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WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 2016
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Bulldogs battle Bucks for double-header wins
Robles, Sexton throw
complete games
for Hermiston
By MATT ENTRUP
Staff Writer
Hermiston pitcher R.J.
Robles had nothing left to
prove after tossing seven
innings of two-hit baseball
against Pendleton on Fri-
day, but the Bulldogs senior
wasn’t ready for his game
to be over.
After watching his team-
mates regain the lead in the
top of the eighth inning,
Robles asked Hermiston
coach Lance Hawkins to let
him inish what he started.
The second-year Bulldogs
skipper obliged, and Ro-
bles put away the Bucka-
roos quickly to earn a 3-1
win in the second half of
a Columbia River Confer-
ence doubleheader at Bob
White Field.
Hermiston won the irst
game 5-3 with Tyler Sexton
pitching a complete game
as well.
“Those guys just grind,”
Hawkins said of his pitch-
ers. “They get up and
they’re leaders … Anoth-
er quality start for both of
them.”
Robles threw a ive-in-
ning perfect game earlier
this season, but hadn’t gone
the distance in a regulation
outing until Friday.
“I told him, ‘Just give
me the ball. I want to go
out there and I want to in-
ish it off because I haven’t
thrown a complete game
yet this year,’” Robles said.
“Kids look at him and
he just keeps going and go-
ing,” Hawkins said. “We
didn’t want to take him out
there and let him throw the
eighth and he goes, ‘Give
me the ball.’ You want that
stuff.”
Robles inished with 12
strikeouts, three walks and
zero earned runs on three
Pendleton hits.
“Every year that I pitch
against Pendleton I’m al-
ways pumped for it, al-
ways,” Robles said. “Hon-
estly, I felt really good.
My arm felt really good. I
mean, I just tried battling as
much as I could. I was kind
of off in the middle of the
game so I just had to adjust
in between innings and just
try to ind my rhythm.”
But despite Robles car-
rying a shutout into the
sixth inning, Hermiston
See BASEBALL, A10
STAFF PHOTO BY E.J. HARRIS
Hermiston’s Caden Schwirse catches the ball as Pendleton’s Kai Quinn steals second base
in the Bulldogs’ 5-3 win against the Bucks in the irst game of a doubleheader Friday in
Pendleton.
T-WOLVES TIE DOWN TITLES
Blue Mountain
rodeo caps
dominant season
in Northwest
Hermiston Herald
The Blue Mountain
Community College rodeo
teams slathered a thick lay-
er of icing on their sweet
Northwest Region seasons
with dominant showings at
their home rodeos on Fri-
day and Saturday at Farm-
City Arena in Hermiston.
The Timberwolves put
the inishing touches on
11 total Northwest season
titles at the inal events be-
fore the College National
Finals Rodeo, and quali-
ied 12 contestants for the
season-ending rodeo in
Casper, Wyoming.
Led by the all-around
title of timed-event master
Jared Parke, the BMCC men
won both rodeos in Hermis-
ton by more than 600 points
to push their season total to
10,204, nearly double that
of region runner-up Walla
Walla. With eight of the 11
regions in the National In-
tercollegiate Rodeo Asso-
ciation inished competing,
BMCC also leads the na-
tionwide standings by more
than 4,000 points.
Parke not only won
the Northwest men’s all-
around, but also the steer
STAFF PHOTO BY KATHY ANEY
Jared Parke, of Blue Mountain Community College, won
steer wrestling and all-around cowboy honors Saturday at
the Northwest Regional Finals Rodeo at the Umatilla County
Fairgrounds.
STAFF PHOTO BY KATHY ANEY
Jared Parke, of Blue Mountain Community College, won all-around cowboy honors Saturday
at the Northwest Regional Finals Rodeo at the Umatilla County Fairgrounds. Parke punched
his ticket to the National Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyoming, in June.
wrestling, tie-down roping
and team roping titles. He’s
the nation’s leader in all-
around and team roping,
with heading partner Jor-
dan Tye, and second in tie-
down and steer wrestling.
Parke won both nights of
all-around and four events
in Hermiston. In the two-
head BMCC Rodeo, Parke
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won in tie-down (18.2 sec-
onds) and steer wrestling
(11.7), and was third in
team roping (21.6).
Team roping was dom-
inated by the T-Wolves,
which produced nine of the
10 ropers to place in the top
ive teams, and Danyelle
Williams and Nic Nyman
won with a time of 15.5 on
two head.
Williams won the wom-
en’s all-around and was
also part of a top-ive sweep
in barrel racing for BMCC,
which won the team title
by 490 points over Central
Washington. Williams was
ifth in the barrels (48.53
on two), which was won by
Emily Sorey (35.61).
Also winning events for
the T-Wolves in the two-
head rodeo were Tyler Pot-
ter in bareback (142 points)
and Lauren Leyva in goat
tying (15.7). Other event
winners were saddle bronc
rider Tucker Hill of Wal-
la Walla (139), breakaway
roper Lexi Cameron of
Central Washington (8.2),
and bull rider Casey White
of Walla Walla (70 on one).
The T-Wolves found
event titles a little tougher
to come by in the one-head
NW Region Rodeo No.
6, but still secured ive of
nine.
Parke won in tie-down
(9.2) and with Tye in team
roping (5.9), and Potter
won in bareback (73) for
the BMCC men. Mean-
while, Williams won in bar-
rel racing (17.48) and Trey
Tucker won in goat tying
(7.0) for the women, which
were second as a team to
Treasure Valley but main-
tained their big lead on the
Chukars for the season title.
Walla Walla’s Hill and
White repeated wins in sad-
dle bronc and bull riding,
respectively, each with 73
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Stanield shuts out Pilot Rock
Youth soccer kicks of
registration
Irrigon extends
winning streak
The irst Columbia
Youth Soccer Club tourna-
ment is July 4 in Boardman,
but now is the time to regis-
ter to play.
Parents can register
their kids Wednesday from
4-6 p.m. at Windy River
Elementary School, 500
Tatone St., Boardman, or
during the Morrow County
Children’s Fair Thursday,
May 19 from 3:30-6 p.m.
at the Port of Morrow Riv-
erfront Center, 2 Marine
Drive, Boardman. Also,
more volunteers are needed
for the league.
Both boys and girls, ages
3-14, are eligible to play.
The fee is $40, if paid by
July 4. A $15 late charge
will be assessed after that
date. Registration forms
can also be downloaded at
www.columbiayouthsoc-
cerclub.com.
For more information,
contact
541-314-5446,
cysc11@gmail.com
or
visit www.facebook.com/
CYSC11.
The Stanield Tigers
earned win No. 20 on the
season and also handed
Pilot Rock its sixth loss in
the last seven games with
an 11-0 shutout in non-
league play on Saturday
afternoon in Pilot Rock.
Pilot Rock (12-7) got
the beneit of a great start
on the mound from Levi
Thieme, who allowed just
four hits and two runs over
four innings. But after 70
pitches, Thieme was lifted,
which is where the gas ran
out for the Rockets.
Stanield (20-2) tagged
Pilot Rock pitchers Bryson
Pierce and Chris Weinke
for six hits and nine runs
and drew ive walks over
the inal two innings to
grab the double-digit win.
The top three spots in
the Tigers’ lineup did the
bulk of the damage as Thy-
ler Monkus, Tony Flores
and Dylan Grogan com-
bined to go 6 for 9 with six
runs scored and four RBI.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO COURTESY OF BRYAN JOHNSON
Stanield’s Tony Flores pitches against Pilot Rock during an
11-0 win on Saturday in Pilot Rock.
Flores also started on the
mound for Stanield and
allowed two hits and four
walks with four strikeouts
over ive innings.
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PRH
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Flores, Bailey (6). Thieme, Pierce (5),
Weinke (6). W — Flores, L — Thieme.
2B — Monkus, Wampler, Fitzpatrick,
Grogan (SHS). Pierce (PRH).
STANFIELD 10-16,
VALE 0-6 — The Stan-
ield Tigers swept the
Vale Vikings on Friday
afternoon 10-0 and 16-6.
“I’m just really proud
of the kids,” said Stan-
ield coach Bryan John-
son. “They came out and
hit the ball well ... it was
a fun day.”
Stanield (19-2, 8-0
EOL) tallied 20 total hits
against the Vikings —
who were previously un-
defeated in league play
until Friday.
Dylan Grogan contin-
ued his dominant season
on the mound in game
one by allowing just
two hits and three walks
with 11 strikeouts over
ive innings. He also led
the team with ive runs
scored on offense.
But Stanield’s lead-
er at the plate on Friday
was Ryan Bailey, as he
inished a perfect 7-7
with four runs scored and
three RBI. Tony Flores
also had a strong day go-
ing 4-5 with ive runs and
two RBI.
Brody Woods pitched
in game two for Stanield
and allowed ive hits, six
runs (two earned) and
See ROUNDUP, A9