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to National High School Finals Rodeo
Rodriguez, Arstein hired
to lead Bulldog basketball
By ERIC SINGER
Staff writer
When November rolls
around, the Hermiston boys
and girls varsity basketball
teams will have a little bit of
a different look.
After longtime girls head
coach Steve Hoffert resigned
in March after eight years on
the job and boys coach Dave
Ego relinquished his position
as interim coach, it left two
holes at the top of two suc-
cessful programs. But after
a wide search put forth by
the school, Hermiston stayed
within the district limits to se-
lect the next program leaders,
as girls assistant coach Juan
Rodriguez replaces Hoffert
and Casey Arstein, a former
boys assistant coach, was
hired to replace Ego.
Rodriguez knows the
Bulldogs program very well,
as he graduated from Herm-
iston in 2005 and has spent
the last four years as the lead
assistant coach under Hoffert.
He said that he is excited for
the opportunity to lead the
program now.
“When Steve (Hoffert)
told me he’d retire, it was a
no-brainer for me,” Rodri-
guez said. “It’s been a goal
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 2016
SPORTS
of mine ever since I stopped
playing basketball to become
a head coach and something
I’ve been working towards
for a while now.”
As an assistant, Rodri-
guez was heavily involved
in day-to-day operations for
the team, such as game plans,
running practices, and ¿lm
study. That experience gave
Rodriguez a glimpse into
what it takes to be the head
coach, and says that a lot of
the things he learned under
Hoffert will stay with him
during his tenure.
“He was really successful
and I really focused on how
he dealt with players,” Rodri-
guez said. “There are a lot of
details in running a program,
and he did it very well.”
So what can the Bulldog
fans expect from the Rodri-
guez-lead Bulldogs?
“The casual fan won’t see
a lot of change, we’re still
going to be a fast-paced team
that uses our athleticism to get
up and down the court,” he
said. “Our goal is to be a great
defensive team, and we’ve
been good in the past, but we
can do better. We want to get
on the brink of being state
champions, not just making
Hermiston Herald
Preston
Pederson,
Trent Sorey and Calgary
Smith added state titles to
their seasons on Sunday
after the ¿nal round at
the Oregon High School
Rodeo Association Finals
Rodeo at Crook County
Fairgrounds in Prineville.
The cowboys were
three of six Intermoun-
tain Rodeo team mem-
bers to qualify for the
National High School Fi-
nals Rodeo (NHSFR) in
12 events.
the tournament.”
On the boys side, Arstein
is a Hermiston alumnus after
graduating in 2001 and spent
six years as a coach under
Larry Usher during Usher’s
tenure as boys head coach
in the late 2000s. Arstein
coached both the freshman
and junior varsity teams be-
fore spending his ¿nal year
as a varsity assistant, but de-
cided to step away from high
school coaching for the past
few years to spend some time
coaching at the middle school
level.
But during this past sea-
son, Arstein developed the
itch to get back into the prep
sports scene and jumped at
the chance to apply for the
Bulldogs opening.
He was of¿cially approved
by the school board earlier
this spring and since that time
he has gotten well-acclimated
to the team and to the posi-
tion, and currently has the
program busy with summer
workouts and tournaments.
Arstein said his Bulldog
teams will “play a solid half-
court defense with a good
motion offense. We’re going
to be an athletic group that
can get to the rim a lot.”
Pederson, a recent
Hermiston High grad-
uate, was the boys’
Reserve
All-Around
Champion (and the top
all-around cowboy in Or-
egon when the title went
to Brush Prairie, Wash-
ington’s Zachary Raley),
and was also named Tes-
ky’s Top Hand after he
¿nished the season in the
top 10 of four events.
Pederson won titles
in tie-down roping and
boys’ cutting. He was
¿fth in steer wrestling
More online
Longer version of these stories,
including final results from the State
Finals Rodeo can be found online
at www.HermistonHerald.com/
hh/sports
and ninth in team roping.
Kolby Currin of Hep-
pner also quali¿ed for
nationals by ¿nishing
second in steer wrestling,
third in boys cutting and
second in riÀe shooting.
Minnesota Twins draft Quin Grogan in 30th round
By ERIC SINGER
Staff Writer
It has been quite a week
for Quin Grogan.
On June 3, Grogan and
his Lewis-Clark State War-
riors baseball team held off
Faulkner, 12-11, to capture
their 18th NAIA national
championship, with Grogan
pitching four innings in re-
lief to get the win.
Then on Saturday, Gro-
gan had one of his childhood
dreams become reality.
He was drafted into Ma-
jor League Baseball.
Grogan, a senior pitcher
for the Warriors, was select-
ed in the 30th round (903rd
overall pick) by the Minne-
sota Twins in the 2016 MLB
First-Year Player Draft. He
turned in a dependable sea-
son for the Warriors, starting
12 games on the season and
adding two relief appearanc-
es as he ¿nished 5-1 with a
1.91 ERA with 83 strikeouts
in 75.1 innings to help the
Warriors to a 52-8 overall
record.
“It was thrilling and
exciting,” Grogan said of
being drafted. “It was de¿-
nitely something you always
dream of as a kid and some-
thing I’ve been working to-
wards for a long, long time.”
Grogan was spending the
day with some friends when
he received a call from the
Twins’ Paci¿c Northwest
Scout Trevor Brown to give
him the news of his selec-
tion, which led to plenty of
celebration.
Dylan Grogan, Quin’s
younger brother who just
¿nished his junior year at
Stan¿eld High, said seeing
his brother get drafted was
one of the coolest things of
his lifetime.
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