WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
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Bulldogs thumped in league opener
HERMISTON HERALD
The Hermiston Bulldogs
hit the road on Friday night
to start league play against
a very good Mountain View
team, and once the fourth
quarter expired the Bull-
dogs showed they have a
ways to go.
Mountain View gashed
Hermiston’s defense for
333 rushing yards on 49
attempts as the Cougars de-
feated the Bulldogs, 28-7,
in Bend. Overall, Mountain
View out-gained Hermiston
(1-2, 0-1 Special District 1)
406-187 and picked up 12
first downs to Hermiston’s
four.
The Cougars’ (3-0, 1-0)
defense did not allow the
Bulldogs to develop much
of a passing game, as quar-
terback Andrew James
completed just 4 of 18
passes for 32 yards. James
did lead the team with 128
rushing yards on 17 car-
ries with a touchdown, as
he surpassed 1,000 career
rushing yards and 10 career
rushing TDs.
Behind James, running
backs Peter Earl and Jon-
athan Hinkle combined
for just four rushing yards
on 13 carries, and Payton
Smith added 21 yards on
two carries and Tyler Rohr-
man had two yards on one
carry.
On defense, defensive
lineman AJ Fernandez had
an interception.
Hermiston will travel
back to Bend this week to
play at Summit.
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HHS
7 0
0
0 — 7
MTV
7 7
7
7 — 28
PASSING — (HHS) A. James 4-18, 32 yds.
(MTV) C. Cromwell 3-9, 73 yds, TD, INT.
RUSHING — (HHS) A. James 17-128, TD;
P. Earl 4-(-6); Jonathan Hinkle 7-8; Payton
Smith 2-21; Tyler Rohrman 1-2. (MTV) J.
Larsen 31-189, TD; J. Bell 10-24, TD; D.
Payfer-Locking 7-112, TD; C. Cromwell 1-8.
RECEIVING — (HHS) K. Mikami 1-15; L.
Walchli 1-13; J. Gutierrez 1-4; J. Hinkle 1-0.
(MTV) L. Schulz 1-65, TD; F. Love 1-10; D.
Payfer-Locking 1-(-2).
PREP ROUNDUP
Knights football grabs first win
Irrigon sets home
opener on Friday
HERMISTON HERALD
PASCO, Wash. — The
Irrigon Knights were dis-
appointed when their Week
2 game had to be canceled
due to the smoke-filled air
brought about by North-
west wildfires.
And after 14 days
without game action, the
Knights finally got back
on the gridiron and earned
their first victory of the sea-
son with a 22-8 win over
Tri-Cities Prep (WA) on
Friday night at Chiawana
High School.
Irrigon (1-1) coach Steve
Sheller gave a lot of cred-
it for the win to his offen-
sive line, as they controlled
the line of scrimmage and
opened up holes for run-
ning back Josh Aguilera to
eat up yardage and time on
the clock.
“That’s why we won
because of those kids,” he
said. “They controlled the
line of scrimmage and just
played really, really well.”
The Knights defense
was solid again as well,
allowing Tri-Cities Prep’s
only score when Irrigon’s
offense fumbled deep in
its own territory and gave
TCP a short field. Outside
of that, the Knights didn’t
budge.
“Our defense just does
a really good job of play-
ing assignment football,”
Sheller said.
Irrigon will next host
Lakeview for its home
opener this week at 7 p.m.
Friday.
RIVERSIDE 50, IM-
BLER 18 — At Boardman,
the Riverside Pirates dom-
inated the Imbler Panthers
in all facets on Friday night
as the Pirates ran away with
a 50-18 victory.
Riverside (2-0) ran for
300 yards and was led
by Aramis Corpus as he
gained 190 of those yards
with a pair of touchdowns.
Riverside led by a 20-12
score at halftime, but made
some adjustments on both
sides of the ball to blow the
game open and stay unbeat-
en on the season.
“The guys are very fired
up,” coach Loren Dieter
said of the 2-0 start. “The
kids from Ione have synced
in here and are playing very
well, we had some great
practices this week and
it shows with how we’re
playing.”
Riverside will look to
make it three straight wins
this week at Mac-Hi.
UMATILLA 30, EN-
TERPRISE 18 — At Uma-
tilla, the Vikings played an
eight-man football game
against the Outlaws and
came out on top, 30-18,
to get back above the .500
mark on Friday night.
Umatilla (2-1) coach
Dan Durfey said that Enter-
prise had just enough kids
for 11-man football, but is
trying to keep kids healthy
for league season, and the
Vikings were happy to
oblige.
“It was a different look
for our guys, but we came
out ready to play,” Durfey
said. “It was fun, I enjoyed
it.”
Umatilla ran the ball
well with running back Pe-
dro Alvarez as he picked
up 192 yards on 25 carries
and two touchdowns and
Kaleb Webb ran for another
40 yards and a touchdown.
Webb also threw for 101
yards and two scores, both
to Pablo Ames.
“We executed well in the
first half and played a good
defensive game,” Durfey
said. “The defense just did
everything they were sup-
posed to do. It was a good
game for the boys to get
back with after last week’s
loss.”
Umatilla heads west this
week to take on Portland
Christian on Friday at 7
p.m.
GRANT UNION 52,
STANFIELD 16 — At
Stanfield, the Tigers gave
it their all but just couldn’t
keep pace with the Prospec-
tors as Grant Union hung
Stanfield with a 52-16 loss
on Friday night.
Justin Keeney ran for
126 yards on 16 carries
with a touchdown and
Adrian Renner picked up
75 yards on 14 carries with
a touchdown, but that was
about all Stanfield could
muster on offense.
“We moved the ball
well, just made mistakes,”
Stanfield coach Davy Salas
said. “But I’m proud of my
guys, we made a lot of im-
provement from last week.
We have a lot of youth out
there and I think we’ll be
good at the right time.”
Stanfield next plays at
Regis in Stayton on Friday
at 6 p.m. for a rematch of
the 2016 state champion-
ship game.
See FOOTBALL, A11
PREP ROUNDUP
Hermiston volleyball falters in Walla Walla
Bulldogs couldn’t
get anything going
in road match
HERMISTON HERALD
The Bulldogs took to
the road again after hosting
two consecutive matches at
Hermiston. They made the
short trip up to Walla Walla,
Washington, on Saturday
where they were swept in
three straight sets.
“Walla Walla had a sea-
soned, composed team that
made very few errors,” head
coach Amy Dyck said. “We
are still learning how to win
and how to stay aggressive
even after we make a mis-
take. Overall, it was a frus-
trating loss for our girls be-
cause we had to walk away
knowing we hadn’t played
our best.”
Walla Walla took the
match 8-25, 19-25, 12-25,
which moved Hermiston’s
losing streak to five consec-
utive matches.
CROSS COUNTRY
The Hermiston cross
country team joined a host
of schools at the Oregon
City XC Invitational, one
of which included a league
opponent: The Dalles. The
girls were victorious over
a team that has given them
trouble in the post sea-
son. The Bulldogs finished
in fourth place with 125
points, while the River-
hawks rounded out the top
five with 137 points.
“It’s good to see some-
one else in the district and
see how we suit up against
them,” head coach Troy
Blackburn said.
The impressive perfor-
mance came from a girls
team that was not at full
force. Overall, Hermiston
was only running 27 of 40
runners due to injury or
sickness.
“I’m super proud of
those who were there run-
ning,” Blackburn said.
“Even JV, everybody was
dropping their times and
showing great dedication.”
The somewhat smoky
conditions didn’t seem to
bother any of the Bulldogs
as almost all of the top fin-
ishers recorded new per-
sonal records. The most im-
pressive performance was
from senior Melany Solor-
io, who ran sub-20 minutes
in the girls 5,000-meter
varsity race. She finished
in seventh place, clocking
19:52.50.
“To do that in her senior
year is impressive,” Black-
burn said. “She ran really
fast.”
Another top finisher for
the girls team was Aman-
da Nygard, the team’s No.
2 runner, who finished in
20:05.73 which was good
for ninth place. Sidney Tov-
ey and Shiela Solorio both
placed in the top 25. Tov-
ey finished in 23rd place
(20:38.78) and Solorio in
25th (20:45.42).
“It was a fast course and
everyone competed and ran
real fast,” Blackburn said.
“A few ran their fastest time
ever, which is impressive
this early in the season.”
The boys continued the
streak as Angel Benites and
Greg Anderson both ran
their fastest times.
See a full list of results
and the top-25 times below.
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Womens Team Results
5,000 Meters Varsity
1. Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
2. Scappoose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
3. Oregon City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
4. Hermiston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
5. The Dalles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
6. Clackamas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
7. West Albany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
8. Trout Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
9. Mountain View (OR) . . . . . . . . . . . 187
10. David Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
11. Putnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
12. Hillsboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
13. Kalama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
14. Milwaukie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Individual Results
1. 11 Kelsey Swenson
18:12.05
Mountain View (OR)
2. 12 Linnaea Kavulich
18:50.19
Scappoose
3. 9 Hannah Funkhouser
19:07.67
Trout Lake
4. 9 Kayla Ingraham
19:21.54
Putnam
5. 12 Alexa Hayes
19:32.25
Clackamas
6. 10 Annie Berry
19:47.93
West Albany
7. 12 Melany Solorio
19:52.50
Hermiston
8. 11 Delaney Griffin
19:56.97
Franklin
9. 9 Amanda Nygard
20:05.73
Hermiston
10. 10 Helena Guerrero-Su...
20:10.70
Franklin
11. 11 Sienna Higinbotham
20:10.99
West Albany
12.
12
Kaari Guelsdorf
20:13.78
Oregon City
13.
11
Joanna Peck
20:20.25
Trout Lake
14.
11
Brynne Shroufe
20:20.71
Oregon City
15.
10
Bethany Marteeney
20:22.98
West Albany
16.
11
Katie Schroeder
20:23.33
Oregon City
17. 10 Emma Jones
20:26.38
Scappoose
18.
10
Cecilia Coca-Aitken
20:27.56
Clackamas
19.
10
Breanna Decker
20:28.54
Franklin
20.
10
Tressa Wood
20:30.98
The Dalles
21. 11 Emma Mullins
20:34.26
The Dalles
22.
11
Laurel Peck
20:38.33
Trout Lake
23.
12
Sidney Tovey
20:38.78
Hermiston
24.
9
20:41.72
25.
10
20:45.42
Hanna Ziegenhagen
The Dalles
Sheila Solorio
Hermiston
Mens Team Results
1. Franklin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
2. The Dalles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
3. Clackamas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
4. Oregon City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
5. David Douglas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
6. Parkrose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
7. Hermiston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
8. Mountain View (OR) . . . . . . . . . . . 213
9. Battle Ground . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
10. Glencoe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
11. Scappoose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
12. Gladstone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
13. Kalama . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
14. Trout Lake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
15. Hillsboro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
16. Milwaukie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
17. West Albany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
18. Vernonia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
19. Putnam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
20. Columbia Christian . . . . . . . . . . . . 572
Individual Results
1. 12 Will Eaton
15:30.23
Franklin
2. 12 John Kavulich
15:41.23
Scappoose
3. 12 Hassan Ibrahim
15:53.46
Parkrose
4. 12 Simon Walsh
15:54.77
Franklin
5. 12 Lammi Kalil
16:01.97
Roosevelt
6. 11 Abdi Ibrahim
16:03.98
Parkrose
7. 11 Solomon Duke
16:08.57
Franklin
8. 12 Richard Puro
16:11.06
Franklin
9. 10 Ahmed Ibrahim
16:13.93
Parkrose
10. 10 Aidan Palmer
16:19.22
Franklin
11. 9 Justin Peck
16:31.70
Trout Lake
12.
12
Miles Drake
16:38.45
Franklin
13.
12
Quinn Olarrea
16:43.71
Mountain View (OR)
14.
10
Benjamin Harvey
16:45.08
Clackamas
15.
11
Gabe Lira
16:48.51
The Dalles
16.
12
Calvin Bryant
16:52.78
Oregon City
17. 12 Beau Griffith
16:53.18
Portland Christian
18.
12
Logan Howell
16:53.53
Glencoe
19.
11
Josh Scheetz
16:53.95
David Douglas
20.
11
Jackson Hartigan
16:59.04
Franklin
21. 12 Davis Robbins
17:01.66
Franklin
22.
9
Sam Skelton
17:05.58
Franklin
23.
11
Rey Aviluz
17:05.88
The Dalles
24.
12
Juan Gudino
17:10.15
Milwaukie
25.
12
Max Hodge
17:12.65
David Douglas
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PREP ROUNDUP
League play opens with
hopeful performances
Volleyball season
welcomed league
play and tough losses
HERMISTON HERALD
In the Bulldogs second
volleyball match at home,
the crowd provided an ex-
tra boost for some of the
players. Emma Combes
had a standout perfor-
mance with five aces, nine
kills, and 14 digs. Masia
Hancock racked up 43
digs. Both Breena Wade-
amper and Kendall Dowdy
had 11 assists, while Scout
Reagan and Ireland Mc-
Donough let the team with
7 kills each.
“Emma really stepped
up tonight and had one of
her best matches so far,”
Dyck said. “She was di-
aled in on her attack lines,
her serving, and on her
defense. Masie also had
an incredible night on de-
fense, she has really settled
into the role of our libero
and embraced the responsi-
bility that goes along with
that.”
PILOT ROCK 3,
STANFIELD 0 — At
Stanfield, the Rockets
kicked off Columbia Ba-
sin Conference play with
a big win over Stanfield on
Thursday night, winning
25-20, 25-12, 25-12.
Grace Austin led the
Rockets (9-3, 1-0) with
15 kills and four blocks
and Rhyanne Oates had
12 kills. As a team, Pilot
Rock served 18 aces and
Siobhan Holman was the
team’s leader in assists.
“Overall our ability to
execute and serve tough
from the line gave us the
win,” Rockets coach Elain-
na Howland said. “It was
fun to watch these young
ladies tonight.”
Stanfield’s (0-7, 0-1)
defense turned in 19 digs
with Kaylee Rice leading
the way with five. Viviana
O’Dell led the team with
five kills while Kendra
Hart had four assists and
three blocks.
“We will need to play
with more volleyball
smarts to be more success-
ful in future games,” Stan-
field coach Angie Connell
said.
Stanfield next plays in
the Riverside tournament
on Saturday, while Pilot
Rock plays at Heppner on
Tuesday.
CULVER 3, HEP-
PNER 0 — The Heppner
Mustangs entered league
play on a five-match win-
ning streak, but all of that
changed when it hosted
Culver on Thursday. The
Bulldogs had a streak of
their own six consecutive
wins, and only one loss so
far this season. The success
they have had would be the
Mustangs misfortune. Cul-
ver swept Heppner in three
straight sets, 25-13, 25-19,
25-12.
“Culver is a tough
team and have historically
been,” head coach Mindy
Wilson said. “It was a good
test for our first league
game and showed us what
we need work on for the
future.”
The Mustangs will con-
tinue their season with a
non-league tournament.
Heppner will travel to
Yakima, Washington, for
the Yakima Tribal Tour-
nament, which begins at 8
a.m. Friday.
SCOREBOARD
Friday
Riverside at Umatilla, 4:30 p.m.
Saturday
La Grande at Mac-Hi, 2 p.m.
Nyssa at Irrigon, 3 p.m.
Sports calendar
PREP FOOTBALL
Friday
Echo at Pine Eagle, 2 p.m.
Stanfield at Regis, 6 p.m.
Hermiston at Summit, 7 p.m.
Riverside at Mac-Hi, 7 p.m.
Lakeview at Irrigon, 7 p.m.
Umatilla at Portland Christian, 7 p.m.
Toledo at Heppner, 7 p.m.
PREP VOLLEYBALL
Wednesday
Riverside at Ione, 5 p.m.
Thursday
Weston-McEwen at Stanfield, 4:30
p.m.
Umatilla at Irrigon, 5 p.m.
Ione at Dufur, 5 p.m.
Riverside at Stevenson (WA), 6 p.m.
Hermiston at Pendleton, 6:30 p.m.
Friday
Echo at Pine Eagle, 4 p.m.
Saturday
Hermiston at TPC Officials Invite (Taco-
ma, Wash.), 8 a.m.
Pilot Rock at Neah-Kah-Nie, 10 a.m.
Cove at Echo, 11 a.m.
Pine Eagle at Helix, 11 a.m.
Riverside, Stanfield, Condon/Wheeler
at South Wasco Tournament, 10 a.m.
Pine Eagle at Nixyaawii, 2 p.m.
Mac-Hi at Ontario, 2:30 p.m.
Cove vs. Helix, 3 p.m.
Pilot Rock at Delphian, 4 p.m.
PREP BOYS SOCCER
Thursday
Pendleton at Redmond, TBD
Hillsboro at Hermiston, 4:30 p.m.
PREP GIRLS SOCCER
Thursday
White Salmon (WA) at Irrigon, 5 p.m.
Sandy at Hermiston, 6 p.m.
Redmond at Pendleton, 6 p.m.
Friday
Hermiston at Century, 4 p.m.
Riverside at Umatilla, 4:30 p.m.
PREP CROSS COUNTRY
Friday
Hermiston, Pendleton, Umatilla, Stan-
field, Mac-Hi, Heppner, Weston-McE-
wen, Helix at Footrace to Valhalla
(Umatilla), 1:15 p.m.
Saturday
Heppner at Bridgett Nelson Memorial
Invite (The Dalles), 10 a.m.
COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Wednesday
Blue Mountain at Big Bend, 6 p.m.
Friday
Blue Mountain at North Idaho, 6 p.m.
COLLEGE WOMEN’S SOCCER
Friday
Wenatchee Valley at Blue Mountain,
2 p.m.
Saturday
Yakima Valley at Blue Mountain, Noon
COLLEGE MEN’S SOCCER
Friday
Wenatchee Valley at Blue Mountain,
4:15 p.m.
ATHLETE
OF THE WEEK
Aramis Corpus
Riverside High School • Senior - Football
Corpus surpassed
100 rushing yards for
the second straight
week as he compiled
190 rushing yards and
two touchdowns as
Riverside beat Imbler
50-18 on Friday to remain
unbeaten this season.
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