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SPORTS MAY 20, 2015 HERMISTONHERALD.COM A6 WEDNESDAY, PREP BASKETBALL • PREP TRACK • SCHEDULE Smith brings vast coaching experience to Hermiston She replaces former coach Wadekamper DQG RI¿FLDWHG ORFDO JDPHV IRUWKHSDVWIHZ\HDUV HERMISTON HERALD Ever since her college Dorothy Smith just loves days in the 1990s, Smith YROOH\EDOO ,W¶V EHHQ D SDUW has lived and breathed vol- of her for most of her adult leyball, coaching when she OLIH6KHSOD\HGWKHVSRUWLQ FDQ DQG RI¿FLDWLQJ ZKHQ college, coached as an adult she can’t. Now, with the retirement SAM BARBEE PHOTO RI %HFN\ :DGHNDPSHU Dorothy Smith, recently hired Smith will take over the as the next Hermiston High Hermiston Bulldog volley- School head volleyball coach, EDOOSURJUDP has also coached in Minneso- ³,¶PH[FLWHGWREHDSDUW ta, California and the Tri-Cities. of the Hermiston Bulldogs BY SAM BARBEE and excited to see what the future has,” Smith said. “I’m not sure about the girls, but I’m excited to see and work with them.” 6PLWKLQKHULWVDSURJUDP that came within one game of winning a Columbia Riv- HU &RQIHUHQFH FKDPSLRQ- VKLSDQGDGYDQFHGLQWRWKH state tournament before it was ousted by second-seed- ed Bend. Smith isn’t a stranger to +HUPLVWRQ¶V KRPH SXUSOH J\P6KHRI¿FLDWHGDQXP- ber of the Bulldogs’ vol- leyball games last fall and NHSWWKHVFRUHERRNIRUJLUOV and boys varsity basketball games. In fact, her name sud- GHQO\SRSSHGLQWR+HUPLV- ton Athletic Director Blaine Ganvoa’s head when he ZDV EUDLQVWRUPLQJ SRVVL- EOH FDQGLGDWHV WR UHSODFH :DGHNDPSHU “I’ve always known Dor- RWK\IURPWKHFDSDFLW\DV DQ RI¿FLDO´ *DQYRD ZKR RI¿FLDWHV EDVNHWEDOO JDPHV LQ KLV VSDUH WLPH VDLG ODVW week. “Of late, I came to re- SEE SMITH/A7 Getting hot when Ranger, McCarty staying focused on state the time is right Pair representing T he regular season is over. It’s now time for the SOD\RIIV There is a unifying theory DFURVVEDVHVSRUWV²EDVHEDOO DQGVRIWEDOO²DERXWZKRZLQV WKHVHSRVWVHDVRQWRXUQDPHQWV Often, it’s not the best teams that are the last ones standing ²LW¶VWKHKRWWHVWWHDPV Take last fall’s World Series, for instance. Nobody thought the Kansas City Royals, who VQXFNLQWRWKHSOD\RIIVDKHDG RIWKH0DULQHUVZRXOGSOD\WKH San Francisco Giants, but those ZHUHWKHWHDPVWRFDWFK¿UHLQ 6HSWHPEHUDQG2FWREHU&ORVHU to home, Hood River Valley lost their minds last year after ¿QLVKLQJWKLUGLQWKH&ROXPELD 5LYHU&RQIHUHQFHRQO\WRSOD\ IRUWKH$VWDWHFKDPSLRQVKLS ,W¶VDERXWSHDNLQJ Right now, the Echo softball WHDPLVGRLQJMXVWWKDWSHDNLQJ The Cougars haven’t lost LQWKHPRQWKRI0D\SRVWLQJ an 8-0 record and outscoring RSSRQHQWVE\DQDYHUDJHRI 9.5 runs. Since a 10-0 defeat to Weston-McEwen, a game Echo was no-hit, the Cougars have scored 124 runs and allowed MXVW,QWKUHHJDPHV(FKR SRVWHGUXQWRWDOVRI and 16, including Mackenzie *RQ]DOHV¶SHUIHFWJDPH0D\ in Portland. Cougars head coach Brian %DLOH\KDVEHHQSOHDVHG ZLWKWKHODVWFRXSOHZHHNV and knows his squad is in a JRRGSODFH7KH\¶YHDOUHDG\ ZUDSSHGXSDVWDWHSOD\RII VSRWDQGDOOWKDW¶VOHIWLVWRSOD\ through the seeding tournament this weekend in Vale. As of Monday, Echo is ranked ninth LQ$WKUHHVSRWVEHKLQGWKH OHDJXHFKDPS9LNLQJV Echo is getting it done DWWKHSODWHZKLFKLVSDUW of the reason for its May outburst. The Cougars have ¿YHJLUOVZLWKPRUHWKDQ SODWHDSSHDUDQFHVZKRDUH KLWWLQJRYHU*RQ]DOHV -DLPH&KULVWRSKHU .HQ]LH%ODQNHQVKLS %DLOH\6URIH DQG+DQQDK0F&DUW\ Samantha McQuown has SRVWHGDDYHUDJHLQ SODWHDSSHDUDQFHVDQG Monique Montoya and Alyssa Ray are right there, too. Pitching, however, is what has really elevated Echo. *RQ]DOHVDVRSKRPRUHKDV WKURZQRISRVVLEOH innings for the Cougars, SRVWLQJD(5$DQGD record. She has struck out twice as many batters as she’s walked and has allowed just 28 earned runs. The Cougars are hot right now, and, barring any major injury, it’s hard to see them stumbling as they go through WKHSOD\RIIV Staying close to I-84, the 6WDQ¿HOG7LJHUVEDVHEDOOWHDP is in a similar situation. Though the Tigers haven’t won eight VWUDLJKW²WKH\ZRQQLQH straight, though, earlier this VHDVRQ²WKH\¶UHSOD\LQJJRRG baseball, too. They’ve won four in a row and eight of nine to claim their second-straight Eastern Oregon League title DQGKRVWDSOD\RIIJDPHODWHU this week. :LWKORDGVRIVRSKRPRUHV DQGRQHVHQLRU6WDQ¿HOGKDV GRQHQRWKLQJEXWLPSURYHVLQFH the beginning of the season. 7KH7LJHUVORVWWKHLU¿UVWWKUHH games to quality Washington RSSRQHQWVEHIRUHUHWXUQLQJWR SAM BARBEE FROM THE SIDELINES Sports reporter Echo at track tourney BY SAM BARBEE HERMISTON HERALD 2UHJRQDQGSURPSWO\UROOLQJ through their schedule. With a UHFRUGRILQOHDJXH 6WDQ¿HOGKDVORVWMXVWIRXU times since March 26 after losing three to start the year. It’s been an offensive GLVSOD\DOO\HDU'\ODQ*URJDQ and Ryan Bailey are both EDWWLQJDQG*URJDQ¶VRQ EDVHSOXVVOXJJLQJSHUFHQWDJH is a crazy 1.128. Tony Flores LVQ¶WIDUEHKLQGDW,W¶VQRW about average, however. Thyler Monkus, though hitting .269, has scored 41 runs and has ZDONHGPRUHWLPHV²² WKDQKH¶VVWUXFNRXW² $VDWHDP6WDQ¿HOGLV hitting an amazing .295 and holds a team on-base SHUFHQWDJHRI7KDW¶VWKH best kind of ridiculous. That number means it doesn’t matter who it is on the team, they’re getting on base four times out of 10. With numbers like that, LW¶VQRZRQGHU6WDQ¿HOGKDV scored the sixth-most runs in $EDVHEDOOZLWK 6WDQ¿HOG¶VSLWFKLQJKDVEHHQ great, too, with Flores, Bailey DQG.OD\-HQVRQHDFKSRVWHG sub-three ERAs. This team has something interesting going for it. It might be one of the youngest, \HWPRVWH[SHULHQFHGWHDPV in the state. Almost all of the VRSKRPRUHVRQWKHEDVHEDOO WHDPSOD\HGYDUVLW\IRRWEDOO and varsity basketball and FRPSHWHGLQVRPHDEVROXWHO\ huge basketball games. That bodes well for a baseball team that was ousted quickly in last \HDU¶VVWDWHSOD\RIIV7KLVWHDP KDVWKHSRWHQWLDOWKHPDNHXS DQGWKHQXPEHUVWREHSOD\LQJ LQ-XQH$QG,WKLQNWKDW¶OO KDSSHQ 1RSUHVVXUHJX\V 7KHQ¿QDOO\WKHUH¶V Hermiston. Those Bulldogs VQXFNLQWRWKHSOD\RIIVRQD FRLQWRVVDQGZLOOSOD\DW6W Helens on Friday. It’s been a ELWRIDQXSDQGGRZQ\HDU for Hermiston, but it has the SLWFKLQJWRNHHSSOD\LQJ /HIW\5-5REOHVKDVEHHQ just about untouchable lately. When he strikes out nine EDWWHUVLQ¿YHLQQLQJVDQG it’s a down day, you know \RXKDYHVRPHWKLQJVSHFLDO Fellow junior Tyler Sexton has had some quality outings, as well, and relievers Hayden Edmiston, Chase Root and &ROH6PLWKDUHFDSDEOHVWRS JDSVDVZHOO It’s going to come down to hitting and consistency for the Bulldogs. They’ve shown the ability to score runs. They just haven’t done it on a regular basis. In some ways, they remind me of the Mariners: They have a quality roster, but, for whatever reason, they just FDQ¶WSXWLWDOOWRJHWKHURQDQ\ given day. %XWKRSHLVQRWORVW Remember that Hood River team from last year? They were 10-16 when they snuck into WKHSOD\RIIVDQGWKHQSURPSWO\ won four straight games DQGSOD\HGIRUDVWDWHWLWOH $Q\WKLQJLVSRVVLEOHLIDWHDP gets hot. —Sam Barbee is the sports reporter for the Hermiston Herald and can be reached at (541) 564-4542 or sbarbee@ hermistonherald.com 7ZR JLUOV SUDFWLFHG WKHLU MDY- elin throws at Echo High School Monday afternoon. Their work was quick, as they were alone. One would take a turn, receive coaching and then watch as the other took her turn. Senior Elizabeth McCarty and junior Kelsey Ranger are the lone Cougars to qualify for this week’s VWDWH FKDPSLRQVKLS WUDFN PHHW Thursday through Saturday in Eu- gene, and they enter as favorites in WKHUHVSHFWLYHVSHFLDOWLHV 0F&DUW\ D WKURZHU KDV SRVWHG the best 1A girls javelin toss this VSULQJFKHFNLQJLQDWIHHW inches. That is more than three feet better than second-ranked Whitney Lindsey of Camas Valley. Ranger is third in javelin at 116 feet, but that’s not her best event. 5DQJHU ZKR DOVR SOD\HG EDV- ketball with McCarty on a dis- WULFWFKDPSLRQVKLSWHDPLVWRSVLQ WKHVWDWHLQWKHORQJMXPS+HU HIIRUWEHVWV,RQH¶V-HVVLH)O\QQ by an inch. 0F&DUW\ DOVR TXDOL¿HG LQ WKH discus, where she is ranked ninth. In addition to javelin and the long MXPS5DQJHUDOVRTXDOL¿HGIRUWKH WULSOH MXPS LQ ZKLFK VKH¶V SRVWHG the fourth-best distance. Those rankings don’t hold a lot RIZDWHUZLWKWKHSDLU “Anyone can throw a good throw any day,” McCarty said. “So it can change.” Although some might say there LVSUHVVXUHIRUWKHPWRSHUIRUPWR EULQJKRPHDWURSK\WKHSDLULVQ¶W SAM BARBEE PHOTO Echo’s Kelsey Ranger (left) and Elizabeth McCarty practice their javelin throws Monday afternoon in Echo before they head to Eugene for the Oregon state WUDFNDQGÀHOGFKDPSLRQVKLSVRQ)ULGD\ RYHUO\QHUYRXV²MXVWKXPEOH ³:LQQLQJ ZRXOG EH FRRO´ 0F&DUW\VDLGVLPSO\ In last season’s state meet, Mc- &DUW\SRVWHGDWRVVKHUEHVW of the season and the fourth best at WKHPHHW6KHGLGQ¶WWRSWKDWWKURZ until the 1A district meet this year, ZKHQ VKH SRVWHG WKH WRS PDUN LQ the state. Ranger, meanwhile, is making KHU¿UVWWULSWRVWDWHDVDFRPSHWLWRU Last year, she shadowed McCarty at Heyward Field, acclimating her- self to the environment and scene. “I think that’s what drove me to really actually take it really seri- ously this year,” Ranger said. “I got to see what she got to go through and how she had so much fun. I just wanted to do that.” Ranger demonstrated her desire SEE TRACK/A7 Dawgs, local schools send athletes to state EO MEDIA GROUP Nine Hermiston athletes and WZR UHOD\ WHDPV ZLOO UHSUHVHQW the Bulldogs at the Oregon State 7UDFN DQG )LHOG &KDPSLRQVKLSV this weekend at Heyward Field in Eugene, as well as ten Umatilla athletes, also with and two relay WHDPV VHYHQ 6WDQ¿HOG DWKOHWHV and two Echo athletes. 6WDQ¿HOG¶V JLUOV ZRQ WKH $ Columbia Basin Conference meet IRUWKH¿UVWWLPHLQGHFDGHV Audrey Lincoln, Chris Beh- rendt, Trey Neal, Sheridan Zum- walt, Tyler McCabe, Nathan Hun- VDNHU-D]]PLQ*XWLHUUH]+D\GHQ (DUO DQG -RVLDK 1LHGHUZHUIHU DOO TXDOL¿HG IRU WKH ¿QDO PHHW of the year, along with the boys 4x100-meter team of Behrendt, McCabe, Zumwalt and Ethan Snow and 4x400-meter relay team of Behrendt, McCabe, Zum- walt and Alexis Mercado, follow- LQJWKHGLVWULFWFRPSHWLWLRQ They will be joined by a host of other area athletes, including seven from Umatilla and Stan- ¿HOGDQGWZRIURP(FKR Umatilla sends Amie Zitter- kob, Fabian Cardenas, Andrea Lemus-Cisneros, Nancy Ortiz, Miguel Madrigal, Genesis Lugo, Armondo Mendoza, Maria More- no-Mendez and Berenice Chavez. The girls 4x100 team of Zit- terkob, Sonia Lemus-Cisneros, Kassandra Galbraith and Andrea Lemus-Cisneros and the girls 4x400 team of Zitterkob, Arace- li Sanguino, Aleesha Watson and Andrea Lemus-Cisneros will also FRPSHWH 6WDQ¿HOG VHQGV %DLOH\ :DW- son, Hunter Braithwaite, Uber Hernandez, Carlos Flores, Trevor Shockman, Anna Lemmon and Elvis Lockwood and the 4x400 girls relay team of Shayanne &RQQHOO -HQQ\ *DUFLD /HPPRQ and Watson. (FKRVHQGVDSDLULQ(OL]DEHWK McCarty and Kelsey Ranger. +HUPLVWRQ¶V ER\V SODFHG VHF- RQG DW WKH GLVWULFW FRPSHWLWLRQ Friday in The Dalles, while the JLUOVSODFHGIRXUWK Lincoln earned three of their EHUWKV DQG SODFHG VHFRQG LQ WKH 100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes. -RLQLQJ KHU DW VWDWH ZLOO EH VKRW SXW FKDPSLRQ *XWLHUUH] DQG GLV- FXVUXQQHUXS9DOHULH%HDV 6SULQWHU %HKUHQGW FRXOG EH HQWHUHGLQXSWRIRXUHYHQWVDIWHU he ran for both of Hermiston’s FKDPSLRQ UHOD\ WHDPV WKHQ ZRQ WKHDQGSODFHGVHFRQGLQWKH 200. The Bulldogs’ throwers and MXPSHUVDOVRIDUHGZHOODQG1HDO PDGHWKHVWDWH¿HOGWKULFHE\ZLQ- ning in javelin with a distance RIIHHWLQFKHVDQGSODFLQJ VHFRQGVKRWSXWDQGGLVFXV+XQ- VDNHUDOVRPDGHVWDWHDQGSODFHG second in javelin. =XPZDOW DOVR ZLOO FRPSHWH in three events. He earned gold LQ WULSOH MXPS ZLWK D GLVWDQFH RI SEE STATE/A7 GO SEE IT Wednesday, May 20 No events scheduled Thursday, May 21 Tennis Umatilla @ State @ Oregon State University, 8 a.m. Track and Field Hermiston @ State @ University of Oregon, 8 a.m. Umatilla @ State @ University of Oregon, 8 a.m. 6WDQ¿HOG#6WDWH#8QLYHUVLW\RI2UHJRQDP Echo @ State @ University of Oregon, 8 a.m. Friday, May 22 Track and Field Hermiston @ State @ University of Oregon, 8 a.m. Umatilla @ State @ University of Oregon, 8 a.m. 6WDQ¿HOG#6WDWH#8QLYHUVLW\RI2UHJRQDP Echo @ State @ University of Oregon, 8 a.m. Softball Echo vs. TBD @ Vale, TBD Baseball 6WDQ¿HOGYV7%'SP Saturday, May 23 Track and Field Hermiston @ State @ University of Oregon, 8 a.m. Umatilla @ State @ University of Oregon, 8 a.m. Stanfield @ State @ University of Oregon, 8 a.m. Echo @ State @ University of Oregon, 8 a.m.
