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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2017 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A11 SPORTS Riverside Pirates remain undefeated after victory Local slate PREP FOOTBALL Friday Hermiston at Ridgeview, 7 p.m. Riverside at Umatilla, 7 p.m. Vale at Irrigon, 7 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Stanfield, 7 p.m. Powder Valley at Echo, 7 p.m. STAFF PHOTSO BY ALEXIS MANSANAREZ Riverside’s Julian Elvert Jimenez goes toe-to-toe with Nyssa’s Abram Castro during Saturday’s match at Don Hendrix Memorial Field. Riverside’s Quincy Castillo faces Nyssa defenders. The Pirates remain undefeated, as they went on to win, 14-3. until Nyssa knocked one in past Riverside goalkeeper Kevin Ruelas. After the break, the Bulldogs scored again on a penalty kick just seconds after the Pirates put their sixth goal on the board. Nyssa scored one more goal on its own accord be- fore Riverside unleashed a scoring fury in the final 25 minutes. The Bulldogs had to ultimately play a man down after two of their players were injured, including senior goalkeep- er Jeremias Martinez. The small Special District 4 school came to Boardman with only one substitute. Along with Peralta’s second half efforts, seniors Misael Madrigal and Luis Olvera and sophomore Ulyces Lopez all scored. But it was Peralta’s skillful- ness on the field that elevat- ed the Pirates on their home field “He’s one of the brains of the team,” assistant coach Jose Duenas said. “He gets along with ev- erybody. Everybody plays together for each other and I think everything just worked out for him today.” Next on Riverside’s slate is a trip to Irrigon on Satur- day, Oct. 7. As for Nyssa, they will host Umatilla on Friday. Stanfield defense preserved win over Culver STANFIELD 22, CUL- VER 20 — It came down to the final seconds of the game, as Stanfield was looking at it’s fourth po- tential consecutive loss of the season. As the clock counted down, and Culver worked its way down it’s home field into field goal range the Tigers had no choice but to get in forma- tion and put pressure on the kicker. And it worked. The Bulldogs missed wide left, and Stanfield came away with the 22-20 win. “We made a few mis- takes on good drives, but ultimately kept our heads in the game and kept playing defense,” head coach Davy Salas said. The Tigers (1-3 over- all, 1-0 CBC) didn’t do a good job of wrapping up Culver’s running back and allowed themselves to get into a 20-8 deficit. But Salas told the team as long as they stay with the game plan, things would start to click. And they did. The comeback was a HERMISTON continued from Page A10 Once both teams re- turned, the Bulldogs were giving up too many yards on penalties — part of the reason why the Eagles eventual scoring drive was continued. “We didn’t come out and start very well in the third quarter,” Faaeteete said. “Some penalties extended their drive and some pen- alties killed our drive when we got something going.” By the end of the night Hermiston had given up 79 total yards on nine penal- ties, and as a result allowed Hood River to get points of its own on the board. need to RSVP by calling 541-567-5215 by 3 p.m. on Wednesday so your spot can be reserved for the lun- cheon. Hermiston varsity foot- ball coach David Faaeteete will be on hand to preview the Bulldogs’ game against Ridgeview in Redmond as well as look back on their victory over Hood River. SCOREBOARD PREP ROUNDUP HERMISTON HERALD Hermiston Linebackers Club meets Thursday The Hermiston Line- backer Club will hold its weekly meeting from noon to 1 p.m. on Thursday at Desert Lanes Bowling Al- ley, 1545 N. First St. Those that will attend By ALEXIS MANSANAREZ STAFF WRITER Riverside returned to league play Saturday after narrowly defeating Mc- Loughin earlier in the week to remain undefeated. The Pirates hoped to continue their streak, and did so easily against Nyssa at Don Hendrix Memori- al Field at Riverside High School. The 14-3 victory moved Riverside to 7-0 on the sea- son, and 2-0 in league play. The No. 2 Pirates controlled the entire 80 minutes, scor- ing five of their goals in the first half and having little to no trouble against the Bull- dogs (3-4 overall, 1-1 Spe- cial District 4). “We expected that to be easy,” head coach Francis- co Velazquez said. Velazquez and the team prepared for the match by studying their opponents, and with Nyssa making the three and a half hour trip after losing three of its last five games, the Pirates knew they had the advan- tage. Senior Jose Peralta was the star of the show and fin- ished the day with six goals of his own. He scored Riv- erside’s first two goals in the 6th and 7th minute. The first was on a free kick, and he followed that up will an easy tip in after some action in front of the goal. Peralta would add one more goal to the board be- fore the half and fellow senior Ricardo Navarro and Julian Elvert Jimenez would each tally a score. The Pirates went into halftime nearly shutting out the Bulldogs, but a late foul in the box extended play BRIEF team effort, but a few play- ers led the pack. Senior run- ning back Adrian Renner finished the night with 199 yards and one touchdown on 16 carries. Fellow senior Justin Keeney added 108 yards on 11 carries and had three catches for 32 yards and one touchdown. Senior quarterback Shayne Keltz went 3-for-6 for 82 yards and two touch- downs. Sophomore running back Mason Smith also re- corded one catch for 30 yards and a touchdown. Stanfield will return home where the Tigers will finish out their season with three straight home games. Up next is a match up against Weston-McEwen. Culver will remain at home next week and host Grant Union. IRRIGON 50, RIV- ERSIDE/IONE 0 — The Knights had no trouble on the road Friday. Irrigon handed Riverside its first league loss in shut-out fash- ion as both teams opened conference play. The efforts on both offense and defense Back-to-back pass inter- ference calls on the defense moved the Eagles all the way to the Bulldogs’ 5-yard line. Their first touchdown came with nine seconds left in the third quarter, and they would score again in the final 10 minutes of the game. But Hermiston’s first half efforts and an insur- ance touchdown from Neal to open the fourth quarter put Hood River in too big of a hole to crawl out of and that’s just fine with the Dawgs. “It’s huge,” James said of the victory. “It shows us we have the ability to win but we still can’t have a bad week. ... We’ve just got to keep the same momentum, the same attitude.” were worthy of praise from head coach Steve Sheller, and it was quarterback Jada Burns who got a lot of it. The junior varsity quarter- back entered the game ear- ly in the third quarter, and led multiple touchdown drives en route to Irrigon’s 50-0 victory. “I really like working with good kids, and I have a lot of good kids but there’s something about Jada that stands out,” Sheller said. Also having a good night is the junior running back duo of Josue Aguilera and Lino Covarrubia. Agu- ilera has been the star of the offense for the past couple weeks, and tonight he put on another show for the Knights (3-1 overall, 1-0 EOL). He ran for 200 yards and four touchdowns on 25 carries and Covarrubia rushed for 147 yards on 16 carries. Sheller adds these performances would have been difficult to execute without the offensive line playing lights out. “He’s a tough kid and a tough runner,” he said of Aguilera. “But even he’ll Hermiston will travel to Ridgeview in Redmond this week, and won’t return home until Oct. 13 to face Bend. ——— Boxscore Hermiston Bulldogs (2-2, 1-1) vs. Hood River Valley Eagles (2-1, 1-1) Friday, Sept. 29, 2017 Hermiston Hood River Valley 0 0 34 0 — 0 7 — 6 7 1st 2nd 11:54 – HHS Andrew James 11 yd TD rush (Dayshwan Neal PAT) 7-0 11:31 – HHS Andrew James 1 yd TD rush (2pt pass fail) 13-0 5:45 – HHS Jonathan Hinkle 19 yd TD rush (Neal PAT) 20-0 2:08 – HHS Tyler Rohrman 66 yard recep- tion from James (Neal PAT) 27-0 0:27 – HHS Dayshawn Neal 42 yard reception from James (Neal PAT) 34-0 3rd 0:09 – HRV Michael Jones 5 yd TD rush (Riggs Bardin PAT) 34-7 4th 10:52 – HHS Neal 19 yd TD rush (PAT blocked) 40-7 7:21 – HRV Jones 36 yd reception from Caden Leiblein (Bardin PAT) 40-14 tell you that he couldn’t get those yards without the o-line being tough off the ball and controlling the line of scrimmage.” At the half, Irrigon was up 28-0 and once the teams returned to the field the de- fense continued to shut the Pirates (2-2, 0-1) down. “The Riverside kids were tough, and fought hard all night,” Sheller said. “This is nothing to hang their heads over.” Up next, Irrigon will face Vale at home while River- side will travel to Umatilla to continue league play. Girls Soccer UMATILLA 2, IRRI- GON 0 — At Umatilla, the Vikings picked up their first league victory of the season with a shutout over Irrigon on Friday afternoon. Umatilla (2-3-2, 1-0-1 EOL) earned the victory on goals by Devina Monreal and Mayra Ortiz. The Vikings will next play on Friday at Nyssa, while Irrigon (0-6, 0-2) will play Riverside on Saturday at 1 p.m. 1st Downs Penalties Turnovers Rushing Passing Total HHS 18 9, 79 1 fumble 39, 220 200 420 HRV 14 4, 20 1 fumble, kept 46, 186 46 232 Passing HHS Andrew James 10-11- 0-200- 2 HRV Vaden Leiblein 3-19- 0-46- 1 Rushing HHS Andrew James 8, 45, 2TD HHS Jonathan Hinkle 8, 61, TD HHS Peter Earl 3, 7 HHS Dayshawn Neal 5, 33, TD HHS Joey Guttierez 2, -1 HHS Keaton Mikami 1, 34 HHS Garron Anderson 2, 7 HHS Unamed JV players 4, 8 HRV Caden Leiblein 12, 38 HRV Michael Jones 23, 83, TD HRV Bailey Holste 7, 48 HRV Matthew Tichenor 2, 12 HRV Tanner Wells 1, 5 Receiving HHS Dayshawn Neal 3, 71, TD HHS Tyler Rohrman 1, 66, TD HHS Joey Gutierrez 4, 37 HHS Luke Walchli 1, 8 HHS Keaton Mikami 1, 18 HRV Michael Jones 1, 36, TD HRV Trenton Hough 1, 5 HRV Matthew Tichenor 1, 5 PREP VOLLEYBALL Thursday Riverside at Irrigon, 6 p.m. Heppner at Pilot Rock, 5 p.m. Friday Nyssa at Stanfield, 1 p.m. Union at Stanfield, Noon Powder Valley at Echo, 4 p.m. Saturday Heppner vs. St. Paul (at Sherman), 10 a.m. Irrigon at Stanfield, Noon Echo at Joseph, 1 p.m. Ione at Mitchell/Spray, 1 p.m. PREP BOYS SOCCER Today Irrigon at Hermiston (JV), 4:30 p.m. Friday Umatilla at Nyssa, 3 p.m. Saturday Riverside at Irrigon, 3 p.m. PREP GIRLS SOCCER Thursday Irrigon at Mac-Hi, 4:30 p.m. Friday Umatilla at Nyssa, 5 p.m. Saturday Riverside at Irrigon, 1 p.m. PREP CROSS COUNTRY Thursday Heppner, Helix, Weston-McEwen, Stanfield at Mustang Invitational (Heppner), 4 p.m. Saturday Hermiston, Pendleton, Stanfield at Rich- land (WA) Invite, TBD Umatilla at La Grande Invite, TBD Prep Standings Through Oct. 1 PREP FOOTBALL 5A SPECIAL DISTRICT 1 Lg Ovr PS PA Rnk Mtn. View 3-0 5-0 175 64 3 Bend 3-0 4-1 163 85 14 Hermiston 2-1 3-2 128 91 4 Pendleton 2-1 3-2 180 79 21 Hood River 1-2 2-2 117 95 22 Summit 1-2 2-3 115 137 8 Redmond 0-3 0-5 54 212 23 Ridgeview 0-3 0-5 66 214 31 3A EASTERN OREGON LEAGUE Lg Ovr PS PA Rnk Nyssa 1-0 3-0 81 43 14 Irrigon 1-0 3-1 106 43 8 Burns 1-0 3-2 158 108 9 Umatilla 0-1 3-2 137 147 21 Riverside 0-1 2-2 64 109 26 Vale 0-1 2-3 128 147 19 2A COLUMBIA BASIN CONFERENCE Lg Ovr PS PA Rnk Heppner 1-0 2-3 116 144 5 Stanfield 1-0 1-3 54 118 21 W-McEwen 0-1 1-3 51 113 20 Culver 0-1 0-5 78 181 23 *Pilot Rock 2-3 108 178 X 1A SPECIAL DISTRICT 1 Lg Ovr PS PA Rnk Cove 2-0 4-1 214 123 6 Wallowa 2-0 4-1 296 194 8 HEPPNER continued from Page A10 a 3-yard touchdown rush for a 14-6 Heppner lead early in the second quarter. Two possessions later, Heppner took over at the TigerScots’ 37 and on its first play of the drive Wolters took a sweep handoff and dashed 37 yards for a touchdown. Coby Dougherty added his second touchdown of the game on a 20-yard rush late in the second quarter to send Heppner to halftime with a 32-6 lead and cruise in the second half. Heppner rushed for 279 yards as a team as the offen- sive line won the battles in the trenches. “We felt all along that we have an offensive front that can be good when they work together,” Grant said. “It’s all about communica- tion and they all know what to do, but they’re all doing different things and not jell- ing. We’re finally starting to trust and do some things and we’re really close.” While the win was good, it was a frustrating game for Grant and the Heppner coaches because of mistakes that piled up as the game went on. The defense strug- gled to tackle at times, let- ting Weston-McEwen turn big negative losses into pos- itive gains, and the offense fell into lulls where the exe- cution lacked. “My assistant said it best, we’re mercurial. We look like we know what we’re do- ing one minute and the next minute we don’t,” Grant said. “The kids are trying really hard but we just have to clean up technique and things. I’m happy for them because they’ve been work- ing hard and making strides, but I just know gee whiz if we can do a few things better Crane 2-0 3-1 Harper Chart. 1-0 2-1 Echo 1-1 3-2 Huntington 1-1 1-1 Powder Va. 1-1 1-3 Adrian 0-1 3-1 Joseph 0-2 2-3 Pine Eagle 0-2 1-4 Prarie City 0-2 0-5 224 110 230 45 58 158 130 156 14 78 80 186 110 150 102 144 219 263 2 22 11 24 20 7 29 30 35 PREP VOLLEYBALL 5A COLUMBIA RIVER CONFERENCE Lg Ovr SW SL Rnk Pendleton 4-1 9-3 25 8 12 Hood River 4-1 9-5 25 14 15 The Dalles 2-3 4-8 12 25 25 Hermiston 0-5 2-12 9 33 27 3A EASTERN OREGON LEAGUE Lg Ovr SW SL Rnk Vale 5-0 17-5 47 21 3 Burns 4-1 11-6 30 16 8 Irrigon 3-2 16-5 43 14 14 Nyssa 2-3 5-10 15 35 25 Umatilla 1-4 7-11 25 35 32 Riverside 0-5 0-15 3 41 39 2A COLUMBIA BASIN CONFERENCE Lg Ovr SW SL Rnk Culver 4-0 16-1 42 8 1 Heppner 3-1 13-5 34 15 8 W-McEwen 2-2 13-7 39 24 5 Pilot Rock 1-3 12-7 34 22 12 Stanfield 0-4 1-13 3 35 37 1A BIG SKY LEAGUE Lg Ovr SW South Wasco 4-0 18-7 46 Dufur 4-1 8-9 27 Ione 2-2 6-16-1 20 Sherman 2-2 3-2 11 Cond./Wheeler 1-4 5-13 17 Mitch./Spray 0-4 1-9 5 SL Rnk 23 9 30 19 41 39 7 33 36 53 26 59 1A OLD OREGON LEAGUE Lg Ovr SW SL Rnk Powder Va. 7-0 16-9 42 28 7 Helix 5-2 14-5 45 16 20 Joseph 5-2 11-8 33 23 16 Echo 5-3 9-6 29 19 28 Wallowa 3-4 4-7 14 24 32 Cove 3-5 7-10 27 30 42 Nixyaawii 1-6 1-6 4 20 60 Pine Eagle 1-8 1-12 5 35 58 PREP BOYS SOCCER 5A COLUMBIA RIVER CONFERENCE Lg Ovr GS GA Rnk Hermiston 1-0 6-3 31 8 15 Hood River 1-0 5-2 19 8 1 The Dalles 0-1 3-4 18 17 16 Pendleton 0-1 1-6 5 29 25 3A/2A/1A SPECIAL DISTRICT 4 Lg Ovr GS GA Rnk Riverside 2-0 7-0 42 9 2 Nyssa 1-1 3-4 40 33 29 Umatilla 1-1 1-5-1 6 36 33 Irrigon 0-2 1-6 13 35 43 PREP GIRLS SOCCER 5A COLUMBIA RIVER CONFERENCE Lg Ovr GS GA Rnk Hood River 1-0 4-2 15 5 4 Hermiston 0-0-1 3-5-1 8 19 26 The Dalles 0-0-1 0-6-1 0 32 30 Pendleton 0-1 1-4-1 12 31 31 3A/2A/1A SPECIAL DISTRICT 2 Lg Ovr GS GA Rnk Riverside 1-0-1 4-1-2 12 2 5 Umatilla 1-0-1 2-3-2 10 13 15 Nyssa 1-1 1-4 6 17 18 Irrigon 0-2 0-6 6 21 27 how much better we can be. I’d love to see their effort be rewarded.” For Weston-McEwen, the little offense it could mus- ter mostly came from quar- terback Brett Speed, as the senior ran for 62 yards and a touchdown on 15 carries, and also threw for 49 yards on 5 of 11 passing. Running back Jacob Speed was un- able to show off his speed for most of the game, finish- ing with just one net rushing yard on eight carries. McGill was the team’s second lead- ing rusher with 21 yards on seven carries with his score. “They came out and punched us in the mouth over and over again,” Weston-McEwen coach Tra- vis Glover said. “I’ve always said football is a game of inches and they took every one of them. Outside of that, we got beat by a great foot- ball team and we have to put things back together and get ready for Stanfield.” Weston-McEwen will look to regroup next week at Stanfield while Heppner gets a bye week to try and clean up things before host- ing Culver on Oct. 13. “I’m happy for the kids,” Grant said. “We had a pretty tough start and a good cou- ple of weeks to give the kids some confidence.” ———— HHS 8 24 8 12 — 52 W-M 6 0 6 0 — 12 PASSING — (HHS) J. Wilson 2-11, 23, TD, INT; K. Smith 1-1, 13. (W-M) B. Speed 5-11, 50, INT. RUSHING — (HHS) Be. Wolters 15- 151, 3TD; C. Dougherty 10-72, 3TD; G. Hanna-Robinson 5-34; Bl. Wolters 5-9; J. Wilson 2-10; K. Wilkins 1-9; J. Lehman 1-(-6). (W-M) B. Speed 15-62, TD; J. Speed 8-1; K. McGill 7-21, TD; B. Rudolph 4-(-2); P. Munck 3-19; L. Albert 2-17; V. Nowokowski 1-4; H. Lantz 1-(-2). RECEIVING — (HHS) Bl. Wolters 1-16; G. Hanna-Robinson 1-13; Be. Wolters 1-7, TD. (W-M) P. Munck 5-50. FIRST DOWNS — HHS 17, W-M 12. PEN- ALTIES — HHS 6-55; W-M 5-30. TIME OF POSSESSION: HHS 19:49; W-M 28:11. ———— Contact Eric at esing- er@eastoregonian.com or 541-966-0839. Follow him on Twitter @ByEricSinger.
