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SPORTS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2015 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A11 Hermiston girls XC continues to improve RICHLAND INVITA- TIONAL — The Hermiston harriers compete over a three- mile distance on Saturday at the 47th annual Richland In- vitational. Josiah Niederwerfer paced Hermiston in 40th with a time of 17:01.15, Hayden Earl was 47th (17:08.04) and Donnel Rome was 76th (17:25.41) out of 188 racers. North Cen- tral’s Justin Janke took the boys race in 15:06.18. On the girls’ side, both schools went for Div. II where Pendleton’s Delaney Clem placed fourth (20:14.09) and +HUPLVWRQ¶V 6R¿D *LVSHUW was 17th (21:26.59). Gispert led the pack for a time, ac- cording to Hermiston coach Troy Blackburn, and ap- peared to tire coming up the course’s hill for the second time. “... (B)ut after some en- couragement she gritted her teeth and took off again,” Blackburn said in an email. “She ran very well.” Behind her, Morgan Hancock and Laura Zepeda worked well together, and consistently moved up throughout the race. 7KH\¿QLVKHGWK DQG WK UHVSHF- tively. Hermiston joins many other local XC teams at Pend- leton’s Kyle Burnside Wild- horse Invite this Thursday at Wildhorse Resort. Races start DWSP sets to Powder Valley with ZON CHRISTIAN 0 — At VFRUHV RI DQG Tualatin, the Umatilla Vi- kings picked up their third 25-22. win of the season and sec- 9$/( 80$7,//$ ond-straight shutout win with 0 — At Vale, the Umatilla the 2-0 victory over Horizon Vikings (4-14, 0-4) dropped Christian. Jocelyn Guardado contin- their 14th game of the season ZLWK VFRUHV RI ued her tear, scoring another JRDO LQ WKH ¿UVW KDOI 7HDP- and 25-11. mate Mariah Hernandez add- GIRLS SOCCER ed Umatilla’s second later in HERMISTON 1, LA the half. GRANDE 1 — At La In front of “solid” goal- Grande, the Hermiston Bull- keeping by Mariah Moreno, dogs kept La Grande out of Umatilla “preserved” the WKH ZLQ FROXPQ IRU WKH ¿UVW win, head coach Tim Lee time this season with a 1-1 said. With the two-straight tie. Next up for Hermiston (2- shutouts, the Vikings claim GEORGE FOX XC 4-4, 0-1-1) was a home game a share of the Special Dis- CLASSIC — At Gervais, with rival Pendleton today at trict 2 lead with Portland Umatilla senior Fabian DRY SIDE SHOOTOUT 7 p.m. Tuesday night. Results Adventist Academy. The &DUGHQDV ¿QLVKHG VHFRQGV — At La Grande, the Stan- VOLLEYBALL were not immediately avail- Cougars tied the Vikings 1-1 off the lead for third place in ¿HOG ER\V ¿QLVKHG IRXUWK DW 32:'(5 9$//(< able at press time. on Oct. 1 in Umatilla, and the Varsity Gold division on a meet dominated by Union, will square off again Oct. 20 ECHO 0 — At Powder Val- 6DWXUGD\ +H ÀLUWHG ZLWK D which won both team titles. UMATILLA 2, HORI- in Portland. personal best, but ultimately 6WDQ¿HOG¶V &DUORV )ORUHV ley, the Cougars fell in three came up just shy of that with DWLPHRI Sheldon senior Jackson Mestler won in 15:19. The rest of the Umatil- la team ran in the Varsity Bronze division, where the Vikings placed eighth. They were led by Armando Men- GR]DLQUG We s t o n - M c E w e n ’ s Hayden Scott also ran Sat- urday in the Varsity Silver division and placed 11th (16:48.9), and Umatilla’s Aleesha Watson led the lo- cal girls by placing 22nd (21:49.1) in the Varsity Bronze division. was ninth in 18:49.4 to lead the Tigers and other local top ¿QLVKHVFDPHIURPWHDP- mate Elias Esquivel in 17th (20:00.6) and Weston-McE- wen’s Tanner Sater in 19th (20:11.6). Union’s Alex Graf- funder won in 17:50.5. Mac-Hi’s girls were last in team points, but were led by a VWURQJ¿QLVKIURP(OLVH*ULI- ¿WK LQ QLQWK ZLWK other top 20’s coming from 6WDQ¿HOG¶V %DLOH\ :DWVRQ in 17th (24:46.5) and Anna /HPPRQ LQ WK and Weston-McEwen’s Ka- tie Vescio in 18th (24:56.6). La Grande’s Heather Keniry won in 21:14.1. SCOREBOARD Football standings: Week 7 5A: Columbia River Conference School Record PF PA Hood River 3-3 (0-0) 228 190 Pendleton 2-4 (0-0) 134 192 The Dalles 1-4 (0-0) 108 150 Hermiston 1-5 (0-0) 106 252 3A: Eastern Oregon League School Record PF PA Vale 4-1 (0-0) 185 115 Umatilla 4-2 (0-0) 137 138 Nyssa 3-2 (0-0) 90 68 Riverside 2-3 (0-0) 103 146 2A: Columbia Basin Conference School Record PF PA Stanfield 6-0 (2-0) Heppner 6-0 (2-0) Irrigon 5-1 (1-1) Weston-McEwen 4-2 (1-1) Culver 2-4 (0-2) Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii 0-5 (0-2) 244 305 288 219 177 73 1A: Special District 1 School Record PF Adrian 5-0 (3-0) 269 Wallowa 4-1 (2-0) 244 Crane 5-1 (2-1) 328 Powder Valley 4-2 (2-1) 262 Jordan Valley 3-3 (2-1) 272 Pine Eagle 4-2 (1-1) 192 Joseph 2-3 (1-1) 212 Prairie City/Burnt R. 1-5 (1-1) 102 Harper/Huntington 1-5 (1-2) 172 Echo 2-4 (0-3) 210 114 72 135 86 269 214 PA 124 104 78 217 226 216 208 311 352 212 Hermiston hires three new coaches By SAM BARBEE Staff Writer Three new Hermiston High coaches were approved by the Hermiston School Board Monday evening. Dave Ego, Kyle Larson and Kate Greenough were hired for coaching positions and approved for extra responsibil- ity contracts. Ego will coach the boys basketball team after the sud- den resignation of Jake McElligott this past summer. Larson will take over the wrestling program after an- other sudden resignation by Shaun Williams, who took a job teaching and coaching wrestling at West Valley High School in Spokane, Washington. Greenough takes over a softball program after Kylee Lete resigned her post to spend more time with her new- born son. Monument/Dayville 1-5 (0-3) 116 327 Volleyball standings: Week 7 5A: Columbia River Conference School Record S W The Dalles 18-3 (5-1) 47 Hood River Valley 7-5 (5-1) 20 Hermiston 6-8 (1-5) 15 Pendleton 4-9 (1-5) 19 S L 9 18 24 26 3A: Eastern Oregon League School Record S W S L Vale 20-2 (5-0) 52 10 Nyssa 14-7 (4-1) 43 25 Riverside 7-8 (1-4) 24 29 Umatilla 4-15 (0-5) 13 46 2A: Columbia Basin Conference School Record S W S L Culver 22-3 (6-0) 58 10 Weston-McEwen 17-7 (5-1) 50 23 Heppner 11-11 (4-4) 29 35 Pilot Rock 9-11 (3-5) 31 38 Stanfield 7-8 (2-4) 27 30 Irrigon 3-13 (0-6) 15 39 1A: Old Oregon League School Record S W S L Griswold 15-3 (9-1) 46 14 Powder Valley 17-7 (7-2) 49 20 Joseph 9-7 (6-4) 29 26 Echo 12-6 (5-3) 38 25 Pine Eagle 7-10 (4-6) 24 38 Wallowa 1-17 (1-8) 9 49 Nixyaawii 3-13 (1-9) 9 39 Boys soccer standings: Week 7 5A: Columbia River Conference School Record GF GA Hood River Valley 8-0-2 (2-0-0) 29 3 Hermiston 7-2-1 (1-1-0) 24 14 The Dalles 2-8-0 (1-1-0) 10 31 Pendleton 3-6-1 (0-2-0) 13 37 3A/2A/1A: Special District 4 School Record GF GA Riverside 6-2-1 (4-0-0) 43 8 Umatilla 4-4-1 (3-1-0) 26 13 Irrigon 1-3-2 (1-2-2) 7 20 Culver 2-6-2 (1-3-1) 23 46 City Christian 3-5-2 (0-3-1) 22 36 Girls soccer standings: Week 7 5A: Columbia River Conference School Record GF GA Hood River 5-4-1 (2-0-0) 18 16 Pendleton 4-4-0 (1-1-0) 19 25 The Dalles 3-5-1 (0-1-1) 14 25 Hermiston 2-4-4 (0-1-2) 8 19 3A/2A/1A: Special District 2 School Record PDX Adventist 4-0-4 (2-0-2) Umatilla 3-3-2 (2-0-2) Riverside 2-4-2 (2-0-2) PDX/Columbia 3-3-1 (2-1-1) Horizon (Tualatin) 2-4-1 (0-3-1) De La Salle N. 0-7-0 (0-4-0) GF GA 14 4 15 15 10 17 8 19 9 20 3 24 We treat all of you. SPORTS CALENDAR Thursday, October 15 Cross Country Hermiston @ Kyle Burnside Wildhorse Invitational, 3 p.m. Umatilla @ Kyle Burnside Wildhorse Invitational, 3 p.m. Stanfield @ Kyle Burnside Wildhorse Invitational, 3 p.m. Boys Soccer Hermiston @ The Dalles, 4 p.m. Girls Soccer Umatilla vs. Portland Christian, 4:15 p.m. Volleyball Hermiston @ Hood River Valley, 7 p.m. Umatilla vs. Riverside, 6:30 p.m. Stanfield vs. Heppner 6 p.m. Friday, October 16 Football Hermiston vs. The Dalles, 7 p.m.* Umatilla @ Nyssa, 7 p.m. Stanfield vs. Heppner 7 p.m. Echo @ Elgin, 7 p.m. Girls Soccer Hermiston vs. The Dalles @ Kennison Stadium, 3 p.m. Volleyball Echo vs. Nixyaawii, 1 p.m. Echo vs. Helix, 5 p.m. Saturday, October 17 Boys Soccer Umatilla vs. City Christian, 1 p.m. Volleyball Stanfield vs. Culver, Irrigon (3rd and 4th games), noon Echo vs. Pine Eagle @ Halfway, 1 p.m. Monday, October 19 volleyball Hermiston @ Pendleton, 7 p.m. Tuesday, October 20 Boys soccer Hermiston vs. Hood River Valley, 6 p.m. Girls Soccer Umatilla @ Portland Adventist, 4:15 p.m. Volleyball Stanfield @ Weston-McEwen, 6 p.m. Answers to last week’s puzzle. 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