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A10 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2018 Herald Sports First fall season going swimmingly for Hermiston girls Morfin has qualified in the 100 butterfly and the 200 freestyle. Moving its swim sea- Rounding out the son from winter to fall group are junior Savan- hasn’t been an issue for the nah Marsengill (100 but- Hermiston High School terfly), and freshman twins girls. The success in the Mattison Christensen (200 freestyle, 100 butterfly) pool speaks for itself. The Bulldogs, and McKenna Chris- under first-year tensen (200 IM). coach Sara Sar- “I think they gent, have seven enjoy being separate swimmers who from the boys (who have reached dis- swim in the winter trict qualifying in the MCC),” Sar- gent said. “It’s a con- times just three fidence booster, and weeks into their Sharon they are getting more first season in the individual time with Mid-Columbia coaching.” Conference. Sargent has 22 Sargent, who swimmers in her grew up in Califor- nia and swam in high program, with school, took over the sophomores Abby swim program from Sharon and Geor- gia Stevens lead- Stevens Kevin Hamblin. ing the way. “I had been inter- Sharon eclipsed the dis- ested in being an assis- trict mark in the 100 back- tant coach when I started stroke by 17 seconds, and at the school district,” she also earned a spots and said. “When the position in the 100 butterfly, 100 opened up, I applied and breaststroke, 200 individ- crossed my fingers.” ual medley relay, and the The move to the MCC 50 and 100 freestyle. has come with a few chal- Stevens has qualifying lenges, mainly the size of times in the 100 breast- the teams they are com- stroke, 100 butterfly, and peting against, and the fact the 50, 200 and 500 free- the Bulldogs do not have style events. Her 500 time any divers. is 51 seconds faster than “I did not know what I the district standard. was getting myself into,” “Abby and Georgia are Sargent said. “I didn’t definitely rock stars,” Sar- know if we would have gent said. “I had no idea five girls or 40. We have they were that good.” a range of experience While the pair has qual- from really good to not ified in several events, a lot. They are willing to they each will have to pick learn, which is all I ask. I their top four for district. would love to get a dive Senior Aiya Hart has coach in the future. That qualified in the 100 butter- is uncharted territory for fly, while freshman Laly me.” Follow sports on Twitter @HHeraldSports DAWGS DOWN DEVILS By ANNIE FOWLER STAFF WRITER Southridge comes to Hermiston looking for first conference win The high-octane offense and stingy defense of the Hermis- ton Bulldogs is likely to pose problems for the Southridge Suns, who still are looking for their first Mid-Colum- bia Conference win. The Suns (0-4), who have been shut out three times, average just 100 yards of offense per game, while allowing 384 yards. The have been outscored 165-6. Southridge has minus-5 yards rush- ing this season, and has gone to two quar- terbacks — Trent Slat- ter and Brendan Beck- with — but neither have been able to put a spark in the offense. Hermiston, on the other hand, loves to run the ball. Senior Wyatt Noland has a league best 689 yards rushing and nine touchdowns, while versatile quar- terback Andrew James has run for 282 yards and four touchdowns, while throwing for 551 yards and six TDs. Defensively, the Bull- dogs have allowed an average of 13.5 points a game. Fans likely will see Southridge kicker Natalie James, who made her varsity debut last week, on Friday. STAFF PHOTO BY E.J. HARRIS Hermiston’s Wyatt Noland gets tackled by Walla Walla’s Jerad McAlvey in the Bulldogs’ 42-7 win against the Blue Devils on Friday in Walla Walla. Noland powers Hermiston to road win By ANNIE FOWLER STAFF WRITER Until someone finds a way to stop Wyatt Noland, the Hermiston Bulldogs will continue to ride their senior running back to victory. Noland ran for 180 yards and four touchdowns, and caught another as the Bull- dogs ran away with a 42-7 Mid-Columbia Confer- ence win over Walla Walla on Friday night at Borleske Stadium. “It was a good team win,” Hermiston coach David Faaeteete said. “We just wanted to play better than we did last weekend, and we did that.” Noland, the MCC’s lead- ing rusher, credited his offensive line for opening holes and holding off the defense. “I just wanted to come out with a bang,” Noland said. “The key is to run hard every time. I couldn’t have done it without my line.” The win soothed the Bull- dogs after losing a 26-25 heartbreaker to Kennewick last week. “We had the mindset we had to bounce back and show what we have,” Noland said. Hermiston led 22-7 at the half, but it was far from done. After a scoreless third quarter, the Bulldogs hung 20 points on the board in the fourth. Noland caught a 6-yard touchdown from Andrew James, then ran for a 2-yard score 3 minutes later for a 36-7 lead. James finished the scor- ing with a 15-yard scamper with 2:56 left in the game. The touchdown was set up by a Guiomar Garay interception that put the ball at the Walla Walla 20. James ran for 61 yards and threw for 185. It was not the game Walla Walla’s Patrick Utschinski had hoped for. “We couldn’t wrap up on D,” said Utschinski, who verbally committed to Wash- ington State last week. “We couldn’t run the ball. You have to be able to fall back on fundamentals, and we didn’t do that tonight. (Noland) is a good player and they are dis- ciplined up front. It’s hard to have a complete game when you play in spurts.” The Bulldogs needed just two plays on their first series of the game to find the end zone, as Noland burst through the line and outran the defense for a 48-yard touchdown. The snap on the PAT went over kicker Juan Car- los Navarrete’s head, but he grabbed the ball and threw a conversion pass to Ryan Arnold for an 8-0 lead just 3:10 into the game. “That surprised the crap STAFF PHOTO BY E.J. HARRIS Hermiston’s Cody Wizner grabs Walla Walla quarterback Ryan Martuscelli as lineman attempts to assist in the Bulldogs’ 42-7 win against the Blue Devils on Friday in Walla Walla. out of me,” Faaeteete said. After a Wa-Hi punt on its ensuing possession, Hermis- ton went back to work. Back-to-back penal- ties, including an inten- tional grounding by Andrew James, put the Bulldogs on the Walla Walla 46. On third down, James hit Jordan Ramirez with a 41-yard pass to put the ball on the 5-yard line. From there, Noland bulled his way into the end zone and a 15-0 Hermiston lead that would stand at the end of the first. Walla Walla got on the scoreboard 1:23 into the second quarter as Jared McAlvey hauled in a 13-yard touchdown pass from Ryan Martuscelli. It look like a game for a brief second, but a 36-yard run by Noland, and a James- to-Noland 16-yard pass play put the ball on the Blue Dev- ils’ 5-yardline. Two plays later, Noland took the ball in from the 3 for a 22-7 lead. The lead held until the half. Hermiston 15 7 0 20 - 42 Walla Walla 0 7 0 0 - 7 First quarter H - Wyatt Noland 48 run (Ryan Arnold pass from Juan Carlos Navarrete) H - Noland 5 run (Navarrete kick) Second quarter W - Jared McAlvey 13 pass from Ryan Martuscelli (Seamus Hall kick) H - Noland 3 run (Navarrete kick) Fourth quarter H - Noland 6 pass from James (Navarrete kick) H - Noland 2 run (Navarrete kick) H - James 15 run (kick failed) Statistics Passing – HHS, Andrew James 10-21-1- 185; WWHS, Ryan Martuscelli 14-26-2- 119-1. Rushing – HHS, Wyatt Noland 26-180, Andrew James 15-61, Guiomar Garay 1-5, Derrick McBride 2-5; WWHS, Josiah Wik 13-75, James Moore 1-1, Adan Escobar 2-(-5), Ryan Martuscelli 6-(-28), Anthony Parish 1-(-1). Receiving – HHS Jordan Ramirez 1-41, Youbani Razon 3-49, Ryan Arnold 1-2, Trevor Waggner 2-2, Wyatt Noland 1-6, Trent Pitney 2-54, Chase Bartley 1-10; WWHS, Dylan Ashbeck 2-19, Jared AcAlvey 9-92, Anthony Parish 3-8. Tiebreaker breaks Bulldogs’ chances By BRETT KANE STAFF WRITER Hermiston and Clarkston proved to be evenly matched in their nonleague match on Saturday afternoon at Ken- nison Field in Hermiston. Both girls soccer teams held each other off and kept their goals safe until the clock ran out, ending regula- tion in a 0-0 tie. Clarkston (3-2, 1-2) won an equally intense shootout, 4-2, to take the win over the Bulldogs (0-8, 0-6 MCC) Hermiston’s Sydney Seavert and Elsa Torres took several shots on goal in the first half, missing wide. Clarkston midfielder Cort- ney Bogar fired a high-fly- ing kick toward Hermiston goalie Lanie Gomez, but Gomez was quick to dive in the ball’s path. The second half was brutal. Bulldog midfielder Jayden Ray went for a header after a kick from Clarkston center-back Tay- lor Bogle and was injured. She was then taken out of the game. And that wasn’t the only head injury: Bogar and Hermiston midfielder Cyndey Lind collided in an attempt to possess the ball after a free throw, and both were taken out of the game. The Lady Bulldogs were already down two key play- ers going into the game — defenders Giselle Cisneros and Maralyne Pacheco were both absent from the field on Saturday. Cisneros hurt her ankle during Thursday’s game against Walla Walla, and Pacheco bruised her foot during a recent practice. “Ray is one of our key center-mids, and Syd is one of our captains,” said Herm- iston coach Freddy Guizar. “That kind of blow really took a toll on our team.” When regulation ended, both teams returned to the field to face off in a “golden goal” overtime — the first team to score a goal in the allotted five minutes would win. It’s a different format than OSAA, where games can end in a tie. But those five minutes came and went, as did a sec- ond five-minute overtime. To declare a victor once and for all, it was time for a shootout — both teams lined up along the 50-yard line and watched as individual players each took a shot at a 10-yard goal. Hermiston midfielders Lana Torres and Jizelle Gon- zalez both found the net for the Bulldogs, but thanks to Clarkston center-backs Lau- ren Johnson and Mackayla McCabe, and midfielders Luella Skinner and Jenna Allen, the Bantams came out on top, handing Herm- iston their eighth loss of the season. “It was something differ- ent that we’re not used to,” Guizar said of the tiebreaker round. “The pressure’s really on, and you can’t rec- reate that in practice. It’s nerve-racking, especially for Lanie. It was a great game for her — they didn’t have many shots on us, and she blocked most of them.” Hermiston is now 0-8 overall and 0-7 for the dis- trict. They’ll host Hanford on Tuesday — the team that beat them in their season opener. “These girls are a fam- ily, no matter what,” Guizar said. “I always tell them, ‘Those are your sisters out there.’ They’ll get each other back up and ready to face Hanford again.” STAFF PHOTO BY BRETT KANE Hermiston’s Jayden Ray rushes to steal the ball from Clarkston’s Lauren Johnson on Saturday afternoon at Kennison Field.
