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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Saturday, April 9, 2022
SPORTS
SHOTS
Kathy Aney/East Oregonian
Kathy Aney/East Oregonian
Jacqlyn Albert, of Weston-McEwen, returns the ball to Riverside’s Sariah Thomas on Thursday, April 7, 2022, in
Athena. Albert won the match 8-3.
people to fl y-fi sh every
season. Lots of times it’s
11-year-olds or spouses
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of friends or people who
show up on trips I’m on.
I tried to point out that
The thing I spend the least
if he went on the trip I
amount of time on is the
proposed, and that he was
casting. Truth is, anyone
well able to aff ord, he would who can pick up a fl y rod
acquire the skills he wanted and keep it off the ground
with the help of the guides
is equipped to catch fi sh on
and the fi sh. Along the way
small streams or still water.
he would catch big trout and What they need is work on
medium size trout and even
presentation, on theory,
a few small ones.
on line control. If they like
“Maybe I’ll go on a trip
fl y-fi shing, they can get a
around here and get the
casting lesson next week.
skills, I need,” he said.
Think I’m wrong? Watch
Do you think he did? I
someone with a 7-foot
don’t either.
tenkara rod. They can’t cast
There are always people
more than 12 feet at best,
that will tell you not to go
but they can catch fi sh all
fi shing. I got grounded from day long on good water.
fi shing when I was in ninth
People pick up fl y-fi sh-
grade because my alge-
ing for a lot of reasons.
bra scores fell off . I got up
Catching fi sh may not be at
earlier in the morning than
the top of the list, but it is
my parents on a Saturday
important enough a person
morning and went anyway.
should go fi shing when they
Ask my dad if you bump want to.
into him on the river this
What do you want from
season. Was it more import- fl y-fi shing. Are you getting
ant to Gary’s future that he
it? If not, go out and demand
improve his grades from
it. Want to be a better
Cs to Bs in algebra? Or was
caster? Go fi shing. Then get
fi shing more important?
a casting lesson. Want to
Dad will say I did pretty
learn more about bugs? Go P
V I H t u
o b a g n i k l fi a shing
t y B and
. n o i turn
t a c i over
d e m rocks.
f o p l e h
good in geometry,
espe-
cially the part that deals
Want to multiply your fi sh-
with the angle.
ing skills? Hire a guide.
One time I was on the
If someone tells you not
Kalama River in the middle to go fi shing for whatever
of an epic steelhead bite and reason — your health, your
the offi ce called my grand-
grades, their status or their
parents’ house and wanted
money, you are better off
me to come in. Do you think going fi shing anyway. Just
I came off the river before
get up earlier in the morning.
dark? No. Did they fi re me?
———
Gary Lewis is the author
No. I quit a month later. No
of “Fishing Central Oregon,”
one needs that kind of pres-
“Oregon Lake Maps and
sure.
I am not a fl y-fi shing
Fishing Guide” and other
guide but I fi nd myself in
titles. To contact Gary, visit
www.garylewisoutdoors.com.
the position of teaching
Fishing:
ON THE SLATE
SATURDAY, APRIL 9
Heppner at Grant Union, 4:30 p.m.
Prep baseball
Sherman at Heppner (2), 11 a.m.
Pilot Rock at Union (2), 11 a.m.
Lyle at Weston-McEwen (2), 11 a.m.
Dufur at Stanfi eld/Echo (2), 11 a.m.
Prep softball
McLoughlin at Echo/Stanfi eld (2),
3 p.m.
Pendleton at La Grande, 4 p.m.
Irrigon at Umatilla, 4 p.m.
Pilot Rock at Riverside, 4 p.m.
College Place at Weston-McEwen,
4:30 p.m.
Hermiston at Kennewick, 5 p.m.
Prep softball
Pendleton at Wilsonville (2), noon
Prep tennis
Stanfi eld/Echo at Sherman, 10 a.m.
Track and fi eld
Ione at St. Paul Buckaroo Roundup,
10:30 a.m.
Boys soccer
Hermiston at Pasco, 7 p.m.
MONDAY, APRIL 11
Prep tennis
Hermiston at Southridge, 4 p.m.
Weston-McEwen at Ione/Heppner,
3:30 p.m.
Stanfi eld/Echo at McLoughlin,
4:30 p.m.
Prep golf
Pendleton girls at Birch Creek,
11 a.m.
College softball
Blue Mountain at Columbia Basin
(2), 2 p.m.
Prep tennis
Hood River Valley boys at Pendle-
ton, 3 p.m.
Pendleton girls at Hood River Val-
ley, 3 p.m.
College baseball
Blue Mountain at Treasure Valley
(2), noon
College baseball
Blue Mountain at Yakima Valley (2),
1 p.m.
TUESDAY, APRIL 12
Prep baseball
Irrigon at Umatilla, 4 p.m.
Pilot Rock at Riverside, 4 p.m.
Weston-McEwen at Stanfi eld/Echo,
4 p.m.
Southridge at Hermiston, 4 p.m.
La Grande at Pendleton, 4:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13
Prep tennis
Pendleton boys at The Dalles,
3 p.m.
The Dalles girls at Pendleton, 3 p.m.
Prep golf
Echo at Burns Invite, Valley Country
Club, TBD
Pendleton girls at Hood River, noon
Coaches:
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Dong and his wife Jessica
have four children, Addie,
Aubrey, Titus and Paxton.
Dong began his teaching
career 14 years ago in Filer,
Idaho. He taught physical
education, was the athletic
director, coached basketball
and football.
Mac-Hi’s Cooper Yensen pitches to a Baker batter on Wednesday, April
6, 2022, in Milton-Freewater. The Baker Bulldogs won the doubleheader
15-3 and 10-0.
“I was there for 10 years
and wore many hats over the
years,” he said.
It was a former colleague
at Filer that let him know the
Kimberly job was open.
“I wasn’t really looking,”
Dong said. “We happened to
be talking one day, and she
mentioned (athletic director)
Kirby (Bright) was retiring.”
Dong spent four years
as a physical education
teacher and basketball coach
at Pendleton.
He led the Bucks to two
5A state playoff appearances
in 2019 and 2020, and one
trip to the Elite 8 in Corvallis
in 2019. Led by senior Tyler
Newsom, Pendleton went 0-2
at state with losses to Wilson-
ville and Crater. Newsom was
named to the all-tournament
second team.
“I was super blessed that
those teams were so talented
and I got to enjoy the successes
with those guys,” Dong said.
“The last two years have been
fun too, in diff erent ways. It
has been good even though
the wins and losses haven’t
been the greatest. I am going
to miss the boys.”
Through four seasons,
Dong had a record of 13-23
in the IMC and 37-45 overall.
The Bucks had a poor 2021-
22 season, going 0-10 in Inter-
mountain Conference play
and 1-21 overall.
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