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Heppner rakes in BMC football honors
6 Mustangs earn
fi rst-team honors on
both sides of the ball
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
HEPPNER — Gavin Han-
na-Robinson’s name doesn’t pop
up too many times in the game
stats, but in the Blue Mountain
Conference, the 6-foot, 190-pound
senior is well-known.
The two-way lineman for the
Heppner Mustangs earned fi st-
team all-conference honors on
Wilson
J.Lehman
both sides of the ball, along with
fi ve of his teammates.
“We are a lineman-centered
program,” Heppner coach Greg
Grant said. “They get the best part
of the locker room, when we load
the bus, they go fi rst. It’s easy to
give the kid with the ball credit —
and they deserve it — but you play
Rea
M.Lehman
Wolters
hard for each other. The kids who
do the work are appreciated.”
The Mustangs (10-0) won the
league title and will host Warren-
ton in the 2A state quarterfi nals at
noon Saturday.
Joining Hanna-Robinson on
fi rst-team offense and defense
are seniors Mason Lehman (wide
Hanna-Robinson
Sanchez
receiver/defensive back), and Jason
Rea (linebacker/offensive line).
Juniors Blake Wolters (running
back/defensive line), Jayden Wil-
son (quarterback/defensive back),
and Jackson Lehman (linebacker/
wide receiver) join the group.
“Generally, this time of year
we are still around, and it’s nice
to have people notice,” Grant said.
“It’s important to them. We have
some very talented kids at all
positions.”
Stanfi eld’s Mario Sanchez also
earned fi rst-team honors as a line-
man on both sides of the ball, while
his cousin, Rene Sanchez, earned
fi rst-team honor as an offensive
lineman.
The Tigers’ running back
Enrique Arellano joined Wolters
on the fi rst team.
Weston-McEwen’s Theo White
was named a fi rst-team receiver
— the lone TigerScot voted to the
fi rst team.
AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli
Sacramento Kings guard Bogdan
Bogdanovic, left, dunks next to
Portland Trail Blazers guard An-
fernee Simons during the fi rst
quarter of an NBA basketball game
on Tuesday in Sacramento, Calif.
Kings
beat Trail
Blazers
107-99
Staff photo by Brett Kane
Hermiston juniors Georgia Stevenson (left) and Abigail Sharon pose for a portrait after practice on Tuesday evening. The two swim-
mers will compete in the WIAA state fi nals this weekend in Federal Way, Wash.
something I’ve never done before. I’m
excited.”
Sharon earned her trip to state with
her third-place fi nish in the 100-meter
butterfl y at last weekend’s 3A districts
meet in Kelso, Washington. Stevenson
was Hermiston’s only other state quali-
fi er with her second-place fi nish in the
100 backstroke.
“They push each other quite a bit,”
Hermiston girls swimming coach Sara
Sargent said of Stevenson and Sharon.
“It’s nice to see them together. There’s
always a little competition between them
there. They do everything I ask of them.
When it came to districts, they laid it all
out there.”
Stevenson and Sharon will be the fi rst
of Sargent’s Hermiston swimmers to
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
Bogdan Bogdanovic had 25 points
and 10 assists, Nemanja Bjelica
added 19 points and 12 rebounds
and the Sacramento Kings won in
their fi rst game since losing lea-
ding scorer De’Aaron Fox to an
ankle injury, beating the slumping
Portland Trail Blazers 107-99 on
Tuesday night.
The Kings overcame a sloppy
fi rst half, made a big run in the
third quarter, then pulled away
in the fourth to end a two-game
losing streak to the Blazers.
Fox suffered a Grade 3 sprain
in his left ankle during practice
Monday. The third-year point
guard, who started 81 games last
season, will be reevaluated in a
few weeks.
Bjelica helped make up for the
loss of Fox. He made eight of his
14 shots and set a season-high for
rebounds in his fi rst double-double
of the season. Buddy Hield added
20 points.
Damian Lillard had 27 points
and CJ McCollum added 24 for
the Blazers (4-7), who have lost
fi ve of six.
The Kings led by 14 early in the
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See Basketball, Page B2
Hermiston swimmers Georgia Stevenson
and Abigail Sharon will compete in the
WIAA state fi nals this weekend
By BRETT KANE
East Oregonian
H
ERMISTON — When Herm-
iston swimmer Georgia Ste-
venson fi rst competed in the
state meet as a freshman,
she could sum up the experience in one
word:
“Epic.”
Since then, it’s been two years since
the Bulldogs swim team has sent an ath-
lete to state. Stevenson was the only
Hermiston girl to earn a trip to the meet.
“It was a great experience,” Steven-
son said of her 2017 showing. “I got to
hang out with more experienced swim-
mers. They helped me become a better
athlete.”
Soon, Stevenson will get another chance
to show her skills in the water at state.
This weekend, Stevenson and fel-
low junior Abigail Sharon will travel to
Federal Way, Washington, to compete
against over 20 other teams and over 150
other girls in the Washington Interscho-
lastic Activities Association state fi nals
meet. The competition begins on Friday
and runs through Saturday. Stevenson
and Sharon are the fi rst swimmers in the
state of Oregon to make it to state in a
Washington league.
But they aren’t concerned about the
pressure.
“There’s never been a lot of pressure,”
said Stevenson, 16. “I’ve always been
focused on how I’m doing, especially at
such a big meet like this.”
Like Stevenson, Sharon, 16, shares
the enthusiasm for testing the waters at a
Washington state competition.
“I’m not nervous,” she said. “It’s
By MICHAEL WAGAMAN
Associated Press
SPORTS SHORTS
MLB checking after report 2017 Astros illegally stole signs
Associated Press
HOUSTON, Texas — Major
League Baseball has expanded
its investigation into the Houston
Astros after The Athletic web-
site reported the team stole signs
during home games in 2017 by
using a camera positioned in cen-
ter fi eld.
The report Tuesday quoted
pitcher Mike Fiers, who played for
the Astros that season, and three
other unidentifi ed people with the
club. The Astros won the World
Series that year — two sources
told The Athletic that Houston
used the system into the playoffs
while another source said it ended
before the postseason.
The website said the process
was started by a struggling hitter
and a coach, neither of whom was
identifi ed. The camera at Min-
ute Maid Park was connected to
a television monitor in the tunnel
between the Astros’ dugout and
clubhouse, The Athletic said, and
team employees or players would
communicate expected pitches by
banging a trash can to signal off-
speed pitches.
“I just want the game to be
cleaned up a little bit because
there are guys who are losing their
jobs because they’re going in there
not knowing,” Fiers told the web-
site. The Astros said in a statement
the team “has begun an investi-
gation in cooperation with Major
League Baseball” and declined
additional comment.
AP Photo/Juan DeLeon, File
This Sept. 11, 2016, fi le photo shows a wide angle view of Minute Maid
Park in downtown Houston.