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comebacks in NFL playoffs
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the Seahawks scored their
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won on Russel Wilson’s
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texts, one from a Seahawks-
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my dad.
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he was obviously shocked.
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spoke volumes.
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daytime. Fireworks are
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euphoria of the Seahawks
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forced to watch the stadium
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forced to remember that
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FROM THE SIDELINES
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that connect people from
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country.
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roar. They were one.
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from Northwest-based
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in their bid to return to
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sandwiches at a Seattle-
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— Sam Barbee is the
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Hermiston Herald. He
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GO SEE IT
Wednesday, January 21
No events scheduled
Thursday, January 22
Wrestling
Hermiston vs. The Dalles, 7 p.m.
Friday, January 23
Wrestling
Hermiston @ Reser’s Tournament of Champions @
Liberty, 9 a.m.
Girls Basketball
Hermiston vs. The Dalles, 7 p.m.
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Boys Basketball
Hermiston @ The Dalles, 7 p.m.
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Saturday, January 24
Wrestling
Hermiston @ Reser’s Tournament of Champions @
Liberty, 9 a.m.
Swimming
Hermiston @ Hood River, 11 a.m.
Girls Basketball
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Umatilla girls crush Stanfield
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team isn’t the same team in Janu-
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his team hopes to be in the future.
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Bulldogs now top-ranked in
state after win over La Salle
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propels Bulldogs
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Hermiston’s Jansen Edmiston shoots the ball over Sun-
nyside’s Natalia Trevino in the Bulldogs’ 55-49 loss to the
Grizzlies Jan. 13 in Hermiston. The loss spurred the girls into
action when they defeated La Salle Friday. The Bulldogs enter
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a trip to Portland to take on
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SPORTS IN BRIEF
Echo Pasture Golf event
next month
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