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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2015
Hermiston comes back to beat Bucks
By SAM BARBEE
Staff Writer
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ence volleyball match against
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looked inevitable.
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going away and quieting the Daw-
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dogs awoke from their mid-week
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dramatic fashion, to best the Pend-
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there, we get nervous and stuff,
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said. “But once we get into the
rhythm (of the match), we start
to communicate and really start
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or working together. Balls that
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tween two or three Bulldogs or
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essentially knocked each other off
it. Head coach Dorothy Smith said
Hermiston was without Hayden
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wood, skin squeaking across the
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in Game 2 before embarking on a
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there, the Bulldogs scored eight
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into a 21-11 lead when Haley
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the fourth set.
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and cruising, Hermiston’s lead
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would come closest at 21-15, but
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ed her faith by winning four of the
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allowing the other team to come for-
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what we were working on just yester-
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them to follow us.’ I just thought they
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made it a microcosm of the match.
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led by two four other times. But
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iston away and grab momentum,
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to tie the set at eight, then a kill
from Maddy Juul gave the Bull-
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Smith said. “And that’s one thing
I want them to see: ‘Our coach
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trying to tweak it and see if we can
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Bulldogs host winless Sandy
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By SAM BARBEE
Staff Writer
As the weeks tick away, the
Hermiston Bulldogs are running
out of time to win a football game.
Five weeks — more than half the
regular season — have come and
gone without the Bulldogs (0-5)
emerging victorious, just one sea-
son after going 12-1 and winning
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Bulldogs might have their best
shot at a win when the 0-5 Sandy
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themselves in roughly the same
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a new quarterback, a young team
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in a tough 5A Northwest Oregon
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team with a beefy front.
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iston coach David Faaeteete
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their identity. It hasn’t changed.
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the scale end, but then again what
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terback Dayshawn Neal, who
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the second quarter of Hermiston’s
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d’Alene. After suffering the inju-
ry, he sat on the bench, and he was
evaluated, then carted to the lock-
er room at halftime and returned
in street clothes on crutches in the
second half. He is being re-eval-
uated daily and was doing some
light workouts on Monday.
In his stead, Nathan Hunsa-
ker moved back to quarterback
after a brief foray as a wide re-
ceiver — that included catching a
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for 60 yards and a touchdown. His
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the fourth quarter Friday night.
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older brother, said he and the team
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Dawgs hang, but
leave points on field
By SAM BARBEE
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STAFF PHOTO BY GARY L. WEST
Hermiston sophomore quarterback Dayshawn Neal (left) sits on the
Bulldog bench late in the second quarter after injuring his ankle in
the game Friday against Coeur d’Alene. He was replaced as the signal
caller by senior Nathan Hunsaker.
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Hermiston’s Tre Neal sacks Coeur d’Alene sophomore quarterback
Colson Yankoff during Friday’s game at Kennison Stadium.
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one bad hit away from being in
this role right now. He’s always
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one of the toughest schedules
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sniff a win.
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different team. We feel like we can
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Before Hermiston’s non-
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Viking turnovers might have
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defense that had allowed 17
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rankings. A lot has changed in a
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schedules are highlighted. Mine sure are.
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ranked fourth.
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it’s like to lose a lot in a single season,
and I know how it feels to turn it around
and have success. And that’s why I’m
not-so-secretly-anymore rooting for the
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lasting hunger and thirst, only he’s stand-
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and standing under a tree he can’t eat
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Vancouver, Washington (my neck of the
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I’m seeing a trend here. I seem to be
wrong about a lot of the teams I didn’t
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lot can change in four weeks, and a lot
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about that slide with me and why this
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See RANKINGS, A12