WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2015
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Hermiston lacrosse shows promise following losses
BY SAM BARBEE
HERMISTON HERALD
Last spring, the Herm-
iston lacrosse team lost to
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final game of the year.
This spring, the Bull-
dogs scored six of sev-
en third-quarter goals
to mount a second-half
comeback, but the Can-
by Cougars proved to be
too much, holding off the
Bulldogs 14-12 Sunday
afternoon at Sunset Ele-
mentary School.
The game was the third
of the week for the Bull-
dogs (1-2). They lost to
Southridge (Washington)
11-7 on March 16 and
beat Century 12-6 on Fri-
day. Though head coach
Scott Hammond said
three games in a week
can, and will, cause fa-
tigue, it wasn’t an excuse.
“I just thought we
were way too inconsis-
tent,” he said. “We gotta
play more consistent. I
thought we played really
well on Friday night, but I
thought we looked a little
bit slow, a little bit tired
(on Sunday). That’s not
an excuse. We gotta keep
working and keep getting
better.”
George Westfall led the
Bulldogs with four goals,
and AJ Schoonover and
Bradley Giusti had three
apiece.
Bulldog
goalkeeper
Chris Jones turned away
seven shots in total, and
Hammond said a num-
SAM BARBEE PHOTO
Hermiston lacrosse player Tucker Salinas (22) drives against Canby’s Chris Morris during the second half of Hermiston’s 14-12
loss Sunday at Sunset Elementary School.
ber of the goals allowed
weren’t his fault.
“He’s solid for us, real
solid,” Hammond said
of Jones. “A lot of those
goals, we put him in a
really bad position. We
gotta work better as a
team defensively, staying
in front of our guy, help
side. That’s not all on him
by any means.”
Hammond said, while
his Bulldogs were timid
in their first contest of the
week, by the third game
the timidity was gone.
Hermiston scored the first
goal of Sunday’s game off
the opening face-off and
led 5-2 after the opening
quarter.
The lead wouldn’t last,
however. Canby scored
five goals in the second
quarter to Hermiston’s
one and took a 7-6 lead at
halftime. No Canby play-
er scored more than one
goal in that period in a
very balanced attack.
Hammond has been
preaching
competition
and
competitiveness,
and, in the third quarter,
Hermiston showed it can
fight.
After giving up three
straight to start the sec-
ond half, Hammond took
time to talk with his club
with the Bulldogs down
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hot and hit the back of
the net three times in the
third quarter. His third of
the quarter and fourth of
the day tied things up at
11 to complete the come-
back, but Hammond said
his team spent a bit too
much energy in that time.
“We just gotta stay
consistent throughout,”
Hammond said of falling
behind in the second and
coming back in the third.
“If we don’t put ourselves
in that position in the sec-
ond of being down, then
we could already be in a
good position and add to
a lead at that point, in-
stead of having to claw
back and having to use
up all our energy to come
back in the game.”
Canby scored the first
three goals of the fourth
quarter, and Schoonover’s
last score, with about two
minutes left, proved to be
too little too late.
Despite the frustrat-
ing loss, Hammond was
satisfied his team played
better than the last time it
took on Canby. Hammond
said the Bulldogs compet-
ed last year but just didn’t
have the ability to stay
with a decent Canby team.
This year, Canby had to
hold off the Bulldogs in a
close, competitive game.
In his post-game address,
Hammond told his play-
ers they should have won,
that they can beat that
team.
“I don’t think (that
game’s) anywhere close
to our potential,” Ham-
mond said. “It’s still real-
ly early in the season. We
have a ton of things we
can still be better at. We
could have done a couple
(more) things right and
won that game.”
Still, he thinks the
team’s outlook is bright
this season, with most
of the roster made up
of freshmen and sopho-
mores.
“There’s no doubt this
is moving in the right di-
rection,” he said. “We’re
light years ahead of
where we were last year.
We’re just not where we
want to be.”
Hermiston next plays
at 5 p.m. today against the
Richland Bombers at Sun-
set Elementary School.
Vikings fall to Dufur Saturday
The Umatilla baseball
team came away from Sat-
urday’s doubleheader in
Dufur with two losses.
The Vikings lost to the
Dufur Rangers 13-3 in the
opener, and Kennedy snuck
past the Vikings 4-3 in the
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loss, allowing seven un-
earned runs.
Cory Landon, Josh De-
ver and Cody Samson had
the only hits for Umatilla in
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ballgame when Landon sin-
gled, stole second and third
and scored on a ground ball
off the bat of Dever. The
lead wouldn’t last as Dufur
plated seven in the bottom
half, with four of those un-
earned.
In the second game,
Umatilla stuck close to
Kennedy and even had a
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inning. Kennedy struck
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in the second, when Tris-
ten Sanguino walked and
scored on a double from
Ernesto Barrea to make the
count 2-1. Kennedy tacked
on two more in the fourth to
take a 4-1 lead, and Umatil-
la got one back in the sixth
after back-to-back doubles
from Jair Andrade and Kole
Keller to cut the lead in half
at 4-2. Umatilla got one
more in the seventh when
Emilio Bernal walked and
scored.
With the tying run on
base, Dever, who Vikings
skipper Corleone “Booter”
Lewis called his best hitter,
popped up to right to end
the threat and the game.
Dever pitched all seven
er recover. The Kodiaks
won despite committing
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Cascade batters reached
base in that second inning,
producing the seven runs.
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come back in the top of the
third, plating six of its own.
The Tigers capitalized on
three Cascade errors in that
inning, and Thyler Monkus
and Ryan Bailey each had
RBI singles.
Monkus started on the
bump and went four in-
nings, allowed 12 runs
(nine earned) on nine hits,
walked six and struck out
one. Hunter Barnes was
stellar in relief, tossing two
innings and allowing just
one unearned run on one
hit.
Jason Fitzpatrick was
2-for-4,
Dylan Grogan
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scored two runs and Ryan
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Bailey had two RBIs.
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2B: K. Bales (DHS)
never came to life. Cash-
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mere starter Tyler Chip-
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runners in six innings and
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struck out seven in the one-
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2B: D. Arritola (KHS), H. Melsness (KHS), J.
hit shutout. Cashmere took
Andrade (UHS), K. Keller (UHS).
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of the sixth inning and plat-
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advantage, initiating the
mercy rule.
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Grogan had the only hit
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losing a pair in Cashmere, Barnes started on the bump,
Washington on Saturday.
went three innings and al-
The Tigers lost the open- lowed four runs (all earned)
er of the doubleheader to on four hits and struck out
Cascade
(Leavenworth) one. Keith Wampler and
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relief, combining for 2.2 in-
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seven runs in the bottom Justin Keeney didn’t have
half of the second inning that kind of success. He
to Cascade and could nev- didn’t record an out and al-
The Hermiston softball
team dropped both of its
games at the Spring Break
Invitational in Clackamas,
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In the opener, Hermis-
The Hermiston boys golf ton was one-hit — the lone
team had its best day ever knock being a bunt single
in Grandview, Washington. by cleanup hitter Mikay-
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second, and they never had dominant performance.
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In the nightcap, Hermis-
Hermiston did both.
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The Bulldogs shot 25- a barn-burner with Frank-
over 313 as a team, claim- lin. Hermiston scored in
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La Coursiere, who battled couldn’t push one across
windy conditions along the ODWH +HUPLVWRQ JRW LWV
back nine, held on to even runs on just four hits.
par, which ended up being
Julissa Almaguer pitched
the lowest score of the day. all but one , throwing the
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Mike Frink said the condi-
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tions started calm but slow- the Spring Break Invitation-
ly picked up until condi- al in Clackamas, Hermiston
tions on the back-nine were split with Milwaukie and
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to keep his score from bal- Cavaliers.
looning.
In the morning, Herm-
“It was a good round,
let’s put it that way,” Frink
said.
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SOLUTION:
Another solution could
be to erect a screen,
something Ganvoa
mentioned, that merely
blocks the glare coming off
the roof.
This isn’t a huge deal.
It’s a minor problem, but
it could become a greater
issue down the road.
A game can’t be called
every time a baseball
game is played at Armand
Larive in March in the
early afternoon because
of a blinding glare. It
would severely cripple
any type of early-season
Baseball and sun are
frenemies. They go well
together, but the sun can be
a dangerous spectator at a
baseball game. Hermiston
can’t let the sun become
such a huge problem that
games are called.
Let’s hope this is the
last time this happens, but
we can’t assume it will be.
Let’s make sure it never
happens again.
— Sam Barbee is
the Hermiston Herald
sports reporter. He can
be reached at sbarbee@
hermistonherald.com
continued from page A10
but also because a school
wants its complex to look
good, or, as Ganvoa put it,
“aesthetically pleasing.”
The school district should
do something, however,
to lessen or eliminate the
glare.
One solution is by
painting that one roof
matte black. That way the
surface would absorb all
the sun’s light hitting it
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innings in the 4-3 loss to
Kennedy, and, according to
Lewis, “pitched a hell of a
game.” Lewis was also im-
pressed that his team made
the nightcap a competitive
ballgame after getting rout-
ed in the opener.
“It was a good game, we
just took a little too long to
get the bats going,” Lewis
said Sunday. “I was very
happy the way, after getting
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utes later and losing by one.
I was really impressed with
the attitude they came back
with. They came back and
battled.”
Umatilla starts its league
schedule April 3 when it
hosts Vale for a double-
header starting at 2 p.m.
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scheduling. But it has to
be thought about. It has
to be a concern, and a
solution has to be found.
Ganvoa and I talked
about protocol for if this
happens again. He said
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will wait it out, like a
rain delay, and resume
play once the glare is
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they’ll have to notify the
conference and the state
if it becomes a bigger
problem so teams aren’t
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situation when it happens.
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on two hits.
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Cove on Thursday at 11
a.m.
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CASCADE
(LEAVENWORTH) 13,
STANFIELD 10
SHS
006
022
0 — 10 9 4
CHS
071
140
X — 13 10 8
WP: C. McMatton LP: T. Monkus
2B: D. Grogan (SHS), K. Kish (CHS). 3B: A.
Murdock (CHS).
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CASHMERE (WA) 10, STANFIELD 0 (6)
SHS
000
000 — 0 1 0
CHS
202
006 — 10 7 0
WP: T. Chipman LP: H. Barnes
2B; J. Frazier (CHS), P. Landdeck (CHS). 3B: M.
Elliot (CHS).
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third with a 4-over 76 and
beat Zillah’s No. 1 player in
a one-hole playoff for third
place. Zac Adams, made
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and shot 1-under 35 on the
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place 5-over 77.
Hermiston’s next tour-
nament is April 3 at Eagle
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The event is slated to start
at 9 a.m.
SOFTBALL
iston broke open a 2-2 tie
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Abi Drotzmann had an RBI
single in the rally, and Ko-
pacz and Almaguer both
stole home. Taylor Betz
threw a complete game,
allowed just six hits and
struck out one.
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mas jumped out to a quick
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safely, with two notching
doubles, providing all the
cushion they would need.
The Cavs got eight more
in the fourth to break the
game open.
Hermiston tried to re-
spond in the fourth and
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the fourth and three in the
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ing proved to be too much.
Elory Jones was the lone
offensive bright spot for
Hermiston, going 2-for-3 at
the plate, scoring two runs
and stealing three bases.
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a single and stole second,
third and the plate to notch
Hermiston’s fourth run.
Hermiston plays again
March 31 at Summit. First
pitch is set for 4 p.m.
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HERMISTON 10,
MILWAUKIE 5 (6)
MHS
020
011
1 — 5 6 4
HHS
001
161
X — 10 7 1
WP. T. Betz LP: L. Paschel-Lloyd
2B: J. Hinkley (HHS).
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CLACKAMAS 13, HERMISTON 5 (5)
HHS
000
32 — 5 6 5
CHS
500
80 — 13 15 2
WP; A. Zehr LP: T. Betz
2B: M.Kopacz (HHS), J. Haelhan (CHS), A.
Godinez (CHS).