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APRIL 22, 2015 HERMISTONHERALD.COM A6 WEDNESDAY, SPORTS PREP TENNIS • PREP GOLF • PREP BASEBALL • PREP SOFTBALL • SCHEDULE Bucks nip The Dalles’ big fifth dooms Hermiston Riverhawks plate Dawgs on seven runs with two outs tennis court BY SAM BARBEE BY MATT ENTRUP EO MEDIA GROUP Not much was deter- mined when the War on KHOG LWV ¿UVW EDWWOH RI the girls tennis season Monday with Pendleton hosting rival Hermiston at West Hills Intermediate School. While the Buckaroos earned the 5-3 victory, ERWKFRDFKHVVDLGLWFRXOG have gone either way, and DERXW WKH RQO\ WKLQJ FHU- tain after watching four PDWFKHV JR WR WLHEUHDN- ing third sets was how close their two squads were competitively. “Every match was well SOD\HG´ VDLG ¿UVW\HDU Hermiston coach Jason Sivey, who also had the WHDPV¶ QH[W PHHWLQJ RQ the mind. “It makes me ZRQGHU D ORW DERXW ZKDW we’re going to do for 3HQGOHWRQWKHQH[WWLPH ³:H¶OO GH¿QLWHO\ EH making some little chang- HV EXW ORRNLQJ DW KRZ close the scores were, WKRVHFRXOGHQGXSEHLQJ ELJFKDQJHV´ Pendleton swept the top two singles and dou- EOHV PDWFKHV DQG +DQ- nah Flanagan provided WKH WLHEUHDNLQJ ZLQ IRU 3HQGOHWRQ E\ EHDWLQJ Mackenzie Hill 7-6 (4), 6-4. The Buckaroos’ oth- er two singles wins were even closer, as Meagan Flanagan closed out Kate- lyn Millard with a 10-3 WLHEUHDNHU DQG 0DWLOGH Cittadini edged Jaycee Ternes 10-7 in their tie- EUHDNHU The Buckaroos didn’t QHHG DQ\ WLHEUHDNHUV LQ WKHLU WZR GRXEOHV ZLQV WKRXJK DQG 1R WHDP Christina Thompson and Kiana Sperl had one of the most decisive victo- ries of the afternoon with DZLQRYHU.\OHH Markwick and Whitney McMahon. Pendleton No. 1’s Keren and Kezi- ah Hampton also swept, EXWMXVWEDUHO\LQZLQVRI 6-4 and 7-5 over Briana Wolfe and Cheyenne Pe- terson. +HUPLVWRQ¶V ¿UVW ZLQ came from Athen Reid and Tania Jamie-Sanchez, ZKREDWWOHGWRDWLH- EUHDN ZLQ LQ WKH 1R GRXEOHV PDWFK 6LYH\ said it was the Bulldogs’ ZLQVDW1RGRXEOHVDQG singles, however, that re- ally made the afternoon for him. Devyn Wolfe defeated Pendleton’s Aieleia Sayre in singles, while Breana Wadekamper and Reed Middleton pulled togeth- HUIRUDWLHEUHDNZLQ LQGRXEOHV ,W ZDV WKH ¿UVW YDUVLW\ win for all three fresh- men. Wolfe’s 6-3, 6-1 win over Sayre was the most decisive of the afternoon, DQG WKH 'DZJV¶ GRXEOHV showed why Sivey felt FRQ¿GHQWHQRXJKWREULQJ WKHPXSIURPMXQLRUYDU- sity recently. “Devyn came out and played really well, and (Wadekamper and Mid- dleton), they didn’t stop, WKH\ MXVW NHSW FRPSHW- ing,” he said. “It was fun to watch, for one, and it was good to see a couple of freshmen getting a win that they’ve worked real- ly hard for.” The teams will meet two more times during the regular season with WKH QH[W FRPLQJ 7KXUV- day at Hermiston High. +HUPLVWRQ¶V QH[W match is today when it hosts The Dalles at 4 p.m. ——— PENDLETON 5, HERMISTON 3 Singles Meagan Flanagan (P) def. Katelyn Millard 2-6, 6-4, (10-3) Matilde Cittadini (P) def. Jaycee Ternes 4-6, 7-5, (10-7) Hannah Flanagan (P) def. Mackenzie Hill 7-6 (4), 6-4 Devyn Wolfe (H) def. Aieleia Sayre 6-3, 6-1 Doubles Keren Hampton/Keziah Hampton (P) def. Briana Wolfe/Cheyenne Peterson 6-4, 7-5 Christina Thompson/Kiana Sperl (P) def. Kylee Markwick/Whitney McMahon 6-4, 6-2 Athen Reid/Tania Jamie-Sanchez (H) def. Sam Bixler/Jenna Senter 3-6, 6-4, (10-8) Breana Wadekamper/Reed Middleton (H) def. Anna James/Julia Livingston 6-7 (1), 6-4, (10-6) GO SEE IT Wednesday, April 22 Girls Tennis Hermiston vs. The Dalles, 4 p.m. Boys Tennis Hermiston @ The Dalles, 4 p.m. Thursday, April 23 Softball Umatilla vs. Walla Walla Academy, 4 p.m. Tennis 6WDQ¿HOG#+HOL[SP Friday, April 24 Girls Golf Hermiston @ Mt. Spokane (WA), 9 a.m. Boys Tennis Hermiston @ Capital Tournament, 9 a.m. Girls Tennis Hermiston @ Capital Tournament, 9 a.m. Boys Golf Hermiston @ Crook County Invite, 11 a.m. Echo @ Big River Golf Course, 10 a.m. Lacrosse Hermiston vs. Burns, 5 p.m. Baseball 6WDQ¿HOG#9DOH'+SP Softball (FKR#9DOH7RXUQDPHQWSP07 Saturday, April 25 Boys Tennis Hermiston @ Capital Tournament, 8 a.m. Girls Tennis Hermiston @ Capital Tournament, 8 a.m. Track and Field Hermiston @ 30th Annual Kiwanis Invitational, 10 a.m. 6WDQ¿HOG#8QLRQDP Echo @ Condon, 11 a.m. Baseball +HUPLVWRQ#+RRG5LYHU9DOOH\'+SP Softball +HUPLVWRQYV+RRG5LYHU9DOOH\'+SP Umatilla vs. Grant Union (DH), 1 p.m. SAM BARBEE PHOTO HERMISTON HERALD Hermiston senior catcher For four innings on Tues- Jay Lindeman attacks a pitch GD\WKH+HUPLVWRQEDVHEDOO during the Bulldogs’ 10-8 WHDPZDVLQFRQWUROEXWLQ loss Tuesday night at Armand WKH¿IWKWKHUDLOVFDPHRII Larive Middle School. Linde- for the Bulldogs against PDQÀQLVKHGWKHGD\IRU with two runs scored. The Dalles. The Riverhawks plated ¿YH LQ WKH WRS KDOI RI WKH ¿IWK FDSSHG E\ D WZRUXQ VLQJOH E\ *RUG\ +DUULV to put The Dalles up 8-4. When all was said and done, The Dalles walked away from Armand Larive Middle School with a 10-8 win and took two of three in the season-opening home- and-home CRC series. Hermiston senior right ¿HOGHU &ROH 6PLWK ZDV IRU ZLWK WZR GRXEOHV and an RBI, and senior RXW¿HOGHU 5- 5REOHV ZDV IRU ZLWK DQ 5%, VLQJOH in the game. “It’s pretty frustrating EHFDXVH ZH NQRZ ZH FDQ EHDWWKHP´6PLWKVDLG³:H DOUHDG\EHDWWKHPRQFH:H KDG KRPH¿HOG DGYDQWDJH We should’ve come out with a little more pop in our EDWVEXWZHEDWWOHG,WMXVW didn’t fall our way.” +HUPLVWRQ SRXQGHGRXWKLWVDQGKDG many opportunities to score EXW FRXOGQ¶W FRPH WKURXJK when it mattered. In the second, the Bull- GRJV KDG WKH EDVHV ORDGHG DQG RQH RXW EXW RQO\ JRW one run. In the fourth, the 'DZJVDJDLQKDGWKHEDVHV ORDGHG EXW D FDOOHG WKLUG strike ended the threat with none pushed across. In the ¿IWK WKH\ KDG UXQQHUV RQ the corners with no outs, EXW 7KH 'DOOHV VQLIIHG out Hermiston’s suicide squeeze, and the Bulldogs couldn’t do any more. Head coach Lance Haw- kins was frustrated with the amount of missed opportu- nities. ³2XUELJLVVXHVWLOOLVQRW JHWWLQJ WKH MRE GRQH DW WKH SODWHQRWEHLQJGLVFLSOLQHG and focused to say, ‘I’m JRQQDEHWKHPDQ,¶PJRQ- na do what I need to help the team,’ and we’re not doing that,” he said. “Re- ally, we haven’t done that DOOVHDVRQ,¶PMXVWZDLWLQJ 7KDW¶VZK\,SXWLWEDFNRQ them.” Despite the Bulldogs’ lack of situational hitting, ¿QLVKLQJ LQQLQJV ZDV WKHLU UHDOSUREOHP7XHVGD\6HY- en of the Riverhawks’ 10 runs came with two outs, LQFOXGLQJ DOO ¿YH RI WKHLU ¿IWKLQQLQJUXQV In the second, after TXLFNO\UHWLULQJWKH¿UVWWZR hitters with his own glove, starter Chase Root allowed EDFNWREDFNGRXEOHVDQGD single to erase a 3-1 lead. ,QWKH¿IWK5RRWFRD[HGDQ HDV\À\EDOOWRULJKWDQGJRW DFDOOHGWKLUGVWULNHEXWWZR straight walks ended his day in favor of Smith, who ZDONHG KLV ¿UVW EDWWHU DQG then allowed four straight singles to turn a 4-3 lead LQWRDQGH¿FLW “We gotta close,” Haw- kins said. “When we (had) WZR GRZQ DQG QRERG\ RQ ZHH[WHQGHGZD\WRRPDQ\ innings. There was an error EXWMXVWZDONV,W¶VQRWIR- FXVLQJDQGQRW¿QLVKLQJWKH inning.” After The Dalles plat- ed a run in the top of the ¿UVW +HUPLVWRQ JRW WKUHH ZKHQ6PLWKGRXEOHGKRPH Jay Lindeman, and Dylan &DOGZHOO¶V OD]\ SRSÀ\ WR ULJKW ¿HOG ZDV GURSSHG to plate Smith and Root to put Hermiston up 3-1. The Dalles answered with two more in the second to WLHWKLQJVDWWKUHHEXWWKHQ Root singled home Linde- PDQ LQ WKH ERWWRP RI WKH second to take a 4-3 lead. The score didn’t change XQWLO WKH ¿IWK ZKHQ 7KH 'DOOHVH[SORGHGIRULWV¿YH runs. Smith, who allowed WKH EXON RI WKH UXQV VDLG KH QHHGV WR ORFDWH EHWWHU +HOHIWVRPHIDVWEDOOVXSLQ the zone, and The Dalles, a JRRG IDVWEDOOKLWWLQJ FOXE made him pay. Hermiston pushed three DFURVV LQ WKH VL[WK ZKHQ Mitch Brown singled home Smith, and then Michael Gossler singled with the EDVHV ORDGHG WR SODWH7\OHU 6H[WRQ DQG 0LWFK %URZQ 7KH'DOOHVZRXOGDJDLQH[- tend the lead in the seventh, however, with two more unearned runs on an error. On Saturday, Hermis- ton heads to Hood River to take on the hot Eagles, and WKH%XOOGRJVH[SHFWWRIDFH hard-throwing Washington State signee Ryan Ward at some point. ³7KDW¶V D ELJ RQH´ Smith said. “(We) gotta get RQH IRU VXUH PD\EH WZR We gotta make it go our ZD\ ,W¶V JRQQD EH WRXJK going down there.” 7KH GRXEOHKHDGHU VWDUWV at noon. ——— THE DALLES 10, HERMISTON 8 TDR 120 050 2 — 10 8 2 HHS 310 003 1 — 8 12 6 P. Eaton, B. Bate and K. Mathisen; C. Root, C. Smith and J. Lindeman. 2B: D. Hoffman (TDR), R. Kohl (TDR), C. Smith 2 (HHS), M. Gossler (HHS), .QLJKWVHQG6WDQ¿HOG¶VZLQQLQJVWUHDN )ORUHV ZDV IRU %DLOH\ VWDUWHG WKHJDPHRQWKHEXPSDQGZHQWIRXU Despite committing seven errors, LQQLQJV DOORZLQJ ¿YH UXQV WKUHH the Irrigon Knights slipped past earned, on nine hits, and he walked 6WDQILHOG LQ D QRQOHDJXH EDVHEDOO two and struck out two. In a third of game Tuesday evening in Irrigon. an inning, Thyler Monkus allowed The Knights used a five-run fifth VHYHQ UXQV VL[ HDUQHG RQ IRXU KLWV LQQLQJWREUHDNRSHQDJDPH DQG+XQWHU%DUQHVWKUHZWKH¿QDO )RU 6WDQ¿HOG 5\DQ %DLOH\ innings with no hits and no runs. was 3-for-4 with an RBI, and Tony The loss snapped Stanfield’s HERMISTON HERALD STAFF nine-game winning streak. Stan- ILHOG KHDGV WR 9DOH 6DWXUGD\ IRU D NH\GRXEOHKHDGHULQWKH$(DVWHUQ Oregon League. First pitch is set for 1 p.m. (MT). ——— SHS 300 110 0 — 5 7 4 IHS 301 170 X — 12 13 7 R. Bailey, T. Monkus, H. Barnes, D. Grogan; Verly and Kroske. 2B: R. Bailey 2 (SHS), T. Flores (SHS), S. Allan (SHS). 3B: Blackman (IHS), Rice (IHS). Riverhawks down Lady Bulldogs The Dalles take third straight from Hermiston BY ERIK SKOPIL EO MEDIA GROUP The Bulldogs sought to remedy a weekend sweep against The Dalles Tuesday at Rocky Heights Elemen- tary. Instead, they found more disappointment. Behind a four-run third inning, the Riverhawks GXPSHG +HUPLVWRQ The defeat places Hermis- ton (6-10) in a three-game hole in league play and FRXQWVDVWKHVFKRRO¶VWK consecutive league loss dat- LQJEDFNWRODVWVHDVRQ ³:H FDPH RXW ÀDW LQ WKH ¿UVWFRXSOHRILQQLQJV´%XOO- dog coach Kylee Lete said. It was something the Bulldogs could ill afford. After taking a pair of one- run defeats to the River- hawks (11-5, 3-0 CRC), hopes were high that a third meeting would provide a different result. Senior Madisen Led- EHWWHU PDGH KHU GHEXW LQ the circle for the Bulldogs Tuesday. The right-handed pitcher’s season premier ZDV GHYRLG RI PDMRU EOXQ- GHUV EXW GLG LQFOXGH HLJKW EDOOVWKDWODQGHGLQIDLUWHU- ULWRU\DQGVL[UXQQHUVFURVV- ing home plate. The River- hawks (11-5, 3-0 CRC) did all of their damage in her three innings, racing out to D OHDG EHIRUH UHJXODU hurler Taylor Betz entered and shut things down. 7KH VL[ UXQV SURYHG plenty for the visitors. +HUPLVWRQ ZDV XQDEOH to get to The Dalles pitcher Maddy Bradford until lat- er in the game. She retired nine of 11 to open. She is- VXHG¿YHZDONVLQKHU¿QDO two innings, however and the Bulldogs took advan- tage plating those walks on hits from Makenzie Juul in the fourth and Makayla Ko- SDF]LQWKH¿IWK ³2XUEDWVGLGQ¶WZDNHXS XQWLOWKH¿IWKLQQLQJ´/HWH said. “We couldn’t put the EDWRQWKHEDOO,JXHVV´ Three Hermiston errors in the opening third of the contest added to the Riv- erhawks’ edge. Twice left ¿HOGHU$EL'URW]PDQQPLV- SOD\HG EORRSLQJ VLQJOHV WR OHIW¿HOGDQGHDFKWLPHWKH WKLUGEDVHFRDFK¶VVWRSVLJQ turned to a wave, sending two runners in for runs. ³, MXVW WKLQN DIWHU JRLQJ 0-3 we’re going to have a lot more drive that we loss coming on a walk-off home run, and the Bull- GRJV OHIW WKH EDVHV ORDG- ed down 5-4 in the top of the seventh in the second game. In the opener, Herm- LVWRQ VHHPHG WR EH IXOO\ in control. The Bulldogs SODWHGWKUHHLQWKH¿UVWLQ- QLQJFDSSHGE\DWZRUXQ VKRW RII WKH EDW RI WKLUG EDVHPDQ (OOHU\ -RQHV ,Q the third, Kopacz, who was 5-for-6 on the day, GRXEOHG DQG 'URW]PDQQ followed to put Hermiston up 5-1. The Riverhawks got a UXQ LQ WKH ERWWRP RI WKH THE DALLES 6, HERMISTON 2 seventh and went single, GRXEOH KRPH UXQ ZKLOH R H E DALL 114 000 0 GRZQ WR WDNH WKH LP- — 6 10 0 SUREDEOH FRPHIURPEH- HERM 000 110 0 hind victory. — 2 5 3 M. Bradford, S. Watson (5) and G. Helyer. M. In the nightcap, Herm- Ledbetter, T. Betz (4) and K. Wheeler. W — M. iston trailed. Though the Bradford. L — M. Ledbetter. 2B — B. Hofbauer (HERM). Bulldogs scored runs con- ——— VLVWHQWO\ KLJKOLJKHG E\ Kalene Wheeler’s two-run single, they were down 5-3 heading into the top of the seventh. The Bulldogs KDGWKHEDVHVORDGHGZLWK The Hermiston soft- WZR RXWV EXW D KDUPOHVV EDOO WHDP¶V OHDJXHRSHQ- pop-up to the shortstop LQJ GRXEOHKHDGHU LQ 7KH completed the sweep for Dalles Saturday was full The Dalles. RIKHDUWEUHDN — Hermiston Her- The Riverhawks swept ald sports reporter Sam the Bulldogs 6-5 and 5-4 Barbee contributed to this RQ6DWXUGD\ZLWKWKH¿UVW report. should’ve had going into WKH ¿UVW WKUHH´ 'URW]PDQQ said of the slow start. “Go- ing to Hood River, none RI WKH VL[ VHQLRUV ZDQW WR JR RU ZKDWHYHU LW LV We’re going to play our hardest.” Hermiston opens up its conference series with +RRG 5LYHU 9DOOH\ ZLWK D pair of road games on Sat- urday. They host the Eagles on Tuesday. “We started off in our pre-game with a lot of ener- gy, so I’m not sure what the change was,” Lete said. “I wish I knew.” ——— Riverhawks sweep Hermiston *ROIHUV¿QLVKLQWRSIRXU EO MEDIA GROUP 7KH +HUPLVWRQ ER\V JROI WHDP KDGSOHQW\WREHKDSS\DERXWDIWHULWV most challenging round of the season Monday at the Tetherow High Desert Challenge. $JDLQVWDFRQWHVWDQW¿HOGH[SHFWHG to mimic the competition seen at the VWDWH FKDPSLRQVKLSV +HUPLVWRQ ¿Q- LVKHG LQ WKH WRS ¿YH LQ WHDP VFRULQJ RQDGLI¿FXOW6FRWWLVKVW\OHOLQNV +HUPLVWRQ GLGQ¶W KDYH DQ\ERG\ ¿QLVK KLJKHU WKDQ WK EXW FDPH LQ tightly grouped with a team score of WKDW ZDV JRRG IRU IRXUWK 6XP- mit won the team title with a 305, IROORZHGE\%HQGDQG&DVFDGH &KULVWLDQ 3HQGOHWRQ ZDV VL[WK with a 339. Paden LaCoursiere and Zac Adams each carded 80 to lead Hermiston in a tie for 17th. Keegan Crafton shot an WKDWWLHGKLPIRUVW +HUPLVWRQ ZLOO EH EDFN LQ FHQ- tral Oregon on Friday for the Crook County Invite at Meadow Lakes Golf Course in Prineville. ——— Tetherow High Desert Challenge at Tetherow Golf Club, Bend Team Scores — 1, Summit 305; 2, Bend 311; 3, Cascade Christian 317; 4, Hermiston 325; 5, Central Catholic 328; 6, Pendleton 339; 7, Clackamas 342; 8, St. Mary’s 345; 9, North Medford 352; 10, Roseburg 363; 11, David Douglas 370; 12, The Dalles 372; 13, Liberty 388; t14, Crater 408; t14, North Valley 408. Individual leaders 1, Ryan DeCastlihos, Bend 2, Jack Loberg, Summit 3, Reilly Hegarty, Pendleton 4, Josh Wu, St. Mary’s 5, Four tied with 77 70 73 75 76 Hermiston scores — Paden LaCoursiere 80; Zac Adams 80; Keegan Crafton 81; Anders Lind 84; Jared Thacker 93.