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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
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Umatilla remains
unbeaten with win
over Enterpise
Hermiston Herald
UMATILLA 21, EN-
TERPRISE 7 — At Enter-
prise, the Umatilla Vikings
kept their unbeaten streak
alive with a tough win
against the Enterprise Out-
laws on Friday night.
Umatilla (3-0) scored
fi rst in the game on a four-
yard touchdown run by
Cody Sampson off an op-
tion play to take the 7-0
lead in the fi rst quarter. En-
terprise evened the score at
7-7 later in the half, and the
two teams headed into the
break still deadlocked with
the score.
But in the second half,
Umatilla’s defense stepped
up its game and soon the
offense followed suit with
two fourth quarter touch-
downs to earn the win. The
Vikings broke the tie early
in the fourth quarter on a 60-
yard touchdown pass from
Kaden Webb to Sean Miller
and then padded its lead late
in the fourth on a fi ve-yard
option throw from Sampson
to Trent Durfey to make the
lead 21-7.
“The second half the
team really just picked each
other up and we got after
them defensively,” Umatilla
coach Dan Durfey said. “It
was really a team effort to-
night.”
Umatilla will next host
Portland Christian Friday
to fi nish out its non-league
schedule.
SHERMAN 50, IONE
0 — Home-fi eld advan-
tage mattered little as Ione
remained winless against a
2-1 Sherman squad.
“We got our butts
kicked,” head coach Todd
Knop said.
Sherman bottled up
Ione’s powerful running
back, Cord Flynn, a week
after he scored two rushing
touchdowns and passed for
another against Echo. Ione
struggled to defend Sher-
man’s deep passing attack,
which gave the Huskies a
38-0 lead at halftime.
Though the game was
already out of reach, Knop
was happy to see an im-
proved Ione defense hold
Sherman to only two sec-
ond-half scores, led by
strong tackling from Junior
Roque and Aaron Smythe.
“We’re still working hard
with the kids and getting
better” Knop said.
HEPPNER 6, CAS-
CADE 14 — The Heppner
Mustangs allowed two early
touchdowns and was un-
able to fi nd any rhythm on
offense as it lost for the fi rst
time of the season, 14-6,
on Thursday at Cascade in
Leavenworth, Washington.
Heppner coach Greg
Grant said he was proud of
the way his team adjusted
after a short week of prac-
tice, but couldn’t take ad-
vantage of its opportunities
on offense.
“After the fi rst two series
our defense adjusted and
played well,” Grant said.
“We did a lot of things well
on offense, it’s just every
time we did something well
we would do just enough to
misfi re.
“We dominated the sec-
ond half but couldn’t fi nish
a drive.”
Cascade (1-2) scored its
fi rst touchdown on a 25-
yard run with six minutes
left in the fi rst quarter, then
added another touchdown
four minutes later on a 22-
yard pass. From there the
Mustangs (2-1) buckled
down and Kevin Murray led
the defense with 16 tack-
les. Beau Walters added an
interception and a fumble
recovery, and Gavin Han-
na-Robinson and Jason Rea
each recovered fumbles as
well.
Heppner was held to 194
yards of total offense with
163 on the ground.
Jake Lindsay scored their
touchdown in the third quar-
ter on an 18-yard run and
Logan Grieb led the team
with 82 yards on 13 carries.
Coby Daugherty added 50
yards on 19 rushes and Wal-
ters chipped in 31 yards on
fi ve rushes.
Quarterback
Kevin
Smith fi nished 3 for 20 for
31 yards and one intercep-
tion, and Walters led them in
receiving with two catches
for 19 yards.
Heppner will be back
home for its next three
games and will host Imbler
on Friday, Sept. 23, at 7 p.m.
VOLLEYBALL
HERMISTON 3, THE
DALLES 1 — At The
Dalles, the Hermiston Bull-
dogs opened the Columbia
River Conference schedule
on Thursday night in a posi-
tive way with a victory over
The Dalles Riverhawks.
Hermiston (4-3, 1-0
CRC) started slow, as it
dropped the fi rst set to the
Riverhawks, 25-12, but re-
bounded and got stronger as
the match went on as it won
the fi nal three sets. 25-21,
25-16 and 25-13.
Leading the Bulldogs on
Thursday were Kynzee Padil-
la with 12 kills, Clarissa Nitz
with 19 assists, Baylee Pow-
ers with 24 digs, and Maddy
Juul with four blocks. Hayden
Meyers also registered dou-
ble-digit kills with 10.
Hermiston will next head
to Yakima on Saturday to
take part in the Sundome
Tournament at the Yakima
Valley Sundome.
PILOT ROCK 3,
STANFIELD 0 — At Pi-
lot Rock, Stanfi eld’s strug-
gles with serving helped the
Rockets to their fi rst league
win on Thursday night.
Stanfi eld (2-5, 0-1 CBC)
coach Angie Connell said
serving has been a problem
for Stanfi eld of late, but was
disappointed to see the mag-
nitude of it in the match.
“The last two sets we
easily could have won if the
girls just got the serves in,”
Connell said. Pilot Rock (8-
4, 1-0) won 25-14, 25-18
and 25-21.
Statistics were not avail-
able, but Connell mentioned
Kenzie Gonzales and Shy-
anne Connell as the Tigers
top performers.
IONE 3, SHERMAN
1 — At Ione, the Cardinals
snapped a fi ve-game losing
streak as they beat the Sher-
man Huskies for their fi rst
league win of the year on
Friday afternoon.
Ione (3-9, 1-3 Big Sky
League) won with scores of
25-19, 27-25 and 25-18, and
lost the second set to Sher-
man 25-22. Maggie Flynn
led the Cardinals with 12
kills while Morgan Orem
and Katelyn Bass tallied 10
each.
“We picked up our com-
munication more today,”
Ione coach Brandi Orem
said.
SCOT HEISEL/EO MEDIA GROUP
Enterprise defenders, including Brandon Frolander (21)
and Cole Farwell (9) chase down Umatilla quarterback
Kaden Webb on Friday.
STAFF PHOTO BY GARY L. WEST
Hermiston senior running back Mitch Brown looks to make a cut against Mountain View senior linebacker Spencer Klein
during the fi rst half of their game Friday at Kennison Field.
BULLDOGS STRIKE FAST IN LEAGUE OPENER ,
NEVER LET UP
Hermiston opens
league play with
win over Cougars
By JADE MCDOWELL
Staff Writer
Hermiston drew fi rst
blood at Friday’s football
game against Mountain
View High School and
didn’t stop until they had
their fi rst win of the season.
The Bulldogs, now 1-2,
looked to be headed for a
blowout win at home be-
fore the Cougars slowed
their momentum in the
fourth quarter for a fi nal
score of 35-21.
Coach David Faaeteete
said the team felt the pres-
sure of playing its fi rst
league game and he was
pleased to see they stepped
up accordingly.
“Mountain View came
down and played hard and
played tough and gave us
a good game and I’m glad
they played hard to the
end,” he said.
Last time the two schools
played was in 2009, when
the Cougars won 28-14.
This time Hermiston saw
the fi rst touchdown with
6:27 left in the fi rst quarter.
It was the Bulldogs’ second
possession of the game and
after several drives on the
ground sophomore quarter-
back Andrew James con-
nected with running back
Tucker Salinas in the end
zone from about 10 yards
back. The kick was good
for an extra point.
The Bulldogs quickly
stopped the Cougars’ an-
swering drive down the
fi eld, and Mountain View
chose not to try for a con-
version on the fourth down
with one yard to go.
Hermiston’s
second
touchdown of the night
came after a quick drive
down the fi eld, with pass-
es to Salinas and wide
receiver Dayshawn Neal
and two carries by running
back Jonathan Hinkle. With
1:27 left in the fi rst quarter
Neal caught a 22-yard pass
by James in the end zone,
making the score 13-0 after
the kick for the extra point
was no good.
Mountain View drove
toward the end zone with
several short runs by run-
ning back Tyler Smith, but
had to kick it away at the
45 yard line. Cougars de-
fensive back Koltin Ram-
say quickly intercepted the
ball, however, returning it
to Mountain View’s posses-
sion.
This time the Cougars
scored as running back
STAFF PHOTO BY GARY L. WEST
Hermiston head coach David Faaeteete provides instructions
for his players from the sideline during the fi rst half of
Friday’s home game against Mountain View.
Spencer Klein ran it in for
a touchdown and the extra
point made it 13-7 with
9:04 to go in the half.
A couple of slow, penal-
ty-ridden drives slowed the
game’s momentum, with
Hermiston punting the ball
after reaching 4th-and-27.
Hinkle intercepted the ball
on the Cougars’ fi rst play
after receiving, however,
and scored a touchdown.
Neal followed up by run-
ning it in for a two-point
conversion, ending the half
with a score of 21-7.
Mountain View couldn’t
score on their fi rst posses-
sion of the half, thanks in
“Mountain View came down and
played hard and played tough and
gave us a good game and I’m glad
they played hard to the end,”
Hermiston Head Coach David Faaeteete
part to several quick stops
by Hermiston’s Vaemu Ena.
Hermiston scored again
with 5:40 left in the third
quarter as Hinkle pushed
across the line for a touch-
down and the follow-up
kick was good. They fol-
lowed up with another
touchdown as James con-
nected with Neal, guarded
closely by two defenders,
in the end zone to make the
score 35-7 as the third quar-
ter ended.
Mountain View wasn’t
ready to be counted out
yet, however. Their offense
found their momentum in
the fourth quarter with a
strong ground game. The
Bulldogs simply couldn’t
stop running backs Micah
Hooole and Spencer Klein
as they ran the ball again
and again, bringing the
score to 35-14 with 9:13
left in the game as Klein
ran it in for a Cougar touch-
down.
See BULLDOGS, A12
Stanfi eld stays unbeaten with win over Grant Union
By ANGEL CARPENTER
EO Media Group
The Stanfi eld Tigers
took the fi eld Friday on
what was a somber occa-
sion for the Grant Union
Prospectors, which start-
ing the night’s game with a
missing-man formation in
honor of teammate #72 Jus-
tin Baker who passed away
Sunday, Sept. 11.
The Stanfi eld Tigers
fought off a sluggish start
and fi nished strong to take
down the Grant Union
Prospectors, 41-20, on Fri-
day to stay unbeaten.
Stanfi eld (3-0) ran for
over 400 yards as a team
once again, led by se-
nior running back Thy-
ler Monkus whom ran for
223 yards and four touch-
downs on 13 carries. It
was Monkus’ third straight
game with over 200 yards
on the ground.
“He’s just a very patient
runner who doesn’t push
and stays behind his block-
EO MEDIA GROUP PHOTO BY
ANGEL CARPENTER
Grant Union Prospectors
Russell Hodge and Zack
Deiter tackle Stanfi eld’s
Adrian Renner in Friday
night’s game at Three Flags
Field in John Day.
ers,” Stanfi eld coach Davie
Salas said after the game.
“Then when the holes open
up he sees the fi eld so well
and is aggressive and fi nds
the cutbacks and then just
gets out and runs.”
While the teams held
each other off in the fi rst
quarter, Stanfi eld came back
to dominate in the second.
Monkus scored the Ti-
gers fi rst touchdown in the
fi rst quarter and then team-
mate Dylan Grogan ran for
a touchdown on the ground
to put Stanfi eld up 13-0 at
the half.
“In the fi rst half we
were very stiff ... our of-
fense didn’t really get off
the bus,” Salas said. “But
our defense played great.
(Grant Union) opened up
the fi eld a bit and we had
to be disciplined and make
our one-on-one tackles.”
Stanfi eld re-discovered
its high gear on offense in
the second half as the Ti-
gers scored four times in
the half behind two more
touchdowns from Monkus,
one from Grogan and one
from Makiah Hampton —
who fi nished the game with
54 yards on seven carries.
“They’re a talented team
— big, strong and fast,”
Grant Union coach Jason
Miller said. “It was an emo-
tionally rough night on our
guys. They battled through
it, and we’re always proud
of them. Teamwise, we did
all right.”
Stanfi eld returns home
this Friday to host Regis at
6 p.m.
The Hermiston Herald/
East Oregonian sports staff
contributed to this report.
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