WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2016
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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
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mound going 6 2-3 innings.
Umatilla added two runs
in the sixth and three in the
seventh. Sherman (7-1)
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six in the sixth to make it
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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
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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
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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.
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Game 1
R H E
UHS
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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,
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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.
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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
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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.”
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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.
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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
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the season 7-6.
In Game 1, after taking a 3-0 lead in
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couldn’t stop the Hilanders (6-5) from
tying the score with one run in each the
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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
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In Game 2, the teams traded leads with
Burns jumping ahead for the last time
with three runs in the sixth inning. Stan-
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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-
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Tri-Cities Prep starting at 5 p.m.
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Game 1
R H E
BHS
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1 — 3 5 4
SHS
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1 — 4 7 2
J. Lewellen, Z. McDonald (6). D. Grogan, R. Bailey (7). W —
Bailey. L — McDonald.
Game 2
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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
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topher and Samantha McQuown each
added two hits.
Nine Echo players touched home plate
in the balanced win.
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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.
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Game 1
R H E
BHS
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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
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0 — 6 9 4
EHS
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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.
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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
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HHS
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2 — 3 4
PHS
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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).
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retired from his teaching
position at Hermiston, and
will now focus on running
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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.”
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