WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 2017
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Bulldogs stay on-target, claim
second state trap shooting title
Hermiston trap
shooting club
repeats as state
champs
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
The Special Olympics relay team of Cassidy McQuinn,
Jeff McEachran, Timothy Tichy, and Cameron Goldie
received a bronze medal after a come from behind effort
during the regional tournament held in Milton-Freewater.
By ERIC SINGER
STAFF WRITER
For the second consec-
utive year, the Hermiston
High School trap shooting
club team earned the title of
state champion.
Hermiston went to the
Oregon Clay Target League
State Tournament at the
Hillsboro Trap & Skeet Club
on June 24 and defended its
title after scoring 465 points
to tie with Molalla. Hermis-
ton then won it outright on a
tiebreaker, which was either
team’s high-gun score and
Bulldogs’ Blake Betz’s 97
score and overall high-gun
honors for the tournament.
Rounding out the top five
team scores was Madras
in third with 461, Cascade
Christian with 446 and Echo
with 436.
The championship was
much tougher to come by
for Hermiston this season,
seeing the number of teams
it was competing against
rise from two last season
to 13 this year. It’s only the
second year of the league
and the team, but Hermis-
ton coach John Adams is
already impressed with the
progress.
“The improvement in
these kids was remarkable,”
Adams said last week. “A
lot of them went from hit-
ting single digits to hitting
almost all of them.”
Betz’s high-gun victory
was also a tight race, as he
Special Olympians
go for the gold
HERMISTON HERALD
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO FROM ERIN WALLACE
Hermiston’s Blake Betz readies to fire during the Oregon Clay Target State Tournament on
Saturday, June 24 at the Hillsboro Trap & Skeet Club. Betz won tournament high gun honors
with 97 points.
finished tied with Echo’s
Hunter Barnes with a 97.
But Betz won the tie break
on the reverse run of the
scorecard.
Also
brining
home
awards from the tournament
was Hermiston’s Jenna Wal-
lace, who won high gun in
the female junior varsity cat-
egory with 92 points. Echo’s
Natalee Sherbahn finished
third with 80.
Numerous
Hermiston
and Echo kids also littered
the all-state team, which
is comprised of the top
25 competitors from their
league season.
Making the cut for Herm-
iston was Kaden Smith (24.5
point average), Betz (23.5),
Devon Brittner (23.1), Case
Hiatt (23), Dylan Hunter
(22.1), Tanner Meads (21.4),
Tyson Stocker (21) and Zane
Davis (21).
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO FROM ERIN WALLACE
The Hermiston High School trap shooting team poses after
winning the Oregon Clay Target League state championship
for the second straight year at the Hillsboro Gun Club on
Saturday, June 24, 2017.
For Echo, Makiah Blan-
kenship (23.1), Hunter
Barnes (22.3), and Ethan
Hobson (21.9) made it, as
did Brett Troutman (22)
from Arlington.
In the league season,
Hermiston finished on top
of Conference 3 with 2,329
total points, beating Mo-
lala (1,931.5) and Canby
(914.5). Echo finished sec-
ond in the five-team Confer-
ence 2 with 1,084.5 points
behind only Cascade Chris-
tian (1,349.5).
Arlington finished sixth
in the six-team Conference
1 with 212.5 points in its in-
augural season in the league.
Golfers to tee-off July 15 for Agape House fundraising tournament
Scramble for Food is Saturday,
July 15, with check-in at 8 a.m. and
a shotgun start at 9 a.m. at Big Riv-
er Golf Course in Umatilla.
The cost is $60, which includes
pastries, green fees, lunch, priz-
es on each hole and awards. Carts
must be reserved through the golf
course.
A four-person format, people can
sign up with a team or be added to
others. The deadline to register is
Saturday, July 8.
For more information, call Dave
Hughes at 541-571-7293, stop by
Agape House at 500 Harper Road,
Hermiston, or call Big River at 541-
922-3006.
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More than 75 athletes
from the Hermiston/Pend-
leton Special Olympics
Local Program #510 re-
cently competed at three
regional tournaments.
The golf competition
took place June 10 near
Banks. First time ath-
lete Saul Lara received
a gold medal in the Indi-
vidual Skills Competition
and David Andrews, a
longtime Special Olym-
pic athlete but new to the
golf program, received a
bronze. Jonathan Wilson
and unified partner Dan
Headley earned silver in
a nine-hole alternating
stroke play, Jonathan Kin-
sel and unified partner Tye
Stewart took fourth place
followed by Jason Cargill
and partner Kris Neustel
with a sixth place finish.
On June 11, six mem-
bers of the Eastside Roll-
ers bocce team traveled to
Hillsboro to compete. The
Traditional Bocce` team of
Makayla Thompson and
Mary Jones earned silver
medals in the female divi-
sion, while partners Jillian
Smalley and Lyall Arey
also took silver in their di-
vision. The first time uni-
fied team of Misty Larsen
and Jessica Sexton took
bronze. All three teams
earned the sportsmanship
awards for their respective
divisions.
The Athletics team
(track and field events)
traveled to Milton-Free-
water for competition.
With more than 60 ath-
letes, many medals were
earned including a come-
from-behind bronze medal
finish for the relay team
of Cassidy McQuinn,
Jeff McEachran, Timo-
thy Tichy and Cameron
Goldie, who are coached
by Di Fordice.
A high point of the com-
petition experience began
even before boarding the
bus. Each athlete was pre-
sented with a card made by
the leadership students at
Sandstone Middle School
encouraging them to do
well in competition.
“We are one program
and these cards made by
students at Sandstone were
just one more unifying
factor for our team,” said
Angela Schneider, local
program coordinator.
Special Olympics pro-
vides year-round athletic
training and sports compe-
titions for individuals with
intellectual and develop-
mental disabilities. To par-
ticipate, athletes must be
age 6 or older. There is no
charge to participate.
The next sports sea-
son for the local program
is bowling, which begins
Sept. 1 at Desert Lanes in
Hermiston. Signups are
Monday, Aug. 21, from
4-5 p.m. at The Arc Build-
ing, 215 W. Orchard Ave.,
Hermiston. For more in-
formation about participat-
ing as an athlete or volun-
teer, call Angela Schneider
at 541-314-0166.
For information, 541-667-6091
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