WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2016
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Vale cruises in Viking battle
Hermiston Herald
UMATILLA — Missed
opportunities and turn-
overs plagued the Umatilla
Vikings on Friday night,
as the defending 3A state
champion Vale Vikings left
town with the dominant
41-7 victory.
“We just didn’t show up
mentally,” Umatilla coach
Dan Durfey said. “The ex-
ecution was there, the plays
we ran were good, but men-
tally we just didn’t show
up.”
Durfey cited a pair
of dropped touchdown
passes in the irst half as
a back-breaking turn of
events for his team.
“If we get those touch-
downs it’s probably a whole
different game,” he said.
Umatilla’s lone touch-
down came in the third
quarter when quarterback
Kaden Webb connected
with Trent Durfey on a 34-
yard pass with 36 seconds
left. Webb inished with
160 passing yards on 17-
34 completions with three
interceptions, while Durfey
led the team with 50 yards
rushing on 12 carries and
added 35 receiving yards
on three catches.
Umatilla will now get
ready to make the short
trip west to Irrigon Friday
night.
———
VHS (4-3, 3-0) 7 14 13
7 — 41
UHS (5-2, 1-2) 0 0
7
0 — 7
Stats
PASSING — K. Webb 17-34-3, 160, TD
RUSHING — T. Durfey 12-50; C. Samson
12-38; K. Webb 9-20.
RECEIVING — C. Samson 5-34; S. Miller
4-60; J. Maret 4-25; T. Durfey 3-35, TD; D.
Soto 1-6.
HEPPNER 22, CULVER
2 — At Culver, the Heppner
Mustangs clinched a playoff
spot for the 20th straight sea-
son with a win over Culver
on Friday night.
“It says that these kids
have grown up a lot,” Hep-
pner coach Greg Grant
said after the game. “They
thought they could, and
thought they might, and with
hard enough work they did
it.”
The Mustangs (6-1, 3-0
CBC) had to overcome what
Grant called “one of the slop-
piest irst quarters of football
I’ve ever seen.” In the quar-
ter, Heppner ran a mere two
offensive plays with the irst
one resulting in a lost fumble
and the second one a safety
that gave Culver a 2-0 lead.
But once the quarter
changed over, the Mustangs
got it together and started to
show why they were the bet-
ter team. With 9:38 remain-
ing in the second quarter,
Heppner inally put points on
the board when Logan Grieb
sprinted past the defense for
a 32 yard touchdown run.
Following a successful two-
point conversion, Heppner
held an 8-2 lead.
A little more than four
minutes later, Heppner found
the end zone again when
Kevin Smith connected with
Grieb for an 18 yard touch-
down pass to put the Mus-
tangs up 14-2. The pass from
Smith was Heppner’s only
completion of the game, with
Smith inishing 1-2.
In the second half, Grieb
found the end zone for the
third time on a 38 yard
touchdown run to put the
Mustangs up 22-2. Grieb led
the team with 168 yards on
the ground.
“I did like the way we re-
sponded,” Grant added. “The
kids were disappointed and
frustrated with themselves,
but they stepped up and got
it done.”
Heppner will now pre-
pare for its season inale with
Stanield Friday, with the
CBC title on the line.
———
HHS (6-1, 3-0) 0 14
8
0 — 22
CHS (1-5, 0-2) 2 0
0
0 — 2
Stats
PASSING — K. Smith 1-2, 18, TD.
RUSHING — L. Grieb 12-186, 2 TD; C.
Daugherty 13-44; B. Walters 6-27; G. Hanna
3-23; K. Smith 2-(-5)
RECEIVING — L. Grieb 1-18, TD.
NYSSA 41, IRRIGON
26 — At Irrigon, the Knights
just didn’t have enough in the
tank to pull out a victory on
Friday night, as the Nyssa
Bulldogs left town with the
41-26 victory.
“We just came up short,”
Irrigon coach Steve Sheller
said. “I’m proud of the guys
for battling the whole game,
and the kids really worked
hard.”
Carlos Zacarias led the
Knights (2-5, 1-2 EOL) of-
fense with 171 rushing yards
and two touchdowns on 12
carries and Josh Aguilera
picked up 106 yards and two
touchdowns on 15 carries.
Lino Covarrubia also added
63 yards rushing on 18 car-
ries.
The game played out like a
back-and-forth tennis match,
with Nyssa (3-3, 2-1) tak-
ing a 12-0 lead after the irst
quarter before Irrigon battled
back to take a 20-18 lead into
halftime.
But then in the second half,
it was all Nyssa as the Bull-
dogs outscored the Knights
23-6 to grab the victory. It
was the second-straight game
that Irrigon let slip away after
losing to Vale in overtime,
and Sheller says the differ-
ences in these games all stem
from a weight room.
“I think a lack of sum-
mer weight training is really
showing up,” Sheller said.
“We went to football camp
but then when we came back,
the weight room was the lone-
liest place in Irrigon, which
was frustrating for those of us
that were there.
“We are right there where
we want to be, right there, but
it’s just that little bit of work
that we’re missing.”
Irrigon will look to re-
bound at home Friday when
it hosts Umatilla.
LA CENTER (WA) 28,
STANFIELD 6 — At La
Center, Washington, a stout
opposing defense and some
sloppy ield conditions con-
tributed to the Stanield Ti-
gers irst loss of the season
on Friday night.
“La Center is a very good
football team, and they were
able to stop our run game,”
Stanield coach Davie Salas
said. “It was just one of those
days.”
Stanield (6-1, 2-0 CBC)
had its lowest offensive
yardage output of the season,
totaling 131 yards rushing
and 101 yards passing. Adri-
an Renner was the team’s
extra yardage. He will
be counted on again on
Friday night to keep the
Bulldogs rolling and
keep the pressure off
James.
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Contact Eric at esing-
er@eastoregonian.com or
(541) 966-0839. Follow
him on Twitter @ByEr-
icSinger.
BULLDOGS:
leading rusher with 39 yards
on two carries, and Dylan
Grogan threw for 101 yards
on 11-28 passing. Thyler
Monkus scored Stanield’s
only touchdown with 5:15
left to play in the irst quar-
ter on a two-yard plunge,
and inished the game with a
mere 21 yards on three car-
ries.
Stanield will now pre-
pare for what is effectively
the CBC title game Friday
when they travel to Heppner.
“We’ll have to be more
solid with our blocking,”
Salas said. “If our run game
can’t get going, then we’ll
struggle.”
———
SHS (6-1, 2-0) 6 0
0
0 — 6
LAC (6-1)
0 21
0
7 — 28
Stats
PASSING — D. Grogan 11-28, 101
RUSHING — A. Renner 2-39; M. Blan-
kenship 2-36; D. Grogan 8-35; T. Monkus
3-21, TD.
RECEIVING — B. Woods 5-46; A. Renner
4-37.
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eration from the backield
and hits the holes his offen-
sive line opens up at great
speed, and has learned to
use his 185-pound frame
well once he reaches the
defensive lines, bullying
through arm tackles for
STAFF PHOTO BY TAMMY MALGESINI
Participants in Saturday’s Columbia River “Best Dam”
Power Run head across the access road on top of McNary
Lock and Dam near Umatilla.
RUN:
A Very Poplar Run fea-
tures a 1-mile kids’ run,
and 5K, 10K and 15K
races. The cost is $25, if
pre-registered at www.
eost.biz/averypoplarrun
(Thursday by 8 p.m.) or at
Agape House, 500 Harper
Road, Hermiston. Also,
people can register and
pick-up race packets Fri-
day from 4-8 p.m. at Ox-
ford Suites, 1050 N First
St., Hermiston.
All participants will
receive
a
inisher’s
plaque featuring a slice
of poplar tree unique to
the event. There also will
be warming stations to
keep participants warm
before and after races,
and free hot dogs and
beverages.
On-site registration is
Saturday from 7-9:45 a.m.
at the tree farm, 77200
Poleline Road, Boardman.
The kids’ race begins
at 9:45 a.m., the 15K at
10:30 a.m., 10K at 10:45
a.m. and 5K at 11:15 a.m.
Agape House is a faith-
based organization that
seeks to assist those in
need with basic services.
For more information or
to volunteer for a 2-hour
shift at Saturday’s race,
call 541-567-8774.
continued from Page A8
VOLLEYBALL
HOOD RIVER 3,
HERMISTON 1 — At
Hermiston, the Bulldogs
lost for the fourth straight
game as Hood River left
town with a 25-23, 13-
25, 18-25, 6-15 victory on
Thursday night.
Stat leaders for Herm-
iston (6-12, 2-6 CRC)
included Kynzee Padil-
la with nine kills and 16
digs, Clarissa Nitz with 21
assists and ive aces, and
Ebony Wilson added two
blocks.
Hermiston inished the
regular season on Tuesday
night hosting Pendleton at
6:30 p.m.
ECHO 3, JOSEPH
2 — At Joseph, the Echo
Cougars earned the season
sweep of the Eagles with a
hard-fought 19-25, 25-19,
16-25, 29-27, 15-9 victory
on Friday afternoon.
The win solidiied Echo
(22-6, 11-3 OOL) into the
No. 2 seed for the Old Or-
egon League district tour-
nament which begins this
week.
5K - Female:
Mary Renteria Castel-
lanos (Hermiston) 26:32;
Alaina Lemmon (Hep-
pner) 26:46; Hailey Dalto-
so, 12, (Boardman) 33:43;
Sandy Renteria Castella-
nos (Hermiston) 34:08;
Gina Phillips (Hermis-
ton) 38:40; Katie Henck-
el (Kennewick) 39:13;
Lynne Uitto (Hermiston)
46:22; Marlene Prath-
er (Hermiston) 1:01:29;
Lori Abbott (Hermiston)
1:01:29; Ibbet Radant
(Hermiston) 1:05:21
Family Fun Walk:
Roberto Huato, 9,
(Umatilla) 1:18:09; Nancy
Stice (Umatilla) 1:18:10
———
People can still regis-
ter for Saturday’s A Very
Poplar Run, also a fund-
raiser for Agape House.
Held at the tree farm at
GreenWood
Resources
near Boardman, it’s the i-
nal time the popular event
will be held as the proper-
ty has been sold.
“This is the last time
people can run through the
poplar trees,” Hughes said.
“It’s just a great fall event.”
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