WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2016
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Davison comes through late for Hermiston
9/10 all-stars reach
state semifinals
Hermiston Herald
Nine runs in the third
inning put Hermiston up,
and Brian Davison came
through with big plays on
offense and defense to help
the 9/10-year-old all-stars
preserve a 12-9 win over
The Dalles on Sunday in
the quarterinals of the Or-
egon Little League State
Tournament in Gold Hill.
Davison (2 for 4) hit a
two-RBI single in the ifth
inning that pushed Herm-
iston’s lead to 12-4, then
pitched the inal 1 2/3 in-
nings to hold off a rallying
The Dalles and get the save.
The Dalles was still able
to push four runs across the
plate against Davison, and
scored twice in the sixth
on a two-out double before
Davison got a grounder
back to the mound for the
inal out. The win moved
Hermiston into the semii-
nals where it will face Lake
Oswego today at 6 p.m.
Aiden West started on
the mound against The
Dalles and went the irst 2
1/3 innings before exiting
with three runs allowed on
six hits. He would get the
win after Kaiden Dammey-
er (three hits, two runs) and
Davison combined in relief.
The Dalles broke onto
the scoreboard irst with
two runs in the bottom of
the irst inning, but that
would be its only lead of
the game.
Hermiston was quiet on
its irst time through the
lineup, but lead-off hitter
Austin Garberg started the
third inning with a single
and Hermiston rallied for
nine runs on six hits and
four walks.
Drake Devin (1 for 2) hit
a three-RBI triple and later
stole home to make it 8-2,
and Brad Hottman (3 for 4)
hit an RBI triple to make it
9-2.
Dammeyer and Nathan
Picard drew bases-loaded
walks to push in runs, and
JR Starr and Brycen Jones
(2 for 4) each hit RBI sin-
gles.
The Dalles trimmed the
lead to 9-4 headed into the
ifth, but Garberg got an-
other rally started with a
walk. He then stole his way
to third, and scored on a
double by Jones. Hottman
followed with a single and
Davison then brought them
both in with a single.
———
R H E
HER
009 030 — 12 10 2
TD
201 132 —
9 12 0
W — A. West. L — Nolan. S — Davison.
2B — B. Jones (HER); Braden 2, Riley,
Nolan (TD). 3B — B. Hottman, D. Devin
(HER); Nolan (TD).
HERMISTON
11,
KLAMATH FALLS 8 —
At Gold Hill, Hermiston
needed extra innings to ad-
vance past the irst round
of the state tournament on
Saturday in a game that fea-
tured 35 total hits.
Austin Garberg (4 for 4)
hit a single to score Karv-
er Wilkins an tie the game
at 7-7 in the ifth inning,
and combined with Kaiden
Dammeyer and Brian Davi-
son to throw ive innings of
scoreless relief as the game
went into the ninth inning
still knotted.
Davison (3 for 5) got
back-to-back strikeouts to
end the sixth inning with
a runner on third base, and
when Klamath Falls tried
to steal home in the eighth
JR Starr was there to apply
the tag and keep the game
going.
Drake Devin led off the
top of the ninth with a bunt
single, then went to third on
passed balls while Garberg
drew a walk.
Brycen Jones (2 for 6)
followed with a line-drive
single to right ield that
scored both players to make
it 9-7.
Brad Hottman (3 for
5) added a single before
Klamath Falls could get the
irst out, then Dammeyer (3
for 4) hit an RBI double to
make it 10-7. Starr (1 for 2)
added an RBI groundout to
cap Hermiston’s scoring.
Garberg retired two of
the irst three batters in the
ninth before Aiden West was
brought in to inish things.
He allowed a run-scoring
single to his irst batter, but
then got a swinging strike-
out for the save.
Garberg got the win and
was credited with one run
on one hit over 2 2/3 in-
nings.
———
R H E
HER
330 010 004 — 11 19 0
KF
232 000 001 — 8 16 0
W — A. Garberg. L — Drost. S — A.
West.
2B — B. Jones, A. Garberg, B. Hottman,
A. West, K. Dammeyer 3 (HER); Drost, Jull,
Bocchi (KF).
Rogers ready to roll with Tigers
By ERIC SINGER
Staff writer
HERALD FILE PHOTO
Thane Pierson of Natches, Washington, and a high jumper
at Washington State University, goes between his legs in the
inals of the dunk contest at the 10th annual Takin’ It to the
Street 3-on-3 basketball tournament in Hermiston in July 2015.
Tournament returns
to Main Street 11th year
Hermiston Herald
Court will be in session
this weekend in Hermis-
ton. Several courts, actual-
ly, will be open for play in
the Takin’ It to the Streets,
Hermiston 3-on-3 basket-
ball tournament on Main
Street Saturday and Sun-
day.
In 2015, the tournament
included 160 teams of boys
and girls ranging from sec-
ond graders to adults. The
tournament also features
a slam dunk contest and a
3-point shootout.
The tournament, now in
its 11th year, raises money
to beneit high school ath-
letic programs and local
AAU teams.
Teams who have reg-
istered for the tournament
can pick up their team
packets on Friday, from 5
to 7 p.m. at Grace and Mer-
cy Lutheran Church, 164 E.
Main Street.
This year’s Tournament,
sponsored by HAPO Credit
Union, will draw in teams
from all over the Paciic
Northwest.
For more information,
check out the tournament
website at www.hermis-
ton3on3.org or look for the
Takin’ It To the Streets tour-
nament page on Facebook.
Grogan assigned to Twins’ Rookie team
By ERIC SINGER
Staff writer
Quin Grogan’s profession-
al baseball career is now off
and running.
After the Stanield prod-
uct signed his irst contract
mid-June, Grogan started his
journey in Fort Myers, Flori-
da with the Twins’ Gulf Coast
League rookie team, which is
the lowest rung on the minor
league ladder. But after just
one start with the GCL team,
Grogan has now stepped up
one rung as he was promoted
to the Elizabethton Twins in
Elizabethton, Tennessee. The
team is the Rookie Advanced
League afiliate of the Min-
nesota Twins, playing in the
Appalachian League.
“I’m very grateful for this
opportunity,” Grogan said via
text message. “Traveling the
states, meeting new people,
and pursuing the dream just
doesn’t get much better than
this!”
His irst appearance in
Elizabethton was on July 4,
when he allowed four hits
and four earned runs over two
PHOTO BY ZACHARY SHORE/LEW-
IS-CLARK STATE ATHLETICS
In this undated photo, Lewis-
Clark State’s Quin Grogan,
of Stanield, pitches during
a game this season. Grogan
was drafted in the 30th
round of the MLB draft by
the Minnesota Twins.
innings to go with four strike-
outs. In his two total appear-
ances, Grogan is 0-2 with a
7.50 ERA, giving up ive runs
with eight strikeouts over six
innings pitched. Grogan said
he has not been told whether
will be a starter or reliever go-
ing forward, but for now will
be working out of the bullpen.
As the Stanield Tigers
baseball program prepares
for life after Bryan Johnson, it
will have a familiar face lead-
ing the way.
Assistant coach Brad Rog-
ers has been elevated to var-
sity head coach after serving
as the lead varsity assistant
for the past nine seasons. It
is Rogers’ irst go at a varsity
head coaching spot, with his
only head coach experience
coming at the middle school
football level in Stanield.
“It’s a little scary, I’ll ad-
mit, with the high expecta-
tions set by Bryan (Johnson)
here,” Rogers said, “but I’m
excited for the opportunity
and I learned a lot over the
last nine years. We have a
great group of kids coming
back and we’re ready to go.”
Rogers said he believed
he was the best it for the job
from the start, citing continui- add to it, but he’s going to be
ty within the program as a key able to maintain the continui-
to continue this recent string ty and he’s a strong leader so
of success.
I’m happy he stepped up.”
“It just seemed like the
Rogers will also be joined
best thing for the kids,” he by Brad Scott and Trevor
said. “Having some conti- Morris as his assistants next
nuity with all of the
season, both of whom
returners we do was
were on the staff last
paramount … they
season. They inherit
were relieved when I
a team that is coming
got the job, and were
off of a phenomenal
glad it was someone
29-2 season where
they knew.”
the Tigers captured
Before
leaving
the district title and
town last week, John- Rogers
second state champi-
son said he was ecstat-
onship in school his-
ic to see Rogers stay on as tory. Stanield will return its
head coach.
entire pitching staff and all
“Brad’s great with kids, but two starters in the ield
he cares about kids and has a in 2017, which has the team
big heart and a lot of pride for set up well for a possible state
Stanield,” Johnson said. “It’s championship repeat.
never been a one-man show
When asked how he will
here with me, he’s been a manage those high expecta-
loyal assistant and knows the tions heading into the 2017
system, and he has his own season, Rogers said it’s all
little lavors and strategies to about keeping the metaphor-
ical blinders on.
“We’ve always had a
mantra of ‘control what you
can control’ and that will be
very important this year,” he
said. “We have a lot of talent
coming back and the key for
us will be working on get-
ting better every single day.
We can’t measure ourselves
against other teams, we can
only measure ourselves in
the work we put in every
day.”
Aside from the promotion
to head coach, Rogers will
also be dipping his toe into
the administrative pool as
the Secondary School athlet-
ic director starting in the fall.
“It’s an ability to broaden
my horizons,” he said. “I’ve
always enjoyed athletics …
I was a little leery about it at
irst being a irst-time head
coach and adding this to my
schedule as well, but I think
it’ll be a good it.”