WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2018
SPORTS
Dawgs can’t keep up with blazing Bucks
Pendleton extends
streak with sweep
of rival Hermison
By ALEXIS MANSANAREZ
STAFF WRITER
PENDLETON — If you
ask Kalan McGlothan about
her first game back after
nearly two weeks out due to
injury, the senior third base-
man will shrug and give you
a sideways smile.
On Tuesday against
Hood River Valley, McGlo-
than went 0-for-4 and only
reached base on an error by
Hood River’s left fielder.
Head coach Tim Cary com-
mented on her timing after
the 8-5 win and knew it
would take a while for
the second-team All-State
returner to get things going
in the batter’s box.
All it took for McGlothan
was three days.
On Friday in Game 2 of a
doubleheader against Herm-
iston, McGlothan ripped a
home run over the right-field
fence — with a little help
from the wind — and put
the Buckaroos up for good.
The two-run home run was
the first of two in the fourth
inning and helped complete
the sweep to keep Pendle-
ton’s spotless in the Colum-
bia River Conference.
“It felt really good,”
McGlothan said of her best
at bat of the day. “I went up
there and I just knew I was
going to get a hit, that I was
going to get on base.”
She went 4-for-6 against
the Bulldogs and was one of
a number of Bucks to have a
standout day.
After handily taking
Game 1 14-0, McGlothan
and Kila Solomon’s homers
opened up Game 2 and the
duo helped push Pendleton
to an 11-1 victory.
“The two home runs were
huge,” Cary said, “great
momentum starters right
there and got us a comfort-
STAFF PHOTOS BY KATHY ANEY
Hermiston pitcher Janelle Amaguer fields a bunt and throws
to first during Friday’s game against Pendleton.
Hermiston catcher Bailee Noland puts out Josie Wilson, of
Pendleton, during Friday’s game at Steve Cary Field.
able lead where we could
go out and play defense and
breathe a little bit.”
For the start of the second
game, momentum was actu-
ally on Hermiston’s side. The
Bulldogs (11-7 overall, 4-4
CRC) got out to an early 1-0
lead after Sydney Stefani’s
grounder caused the Bucks
(18-1, 8-0) to make one
of their only two errors on
the day, which in turn gave
Amanda Barron enough time
to score. It was Hermiston’s
only run of the day, and gave
the Bulldogs a chance to
snap a Pendleton win streak
that dates back to the 2013-
14 season.
“The first four innings
they came out working
hard,” Hermiston head coach
Kate Greenough said.
It wasn’t until the end
of the fourth that the Bull-
dogs started to tire, and by
then Pendleton had already
knotted the score at one run
apiece.
Lauren Richards hit an
RBI double in the bottom of
the frame to tie the game at
1-1 and on the Bucks next
offensive appearance, the
two home runs put them up
for good.
Pendleton scored six more
times in the bottom of the
fifth to enforce the 10-run
rule and end the game early
— Elli Nirschl, Sami Spriet,
Aspen Garton, Solomon and
Richards all contributed.
The Bucks have rarely
trailed all year, and often
take an early lead in the first
inning with at least one run
on the board. But all 11 runs
in Game 2 and more than half
of the runs in Game 1 came
in and after the third frame.
“We always feel that if
you don’t get it the first time,
don’t worry,” Cary said.
“We’re a good hitting team,
we’re going to start piling
these hits together here pretty
quick and sure enough we
did.
“That’s just kind of our
theme this year, let’s just
keep swinging it and good
things will happen here
sooner or later.”
It was that patience that
helped Pendleton breakout in
the first game. After a 1-2-3
frame from both Hermiston’s
pitcher, Janelle Almaguer,
and Pendleton’s Richards —
who was in the circle both
games pitching a combined
10 innings — it seemed as if
it was going to be a pitcher’s
duel instead of the usual hit-
ting frenzy.
But a defensive mis-
cue from the Bulldogs in
the second inning opened
up the game for the Bucks,
and Pendleton never looked
back.
“It did get everything
started right there,” Cary
said. “That was a huge play.”
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Bull riding event
comes to Hermiston
HERMISTON — The
Coastal Farm & Ranch
Challenge of Champions
Professional Bull Riding
Tour is bringing some
rodeo action to Eastern
Oregon a few months
ahead of the Farm-
City Pro Rodeo and the
Pendleton Round-Up.
The Eastern Oregon
Trade & Event Center will
host the event on May 5
at 7:30 p.m., where some
top-level bulls will face
off against professional
bull riders. The winner
receives a custom belt
buckle, a jacket and
other prizes from the tour
sponsors.
The Challenge of
Champions Tour runs from
January to January and has
stops throughout Oregon,
Idaho, Washington and
Bulldogs speed up
The Hermiston track
and field team had a busy
day Friday as some ath-
letes competed in the Nike/
Jesuit Twilight Relays
at Jesuit High and oth-
ers spent time at the Dean
Nice Invite at Gresham
High.
The bulk of Bulldogs
competed in Gresham,
where the boys team fin-
ished ninth with 38 points
and the girls team 12th
with 36 points.
Tyler Rohrman, Issac
Sanchez and Jackson Mor-
gan had some of the best
performances of the day.
In the 110-meter hur-
dles, Rohrman clocked
14.96 seconds for second
place — it was 0.35 sec-
onds off his preliminary
time of 14.61 which was
a new season best. San-
chez rounded out the top
five in the 800-meter race.
His time of 1:58.89 edged
out a runner from South
Salem.
Morgan cleared 5-10.00
in the high jump to claim
Nevada.
Tickets for the event are
$14 in advance and $17 at
the gate while children 5
and under are free.
Butte Challenge on
the horizon
HERMISTON — The
Butte Challenge, featuring
a 5K run, 5K walk and 10K
run, is quickly approached.
The 19th annual event
supporting the Hermiston
cross country program will
take place Saturday, May
12th.
The timed 5 and 10K
races will begin at 8:30 a.m.
with awards and a raffle
taking place at 10 a.m. and
10:30 a.m., respectively.
The deadline to purchase
a custom technical race
T-shirt has already passed
with 53 participants already
signed up.
third place. Antonio Fer-
nandez also had a third
place finish in the discus
throw (141-05.00).
On the girls side,
Amanda Nygard finished
fifth in the 800-meters with
a new personal record (PR)
of 2:24.46. Shelia Solorio
rounded out the top 10 in
the 1,500-meter race after
clocking 5:19.32, also a
new personal best.
Sidney Tovey placed
fifth in the 3,000-meters
with a new PR of 11:27.70.
In the field, Stepha-
nie Miears finished first
in shot put after recording
39-06.00. Sheridan Deike
took home second in the
discus throw (99-04) and
Jazlyn Romero claimed
fourth place in the javelin
throw (118-04).
At the Twilight Relays,
Scout Reagan finished
fifth in the 100-meter dash
(12.77), Madison Wilson
placed fourth in the 100-
meter hurdles (14.98) and
the 4x100-meter relay
team finished fourth in
49.44 in a stacked field.
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