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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A9 HeraldSports Follow sports on Twitter @HHeraldSports Special Olympics athletes net wins A group of 31 athletes and 12 coaches from the Hermiston/Pendleton Special Olympics Local Program #510 recently traveled to Beaverton to compete in the Special Olympics Regional Bas- ketball Competition. Kristi Smalley, com- munications manager, said the luck of the Irish was with them during the event, which was held close to St. Patrick’s Day — the majority of the ath- letes brought home gold. A pair of 5-on-5 teams both brought home gold: The Currents, who also received the sportsman- ship award, were under the leadership of first time Special Olympics basketball coach Cal Har- ris. The Shockers were guided by head coach Mark Smalley. At the Individual Skills Competition, athlete Misty Larson earned a gold medal, Mary Ann Wright, earned a bronze medal, Lyall Arey earned a silver and Kelly Wiseman placed ¿ fth. The ISC athletes were coached by Remick Arey and Ray- mond Trotter. In the 3-on-3 division, The Lightning came away with bronze medals and the sportsmanship award for Division D under the watchful eyes of coaches Kirsten Kinsel and Lindy Thompson. The Thunder stormed their way to a gold medal and also the sportsmanship award for Division C coached by Stu Bance, John Driesen and Kristi Smalley. Special Olympics pro- vides training and compe- tition for individuals with a developmental/intellec- tual disability. For more information about the upcoming sports season, which includes track and field events, Bocce and golf, call Stu Bance at 541-376-8132 or Randy Brown at 541-278-6168. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Special Olympics team Currents: Andrea Eiden, coach Cindy Middleton, Jose-Angel Ramos Garcia, Jeff McEachran, Rian Middleton, Steven Reed, Andi Sue Reid, coach Jennifer Reed, Veronica Turner, Justin Winters, coach Cal Harris. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Special Olympics team Shockers: Sean Boyd, Jason Cargill, Steven Gutterud, Cody Heaps, Brian Vandenakker, Trampus Jeffreys, Bobby Phillips, Timothy Vickere, coach Mark Smalley. Special Olympics team Thunder: coach John Driesen, Jeremy Hansen, Chris Gillpatrick, Jonathan Wilson, Jillian Smalley, Tammy Koenig, Christina Williams, coach Kristi Smalley. PREP ROUNDUP Baseball Bulldogs fall to Falcons on the road The Hermiston Bulldogs baseball team allowed four runs to the La Salle Prep Fal- cons in the bottom of the ¿ fth inning on Wednesday, March 30, letting the game slip away to earn the 5-2 loss in non- league action. Until that point, the Bull- dogs (4-3) and Falcons were deadlocked in a 0-0 tie as both offenses were struggling to get anything going against each teams’ pitchers. Tyler Sexton got the start for Herm- iston and was solid through the ¿ rst four innings, but in the ¿ fth inning he left some pitches up in the zone and the Falcons capitalized for those four runs. Sexton ¿ nished his outing with a respectable line, toss- ing 4.2 innings while allow- ing four earned runs on ¿ ve hits, three strikeouts and three walks. Slade Gritz relieved Sexton in that ¿ fth inning, and allowed one unearned run on four hits over the last 1.1 innings while striking out one and walking two. Gritz also had two hits on offense, leading the team. “We hit some balls hard and they caught them,” Hermiston assistant coach John Christy said of the teams’ ¿ ve-hit offensive per- formance. “There were too many rollovers and four-, ¿ ve-hoppers right to guys. We need to be more balanced at the plate.” Hermiston next hosts Rex Putnam for a doubleheader on Friday at 4 p.m. ——— R H E HHS 000 002 0 — 2 5 3 LSP 000 041 X — 5 9 1 T. Sexton, S. Gritz (5) and K. Caldwell; O. Arnston and J. Lynch. W — O. Arnston. L — T. Sexton. PILOT ROCK 15, HEP- PNER 14 — At Pilot Rock, the former league foes com- bined for 29 runs on 23 hits and eight errors in a non- league game on Monday. Chris Weinke (3 for 5) drove in four runs and Levi Thieme (3 for 4) added three RBI for the Rockets (8-1), who got 3 2-3 innings of shutdown relief from Bryson Pierce to pull out the win. Pierce allowed one run on four hits and struck out six after entering with the Rock- ets trailing 13-4 in the fourth inning. Weinke’s double with two outs in the sixth inning scored Jake Brickey and Devin Bar- kley for the tying and winning runs for the Rockets. Weinke and Brickey each scored three times. Weston Putman took the loss on the mound, but led the Mustangs (0-4) at the plate going 3 for 5 with four RBI and two runs. C.J. Kindle (3 for 3) scored four times and drove in a run. ——— PREP SCHEDULE R H E HHS 454 100 0 — 14 11 5 PRHS 202 443 X — 15 12 3 W. Putman, P. Collins (5) and C. Kindle. I. Winters, D. Ward (2), B. Pierce (4) and C. Weinke. W — Pierce. L — Collins. 2B — P. Collins, W. Putman (HHS); C. Weinke, L. Thieme (PRHS). Friday Game 1 R H E UHS 000 000 — 0 1 3 SHS 450 001 — 10 11 0 Landon. Grogan and Monkus/Keeney. W — Grogan, L — Landon. 2B — Curiel, Bailey, Woods, Grogan (SHS). Game 2 R H E UHS 010 000 1 — 2 1 7 SHS 013 011 X — 6 8 4 Dever, Cranston (6). Flores, Bailey (5) and Grogan. W — Flores, L — Dever. 2B — Bailey, Grogan (SHS). Saturday Stanfi eld vs. Burns (DH), 2 p.m. Umatilla at Vale (DH), 2 p.m. Ione at Burns, Noon PREP GOLF PREP SOFTBALL Wednesday Hermiston, Pendleton at Hood River (Indian Creek), 10 a.m. Friday Echo vs. Burns, 2 p.m. Saturday Friday Heppner at Echo, 11 a.m. Umatilla at Vale (DH), Noon Weston-McEwen at Riverside (DH), 1 p.m. Heppner at John Day GC, 11 a.m. PREP TENNIS Thursday Umatilla at Riverside, 4 p.m. Friday PREP TRACK & FIELD Friday Helix at Riverside, 4 p.m. Ione at Mac-Hi, 4 p.m. Stanfi eld at Sherman, 2 p.m. Irrigon, Ione, Echo, Stanfi eld, Pendleton, Mac-Hi, Pilot Rock, Weston-McEwen at Umatilla, Noon PREP LACROSSE Saturday Saturday Hermiston, Pendleton at Oregon Game 1 R H HHS 001 00 — 1 1 3 RHS 021 53 — 11 14 0 Almaguer, Naylor (5), and Betz. L — Almaguer. STAFF PHOTO BY E.J. HARRIS Hermiston junior Anders Lind watches his putt on the 18th green at the Wildhorse Resort & Casino on Monday in Mission. The Hermiston boys À nished second in the invitational event and Lind tied for fourth in the boys individual scoring. At the plate, Irrigon’s Fredy Vera went 1-3 with a leadoff solo home run in the ¿ rst inning, and scored three runs. In game two, Pilot Rock’s Levi Thieme was the one dazzling on the mound, al- lowing ¿ ve hits and two runs over seven innings with sev- en strikeouts. The Rockets tagged Irrigon starter Johnny Phillips for three runs in the ¿ rst inning to give Thieme enough cushion to keep the Knights at bay. Chris Weinke and Iverson Winters each had two hits in game two for the Rockets, while Bryson Pierce had one hit and two RBI. For Irrigon, Zack Henrichs had two hits, while Vera had one hit and one run scored. ——— Game 1 R H E PRH 000 000 0 — 0 1 0 IHS 101 411 X — 8 8 0 Pierce, Winters (5). Rice. W — Rice, L — Pierce. 2B — Phillips (IHS). HR — F. Vera (IHS). Game 2 R H E PRH 301 000 1 — 5 8 0 IHS 101 000 0 — 2 5 1 Thieme. Phillips, White (4), and Henrichs (7). W — Thieme, L — Phillips. 2B — Winters (PR), Kroske (IHS). KNIGHTS SPLIT WITH ROCKETS — At Ir- rigon, the Pilot Rock Rockets and the Irrigon Knights split a Friday doubleheader with Irrigon taking game one 8-0 and Pilot Rock game two 5-2. In game one, Irrigon’s Austin Rice took care of the Pilot Rock batters tossing sev- en shutout innings where he struck out 12 batters, walked four, and allowed only one hit. The lone hit came off the bat of the Rockets’ Bryson Pierce in the fourth inning. Heppner, Echo, Helix, Weston- McEwen, Pilot Rock, at Stanfi eld Invite, 11 a.m. Hermiston at Parkrose, 4 p.m. Tigers sweep Vikings in doubleheader The Stan¿ eld Tigers ex- tended their unbeaten streak to nine games by sweeping a doubleheader against the Umatilla Vikings on Friday afternoon, winning game one 10-0 and game two 6-2. Dylan Grogan started the game on the mound for Stan- ¿ eld in game one and ¿ nished with another fantastic outing, tossing six innings and al- lowed only one hit with 15 strikeouts. He struck out the ¿ rst 12 batters in the game, and the only hit he allowed was a soft liner into right ¿ eld off the bat of Jesus Ochoa. In game two, the Vikings started pitcher Josh Dever on the mound and he gave the Tigers ¿ ts. Dever struck out six batters over his ¿ ve in- nings on the mound. Umatilla led 1-0 early before Stan¿ eld scored four runs in the second and third innings to grab the momen- tum. The game marked the ¿ rst time this season Stan¿ eld had scored less than 10 runs in a game, something that Tigers coach Bryan Johnson was happy to see. “It was kind of nice to be in a closer game as a coach,” he said. “We faced a good arm in Dever and we haven’t seen that type of pitching in these games yet.” At the plate, Ryan Bailey had a solid day for Stan¿ eld hitting a combined 4-7 with two runs and two RBI, and Grogan went 2-6 with three runs and three RBI. For Umatilla, Ochoa and Jessie Hernandez were the only players to get hits on Fri- day with one apiece. ——— City, 10 a.m. PREP BASEBALL Softball Hermiston split with Reynolds After dropping game one of a Friday doubleheader with the Reynolds Raiders 11-1, the Hermiston Bulldogs bounced back in a big way in game two to take a 19-2 victory in Trout- dale. In game two, Hermiston (6- 3) held an 8-2 lead at the start of the seventh and ¿ nal inning, but the offense churned out 11 runs in the inning to place a big seal on the victory. Fifteen batters came to the plate during that inning as the team racked up nine hits one walk and one hit-by-pitch in the inning alone. Hermiston was led on of- fense by Mikayla Kopacz, Jamie Hinkley and Sydney Stefani as each player went 3-5 at the plate. Kopacz added two RBI, four runs scored, and a solo home run while Stefani added three runs and three RBIs. Hinkley also scored one run and had two RBIs. On the mound, Breanna Naylor got the start for the Bulldogs but pitched just one inning and allowed just two walks. Julissa Almaguer came on in relief in the sec- ond inning and pitched ¿ ve strong innings allowing eight hits and two runs over that span. As active as Hermiston’s bats were in game two, they struggled mightily against the Raiders’ pitching in game one. Hermiston mustered just one hit in the game, which came off the bat of Hinkley in the third inning. Almaguer got the start on the mound in the ¿ rst game, and allowed nine runs on 10 this and two walks with one strikeout over her four in- nings on the mound. Taylor Betz pitched just 0.1 innings in relief, allowing four hits and two runs before the game was called due to the 10-run rule. ——— Hermiston vs. Lincoln, 5:30 p.m. E Game 2 R H E HHS 030 050 11 — 19 17 1 RHS 001 100 0 — 2 10 5 Naylor, Almaguer (2), Betz. W — Alma- guer. 2B — Hinkley, Naylor, Stefani, Jones, Kopacz (HHS). Grose, Siebert (RHS). HR — Kopacz (HHS). PILOT ROCK 4, ECHO 0 — At Pilot Rock, Pilot Rock’s Teyha Ostrom threw a no-hitter against the Echo Cougars on Saturday, striking out 11 and walking just two in a non-league game. Through the ¿ rst three innings, Ostrom was in a duel with Echo’s MacK- enzie Gonzales as Gon- zales had allowed no runs and only one hit with three walks to that point. But in the fourth in- ning, it started to unravel for Echo. After Gonzales retired the first two bat- ters, Ostrom reached on an error and then Gon- zales issued two straight walks to Desiree Mad- dern and Rhyanne Oates to load the bases. Bekah Roe knocked in two runs on an RBI single to cen- ter field to break the 0-0 deadlock. Gonzales ¿ nished the game allowing four runs (one earned) and ¿ ve hits with four strike- outs and six walks. ——— R H EHS 000 000 0 — 0 0 PRH 000 211 X — 4 5 Ostrom and Walker. Gonzales. W — Ostrom, L — Gonzales. E 3 1 ECHO 22-22, UMA- TILLA 2-1 — At Echo, the Echo Cougars com- bined to outscore Umatil- la 44-3 in a pair of wins on Friday afternoon, tak- ing the first game 22-2 and the second game 22- 1. MacKenzie Gonzales started game one for Echo and tossed five innings with nine strikeouts while allowing two runs on two hits and two walks. Alys- sa Ray started game two and also pitched all five innings with eight strike- outs while allowing one run on three hits. For Umatilla, Millie Rodriguez led the Vi- kings’ offense with two hits on the day, including an RBI double in game two. ——— Game 1 R H E UHS 001 10 — 2 2 7 EHS 1423 3X — 22 12 1 Rodriguez, Trujillo (1), Journot (4). Gonza- les. W — Gonzales, L — Rodriguez. 2B — Parks, Christopher, Blankenship, McQuown, Gonzales (EHS). Game 2 R H E UHS 000 10 — 1 3 4 EHS 1162 3X — 22 13 1 Trujillo and Rodriguez (4). Ray. W — Ray, L — Trujillo. 2B — Rodriguez (UHS). Blankenship, Gonzales, Pollock, Campana (EHS). HR — Blankenship (EHS). Tennis MAC-HI 9, UMATIL- LA 3 — At Milton-Freewa- ter, the Pioneers overcame heavy winds and the Uma- tilla Vikings for a 7-1 win in girls tennis on Monday. The teams split their boys’ matches 2-2. “The wind played a huge part in tonight’s match, but the players powered through,” said Mac-Hi coach Michelle Snyder. ——— Girls: Mac-Hi 7, Umatilla 1 Singles Elise Griffi th (M) def. Sidney Webb 2-6, 7-5 (10-6) Maria Castillo (M) def. Brenda Mendoza 6-3, 6-1 Jacky Reyes (M) def. Mey Lopez 8-1 Erika Landa (M) def. Fatima Sanchez 8-5 Doubles Ana Rodriguez/Emily Cuellar (M) def. Daisy Garcilazo/Jenny Vasquez 6-0, 7-5 Yessenia Garcia/Aly Munoz (U) def. Joci Alvarez/Jennifer Robles 6-2, 6-4 Jadie Jackson/Lexxy Shelton (M) def. Marlee Brundage/Cinthis Rodriguez 8-2 Nicole Flores/Evelyn Garcia (M) def. Diana Gutierrez/ Chyann Hinsley 8-2 Boys: Mac-Hi 2, Umatilla 2 Singles Rigo Ponce (M) def. Junior Coria 7-6 (7-4), 7-5 Giovani Armenta-Garcilazo (U) def. Deazen Zerba 4-6, 6-4 (12-10) Douglas Gomez (U) def. Cristian Contre- ras 8-3 Doubles Jose Abrego/Francisco Robledo (M) def. Umatilla 7-5, 6-2.
