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A10 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2018 Herald Sports Follow sports on Twitter @HHeraldSports Hermiston swim team defends district title HERMISTON HERALD HOOD RIVER — For the sec- ond straight year, the Hermiston boys swim team claimed the dis- trict title behind four top finishes and 83 total points. Junior Ryan Barnard earned first in the 200-yard individual med- ley (2:05.08), beating out second place Hood River Valley (HRV) by nearly 15 seconds. Senior Carson Wrathall won individual district titles in two events. First, the 100-yard free- style where he clocked 49.92 — and was the only swimmer to go sub-50. In his next individual event, the 100-yard breaststroke, Wrath- all swam 1:03.04 to edge out HRV and fellow Bulldog junior Seth Buck, who earned a third place fin- ish (1:10.10). Barnard, Wrathall and Buck were joined by junior Lane Steven- son in the 200-yard freestyle relay that won first place in 1:36.57. Pendleton’s boys 200-yard free relay team was close behind and finished second in 1:40.96. The same group of four Bull- dogs also competed in the 200-yard medley relay, where they earned a second place finish (1:49.00). Other second place Hermiston swimmers included sophomore Preston Strong, who finished the 200-yard free in 2:18.05 and once again, Barnard, who earned second (55.65) in one of his other individ- ual events — the 100-yard fly. The Bulldogs narrowly defeated second-place HRV, which finished with 79 points, and Pendleton fol- lowed with 76. The Bucks had top finishes from senior Shane Miltenberger in both of his individual events. In the 200-yard free, he out swam Hermiston’s Preston by nearly 20 seconds to win first in 1:58.27. Next, in the 100-yard free, he claimed the top spot by clock- ing 5:19.8. Seniors Rylan Headley and Matt Larsen and freshman Mat- thew Miltenberger, along with the 200-yard free relay and 400-yard free relay all earned second place finishes. The Buckaroos’ girls team fared better at the district tournament, and claimed second place with 94 points. Juniors Landry Huth and Elis- abeth House and freshman Kyn- dra Nelson all finished first in their respective individual events. Nelson, House, Huth and senior Abby Williams made up the 200- yard free relay team that finished first in 1:49.70. For the Hermiston girls, fresh- man Georgia Stevenson had the best outing. She won first place in RIVALRY SKID SNAPPED Ortiz helps Hermiston stay in league title hunt ——— Team Results 1. Hood River Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 2. Pendleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .170 3. Hermiston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 4. The Dalles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Girls Results 1. Hood River Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113 2. Pendleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 3. Hermiston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 4. The Dalles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Boys results 1. Hermiston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 2. Hood River Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 3. Pendleton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76 4. The Dalles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Two Bulldogs win individual titles at districts HERMISTON HERALD By ERIC SINGER STAFF WRITER ENDLETON — As a first- year varsity player last season, Hermiston’s Cesar Ortiz carved out a role as a streaky, but lethal, 3-point shooter off the bench. As a junior this year, Ortiz has worked to develop more aspects of his game and get away from being a one-dimensional player. He flashed the growth of his game during Friday’s matchup with Pendle- ton, working for rebounds in the post, driving to the hoop to create offense, and showing quicker feet on defense to help slow down a tal- ented Pendleton offense. However, Ortiz’s lethal shooting touch from behind the arc is still there, too, which he used to knock down four key 3-pointers and score a team-high 18 points to help his Bulldogs knock off the Buckaroos 66-55 in front of a packed house at Pendleton’s Warberg Court. The victory snapped a five-game skid in the rivalry series for Hermiston dating back to 2016, and keeps the Bulldogs in the hunt for a confer- ence title. “This feels really good,” Ortiz said of the victory. “We came in prepared and I thought we played very well.” The Bulldogs (9-11 overall, 4-2 Columbia River Conference) trailed 19-16 at the end of a fast- paced first quarter, and midway through the second, the momentum was starting to swing in the Bucka- roos’ favor with a 27-21 lead. However, two quick buckets from Patrick Wicks had the Bull- dogs right back in the game and then a 3-pointer and made free throw from Ortiz put the Dawgs on top 32-31 at the break. P See BOYS, A11 the 100-yard backstroke by clock- ing 1:10.14, and second in the 200- yard freestyle (2:25.24). Fellow freshman Abigail Sha- ron also earned second in the 500- yard freestyle, finishing in 6:29.10. STAFF PHOTO BY KATHY ANEY Hermiston’s Patrick Wicks (20) looks to dish off to a teammate as Tyler Newsome, of Pendleton, defends during Friday’s game at Warberg Court. REDMOND — Hermiston fin- ished in third place, won two indi- vidual titles and will send eight wrestlers to state after its showing Saturday at the Class 5A Special District 4 tournament. The Bulldogs finished in third place with 207 points and Pend- leton in fourth with 178 points. Mountain View won the team dis- trict title with 400 points and Red- mond was second with 279.5 points. For the Bulldogs, Joey Gutier- rez (195 pounds) and Sean Stewart (220) each wrapped up the Bull- dogs’ only individual titles on the day. Gutierrez finished a superb tournament with his third win by fall in three matches, this time pinning Redmond’s John Crivel- lone in 1:44. Stewart won his first career district title by pinning Red- mond’s John Lawrence in 2:53. Also qualifying to state for Hermiston was Ruben Madrigal (2nd place, 106 pounds), Gage Shipley (3rd, 120), AJ Tuia (2nd, 145), Zach Kirkpatrick (2nd, 160), Jake Palmer (4th, 182) and Beau Blake (2nd, 285). After the first day of the tourna- ment, Hermiston sat in fourth place with 85.0 points, just behind Pend- leton (93.5). The two rival schools met up at 145 and 195 in the Saturday quar- terfinals, as the Buckaroos’ Blake Davis faced Bulldogs’ AJ Tuia at 145 and Hermiston’s Joey Gutier- rez got Pendleton’s Aiden Hender- son at 220. Gutierrez’s only match on Friday featured a win by fall in just 17 seconds. The Bulldogs put six other wrestlers in the quarterfinals: Alice Todryk (113) faced Redmond’s Diego Suganuma, Ruben Madrigal (106) got Mountain View’s Nick Valenti, Gage Shipley (120) faced Mountain View’s Carsen Johnson, Zach Kirkpatrick (160) faced Red- mond’s Austin Carter, Sean Stew- art (220) faced Ridgeview’s Logan Shenk, and Beau Blake (285) got Hood River’s Adrian Ramirez. SCHEDULE Bucks win girls series against Dawgs Pendleton comes back from slow third quarter to defeat Hermiston By ALEXIS MANSANAREZ STAFF WRITER PENDLETON — In the final 90 seconds of play on Friday, Hermis- ton senior Hannah Thompson was making Pendleton nervous. Pendleton head coach Kevin Porter was jumping up and down on the sidelines as his team held a narrow 53-47 lead, that was once an advantage of over 10 points. But the Bulldogs willed their way back into the game and cut their deficit to only three points with just over a minute on the clock. Thompson, who had been heat- ing up in the second half, con- verted the and-1 into a three point play to push the score to 53-50 in favor of the Bucks. “Their outside shooters got hot, Hannah Thompson, she got hot and I was getting a little nervous there,” Porter said after the game. “But we just kept saying, ‘Next play, next play.’ If they get one there, so what, we’ve got another play coming.” Make that another five plays for the Bucks, as they pulled away with a 61-52 victory over the Bull- dogs at Warberg Court, keeping Pendleton undefeated in confer- ence play. After the teams came out of a timeout with 1:04 left on the game clock, Hermiston junior Sydney Stefani tried for a 3-pointer to tie the game. The missed shot fell into the hands of Pendleton senior Kalan McGlothan — who was fouled and banked both free throw attempts to put the Bucks up by two possessions. The Bulldogs, however, weren’t giving up. Junior Jordan Thomas forced her way inside for a lay-up to cut the deficit to 55-52. See GIRLS, A11 Local slate PREP BOYS BASKETBALL Friday Umatilla vs. TBD (EOL District Final at Umatilla), 6 p.m. Hermiston at Hood River Valley, 7 p.m. OOL Districts (at Baker HS), TBD CBC District Semifinal (at Pendleton Convention Center), TBD Saturday Pilot Rock vs. TBD (CBC Districts at Pendleton Convention Center), 1 p.m. BSL District Championship (at Madras), TBD OOL District Championship (at Baker HS), TBD PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL Thursday Echo vs. Joseph (at Baker HS), 6:30 p.m. Friday Hood River Valley at Hermiston, 7 p.m. CBC District Semifinal (at Pendleton Convention Center), TBD Saturday CBC District Championship (at Pendleton Con- vention Center), TBD OOL District Championship (at Baker HS), TBD BSL District Championship (at Madras), TBD PREP WRESTLING Friday Hermiston, Pendleton, Mac-Hi, Riverside, Irrigon, Heppner, Echo at OSAA State Tournament (at Portland), 8:30 a.m. Saturday Hermiston, Pendleton, Mac-Hi, Riverside, Irrigon, Heppner, Echo at OSAA State Tournament (at Portland), 8:30 a.m. STAFF PHOTO BY E.J. HARRIS Hermiston’s Jazlyn Romero passes the ball over the top of Pendleton’s Hallie Porter during the Bucks’ 61-52 win Friday in Pendleton. PREP SWIMMING Friday Hermiston, Pendleton at OSAA Class 5A State Championships (at Gresham), 6:30 p.m. Saturday Hermiston, Pendleton at OSAA Class 5A State Championships (at Gresham), 6:45 p.m.
