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MAY 20, 2015
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Smith brings vast coaching experience to Hermiston
She replaces former coach Wadekamper
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college, coached as an adult she can’t.
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Dorothy Smith, recently hired
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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.”
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that came within one game
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state tournament before it
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ber of the Bulldogs’ vol-
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and boys varsity basketball
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ton Athletic Director Blaine
Ganvoa’s head when he
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an 8-0 record and outscoring
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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
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and 16, including Mackenzie
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in Portland.
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and knows his squad is in a
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through the seeding tournament
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innings for the Cougars,
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record. She has struck out
twice as many batters as she’s
walked and has allowed just 28
earned runs.
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now, and, barring any major
injury, it’s hard to see them
stumbling as they go through
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is in a similar situation. Though
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baseball, too. They’ve won
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Eastern Oregon League title
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this week.
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the beginning of the season.
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games to quality Washington
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SAM BARBEE
FROM THE SIDELINES
Sports reporter
Echo at track tourney
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HERMISTON HERALD
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through their schedule. With a
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times since March 26 after
losing three to start the year.
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and Ryan Bailey are both
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is a crazy 1.128. Tony Flores
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about average, however. Thyler
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hitting an amazing .295
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best kind of ridiculous. That
number means it doesn’t matter
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getting on base four times out
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scored the sixth-most runs in
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great, too, with Flores, Bailey
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sub-three ERAs.
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interesting going for it. It
might be one of the youngest,
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in the state. Almost all of the
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and varsity basketball and
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huge basketball games. That
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Hermiston. Those Bulldogs
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Helens on Friday. It’s been a
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for Hermiston, but it has the
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just about untouchable lately.
When he strikes out nine
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it’s a down day, you know
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Fellow junior Tyler Sexton
has had some quality outings,
as well, and relievers Hayden
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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:
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for whatever reason, they just
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given day.
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Remember that Hood River
team from last year? They were
10-16 when they snuck into
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won four straight games
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—Sam Barbee is the sports
reporter for the Hermiston
Herald and can be reached at
(541) 564-4542 or sbarbee@
hermistonherald.com
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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
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Senior Elizabeth McCarty and
junior Kelsey Ranger are the lone
Cougars to qualify for this week’s
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Thursday through Saturday in Eu-
gene, and they enter as favorites in
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the best 1A girls javelin toss this
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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.
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ketball with McCarty on a dis-
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by an inch.
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discus, where she is ranked ninth.
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the fourth-best distance.
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“Anyone can throw a good
throw any day,” McCarty said. “So
it can change.”
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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
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of the season and the fourth best at
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until the 1A district meet this year,
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the state.
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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
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Dawgs, local schools send athletes to state
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Nine Hermiston athletes and
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the Bulldogs at the Oregon State
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this weekend at Heyward Field in
Eugene, as well as ten Umatilla
athletes, also with and two relay
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and two Echo athletes.
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Columbia Basin Conference meet
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Audrey Lincoln, Chris Beh-
rendt, Trey Neal, Sheridan Zum-
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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-
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They will be joined by a host
of other area athletes, including
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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
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4x400 team of Zitterkob, Arace-
li Sanguino, Aleesha Watson and
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son, Hunter Braithwaite, Uber
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Elvis Lockwood and the 4x400
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Friday in The Dalles, while the
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100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes.
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he ran for both of Hermiston’s
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200.
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ning in javelin with a distance
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second in javelin.
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in three events. He earned gold
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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.
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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.
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Echo @ State @ University of Oregon, 8 a.m.
Softball
Echo vs. TBD @ Vale, TBD
Baseball
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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.