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WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2015 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A7 SPORTS participate. He said the event went smoothly, save for a SROLFHRI¿FHUQRWLFLQJ%ODFN- continued from page A6 burn setting up the course Angela Taylor posted an im- Saturday morning. pressive 5K time, crossing “Next year, we’re going the line in 19:05.8. It was 14 to get it out earlier and get seconds quicker than Juan more people to know earlier,” 6DQFKH] ZKR ¿QLVKHG MXVW %ODFNEXUQVDLG³3HRSOHHQMR\ two seconds ahead of his wife, LW3HRSOHLWHQMR\WKHUXQ´ Melody. In the 5K walk, Jesse $VUXQQHUV¿OWHUHGWKURXJK Landin’s time was comparable WKH¿QLVKOLQH6DWXUGD\WKH\ with some runners. He pow- gathered in Butte park, eating er-walked his way to a 37:22.5 KRWGRJVHQMR\LQJVKDGHDQG mark, two minutes quicker watching their children play than Toni Hawkins. at Funland. Blackburn said the turnout For Liz and Joe Sharon, was a bit low Saturday, but it whose three children sat on was still good to have people the curb on Seventh and BUTTE cheered their parents on as WKH\VWDUWHGDQG¿QLVKHGWKH family aspect has brought them back three times. “It’s a good family event,” Joe said. “They’ve got lost of stuff for the kids.” Organizer Jeanne Jewett estimated that about 75 per- cent of all contestants brought some form of their families along. Husbands came to watch wives. Wives came to watch husbands. Children watched parents and vice ver- sa. One runner brought her dog. Some pushed strollers. The Living Water Foursquare church brought a contingent of runners and supporters. 0L[HGLQWRWKH¿HOGZHUH some competitive runners who were there for the time, EXWDKHIW\SRUWLRQRIWKH¿HOG ZDVWKHUHWRHQMR\WKHZHDWK- HUDQGHQMR\HDFKRWKHU “That’s what I like about it,” Jewett said. “We had tiny, little kids and one older gen- tleman, too.” Joe Hodge, who recorded the best 5K run of 50-59 year- old men and a 13-year vet- eran of the Butte Challenge, said the fun experience keeps him coming back year after year, as well as the drawings. Some races, Jewett said, have raffles, but those tickets are sold. At the Butte Challenge, each participant is entered into a drawing for prizes such as a Blu- Ray player to running socks to gift certificates, which were awarded after the race. “A lot of these people are KHUHQRWMXVWIRUWKH¿WQHVVDV- SHFWEXWWKLVUDIÀHKHUHLVELJ´ Hodge said. “Almost half the people walk away with some- thing. It’s funny to say that, WKDWDUDIÀHZRXOGNHHSLWJR- ing as long as it has.” Doug Tovey, an assistant wrestling coach at Hermis- ton, has only been here with his family for three years and FRPSHWHG LQ KLV ¿UVW %XWWH Challenge this year. He said the chance to help out the cross country team, as well as the excuse to run and the drawing, will make the event a tradition for him. “I think it’s tradition,” he said. “I think the Hermiston cross country team is pretty well-known. It’s had a lot of success and a lot of hot-shot runners, so I think that’s the start, but now I think now people know it’s going to be beautiful weather and it’s probably the right time of year, right between holidays. I think that’s probably the key.” thinks they’re a college bas- ketball player, college football player, track star, baseball play- continued from page A6 er, but the reality is, that’s not the plan was set for Faaeteete the truth,” Faaeteete said. “You to succeed Hodges. MXVW ORRN DW ERWK FROOHJH DQG “I don’t know if he saw NFL rosters, compared to 10 or something or he kinda knew,” 20 years ago, you’re going to Faaeteete said. “From then, that ¿QGELJJHUIDVWHUPRUHDWKOHWLF was the plan ... I don’t know if it people out there. Realistically, was too soon or late.” WKDW¶VZKDWWKH\ORRNIRU,MXVW Faaeteete played for Hodg- think I bring an understanding es at North Medford High of what it actually takes to play School from 1999-2003. He at the next level.” then played four years at the Hermiston radio voice University of Oregon, even- Erick Olsen said Faaeteete’s tually starting in 2006. After high-level experience, his time graduation in 2008, Faaeteete under Hodges and familiari- signed as a free agent with the ty with the program and team Chicago Bears but was cut af- will be a factor in moving the WHUMXVWWZRZRUNRXWV$ZHHN Hermiston football program later, the Oakland Raiders gob- forward. bled him up released him after “In David, you have some- MXVWIRXUGD\V one who had a chance to try out Faaeteete said his top-lev- for an NFL team,” he said. “He el college football and minor played for the University of Or- NFL experience is invaluable egon for four years. With not in continuing his players’ ca- MXVWVHYHQVHDVRQVXQGHU0DUN reers. but playing for Coach Hodges “You walk into any gym, in the early 2000s, they’ve won and every high school kid titles. They’ve made deep runs. COACHES There’s not a type of game that David hasn’t coached in. He’s been groomed for this for years.” Faaeteete said his biggest challenge is not only follow- ing the magical 2014 season, but also increasing program depth. The 2015 campaign will be a nice place to start, as the %XOOGRJVUHWXUQMXVWVL[VWDUWHUV from the state championship run. Hermiston loses a number of All-Columbia River Con- ference players, including an all-state kicker in Luis Medina and the 5A Offensive Player of the Year in quarterback Chase Knutz. That said, Faaeteete is excit- ed to see how his roster devel- ops over the summer and how it grows next fall. “It’s a young roster, with the aspirations of playing in the big show,” he said. “I’m excited about it. I’m eager to see what the kids bring and how they step up to replace (the seniors). “The focus of our program is to continue the family-like atmosphere and style, not only to make football players, but to build guys that can lead their community by teaching them skills they can use both on and RIIWKH¿HOG´)DDHWHHWHDGGHG ³, MXVW ZDQW WR PDNH IRRWEDOO players and young men that Hermiston can be proud of.” Smith inherits a program that was successful under pre- decessor Wadekamper. In 2013 the Bulldogs won the Colum- bia River Conference cham- pionship, and in 2014 they played for the CRC title, com- ing within one game of league champ Pendleton. Smith went to college in Fresno, California, where she played volleyball and started coaching. From there, she moved to Oregon, then to Minnesota, where she coached for 10 years. She then came to Hermiston, where she has been an active volleyball referee and community mem- ber, volunteering and running a number of organizations lo- cally. She said she was initially hesitant to take the coaching MRE ZKLFK :DGHNDPSHU LV leaving to spend more time with her family, because she assumed Hermiston would hire an incoming teacher. Ganvoa, ZKR DOVR RI¿FLDWHV ORFDO EDV- ketball games on his own time, NQHZ6PLWKDVDQRI¿FLDODQG learned about her volleyball experience after speaking. Her coaching experience, commu- nity ties and overall volleyball knowledge struck Ganvoa very quickly. “Once that information was set forth, we had conversations ZLWK KHU DQG FRQ¿UPHG KHU interest in the position,” Gan- YRDVDLG³6KH¶VGH¿QLWHO\DVD valued member of the commu- nity, doing everything she can to promote Hermiston and is a true ambassador.” Though Smith has lived in Hermiston for a number RI \HDUV RI¿FLDWHG +HUPLV- ton volleyball games and kept WKHRI¿FLDOVFRUHERRNDWER\V and girls Hermiston basketball games, she said she’s com- pletely unfamiliar with the ros- ter. She wants it that way, how- ever, because that doesn’t allow for her to play favorites or have biases in the early weeks of the season so she can put together teams based on athlete skill level. “That will make the girls try even harder because I don’t know them,” Smith said. “They’re gonna have to prove where they belong without me knowing anything about them. ,KDYHWKUHHVTXDGVWR¿OOVRLW gives them all of a fresh start. So no matter where they’re at previously, this is a different coach, a different take, a differ- ent look on things.” Bergstrom has been an as- sistant coach for the Bulldogs this season, mostly working with pitchers. Rodriguez, who also coaches the Hermiston JLUOV EDVNHWEDOO MXQLRU YDUVLW\ team and is an assistant girls basketball coach, has been working with Armand Larive tennis players this spring. ROUND UP Tuesday at Armand Larive Middle School. With the win, Hermiston (11-11, 4-7) moves to .500 for WKH¿UVWWLPHVLQFHODWH$SULO Hood River (16-0, 8-3) has already clinched the Columbia River Conference title. Herm- iston must beat Pendleton on Friday to keep its season alive. Chase Root led the Bull- dogs, going 1-for-2 with a single, a walk and three runs scored. Michael Gossler was 3-for-3 with an RBI. Root, Daniel Gossler, Cole Smith and Michael Gossler HDFKKDGVLQJOHVLQWKDW¿UVWLQ- ning to provide the three runs. In the second, Kyler Mikami and Root had consectutive hits, and Root scored on an er- ror to give the Bulldogs a 4-0 lead. Tyler Sexton started on the hill and went all seven in- nings and allowed three runs, all earned, on six hits, walked one and struck out seven. Sex- ton didn’t allow a hit until the fourth inning. Down 5-0, Hood River VWUXQJ WRJHWKHU ¿YH VWUDLJKW singles starting with the bot- tom of the order to plate its three, but Sexton was too good. It was the only inning Hood River got any runners SDVW ¿UVW EDVH DOO DIWHUQRRQ The Eagles didn’t have a bas- erunner until the fourth, when Ryan Ward dropped a single into left-center. Hermiston wraps up its regular season with a 4:30 p.m. matchup Friday against the rival Buckaroos in Pend- leton. day against the Bucks in Pend- leton. continued from page A6 RBI singles, and Hermiston was right back in it at 7-6. Wheeler then walked, and Moser’s sin- gle drove her in to tie things at seven, but the seventh-inning collapse doomed the Bulldogs. Hermiston closes its season with a 4:30 p.m. matchup Fri- BASEBALL In its final home game of the year, the Hermiston baseball team didn’t disappoint. 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