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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2015 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A11 SPORTS/CLASSIFIEDS Mustangs, TigerScots on course for title clash EO Media Group HEPPNER — The Hep- pner Mustangs turned in another very impressive four quarters for another blowout victory in Colum- bia Basin Conference play on Friday. The Mustangs held Ir- rigon’s vaunted offense to 165 yards and ran up a huge lead by halftime be- fore winning 61-14. Heppner (8-0, 4-0 CBC) led 41-0 when the two teams headed to the locker rooms, and has outscored the CBC 229-39 this sea- son. 0XVWDQJV FRDFK *UHJ *UDQW VDLG WKH WHDP LV GR- ing it the old-fashioned way with solid defense and a strong offensive line, and that continued Friday. “Defensively we were sound again, and I was pleased again with how the offensive line played. They continue to improve,” he said. Weston Putman led the defense with 10 tackles and ¿YHRWKHUSOD\HUVUHFRUGHG DW OHDVW ¿YH /RJDQ *ULHE had two interceptions and Putman had another. The offensive line paved the way for 424 rushing yards, of which C.J. Kindle took the lion’s share with 195 on 12 carries. He had a long of 58 and scored two touchdowns. *ULHE DGGHG \DUGV on six carries with a touch- GRZQ 7RPP\ %UHG¿HOG had 60 yards on eight car- ries and two scores, and Kaden Clark and Caden Hedman each scored on the ground. Clark was 1 for 5 pass- ing for 12 yards. Irrigon (5-3, 1-3) was led on offense by Austin Rice with 48 yards on 13 UXVKHV ZLWK $GULDQ *XWL- errez adding 31 yards and two touchdowns on six car- zone three times. He also passed for two touchdowns going 2-of-4 for 54 yards. Makiah Blankenship added 110 yards on 12 car- ries with two touchdowns, Justin Shelby chipped in two touchdowns on three carries for 56 yards, and Justin Keeney ran nine times for 32 yards and a VFRUH IRU 6WDQ¿HOG 3-1). “I was a little worried about the hangover from last week,” Salas said of W E S T O N - M C E W- the Tigers’ lopsided loss to EN 36, CULVER 6 — Heppner. “But the kids re- At Culver, the TigerScots sponded well.” Pilot Rock (0-7, 0-4) was maintained their collision course with Heppner for led on defense by Braydon the league crown with a Postma with 12 tackles and road win on Friday. Details Chris Weinke added nine. 6HQLRUV *XQQHU 0F&DOO were not reported. The TigerScots (6-2, and Patrick Roe connected 3-1) have won three in a for the Rockets’ only touch- row and have allowed just down in their last home 18 points total since open- game with McCall throw- ing the CBC season with a ing a 55-yard pass to Roe. 6WDQ¿HOG ¿QLVKHV WKH ORVVWR6WDQ¿HOG The TigerScots host regular season by hosting Heppner in the regular sea- Culver at 7 p.m. next Fri- VRQ¿QDOHQH[W)ULGD\DW day. The Rockets wrap up p.m. their season at Irrigon at 7 STANFIELD 62, PI- p.m. LOT ROCK 6 — At Pilot UMATILLA 35, RIV- Rock, the Tigers bounced EDFN IURP WKHLU ¿UVW ORVV ERSIDE 24 — At Board- of the season in big way on man, the Vikings stormed Friday, and did it without into Friday’s rivalry match- their top offensive weapon. up and the Pirates were Thyler Monkus twisted never able to climb out of his ankle at the end of a 24- the hole they dug with four \DUGUXQRQ6WDQ¿HOG¶V¿UVW ¿UVWKDOIWXUQRYHUV 7KH 3LUDWHV ¿QLVKHG offensive play and didn’t with 440 yards of offense, return. Coach Davy Salas said but trailed 35-12 at the half he’ll be back next week, and were too inconsistent to come back. though. ³8PDWLOODZDV¿UHGXS “We didn’t feel the need to risk it,” he said. “He was and ready to go and we just limping around pretty good, OHW WKH ÀRRG JDWHV RSHQ´ but it was more of a just a Riverside (2-5, 0-2) coach Dave Boor said. cautionary thing.” Felipe Olvera led Riv- In his absence quarter- EDFN '\ODQ *URJDQ ZHQW erside with 151 total yards off for 114 yards on 15 and Ricardo Mendoza carries and reached the end rushed for 73 yards on 14 ries. Fredy Vera still man- aged to average 4.67 yards a carry, but was limited to 42 total on nine tries. Heppner will try to wrap up another CBC title when it travels to Weston-McE- wen next week for a 7 p.m. game. ,UULJRQ ZLOO ¿QLVK WKH regular season at home against Pilot Rock. They’ll need a win plus a little help to earn a state playoff berth. carries. Umatilla (5-3, 1-1) sta- tistics were not available at press time. The Vikings can secure a playoff berth in next ZHHN¶VVHDVRQ¿QDODJDLQVW Vale at 7 p.m. Riverside closes out the season at Nyssa at 7 p.m. (MT). DUFUR 50, IONE 14 — At Ione, the Cardinals (2-5, 1-4 SD4) got quar- terback Jason Juarez back from his shoulder inju- ry, but it wasn’t enough against a stout Rangers (6- 2, 3-2) defense. Ione coach Stan Weiper said the Cardinals were looking to mount a come- back and pulled within 36-14 in the fourth with plenty of time to play, but their next drive ended near the end zone on a fumble that Dufur scooped up and returned for a touchdown. Dufur quarterback Der- ek Frakes also had a cou- ple big plays, scrambling for a long touchdown and WKHQ ¿QGLQJ D UHFHLYHU DW the back of the end zone on fourth down. Juarez scored one of Ione’s touchdowns on an 11-yard run and Alessan- dro Panozzo had the other with an onside kickoff re- turn, his third of the sea- son. Ione was also without starting running Henry Padberg (knee) for the second straight week, and won’t get him back for QH[W ZHHN¶V VHDVRQ ¿QDOH against South Wasco at 7 p.m. in Ione. PINE EAGLE 54, ECHO 6 — At Pine Ea- gle, the Cougars (2-6, 0-4) limped into the offseason with a lopsided loss in Fri- GD\¶V6SHFLDO'LVWULFW¿- nale. No details were report- HG (FKR ORVW LWV ODVW ¿YH games of the season. BAKER 60, MAC-HI 0 — At Milton-Freewater, the Bulldogs (4-4, 2-1) wrapped up second place LQ WKH *UHDWHU 2UHJRQ League in Friday’s regular VHDVRQ¿QDOH'HWDLOVZHUH not reported. 0DF+L ¿Q- ished fourth and out of playoff contention. BOYS SOCCER The Umatilla boys soc- cer team rounded out its regular season with a 5-0 win over Irrigon on Satur- day. The Vikings (7-5-1, 6-2- ¿QLVK WKH \HDU ZLQQLQJ IRXU RI ¿YH PDWFKHV DQG ORVLQJLWV¿UVWWKUHH8PD- tilla sits in second place EHKLQG ¿IWKUDQNHG 5LYHU- side. Umatilla is 17th. 'RXJODV *RPH] VFRUHG a hat trick, and two coming LQWKH¿UVWKDOIERWKRQDV- sists from Diego Saldana. 7KH ¿UVW LQ WKH WK PLQ- ute, bounced off the post and in, and the other was in the 35th. Sandwiched be- tween, Saldana sent a pen- alty kick home in the 31st. Elian Armenta got into the scoring party early in the second when he got to a loose ball just outside WKH \DUG ER[ DQG ¿UHG LWLQ*RPH]FRPSOHWHGWKH hat trick in the 63 when he chased down a loose ball in the penalty area and scored. The Vikings wait until Oct. 31 when the OSAA rankings to freeze to know where and who they play. As the No. 2 team in Spe- cial District 4, they receive an automatic bid into the 16-team tournament that starts next week. Kodie Arnold named homecoming queen By SAM BARBEE Staff Writer The balloons rose from the pa- per-covered boxes on the track at Kennison Field last Friday and a cheer rose. The purple and gold balloons reserved for the home- coming king and queen went sky- ward in front of senior Kodie Ar- nold and her father. As the balloons rose in front of her, Arnold’s father bent to whis- per in her ear that she had won. POPLARS: continued from Page A9 drew Bourque had the idea for $9HU\ 3RSODU 5XQ ¿YH \HDUV ago, the event has grown from a relatively small 200-person event into a nationally known event hosting upwards of 2Q WKH 5XQ¶V RI¿FLDO website, more than 1,000 participants registered, 65 percent of them female. “I don’t know if we could handle many more,” he said. But the race isn’t for the runners alone. Campers are OLWQHDUWKH¿QLVKOLQHWRNHHS spectators warm. It’s a rem- QDQW IURP WKH ¿UVW FRXSOH of races which were held in mid-November, when the Immediately her face lit up and she jumped, smiling. Then the emo- tion came as the sash was laid over her shoulder and the tiara placed on her head. Arnold’s escort, Bob Coleman, was the in locker room for halftime. Arnold is blind, but one ZRXOGQ¶W NQRZ LW DW ¿UVW JODQFH Arnold, with the help of her father, has worked her way into a routine, knowing when and where, for in- stance, her father will pick her up winter begins to bite. There are also hot dogs available. “It’s a way to bring the families out,” Bourque said. “Bring the families out, come see the Hermiston-Boardman area. Maybe we need to tie it in with a two-day event with a winery somewhere.” The course, though, isn’t for the feint of heart. The soft mixture of sand and dirt was noted as treacherous by sev- eral runners, and one or two rolled an ankle. “If your legs aren’t strong, if your ankles aren’t strong, you can turn an ankle at the wrong spot,” Papenfuss said. “It’s like trail running, you’re on trails and its a little bit treacherous, but that’s what makes it fun, too.” from school. He’s got a spot and is almost always in that spot at the prescribed time. So one day, he wasn’t in that spot for one reason or another, but a car back from it. Arnold exited the building and made her way to the usual spot, and casual- ly opened the door and sat down. The driver, who clearly didn’t know Arnold, looked through the rear windshield at her father, who chuckled and walked around the A Very Poplar run raises money for Hermiston Agape House, a local social services organization. Board member Doug Al- varez couldn’t be happier with how the race has grown LQ WKH ODVW ¿YH \HDUV VD\- ing it’s far exceeded Agape House’s expectations. “It’s been terrific for us,” Alvarez said. “It’s amazing how it’s grown. That first year, we didn’t know what to expect and we had may- be 100, 150 people. But then when they saw the venue, people come across the finish line saying, ‘I can’t wait to tell my friends about this.’ It’s just amaz- ing the way this place has grown.” passenger side. Once there, he said hello, and Arnold responded. After a pause she said, “I’m in the wrong car, aren’t I?” When those balloons were re- vealed and Arnold named queen, the Hermiston student section and stands erupted. Fellow court mem- bers smiled and hugged the new- O\FURZQHG TXHHQ DV ¿UHZRUNV SRSSHG DQG ¿]]OHG LQ WKH EDFN- ground. STAFF PHOTO BY KATHY ANEY James Neeway, of Richland, nears the end of the 15-kilometer course Saturday during A Very Poplar Run at the Boardman Tree Farm. Neeway won the race with a time of one hour, 45 seconds. RUNNERS: continued from Page A9 in a pack like last year ... It looked just like last year.” Except that the Eagles had more in the tank down the stretch. All those nag- ging minor injuries and ill- nesses sustained by Hermis- ton had their effect Saturday. Earl just didn’t have the legs down the stretch he normal- ly does, and Angel Castella- nos, who hadn’t run a race in nearly three weeks, had the same issue. The one Bulldog who did kick was sophomore ,VDDF6DQFKH]ZKR¿QLVKHG strong in sixth place. But it wasn’t a bad race for Herm- iston by any stretch. Earl was third, Sanchez sixth, Josiah Niederwerfer and Donnell Rome were eighth and ninth, respectively, and Castellanos was 11th. “All in the last 200 me- ters was where they passed us,” Blackburn said. “But our guys went out and fought and ran our hearts out. I think next week at state it’s a different race, and if they race the way they did today with a little more legs they should be able to do it.” The girls side was a dis- appointment, but Blackburn was disappointed in the ef- fort, just with the result. Se- QLRU 6R¿D *LVSHUW UXQQLQJ ZKDWZRXOGEHKHU¿QDOKLJK school race, started strong with the leaders but faded ODWH *LVSHUW ZRXOG ¿QLVK 12th. But Blackburn is looking at the point spreads. Two years ago, Hermiston was 20 points out of third place, and last year they were 15 points from third. This season, the Bulldogs were in striking distance from qualifying as a team and even sent a cou- ple girls by themselves. “We were in the race un- til the last mile,” Blackburn said. “We were right there for the state race until the last mile.” To bring the girls up to speed, Blackburn said they need to start training in the summer, the earlier the bet- ter. “We gotta start training in June so we can run well in October,” he said. “It’s a step in the right direc- tion. We have a strong core coming back. If you have a strong core, you can build around it. With that strong core, we’ll be able to build on this year with (girls coach) Crystal (Delgado) and what she’s doing with those girls so next year we can make it to state. That’s our goal now. They’re look- ing there.” The state meet is next Saturday at Lane Commu- nity College in Eugene. The girls race starts at 1:15 p.m. and the boys race at 1:50 p.m. ——— RESULTS: Team Scores: Boys: 1. Hood River Valley (32) 2. Hermis- ton (37) 3. Pendleton (63) 4. The Dalles (87) Girls: 1. The Dalles (47) 2. Hood River Val- ley (52) 3. Pendleton (53) 4. Hermiston (69) Individual results: Boys: 3. Hayden Earl (17:09) 6. Isaac Sanchez (17:11) 8. Josiah Niederwerfer (17:14) 9. Donnell Rome (17:15) 11. Angel Castellanos (17:23) 19. Emmanuel Ibarra (18:18) 22. Graydon Fritz (18:36) Girls: 5. Melany Solorio (21:23)* 7. Morgan Hancock (21:44)* 12. Sofia Gispert (22:08) 22. Sidney Tovey (22:57) 23. Laura Zepeda (23:07) 24. Hannah Earl (23:26) 27. 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