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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A11 SPORTS Prep roundup: Bulldog tennis team wins league opener HERMISTON — The Dalles took the top matches in singles and doubles but the Hermiston girls tennis team swept the rest to get the 6-2 win on Wednesday in their Columbia River Conference opener. ³,W ZDV GH¿QLWHO\ RQH of our better days,” said Hermiston coach Jason Sivey. Sivey was particularly pleased with his second and third doubles teams. First Chy Peterson and McKenzie Hill dominated their match with 6-0, 6-0 wins, then Breena Wadeka- mper and Reed Middleton overcame a slow start to win in three, 5-7, 6-3, 7-5. Hermiston’s next match is Tuesday when its hosts Pendleton at 4 p.m. ——— Singles Robin Pashaek (T) def. Jaycee Ternes 6-1, 6-0 Katelyn Millard (H) def. Emma Smith 6-0, 6-2 Lindsey McAllister (H) def. Leslie Lina-Lo- pez, inj. for. Sydney Moore (H) def. Britney Bastein 6-4, 6-1 Doubles Johanna Wilson/Kiana Pielli (T) def. Kylie Markwick/Whitney McMahon 6-1, 6-3 Chy Peterson/McKenzie Hill (H) def. Rebekah Kohltseber/Ellie Trujillo 6-0, 6-0 Breena Wadekamper/Reed Middleton (H) def. Cassie Vazquez/Maggie Corey 5-7, 6-3, 7-5 Adrian Stewart/Paola Sanchez (H) def. Rosario Rucobu/Kiani Langston 6-3, 6-2 7, at Pendleton Country Club. Baseball GOLF HOOD RIVER — The Hermiston girls came in second at Indian Creek Golf Course on Wednesday in what was essentially a dis- trict preview with all four Columbia River Confer- ence teams in attendance. +HUPLVWRQ ¿QLVKHG EH- hind Pendleton in the team standings with a 396. Indi- vidual Bulldog scores were not reported. Pendleton won with a 367, The Dalles was third with 475 and Hood River was fourth with 487. Pendleton’s Haley Greb won medalist honors with a 76 and The Dalles’ Illiana Telles was second with a 77. Hermiston’s next round will be on Thursday, April UMATILLA 12, SHERMAN 9 — At Moro, WKH9LNLQJVVQDSSHGD¿YH game losing streak by beat- ing the Huskies in a non- league game on Tuesday. Umatilla (3-5) broke a scoreless tie by scoring seven runs in the top of the fourth inning and Brylee 'XÀRWK JRW WKH ZLQ RQ WKH mound going 6 2-3 innings. Umatilla added two runs in the sixth and three in the seventh. Sherman (7-1) VFRUHG RQH LQ WKH ¿IWK DQG six in the sixth to make it JRLQJ LQWR WKH ¿QDO LQ- ning. Cory Landon came on for Umatilla with one out in the seventh to get the save. Seth Cranston hit a triple and Josh Dever hit a double for the Vikings. Umatilla plays at Vale on Friday in a twin bill starting continued from Page A10 BASEBALL: continued from Page A10 innings with his off-speed pitches and left with the score knotted at 0-0. Reliever John Slos- sar kept it a scoreless tie going into the sixth, but walked Root to lead off the innings. Root then stole second base and scored from there on a single by Sexton for the eventual game-winner. Head coach Lance Hawkins said he was happy with the team’s approach after a disap- pointing outing in its pre- vious game this week, and thought the team brought Softball IRRIGON 11-11, UMATILLA 1-1 (5 in- nings) — At Irrigon, the Knights extended their win- ning streak to seven games with a doubleheader sweep of the Vikings on Tuesday. Flawless defense and opportunistic baserunning highlighted the afternoon IRU,UULJRQZKLFK¿Q- ished with no errors and 12 stolen bases. Julissa Garza and Kay- la Gilman earned wins in the circle. Garza had four strikeouts and one walk, and Gilman had two strike- outs and zero walks. Kelly McLaughlin drove in six runs total in the two games, and Bea Aguilera added four RBI. Aguilera and Lily Mills hit doubles in each game. Irrigon will begin league play on Tuesday when it hosts Union at 3:30 p.m. Umatilla (1-6) will play at Vale in a league double- header on Friday starting at 1 p.m. ——— Game 1 R H E UHS 100 00 — 1 3 3 IHS 004 43 — 11 8 0 Trujillo and Reyes. J. Garza and L. Mills. W — Garza. L — Trujillo. 2B — B. Aguilera, L. Mills, K. McLaughlin (IHS). Game 2 R H E UHS 001 00 — 1 3 4 IHS 911 0X — 11 7 0 Trujillo and Reyes. K. Gilman and J. Burns. W — Gilman. L — Trujillo. 2B — J. Burns, B. Aguilera, L. Mills, C. Fleming (IHS). Rodeo KLAMATH FALLS — Three Intermountain Rodeo team members won aggre- gate titles at the Klamath Falls doubleheader rodeo on April 1-3. Preston Pederson of Hermiston won tie-down roping, Kolby Currin of Heppner won steer wres- tling, and Phoenix Everano of Pendleton won for team roping heelers. Currin won with a time of 9.64 second on two head, Pederson clocked in at 23.65 in his event, and Everano timed in at 19.16 with header Will Gallagher of Merrill. Currin was also the round winner in both performances, DQGDGGHGDVHFRQGSODFH¿Q- ish in tie-down on the second night. Next on the schedule for the high school rodeo season is a cutting event at Madras on Saturday. The next full rodeo is April 22-24 in Hermiston. ——— Intermountain results Klamath Falls Rodeo No. 1 Steer Wrestling — 1, Kolby Currin, 5.69 Team Roping — 1, Will Gallagher/Everano Phoenix, 7.27; 4, Trent Sorey/Calgary Smith 12.05; 9, Duncan Mackenzie/Kolby Currin, 17.43. Goat Tying — 7, Jaden Mahoney; 10, Jacee Currin. Tie-Down Roping — 1, Calgary Smith, 10.73; 3, Preston Pederson, 12.14; 8, Trent Sorey, 16.09. Pole Bending — 4, Jacee Currin, 21.289. Klamath Falls Rodeo No. 2 Steer Wrestling — 1, Kolby Currin, 3.95 Breakaway Roping — 7, Jaiden Mahoney, 4.06 Team Roping — 1, Trent Sorey/Calgary Smith, 7.31; 4, Will Gallagher/Phoenix Everano, 11.89 Goat Tying — 10, Jacee Currin, 10.28 Barrel Racing — 10, Jacee Currin, 17.146 Tie-Down Roping — 1, Preston Pederson, 11.51; 2, Kolby Currin, 14.78; 7, Trent Sorey, 20.40 Pole Bending — 3, Taylor Betz, 21.062; 6, Jaiden Mahoney, 21.411 6WDQ¿HOGEDVHEDOO(FKR VRIWEDOOVSOLWGRXEOHKHDGHUV LACROSSE: sented the teams’ fourth- straight loss on the season as the offense has fall- en into a bit of a slump. Hermiston has scored a combined 18 goals in those four losses af- ter scoring a combined 23 goals in the first two wins. Walchi said that the team needs to come back to practice on Monday with a plan to work even harder if they want to get back on track to reach their season goal. “A goal Trampis al- ways had for us was he wanted us to have a pos- itive record because our lacrosse team hasn’t had a winning record for a long time,” he said. “He always called (the varsity team) the tip of the sword because our youth pro- gram is growing and ev- eryone’s success all starts with us.” As the team moves for- ward, Arnold says that he knows his hands will be full trying to keep them focused. “It’ll be hard just to keep the kids going in the right direction,” he said. “But just like any sports team you have bumps in the road, and we have to keep pushing if we want to make a run toward the playoffs.” at 1 p.m. STAFF PHOTO BY E.J. HARRIS Hermiston’s Javier Garcia looks to pass around Lincoln’s Lue Walter in the Bulldogs’ 15-1 loss to the Cardinal on Friday in Hermiston. STAFF PHOTO BY E.J. HARRIS Hermiston’s Brady Christiansen draws contact from Lincoln’s Blake Phillips (18) in the Bulldogs’ 15-1 loss to the Cardinal on Friday in Hermiston. 7KH 6WDQ¿HOG 7LJHUV SODWHG WKH ZLQ- ning run in the bottom of the seventh to take their home opener against Burns 4-3 on Friday in non-league play, but couldn’t complete the comeback in the QLJKWFDSDQGGURSSHGWKHLU¿UVWJDPHRI the season 7-6. In Game 1, after taking a 3-0 lead in WKH ¿UVW WZR LQQLQJV WKH 7LJHUV couldn’t stop the Hilanders (6-5) from tying the score with one run in each the ¿IWK VL[WK DQG VHYHQWK GHVSLWH VROLG pitching outings from starter Dylan Gro- gan and reliever Ryan Bailey. Tony Flores started the Tigers off in the seventh with a walk, and Bailey fol- lowed with a single before a ball off the bat of Grogan slipped through the legs of Burns’ shortstop to allow Flores to score the walk-off winning run. Bailey, Flores and Damien Curiel were DOOIRUIRU6WDQ¿HOGLQWKDWJDPH In Game 2, the teams traded leads with Burns jumping ahead for the last time with three runs in the sixth inning. Stan- ¿HOG VFRUHG WZR LQ WKH VHYHQWK RQ FRQ- secutive one-out hits with Grogan’s dou- ble followed by a triple by Brody Woods and a single by Makiah Blankenship, but Sherman retired the next two batters to strand the tying run at second. Grogan was 2 for 4 and added a two- UXQKRPHUXQLQWKH¿UVWLQQLQJ 6WDQ¿HOG¶V QH[W JDPH LV 7XHVGD\ DW Tri-Cities Prep starting at 5 p.m. ——— Game 1 R H E BHS 000 011 1 — 3 5 4 SHS 120 000 1 — 4 7 2 J. Lewellen, Z. McDonald (6). D. Grogan, R. Bailey (7). W — Bailey. L — McDonald. Game 2 BHS 040 003 0 — R 7 H 6 E 4 SHS 210 010 2 — 6 7 1 T. Reid, Z. McDonald (5). T. Flores, B. Woods (4). W — McDon- ald. L — Woods. 2B — T. Hueckman, T. Reid (BHS); D. Grogan (SHS). 3B — B. Woods (SHS). HR — D. Grogan (SHS). Softball ECHO 3-10, BURNS 7-6 — At Echo, Alyssa Ray struck out 10 and Monique Montoya went 2 for 3 with two doubles and three RBI to lead the offense as the Cougars jumped out early and held on for a non-league win in the second half of their doubleheader on Friday. Erika Parks added two RBI for Echo (8-3), which led 8-0 after scoring in each RIWKH¿UVWIRXULQQLQJVDQG-DPLH&KULV- topher and Samantha McQuown each added two hits. Nine Echo players touched home plate in the balanced win. ,Q *DPH %XUQV VFRUHG ¿YH UXQV LQ the top of the eighth to beat Echo in extras. Gonzalez pitched the entire way and struck out 11 but gave up seven runs (four earned) on nine hits and one walk. Cheyenne Hilliard went 3 for 5 with two doubles at the plate and Kenzie Blan- kenship and Hannah McCarty added two hits each. Echo play at Heppner today at 11 a.m. ——— Game 1 R H E BHS 011 000 05 — 7 9 3 EHS 001 100 01 — 3 10 4 A. Sutcliffe. M. Gonzales and E. Parks. W — Sutcliffe. L — Gonzales. 2B — C. Hilliard (EHS). HR — A. Sutcliffe (BHS). Game 2 R H E BHS 000 024 0 — 6 9 4 EHS 132 202 X — 10 10 2 A. Sutcliffe, C. Feist (3). A. Ray and E. Parks. W — Ray. L — Sutcliffe. 2B — C. Feist, S. Peasly, M. Skunkcap (BHS); C. Hilliard, J. Christopher, M. Montoya 2 (EHS). 3B — E. Parks (EHS). great focus and teamwork to the diamond on Friday. “I think we’re ready to go for the league season,” Christy said. Hermiston opens Co- lumbia River Confer- ence play Saturday, April 16, with a doubleheader against The Dalles that starts at noon at Armand Larive Middle School. ——— Game 1 R H E HHS 360 12 — 11 13 0 PHS 000 00 — 0 0 4 R. Robles and S. Gritz. M. Weeks, J. Slossar (3) and Z. Thomas. 2B — R. Robles 2, C. Root (HHS). Game 2 R H HHS 000 001 2 — 3 4 PHS 000 000 0 — 0 2 0 T. Sexton, C. Root (7) and S. Gritz. G. Schlichting, J. Slossar (5) and E. Hardman. W — Sexton. L — Slossar. S — Root. 2B — C. Caldwell (HHS). E 0 retired from his teaching position at Hermiston, and will now focus on running continued from Page A10 his home inspection busi- LVVWLOODZDLWLQJWKHRI¿FLDO ness and spending plenty resignation before the posi- of time with his family. Hoffert’s daughter Jeni just tion can be posted. Hoffert believes the completed her junior sea- school shouldn’t look too son on the basketball team far for a successor as he at Northwest Christian Uni- has recommended long- versity in Eugene, while his time assistant Juan Rodri- twin 9-year-old boys are guez for the position. But getting heavily involved whoever takes over as the with youth sports. Hoffert said it will take next coach, Hoffert said he will make himself avail- some time for him to get able for the new coach for over the feelings of not any tasks except making coaching basketball. “I really enjoyed the decisions. coaching, “I’ve always believed day-to-day that if you retire you need strategizing against oth- to step away and let the new er coaches, and building coach do things their own the relationships over the way,” he said. “I’ll still be years,” he said. “I’ve been at games and help out if I’m blessed with great groups of girls that made the job needed, but that’s it.” Hoffert also recently that much easier.” HOFFERT 5K RUN, 5K WALK, 10K RUN, KID'S BUTTE SCOOT All races begin & end at Hermiston's Butte Park DRAWINGS • FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY Online registration & race information at WWW.BUTTECHALLENGE.COM REGISTER ONLINE BY APRIL 21ST TO ORDER A CUSTOM TECHNICAL RACE T-SHIRT All proceeds benefit THE HERMISTON CROSS COUNTRY PROGRAM Thank you for your support!
