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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2016 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • B1 Herald Sports Follow sports on Twitter @HHeraldSports Bengals run over Bulldogs Hermiston remains winless on the season STAFF PHOTO BY KATHY ANEY STAFF PHOTO BY KATHY ANEY Viking running back Jesus Ramirez (2) scampers downield as Logan Weinke (4), of Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii, works to make a tackle Friday in Umatilla. Viking running back Trent Durfey (34) makes long yardage during Friday’s game agains Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii in Umatilla. VIKINGS DEFENSE KEEPS ROCKETS GROUNDED Umatilla shuts out Pilot Rock to stay undefeated By MATT ENTRUP Staff Writer The Umatilla Vikings defense turned in a domi- nant performance to beat the Pilot Rock Rockets 20-0 in an inter-classiica- tion football match-up on Friday. Umatilla’s defense set the tone right away by forcing Pilot Rock to go three-and-out on the game’s opening drive when Eli- jah Pine crashed through the line and dragged down Chris Weinke for a sack on third down. The Vikings (2-0) held the Rockets (0-2) to just 90 total yards of offense and gave up only four irst downs. The Rockets were 1-for-9 on third down. “I think we did what we needed to do to stop them,” said Umatilla linebacker/ running back Trent Durfey. “It was a good win.” “It could have been bet- ter, but shutouts are pret- ty good too,” said Uma- tilla running back Jesus Ramirez. “We haven’t had one of those in awhile.” The Vikings’ last shutout was ive seasons ago when they did it twice, the second time a 9-0 win over Vale on Oct. 21, 2011. Umatilla’s irst drive on offense would be telling for what fans could expect to see the rest of the way. Durfey kept the Vi- kings on schedule with strong running between the tackles, Ramirez added a change-of-pace out of the backield, and Umatilla was able rely on its speed on the outside to put the ball in the end zone despite a costly penalty. The Vikings were lagged nine times for 80 yards, and picked up their irst of the game when Pine was called for a blindside block to nullify Kaden Webb’s defense-splitting scramble that would have been a 26-yard touchdown. It didn’t take Umatilla long to recover, though, and two plays later Webb found wide receiver Diego Soto open on a post route for a 36-yard score. Leonel Coro- na converted the extra point. A fumbled hand-off was recovered by Pilot Rock’s Logan Weinke to end Uma- tilla’s next drive. It was the irst of four turnovers (three on fumbles). Pilot Rock responded with its best drive of the game, moving the ball to See VIKINGS, B2 Echo Cougars rally over rival Ione By WILL DENNER For the Hermiston Herald Echo stayed true to its season mantra in defeating rival Ione, 34-28, at home – inish strong. “We’ve adopted that in all our sports and they did it,” head coach Rick Thew said. “... We kept playing hard. Let them back in it a little bit but stayed strong.” The Cougars (1-1) held a 22-8 lead at halftime over the Cardinals (0-2) in front of their fans, but went quiet as they came back out in the third quarter. Echo received the sec- ond half kickoff and put together a drive that burned nearly 10 minutes of clock, it stalled in the red zone. Quarterback Devan Craig led Ty Mulder on a 4th and 18 pass, but the sure-hand- ed tight end dropped what could’ve been a touch- down. The next Echo drive ended in a fumble, and Ione took advantage. Car- dinals running back Cord Flynn, who rushed for two touchdowns and passed for another on a designed trick play, bulled his way through the Echo defense from 10 yards out and took a 22-20 lead on his two- point conversion run. “I gotta give it up to Cord, he played one heck of a game,” Echo senior line- backer Klay Jenson said. “That kid is an animal. He’s a tank. It’s impossible to take him down unless you hit him low.” Echo battled back in the fourth quarter, however. Af- ter getting a punt blocked, the Echo defense, which Thew said the team focused on cleaning up after giving up 42 points to Siletz Valley last week, stood tall in key moments. The Cougars stopped the Cardinals on fourth down, before Cougars running back Noah Scott broke runs of 53 and 25 yards. Scott only rushed six times, but racked up 136 yards and a touchdown in his limited touches. Thew also cred- ited guard Ian Faulkner, who pulled around on all of Scott’s big runs to provide him space. “It’s our play for him to get in the open ield and take care of business,” Thew said. Scott’s runs set up full- back Ethan Hobson’s one- yard touchdown up the gut. Echo reclaimed a 28-22 lead, but not for long. Ione tied the game up at 28 on the next drive, but when Cardinals quarter- back Dan Doherty tried a two-point conversion run up the middle, Jenson tack- led him behind the line of scrimmage. With 1:16 remaining, game tied, Echo quarter- back Devan Craig lipped an option run to Zach Geh- rke, who found the right edge and took it 45 yards to the end zone. A walk- See ECHO, B2 Hermiston Herald Hermiston headed home on Friday night still in search of its irst win as the Lewiston (Idaho) Ben- gals blew out the Bull- dogs, 38-13. Lewiston (3-0) tore the Bulldogs defense apart with its passing game, as quarter- back Colton Richardson completed 27-37 (73 per- cent) passes for 344 yards and three touchdowns, while the leading rusher had just 26 yards. For Hermiston (0-2), sophomore quarterback Andrew James on Friday completed 16-29 passes (55 percent) for 194 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions, while adding a team-best 67 rushing yards on 13 car- ries. Tucker Salinas was the top receiver for Hermis- ton with 108 yards and a touchdown off of four to- tal receptions. Receiver Dayshawn Neal had three catches for 47 yards. Hermiston will return home this week to host Mountain View of Bend at 7 p.m. for its irst league game of the season. Mustangs start fast, beat Prospectors Hermiston Herald HEPPNER — Friday night turned into the Lo- gan Grieb show for the Heppner Mustangs. The senior athlete accounted for four to- tal touchdowns — three rushing, one passing — and racked up 231 all-pur- pose yards as the Heppner Mustangs defeated the Grant Union Prospec- tors 36-20 at the Morrow County Fairgrounds. “He’s one of our big senior playmakers, so it was good to see that performance tonight,” Heppner coach Greg Grant said. Heppner (2-0) scored 24 of its 36 points all in the irst quarter and used a bit of luck to swipe the momentum at the start. Grant Union fumbled the opening kick off re- turn, which Heppner’s Tim Jaca recovered at the Prospectors 31 yard line, setting up a 6-yard touchdown run by Koby Daugherty just 35 sec- onds into the game to give Heppner the 8-0 lead. After forcing a turn- over on downs on the next See ROUNDUP, B2 They’re your dreams. Start building them. You’ve already dreamed up the blueprints. We may be able to help bring them to life. The U.S. Bank Home Equity Line of Credit offers competitive rates, lexible payment options and trusted service to help you inance the lasting home improvements you’ve always wanted. McKay Creek Estates Celebrate Life At Prestige Senior Living, we believe life should be a celebration! Studies have shown that up to 70% of what you feel from aging, is optional. The key to active, successful aging is your lifestyle. It is about wellness and nurturing body, mind and spirit. 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