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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2017 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A9 Herald Sports Follow sports on Twitter @HHeraldSports Bulldogs hold off Lava Bears Hermiston travels to Pendleton for Hermiston wins Buckaroo Classic fourth straight By ALEXIS MANSANAREZ STAFF WRITER STAFF PHOTO BY KATHY ANEY Hermiston’s Lesly Santoyo blocks a hit by Kristen Hale Saturday morning during the Buckaroo Classic at Warberg Court. Bucks, Dawgs faced non-league matchups in final weekend of regular season By ALEXIS MANSANAREZ STAFF WRITER There was a lot of ac- tion inside Pendleton High School’s gymnasium Sat- urday morning. The Buck- aroo classic brought four schools together — Pend- leton, Hermiston, Putnam and Milwaukie — for four matches beginning at 9 a.m. The two Columbia Riv- er Conference schools each played the Putnam King- sman and the Milwaukie Mustangs from the North- west Oregon Conference. The Buckaroos swept their competition, and won the first match against the Kingsman, 3-1 (25-20, 14- 25, 25-19, 25-17), and then got it done against the Mus- tangs in three straight sets — 25-8, 25-8, 25-21. Hermiston was also able to take advantage of non- league matches late in the season, and were able to accomplish something the Bulldogs had not yet been able to with their young team. Hermiston picked up its first three-set sweep of the season against Mil- waukie. The Bulldogs opened play Saturday against the Mustangs, and battled back in the last two sets to pick up the 3-0 win (25-13, 26-24, 26-24). “We were able to grind and do the things we need- ed to do, like the little things and take of things at the net,” head coach Amy Dyck said. “We struggled a little bit at times and again that comes back to the fact we don’t have a ton of ex- perience playing in those big matches so for us, get- ting a huge lead like that kind of throws us on our heels a little bit because we aren’t used to it.” The Bulldogs opened play with a huge 9-1 run to take the lead over the Mus- tangs. Milwaukie chipped away at its deficit, but it simply wasn’t enough. But like Pendleton, Hermiston faced a whole new team af- ter winning the first set. Milwaukie came out hot, and made Hermiston work to earn its next two set vic- tories. The Bulldogs broke a couple of set points, and had big offensive perfor- mances late in each game to get the eventual win. It was an effort Dyck was proud of. “We were able to push through and even when we were down and they had some set points in the sec- ond and third games — for us to be able to come back and finish is huge,” Dyck said. “That’s showing the growth that we’ve had over the season.” However, the second match wasn’t as favorable as the first. Putnam bounced back from its loss to Pend- leton, and swept Hermiston in straight sets (25-21, 25- 13, 25-17). The Bulldogs played hard in the first set against the Kingsmen, but lost steam at the end, which al- lowed Putnam to go on a 4-2 run to hand Hermiston its first loss of the day. The next two sets had longer runs from the King- smen, along with commu- nication breakdowns from the Bulldogs, which gave Putnam the advantage. “It’s been a busy week,” Dyck said as the girls im- mediately left Pendleton for homecoming back in Hermiston. “So the fact they were able to hang in there as much as they did, I’m really happy about. We definitely started getting a little bit squirrelly there and lost focus there in the sec- ond match.” Despite dropping the second match, some Bull- dogs still had a good day on the court. Senior Breena Wadekamper had one of the best all-around performanc- es, as she recorded five aces, 10 assists, and eight digs. Sophomore Halee Stubbs and senior Masie Hancock led the team with 21 digs each. Junior Sophia Streeter had a team-high nine kills, and freshman Kendall Dowdy notched 13 assists. ——— Contact Alexis at aman- sanarez@eastoregonian. com or 541-564-4542. Fol- low her on Twitter @al- mansanarez. After his final home- coming game, Hermiston senior Dayshawn Neal was at a loss for words, reeling. First, he had to catch his breath, and second, he was reeling from the Bulldogs’ 35-32 win over the Bend Lava Bears that did not come easy. “I’m feeling it,” said Neal, who finished with 122 receiving yards and three touchdowns. “It’s just hard to explain.” Bend came to town on a five-game winning streak, and had yet to lose a league game. The Bulldogs (5-2 overall, 4-1 Special District 1) weren’t threatened by the Bears’ record, and STAFF PHOTO BY KATHY ANEY came out on the hunt for a win, scoring their first Hermiston’s Tyler Rohrman tackles a Bend player in the end zone Friday at Kennison Field, touchdown in the open- jarring the ball loose. ing drive. way that any previously Junior quarterback An- drew James hit his favorite unbeaten SD1 team would, target of the night, senior and executed in the red Dayshawn Neal, for a 90- zone for a score. yard touchdown. Herm- Hermiston answered iston was up 7-0 just two with one of its own, and minutes into the game. every fan was on the edge The second drive with of their seats as Bend got James and the rest of the ball back with seven Hermiston’s offense on the minutes left in the game. field had the same result. The Bears were down by This time senior Jonathan three as the score read 35- Hinkle ran in a 1-yard 32, but the way the game score after he had moved had been going no body the ball 53 yards on the would have been surprised previous play. if they had scored. And However, the 14-0 lead they almost did. would only last until the An offensive pass inter- end of the first quarter. ference call in the end zone After Neal recorded his push Bend back outside of first interception of the the 20-yard line. Desperate STAFF PHOTO BY KATHY ANEY night on his own 4-yard to make anything happen line to stop the Lava Bears Hermiston’s Dayshawn Neal runs 90 yards for a touchdown with the clock now at three (5-2, 4-1) from scoring, early in Friday’s game against Bend at Kennison Field. minutes, Simmonds throw Bend’s defense stepped a bullet inside the 10. The up and opened the second after it. They rallied behind Kjellesvik got one touch- only problem for the Bears quarter with a safety. Its one another and moved on down under hist belt, a was that a Bulldog caught defense continued to make to the next play. When your five-yard run that pushed it instead. big plays by recovering a team does that it just shows the Lava Bears over the Neal made the ball fumbled by Neal on how much they’ve grown Bulldogs for the first time game-winning play deep in what would have been a as a group, and how much Friday night. his own territory, securing Down 26-21, the Bull- Hermiston’s fourth consec- they have each other’s Hermiston first down. dogs were struggling to utive win. Five plays later, Herm- back and what not.” After Gutierrez’s big de- make anything happen. iston senior Joey Gutierrez James finished 11-of-15 got a pick-6, intercepting fensive play, Bend scored Silly mistakes and costly for 211 yards, one intercep- quarterback Cooper Sim- 24 unanswered points that penalties extended Bend’s tion, and three touchdowns. monds and running 68 stretched from halfway drives and ended their own. Hinkle led the ground “We can’t let that get to game with 141 yards on through the second quarter yards to the house. The two teams didn’t to over 10 minutes into the us,” Neal said. “We’ve just 16 carries. He recorded a got to start dominating, touchdown of his own, and just swap turnovers, they third. Simmonds connected to start playing.” swapped the lead too. It the two point conversion Hermiston was finally that gave the Bulldogs the happened four more times. junior Tysen Scott for the But Hermiston stuck with Bears first touchdown. The brought back to life near edge they need to best the 6-foot 2-inch, 195-pound the end of the third quar- Lava Bears. it, all 48 minutes. “It’s a testament to their wide receiver was tough to ter when James once again “It was a great atmo- growth as young athletes,” cover. Scott recorded one found Neal for an 11-yard sphere tonight,” Faaeteete head coach David Faae- more touchdown just three touchdown. Hinkle ran in said. “There were big plays teete said. “When adversi- minutes after his first. He the two-point conversion, on both sides of the field ty struck they didn’t turn ended the night with 108 and Hermiston was back and it was just a fun foot- on top, 29-26. on each other and start yards on three receptions. ball game to watch and be Bend responded in a a part of.” Bend senior Haakon pointing fingers, they got PREP ROUNDUP Riverside coasts through season around and travel to Nyssa just five days later. BY HERMISTON HERALD Riverside hosted Uma- tilla on Saturday and was able to come back from its 1-0 loss just four days earli- er. The Pirates shut out the Knights, 3-0, and moved to 6-2-2 on the season and 3-0-1 in the league. Riverside sits in first place with a one-game lead, and is facing a must- win situation for its next match. The Pirates will travel to Nyssa to take on the Bulldogs, who are try- ing to knock Riverside out of playoff contention. Only one team from the Special District 2 will ad- vance into the postseason. If Umatilla wants a chance it will have to turn its season around and win out. The Vikings (2-6-3, 1-1-2) took a break from The Riverside boys soccer team continued its dominance, and shut out Umatilla, 7-0. The Pirates (10-0 overall, 4-0 Special District 4) came out hot, scoring five of their goals in the first half. Umatilla has struggled of late, and pushed its los- ing skid to four games after this road loss. The Vikings (1-9-1, 1-3) can look for- ward to facing Irrigon, the only league team they have beat this season. Riverside’s regular sea- son will stretch on, as the Pirates have four more games to play before the playoffs. First up is a non- league opponent, Prescott (WA) on Monday. River- side will have a quick turn- Girls soccer league play to face Port- land Christian/Columbia Christian on Tuesday. NYSSA 4, IRRIGON 1 — The Bulldogs did dam- age on the road and earned a much needed victory to keep playoff hopes alive. While Nyssa did let one by, its three goals in the second half sealed the deal and moved them into second place in the league. The Bulldogs (2-4-1 overall, 2-1-1 Special Dis- trict 2) had not seen a win since their Sept. 23 victo- ry over Irrigon. They will need to keep the momen- tum past their non-league match up next week if Nyssa wants to see the playoffs. The Knights (2-8-1, 0-4) have yet to win a league game and will only have two more chances to do so. Irrigon will have a whole week to recover, and host Umatilla on Saturday. Cross country The Hermiston Bull- dogs competed in one of their last meets before they enter post season, the George Fox XC Classic on Saturday. The boy’s team ran in the 5,000-meter varsity sil- ver race, and finished sev- enth with 171 points. Once again, Hermiston was led by its No. 1 run- ner, senior Isaac Sanchez. Sanchez finished in eighth place, clocking 16:31.17. The field was stacked with many fast runners, as the first two ran sub-16. The next Bulldog to finish was just shy of the top-25. Se- nior Emanuel Ibarra placed 26th in 17:10.09 Hermiston will run in the Kyle Burnside Wild- horse Invite on Thursday. Heppner, Pendleton, Riv- erside-Irrigon, Stanfield, Umatilla, Weston-McEwen and others will be joining the Bulldogs.
