WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2018
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SPORTS
Anderson, Mendoza selected for MCC cross-country team
HERMISTON HERALD
Hermiston missed the cut
to make its first Washing-
ton Interscholastic Athletic
Association cross-country
meet, but coach Troy Black-
burn sees a “bright future”
for all of his runners.
The Hermiston girls fin-
ished fifth, with Cydney
Sanchez leading the pack,
placing 18th. Ellie Ernst was
right behind her at 21st, and
Alexia Serna finished third
for the Bulldogs at 26th.
Freddy
Mendoza
Gregory
Anderson
“These three girls have
been running well all sea-
son,” Blackburn said. “I am
so proud of them, and I look
forward to seeing them get
faster and faster.”
Freddy Mendoza led the
boys, clocking in at 16:53,
and finishing 23rd. Greg
Anderson was less than a
minute behind Mendoza,
finishing at 17:15. Fresh-
man Jackson Shaver ran a
PR of of 17:53 — the Bull-
dogs’ third-fastest runner for
the meet.
Mendoza and Anderson
earned honorable mention
for the Mid-Columbia Con-
ference’s boys cross-coun-
try team.
Mendoza, whose best
time this season was 16 min-
utes, 49.8 seconds, finished
18th at the MCC district
meet, and 23rd at the MCC-
GSL 3A District 8 Champi-
onships. He is a senior.
Anderson, a junior, was
21st at district and 29th at the
District 8 meet. His top time
this season was 17:08.80.
Kennewick senior Johan
Correa and Kamiakin senior
Ryan Child were co-runners
of the year for the boys. Matt
Rexus of Kamiakin was the
coach of the year.
For the girls, Kennewick
junior Geraldin Correa and
Walla Walla sophomore Ella
Nelson were the co-runners
of the year. Katie Tate of
Kennewick and Sean Suss
of Kamiakin were named
co-coaches of the year.
Boys
First team: Johan Correa, sr., Kennewick;
Ryan Child, sr., Kamiakin; Stanford Smith,
jr., Kamiakin; Riley Moore, sr., Richland;
Caleb Olson, sr., Hanford; Porter Grigg, sr.,
Kamiakin; Cannon Angotti, jr., Walla Walla.
Second team: Tristan Robinson, sr.,
Southridge; Cooper Cortinas, jr., Walla
Walla; Peyton Hill, sr., Kamiakin; Isaac Tee-
ples, fr., Kamiakin; Jax Weide, jr., Kamiakin;
Cameron Gutierrez, sr., Kamiakin; Austin
Bachman, jr., Chiawana.
Honorable Mention: Ethan Dorow, jr.,
Southridge; Elias Torres, jr., Pasco; Jacoby
Sherman, jr., Richland; Leonel Leon, jr.,
Kennewick; Ismael Tovar, jr., Kennewick;
Lance Stites, sr., Southridge; Freddy Men-
doza, sr., Hermiston; Gregory Anderson, jr.,
Hermiston.
Girls
First team: Ella Nelson, so., Walla Walla;
Geraldin Correa, jr., Kennewick; McKinzi
Teeples, sr., Kamiakin; Sophia Fetrow, jr.,
Richland; Bailey Carr, sr., Richland; Grace
Arnold, sr., Hanford; Alexa Neff, sr., Chiawa-
na; Emma Summers, so., Richland.
Second team: Kathryn Bushman, sr.,
Hanford; Hannah Paulsen, so., Kamiakin;
Marisa Memmott, so., Kamiakin; Kendra
Keller, jr., Hanford; Carli Jones, sr., Kami-
akin; Hailey Bullis, sr., Chiawana; Brooklyn
Meehan, so., Kamiakin.
Honorable mention: Lauren Thompson,
fr., Kennewick; Mirina Enderlin, so.,
Hanford; Elizabeth McCluskey, fr., Hanford;
Madeline Dawson, sr., Hanford; Sariah
Hepworth, fr., Walla Walla; Macy Mar-
quardt, fr., Kennewick; Megan Wright, sr.,
Hanford; Isabella Qunell, so., Kamiakin.
Irrigon beats
Umatilla to end
league play
Late two-point
conversion comes
up short for
Umatilla
By BRETT KANE
STAFF WRITER
STAFF PHOTO BY E.J. HARRIS
Kamiakin quarterback Lucas Castilleja rushes the ball in the Braves 34-27 win against Hermiston on Friday in Hermiston.
FOOTBALL
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James pass was picked off, and Kami-
akin drove to the 4-yard line. Hermis-
ton held them up on three plays, but on
fourth down quarterback Lucas Cas-
tilleja found Niko Wiltz in the back of
the end zone to give Kamiakin a 20-12
lead which it took into the half as rain
began to fall.
Hermiston tied the game 20-20 in
the third quarter on an Andrew James
keeper, and he added a 2-point conver-
sion on the ground.
Altahir scored on a 63-yard run to
put Kamiakin back on top, and scored
again with 2:47 left to extend that lead.
A pivotal play happened between
the scores when a Kamiakin punt hit
a member of Hermiston’s return team
in the back, giving the ball right back
to the Braves. Despite the bad bounce
and back-to-back scores, Hermiston
fought back hard.
“I’m proud of our guys for bounc-
ing back,” James said. “We could have
quit. It would have been the easiest
thing to quit right there, but we came
back and made it a game. That makes
me happy.”
A screen pass to Wyatt Noland was
the capper on the next drive and put
Hermiston within reach at 34-27, and
the defense forced a punt to keep the
game interesting.
“Football is like life,” Faeteete
told his team after the game. “Just as
everything is going great, it punches
you in the face. The lessons we learn
from football is an opportunity to end
the season right. It’s not the end of the
road.”
Hermiston will play in a district
crossover game next weekend to end
its first season in the Washington con-
ference. James, while disappointed
to miss the playoffs in his senior sea-
son, said he felt good about the first
campaign.
“We showed we could do in Herm-
iston and we set the stage for all the
classes coming up,” he said.
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Hermiston Bulldogs (6-3, 5-3) vs. Kamiakin Braves (5-4,
5-3)
Kamiakin
0 20
0 14 34
Hermiston
3
9
8
7 27
1st
7:36 – HHS Juan Carlos Navarette 31 yard field goal 3-0
2nd
9:55 – HHS Youbani Razon 3 yard reception from Andrew
James (Navarette PAT) 10-0
8:55 – KHS Tuna Altahir 2 yard rush (Kaden Shymanski
PAT blocked Jordan Ramirez) 6-10
5:21 – HHS Cody WIzner sack of punter Caesar Salas for
safety 12-6
2:11 – KHS Altahir 43 yards (Shymanski PAT) 13-12
0:19 – KHS Niko Wiltz 3 yards reception from Lucas
Castilleja (Shymanski PAT) 20-12
3rd
4:53 – HHS James 5 yard rush (James 2 pt rush) 20-20
4th
10:56 – KHS Altahir 63 yard rush (Shymanski PAT) 27-20
2:47 – KHS Altahir 11 yard rush (Shymanski PAT) 34-20
2:13 – HHS Noland 18 yard reception from James (Nava-
rette PAT) 27-34
Passing – HHS Andrew James 14-35-1-178-2; KHS Lucas
Castilleja 3-10-0-15-1
Rushing – HHS Wyatt Noland 20-107, Andrew James
18-90, Jordan Ramirez 2-14; KHS Tuna Altahir 30-275, Lucas
Castilleja 17-74, Kelen Rutz 3-16
Receiving – HHS Jordan Ramirez 7-126, Youbani Razon
2-24, Garrett Walchli 2-5, Wyatt Noland 2-17, Cody Thacker
1-6; KHS Niko Wiltz 1-3, Kelen Rutz 1-14, Woodley Downard
1-(-2)
Irrigon’s final league
game was its first league
win on Thursday night.
And it might earn the
team a spot in the playoffs.
The Knights honored
their seniors and defeated
Umatilla in a nail-biting
30-28 victory at home to
close the Special District 3
schedule.
Payton Smith scored the
first touchdown for Irrigon
with a 33-yard run with
7:09 on the clock.
Umatilla made sure Irri-
gon lived up to the “Fightin’
Knights” nickname, going
touchdown for touchdown
through the game. Quar-
terback Andrew Earl and
running back Trent Durfey
proved to be the Vikings’
secret weapon and quickly
responded by putting their
team ahead 8-6 with a
touchdown from Earl and
a 2-point conversion from
Durfey. But the first quar-
ter was the only one to fin-
ish in the Vikings’ favor.
“Umatilla was ready
for us,” Irrigon head coach
Ken Thompson said.
“They came out and ran
that power formation, and
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Irrigon opened the sec-
ond quarter by reclaim-
ing the lead — a pass from
Keith Fleming to Lino
Covarrubia for 60 yards
and a touchdown. Wide
receiver Ruben Moreno
scored on the conversion
to give the Knights a 14-8
lead.
The Vikings tied it up
soon after when Durfey
ran it into the end zone for
a 14-14 tie.
Smith scored on the
Knights’ next possession,
and Durfey scored a touch-
down and a 2-point con-
version for the Vikings to
end the half at a 22-22 tie.
Irrigon put its final eight
points on the scoreboard
in the third quarter with a
17-yard pass from Ryan
Hussey to Fleming in the
end zone, topped off with a
2-point conversion scored
off a pass from Fleming
to wide receiver Caleb
Adams.
The fourth quarter
almost saw a Umatilla
comeback after Earl com-
pleted an 8-yard pass to
Durfey in the end zone
for another Vikings touch-
down, but Irrigon’s defen-
sive line stopped the
2-point conversion to give
the Knights the victory.
“We started out slow,
but came together in the
second half and just kept
rolling,” Fleming said after
the win. “We fought hard
till the end.”
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