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A10 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM SATURDAY, MAY 23, 2015 SPORTS Cardenas sets 3A state track record Thursday BY ERIK SKOPIL EO MEDIA GROUP $UHSHDWVWDWHPH- ter championship seemed an inevitability for Fabian &DUGHQDV EXW GRLQJ LW LQ a fast time was a different story. One peek around the starting line of Thursday’s state championship race at Hayward Field told the Umatilla distance ace that if he were to reach his goal of breaking the 20-year old &ODVV$VWDWHPHHWUHFRUG it would be done on his own. The opening quarter mile did nothing to change that opinion. “I was hoping another JX\ ZRXOG WDNH LW RXW EXW QRRQHGLG´VDLG&DUGHQDV who nearly eclipsed James Longoria of Nyssa’s state meet record in last year’s win. “I was kind of looking back to see what they were doing. They were taking it easy and waiting for me to WDNHLWRYHU´ Cardenas obliged. The junior powered around the track for the fast- est seven-and-a-half laps in meet history stopping the FORFN LQ PLQXWHV VHFRQGV ¿YH VHFRQGV IDVWHU than Longoria’s time. The PDUN ZDV DOVR ¿YH VHFRQGV swifter than any previous PHWHU UDFH &DUGHQDV had run. ³,W ZDV FRRO HVSHFLDOO\ EHFDXVH,GLGLWE\P\VHOI´ he said of the blazing time. The opening move dropped the majority of the ¿HOG /XFD 2VWHUWDJ+LOO RI Catilin Gabel hung on his KHHOV XQWLO WKH ¿QDO PLOH before Cardenas turned on the afterburners for one last record-breaking push. Os- WHUWDJ+LOO WRRN VHFRQG seconds behind Cardenas. The last 100 meters were a race between Cardenas and the clock. ³7KDW ¿QDO PHWHUV , was looking at the clock the whole time and I was like µ2KVQDS,FDQJHWLW¶,MXVW TIGERS: continued from page A9 year to end. “We’re just more fo- cused on getting ready for WKHJDPHV´KHVDLG³:H¶UH not thinking about last year. It’s just making sure we’re hitting good so we’re ready IRUZKRHYHUZHSOD\´ The Tigers have now won nine of 10 games and ¿YH VWUDLJKW 6LQFH ORVLQJ two in a row in April — one to Irrigon and one to the same Vale Vikings — the 7LJHUVKDYHJRQHZLWK the losses coming to Dufur DQG&ODWVNDQLHWKHODWWHURI ZKLFK 6WDQ¿HOG FRXOG VHH in the playoffs. Jenson said he would put his team up against any- body’s at this point. “We’re solid. Hopeful- O\ ZH JR IDU WKLV \HDU´ KH said. “That’s what we want- ed. We had goals: league FKDPSV²JRWWKDWGLVWULFW champs — got that. We’re WU\LQJ WR JR IRU ¿QDO IRXU We’re playing good right QRZ´ Friday wasn’t the best RIIHQVLYHGD\IRU6WDQ¿HOG but it was good enough. Johnson said he wants to see more offensive produc- tion from his team. “We gotta be able to push across maybe a few more here and there and ex- HFXWHVRPHVWXIIEXW,VDZ VRPHJRRGWKLQJV´KHVDLG Monkus walked to lead RIIWKH¿UVWLQQLQJDQG%DL- ley doubled with one out to drive him in for a quick 1-0 lead. Vale got its one run in the second when two sin- gles and an error allowed the Vikings’ one and only run to cross the plate. 6WDQ¿HOG UHFODLPHG LWV lead for good in the third inning when Flores sin- JOHGVKDUSO\WRFHQWHUDQG Grogan followed with a sharp single of his own to OHIW SODWLQJ )ORUHV IURP third. The score remained 2-1 thanks to some clutch Hermiston JROIHUV¿QLVK IRXUWKDWVWDWH LaCoursiere shot an 82 RQ 7XHVGD\ DQG ¿QLVKHG Another steady day on with a 163 total to tie for the links brought the Herm- WKDQG$GDPVDQG&UDI- iston Bulldogs in at fourth ton each shot 165 to tie for SODFHZKHQ¿QDOURXQGDF- 18th. Crescent Valley junior tion concluded at the Class 5A OSAA boys golf cham- Kevin Geniza shot even par for the tournament to take pionships Tuesday. ,W¶VWKH¿UVWWLPHLQPRUH the individual title with a than four decades that a score of 70-74—144. ——— Hermiston boys team placed 5A Boys State Championships at the state tournament. Emerald Valley Golf Club, Creswell Up two spots from last Final Round, Par 72 VHDVRQ¶V ¿QLVK WKH %XOO- Team Leaderboard 309-311—620 dogs jumped Woodburn Summit Bend 316-317—633 E\ VL[ VWURNHV ZLWK D ¿QDO Crescent Valley 320-333—653 team score of 661. Their Hermiston 330-331—661 327-340—667 LQWKH¿QDOURXQGZDV Woodburn Eagle Point 339-335—674 WKLUG EHVW RQ WKH GD\ EXW Pendleton 332-344—676 335-342—677 not enough to pass Crescent Corvallis Wilsonville 358-343—701 Valley in third with a total Lebanon 350-373—723 of 653. Leaderboard Summit held off defend- Player Kevin Geniza, Crescent 70-74—144 E ing champion Bend to take Cole Chrisman, Summit 74-78—152 8 the team title with a 620 Marcus Frazier, Lebanon 73-80—153 +9 Jack Loberg, Summit 75-80—155 +11 score. Max McGee, Bend 77-78—155 +11 The highest-placing lo- Josh Goins, Lebanon 77-79—156 +12 Donahue, Summit 80-76—156 +12 FDO LQ WKH LQGLYLGXDO ¿HOG Cooper Ryan DeCastihos, Bend 79-78—157 +13 ZDVQ¶W D %XOOGRJ WKRXJK Rhett Pedersen, Bend 81-77—158 +14 and Pendleton junior Reilly Michael Kuenzi, Silverton 82-76—158 +14 Higlin, Summit 81-78—159 +15 Hegarty tied for 13th with Max Ben Wasserman, Summit 80-79—159 +15 a two-round total of 80- A.J. Martinez, Woodburn 79-83—162 +18 82—162. He was the only Reilly Hegarty, Pendleton 80-82—162 +18 Kuznetsov, Woodburn 80-83—163 +19 %XFNDURR WR ¿QLVK LQ WKH Julian Jacob Miller, Corvallis 77-86—163 +19 WRS WKRXJK DQG 3HQG- Paden LaCoursiere, Hermiston 81-82—163 +19 Adams, Hermiston 84-81—165 +21 leton slipped to seventh in Zac Keegan Crafton, Hermiston 82-83—165 +21 team scoring with a 676. Mason Krieger, Mtn View 89-76—165 +21 Hermiston’s top individ- Alec Berrey, Crescent 84-81—165 +21 ual placer was senior Paden Hermiston Scores /D&RXUVLHUH DOWKRXJK KH Zac Adams 43-38—81 (165) 44-38—82 (163) was followed closely by se- Paden LaCoursiere Keegan Crafton 39-44—83 (165) nior teammates Zac Adams Anders Lind 42-43—85 (168) Jared Thacker 45-45—90 (177) and Keegan Crafton. EAST OREGONIAN EO MEDIA GROUP PHOTO BY KATHY ANEY Kelsey Ranger, of Echo, won the 3A girls long jump Thurs- day at the OSAA track and ÀHOGVWDWHFKDPSLRQVKLSVDW Hayward Field. four leaps. “I did not think that I ZRQ VWDWH´ VDLG 5DQJHU who juggled javelin throws with her jumps and was kept out of the loop of her positioning throughout. “My last two jumps were scratches. I was mad. I was like ‘I’m so done with this’. Then I got a really good VXUSULVH´ Defending state cham- pion Treiquella Osborne of EO MEDIA GROUP PHOTO BY KATHY ANEY Monument tied Ranger on Fabian Cardenas, of Umatilla, celebrates after setting a 3A KHU ¿IWK MXPS EXW 5DQJ- meet record in the 3,000-meter run Thursday at the OSAA er won based upon second WUDFNDQGÀHOGVWDWHFKDPSLRQVKLSVDW+D\ZDUG)LHOG best distance. 5DQJHU ¿QLVKHG ¿IWK LQ gave it everything I had those steps all afternoon. WKHJLUOVMDYHOLQDQGWHDP- ODVWPHWHUV´KHVDLG She landed a clean jump mate Elizabeth McCarty The win is the third state on her second effort to take ¿QLVKHG VHFRQG ZLWK D championship for Cardenas. WKH FRPSHWLWLRQ OHDG EXW WKURZRIVHYHQLQFK- +H ZRQ ODVW \HDU¶V the mark of 16-1 1/4 was es off of winner Whitney meters in surprising fash- six inches off her personal Lindsey of Camas Valley. ion and followed it up with best and was not improved 0F&DUW\ ZDV DOVR ¿IWK LQ a one-sided cross country upon on the subsequent the discus. championship in the fall. “It’s a big honor to our VFKRRO´&DUGHQDVVDLG³:H don’t get a lot of state cham- pions from our school. It’s just nice to change the tradi- WLRQ´ Kelsey Ranger of Echo was less certain of her standing in the Class 1A long jump Thursday. Con- sidered the favorite due WR WKH EHVW VHHG PDUN WKH junior struggled with her pitching from Jenson. The 9LNLQJVJRWUXQQHUVDW¿UVW and second after an er- ror and hit-by-pitch in the IRXUWKEXW-HQVRQFRD[HGD ¿QHO\ WXUQHG GRXEOH play to end the threat. He did similar wiggling in the sixth when an error and a walk put Vale in the same situation but with two outs. -HQVRQ WKRXJK IRUFHG D OD]\ À\ EDOO WR 0RQNXV LQ center to keep the Vikings at bay. %DLOH\¶V VDYH WKRXJK wasn’t easy. He struck RXW WKH ¿UVW EDWWHU KH VDZ then allowed a single and walked a batter to put run- QHUVRQWKH¿UVWWZRSLOORZV with one away. Then he buckled down. He again JRWDQHDV\À\EDOOWRFHQ- WHU DQG VWUXFN RXW WKH ¿QDO batter on a knuckleball to HDUQ 6WDQ¿HOG WKH ZLQ DQG trophy. 6WDQ¿HOG ZDLWV QRZ until Wednesday to host LWV ¿UVWURXQG JDPH 7KH Tigers are currently slot- ted as the seventh-ranked WHDPEXWWKHUHLVDFKDQFH they could move before the rankings freeze today. Pos- VLEOH¿UVWURXQGRSSRQHQWV DUH6W0DU\¶VQLQWK VHHG3OHDVDQW+LOO 10th) or Salem Academy WK “We just gotta stay VKDUS VWD\ KHDOWK\ NHHS the arms fresh and every- WKLQJ HOVH´ -RKQVRQ VDLG of his team’s preparation for state next week. “I like ZKHUH ZH¶UH DW WKRXJK ² JRRG SLWFKLQJ JRRG GH- fense. We’ve treated every game like a state game so it shouldn’t be a huge differ- ence with higher stakes and all that. We just gotta come RXWEHDJJUHVVLYHDQGSOD\ EDVHEDOO´ ——— Jam es Thom as B radshaw Ju l. 29, 1938 O ct. 17 , 2008 I still m iss you so m u ch an d love you ! Ju an ita B radshaw 2L t Frederick P. L opez D ec. 4, 1922 A pr. 26, 1945 B u ried in the Lorrain e Am erican Cem etery in Sain t Avold, Fran ce. First fam ily visit by his you n ger brother D an iel on April 26, 2015. L an ce M arten Jon es M ar. 8, 1967 M ar. 29, 2007 M iss you so m u ch,! M om , D ad & Tim D on ald M itchell B riscoe M ay 1, 1926 M ay 28, 2014 O u r H ero from the G reatest G en eration . W e love an d m iss you ! Carol, Clay, D ebbie & kids D on ald E verett H u lick Sep. 25, 1950 F eb. 17 , 2015 W e m iss you so m u ch! You are forever in ou r H earts! Love you , Vivian , Chan tz, Shad, Am ber, Charee & Kaden Y our O pinion M atters! Please take our reader survey to help us improve your Herald. 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