Hermiston herald. (Hermiston, Or.) 1994-current, March 21, 2015, Image 10

Historic Oregon Newspapers

Hermiston herald., March 21, 2015, Image 10

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About Hermiston herald. (Hermiston, Or.) 1994-current | View Entire Issue (March 21, 2015)

Prev Page of 18 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (1.4 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Prev Page of 18 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextA10 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 2015 SPORTS 8PaWLlla WHQQLs sKuWs dowQ +HlL[ BY SAM BARBEE HERMISTON HERALD With the majority of He- lix’s tennis team in Europe RQ D ¿HOG WULS DQG 8PDWLO- la’s No. 2 singles player recovering from knee sur- gery, Thursday’s match between the Griswald High School Grizzlies and the Vikings was full of mixing and matching. ,Q WKH HQG 8PDWLOOD HPHUJHG ZLWK ¿YH ZLQV to just two losses. It’s the second straight win for the boys and the second straight loss for the girls, though they only trotted RXW RQH JLUO ,Q DQ XQRI¿- FLDOPDWFK8PDWLOODMXQLRU Sidney Webb did her best Billy Jean King imperson- ation and downed Helix’s No. 1 boys singles player Caiden Marks, dispatching him 8-1. “I think we did OK,” ¿UVW\HDU KHDG FRDFK &DO- vin Meade said. “It’s still pretty early in the season to get an indication of where we are as a team. From top to bottom, all of our players know there’s still stuff they need to work on.” 2Q WKH ER\V VLGH 8PD- tilla cruised through its sin- gles matches with a single blemish. In place of Ramiro Ru- bio, who was resting, and MAEGAN MURRAY PHOTO Umatilla High School junior Sydney Webb smiles after winning a point against the No. 1 boys singles player from Griswald High School. Alejandro Madrigal, who is recovering from the knee surgery, freshman Elian Ar- menta stepped into the No. 1 slot Thursday and faced Jon Shaw. Shaw would take the match 8-5, but Meade pointed out the valuable ex- perience the frosh received. “It’s probably something completely foreign to him, partly because he’s the No. 3 singles player, but also because he’s a freshman,” Meade said of Armenta. “ ... The kid has a lot of oppor- tunity. He probably should have won that match, but it’s something we can work on moving forward. You have to lose a lot before you can win a lot.” 2WKHU 8PDWLOOD YLFWRUV were Giovanni Armenta, who won 8-5 over Erik Jones in the No. 2 slot, Douglas Gomez, who slid past Cody Dunn 8-5 at No. 3, and Gage Bourrie, who topped Allen Holden 8-1. In the boys doubles, 8PDWLOOD FUXLVHG DOVR (G- gar Madrigal and Junior Coria topped Marks and Jake Sprenger 8-4, and Joel Escamilla and Quentin Cor- dona beat Allen Alden and Cody Dunn 8-3. In the lone match on the JLUOVVLGH8PDWLOOD¶V%UHQ- da Coria was downed by Lynne Roberts 8-2. The most interesting match of the day was an MAEGAN MURRAY PHOTO Umatilla High School junior Sydney Webb returns a rally point Thursday during her match up against the No. 1 boys singles player from Griswald High School. XQRI¿FLDO RQH :HEE ZKR said she’s used to playing against boys regularly, in- cluding every day at prac- WLFH ORVW WKH ¿UVW JDPH WR Marks due to three un- forced errors, but roared back to win 8-1. To Meade, though, Thursday wasn’t about the win. He has a bunch of young players who don’t get to play matches very of- ten, and it was important to him to get them into a live scenario. The goal Thurs- day was to improve his players, and he thinks that happened. “The value of playing (Thursday) would be get- ting some expereince for our younger players,” Me- ade said. “I play my top kids pretty hard. I know that they’re always ready for a match. Part of it is just training the younger play- ers to get into the mindset of (being ready to play). There are some players that — yes, they won — but they were nervous. They were timid. They didn’t play as hard as they do in practice. That’s just some- thing that will come along with experience .. Today was a great opportunity to get the younger players’ feet wet and throw them LQWRWKH¿UHVRWRVSHDN´ +HUPLsWoQ H[FHls aW BuFN TUaFN &lassLF EO MEDIA GROUP STAFF 7KH +HUPLVWRQ ER\V WUDFN DQG ¿HOG WHDP won the Buck Track Classic Thursday, racking up three event wins and a number of second DQGWKLUGSODFH¿QLVKHV 8PDWLOOD DOVR VKRZHG ZHOO ZLWK FURVV country state champion Fabian Cardenas run- ning like a state champion and Eastern Ore- gon-bound Amie Zitterkob taking an event. Echo also placed well. Junior long-distance standout Josiah Nied- erwerfer took the 3,000-meter run in 9 min- utes, 34.11 seconds, edging teammate Angel Castellanos by four seconds. Hermiston dom- inated the event, as junior Donnell Rome took third, nine seconds off the pace. Niederwerf- er also placed second in the 1,500-meter run, ¿QLVKLQJLQ8PDWLOODVHQLRUDQGGH- fending state cross country champion, Fabian Cardenas, won the 1,500 meter in a blistering 4:07.63. Cardenas also took second in the in the 800 PHWHUV ¿QLVKLQJ WZR VHFRQGV EHKLQG HYHQW winner Nolan Byerga of Pendleton. The Bulldog boys also took the 4 x 100 meter relay, as the tandem of Hiram Michel, Alexis Mercado, Felix Garcia and Javier Gon- ]DOH]¿QLVKHGLQVOLSSLQJSDVWWKHJURXS from La Grande by nearly three seconds. Luis Medina placed second in the 110-me- ter high hurdles, running a time of 17.53, two seconds behind race winner Tristin Warne of Mac-Hi. Sheridan Zumwalt took fourth in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 46.64, about ¿YHVHFRQGVRIIWKHSDFH Tyler McAbe won the boys long jump, springing for a jump of 20-1, nearly an inch better than runner-up Owen Lanning of Waits- EXUJ3UHVFRWW $QGUHZ +RUQ ¿QLVKHG WKLUG with a jump of 19-04. Will Sharkey took third in the pole vault, clearing 11 feet, about a foot and a half short of event winner AJ Timpy of Irrigon. BULLDOGS: continued from page A9 niors, with one sophomore, com- bined to go 3-for-7 with two runs scored. The nine spot, which was a tag team from Kylee Green and Barton, never failed to reach and scored two important runs. Post Falls got two runs in the ¿UVWZKHQ&DVH\*ROHHNHGRXEOHG to shallow center and Abi Melton walked. An out later, Bowers sin- gled, plating Goleeke, but was thrown out trying to stretch her single into a double. Taylor Ek- ness followed with a single, plat- ing Melton to give the Trojans an early 2-0 lead. Hermiston responded in the second when Kopacz walked, UHDFKHG VHFRQG RQ D VDFUL¿FH E\ Elory Jones, moved to third on a wild pitch and eventually scored RQDVDFÀ\RIIWKHEDWRI:HHPVWR pull Hermiston within a run at 2-1. Post Falls came right back with two of their own. Kira Haskew led off the third with a walk, and %RZHUVGRXEOHGWRWKHULJKW¿HOG fence, scoring Haskew all the way IURP¿UVW%RZHUVPRYHGWRWKLUG on a late throw to the plate to get Haskew and scored a batter later ZKHQ(NQHVV¶VDFÀ\JRWKHULQWR make the score 4-1. Transfer Trey Neal had a good day throw- LQJ¿QLVKLQJWKLUGLQWKHVKRWSXWZLWKDGLV- WDQFHRIDQG¿IWKLQWKHGLVFXVDW (OLDV$UHQDV¿QLVKHGVHYHQWKDW On the girls side, sophomore Aubrey /LQFROQ HGJHG 8PDWLOOD¶V =LWWHUNRE LQ WKH 100-meter sprint. The Hermiston sophomore ran a quick time of 12.59, edging the future Mountaineer by just 11 tenths of a second. (FKR IUHVKPDQ 7D\ORU 6ZDJJDUW ¿QLVKHG fourth, about a second off the pace. In the 200 meter, Zitterkob and Lincoln ÀLSSHGZLWK=LWWHUNREHGJLQJWKH+HUPLVWRQ sophomore by nearly four tenths in a time of 6ZDJJDUW¿QLVKHG¿IWKWKLVWLPHSRVW- ing a time of 28.53. +HUPLVWRQIUHVKPDQ6DUD2UWL]LQKHU¿UVW PHHW ¿QLVKHG VHFRQG LQ WKH PHWHU ¿Q- LVKLQJLQQHDUO\¿YHVHFRQGVEHKLQG Elizabeth Herbes. ,QWKHPHWHUUXQ8PDWLOODVHQLRUDQG also future Mountaineer, Berenice Chavez came in fourth. She posted a 2:41.31, edging 7DQD)RXWVRI8QLRQE\MXVWWKUHHWHQWKVRID second. ,QWKHPHWHUUHOD\8PDWLOODSRVWHGD winning team on the legs of Zitterkob, Adri- ana Madrigal, Sonia Lemus-Cisneros and Kassandra Galbraith, posting a day-best time RIHGJLQJ0F/RXJKOLQ¶VWHDPE\¿YH hundredths of a second in one of the closest races of the day. In the girls’ throwing events, Hermiston’s Jazmin Gutierrez placed second with a shot- put toss of 32-08, nearly a foot shorter than 3HQGOHWRQ¶V .HDJDQ 8WWHU DQG WHDPPDWH $\OHHQ6DQGRYDOFDPHLQ¿IWKZLWKDGLVWDQFH of 31-04. Jeira Carillo took fourth with a toss of 31-05. 8PDWLOOD¶V*HQHVLV/XJRSODFHGWKLUGLQWKH discus posting a 89-10 throw, and Sandoval DJDLQSODFHG¿IWKZLWKDQWRVV Echo’s Elizabeth McCarty posted the third- best javelin toss of the day, a 109-09 effort, The Bulldogs tacked on another in the third when Barton walked, ZDVVDFUL¿FHGWRVHFRQGDQGWKLUG then scored on a wild pitch to cut WKHGH¿FLWLQKDOIDW It was then that Lete pulled starting pitcher Julissa Almagu- er, who threw 50 pitches in three innings, for the junior Naylor. It proved to be the right decision as Naylor effectively shut down the Trojans. “It was nice for us, and it was nice for Naylor, too,” Lete said. “She came in, and I think it helps Julissa out, too. It picks her up. She came out, shut the ball down, KDG VRPH FRQ¿GHQFH :H VDZ some things out of her that were exciting to see.” Then Hermiston got its bats out. Jones singled, Weems walked and Barton singled to score Jones to move the count to 4-3. Then Hin- kley ripped her two-out single, and Hermiston went ahead for good. “(The win) shows that we didn’t get down on each other,” Drotz- mann said of the come-from-be- hind victory. “We were staying pretty positive the whole game, and that’s a good thing. That’s something we need to be able to keep the whole season: the ability to come back.” ,QWKH¿UVWJDPHRIWKHGRX- Landon, Soto and Dever all reached and VFRUHG6KHUPDQ&RXQW\FRXQWHUHGZLWK¿YH LQWKHERWWRPKDOIRIWKH¿UVWWRWDNHDOHDG 8PDWLOODJRWRQHLQWKH¿IWKRQHLQWKHVL[WK and three in the top half of the seventh, but 6KHUPDQ&RXQW\NHSWLWVGLVWDQFHJHWWLQJ¿YH LQWKH¿IWKWRSXOODZD\ Lewis couldn’t say enough about Dever, Sanguino and Soto. “Those three have been carrying this team ORTING (WA) 5, STANFIELD 2 defense-wise and with the sticks, especially ,QLWV¿UVWJDPHWKH\HDU6WDQ¿HOGGURSSHG Josh. He’s great,” he said. a tough one to Orting (WA) 5-2 Friday night in 8PDWLOODKDVDGRXEOHKHDGHULQ'XIXUWR- Ephrata, Washington. day. First pitch is scheduled for 11 a.m. Dylan Grogan got the start and went four- plus innings until he struggled with his control. Orting got two in the second and one in each 8NION 5, E&+O — At Echo, the RI WKH ¿QDO WKUHH LQQLQJV WR SXOO DZD\ IURP defending 2A/1A state champions were too 6WDQ¿HOG Thyler Monkus, Klay Jenson and Tony much for the Echo Cougars on Thursday in a non-league game. Flores had the only three hits for the Tigers. 8QLRQVWDUWHGWKHJDPHRIIZLWKVHYHQUXQV “Orting’s a good club,” head coach Bryan Johnson said. “They’re a bigger school. they LQWKH¿UVWWZRLQQLQJV7KH&RXJDUVFXW make you earn it. I thought we could’ve played the lead down to 7-3 in the third and then add- DELWEHWWHUEXWLW¶VWKH¿UVWJDPH,W¶VJRRGWR HGDQRWKHUUXQLQWKHIRXUWKEXWFRXOGQ¶W¿QG HQRXJKJDSVWRKDQJZLWKKDUGKLWWLQJ8QLRQ have one game under our belt, I guess.” 6WDQ¿HOGLVLQ&DVKPHUH:DVKLQJWRQIRUD ZKLFK¿QLVKHGZLWKKLWV ³:HKLWDORWULJKWDW¿HOGHUV´(FKRFRDFK double header today against Cascade (Leaven- worth) and Cashmere today. Play starts at 11 Bryan Bailey said. “I bet we had six or seven KLWVWKDWZHQWVWUDLJKWWRRXW¿HOGHUV6RZHKLW a.m. WKHEDOOZHOOMXVWFRXOGQ¶W¿QGDQ\JDSVWRKLW ——— S+ER0AN &O8NT< , 80ATILLA to.” %DLOH\VDLGMXVWWDNLQJ8QLRQWRDIXOOVHYHQ (UURUV SODJXHG WKH 8PDWLOOD EDVHEDOO team as the Vikings gave up “too many” innings felt like a victory. “We had a good day,” he said. “The out- unearned runs, according to head coach &RUOHRQH³%RRWHU´/HZLVDQG8PDWLOOD FRPH ZDVQ¶W ZKDW ZH ZDQWHG EXW 8QLRQ LV and lost to Sherman County, 13-8, Fri- GH¿QLWHO\DJRRGWHDP´ ——— day, Sophomore hurler Diego Soto went 15, ECHO 4 all eight innings and “pitched a hell of a UNION R H E UHS 430 042 game,” Lewis said. Cory Landon, Soto, 2 — 15 12 4 003 100 0 — 4 Josh Dever and Tristen Sanguino led the EHS Vikings at the plate, each picking up 6 Jaiden Wright 3 and Carsyn Roberts. Alyssa Ray and Erika Parks. hits. 2B — Keesha Sarman 2, Wright (Union); Monique Montoya (Echo). 3B — Cynthia 8PDWLOOD OHG DIWHU DQ LQQLQJ ZKHQ Curiel (Echo). eight feet short of La Grande’s Shanya Coo- per’s meet-winning toss. To round out the area performers, Echo’s Swaggart and Kelsey Ranger placed third and seventh, respectively, in the long jump. Swag- gart jumped 14-08, about a foot short of the best jump of the day, and Ranger leaped 14-06. BASEBALL Softball Bulldogs pull away IoU ¿UsW wLQ :HdQHsday EAST OREGONIAN STAFF SAM BARBEE PHOTO +HUPLVWRQ·V-DLPH+LQNOH\UHDFKHVIRUDEXQWGXULQJWKHÀUVWLQQLQJRI Hermiston’s 6-4 victory over the Post Falls (ID) Trojans on Monday at Rocky Heights Elementary School. Hinkley’s two-out, two-run single in the fourth put Hermiston up for good. ble header, Hermiston broke open a 4-4 game with six runs LQWKHERWWRPRIWKH¿IWKWRSXOO away with a 10-5 win. Kopacz hit a double to plate Drotzmann to set off the explosion. Later, Kopacz took a double off the fence in center but was thrown out at third trying to turn it into a triple. Hermiston again takes the ¿HOG LQ +DSS\ 9DOOH\ 2UHJRQ for the Spring Break Invitation- al. The Bulldogs square off with Oregon City at noon Monday and at 4 p.m. against Franklin. The Hermiston baseball team defeated Pasco 8-2 on Wednesday in non-league play. Taking advantage of two Pasco HUURUV +HUPLVWRQ VFRUHG ¿YH LQ the second inning to pull away in LWV¿UVWZLQRIWKHVHDVRQ Dylan Caldwell was 2-for-4 with a double and four RBIs, Michael Gossler added a 2-for-2 day with a double for Hermiston (1-1). 7\OHU 6H[WRQ SLWFKHG WKH ¿UVW six innings, and Chase Root threw a scoreless seventh to close out the game. Jose Vasquez gave Pasco (0- 2) its only lead of the game with DQ 5%, WULSOH LQ WKH ¿UVW LQQLQJ Hermiston added one run in the WKLUG LQQLQJ DQG WZR LQ WKH ¿IWK DQG¿QLVKHGZLWKQLQHKLWVDQGRQH HUURU3DVFRDOVR¿QLVKHGZLWKQLQH hits.