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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2017 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A11 Herald Sports PREP FOOTBALL Bulldogs beat Ridgeview; Vikings sink Pirates Hermiston wins third straight game; Umatilla victorious at home HERMISTON HERALD Hermiston traveled back to Central Oregon on Fri- day night and brought home a football win, beating the Ridgeview Ravens, 48-26. Hermiston (4-2 overall, 3-1 Special District 1) used a balanced offense to take down the Ravens, running for 259 yards and pass- ing for 214 more. Andrew James kept up his efficient play, completing 12-of-15 passes with three touch- downs, and rushing for 100 yards on eight carries with a score. As usual, James’ fa- vorite target was Dayshawn Neal, as Neal hauled in six passes for 97 yards with a score. The pair hooked up for the touchdown to open the game, with Neal catching a 36-yard score for an early 7-0 lead. James also threw a 50-yard touchdown pass to Joey Gutierrez in the third quarter and a 3-yard score to Keaton Mikami in the fourth. Jonathan Hinkle had a big day on the ground for the Bulldogs, rushing for 105 yards and two scores on 14 carries. Hermiston’s defense forced two turnovers, but gave up 300 rushing yards on 54 attempts to the Ra- vens. Ridgeview tied the game at 14-14 with 8:37 left in the second quar- ter, but scores by Hinkle, James and Gutierrez gave the Bulldogs a 35-14 lead and momentum going into halftime. Hermiston will next host Bend on Friday night at 7 p.m. in its traditional fall Homecoming game. UMATILLA 44, RIV- ERSIDE 16 — The Uma- tilla Vikings easily hand- ed the Riverside Pirates a 44-16 loss Friday night to move to 4-2 on the season, and 1-1 in the Eastern Ore- gon League. Senior quarterback Kaden Webb went 12-for- 17 for 250 yards and three touchdowns, and ran for 54 yards and one touchdown on six carries. “It felt pretty good,” Webb said. “Overall, through the nigh,t it felt like I was throwing the ball pretty well, receivers were going and making plays so that’s nice to see.” One of those plays was a 72-yard touchdown pass to senior running back Trent Durfey with three seconds left in the third quarter. The 6-foot 2-inch 210-pound back ran through River- side’s defense the entire night. By that point in the game, the Vikings had a comfortable lead over the Pirates (2-3 overall, 0-2 EOL). After Umatilla’s open- ing drive ended with a punt on 4th-and-10, the defense took the field and wouldn’t be on the field for long. Riverside’s senior quarter- back Mason Hegar fumbled as he was swarmed by the Umatilla defense, and Vi- king linebacker Zaquary Funderburk recovered the ball on the Pirates 1-yard line. Webb found sopho- more running back Arrik Russell for Umatilla’s first score of the night. The defense continued to make big plays, and was again the reason for the Vikings next touchdown. After a bad snap from Riv- erside’s punter on fourth down, Umatilla recovered the ball to bring Webb back out. Twenty six yards and six plays later, he ran for two yards to extend the Vi- kings lead to 16-0. Riverside struggled to contain the Vikings in the first quarter, and couldn’t quite find its rhythm on offense but a momentum changer to open the second quarter stopped Umatilla’s chance at a shutout. The team’s traded touch- downs as Umatilla scored on the ensuing drive to ex- tend its lead to 22-8. The Vikings scored one more time before the half. Sophomore running back Pedro Alvarez ran in a 36 yarder to add six points to the board. The ground game was as much of a factor as the passing game. Winds were gusting throughout most of the night, but it worked in Umatilla’s favor. Although it sent some of Webb’s passes long and may have caused a few wrinkles in play calling, the Vikings were able to establish the run early which opened things up later on. “We were trying to es- tablish the run game,” Webb said. “If we do that it sucks guys into the box and opens it up for throws. Es- tablishing the run game is just about our first thought.” Trent Durfey led the team with 11 carries for 75 yards. While Alvarez racked up 78 yards on just nine carries. STANFIELD 38, WESTON-MCEWEN 16 — At Stanfield, the Tigers continued to play well at the right time as they picked up their second league victory of the season with a big 38- 16 win over Weston-McE- wen on Friday night. Stanfield (2-3 overall, 2-0 CBC) ran for 335 yards on the TigerScots, with Jus- tin Keeney running for 112 yards and two touchdowns and Adrian Renner gaining 103 yards with two more scores. Shayne Keltz also ran for one touchdown. “It’s probably the best we’ve looked all season,” Stanfield coach Davie Salas said. “We’re playing good football at the right time like we did tonight. We started the season a little rough, but I kept telling the kids to keep believing in themselves and the results will come and that’s what we’re seeing right now.” The win gives the Tigers a chance to play for their second straight CBC title in two weeks when they play Heppner, something that Salas said the team is ex- tremely happy about. ECHO 68, POWDER VALLEY 38 — At Echo, the Cougars tallied 670 rushing yards and 10 total touchdowns as they defeat- ed the Powder Valley Bad- gers 68-38 on Friday night. Quarterback Devan Craig took advantage of some open running lanes as he led the team with 402 rushing yards and five touchdowns, while also throwing for two more scores. Behind Craig, Damien Curiel ran for 102 yards and two touchdowns while catching an 81-yard touchdown pass, and Zack Gehrke added another 80 yards and one touchdown. On defense, Echo (4-2 overall, 2-1 Special Dis- trict 1) gave up 180 rush- ing yards and 158 passing yards, but picked up three interceptions and three fumble recoveries to help keep the Badgers at bay. Follow sports on Twitter @HHeraldSports Riverside sweeps Irrigon By ALEXIS MANSANAREZ STAFF WRITER On Saturday, the Irrigon Knights welcomed the Riv- erside boys and girls soccer teams for a doubleheader. The Pirates certainly made their presence known as both teams shut out the Knights by a combined 15 goals. Irrigon was fielding a first-year girl’s varsity program against the ex- perienced Pirates. At first the competition was even- ly matched. The Knights inexperience definitely showed but it took a while for the Pirates to find their groove in very windy con- ditions. Small mistakes on both sides, like inaccurate short passes or missed op- portunities to down the ball, caused possession to change frequently. But once Riverside settled down, the Pirates began to dominate. They scored four goals in 20 minutes, and entered the half up by a comfortable margin. “I liked the girl’s pres- sure,” Riverside head coach Carlos Velasco said. “We worked on that, on pressuring the ball.” The Pirates continued to put the pressure on in the second half, holding the Knights scoreless with only three shots on goal. Riverside had to grind out its victory down four play- ers, which left the team without any subs. “At the end they kind of got tired,” Velasco added. The athleticism and en- durance the girls showed against Irrigon is going STAFF PHOTO BY ALEXIS MANSANAREZ Riverside’s senior forward Nahomy Claustro fights off an Irrigon defender in Saturday’s game at Irrigon High school. The Riverside Pirates won 4-0. to be something they will need to tap into as they near the end of the regular sea- son. Saturday’s win moves them to 5-1-2 on the season and 2-0-1 in league play. The Pirates hold the top spot in Special District 2. While the Knights won’t continue into the postsea- son, Irrigon head coach Joe Cobb celebrates the small victories, which he sees in the improvements the girls make week to week. “I thought the kids — we have progressively got better each game,” Cobb said. “I tell them the goal every game is to get better, and I like to try to get the ball in the goal. But I didn’t feel we went out there and embarrassed ourselves. I thought we went out there and played our kind of game.” Unlike the girls, the boy’s match up was un- even. They took the field after the girl’s game and with Irrigon entering the game winless and River- side undefeated it was only a matter of time before the Pirates began their reign. They earned their eighth consecutive victory after defeating the Knights 11-0. The Pirates (8-0 over- all, 3-0 Special District 4) scored four goals in the first half, one was off a free kick by sophomore Ulyces Lopez with just six minutes to go until the half. Riverside’s comfortable lead increased dramatical- ly in the opening minutes of the second half. The Pi- rates scored three goals in the first six minutes against the Knights (0-9, 0-3), who were playing without any subs. A goalie change by Irrigon stopped the Pirates from tallying more goals, but Riverside cemented it’s No. 1 standing with this massive win. ——— Contact Alexis at sports@hermistonherald. com or 541-564-4542. Follow her on Twitter @ almansanarez. CROSS COUNTRY Hermiston girls place second in Richland BY HERMISTON HERALD The Hermiston cross country team joined Pend- leton, as well as a number of Washington and Idaho schools in the Max Jen- sen Richland Invitational on Saturday. The stacked field took laps around Car- michael Middle School as their regular season winds down. Hermiston was coming off of a not-so-hot finish in Portland a week ago, and head coach Troy Black- burn was impressed with how well they performed this time out. “I was excited, espe- cially after last week,” he said. “This week they bounced back. This year we did very well which will give us momentum going into districts.” The Bulldogs hit the same speed bump last year and struggled at this invite, but this time around was another story, even with one of the boy’s top run- ners out. Hermiston finished within the top 10 in both the girls and boys 3-mile Division II race. The girls placed second with 89 points while the boys fin- ished in seventh place with 183 points. The boys could have easily placed in third or fourth if it weren’t miss- ing a runner but there are still many things to cele- brate. Seniors Melany Sol- orio and Isaac Sanchez were once again the No. 1 runners for each team. Both finished third in their respective races. Solor- io clocked 19:21.51 and Sanchez ran sub-16 to fin- ish 15:55.60. In fact, he shaved of 35 seconds from his course record. Two other Bulldogs from the girls team fin- ished in the top 20. Fresh- man Amanda Nygard rounded out the top five in 19:24.63 and sophomore Shelia Solorio came in 17th place (20:10.30). “All the girls did well,” Blackburn said. “They are performing very well. We looked much stronger than we did in the past.” For the boy’s, Hermis- ton’s next finisher behind Sanchez was fellow senior Emanuel Ibarra. Ibarra ran 16:52.96 for 23rd place, and junior Angel Benites followed in 29th place (16:59.21) “They both ran tough,” Blackburn said. “(Angel) has always despised hills and he usually struggled but this time he got past that, which was great for him.” Official varsity team scores are listed below. UP NEXT: Hermiston will compete in two meets this week. First its junior varsity will compete in the Helix Stubblebuster on Thursday, while the var- sity squad takes some ex- tra time to prepare for the George Fox XC Classic at Willamette Mission State Park on Saturday. ——— Coaches can report game scores and statistics by calling 1-800-522-0255 or emailing sports@herm- istonherald.com. ——— Cross country official varsity team scores Girl’s 3-mile Division II 1. Charles Wright Academy 2. Hermiston 3. Lewis and Clark 4. Pullman 5. Nathan Hale 6. Southridge 7. Hanford 8. Franklin (WA) 9. Archbishop Murphy 10. Riverside 11. Lakes 12. Pendleton 13. Trout Lake 14. Sunnyside 15. College Place 16. East Valley (Spokane) 17. Othello 70 89 133 137 148 193 208 231 238 251 265 267 278 311 364 371 484 Boy’s 3-mile Division II 1. Pullman 2. North Central 3. Lakes 4. Central Valley 5. Charles Wright Academy 6. East Valley (Spokane) 7. Hermiston 8. Rocky Mountain 9. Riverside 10. Nathan Hale 11. Lakeside (Nine Mile) 12. Interlake 13. Bethel 14. Sunnyside 15. Tri-Cities Prep 16. Mt Spokane 17. Wenatchee 18. Archbishop Murphy 19. Othello 20. Pendleton 54 122 141 142 146 177 183 184 216 222 269 272 309 342 414 431 466 468 482 560 SCOREBOARD Local slate PREP FOOTBALL Friday Bend at Hermiston, 7 p.m. Riverside at Burns, 7 p.m. Irrigon at Nyssa, 7 p.m. Umatilla at Vale, 7 p.m. Culver at Heppner, 7 p.m. Joseph at Echo, 7 p.m. PREP VOLLEYBALL Thursday Weston-McEwen at Heppner, 5 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at Ione, 5 p.m. Culver at Stanfield, 5:30 p.m. Hermiston at Hood River Valley, 6:30 p.m. Friday Irrigon at Burns, 1 p.m. Umatilla at Vale, 1 p.m. Riverside at Burns, 5 p.m. Umatilla at Nyssa, 5:30 p.m. Saturday Hermiston at Pendleton Tournament, 8 a.m. Irrigon at Vale, 11 a.m. Riverside at Nyssa, Noon Umatilla at Burns, 1 p.m. Echo at Cove, 2 p.m. Riverside at Vale, 3 p.m. Irrigon at Nyssa, 4 p.m. PREP BOYS SOCCER Wednesday Riverside at Mac-Hi, 4:30 p.m. Thursday Hermiston at The Dalles, 4:30 p.m. Saturday Irrigon at Nyssa, 1 p.m. Umatilla at Riverside, 1 p.m. PREP GIRLS SOCCER Thursday Mac-Hi at Irrigon, 4:30 p.m. The Dalles at Hermiston, 7 p.m. Saturday Umatilla at Riverside, 1 p.m. Irrigon at Nyssa, 3 p.m. PREP CROSS COUNTRY Thursday Heppner, Helix, Stanfield, Weston-McE- wen at Helix Stubblebuster, TBD Friday Pendleton, Mac-Hi, Umatilla, Weston-McEwen at Mac-Hi Gutbuster, TBD Saturday Hermiston at George Fox XC Classic, TBD Prep Standings Through Oct. 8 PREP FOOTBALL 5A SPECIAL DISTRICT 1 Lg Ovr PS PA Rnk Mtn. View 4-0 6-0 196 70 1 Bend 4-0 5-1 198 114 10 Hermiston 3-1 4-2 176 117 5 Pendleton 2-2 3-3 186 100 18 Hood River 1-3 2-3 137 125 24 Summit 1-3 2-4 144 172 13 Redmond 1-3 1-5 84 232 22 Ridgeview 0-4 0-6 92 262 29 3A EASTERN OREGON LEAGUE Lg Ovr PS PA Rnk Nyssa 2-0 4-0 115 71 6 Umatilla 1-1 4-2 181 163 20 Irrigon 1-1 3-2 112 93 16 Burns 1-1 3-3 186 142 11 Vale 1-1 3-3 178 153 14 Riverside 0-2 2-3 80 153 31 2A COLUMBIA BASIN CONFERENCE Lg Ovr PS PA Rnk Stanfield 2-0 2-3 92 134 18 Heppner 1-0 2-3 116 144 7 Culver 0-1 0-6 85 233 22 W-McEwen 0-2 1-4 67 151 23 *Pilot Rock 2-3 108 178 X 1A SPECIAL DISTRICT 1 Lg Ovr PS PA Rnk Cove 3-0 5-1 294 159 8 Wallowa 3-0 5-1 Crane 3-0 4-1 Echo 2-1 4-2 Adrian 1-1 4-1 Harper Chart. 1-1 2-2 Huntington 1-2 1-2 Powder Va. 1-2 1-4 Prarie City 0-2 0-6 Joseph 0-3 2-4 Pine Eagle 0-3 1-5 364 284 298 222 116 45 96 14 168 162 200 84 224 102 140 174 220 329 224 287 10 3 9 6 23 25 26 35 28 29 PREP VOLLEYBALL 5A COLUMBIA RIVER CONFERENCE Lg Ovr SW SL Rnk Pendleton 5-1 10-4 28 13 11 Hood River 5-1 10-7 28 21 16 The Dalles 2-4 6-9 18 28 24 Hermiston 0-6 2-13 11 36 27 3A EASTERN OREGON LEAGUE Lg Ovr SW SL Rnk Vale 6-0 18-5 50 21 5 Burns 5-1 13-6 36 16 8 Irrigon 4-2 18-5 49 15 14 Umatilla 2-4 8-11 28 35 33 Nyssa 2-5 6-13 18 44 27 Riverside 0-7 0-18 3 49 39 2A COLUMBIA BASIN CONFERENCE Lg Ovr SW SL Rnk Culver 5-1 20-2 53 13 1 Heppner 5-1 15-7 41 24 8 W-McEwen 2-3 14-10 46 35 6 Pilot Rock 2-4 13-8 38 25 14 Stanfield 0-5 2-17 6 47 34 1A BIG SKY LEAGUE Lg Ovr SW South Wasco 5-0 19-7 49 Dufur 4-1 9-9 30 Ione 3-2 7-17-1 23 Sherman 3-3 5-3 18 Cond./Wheeler 1-4 5-15 19 Mitch./Spray 0-6 1-11 5 SL Rnk 24 6 30 19 44 40 10 31 42 54 32 59 1A OLD OREGON LEAGUE Lg Ovr SW SL Rnk Powder Va. 10-1 19-10 52 31 10 Joseph 9-2 15-8 45 25 12 Helix 7-4 16-7 52 23 25 Echo 6-4 10-7 33 23 26 Wallowa 5-6 6-9 21 30 33 Cove 5-7 9-12 34 37 39 Nixyaawii 1-9 1-9 4 29 56 Pine Eagle 1-11 1-15 5 44 57 PREP BOYS SOCCER 5A COLUMBIA RIVER CONFERENCE Lg Ovr GS GA Rnk Hermiston 1-0-1 6-3-1 32 9 14 Hood River 1-0-1 5-2-2 22 11 1 The Dalles 1-1 4-5 23 21 16 Pendleton 0-2 1-7 7 33 28 3A/2A/1A SPECIAL DISTRICT 4 Lg Ovr GS GA Rnk Riverside 3-0 8-0 53 9 2 Nyssa 2-1 4-4 44 36 24 Umatilla 1-2 1-7-1 9 43 34 Irrigon 0-3 1-7 9 60 40 PREP GIRLS SOCCER 5A COLUMBIA RIVER CONFERENCE Lg Ovr GS GA Rnk Hood River 1-0-1 4-2-2 16 6 11 The Dalles 1-0-1 1-6-1 1 32 26 Hermiston 0-0-2 3-5-2 8 19 21 Pendleton 0-2 1-6-1 12 36 32 3A/2A/1A SPECIAL DISTRICT 2 Lg Ovr GS GA Rnk Riverside 2-0-1 5-1-2 16 2 9 Umatilla 1-0-2 2-4-2 10 22 17 Nyssa 1-1-1 1-4-1 6 17 18 Irrigon 0-3 1-7 8 25 27
