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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2018
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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.
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(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.