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East Oregonian
Thursday, March 4, 2021
LOCAL SLATE
FRIDAY, MARCH 5-FRIDAY, MARCH 12
THURSDAY, MARCH 4
College men’s track and fi eld
Eastern Oregon qualifi ers at NAIA
Indoor Championships, Yankton, S.D.,
7 a.m.
College women’s track and fi eld
Eastern Oregon qualifi ers at NAIA
Indoor Championships, Yankton, S.D.,
7 a.m.
Prep volleyball
Pilot Rock at Umatilla, 5 p.m.
Nixyaawii at Riverside, 5 p.m.
Echo at Sherman, 5 p.m.
Ione/Arlington at Bickleton, 5 p.m.
Prep girls soccer
Umatilla at Hermiston, 6 p.m.
Pendleton at La Grande, 4 p.m.
The Dalles/Dufur at Riverside, 4 p.m.
Prep slowpitch softball
Grandview at Hermiston, 3 p.m.
FRIDAY, MARCH 5
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Heppner quarterback Jayden Wilson (13) attempts to break free of a pack of defenders. The
Mustangs defeated the Kennedy Trojans 12-7 to win the 2019 OSAA Class 2A state title on
Nov. 30, 2019, at Kennison Field in Hermiston.
Heppner: Echo fi nishes 3-4 last season
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share the fi eld and everyone
else can surmise what could
happen. It’s the best possible
outcome for the worst possi-
ble situation. Let’s just enjoy
it and see what happens.”
PI LOT ROCK AT
DUFUR: The Rockets beat
the Rangers last season
for the fi rst time in school
history, 50-30.
Pilot Rock won the
Special District 3 West title
last season, but this season’s
matchup will have a differ-
ent look.
The Rockets lost all-state
running back/linebacker
Tyasin Burns from Nixy-
aawii when the Oregon
School Activities Associa-
tion’s Football Ad Hoc Advi-
sory Committee denied the
schools’ ability to continue
to co-op unless they moved
up to the 2A level.
Burns now plays at Pend-
leton.
The Rangers, who lost
in the state quarterfi nals to
Crane last season, graduated
just one senior — multi-tal-
ented running back/line-
backer Asa Farrell.
IONE/AR LINGTON
AT ADRIAN: The Cardi-
nals, who fi nished 2-6 last
season, will have a tough
test against the defending
1A state champion Ante-
lopes.
Adrian and Jordan Valley
combined forces last season,
but Adrian is going it alone
this year.
MCLOUGHLIN AT
IRRIGON: The Pioneers
went 1-7 last season in play-
ing an independent sched-
ule. The Knights were 0-9
and were outscored 507-55
in the ever-tough Special
District 3 with the likes of
Nyssa and Vale.
This year, Mac-Hi will
move into Special District 6
— a combination of 3A and
4A teams.
The Knights join Special
District 5, which is the 2A
Blue Mountain Conference
that has absorbed 3A teams
Irrigon, Umatilla and River-
side.
R I V E R SI DE AT
UMATILLA: The Vikings
started off last season with
a 4-0 record before hitting
the heart of their sched-
ule with Nyssa, Burns and
Vale. They fi nished with a
5-3 record.
Umatilla has a young
team this year with just three
seniors and nine freshmen.
The Pirates have lost 21
consecutive games dating
to 2017. Their last win was
Sept. 15, 2017.
SHERMAN/CONDON
AT ECHO: The lone Satur-
day, March 6, game has the
high-scoring Huskies visit-
ing the Cougars in a Special
District 4 6-man game.
Echo was outscored
300-203 last season and
fi nished 3-4.
Bucks:
College men’s track and fi eld
Eastern Oregon qualifi ers at NAIA
Indoor Championships, Yankton, S.D.,
7 a.m.
College women’s track and fi eld
Eastern Oregon qualifi ers at NAIA
Indoor Championships, Yankton, S.D.,
7 a.m.
College men’s wrestling
Eastern Oregon qualifi ers at NAIA
National Championships, Park City,
Kansas, TBA
College volleyball
Eastern Oregon vs. Warner Pacifi c,
Caldwell, Idaho, 10 a.m.
Eastern Oregon vs. Warner Pacifi c,
Caldwell, Idaho, 2 p.m.
College softball
Eastern Oregon vs. Warner Pacifi c (2),
Hermiston, 1 p.m.
College women’s lacrosse
Eastern Oregon at Whitworth, 3 p.m.
Prep football
Hermiston at Hanford, 7 p.m.
Pendleton/Nixyaawii at Parkrose,
7 p.m.
McLoughlin at Irrigon, 4 p.m.
Heppner at Grant Union, 4 p.m.
Riverside at Umatilla, 4 p.m.
Ione/Arlington at Adrian, 1 p.m.
Pilot Rock at Dufur, 7 p.m.
Prep volleyball
McLoughlin at Griswold, 5 p.m.
Pilot Rock at Nixyaawii, 5 p.m.
Stanfi eld at Weston-McEwen, 3 p.m.
SATURDAY, MARCH 6
College men’s track and fi eld
Eastern Oregon qualifi ers at NAIA
Indoor Championships, Yankton, S.D.,
7 a.m.
College women’s track and fi eld
Eastern Oregon qualifi ers at NAIA
Indoor Championships, Yankton, S.D.,
7 a.m.
College men’s wrestling
Eastern Oregon qualifi ers at NAIA
National Championships, Park City,
Kansas, TBA
College volleyball
Eastern Oregon vs. Bushnell, Caldwell,
Idaho, 10 a.m.
Eastern Oregon vs. Bushnell, Caldwell,
Idaho, 2 p.m.
College baseball
Eastern Oregon at College of Idaho
(2), noon
College softball
Eastern Oregon vs. Warner Pacifi c (2),
Hermiston, 11 a.m.
College women’s basketball
George Fox at Eastern Oregon, 3 p.m.
Prep football
Sherman/Condon at Echo, 1 p.m.
Prep volleyball
Hermiston at The Dalles, 3 p.m.
Pendleton at Redmond, 11 a.m.
Pendleton vs. Bend at Redmond,
12:30 p.m.
McLoughlin at Irrigon, 1 p.m.
Grant Union at Stanfi eld, noon
Griswold at Weston-McEwen JV, 3 p.m.
Prep boys soccer
Pendleton at The Dalles/Dufur, noon
Riverside at McLoughlin, 2 p.m.
Umatilla at Irrigon, 1 p.m.
Prep girls soccer
Hermiston at The Dalles, noon
Riverside at McLoughlin, noon
Stanfi eld/Echo at Umatilla, 1 p.m.
Prep cross-country
Hermiston at MCC meet at Pasco,
10 a.m.
SUNDAY, MARCH 7
College baseball
Eastern Oregon at College of Idaho
(2), 11 a.m.
College men’s soccer
Rocky Mountain College at Eastern
Oregon, 1:30 p.m.
College women’s soccer
Rocky Mountain College at Eastern
Oregon, 11 a.m.
College women’s basketball
George Fox at Eastern Oregon, 1 p.m.
MONDAY, MARCH 8
College men’s soccer
Rocky Mountain College at Eastern
Oregon, 1:30 p.m.
College women’s soccer
Rocky Mountain College at Eastern
Oregon, 11 a.m.
Prep volleyball
Riverside at Stanfi eld, 5 p.m.
TUESDAY, MARCH 9
Prep volleyball
Pendleton at Ridgeview, 6:30 p.m.
McLoughlin at Pilot Rock, 5:30 p.m.
Stanfi eld at Irrigon, 5 p.m.
Riverside at Griswold, 5 p.m.
Nixyaawii at Umatilla, 5 p.m.
Weston-McEwen at Heppner, 5 p.m.
Bickleton at Echo, 5:30 p.m.
Ione/Arlington at Mitchell/Spray, 5 p.m.
Prep boys soccer
Hood River at Pendleton, 6 p.m.
Irrigon at Umatilla, 4 p.m.
Prep girls soccer
Irrigon at Riverside, 4 p.m.
McLoughlin at Stanfi eld/Echo, 4 p.m.
Prep slowpitch softball
Hermiston at Moses Lake (2), 3 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10
Prep cross-country
Pendleton at Redmond, TBD
THURSDAY, MARCH 11
Prep football
Weston-McEwen at Umatilla, 5 p.m.
Prep volleyball
Pendleton at Hermiston, 7 p.m.
Nixyaawii at McLoughlin, 5 p.m.
Pilot Rock at Heppner, 5 p.m.
Weston-McEwen at Riverside, 5 p.m.
Griswold at Umatilla, 5 p.m.
Ione/Arlington at Echo, 5:30 p.m.
Prep boys soccer
McLoughlin at Riverside, 6 p.m.
Prep cross-country
Umatilla at Stanfi eld Country Run,
3 p.m.
Prep slowpitch softball
Moses Lake at Hermiston (2), 3 p.m.
FRIDAY, MARCH 12
College softball
Eastern Oregon at Carroll College (2)
noon
Prep football
Walla Walla at Hermiston, 7 p.m.
Ridgeview at Pendleton/Nixyaawii,
7 p.m.
McLoughlin at Grant Union, 4 p.m.
Heppner at Stanfi eld, 7 p.m.
Echo at Mitchell/Spray/Wheeler, 1 p.m.
Union at Ione/Arlington, 7 p.m.
Pilot Rock at Adrian, 5 p.m.
Prep volleyball
Echo at Mitchell/Spray, 6 p.m.
Prep boys soccer
Pendleton JV at Riverside, 3 p.m.
Prep girls soccer
Riverside at Pendleton JV, 5 p.m.
SPORTS BRIEFING
Cub Scouts to
enjoy Shooting
Sports Day
KENNEWICK, Wash.
— Area Cub Scouts can
register for a Shooting
Sports Day planned for
Saturday, March 6, begin-
ning at 9 a.m. at the Pendle-
ton Convention Center, 1601
Westgate, sponsored by the
Boy Scouts of America Blue
Mountain Council.
Cub Scouts from the
Pendleton, La Grande,
Baker and Hermiston areas
are eligible to attend. Each
80-minute session will
include BB guns, archery
and sling shots. Camp
T-shirts will be available for
purchase for $10 each.
Health and safety guide-
lines issued by Oregon
Health Authority, including
small groups (10 per session),
masks and health screenings,
will be observed.
Scouts can register for the
day camp at https://www.
signupgenius.com/go/10c0d-
4ba4a62da6f9c16-oregon.
Available slots will fi ll up
quickly.
For more information,
visit www.bmcbsa.org/post/
shooting-sports-day-for-or-
egon-scouts or call Sheila
Graham at 509-735-7306.
— EO Media Group
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conceivable weather pattern
— snow, rain, hail and some
sunshine,” Davis said. “They
kids are excited to do some-
thing again.”
While the Bucks were
waiting for clearance to play
games, they got a good look
at new running back Tyasin
Burns from nearby Nixy-
aawii High School.
Nixyaawii had been in a
co-op with Pilot Rock, but
the Oregon School Activi-
ties Association’s Football
Ad Hoc Advisory Commit-
tee denied the schools’ abil-
ity to continue to co-op
unless they moved up to the
2A level.
At fi rst, Davis wasn’t sure
what Burns would bring to
his program. Now, he can’t
wait to see how he performs
against the competition.
“He has lived up to his
billing in practice,” Davis
said. “He has been a work-
horse. I’m impressed with
his work ethic. I have high
hopes for him. He will get a
chance to showcase his talent
at the 5A level.”
At the 1A level, Burns
was the Special District 3
West Player of the Year.
During the regular season,
he ran for 2,382 yards and
17 touchdowns. He also had
821 receiving yards with six
touchdowns.
Burns will be joined
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Pendleton’s Blake Swanson (12) breaks away from Parkrose’s
Izaiah Parks for a touchdown during an Oct. 18, 2019, league
game at the Pendleton Round-Up Arena.
in the backfield by senior
Zaanan Bane, who ran for
more than 650 yards and was
a fi rst-team all-SD1 selec-
tion last year. Bane also is a
talented long jumper.
“We have pretty good
team speed,” Davis said. “I
think they are ready to go.”
Sophomore quarterback
Jack Davis will get the start
as senior Brogan Biggerstaff
doesn’t have enough prac-
tices to play.
“Brogan will be ready for
Week 2,” Davis said. “We are
putting a lot in Jack’s hands.
He knows there will be ups
and downs, but as long as he
can manage the game and his
emotions, he will be OK.”
Davis is high on the
Bucks’ defense, led by senior
linemen Blake Swanson and
Isaac Urbina, and junior
linebacker Kyle Liscom, who
earned first-team all-SD1
honors.
“Kyle is a playmaker,”
Davis said. “As he goes, we
go. We will be pretty good
defensively. Our secondary
is pretty quick.”
That includes Burns, who
will play free safety and
corner. He had 59 solo tack-
les, 37 assists, three intercep-
tions and four quarterback
sacks last season.
A senior-laden Parkrose
beat Pendleton 30-19 last
season and won the SD1 East
title before losing in the 5A
state quarterfi nals to Crater.
The Broncos fi nished 7-3 —
their fi rst winning season in
23 years.
Park rose retur ns Ty
Delgado, who was the SD1
Co-Lineman of the Year.
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last season — they are ready
to get going and showcase
their talents.”
Senior Spencer Juul (6-0,
175) will be one of Elliott’s
main targets with Wagner
out. He also will play in the
secondary.
“He has done a lot to
prepare for the season,” Faae-
teete said. “He’s a two-way
starter for us. I’m excited
about his growth.”
Faaeteete’s eyes light
up when he talks about his
veteran linemen Sam Cade-
nas ( jr., 6-0, 250), Josh
Fernandez (sr., 6-2, 290) and
Tyson Stocker (sr., 6-4, 250),
who put on more than 40
pounds from last season.
“Josh is a three-year
starter and has done his job,”
Faaeteete said. “He will have
a coming out party this year.
Tyson has grown a ton. When
he came back for workouts, I
said, ‘Who did you eat?’ He
grew a bunch physically and
mentally.”
But it’s Cadenas that is the
driving force. He averaged
5.9 tackles a game last year.
“Sam is an animal on
the wrestling mat, and he
brings that same tenacity to
the football fi eld,” Faaeteete
said. “He plays with a differ-
ent motor. It’s fun to see him
compete, and he always has a
smile on his face.”
The Bulldogs also return
Koi Mikami at linebacker,
but will have young players
at a variety of positions.
“Overall, we will have
good team speed,” Faae-
teete said. “We are faster and
bigger on the defensive line,
and our receiving corps will
be better than last year.”
Hanford dropped a 32-14
game to Chiawana in its
season opener last week.
“I watched the game,
and we came up with a
game plan,” Faaeteete said
of facing the Falcons. “The
kids did some good things,
and some bad things. That’s
why they call it practice.”
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