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SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2015
SPORTS
Bulldogs shock Bombers in OT
Dawgs net five goals
in fourth to come
away with overtime
victory
BY SAM BARBEE
HERMISTON HERALD
The Hermiston lacrosse
team was the dead in the wa-
ter.
The visiting Richland
Bombers scored eight of the
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day and led 8-2 after three
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fourth quarter, however, when
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scored and Fidel Contreras.
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down just 8-6 and Richland
was back on its heels.
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with Hermiston down 8-7,
goalie Chris Jones turned
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time and found Schoonover at
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the net and beat the Richland
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with only a minute remaining
in overtime to give Hermiston
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set Elementary School.
The win marks the second
straight game Hermiston (2-
2) found itself down in the
fourth quarter before rallying
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time, though, the Bulldogs
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the fourth quarter, then it
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game because, really, I feel
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game, and we didn’t deserve
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midway through the fourth
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er were ejected, which gave
Hermiston the momentum it
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shots.
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was getting free runs to the
net, and there wasn’t much
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fourth quarter — the Hermis-
ton defense gave Jones some
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to either left or right of the
crease, giving Jones better
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forcing the ball to the ground
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tunities for themselves. Of
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in the second half, but none
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Schoonover that tied things
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athletes and one of our best
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Jones. “Really, we’d like him
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honest, but he’s just so tough
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gives us the best chance to be
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Goals: N. Davis 4, A. Schoonover 3, G. Westfall 1,
F. Contreras 1.
Echo softball ends week on high note
Cougars shut down
Colton 9-4 Thursday
BY SAM BARBEE
HERMISTON HERALD
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hang her head Thursday af-
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kings the rest of the way in
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Echo.
The win gave Echo (3-
2) its second straight after
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seven innings, allowing the
four runs, with only two of
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and she struck out nine and
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coach Bryan Bailey said.
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es to a lot of hitters, but, all
in all, her defense backed
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ing well. She was throwing
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gars had two hits, with Beth
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two runs scored and an
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went 2-for-3 with two RBIs
and a run scored.
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errors and allowed three
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he said. “You eliminate
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three of them did it twice.
All but one starter had a hit.
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said. “I thought we hit well
against Clatskanie (in a 6-2
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they brought it over to this
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ters are seeing the ball well
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didn’t need to score much.
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dence.
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it looked like they’ve been
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and got two runs of its own,
all with two outs. McCarty
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the day. Erika Parks fol-
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ing McCarty, and Srofe sin-
gled to drive in Parks.
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ond inning, Parks walked
to start the third, and Srofe
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self, singling home Parks
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and Milbrodt added her
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give Echo a 6-2 lead. Chris-
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two-out singles to give
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gle stood out because the
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with two strikes to single
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started to lag, Bailey called
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started it, wiggling out of a
jam.
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Friday, when the Cougars
host Riverside/Arlington
for a doubleheader. First
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ECHO 9, COLTON 4
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WP: M. Gonzales LP: B. Patterson
2B: E. Parks, K. Blankenship, H. McCarty, B.
Milbrodt.
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