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A8 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2017 Herald Sports IN BRIEF Batter up: softball teams to register With summer just around the corner, it’s time for teams to register for softball leagues through Hermiston Parks & Recreation. •Mens: ASA, unlimited home runs, double headers. (Tuesdays and Wednesdays). Costs $450 per team •Recreational Coed A League: ASA, 3 home runs progressive, single headers, teams that want to be compet- itive. (Mondays). Costs $390 per team. •Recreational Coed B League: ASA, 3 home runs progressive, single headers, a combination of two play- ers from recreation, A and/ or men’s league are allowed. (Thursdays and Fridays). Costs $390 per team. •Recreational Coed C League: ASA, 3 home runs progressive, single headers. No player from Recreation A or B league or men’s league are allowed. (Thursdays and Fridays). Costs $390 per team. All leagues run from May through July. The games are at 6 p.m., 7:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. at Theater Sports Park, 1800 N.W. Sixth St., Herm- iston. For more information, vis- it www.hermistonrecreation. com. To register, call 541- 667-5018 or stop by the recre- ation office, 180 N.E. Second St., Hermiston. Pheasant boasts fun Described as a high-pow- ered, explosive, athletic show, Micro Wrestling Federation is coming to Hermiston. The 2-Day Midget Wres- tling Fiesta! is Friday, April 14, and Saturday, April 15. Shows are at 8 p.m. at The Pheasant Blue Collar Bar & Grill, 149 E. Main St. Herm- iston. The event also cele- brates The Pheasant’s 100th anniversary. Tickets include VIP ($40), front row ($30) and general admission ($20). In addition, standing-room only will be available when the seats run out. VIP tickets for the Satur- day performance are already sold out. For tickets, visit https://thepheasant.ticketleap. com. For more information, call 541-567-3022. Follow sports on Twitter @HHeraldSports Boise man wins Red 2 Red back 2 back Jamey Yanik overcomes bad luck to win again on a borrowed bike By ERIC SINGER Staff Writer Jamey Yanik’s drive from his home in Boise, Idaho to Echo on Saturday was nearly all for noth- ing. Making the trip to compete in the Red 2 Red mountain bike race, Yanik got all the way to Echo and realized he left a key part for his bike at home. It rendered his high- end racing bike useless for the day and left him scrambling for an al- ternative. Lucky for him, Yanik was able to track down a fellow competitor with a spare bike to borrow, allow- ing him to still compete. And yet even on a spare bike that he had never ridden before, the 41-year- old Yanik still managed to win both the men’s elite class and the overall top men’s award, finishing the long course in just over 1 hour, 51 minutes on a partly-cloudy and breezy day. “Funny how things work out,” Yanik said with a chuckle on Sat- urday. “It did take the fun out of it a little, not being on my bike though. It would’ve made this even more special if I had been on my bike because I’m real comfortable with it, but it still worked out.” This year the riders were riding on the course’s original setup, af- ter organizers had altered it the last few years to try and change things up. “It was probably one of our eas- ier courses this year,” race organiz- er Stephanie Myers said, “which is leading to some really fast times.” Yanik was one of 318 registered competitors in the ninth annual race. He is now two for two at Red 2 Red, after he won the men’s title in 2016 with a time just over two hours. Going through the twists, turns and hills of the roughly 32-mile long course running through the Echo West vineyard, Yanik said he did not really feel like he was going as fast as he was. He won the elite men’s class by nearly four minutes ahead of second place Evan Plews (1:55.27) of Wenatchee, Washington and six minutes ahead of third place Jacob Hull (1:57.04) of Portland. “Honestly, I was kind of just riding in the pack for a while,” Yanik said. “And then after awhile at some of the changeovers I could glance back and see where guys STAFF PHOTO BY ERIC SINGER Racers in the men’s elite and Category 1 roll up Main Street in downtown Echo for the start of the Red 2 Red mountain bike race on Saturday. STAFF PHOTO BY ERIC SINGER Adam Moore, of Portland, approaches the finish line of the Echo Red 2 Red mountain bike race on Saturday. Moore competed in the Category 2 men’s class ages 19-39 and finished with a time of 1:57.06. were at and could tell my lead was growing, but yeah I didn’t think I was as fast as I was.” On the women’s side, there was only one elite class rider and that was 31-year-old Fairlee Frey who took first place, as well as the top women’s prize, with a blazing time of 2:05. The 318 racers were split up into 26 different categories based on age and skill level that raced on three different lengths of course. The elite and Category 1 riders rode for 32 miles, the Category 2 and 3 riders rode 24 miles, and the Category 3 juniors and open be- ginners approximately 12 miles. Myers said that the overall turn- out for the event was down slight- ly from previous years, though she believed a few factors caused the dip. The biggest reason was that the race was rescheduled from a previous date in early March be- cause of lingering snow and ice on the trails. Myers said that the reasons for the delay was unusual because of the normally-mild winters of Eastern Oregon allows Echo to be one of the few rideable trails in the Pacific Northwest early in the season. However an unseasonably snowy and icy winter this year put the organizers in a predicament. And on top of that, spring break for most schools in the Pacific Northwest was this week, which took away a chunk of usual com- petitors as well. Red 2 Red is looking forward to its 10th anniversary next year, where Myers said afterwards that organizers will hope to make it bigger and better, and even set a preliminary date for Saint Pat- rick’s Day, which happens to fall on a Saturday in 2018. Yanik said he hopes he can make it back to defend his crowns. “I’d like to for sure,” he said, “But we’ll have to see what life throws my way. It’s a super fun course here.” TRIP TO THE HOSPITAL While there were a few racers that did not finish, one racer in par- ticular had a scary way to go out. Adam Bergerson, a 42-year-old from Salem, wiped out on one of the corner turns on the trail and crashed, landing hard on his right shoulder. It required a trip to Good Shepard Health Care System in Hermiston, where he was diag- nosed with a Grade 3 shoulder separation at his collarbone. He did return to Echo after he was released from the hospital, and said he will have to have sur- gery some time in the next week. ONE-WHEEL MAN For the fifth straight year, 60-year-old Joe Myers drew some eyes at the finish line on Saturday he again competed on his unicycle. Myers finished the full 29-mile long course in 6 hours, 36 minutes after he started out on the course at 5:54 a.m. He gets such an early start to avoid being a roadblock for the other racers, and said he only owns a unicycle and not a bicycle for health reasons. ———— Contact Eric at esinger@eas- toregonian.com or 541-966-0839. PREP ROUNDUP Boys golf takes third at Wildhorse course The Hermiston boys fin- ished third at a prep golf event at Wildhorse Resort and Casino on Monday. The Dalles won the boys’ team title with a 323 and Hermiston was third with 338. Ander Lind was third with a 77 to lead the Bull- dogs. ——— Team Scores BOYS — The Dalles 323; Pendleton 333; Hermiston 338; Hanford 358; Mac-Hi 366; Baker 372; Pasco 381; La Grande 386. GIRLS — Pendleton 409; La Grande 494. Boys Medalists — 1, Gabe Cach, Hanford, 75; 2, Chase Snodgrass, The Dalles, 75; 3, Anders Lind, Hermiston, 77; 4, Devon Caruso, Pomeroy, 78; 5, Nathan Som, Pendleton, 79. Hermiston Boys — Jared Thacker, 82; Anders Lind, 77; Kayden Mecham, 103; Blue Blackhurst, 96; Tyler Cameron, 83. Baseball MAC-HI 13, RIVER- SIDE 3 — At Boardman, the Pioneers jumped on a pitching change by the Pi- rates and plated seven runs during a five-hit inning to take the lead for good in a non-league baseball game on Monday. Jesse Jones doubled to drive in Adrian Martinez to tie the score 3-3, then Keaton Smith drew a walk three batters later to push in Jones for the eventual game-winner. It was one of eight walks in the game for the Pioneers. Martinez and Taylor Turner both went 3 for 4 for Mac-Hi (3-3) and com- bined for five RBIs, and Devon Cothey and Eric Rencken both went 2 for 2. Andruw Sorensen went 2 for 2 and Sterling Bither drove in a pair of runs to lead Riverside (0-7). Jones picked up the win and pitched the first 3 2/3 while allowing three runs on four hits with two strike- outs and no walks. Jesus Vela pitched the last 2 1/3 with no runs on three hits with three strikeouts and no walks. Aramis Corpus pitched the first four complete for Riverside and left after al- lowing two runs on six hits with four strikeouts and two walks. UP NEXT Riverside hosts Nyssa on Friday for its Eastern Oregon League openers in a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. ——— (6 innings) R H E M-H 002 074 — 13 16 0 RHS 000 300 — 3 7 1 W — J. Jones. L — S. Bither. 2B — A. Martinez, J. Jones, J. Vela (M-H); A. Sorensen, A. Rodelo, M. Hegar (RHS). 3B — A. Corpus (RHS). UMATILLA 19, HEP- PNER 8 (5 innings) — At Heppner, Seth Cranston hit a three-run homer during Umatilla’s six-run second inning and the Vikings add- ed nine more in the third to get their first win on Mon- day. Cranston finished 2 for 3 with three runs and five RBI, and Andrew Wilson went 2 for 2 with three runs and four RBI to lead Uma- tilla (1-3-1). Cody Samson pitched a complete game and gave up six hits while striking out five and walking seven. Tim Jaca went 2 for 3 with three RBI to lead Hep- pner (1-5) and Payton Leh- man was 2 for 4 with two RBI. UP NEXT Umatilla hosts Irrigon for a doubleheader at 1 p.m. on Friday that will open Eastern Oregon League play. Heppner plays its Spe- cial District 6 openers on Saturday in a doubleheader at Sherman starting at 11 a.m. ——— (5 innings) R H E UHS 369 10 — 19 10 1 HHS 304 01 — 8 6 1 W — C. Samson. L — K. Wilkins. 2B — S. Cranston, A. Wilson (UHS); P. Lehman 2 (HHS). 3B — T. Jaca (HHS). HR — S. Cranston (UHS). Hermiston falls in title game in Keizer The Hermiston Bulldogs punched their ticket to the championship game of the Volcanoes Spring Break Tournament in Keizer on Fri- day afternoon with a 5-1 win over Central Catholic before falling in the title game to Sprague, 10-0. Brylee Dufloth earned the win for the Bulldog on Friday, tossing six innings with no earned runs on two hits. He struck out four and walked five. Assistant coach John Christy said Dufloth’s effi- ciency on the mound was critical, and the key to the team’s success in the tourna- ment thus far. The four-run rally in the first inning was enough to secure the win. Hermiston won the open- ing game of the tournament Thursday morning 5-3 over Cleveland with Lukas Tolan on the mound. Tolan threw six innings and allowed two runs on five hits, striking out four and walking none. But in Game 2 on Thurs- day afternoon, the Bulldogs lost 8-3 to Summit after Ca- den Schwirse was chased in the third inning after throw- ing 65 pitches and allowing four earned runs on five hits and five walks. Box scores from Satur- day’s game were not imme- diately available. ——— Thursday R H E CLE 100 110 0 — 3 5 5 HHS 030 020 X — 5 5 4 L. Tolan and S. Gritz; Healy and Cobb. W — Tolan. L — Healy. 3B — Wyatt Nolan (HHS). Thursday R H E HHS 100 101 — 3 5 5 SHS 323 000 — 5 5 4 C. Schwirse, J. Ramirez (3) and S. Gritz; D. Steelhammer and J. Hardy. W — Steelham- mer. L — Schwirse. 2B — W. Nolan, M. Brown (HHS). Mackem, Scalley (SHS) Friday R H E CCHS 010 000 — 1 2 1 HHS 400 010 — 5 8 1 B. Dufloth, A. James (6) and S. Gritz. P Hogland and B. McNeil. W — Dufloth. L — Hogland. 2B — W. Nolan (HHS) 3B — I. Hendricks (CCHS) KENNEDY 13-15, HEPPNER 7-5 — At Hep- pner, six-run innings by the Trojans put the Mustangs into holes they wouldn’t climb out of on Friday in non-league baseball action. Kennedy (7-2) scored six in the fifth to pull away late in Game 1 to win 13-7, and then answered Heppner’s big first inning in Game 2 with six runs in the second and added eight more in the third to get a big lead in a 15-5 win in five innings. Heppner (1-4) had pulled within 5-4 in the bottom of the fourth in Game 1 when Beau Wolters (3 for 3) hit an RBI double. Kennedy scored all six of its runs in the sixth with two outs when three straight walks pushed the first run across the plate, then two singles, an error and an- other single brought the rest in. It was another Wolters double followed by an er- ror and singles by Kannon Wilkins and Matt Orem that put Heppner up 4-1 after one in Game 2, but Kennedy’s second featured seven hits, three hit batters and a walk. ——— Game 1 R H E KHS 302 062 0 — 13 12 3 HHS 003 103 0 — 7 6 3 B. Traeger, B. Beyer (5). L. Wilhelm, K. Gibbs (5). W — Beyer. L — Gibbs. 2B — B. Beyer, J. Suing 2, S. Grosjaqcues (KHS); B. Wolters 2, W. Steagall, K. Wilkins (HHS). Game 2 (5 innings) R H E KHS 168 00 — 15 17 1 HHS 400 10 — 5 7 0 D. Moreno, S. Grosjaqcues (4), J. Suing (5). K. Wilkins, K. Smith (3), T. Jaca (4). W — Moreno. L — Wilkins. 2B — B. Beyer, J. Suing, S. Grosjaqcues (KHS); B. Wolters (HHS). Tennis (GIRLS) MAC-HI 4, UMATILLA 2 — At Mil- ton-Freewater, the Pio- neers came back from their spring break strong and coach Danny Sanchez said it was evident the players had been practicing while school was out. “They are starting to improve day by day with more practice time over the break,” he said. “We will start to get tested over the next month with some good teams ahead.” One match Mac-Hi couldn’t take was at No. 1 singles where Kairy Esc- obedo defeated Karina Sal- dana 8-4. ——— Singles Kairy Escobedo (U) def. Karina Saldana 8-4 Kasey Lesko (M) def. Fatima Sanchez 8-2 Jessica Hernandez (M) def. Kaytlinn Abbott 8-0 Andrea Maldanado (U) def. Ciera Werhan 6-4 Doubles Emily Cuellar/Janelle Martinez (M) def. Kairy Escobedo/Fatima Sanchez 8-0 Evelyn Garcia/Nicole Flores (M) def. Kayti- linn Abbott/Andrea Maldanado 8-1 (BOYS) UMATILLA 5, MAC-HI 1 — At Mil- ton-Freewater, the Vikings swept singles play to earn a convincing win over the Pio- neers on Monday. Gio Armenta beat Julian Villegas 8-2 at No. 1 singles, and Mac-Hi coach Danny Sanchez said he thought the Pioneers did well. “The Umatilla boys are a strong team that has a good chance on winning districts this year,” he said. “I was pleased on the toughness the Mac-Hi boys showed against a strong team, they kept fighting for every point.” ——— Singles Gio Armenta (U) def. Julian Villegas 8-2 Elian Madrigal (U) def. Spencer Wells 8-2 Joel Escamilla (U) def. Juan Alcantar 8-0 Freddy Madrigal (U) def. James Hager 6-2 Doubles Gio Armenta/Elian Madrigal (U) def. Jorge Alvarez/Esgar Parra 8-4 Conner Humbert/Brandyn Chaney (M) def. Freddy Madrigal/Joel Escamilla 8-6 See ROUNDUP, A9
