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A10 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2018 Herald Sports Follow sports on Twitter @HHeraldSports ROUNDUP DOUBLEHEADER SPLIT Noland’s solo home run propels Hermiston HERMISTON HERALD HERMISTON — Behind the bats of Bailee Noland, Daisy Maddox and four other Bulldogs, the Hermiston soft- ball team continued their win- ning ways with a 9-2 victory over Sherwood on Friday. The visitors out of the Class 6A Three Rivers League couldn’t keep up with the Bull- dogs (6-2), who recorded 17 hits on the day. The scoring started early for Hermiston as the Bulldogs took control of the game from the first inning. Noland hit an RBI single to put Hermiston on the board, Janelle Almaguer followed that up with an RBI double and Maddox rounded out the scoring with a ground out that sent Ashley Cameron home. Sherwood’s only runs came in the second when the Bow- men (2-8) hit two RBI singles to the left side with the bases loaded. Almaguer was able to get Hermiston out of the inning with her lone strikeout in 6 1/3 innings of work. Almaguer earned the win after spending nearly the entire game in the cir- cle giving up 10 hits and walk- ing two. After being held score- less in the second, the Bulldogs put runs on the board the rest of the four innings played. In the bottom of the third, Maddox and Hallee Penning- ton both hit RBI singles to put Hermiston up 5-2. Noland con- tinued her success at the plate with an RBI double that scored Sydney Stefani in the fourth and another lone run was scored in the fifth off the bat of Kylie Green. In the sixth, Noland hit a solo home run over center field that gave Hermiston an 8-2 advan- tage and a walk capped off the scoring five batters later. Millie Emery was given the loss for Sherwood after allow- ing ten hits and four runs while striking out two in 3 2/3 innings. ——— R H E SHS 020 000 0 — 2 10 0 HHS 302 112 X — 9 17 1 (S) O. Dirks, M. Emery (3). (H) Ja. Almaguer, P Dufloth (7). W — Almaguer, L — Emery. HR — B. Noland (H). 3B — K. Smith, S. Stefani (H). 2B — E. Watson (S); B. Noland (H). Irrigon softball gets narrow victory STAFF PHOTO BY E.J. HARRIS Hermiston’s Jordan Ramirez throws the ball to first to turn a double play after tagging out Heritage’s Zach Butterfield in the Bulldogs’ 5-0 loss to the Timberwolves on Friday in Hermiston. Hermiston splits games with Heritage to wrap up non-league play By ALEXIS MANSANAREZ STAFF WRITER H ERMISTON — Friday was the Hermiston baseball team’s final chance to work out the kinks before it enters Columbia River Confer- ence play next week, and after a forget- table first of two games against Heritage (WA), the Bulldogs showed off their bull- pen and power at the plate. After dropping Game 1, 5-0, to the visitors from Vancouver, Hermiston bounced back to split the doubleheader after a 6-0 win capped off its final non- league matchup. “Even though we lost the first game, I’m still proud of the way we came back and won the second game,” head coach Kevin Moore said. The first game was not a total lost cause. The Bulldogs (4-8) had some timely hitting and used their baseball IQ to get into scoring position. After the Timberwolves (4-3) scored a lone run in the second off a passed ball, Hermiston responded with two singles to each side of the outfield. Daniel Gossler took first after hitting a hard ground ball to left field and Joey Gutierrez followed sending the ball streaking to the oppo- site side. Gossler advanced to third and remained there until two outs were on the board. The Bulldogs were aggressive in their base running, and as Gutierrez stole sec- ond, Gossler tried to knot the score but was caught stealing home to end the inning. Hermiston would go on to leave three more on base throughout the game, while Heritage slowly built up their lead in the third, fifth and sixth innings. However, each run was preventable. “We’re giving up unearned runs when See BASEBALL, A11 HOOD RIVER — After a three-game losing skid that started at the Riverside/Irri- gon Tournament and crept into April, the Irrigon Knights man- aged to shake off their woes with a 9-7 victory over Hood River Valley’s junior Varsity team. In a similar fashion to their last win — a narrow two-run advantage over Willamina on See ROUNDUP Page A11 SCHEDULES Local slate PREP BASEBALL Friday Irrigon at Joseph (DH), 1 p.m. Riverside at Vale (DH), 2 p.m. Umatilla at Burns (DH), 2 p.m. Saturday Hood River at Hermiston (DH), 12 p.m. Stanfield at Nyssa (DH), 1 p.m. PREP SOFTBALL Friday Irrigon at Echo (DH), 1 p.m. Riverside at Umatilla (DH), 1 p.m. Saturday Hood River at Hermiston (DH), 12 p.m. Echo at Vale (DH), 1 p.m. Bulldogs compete in Davis Invitational over weekend HERMISTON HERALD YAKIMA — The Hermiston Bulldogs track team joined their future WIAA competition at the Davis Invitational at Zaepfel Sta- dium on Saturday and fared well against tough competition with a number of top five finishes. On the boys team, Jonathan Hin- kle finished within the top five in both the 100- and 200-meter dash. He finished fifth in the 100-meters after clocking a time of 11.80 sec- onds, and finished fourth in the 200-meters with a time of 23.64. In middle distance, Freddy Men- doza finished fifth in the 800-meters, who finished in 2:07.81. Tyler Rohrman impressed in the 110-meter hurdles and placed third (15.18) while Alexis Morales was third in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 45.49. In the field events, Antonio Fer- nandez finished second in both the shot put (48-07.00) and discus (146-09). Jackson Morgan earned a fifth place finish in the high jump after clearing 5-10.00 For the girls, Scout Reagan was just 0.02 seconds shy of second place and finished third in the 100- meter dash in 13.13 seconds. In the 200-meters, Elsa Torres took first place (27.16) as she was the only runner to clock sub-30 seconds. Distance runner Sidney Tovey placed second in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 12:42.24 — a new personal record. Madison Wil- son was the final Bulldog to place within the top five on the track after a second place finish in the 100- meter hurdles (15.53) and a third place finish in the 300-meter hur- dles (49.16). Both the 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams finished first and second, respectively. Stephanie Miears was domi- nant in both the shot put and dis- cus throw. She earned first place in shot put after a new personal best of 39-10.00 and finished second in dis- cus after recording 105-11. PREP TRACK & FIELD Friday Pendleton, Hermiston, Weston-McEwen, Pilot Rock, Helix, Ione at Rivers Edge (Umatilla), 12 p.m. Hermiston, Arlington at Oregon Relays (Eu- gene), TBD Saturday Pendleton at Willamette Falls Invitational, 10 a.m. Mac-Hi at La Grande Invitational, 10 a.m. Stanfield, Heppner, Umatilla, Riverside, Helix at Stanfield Invitational, 10 a.m. PREP TENNIS Thursday Capital (ID) at Hermiston, 12 p.m. Umatilla at Weston-McEwen, 3 p.m. Riverside at Ione, 4 p.m. Friday Weston-McEwen at Riverside, 3 p.m. Saturday Eisenhower (WA) at Hermiston, 12 p.m. Condon, Helix, Ione at Stanfield, 10 a.m. PREP LACROSSE Friday Selah at Hermiston, 7 p.m.
