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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 2017
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Hermiston boys BMCC hosting rodeo regional finals
lacrosse splits in
weekend roadtrip
By Hermiston Herald staff
Hermiston Herald
The Hermiston la-
crosse team made a trip
to central Oregon over
the weekend for a pair of
games, looking to extend
its win streak to a possi-
ble four games.
However, the Bulldogs
have to settle with three
wins in their last four
games as they dropped
Friday’s game to Rid-
geview in a 6-5 nail-bit-
er and then rebounded to
breeze past Sisters 16-5
on Saturday morning.
The win over Sisters
improves Hermiston’s re-
cord to 3-0 when it scores
at least 10 goals in a game.
In the loss to Rid-
geview, Hermiston (3-6)
senior Fidel Contreras
broke through for two
goals in the game, while
Taylor Arnold, Luke
Walchili and Bradlee Gi-
usti all scored one goal
apiece. Then against Sis-
ters, Brady Christiansen
stood out with a team-
best five goals, Tucker
Salinas was close behind
with three and Walchli
and Giesen each had two.
Tysen Salinas, Hunter
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CRISTIANSEN
Josh Simpson, a sophomore
for the Hermiston Bulldogs,
plays defense against the
Sisters Outlaws over the
weekend.
Thompson, Elias Sando-
val and Ian Bush each had
one goal apiece as well.
Hermiston’s next game
will be on Friday as it
hosts Liberty under the
lights at Kennison Field.
The junior varsity will
start the night off at 5
p.m. and the varsity will
follow at 7 p.m. and the
games are free to the pub-
lic.
Senior night recogni-
tion will also precede the
varsity contest.
Local Special Olympian
receives state award
Hermiston Herald
Multi-sport
Special
Olympics athlete Andrea
Eiden received the Pride
In Performance Award for
Outstanding Athlete.
The Hermiston/Pendle-
ton Local Program athlete
was presented the award
during the March 19 Special
Olympics Regional Com-
petition held in Tualatin.
Adam Kau, director of pro-
gram and coach services for
Special Olympics Oregon,
said Eiden has participated
in the program for 15 years.
“She has overcome a lot
of difficulties in life and still
has a positive outlook,” Kau
said. “She’s amazing.”
Eiden started with the
skiing program and now
participates in basketball,
track & field and bowling
with the Hermiston/Pendle-
ton program. After getting
the award, Eiden helped
lead The H/P Shockers, a
5 vs 5 basketball team, to
a gold medal in Division
E. The team is coached by
Mark Smalley, Kris Neustel
and Cindy Middleton.
The Individual Skills
Competition resulted in a
gold medal for Lyall Arey,
a silver medal for Misty
Larsen and fourth place for
Jolynn Smutz. The 3 vs 3
competition added to the
medal count with the H/P
Currents of Division C tak-
ing gold, the H/P Lightning
earning bronze and the H/P
Volts placing fourth and the
Sportsmanship Award. In
Division B, the H/P Thunder
earned the bronze medal and
Sportsmanship Award.
Special Olympics pro-
vides year-around athletic
training and sports competi-
tions for individuals with in-
tellectual and developmental
disabilities. To participate,
athletes must be age 6 or
older. There is no charge for
athletes to participate.
Spring and summer
training for golf, bocce and
athletics (track and field)
are starting up. Athletes in-
terested in participating can
call Angela Scheider at 541-
314-0166.
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The Blue Mountain
Community College ro-
deo team is one of the best
in the Northwest again
this season, and later this
month the Timberwolves
will be able to show the
hometown rodeo fans just
how good they are.
The BMCC team is
hosting the Northwest In-
tercollegiate Regional Fi-
nals rodeo presented by
Wyatt Enterprises on April
28-29 at the Farm-City Pro
Rodeo Arena in Hermis-
ton. It is BMCC’s only
home rodeo of the season
and the most important
one, as the top three finish-
ers in each event and the
top two teams in men’s and
women’s events will lock
up spots for the Collegiate
National Finals Rodeo in
June.
Competing in the rodeo
along with BMCC will be
Walla Walla CC, Treasure
Valley, Eastern Oregon,
Central Washington, Or-
egon State, Boise State,
Washington State, Eastern
Washington, Linn-Benton,
North Idaho and Idaho.
The Blue Mountain men’s
team currently leads Walla
Walla in the standings by
202.5 points and the two-
time defending national
champion women’s team
leads by 1,650.5 points
over Treasure Valley.
Danyelle Jo Williams is
a safe bet to have a strong
weekend for the Timber-
wolves, as she is back
to defend her women’s
all-around national title
this season. She currently
leads the Northwest re-
gion all-around standings
with 1,711 points — a
276.5-point cushion on
second place. BMCC’s
Quincey Karoline Pend-
ergrass is currently third
in the all-around with 969
points, but is only 12 points
ahead of fourth place.
In the men’s all-around,
BMCC’s
JT Garland
(715.00) and Preston John
Espeland (651.00) are both
top four in the standings
and sit 192 points and 256
points out of first respec-
tively. The men’s team also
weekend.
Jake Raley (steer wres-
tling, team roping) won the
boys’ all-around title and
Kimberly Williams (break-
away, goat tying, pole bend-
ing) was the girls’ champ.
Boys’ rookie all-around was
Chase Joyce (team roping,
tie-down) and girls’ rookie
went to Brooklin Quisenber-
ry (goat tying, breakaway,
pole bending).
On Friday, Quaid Quisen-
berry won the state cow cut-
ting title with 422 aggregate
on three head, and Williams
won the girls’ championship
with 415 on three.
UP NEXT
There will be a dou-
bleheader rodeo on May
6-7 in Prineville, which
will be preceded on May
5 by reined cow horse
competition.
the Bulldogs played short-
handed in singles action,
which led to some shuffling
of the lineup and ultimately
contributed to Hermiston
coming just short of a win,
falling 4-3 on Saturday.
Hermiston’s only singles
win was Jose Mendoza at
No. 1, where he battled back
from a first set 6-1 loss to
win 6-4 and 10-3 to clinch
his first singles victory of the
season, which coach Shann
West said was a proud mo-
ment for him to see.
The Bulldogs top dou-
bles teams continued their
success Saturday, as Pat-
rick Wicks/Thomas Mc-
Cullough (6-2, 6-1) and
Koby Grigg/Jason Morris
(6-1, 6-4) each controlled
their respective matches.
“They’re finding com-
fortable ways to play ag-
gressive,” West said of his
doubles teams. “The more
they play together the more
they mesh and this early
success is more than what
he had hoped.”
has six cowboys current-
ly in the top three of the
standings in their respec-
tive events.
The regional finals will
kick off with a slack per-
formance at 10 a.m. and
an evening performance
6:30 p.m. on Friday, April
28, and then pick back up
on April 29 at 10 a.m. with
slack before wrapping up
at 6:30 p.m. for the final
performance. Tickets for
the evening performances
are $10 and slack is $5 and
both can be purchased at
the gate. Children under 12
years of age are free.
All proceeds from the
rodeo will go directly to
the Blue Mountain rodeo
team’s scholarship fund.
PREP ROUNDUP
Rodeo
Pendleton roper Trent
Sorey was the only local to
claim an average title at the
weekend’s
doubleheader
high school rodeos at Farm-
City Arena.
Sorey won the tie-down
title with an aggregate time
of 20.71 seconds on two
head, and vaulted himself to
the top of the standings with
a 9.12 that won Sunday’s
round of competition. He
was third in the first round
with a 11.59.
Jacee Currin, of Heppner,
won the first round of goat
tying on Saturday morning
in 8.12 as the only other In-
termountain team member to
win an event in a round.
Arlington’s Joely Patnode
tied for the first round win in
breakaway roping with 2.98,
and Lindsay Doran won
the Janice Davis Memorial
Award with her 17.671-sec-
ond barrel race on Saturday
that was the fastest of the
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Singles
Jose Mendoza (H) def. Quinlan Wilson
1-6, 6-4, 10-3
Shohei Fato (E) def. Hayden Cissna
6-3, 9-7
Sean Gillespie (E) def. Allan Zepeta
6-0, 6-0
Javier Rodriguez (E) def. Eli Munez
6-4, 6-3
Doubles
Patrick Wicks/Thomas McCullough (H)
def. Brayden Uplinger/Pedro Medina
6-2, 6-1
Koby Grigg/Jason Morris (H) def. Thomas
Uplinger/Gio Cartida 6-1, 6-4
Angel Maldonado/Jose Frias (E) def.
Matt Eckhart/Austin Garcia 6-4, 6-3
MAC-HI 4, RIVER-
SIDE 2 — The Mac-Hi
Pioneers and Riverside
Pirates were able to
squeeze in a rescheduled
match on Saturday, with
Mac-Hi taking the win,
4-2.
“It was good to see the
boys play some good ten-
nis and get a good quality
win over Riverside,” Mac-
Hi coach Danny Sanchez
said. “As we start prepar-
ing for tournament in two
weeks, the boys will need
to continue to play good
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