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A6 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM SATURDAY, MAY 2, 2015 FROM PAGE A1 HODGES: continued from page A1 of Hodges’ retirement this week, said he saw it coming. He and Hodges had discussed it in passing for awhile and the timing made sense for Olson. Players were surprised ini- tially, but the signs were there. Knutz said Hodges would FRPSODLQDERXWKLVKLSVHYHU\ bus ride. This spring, Hodges WROGWUDFNDQG¿HOGFRDFK(P- ily Strot he wasn’t riding bus- es anymore, his hips couldn’t handle it. $ UHFHQW GRFWRU¶V YLVLW HI- IHFWLYHO\IRUFHGKLPLQWRUHWLUH- ment. His doctor said he was probably born with dysplasia, D GHYHORSPHQWDO FRQGLWLRQ LQ joints and, in Hodges’ case, his hips. He said Friday his hips began popping when he was 15 years old; when he was 17 his tensor fasciae latae muscles, or T-bands, would remain tight with his groin, while the rest of his upper leg would be loose. This is consistent with chronic hip problems. “I don’t think a lot of peo- ple realize how his hips are bothering him and how he fought through this year,” Kay said. “He knew he had a special group.” Hodges has a pair of hip replacement surgeries sched- ule for June and July, but he ZDQWV WR KDYH WKHP GRQH together. He said recipients KDYH WR TXDOLI\ WR KDYH ERWK hips done simultaneously, but his insurance has caught D VQDJ ZLWK WKH UHVSHFWLYH hospital. He won’t be getting PHWDO KLSV KRZHYHU ,QVWHDG he’ll get a ceramic socket and “poly” ball. This will last lon- ger than metal or plastic im- plants, while letting Hodges GRHYHU\WKLQJKHZDQWVWRGR except run long distance, he said. “It’s the only problem I KDYHZLWKP\ERG\´+RGJHV VDLG ³, GRQ¶W KDYH DQ\ RWK- er problems anywhere. My KHDOWK LV DFWXDOO\ YHU\ JRRG &KROHVWHURO OHYHOV EORRG SUHVVXUHHYHU\WKLQJ¶VJRRG´ ••• :KHQ +RGJHV DUULYHG LQ town, Hermiston football had nothing it has now. The weight room was lacking. The football stadium was IDOOLQJDSDUWDQGWKH¿HOGZDV poor quality. The team had no direction or identity of its own. Coaches used Hermis- ton as a jumping off point for another job. No one stayed long enough to build a pro- gram here. Hodges changed that. ³<RX UXQ LQWR VRPH GLI¿- culties sometimes if you bring in somebody that’s outside of Hermiston, you wonder how loyal they are to Hermiston,” Hodges said. “Hermiston has been in a highly unusual situ- DWLRQWKHODVWVHYHQ\HDUVEH- FDXVHWKH\KDYHQ¶WKDGDVWDII that’s used Hermiston High as a stepping stone to go to a Tu- alatin or someplace like that — a big 6A school or money RU ZKDWHYHU 7KH\¶YH KDG D staff that is loyal to Hermis- ton.” That loyalty will contin- ue and be rewarded when, LQ DOO OLNHOLKRRG GHIHQVLYH coordinator and associate KHDG FRDFK 'DYLG )DDHWHHWH LV DSSURYHG E\ WKH +HUPLV- ton School Board on May 11 as the Bulldogs’ next head coach. The staff has pledged to work under Faaeteete, maintaining a cohesion and consistency that was missing with other coaching changes. ••• :KHQ+RGJHVLQWHUYLHZHG for the HHS job, the choice ZDVREYLRXV7KRPSVRQVDLG Thompson, a Hermiston QDWLYH DQG %XOOGRJ IRRWEDOO player in the mid-1970s, was on the hiring committee in $IWHU WKH LQWHUYLHZV concluded, Thompson knew WKH JX\ IURP 1HYDGD ² Mark Hodges — was the guy. “Coach Hodges was far DQG DERYH WKH EHVW IRRWEDOO guy and best guy for the kids,” Thompson said Thurs- GD\³+HEURXJKWDORYHRIWKH JDPH DQG DOVR D ORYH RI WKH kids, and you can tell that by WKHSDVVLRQKHKDVHYHU\GD\ on the sidelines, whether it be practice or Friday night.” ••• Hodges’ sideline perso- na is well known. He is en- ergetic. He is loud. On fall HYHQLQJV KLV YRLFH HFKRV around the Kennison Stadium complex, bouncing off the aluminum and off the facing of the school building east of WKH¿HOG ³(YHU\FRDFKEULQJVVRPH- thing different,” Thompson said. “He brought the passion DQGWKHIRFXVDQGWKHORYHRI the sport.” 2OVRQ DUULYHG LQ WRZQ D \HDUEHIRUH+RGJHVDQG¿UVW PHW WKH 1HYDGD WUDQVSODQW in the spring of 2008 when Hodges was hired. Olson said the enthusiasm was notice- able then. “I think initially you just start with the energy that he brought into the program, in some ways an intensity,” Ol- VRQ VDLG ³(VSHFLDOO\ WKH DW- tention to detail to things that were reasons they ultimately won this year.” $Q RIIHQVLYHPLQGHG coach, Hodges called the plays on offense and taught his schemes and theories. 6HQLRU ZLGH UHFHLYHU &DU- VRQ 0RUWHU ZKR KDG QHYHU played tackle football until his junior year, said Hodges’ concepts were complicated, but they worked. He also ef- IHFWLYHO\WDXJKWKLVVFKHPHV constantly putting his players in positions to win. +H ZDV QHYHU PDUULHG WR a certain style. The past three years, with all-state quarter- EDFNDQG$2IIHQVLYH Player of the Year Chase Knutz, the Bulldogs threw already been around 23 years before he got to Hermiston. They adjusted what they did in the offseason. They found 2008-2014 Head Coach, the offseason programming Hermiston that’ll work. Some coaches 2005-2007, Head Coach, Fernley, are hardline. Mark’s found Nevada ways to adjust. They say you 2000-2004, Assistant Coach, can’t teach an old dog new South Medford tricks, but he and his staff 1994-1999, Assistant Coach, found ways to learn new North Medford WULFNV IRU WKH EHQH¿W RI WKH 1991-1993, Graduate Assistant, program.” Southern Oregon University Olson pointed out there’s also an integrity there. He said, with the exception of and threw often. But he also RQHIDNHSXQW+RGJHVQHYHU KDG HIIHFWLYH UXQQLQJ EDFNV ran a trick play — no double in Cory Adams and Sam Col- SDVVHVQRÀHDÀLFNHUVRUUH- EUD\ DQG DQ RIIHQVLYH OLQH YHUVHV that could run block and pass “It says that there’s an ana- protect. When Cory’s brother lytic side to calling a game as Bobby was playing, Hodges DQ RIIHQVLYH FRRUGLQDWRU DQG focused on the ground attack, he knows what his numbers and Bobby racked up more are and what his percentages than 2,000 yards Bobby his are and he trusts his play,” Ol- senior season. son said. “The problem with a That willingness to adjust WULFNSOD\LVWKHUH¶VDQHJDWLYH tactics based on athletes and to them. A trick play can be a attention to detail, both on QHJDWLYH \DUGV 7KHUH¶V DQGRIIWKH¿HOGKHOSHGWDNH always a belief in the system.” WKH%XOOGRJVIURPVHFRQG¿G- ••• dle to champion. Luis Medina, a graduating “This was his 30th year senior who started playing coaching,” Olson said. “He’s football his freshman year Hodges’ career Church Directory with no knowledge of the sport, sees Hodges as more than his coach. “To me, he was like a dad,” he said. “He knew what I did was wrong. He made sure I was at school and doing things I was supposed to be doing. I’m going to miss my dad at school.” Knutz echoed those senti- ments. “I wouldn’t want any other coach in the world,” he said. ³, FDQ¶W HYHQ SXW LQWR ZRUGV what he meant to me in de- YHORSLQJDVDSOD\HU:KDWKH GLGIRUPHDQGHYHU\RQHHOVH on the team goes beyond rec- ognition.” Senior Keegan Crafton tracked down Hodges outside of the weight room Friday, asking about the decision to retire and his hips. He asked about Hodges’ upcoming hip replacement procedures and listened to the explanations his soon-to-be former coach JDYHKLP+LVSOD\HUVKDYHQ¶W been the only ones seeking Hodges out since news broke WKDWKHZRXOGEHOHDYLQJWKH program. Hodges said female VWXGHQWV KDYH DSSURDFKHG him, concerned about him and the football program. Friday morning, Hodg- es eased around the weight URRPKLVDUWKULWLFKLSV¿JKW- LQJ KLP HYHU\ VWHS %XW KH was still smiling, still encour- aging, still teaching. “His passions are for stu- dents and their success,” Kay said. “Some years you can win a championship and some years you may not win a championship, but the bot- tom line is the relationships you build with the coaches and players,” Hodges said. “And I think that’s a really big part of what’s kept me going. I had a great staff and my staff is a wonderful bunch of guys and they’re all professionals and they DOOZRUNYHU\KDUG0\VWDII really kept me going and helped me out a ton. Not be- ing able to be around them DQGWKHGD\WRGD\DFWLYLWLHV and laughing it up with them DQGHQMR\LQJWKHWLPH,KDYH with them and, of course, the players — that’s what I’m going to miss the most, is the relationships.” NEW BEGINNINGS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Worship Service 10:30 AM Sunday School 9:00 AM Pastor J.C. Barnett Children's Church & Nursery Available 700 West Orchard Avenue P.O. Box 933 Hermiston, Oregon 541-289-4774 Seventh-day Adventist Church s h i W o r Saturdays Sabbath School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 a.m. Worship Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 a.m. p w i t h u s ! 1255 Hwy. 395 S. • 567-5834 oasisvineyard.us Worship 10:00 AM "come as you are" The Full Gospel Home Church 235 SW 3rd Phone 567-7678 Rev. Ed Baker - Rev. Nina Baker Sunday: Sunday School . . . . . 10:00 am Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 am Evening Service . . . . . . 7:00 pm Wednesday Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 pm First United Methodist Church Of Hermiston Rev. Dr. James T. Pierce, Pastor Open Hearts, Open minds, Open doors "Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you." 1 Pet. 5:7 191 E. Gladys Ave. Sunday Worship at 11am (541) 567-3002 Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church Grace Baptist Church 565 W. HERMISTON AVE. DAILY MASS: Monday-Friday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . English 7:00 am THURSDAY . . . . . . . . . Spanish 6:00 pm SATURDAY: . . . . . . . . . English 5:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spanish 7:00 pm SUNDAY: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . English 9:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bilingual 11:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spanish 1:00 pm OFFICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567-5812 NEW HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH 1350 S. Hwy. 395, Hermiston "People Making A Difference" Sunday Worship Services 9:00 am, 10:45 am Classes for kids during both Services en Español Dave Andrus, Pastor For more information call 567-8441 First Christian Church "Proclaiming the Message of Hope, Living the Gospel of Love" SUNDAY WORSHIP 10:45 AM SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:30 AM CHILDREN'S CHURCH 11:00 AM Nursery Provided 567-3013 775 W. Highland Ave., Hermiston St. Johns Episcopal Church All People Are Welcome Scripture, Tradition and Reason Family service 9am Sunday Gladys Ave & 7th Hermiston Fr. Dan Lediard, Priest. PH: 567-6672 LANDMARK BAPTIST CHURCH 555 SW 11th, Hermiston 567-9497 Nursery provided for all services Sunday School - 9:30 AM Worship - 10:45 AM 6:00 pm Wed Prayer & Worship - 7:00 PM “Proclaiming God’s word, growing in God’s grace” Allan Payne, Pastor 567-8241 855 W. Highland • Hermiston 125 E. Beech Ave. • 567-3232 Pastor David Dever Sun. Bible Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00am Sun. Worship Service . . . . . . . . . . 11:00am Sun. Evening Worship . . . . . . . . . . 6:00pm Wed. Prayer & Bible Study . . . 6:00pm www.hermistonlmbc.com To share your worship times call Amanda Jacobs 541-278-2683 PAGEANT: helps the girls LQ D YDULHW\ RI ways. continued from page A1 ³,W JLYHV Sara Lomas, a 17-year- them self-es- old Hermiston High School WHHP ,W JLYHV student, was crowned Fernandez them pride. It queen, followed by prin- JLYHV WKHP D cesses Hillary Fernandez, sense of be- 17, HHS; Jennifer Garcia, longing to the 6WDQ¿HOG +LJK 6FKRRO Hispanic com- Maribel Marin, 16, HHS; munity,” she and Brissa Gutierrez, 18, said. “It also from Chihuahua, Mexico. JLYHV WKHP D Fitzgerald said only sense of direc- Garcia WKHVH ¿YH JLUOV SDUWLFLSDW- tion. It’s a new ed in the pageant, but she experience, a hopes it will grow in future different expe- years. rience. This is “We can say that all of going to help them were winners for us WKHP GHYHORS because they are the ones their skills that who are setting a prece- are going to be Marin dence for future pageants, skills for life, and they’re going to be the such as talking role models for younger la- in front of peo- dies,” she said. “We want ple.” for them to extend their As queen, hands out into the younger Lomas also community and to make earned a $500 them not only feel welcome college schol- Gutierrez arship, and she but also participate and KDYHSULGHLQRXUKHULWDJH´ told the East The contestants were Oregonian she hopes to judged on essays they KDYHDUROHEH\RQG6XQGD\¶V VXEPLWWHG VHYHUDO TXHV- Cinco de Mayo celebration. tion-and-answer sessions “I want to participate in — one before the pageant RWKHU DFWLYLWLHV DQG UHSUH- and two during — and a sent the Hispanic commu- presentation about them- nity,” she said. VHOYHV LQ IURQW RI DQ DXGL- The pageant queen and ence of more than 100 peo- princesses will be presented ple at the pageant. at 1 p.m. Sunday on stage in )LW]JHUDOGVDLGWKHHYHQW front of Hermiston City Hall. 5K RUN, 5K WALK, 10K RUN, KID'S BUTTE SCOOT All races begin & end at Hermiston's Butte Park DRAWINGS • FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY Online registration & race information at WWW.BUTTECHALLENGE.COM All proceeds benefit THE HERMISTON CROSS COUNTRY PROGRAM Thank you for your support!