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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2016
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Bulldogs rolling into Redmond
Hermiston hitting
its stride,
looking for more
By ERIC SINGER
Staff Writer
HERMISTON — Friday
night was a coming-out party
for the Hermiston Bulldogs.
The team pounded the
Bend Lava Bears, who pre-
viously had just one loss, by
a 28-7 score to claim sole
possession of the second
spot in Special District 1 and
clinched a playoff spot in do-
ing so. Hermiston was able
to do so by straying away
from its normal pass-heavy
offensive blueprint, running
the ball 44 times for 257
yards and three touchdowns
while only throwing it 24
times for 195 yards.
This week, Hermiston
(4-3, 4-1 SD1) embarks on
another tough test as it will
hop on a bus for the second
straight week and take the
202 mile trip back to central
Oregon to battle the Red-
mond Panthers. Redmond
(3-4, 3-2) is coming off of
perhaps its best game of
the season when they took
the No. 1 Summit Storm to
double overtime before the
Storm ended up with the 41-
35 victory.
SCOUTING
REDMOND
For the third straight
week, the Hermiston de-
fense will face a run-heavy
team as Redmond averages
343 rushing yards and 78
passing yards and 39 points
per game with a well-bal-
anced offense.
Following the irst six
games (stats including the
Week 7 game were not
available), ive Panther
players had more than 30
total carries, led by senior
quarterback Bunker Parrish
with 94 and senior running
back Cooger Smith with
69. That duo also combines
for more than 1,100 rushing
yards and 17 touchdowns in
six games.
The defensive side of the
football has proved to be
the Panthers Achilles’ heel,
where they give up an aver-
age of 31 points per game,
and have given up more
than 40 against Silverton,
Bend, and Summit — all
losses.
KEYS FOR
HERMISTON
LIGHTS OUT DE-
FENSE: In Hermiston’s
current three game win
streak, a gigantic key has
been the increased play by
the Bulldogs defense. Af-
ter giving up 124 points
through the irst four
games, the Bulldogs have
allowed a mere 13 points
over the three-game span.
Against Bend, Hermis-
ton’s defense held the Lava
Bears to just 193 yards of
total offense and held Bend
scoreless until late in the
third quarter. The improve-
ment for Hermiston all
started with the front seven,
with linemen Bradlee Gius-
ti and Ty Knutz, and line-
backers John-Henry Line
and Brady Christianson ex-
celling in pass rushing and
stopping the run.
Hermiston will need an-
other strong game to extend
the winning streak to four
games on Friday.
JAMES TO NEAL
CONNECTION: Andrew
James and Dayshawn Neal
have solidiied themselves
as one of the top quarter-
back-wide receiver duos
in the state, as Neal has
hauled in 11 of James’ 17
touchdown passes and 714
of the team’s 1,615 passing
yards — or 44 percent of
the total.
Neal has caught a touch-
down pass in all but one
game he has played in this
season, with the lone game
being Hermiston’s loss at
Lewiston (ID) in Week 2
when he totaled three catch-
es for 47 yards. Hermiston
did not utilize the passing
game much against Bend,
throwing it 24 times for 195
yards, but Neal still totaled
109 receiving yards on four
catches — headlined by a
63 yard touchdown catch in
the second quarter.
KEEP THE HINKLE
HORSE RUNNING: Even
with the passing game suc-
cess, Hermiston’s offense
has been at its best when
the running game is going
strong, predominately be-
hind the senior Jonathan
Hinkle. Over the past ive
games all in league play,
Hinkle has tallied 443 rush-
ing yards on 72 carries for
an average of more than 6.1
yards per carry.
Hinkle gets great accel-
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STAFF PHOTO BY E.J. HARRIS
Hermiston’s Brady Christiansen (10), Ty Knutz and Bradlee
Giusti wrap up Ridgeview’s Logan Green in the Bulldogs’
54-0 win against the Ravens on Friday, Oct. 8 in Hermiston.
Hermiston pounds Bend
Hermiston Herald
The Hermiston Bulldogs continued
their recent dominance on Friday night
with a big 28-7 victory over the Bend
Lava Bears at Punk Hunnel Stadium in
Special District 1 action.
Hermiston (4-3, 4-1 SD1) surprised
the Lava Bears (5-2, 3-2) and leaned
heavily on the ground game on Fri-
day, combining for 257 yards on 44
carries (5.8 yard average) with three
touchdowns. It was perhaps the team’s
best showing of the season in that de-
partment, as Andrew James, Jonathan
Hinkle, and Peter Earl were able to
knife their way through the Lava Bear
defense with relative ease for the ma-
jority of the game.
Hermiston’s offense picked up
where it left off against Ridgeview in
the irst quarter Friday, scoring irst in
the game when James sprinted through
the Lava Bear defense 49 yards into
the end zone for the 7-0 lead. The
Bulldogs found the end zone again
on the ground when Jonathan Hinkle
bullied his way in from 16 yards out to
put Hermiston on top 14-0 with 6:44 to
play in the second quarter.
Hinkle ended the game with 103
rushing yards on 15 carries to go with
his score.
Later in the second quarter, Herm-
iston was facing a third down and
long from deep in its own territory
when James dropped back and tossed
a long pass towards his favorite tar-
get, Dayshawn Neal. Neal was able
to get some separation from the Bend
defender to make the catch and then
outran the Lava Bears all the way to
the end zone for a 64 yard score to put
Hermiston up 21-0 right before half-
time.
With so much success in the run
game, James had a rather quiet game
passing with 195 yards on 12-24 com-
pletions, with Neal catching four of his
passes for 109 yards. James did inish
the game with 114 rushing yards on 15
carries.
The Bulldogs third rushing touch-
down and inal score of the game came
with 3:47 left in the fourth quarter,
when John-Henry Line plunged in from
one yard out to put Hermiston up 28-7.
Hermiston’s defense put forth an-
other outstanding effort, holding the
Lava Bears to just 193 yards of total
offense. The Bulldogs defensive line
was extremely active in the game,
shooting gaps to stuff run plays and
putting pressure on Bend quarter-
back Chase Lettenmaier any time he
dropped back for all of his 15 pass
attempts, of which he completed just
three for a mere 15 yards.
Overall, the Bulldogs outgained
Bend 452-193 in total offensive yard-
age.
Hermiston will now prepare for
their second straight road game against
a tough Redmond (3-4, 3-2) team that
took the Summit Storm to double over-
time on Friday before falling, 41-35.
———
HHS (4-3, 4-1) 7 14
0
7 — 28
BHS (5-2, 3-2) 0 0
7
0 — 7
Stats
PASSING — Hermiston: A. James 12-24, 195, TD.
Bend: C. Lettenmaier 3-14, 15.
RUSHING — Hermiston: J. Hinkle 15-103, TD; A.
James 15-114, TD; P. Earl 11-35; J. Line 3-5, TD. Bend:
D. Bazan 21-133, TD; R. Stanley 4-52; C. Lettenmaier
4-(-10); C. Johnston 2-0; M. Davis 1-3.
RECEIVING — Hermiston: D. Neal 4-109, TD; J.
Ramirez 3-44; T. Salinas 2-17; T. Rohrman 1-11; J. Hinkle
1-4; P. Earl 1-0. Bend: D. Bazan 1-7; R. Stanley 2-8.
PENALTIES — Hermiston 6-50. Bend 4-40.
‘Dam Run’ powers on despite soggy weather
By TAMMY MALGESINI
Community Editor
Top inishers in Sat-
urday’s Columbia River
“Best Dam” Power Run
included Joe Hodge of
Hermiston, Rosa Holt of
Stanield, Crispin Garza
of Selah, Washington and
Mary Renteria Castellanos
of Hermiston.
Held at McNary Lock
and Dam near Umatilla,
approximately 30 people
braved soggy conditions to
participate in the event. A
fundraiser for Hermiston’s
Agape House, $775 in reg-
istration fees were collect-
ed, said Executive Director
Dave Hughes. Money will
be used to help in providing
services and programs to
people in need.
Expenses were minimal
for the event, Hughes said,
thanks to the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, who
waived the facility use fee,
and Eric Jensen of Eastern
Oregon Sports Training,
LLC, who provided race
management and timing
services free of charge.
Finishers and their
times:
10K - Male: Joe Hodge
STAFF PHOTO BY TAMMY MALGESINI
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Michelle Fain of Benton City leads a pack of runners up the
hill during Saturday’s Columbia River “Best Dam” Power Run
at McNary Lock and Dam near Umatilla. About 30 participants
braved soggy conditions during the event, which raised
money for Agape House in Hermiston.
(Hermiston) 44:19; Hec-
tor M. Garza (Umatilla)
45:08; Dan Winters (Pend-
leton) 46:55; Jacob Zum-
walt (Hermiston) 53:47;
Buz Olson (Hermiston)
1:00:56
10K - Female:
Rosa Holt (Stanield)
46:21; Emily Ernst (Herm-
iston) 47:00; Marci Wat-
tenburger
(Hermiston)
57:51; Michelle Fain (Ben-
ton City) 1:11:35; Ellay-
nah Brown, 13, (Stanield)
1:17:46; Lily Volger, 13,
(Echo) 1:17:48; Heath-
er Demos (Hermiston)
1:21:16; Marilee Cottrell
(Hermiston) 1:24:49
5K - Male:
Crispin Garza (Selah,
Washington) 22:20; Di-
van Felton, 11, (Umatilla)
29:44; Dan Daltoso (Board-
man) 30:11
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