WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2016
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Carter makes
Bulldogs falter late against Bears
history with BMCC
By ERIC SINGER
Staff Writer
By ERIC SINGER
Staff Writer
Hermiston
High
School senior Tyra Car-
ter has dreamt of playing
soccer at the collegiate
level ever since she was 7
years old.
On April 29, Carter’s
dream came true — and
she also made history in
doing so.
Carter signed her Na-
tional Letter of Intent
to play soccer for Blue
Mountain
Community
College, becoming the
irst-ever recruit to sign
with the brand-new pro-
gram as it prepares to kick
off its inaugural season in
the fall of 2016. Carter said
she is very excited for the
opportunity.
“It feels pretty good and
it’s deinitely a big oppor-
tunity,” Carter said. “This
whole team will be a part
of history no matter what,
and it’s cool to be a part of
it.”
Aside from Blue Moun-
tain, Carter was actively
recruited by numerous
schools from the Paciic
Northwest including Co-
lumbia Basin, Linield
College, and Walla Wal-
la Community College.
Carter said that she irst
developed interest in Blue
Mountain when she found
out the school was starting
a women’s soccer team,
and then she became set-
tled on the school once she
took her visit.
“I always knew I want-
ed to be close to home,”
she said. “(Blue Mountain)
was so welcoming, the
campus was nice, and it
just felt like a family.”
Carter says she will
enroll in Business Man-
agement courses at Blue
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO COURTE-
SY OF BLAINE GANVOA
Hermiston senior Tyra
Carter, right, poses along
with Blue Mountain soccer
coach Art Mota, left, after
Carter became the irst
recruit in Blue Mountain
history to sign with the
women’s soccer program
on Friday in Hermiston.
Mountain as she aims to
complete a business de-
gree.
Hermiston’s
varsi-
ty soccer coach Danielle
Turner said she was happy
to see Carter continuing on
with the sport.
“It’s always nice to see
as a coach, because a lot of
kids don’t get that oppor-
tunity,” Turner said. “But
(Tyra) was always a hard
worker and she was will-
ing to do whatever it took
for the team.”
The Timberwolves pro-
gram oficially kicks off
the season on Aug. 1 with
the teams’ irst practice un-
der head coach Art Mota.
Carter — who will slot in
as a forward on the Tim-
berwolves roster — said
Mota is the type of coach
she thinks she can excel
under.
“He just seems like a
really nice coach, but also
determined to make us
better,” she said. “He lets
us know that he wouldn’t
give up on us or the team. I
was really sold after meet-
ing with him.”
Consistency has plagued
the Hermiston Bulldogs
lacrosse team all season
long.
The Bulldogs have had
tremendous performanc-
es in singular quarters or
halves of games, and they
have pieced together a
few good wins here and
there, but they have rarely
been able to put together
complete performances
for a significant period of
time.
It was the same story
for the team on Saturday
afternoon, as the Bulldogs
consistency fell apart late
to lead to a 20-9 defeat at
the hands of the Central
Valley Bears at Kennison
Field. It was the second
loss of the season to the
Bears, as the Bulldogs
fell 10-6 on Mar. 22 in
Spokane.
Hermiston coach Jacob
Arnold said it was the de-
tails of the team’s game
that led to their downfall
on Saturday.
“We need to clean
up the little things like
penalties,” he said. “We
played a lot of the game
a man down today and if
we can clean up that area
then we’re just as good as
anybody else.”
Hermiston finished the
game with 16 penalties —
nine of which came in the
second and fourth quar-
ters when the Bulldogs
struggled most.
“We just weren’t play-
ing together like we need-
ed to,” said Hermiston
junior Tucker Salinas.
“We need to keep up our
consistency and be able to
play all four quarters.”
The Bulldogs had some
extra adrenaline running
through them to start the
game, as the team was ex-
STAFF PHOTO BY ERIC SINGER
Hermiston’s Mark Mejia (2) sprints past the Central Valley
defense during Hermiston’s 20-9 loss on Saturday at
Kennison Field in Hermiston.
cited to be playing on the
artificial turf playing sur-
face at Kennison Field.
“It was awesome,” said
Salinas. “The footing is
better and you don’t have
to worry so much about
twisted ankles.”
The turf surface also
changed the pace-of-play
on Saturday, which the
Bulldogs felt played into
their strength of speed.
“It makes the game so
much faster because no
grass it’s harder to scoop,”
said Hermiston sophomore
Jake Palmer. “And also the
ball rolls a lot more so you
have to run more.”
That adrenaline turned
into an instant reward
when the game started
for the Bulldogs, as they
scored the first goal of the
game on a close shot from
sophomore Luke Walchi
just over two minutes in
for the early 1-0 lead.
Hermiston
scored
once more in the quarter,
when Brady Christiansen
scooped up the ball off
a missed Central Valley
shot and sprinted down
the field, diced through
the Bears defense and
beat the goalie to tie the
game at 2-2 with just 37
seconds left in the quar-
ter.
But in the second quar-
ter the Bulldogs hit a bit
of a lull, as the Bears
swung the momentum in
their favor and outscored
Hermiston 7-2 in the
quarter to jump out to a
9-4 lead by halftime.
The halftime break
proved to be effective for
the Bulldogs, as they made
some adjustments with their
offensive and defensive as-
signments and turned that
into four goals scored with-
in the irst six minutes of
the third quarter.
The first two goals
came from the stick of
Salinas, as he played to
his strengths and ripped
a pair of goals from 20
yards out past the Bears
goalie at the 10:42 mark
and 8:52 mark of the
quarter.
“I’m more of an up-
top shooter, I like to wind
up and just rip it,” Sali-
nas said of his two third
quarter goals. He finished
with three goals on the
day to lead the Bulldogs,
as well as winning 14-27
(52 percent) of face-offs
in the game.
Later in the quarter
Hermiston cut the deficit
back to three on a close-
range goal from Wal-
chi with an assist from
Bradlee Guisti that put
the score at 11-8 and had
the Bulldogs feeling the
momentum.
However, that was as
close as Hermiston would
get. Central Valley won
the ensuing face-off and
ran right down the field
and put one past Hermis-
ton goalie Beau Blake in
just nine seconds for the
12-8 lead.
From there, Central
Valley scored four un-
answered goals to bump
their lead to 16-8 before
Walchi found the net
again for Hermiston —
his third of the game —
with 7:47 left to make it a
16-9 game. But the Bears
did not let up, peppering
the Bulldogs with four
more goals over the final
six-plus minutes to seal
the victory.
It was another frustrat-
ing loss for the Bulldogs,
marking the fifth time
in their eight losses they
have lost by double dig-
its.
“Our team after a few
goals lets it get to our
heads,” Palmer said, “And
we never recover which
is one thing we have to
work on is recovering in
our mental game.”
Hermiston has just two
games left on the season,
and next up is the final
home game on Wednes-
day against Southridge
(WA) at 5:30 p.m. at Sun-
set Elementary.
Runners participate in Butte Challenge to benefit cross country program
More than 130 people
participated in the 2016
Butte Challenge on Satur-
day to raise money for the
cross country program at
Hermiston High School.
According to event co-
ordinator Jeanne Jewett,
said the event raised about
$3,100.
The top runner on Sat-
urday in the 10 kilometer
race was Joe Hodge, 51, of
Hermiston, who inished
in a time off 44 minutes, 5
seconds. Angie Treadwell,
40, of Hermiston inished
with the second fastest
time in the 10K, which also
made her the top female
inisher at 45 minutes, 31
seconds.
In the 5K run, Erik
Ramirez, 21, of Othello,
STAFF PHOTO BY GARY L. WEST
Runners take off from the starting line for the 2016 Butte Challenge in Hermiston on Saturday, May 7. There were 138 entrants in the event on Saturday.
Washington, inished irst
with a time of 20 minutes,
38 seconds.
The top female inisher
in the 5K was Kelsey Trot-
ter, 23, of Hermiston, with
a time of 24 minutes, 54
seconds.
In the 5K walk, Tamara
Bock, 56, of Hermiston
had the top time of 34 min-
utes, 32 seconds. The top
male walker was Matthew
Lidrich, 48, of Hermiston
who completed the course
in 37 minutes and 55 sec-
onds.
According to event or-
ganizers, there were a total
of 138 entrants.
For a list to complete,
unoficial results, go to
www.buttechallenge.com
and click on the “Results”
button.
with a single up the middle
and Kylie Hinkley brought
both of them around to score
on a line drive to center.
Hinkley would later
score on a two-out single
by Rebecca Engelbrecht,
who was then driven in on
a single by Ellery Jones.
Naylor, who came on
to relieve Almaguer in the
sixth, got two quick outs in
the seventh before back-to-
back errors put runners on
second and third. Naylor
ended the game with her
second strikeout, though.
Alamaguer, Barron and
Hinkley all batted 2 for 3
to lead Hermiston, which
inishes up the regular sea-
son on Friday when it hosts
Pendleton at 4:30 p.m.
———
Hermiston 5 — The Herm-
iston Bulldogs fell one-run
short of earning a second
straight win over the de-
fending Class 5A state
champion Hood River Val-
ley Eagles on Monday at
Hood River.
The Bulldogs were
leading 5-2 in the seventh
inning, but couldn’t quite
hold off the Eagles, falling
6-5.
Hermiston, which is
locked into second place
in the CRC, concludes the
league schedule Friday at
4:30 p.m. against Pendleton
at Armand Larive Middle
School. The OSAA play-in
round is scheduled for May
20.
———
slam, and drove in sev-
en runs to lead the Dufur
Rangers to a non-league
win over Riverside on
Monday.
Wayne Killion hit a
three-run home run that
gave Riverside (3-19) a 5-3
lead in the second inning,
but Dufur (9-13) began the
bottom of the frame with
a single, a walk and then
loaded the bases on a Riv-
erside error to set up Keev-
er’s grand slam.
Killion (2 for 3) inished
with ive RBI and Andruw
Sorensen went 2 for 3 with
two runs and two RBI for
the Pirates.
Riverside ends its season
Wednesday against Mac-Hi
at 4:30 p.m.
———
Ione’s
Kai
Arbo-
gast didn’t drop a set at
the Special District 4
Sub-District tournament
and won the boys’ singles
title 6-0, 6-0 over Uma-
tilla’s Gio Madrigal on
Monday at Tri-City Court
Club.
Arbogast wasn’t the
only Cardinal claiming a
title though, and the dou-
bles team of Bryan Fowl-
er and Daichi Walters
beat Weston-McEwen’s
Caleb Olson and Ryan
Schmidtgall 5-7, 6-4, 7-5
for the doubles champi-
onship.
That gave Ione the
team title as well with
33 points. Mac-Hi was
second with 17. The top
four placers in singles
and doubles advanced to
the district tournament on
Friday in Ontario.
Sherman’s
Meghan
Belshe beat Umatilla’s
Sidney Webb 6-3, 6-2 for
the girls’ singles title, and
Stanfield’s Yazzmin and
Guitzell Chavez defeat-
ed Mac-Hi’s Jacky Reyes
and Maria Castillo 6-1,
6-2 for the doubles cham-
pionship.
———
ROUNDUP
Hermiston softball
uses big seventh to
beat Hood River
The Hood River Eagles
broke the seal on a score-
less tie in the bottom of the
sixth inning, only to see
the Hermiston Bulldogs
respond in a big way in the
top of the seventh for a 6-2
win on Monday in Colum-
bia River Conference play.
The win snapped a four-
game losing streak and
clinched a state play-in
game for the Bulldogs (14-
11, 5-6 CRC).
M. Kopacz began Herm-
iston’s at-bat in the seventh
with a walk and was fol-
lowed by S. Stefani with
a single. Julissa Almaguer
then attempted to bunt them
both over, but Hood River
(10-14, 3-8) took the out at
third.
That didn’t matter to
Breanna Naylor, who then
hit both runners in with a
double to tie the score 2-2.
Amanda Barron followed
R H E
HHS
000 000
6 — 6 12 2
HRV
000 002
0 — 2 4 0
J. Almaguer, B. Naylor (6) and J. Hinkley.
H. McNerney, J. Castaneda (5) and Z.
Munn. W — Naylor. L — McNerney.
2B — R. Engelbrecht, B. Naylor (HHS); M.
Vallejo (HRV).
BASEBALL
Hood River Valley 6,
R H E
HHS
021 200
0 — 5 8 1
HRV
110 000
4 — 6 9 1
Tyler Sexton, Chase Root (7) and Slade
Gritz. Patrick Harvey, Isaiah Enriquez (5)
and Adam Cameron. W — Enriquez. L —
Sexton.
2B — T. Sexton (HHS).
DUFUR 21, RIVER-
SIDE 9 (5 innings) — At
Dufur, Bailey Keever hit
two home runs, one a grand
R H E
RHS
051 12 —
9 7 6
DHS
381 54 — 21 15 4
D. Bingaman, A. Corpus (2), W. Killion (5)
and S. Bither. T. McLaughlin, L. Red Cloud
(2), H. Clapham (4) and H. Clapham. W —
Red Cloud. L — Bingaman.
2B — C. Uhalde, K. Balos 2, C. Crawford,
T. McLaughlin, T. Masterson (DHS). HR —
W. Killion (RHS); B. Keever 2 (DHS).
TENNIS
SD4 Sub-District Results
Boys Team Scores — Ione 33, Mac-Hi
17, Riverside 16, Weston-McEwen 15,
Umatilla 14, Helix 7, Sherman 5, Stan-
field 3, Condon/Wheeler 0.
Girls Team Scores — Mac-Hi 29,
Sherman 23, Stanfield 16, Umatilla
12, Condon/Wheeler 9, Riverside 6,
Weston-McEwen 6, Ione 5, Helix 4.
Boys Singles
Semifinals: Kai Arbogast (Ione) def.
Deazen Zerba (Mac-Hi) 6-1, 6-1
Semifinals: Gio Madrigal (Umatilla) def.
Erik Jones (Helix) 6-1, 6-0
Third Place: Zerba (Mac-Hi) def. Jones
(Helix) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
First Place: Arbogast (Ione) def. Madri-
gal (Umatilla) 6-0, 6-0
Girls Singles
Semifinals: Sidney Webb (Umatilla) def.
Paige Ackerman (C/W) 6-4, 6-0
Semifinals: Meghan Belshe (Sherman)
def. Elise Griffith (Mac-Hi) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
Third Place: Griffith (Mac-Hi) def. Acker-
man (C/W) 6-3, 6-4
First Place: Belshe (Sherman) def.
Webb (Umatilla) 6-3, 6-2
Boys Doubles
Semifinals: Fowler/Walters (Ione) def.
Bedolla/Gonzales (Riverside) 6-4, 6-2
Semifinals: Olson/Schmidtgall (W-M)
def. Thompson/Altamarino (Riverside)
6-3, 6-3
Third Place: Bedolla/Gonzales
(Riverside) def. Thompson/Altamarino
(Riverside) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
First Place: Fowler/Walters (Ione) def.
Olson/Schmidtgall (W-M) 5-7, 6-4, 7-5
Girls Doubles
Semifinals: Chavez/Chavez (Stanfield)
def. Kaseberg/Rubio (Sherman) 6-0, 6-4
Semifinals: Reyes/Castillo (Mac-Hi) def.
Rodriguez/Cuellar (Mac-Hi) 5-7, 6-4, 6-0
Third Place: Rodriguez/Cuellar (Mac-Hi)
def. Kaseberg/Rubio (Sherman)
First Place: Chavez/Chavez (Stanfield)
def. Reyes/Castillo (Mac-Hi) 6-1, 6-2