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Pendleton has 4 players selected to IMC volleyball team
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
PENdLEtON — Pendleton
had four players selected to the
Intermountain Conference volley-
ball team as the conference coaches
recently handed out awards.
Junior outside hitter Sauren
Garton and junior middle Daisy
Jenness made the second team,
while senior outside hitter Josie
Wilson and senior setter Emma
Garton
Jenness
House were honorable mention
selections.
“Sauren and Daisy are two of the
youngest girls on the team,” Pendle-
ton coach Amanda Lapp said. “They
have exceeded their age level since
they were freshmen. Their senior
year will only get better for them.
Daisy has been working hard in
the offseason trying to perfect her
skill. You could put her out there
in a pickleball tournament and she
might win.”
Lapp was excited to see House
recognized by the conference
coaches.
“I was happy to see her get nomi-
nated and get that honorable mention
spot,” Lapp said. “She worked so
hard for us. She’s a hustler for sure.
I transitioned Josie to outside hitter,
and she played a big part in our
offense. It’s good to see her go out
with a bang in a tough league.”
Crook County had five players
selected to the first teams, including
Co-Player of the Year Kacie Staf-
ford.
Ridgeview had three selected to
the first team, including Co-Player
of the Year Ally Henry.
Crook County’s Kristy Struck
was named Coach of the year.
“Crook County and Ridgeview
play year around out there,” Lapp
said. “Their coaches are working
their girls 365 days a year. We share
our girls between sports out here.
They have good skills, but our girls
can give them a run for their money.”
In a makeshift season, Pendle-
ton finished 6-4 in Intermountain
Conference play and 10-6 overall.
Lifting
to win
Pendleton
powerlifters
going after
Oregon records
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
Ben Lonergan/East Oregonian
Weston-McEwen junior Blane Peal poses for a portrait at the high school’s baseball field on Wednesday, May 5, 2021.
DOING HIS PART
Weston-McEwen’s Blane Peal has found his groove on the mound and at the plate
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
ATHENA — When Shawn
Pierce was approached about
taking the head baseball job at
Weston-McEwen High School,
he didn’t take long to give an
answer.
The TigerScots had a wealth
of talent, led by junior Blane
Peal, who is having an outstand-
ing season.
“He’s a lot of the reason why
it made it easy to take the job,”
Pierce said of Peal. “I knew
Blane from coaching junior high
basketball, and I knew most of
this group of guys. I saw poten-
tial in them.”
Peal has been the heart and
soul of the TigerScots this season.
At the plate, he is hitting
.681 with 15 hits, including four
doubles and three home runs. He
has only struck out twice. He also
has 17 RBIs, has scored 13 runs,
and has six stolen bases.
“Blane is a bulldog,” Pierce
said. “He wants to be the best at
everything. If he’s not, he tries.
He helps everybody else out
along the way to be the best they
can be. It’s my privilege to be
around him.”
Peal said there’s nothing fancy
about his approach at the plate —
he just wants to hit the ball.
See Peal, Page B2
Three Mountaineers earn All-CCC softball honors
Henley, a senior from Twin posted 56 putouts.
percentage and threw out 11 base-
Falls, Idaho, was productive for the
Chambers, a freshman from runners.
La GraNdE — the Cascade Mountaineers, leading the offense Hood River, was the primary
Smith, a junior from Sisters, was
Collegiate Conference recently with a .423 average. She appeared in catcher for the Mountaineers in a consistent presence in the Moun-
42 games, primarily
taineers pitching rotation.
announced its 2021 soft-
2021, appearing
ball all-conference teams
at third base, and
She appeared in 22 games
in 39 games total,
was a starter in 40.
starting 37. Cham-
in the circle, starting in 11.
and three Eastern Oregon
Henley tallied 52
bers batted .387,
She posted a 6-6 overall
University athletes —
hits in 123 at bats,
scored 16 runs,
record and pitched seven
Jordan Henley, Makenzie
scored 38 runs and
complete games. Her ERA
tallied 41 hits in
Chambers and amanda
Smith — made the list.
had 27 RBI. She
106 at-bats and had
in the regular season was
Henley was selected to
26 RBI. She also
also hit five home
4.03 and she totaled 41
the first team as an infielder
Chambers
Henley
Smith
hit seven doubles,
runs to go along
strikeouts, which led the
and was the lone first-team
10 doubles and one
two triples and one
team. She tossed one shut-
pick for EOu. Chambers was a triple. She slugged .642 during the home run. She slugged .519 for the out. Smith also put in work on
second-team selection at catcher, regular season and had an on-base regular season and had an on-base offense appearing 24 games over-
while Smith was an honorable percentage of .459. Defensively, she percentage of .405. On defense, all, batting .250 to go with eight RBI
mention at pitcher.
had a fielding percentage of .914 and Chambers posted a .981 fielding and four runs scored.
East Oregonian
PENDLETON — When you
want to be the best, you seek out
the best.
Pendleton’s Dan Logman
did just that, enlisting the help
of bench press world champion
Ryan Kennelly to help prepare
him for the uSPa PaC Cartel
Kilos on Saturday, May 8, at
Power Athletics Compound in
Richland, Washington.
Logman, who will compete in
the Masters 308-pound class, has
been making weekly trips to the
Tri-Cities to work with Kennelly.
“He is an incredible guy,”
Logman said. “In nine weeks,
he took my bench from 501
(pounds) and I have hit 550. I
raised my PR almost 50 pounds
through techniques he has shown
me. I am fortunate to have
trained with him and his crew.
The very first night I worked out
with him, he let me wear one of
the multi-ply shirts and I had 705
pounds in my hands. I will never
be afraid of a 500-pound bench
press again.”
Kennelly holds the World
Powerlifting Organization
(WPO) record, and held the
all-time world record in the
assisted (aid of a bench shirt)
bench press with a lift of 1,075
pounds. He bench pressed an
unequipped 650 pounds.
Logman, 49, will be joined at
the meet by his son Christopher,
15, and lifting partner Donald
“Eagle” Williams, 47.
Logman, who is a manager
at Standard Plumbing Supply
in Pendleton, plans to open
with 501 pounds, which will
set an Oregon masters record in
the United States Powerlifiting
association.
“I think I will get around
540,” said Logman, who will
be wearing a single-ply Super
Katana bench shirt. “I will have
one of the best bench specialists
with me that day. If that doesn’t
make you confident, I don’t
know what will.”
See Records, Page B2
SPORTS SHORT
Saban encourages Alabamians to get vaccinated
Associated Press
tuSCaLOOSa, ala. —
alabama football coach Nick
Saban and other sports figures have
taped a public service announce-
ment encouraging Alabamians to
get the COVID-19 vaccine.
the alabama department
of Public Health says Saban and
others, including former NBA star
Charles Barkley, participated in
the PSA saying vaccinations are
the way to make sure sports stadi-
ums are filled and “loud again” this
fall.
“College football fans and play-
ers both want full stadiums this
fall. Let’s make sure we can safely
make this happen by getting vacci-
nated. Please get your COVID-19
vaccine,” Saban says in the spot,
according to a script provided to
The Associated Press. “We want
Bryant-Denny Stadium loud again
this coming season and Roll Tide!”
The public service announce-
ment is expected to be released
next week. It comes as state health
officials are looking for ways to
boost lagging vaccination rates
and persuade people to sign up for
shots.
Less than 25% of alabamians
have been fully vaccinated, which
ranks last nationally, according to
the Centers for disease Control
and Prevention. The public
service announcement is part of a
campaign by the Alabama Depart-
ment of Public Health to address
vaccine hesitancy, State Health
Officer Scott Harris said.
University of Alabama athletic
director Greg Byrne has said the
school intends to allow 100%
capacity next season for the
defending national champions.
Byrne posted a tweet saying he
appreciated “Coach Saban’s lead-
ership encouraging vaccination.”
Alabama head
coach Nick Saban
watches during
Alabama’s spring
NCAA college
football game at
Bryant-Denny Sta-
dium on April 17,
2021, in Tuscaloo-
sa, Ala.
Gary Cosby/Associated
Press, File