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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2017 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A11 SPORTS Bulldogs try new classification concepts By ERIC SINGER Staff Writer HERMISTON — Hermiston Athletic Direc- tor Larry Usher made the trip to the OSAA offices in Wilsonville on Jan. 30 for the reclassification com- mittee meeting, hoping to explain Hermiston’s prob- lems as a large district in rural Oregon. However, Usher said he departed the meeting feeling as if his testimony “fell on deaf ears.” From the three prior meetings, Hermiston was drawn into the top classi- fication in both a 6-class and 5-class models, play- ing in a league with seven or eight other teams in the Portland area. By attend- ing, Usher’s goal was to give testimony to the com- mittee on what Hermiston feels is the best move for its student athletes, and to jump-start some conver- sation to help find a better fit for Hermiston in the re- classification models. None of what he sug- gested made it into the current options put forth by the OSAA. The three proposals — 6-class, 5-class, and football-only models — were slightly updated at the meeting, with the only significant changes being adding a second option in the top classifications. FILE PHOTO A 400-pound bronze bulldog statue stands guard just inside the gates of the Kennison Field Complex at Hermiston High School. Option one is status quo from the previous proposals, with Hermiston remaining in a nine-team Mt. Hood Conference in the 6A/5A levels. However, the sec- ond option featured the changes, with Hermiston moving to a newly-creat- ed Inter County Confer- ence with central Oregon schools Bend, Summit and Mountain View, along with Portland-area schools Gresham and Barlow in the 6A model and Sandy and Reynolds in the 5A model. Usher said that while he acknowledges the OSAA for looking at oth- er setups, the new options were a big head-scratcher for him and other school officials from around the state. “To be honest, after communicating with other athletic directors around the state, we all got a good laugh out of it,” he said. “Our big issue is in no world is anyone at the 6A level going make Barlow and Gresham go to Bend for league games. And then what rationale are you using to pick those two schools, because when you go to 5A pro- posal now you have Sandy and Reynolds? Why not Clackamas, Oregon City? It’s just confusing.” OSAA Executive Di- rector Peter Weber said Hermiston does present some major challenges for the reclassification com- mittee, but it is only one of many issues they have to take care of. “We listened to over four-and-a-half hours of testimony at our last meet- ing,” he said, “and we’re trying to work the wants, desires, and needs of our 290 member schools. This was our fourth pub- lic meeting, which means were about halfway through the process now and the proposals that are out there are not by any means final yet, so a lot can still happen.” While giving his testi- mony, Usher offered two suggestions to the com- mittee that he and the Hermiston officials sup- ported. The first, Usher said, was proposing the OSAA raising the 6A enrollment cutoff from the current mark of 1,330 to 1,390, which would keep Herm- iston in the second-high- est classification and in a league with Pendleton, Redmond, Ridgeview, The Dalles, Hood River, and Crook County. However, it was shot down by the committee. The second suggestion Usher offered was for the OSAA to award Hermiston with a geographic excep- tion, allowing the school to stand pat the way they are currently in all sports outside of football, where they would have no objec- tion to being in the 6A Mt. Hood Conference. The geographical waiv- er is also what has allowed Summit and Bend to re- main in Class 5A over the current classification time block, even though their enrollments were above the 6A threshold. Weber said that at this point in the process, the committee views the geo- graphic exception as a last-resort action. “Our goal is to try and take care of member schools without a geo- graphic exception,” he said, “and our job is to find a balance. It doesn’t mean it is off the table, but at this point it’s not a pri- ority.” Hermiston is still ex- ploring an opportunity to leave the OSAA and join the Washington Interscho- lastic Activities Associa- tion (WIAA) to play in a league with schools from the Tri-Cities and Wal- la Walla, having already made a presentation to the WIAA executive commit- tee last month. The next OSAA reclas- sification committee meet- ing is set for Feb. 27 at the OSAA offices in Wilson- ville. 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