” Velasco said. “In practice, we always work on shar- ing the ball. Our passing was great today. The girls gave the ball to the player with the best shot.” The Pirates (10-2-2, 6-0-1) will finish the regu- lar season at 4 p.m. Wednesday with a road match against the Irrigon Knights. PREP ROUNDUP Echo Cougars sweep for district championship East Oregonian Staff photo by Kathy Aney Cynthya Diaz, of Riverside, makes a kick on goal during Saturday’s game against the Nyssa Bulldogs. ECHO — It’s been so long since the Echo Cougars volley- ball team has been crowned dis- trict champions that coach Janice Scott had a hard time recalling. “It’s been a while,” she said. “There’s been (Echo) teams pre- viously that have gone to dis- tricts, but not won it.” Scott’s team changed that Sat- urday on its home court. The Cougars opened the Big Sky District Tournament with a 25-22, 25-20, 25-16 sweep of Ione/Arlington before recording another three-set win in the form of a 25-19, 25-17, 25-22 victory against South Wasco County. “It is so awesome,” Scott said of winning the district title. “The girls were so ready for today. Everything that we had been telling them and asking them to do, they did. It just all came together.” Faith McCarty, Elliot Glenn, Morgan Hendrix, and Katrina Morrison all served 100% against the Cardinals. McCa- rty also added five kills and 12 assists, while Glenn chipped in eight kills, and Natalie Toombs 24 digs. Tylene Skillman went 14 of 15 at the service line, had five aces, 10 kills, and put up four blocks. Skillman would go on to serve 100% against South Wasco County with 11 kills and five blocks. McCarty was 11 of 13 with seven kills, 12 assists, and 17 digs. Glenn also had 17 digs, along with eight kills. Hendrix recorded six assists. Echo (19-7) will have a bye for the first round of the 1A volley- ball state championships, and will host the second round Saturday. Boys soccer Staff photo by Kathy Aney Neftali Pacheco, of Riverside, makes a shot on goal during Saturday’s game against the Nyssa Bulldogs. UMATILLA 7, FOUR RIV- ERS 0 — Jefri Coria netted a hat trick, and the Vikings also got See Prep roundup, Page B2 SPORTS SHORTS 2 women who flashed breasts at World Series banned by MLB HOusTON (aP) — The two women who flashed their breasts from behind the backstop during Game 5 of the World Series have been banned from major league ballparks. Major League Baseball sent the women a letter shortly after their escapade Sunday night. Julia Rose and Lauren Summer identified themselves on social media. Popular on Instagram, they lifted their tops and exposed them- selves as Houston Astros ace Ger- rit Cole was set to pitch to Ryan Zimmerman of Washington in the seventh inning at Nationals Park. The women were standing in the second row, slightly to the first base side behind the plate. Their stunt was seen live on Fox by a camera shooting from center field. Cole stepped off the mound, but it’s unclear whether he saw the women. MLB says the ban from big league stadiums is indefinite. “The fans who were involved in exposing themselves during Game 5 of the World Series vio- lated the Nationals’ fan code of conduct. As a result, they were removed from the stadium and are suspended indefinitely from attending an MLB ballpark or facility,” MLB said. AP Photo/Jeff Roberson Nationals Park on Sunday before Game 5 of the World Series between the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals.
