WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2018
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Dawgs show teeth heading to Chiawana
STAFF PHOTOS BY E.J. HARRIS
Hermiston’s Wyatt Noland gets wrapped up by Southridge’s Theron McCullough in the Bulldogs’ 56-0 win against the Suns on Friday in Hermiston.
Hermiston offense
overpowers Southridge
gave credit to the men in the trenches.
“The holes opened up with the line
blocking and allowed me to get yards,”
he said.
In the second half, James ran the ball
in from two yards out for a 48-0 lead
with 3:49 left in the third quarter.
Late in the fourth quarter, Tyson Sali-
nas scored on a 2-yard run to account for
the final score.
“It was great to watch them play as
hard as they do, and see guys get their
first varsity minutes under the lights,”
Faaeteete said.
Ryan Stayrook was a one-man wreck-
ing crew for the Suns (0-5), picking up
50 yards on 11 carries. He also caught
four passes for 34 yards.
Defensively, Alex Teal had a
first-quarter interception for the Suns.
By ANNIE FOWLER
STAFF WRITER
I
t’s a matchup Mid-Columbia football
fans have been waiting for —
Hermiston vs. Chiawana.
The Bulldogs (4-1) will visit the
Riverhawks at Edgar Brown Stadium on
Friday.
Chiawana (3-2 overall, 3-1 MCC)
has lost two games in a row, but that
does not take away from the importance
of this week’s game.
Hermiston and Hanford are tied atop
the MCC at 4-1, with Chiawana and
Kamiakin right behind at 3-1. The Han-
ford Falcons are at Sunnyside for a non-
league game Friday, while the Braves
host Walla Walla.
The Bulldogs lead the MCC in
defense, allowing just 225 yards of
offense and 10 points per game, but the
Riverhawks are No. 2 at 234. Though
Chiawana is stingy with the yards, they
are giving up 20 points per game. Herm-
iston scores an average of 33.8.
Hermiston coach David Faaeteete
knows the points won’t come easy this
week.
“We have got to be able to run the
football, play good defense and con-
trol the clock,” Faaeteete said. “I think
we have to contain them offensively
and stop their vertical game. It’s a chess
match. We have to come ready to play
Hermiston’s Youbani Razon rushes the ball as Southridge’s Theron McCullough
attempts to make the tackle in the Bulldogs’ 56-0 win against the Suns in Hermiston.
physical football. They are as quick as
any team we will play this year.”
Hermiston running back Wyatt
Noland will play a big part in the out-
come of Friday’s game. He leads the
league in rushing with 842 yards and 12
touchdowns.
“You don’t know what kind of play
Wyatt will bring,” Faaeteete said. “He
runs hard and is a physical player.”
That was certainly true Friday, when
Noland rushed for 138 yards and three
touchdowns in the first half of a 56-0
win over Southridge of Kennewick at
Kennison Field, at times dragging two
or three defenders down the field.
“We thought we need to come out and
show what we do,” Noland said. “Had to
show we weren’t messing around.”
A running clock in the second half
moved things along, with Hermiston fin-
ishing the night with a 56-0 Mid-Colum-
bia Conference victory over the Suns at
Kennison Field.
“We talked about playing to our level
all the time,” Faaeteete said. “South-
ridge is young and hurt. We just had to
play hard and finish the game.”
Andrew James ran for a 1-yard touch-
down, and threw for two more as he put
up 168 yards in the air in the first half.
His TD passes went to Trevor Wagner
and Jordan Ramirez.
Noland finished with 153 yards, and
Southridge
0
0
0 0—
0
Hermiston
27 14
7 7— 56
Scoring
1Q
H - Wyatt Noland 10 run (Juan Carlos Navarrete kick)
H - Andrew James 1 run (Trevor Wagner kick)
H - Noland 3 run (kick failed)
H - Noland 2 run (Navarrete kick)
2Q
H - Wagner 20 pass from James (Wagner kick)
H - Jordan Ramirez 11 pass from James (Navarrete kick)
3Q
H - James 2 run (Wagner kick)
4Q
H - Tyson Salinas 2 run (Garrett Walchli run)
Statistics
Rushing
SHS: Trenton Slater 11–23 Theron McCullough 3-4 Ryan
Stayrook 11-50; HHS: Andrew James 9-44, Wyatt Noland 15-
153, Guiomar Garry 5-49, Tyson Salinas 3-16, Derek McBride
1-5, Chase Elliot 3–5.
Passing
SHS: Trenton Slater 9-22-0-73; HHS: Andrew James 11-16-1-
168, Chase Elliot 2-2-0-24.
Receiving
SHS: Alex Teal 1-2, Caleb Cook-Parker 2-23, Ryan Stayrook
4-34, Theron McCullough 1-(minus-3), Trent Mertens 1-9;
HHS: Youbani Razon 2-14, Garrett Walchli 2-36, Jordan
Ramirez 3-66, Trent Pitney 1-12, Trevor Wagner 3-26, Tyson
Salinas 1-28.
Hanford holds off Hermiston in MCC play
By ANNIE FOWLER
STAFF WRITER
The second half of the
Mid-Columbia Conference
volleyball schedule started
Thursday night, putting the
Hermiston Bulldogs back on
the court with the hard-hit-
ting Southridge Suns.
Despite one of Sophia
Streeter’s best performances
of the season, the Bulldogs
(2-5) fell to the Suns 25-19,
25-13, 25-13 in Kennewick.
“Players like Sophia,
when she is on she is unstop-
pable,” Hermiston coach
Amy Dyck said. “Tonight
was amazing for her, and she
stayed aggressive.”
Southridge (5-2) got
nine kills and 14 digs from
Sophia Sumner, and six
kills, nine assists and 12 digs
from Kennedy Conrad as the
Suns continue to be one of
the top teams in the league.
“I have been with them
since they were freshmen,
and I haven’t seen them
play like this for a long
time,” Suns coach Emily
Otto said. “They are having
fun and playing with heart.
They feed off each other’s
energy.”
Hermiston was in the
thick of things in the first
set. The set was tied at 7-7
before Sumner reeled off a
string of points for a 13-7
lead. The Bulldogs would
pull within 20-17 late, but a
kill by Ashlyn Dupuis sealed
the win for Southridge.
The Suns were relentless
the rest of the match. They
led 7-1 early in the second
set as Dupuis served up three
aces in a run of five points.
Eleven unforced errors by
Hermiston helped the Suns
to leads of 12-3 and 19-7.
“We are still working
on our mental toughness,”
Dyck said. “When things get
tough, we have a tough time
trusting our skills. We would
dig ourselves a hole, and try-
ing to pull teenage girls out
of that is not easy.”
In their previous game on
Tuesday, Sept. 25, the Bull-
dogs showed some of that
toughness.
Though
Hermiston
dropped its home conference
match to Hanford 25-14,
22-25, 25-23, 25-17, the
team was more confident on
the court.
“Our middles are becom-
ing more comfortable and
we are battling as a team,”
Dyck said. “That tells me
we are doing the right stuff.
We are young in volleyball
IQ, but every day in prac-
tice they are working to get
better. We push them and
demand a lot of them.”
Hanford led the first set
from start to finish, tak-
ing leads of seven and nine
points before Sage Sjogren
reeled off an ace serve to
secure the set.
The Bulldogs came right
back in the second, battling
through ties of 18-18 and
19-19 before pulling away.
Kendall Dowdy served
two points for a 21-19 lead,
and Sophia Streeter and Ire-
land McDonough had kills
to seal the win.
Tied at one set each, the
Bulldogs trailed 24-13 in
the third set before riding a
nine-point run by Courtnee
West at the service line. Isa-
bel Dockendorff put down a
kill to secure the set for the
Falcons.
At the start of the sea-
son, that rally was not in the
cards.
“Our expectation is that
they come and learn every
day,” Dyck said. “They are
doing it.”
STAFF PHOTO BY E.J. HARRIS
Hermiston’s Daisy Maddox spikes the ball guarded at the net
by Hanford’s Kaitlyn Thompson in the Bulldogs’ 3-1 loss to
the Falcons on Tuesday in Hermiston.