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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
SPORTS
DAWGS
FOOTBALL
It all started with a fumble recovery
13 seconds into the game.
Hermiston was in the perfect position
to put pressure on Lewiston with an ear-
ly touchdown, and an 8-yard carry from
James did just that.
Hinkle was the next to score. James’
1-yard run on fourth down allowed
Hermiston to maintain possession, and
on the next play he found Hinkle to push
their lead to 13-0.
Hinkle wasn’t fi nished.
He found the end zone once more to
send the Bulldogs into the locker room
with a 20-0 advantage over the Bengals
at halftime. While James and Earl set up
the scoring drive, it was an interception
in the end zone that kept Lewiston score-
less and gave the ball back to Hermiston.
“Momentum swings are huge,” Faae-
teete said. “It’s the game of football. It’s
a game of runs.”
And the Bulldogs had one more big
run left.
An interception by Gutierrez in what
was a dull third quarter gave the momen-
tum back to the Bulldogs and three plays
later James completed a highlight-reel
worthy slant route to Dayshawn Neal,
who found the end zone for Hermiston’s
fi nal touchdown of the game.
Hinkle and Earl fi nished with a com-
bined 24 carries for 190 yards to lead the
team. Neal, Hermiston’s top receiver of
the night, tallied 107 yards off eight re-
ceptions.
Next up, Hermiston will travel to
Mountain View on Sept. 15 to start
league play. Kickoff is at 7 p.m.
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Devan Craig had a big
game for Echo with 102
passing yards and two
touchdowns to go with 263
rushing yards on 17 carries
with four touchdowns. Zack
Gehrke also had a good
game on the ground with
119 yards on 16 carries with
one touchdown.
Echo will next play
Crane at North Powder on
Friday at 1 p.m.
GRANT UNION 44,
HEPPNER 6 — At John
Day, the Heppner Mustangs
turned the ball over six times
as they were rocked for the
second straight week in a
44-6 loss to Grant Union on
Friday.
The Mustangs (0-2) fi rst
fi ve offensive drives played
out like this: safety, fumble,
fumble, punt, fumble.
Overall, Heppner lost
fi ve fumbles and had one in-
terception, which is very un-
characteristic for Heppner
teams under Greg Grant.
Heppner was out-gained
in total yardage by the Pros-
pectors (2-0) by a stunning
349 to 98 margin, with
the Grant Union throwing
for 168 yards and rushing
against the usually-stout
Mustang defense for 181
yards.
Gavin Hanna-Robinson
was the Mustangs’ leading
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PREPS
STAFF PHOTO BY KATHY ANEY
Hermiston football players run through their new bulldog tunnel on the way
to the fi eld Friday night for their non-conference game against Lewiston.
SCOREBOARD
Continued from Page A9
Local slate
PREP FOOTBALL
Friday
Echo vs. Crane (at North Powder),
1 p.m.
Hermiston at Mountain View, 7 p.m.
Imbler at Riverside, 7 p.m.
Enterprise at Umatilla, 7 p.m.
Irrigon at Tri-Cities Prep (WA), 7 p.m.
Grant Union at Stanfi eld, 7 p.m.
Cascade (WA) at Heppner, 7 p.m.
Hermiston volleyball
loses match to Pasco
The Hermiston volley-
ball team hosted Pasco
(WA) on Saturday for an
action-packed afternoon
on the court. The Bulldogs
played their fi rst fi ve setter,
but the outcome was less
than desirable.
After taking an early
2-0 lead, Hermiston gave
in to a Pasco comeback
and lost the match 2-3.
“They fought hard,”
head coach Amy Dyck said
of the girls performance.
“To be honest, we sort of
gave that away. We didn’t
play our best, made some
silly mistakes, and lost our
focus and our discipline.
It’s something we have re-
ally been working at.”
The Bulldogs took the
fi rst two sets 25-23, only
to drop the third by the
same two-point margin.
Pasco’s efforts were slow
and steady as it worked to
build multiple leads in the
fi nal two sets. Although
this was a tough blow to
Hermiston’s efforts earli-
er in the day, Dyck knows
there’s still plenty left in
the tank and as early as it
is in the season she doesn’t
mind saving some gas for
later.
PREP VOLLEYBALL
Thursday
Pilot Rock at Stanfi eld, 5 p.m.
Riverside at Umatilla, 6 p.m.
Culver at Heppner, 6 p.m.
The Dalles at Hermiston, 6:30 p.m.
Friday
Heppner at Yakama Tribal (WA), 8
a.m.
Echo, Irrigon at Powder Valley
Tournament, 9 a.m.
Saturday
Riverside, Ione, Echo, Stanfi eld at
Riverside Tournament, 10 a.m.
Hermiston at Walla Walla (WA),
7 p.m.
PREP BOYS SOCCER
Thursday
Walla Walla Valley at Irrigon, 4:30
p.m.
Friday
St. Helens at Hermiston, 4:30 p.m.
Riverdale at Umatilla, 4:30 p.m.
Saturday
Riverdale at Riverside, 1 p.m.
“It’s one match, it’s ear-
ly in the season. We don’t
want to peak now, we want
to peak later in the year. So
we’re going to learn from
it and get in the gym on
Monday and hopefully fi x
some problems.”
Hermiston was led
by sophomore Emma
Combes, who tallied nine
kills; senior Masie Han-
cock, who fi nished with 17
digs; and Kendall Dowdy,
who notched 10 assists.
The Bulldogs will con-
tinue play at Hermiston
High School, where they
PREP GIRLS SOCCER
Thursday
Umatilla at Estacada, 6 p.m.
White Salmon (WA) at Riverside,
4 p.m.
Friday
Hermiston at St. Helens, 4:30 p.m.
Riverside vs. Riverdale (at Lewis &
Clark), 7:30 p.m.
PREP CROSS COUNTRY
Friday
Stanfi eld, Umatilla, Mac-Hi, Heppner
at Catherine Creek Scamper, 10 a.m.
Saturday
Hermiston at Oregon City Invite,
10 a.m.
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Wednesday
Blue Mountain at Wenatchee Valley,
6 p.m.
COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER
Wednesday
Blue Mountain at Columbia Basin,
2 p.m.
Saturday
Blue Mountain at Walla Walla, Noon
Eastern Oregon at Warner Pacifi c,
8 p.m.
COLLEGE MEN’S SOCCER
Wednesday
Blue Mountain at Columbia Basin,
4:15 p.m.
Saturday
Eastern Oregon at Warner Pacifi c,
10 p.m.
Blue Mountain at Walla Walla, 2:15
p.m.
will host The Dalles on
Thursday at 6:30 p.m.
Mustangs take
tourney in Helix
At the Helix Tourna-
ment, the Heppner Mus-
tangs had a dominate per-
formance — winning all
but one match in two con-
secutive sets.
After defeating Mac-
Hi (25-12, 25-12), the
Mustangs quickly moved
on to its next competition
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competition was a little
tougher in the semi-fi nal
bracket, that didn’t stop
the Mustangs from impos-
ing their will on their op-
ponents. Heppner took this
match, 25-18, 25-22.
In the fi nal round against
the host school, Heppner
dropped a set for the fi rst
time all day. However, the
team quickly rallied after
the 12-25 defeat and came
back to win the tournament
defeating Helix in the fi nal
two sets 25-18, 15-10.
“It was a good day for
the Mustangs,” head coach
Mindy Wilson said. “I
knew that it was going to
be a long day, so we kept
rotating girls in to keep ev-
eryone’s energy up and it
worked for us today. It was
defi nitely a team victory.
I’m very proud of them.”
Sophie Grant lead the
team with 33 kills for the
day. Jacee Currin lead with
47 assists for the day. Syd-
ney Wilson lead the team
with 71 digs for the tour-
nament.
Heppner has won fi ve
straight tournaments, and
will hope to continue its
winning streak as it hosts
its fi rst league opponent
next week. The Mustangs
will welcome Culver on
Thursday. The match will
begin at 6 p.m.
Coaches can report
game scores and statistics
by calling 1-800-522-0255
or emailing sports@herm-
istonherald.com.
SOCCER
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that [today],” Wattenburger
said. “They did a great job
connecting by playing as a
unit.”
Hermiston held Putnam
scoreless until the fi nal 9.8
seconds of the fi rst half
when a shot bounced off the
crossbar and then bounced
off the head of a Kingsman
to send the ball just over the
hands of sophomore goal-
keeper Lanie Gomez.
Putnam never relin-
quished its 0-1 lead despite
giving Hermiston enough
chances for the equalizer,
and then some.
“If we could have fi n-
ished a few of our chances
close in that goal mouth
area, we would have been in
a completely different situa-
tion,” Wattenburger said.
Boys soccer
When the boys took
the fi eld, the tables turned.
The Bulldogs (3-1) were
up against a tough defense,
and hardly took any shots
on goal the fi rst 20 minutes.
While the offense displayed
good ball control and com-
munication to start, it strug-
gled to get anything going.
It was nearly the end of the
fi rst half when the Bulldogs
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This time, a penalty kick
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gave Hermiston its lead
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Senior defender Esgar
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Putnam’s junior goalkeeper
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maintained their lead for
the remainder of the game,
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“They responded well
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