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Vertrees, Hagel earn MCC volleyball honors
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
hermIsTON — hermis-
ton senior outside hitter Grace
Vertrees, and freshman libero
camryn hagel, were named to
the mid-columbia
conference honor-
able mention team
for volleyball.
Ver trees, who
recently sig ned
to play for blue
mountain commu-
Vertrees
n it y college,
finished the
season with 129
kills, eight blocks,
87 digs and 30
service aces.
hagel finished
Hagel
the season with
181 digs, served at 94 percent and
had 23 service aces.
Kennewick’s autumn Larson
was named the Player of the year,
while morgan schauble of Kami-
akin was voted coach of the year
by her peers.
MCC SWIMMING
hermiston sopho-
more Lily Teegarden
was named to
the mid-colum-
bia conference
second team in the
Teegarden
50 freestyle and the
honorable mention team in the 100
butterfly.
Teegarden was the only hermis-
ton swimmer to earn all-conference
honors.
richland senior bryn mcGin-
nis was named the swimmer of the
year, while richland sophomore
Isabella Zumini was named the
diver of the year.
coach of the year honors went
to Trine Tippett of Kennewick and
Nancy rose of Walla Walla for
swimming, and hanford’s mitch
Piper for diving.
IMC BOYS SOCCER
Pendleton sophomore midfielder
renee Ortega cruz was named to
the Intermountain conference
second team.
Ortega cruz scored five goals
for the bucks, who
finished 2-8 in IMC
play and 3-12 over-
all.
The bucks also
had juniors simon
Johnson, Parker Ortega Cruz
Feller and esteban
Gomez named to the honorable
mention team.
ridgeview junior midfielder
Kevin mendez Ochoa was named
the Imc Player of the year, while
the ravens’ Jimmy Kim was named
coach of the year.
7 Bulldogs
selected
to MCC
slowpitch
softball team
south and rodriguez
named to first team
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
Ben Lonergan/East Oregonian, File
Riverside’s Jose Napoles (21) and Dayton’s Danny Anguiano (8) chase down the ball Nov. 9, 2021, during the Riverside Pirates 2-1 loss to the
Dayton Pirates in the semifinal round of the Oregon School Activities Association Class 3A/2A/1A State Soccer Championship at Riverside
High School in Boardman. Napoles was named the Special District 6 Player of the Year.
Ayala
Claustro
Magana
Medina
Mendoza
Rodriguez
Benny Sanchez
Bert Sanchez
RIVERSIDE BOYS RAKE
IN SOCCER AWARDS
Napoles was named to the 3A/2A/1A all-state first team
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
bOardmaN — The
riverside Pirates capped their
successful soccer season with
senior attacker Jose Napoles
being named the special
district 6 Player of the year.
The Pirates, who won the
league title with an 8-0 record,
finished the season with a
15-2 record. They lost in the
3A/2A/1A state semifinals to
dayton 2-1.
In addition to Napoles,
riverside had seven other play-
ers named to the all-league first
team — seniors adair rodri-
guez, Pablo claustro, diego
magana, Trinidad mendoza,
benny sanchez, bert sanchez,
and sophomore goalkeeper
Juan medina.
Napoles, who also was a
first-team 3A/2A/1A all-state
selection, had nine goals and
SPECIAL DISTRICT 6
Player of the Year: Jose Napoles, sr., Riverside
FIRST TEAM
Adair Rodriguez, sr., center-mid, Riverside; Pablo Claustro,
sr., striker, Riverside; Yar Carrillo, sr., midfield, Four Rivers; Carlos
Ramirez, so., Nyssa; Diego Magana, sr., center-mid, Riverside;
Trinidad Mendoza, sr., right-mid, Riverside; Carlos Castro, sr.,
Nyssa; Benny Sanchez, sr., left defense, Riverside; Jacob Ayala,
sr., defender, Irrigon; Bert Sanchez, sr., center defense, Riverside;
Juan Medina, so., goalie, Riverside; Orlando Perfecto Salgado, jr.,
goalie, Nyssa.
SECOND TEAM
Pedro Morfin, so., goalie, Umatilla; Maurio Guzman, sr., mid/
def, Umatilla; Fernando Nunez, sr., midfield, Four Rivers; Alexis
Ruiz, sr., forward/midfield, Umatilla; Victor Celedonio, so., Nyssa;
Ronaldo Bueno, jr., Nyssa; Gerardo Garicilazo, sr., defender,
Umatilla; Porter Carlton, sr., Nyssa; Gabriel Ortega, jr., Nyssa;
Sebastian Rodriguez, jr., midfielder, Irrigon; Tate Barhona, jr.,
forward, Four Rivers; Isreal Romero, jr., defender, Four Rivers.
eight assists on the season.
claustro had a team-high
18 goals and six assists for the
Pirates. he also was named to
the all-state honorable mention
team as a forward.
defender benny sanchez,
who earned second-team
all-state honors, chipped in
three goals and three assists.
rodriguez, who earned
all-state honorable mention
honors as a midfielder, had 10
goals and eight assists.
medina, who had 50 saves
on the season, also posted
11 shutouts — six of which
came in league play. he was
an honorable mention all-state
selection.
magana scored 10 goals
with nine assists during the
season, and earned all-state
honorable mention honors as
a midfielder.
defender bert sanchez had
four goals and four assists, and
reeled in all-state honorable
mention honors.
mendoza, who had three
goals and nine assists, also
was named to the all-state
honorable mention team as a
midfielder.
senior defender Jacob
ayala of Irrigon also was
named to the first team, and to
the all-state honorable mention
team.
hermIsTON — The
hermiston bulldogs had
seven players chosen to
the mid-columbia confer-
ence all-conference slow-
pitch softball team, led by
first-team selections junior
Hailey South (infield) and
senior outfielder eliza
rodriguez.
The bulldogs placed
fourth at the 2a/3a state
tournament, going 2-2.
chiawana, which won
the 4a state title, had
infielder sawyer sten-
son named mcc Player of
the year, while the river-
hawks’ brian Thomas was
named coach of the year by
his peers.
rodriguez powered the
bulldogs all season, hitting
.701 with seven home runs,
32 rbIs and has scored 36
runs heading into state.
she also did not commit an
error.
south hit .600 with four
home runs.
Named to the second
team were junior macey
Tovar (infield), senior
Kaylee billsbourough
(infield), sophomore Alli
Serna (infield), senior
Kendyl Inners (outfield) and
freshman rylee richman.
serna has hit .621 with
17 rbIs and 34 runs scored,
while Tovar hit .656 with a
handful of doubles.
richman hit .547 with 12
rbIs and 34 runs scored,
and Inners hit .636 with five
home runs.
South
Rodriguez
Tovar
Billsbourough
Serna
Inners
MID-COLUMBIA
CONFERENCE
Player of the Year: Sawyer
Richman
Stenson, sr., Chiawana
Coach of the Year: Brian
Thomas, Chiawana
FIRST TEAM
Infield — Sawyer Stenson, sr., Chiawana;
Hailey South, jr., Hermiston; Kylie Kemp, sr.,
Walla Walla; Maliyah Twitty, sr., Chiawana;
Marissa Valdez, jr., Chiawana.
Outfield — Tallulah Sickles, sr., Walla Walla;
Eliza Rodriguez, sr., Hermiston; Estella Zaro, jr.,
Chiawana; Adriana Rodriguez, so., Chiawana.
Pitcher — Kenzie Richard, sr., Chiawana. Utility
— Rylee Healis, sr., Pasco.
SECOND TEAM
Infield — Raquel Justice, jr., Walla Walla;
Clarabelle Hall, so., Walla Walla; Vivian Pimen-
tel, jr., Pasco; Macey Tovar, jr., Hermiston; Kaylee
Billsbourough, sr., Hermiston; Allison Serna, so.,
Hermiston.
Outfield — Sara Justice, so., Walla Walla;
Kendyl Inners, sr., Hermiston; Rylee Richman,
fr., Hermiston; Brianne Bunger, sr., Chiawana.
Pitcher — Madison Warden, so., Walla Walla.
Utility — Jessica Melendez, fr., Chiawana.