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Kamiakin shuts down Dawgs
Walchli scores lone touchdown
for Hermiston in 40-7 loss
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
KeNNeWICK, Wash.
— Hermiston was worried
about Kamiakin running
back tuna altahir going into
Friday’s game, but it would
be the braves’ defense that
gave the Bulldogs fits.
Kamiakin held Hermis-
ton to 121 yards of offense
en route to a 40-7 mid-Co-
lumbia Conference victory
on a chilly night at Lampson
Stadium.
“It was a tough night,”
said Hermiston assistant
coach richard Wells, who
filled in for coach David
Faaeteete, who was serv-
ing a one-game suspension.
“they are a very good foot-
ball team. Coach (Scott)
biglin could have made it
worse than what it was. they
are a class organization.”
Sophomore Sam Cadenas
said it was tough not having
Faaeteete on the sidelines.
“It was hard without
him,” Cadenas said. “He
helps us on defense, and
when we do something
good, he gets up. His pres-
ence wasn’t there, and I felt
we needed it.”
the bulldogs (1-7 mCC),
who missed the playoffs, will
host an mCC/GSL crossover
game at 5 p.m. next Friday
against North Central.
“Tears will be flowing,”
senior receiver and defen-
sive back Garrett Walchli
said of the final game of the
season. “We’ve worked our
tails off for 4-plus years.
this is not the season we
wanted, but we are with our
See Dawgs, Page B2
Staff photo by Ben Lonergan
Hermiston running back Daniel Faaeteete (28) runs the ball
during the first half against the Braves. The Kamiakin Braves
defeated the Hermiston Bulldogs 40-7 at Neil F. Lampson
Stadium in Kennewick, Wash., on Friday.
Hermiston
reaches
title game
dawgs to play
mt. Spokane
in slow pitch
softball title game
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Kyle Liscom (21), of Pendleton, gets yardage during Friday’s nonleague rematch against the Scappoose Indians.
Bucks soar
over Indians
Pendleton takes down Scappoose for the second time this season
By BRETT KANE
East Oregonian
PeNdLetoN — they may have
taken a quarter, but the Pendleton buck-
aroos were able to come from behind and
finish off Scappoose for the second time
this season.
In a 5a Special district 1 east-West
crossover, the east’s second-ranked bucks
(6-2, 4-1 ImC) took control in the second
quarter to take down the West’s visiting
No. 2 Scappoose Indians 41-21 on Friday
night. the win, which followed the bucks’
21-14 victory over the Indians earlier in the
season, earned them a home game for next
Friday’s first round of the 5A state playoffs.
“the kids knew how important this
game was in our playoff positioning,”
Pendleton head coach erik davis said. “It
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
See Bucks, Page B2
Ty Patrick (6), of Pendleton, evades tacklers during Friday’s nonleague rematch
against the Scappoose Indians.
SPORTS SHORTS
Trump to host Nationals at White House
WaSHINGtoN (aP) —
President donald trump will
welcome the come-from-behind
Washington Nationals baseball
team who will celebrate their
World Series victory monday
on the South Lawn of the White
House.
the Nationals beat the Hous-
ton astros 6-2 on Wednesday to
clinch the title in Game 7 of the
World Series. They are the first
World Series winner with all
four victories on the road.
trump attended part of Game
5 at Nationals Park in Washing-
ton and was greeted with both
cheers and boos. When the boos
began as Trump’s image flashed
on the ballpark’s giant video
screen, the president seemed
momentarily taken aback. He
mouthed something to his wife,
melania trump, while gamely
trying to clap along.
but his smile froze and then
faded as the boos continued and
some in the crowd launched into
a brief chant of “Lock him up,”
a version of the phrase chanted
against Hillary Clinton at doz-
ens of trump rallies during the
2016 campaign.
President Donald Trump
reacts as the stadium
boos him during Game 5
of a baseball World Series.
AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
yaKIma — the Hermiston
bulldogs are one win away from
bringing home a state slow pitch
softball title.
Hermiston started the 2a/3a
state tournament Friday with a
26-2 victory over Prairie, then
topped Washougal 10-0 to reach
the championship game at Gate-
way Sports Complex.
“We put the ball in play, and
everyone contributed,” Hermiston
coach Kate Greenough said. “It
was pretty cool.”
the bulldogs, who have won
18 games in a row, will play mt.
Spokane at 2 p.m. Saturday in the
championship game. It’s a rematch
of last week’s mCC/GSL/GNL
district title game, which the bull-
dogs won 10-9.
“tomorrow will be a great
game,” Greenough said. “they are
going for it. I’m hopeful — if they
play Hermiston softball, they will
come out on top.”
It was 23 degrees at the start
of the first game against Prairie,
but once the bulldogs got warmed
up, they took a 7-2 lead after two
innings, and never let the Falcons
cross home plate again.
bailey Noland hit a three-run
homer in the second inning to give
Hermiston a 10-2 lead.
“the fences are 240 (feet) —
it’s a very big field,” Greenough
said. “She hit it into no man’s land
in right field and had to run it out.”
In the bottom of the third
inning, the bulldogs sent 18 bat-
ters to the plate, scored 16 runs and
took a commanding 26-2 lead. the
game ended after 4½ innings.
“all of the starters had a hit in
that game,” Greenough said.
against Washougal, the game
was scoreless until the fifth inning.
Sam atilano hit a solo home run
in the fifth inning for the Bulldogs.
“We hit the ball really well and
played great defense,” Greenough
said.
Junior abby Findley pitched
both games and added a couple of
doubles to help her cause.