SPORTS
Wednesday, april 17, 2019
Hermiston’s Romero sixth at Pasco Invite
TRACK
Injury derails season
for Hermiston’s Wilson
ciated with the injury, Wil-
son said the mental aspect
of the injury has been the
Madi Wilson was look- worst part.
ing forward to track sea-
“It’s a mental hurdle
son, and seeing how she I have to get over,” she
would stacked up against said. “I can still support
the best athletes in
my team. I help
Washington.
with the hurdlers.
The Hermiston
I love coaching —
senior, who com-
it helps me reflect
petes in both hur-
back on what I
dle events and the
need to do. I know
4x100 and 4x400
God has a plan
relays, tore her
for me throughout
Wilson
right Achilles ten-
this.”
don March 21 during
The one bright
the first meet of the
spot of the ordeal, is
spring.
that her scholarship to run
She had won the 100 track at Eastern Washing-
hurdle event, and the Bull- ton University is not in
dogs destroyed the field in jeopardy.
the sprint relay. The injury
“I have been in con-
came in the 300 hurdles, tact with the coach and he
where she was leading is totally understanding,”
until she went down near Wilson said. “He’s very
encouraging about my
the end of the race.
“It just happened,” Wil- recovery.”
son said. “I came off the
Wilson finished second
second-to-last hurdle, and in the 100 hurdles, and
on my second step it tore.” fifth in the 300 hurdles, at
Wilson said an MRI the Oregon 5A state track
showed a completely torn meet last year. The 4x100
Achilles tendon. She had relay teams also finished
surgery March 28 and has second, leading up to a
been sporting a light blue promising season for the
cast the past couple of Bulldogs.
weeks.
“The very first meet —
“I am going to get the that was hard to see that
cast off Tuesday, and they happen,” Hermiston coach
will take out the stitches,” Emilee Strot said. “She
Wilson said. “I will get a didn’t play basketball, and
walking boot, but I still she put in the work every
won’t be able to put any day to prepare. She was
weight on it. Then, I will ready to do big things.
start physical therapy.”
Madi is hard to replace in
While there hasn’t been all aspects. She was the
a lot of physical pain asso- heart of our team.”
By ANNIE FOWLER
STAFF WRITER
Umatilla boys, girls win
River’s Edge titles
put 32 feet, 6 inches for
the win, a foot better than
Pilot Rock’s Emily Lam-
bert. In the discus, Lemus
had a personal best 103-
10½ for the win; Lambert
was second at 100-3.
Abigail Cardenas won
the 100 hurdles for the
Vikings (17.72), more than
2 seconds ahead of the
next runner. Cardenas also
was second in the 300 hur-
dles (51.65).
Umatilla also won the
boys team title, rolling up
130 points, with Heppner
second with 107.5.
Arrik Russell was a
double winner in the 200
(24.39) and 400 (53.90),
and ran a leg on the 4x100
really team that finished
second.
HERMISTON HERALD
Umatilla’s Patty Burres
(100, 400) and Chantal
Lemus (shot put, discus)
were double winners in
individual events Friday
at the River’s Edge Invita-
tional at Milt Durand Field
in Umatilla.
The Umatilla girls won
the team title with 123.5
points, with Weston-McE-
wen a distant second with
68 points.
Burres turned in a time
of 12.96 seconds to win
the 100, then ran a 1:03.47
in the 400, tying Bri-
ley Bock of White Swan.
Burres also ran a leg on the
winning 4x100 relay team
(54.24).
Lemus threw the shot
Save with Frontier Internet Bundles
Pay one price for two great services: high-speed Internet
Serious speed!
and a full-featured home phone
Bundle and save today
Simply Broadband Max
BROADBAND ULTRA + PHONE + SECURE
19
67
97
99
Per Month
Per Month
With Qualifying
Phone Service
12 Mbps + Free Wi-Fi Router + 2 Year Price Lock
Protect Your Identity, Devices & Files
6 Mbps + Free Wi-Fi Router + 1 Year Price Lock
Call today
and pay less
HerMisTOnHerald.COM • A11
855-972-6641
You can’t get BS from a buffalo.
*Internet access service and charges not included. Frontier does not warrant that the service will be error-free or uninterrupted. Nest products: Additional $9 shipping fee per Nest device. Nest products must be purchased with new Internet service or eligible Frontier Secure services. Taxes, governmental and Frontier-imposed surcharges,
minimum system requirements and other terms and conditions apply. Nest®, Nest Learning Thermostat™, Nest Protect™, Nest Cam™ and the Nest logo are trademarks or service marks of Nest Labs, Inc. ©2017 Frontier Communications Corporation
IL 27, 2019
R
AP
TO
S
S
S
ST E P E
S U CC
5K FUN
WALK
/
N
RU
Join us for the Steps to Success
5K Fun Run and Walk
Participants receive a FREE bottled
water, a piece of fruit, granola/cereal bar
AND a lunch with your registration!
Proceeds from this event will go to support
the Hermiston Special Olympics.
This is a family friendly event!
This event is organized in part by the
employees of Good Shepherd Health Care
System and the Good Shepherd Health Care
System Wellness Committee.
See you at the finish line!
Saturday, April 27
8:30
8:30
8:30
AM
AM
AM
Rifer Front Park
Hermiston
For more information
please call 6s 541.667.3050.
Or register at
http://stepstos6ccess.itsyo6rrace.com
By ANNIE FOWLER
STAFF WRITER
Hermiston got its first
taste of the Pasco Invite on
Saturday, and it was a learn-
ing experience for the Bull-
dogs, who had just one ath-
lete reach the podium at
Edgar Brown Stadium.
Junior Jazlyn Romero
placed sixth in the javelin
with a throw of 130 feet, 5
inches, which she hit on her
second throw of the finals.
“I told them you can’t go
in there and think you own
the place,” Hermiston coach
Emilee Strot said. “You need
watch and learn.”
The meet, in its 58th year,
featured more than 1,500
athletes from 108 schools.
“I’m kind of excited to
see all the competition in
Washington,” Strot said.
“This is the kind of meet
that prepares us for state. It’s
a step early in the season to
show us what state could be
like.”
Romero went into the
finals in sixth place, and
dropped to eighth after the
first round. She jumped back
up to sixth with her best
throw.
“The competition is bet-
staff photo by annie Fowler
Hermiston’s Jazlyn Romero
finished sixth in the javelin.
ter when all throwers are
close to each other (distance
of throws),” Romero said.
“It gives me an idea of what
I need to do if I want to qual-
ify for state. It’s better than
last week. Every day is a
learning experience.”
Romero also finished
16th in the discus (102-2).
In the triple jump, soph-
omore Paige Palzinski fin-
ished third in her flight with
a leap of 31-5½, and finished
28th overall. Her mark was
one-half inch off her season
best.
“It was pouring down
rain when Paige was jump-
ing,” Strot said “She was a
stud. It’s moments like that
that drive her.”
MaKaylee Young went
15-9¾ to finish second in her
flight of the long jump, and
finished 13th overall. Alisha
Wilson of Tahoma won the
event with a mark of 19-0½.
Young also was 18th
in the 100 (13.35) and ran
on the 4x100 relay team
— along with Elsa Torres,
Kamryn Aldred and Jayden
Ray — which finished 15th
(52.20).
The Bulldogs’ 4x400
relay team (Ray, Amanda
Nygard, Torres, Abigail Sha-
ron) was fifth in its heat, and
finished 29th overall in a
time of 4:22.38.
In the hurdle events, Jen-
nifer Fuentes finished 40th
in the 100 (18.44) and 37th
in the 300 (53.77).
Tahoma won the girls
team title for the fourth year
in a row with 82 points.
Jesuit was second (59), fol-
lowed by Lake Stevens
(34), North Central (31) and
Kamiakin (30).
On the boys side, Herm-
iston’s 4x100 relay team of
Benjamin Wicks, Thomas
Reagan, Garrett Walchli and
Donovan Wilson finished
fifth in its heat and 13th
overall in a time of 45.01,
less than 2 seconds behind
Kamiakin’s winning time of
43.43. It was the Bulldogs’
best time this spring.
The 4x400 relay team
(Koi Mikami, Donovan
Wilson, Simon Headings,
Freddy Mendoza) finished
seventh in their heat and
27th overall with a time of
3:46.91. Jesuit (Portland)
turned in a winning time of
3:22.19, with Chiawana sec-
ond with a 3:34.65 — the
top time this spring among
Washington schools.
Freddy Mendoza finished
26th in the 800 meters for
the Bulldogs with a time of
2:04.13. He was 7 seconds
back of the winner, but the
field was stacked with talent.
In the 100, Walchli ran an
11.64 to finish fourth in his
heat and 16th overall. He
also finished third in his heat
of the 200 (23.73) and fin-
ished 13th overall.
In the boys shot put, Sean
Stewart threw 41-2¾, which
put him 36th on the day.
Walla Walla won the
team title for the first time
with 55.86 points, with
Mid-Columbia
Confer-
ence foe Kamiakin second
(46). Rounding out the top
five were Jesuit (44), Rocky
Mountain (43) and Glacier
Peak (34).
WRESTLING
Five Dawgs earn all-MCC honors
first non-Washington ath-
letes to win medals at Mat
Classic. Hermiston joined
The Mid-Columbia Con- the WIAA and the MCC
ference wrestling team was this school year.
announced on Sunday, and
Lee finished 6-2 at the
Hermiston had five
tournament, with all
athletes earn honors.
six wins coming by
The selections
fall. His quickest pin
are voted on by the
was 47 seconds.
conference’s nine
Gage Shipley and
coaches.
Jordan Franklin also
Senior
Gage
advanced to state,
Shipley was a sec-
but lost out before
ond-team
selec-
Shipley
reaching a placing
tion at 126 pounds,
match.
while sophomore
State champion
Adrian
Delgado
Austin Almaguer
(106), junior Jor-
of Kamiakin (132),
dan Franklin (132),
who has signed to
sophomore Trevor
wrestle at Camp-
bell University, was
Wagner (160) and
Lee
named the lower
freshman Jon Lee
weight wrestler of
(220) earned hon-
orable
mention
the year, while Chi-
awana
freshman
honors.
Isaiah Anderson,
Wagner finished
who won a state
fourth at the 3A
title at 195, was
state championships
named the upper
in February, while
Wagner
weight wrestler of
Lee worked his way
the year.
through the conso-
lation bracket to finish fifth.
Chiawana, the 4A state
Wagner and Lee are the champion, placed eight
By ANNIE FOWLER
STAFF WRITER
wrestlers on the first team.
Seven of the eight placed at
state.
Hanford’s Dom Duncan
was named the 4A Coach of
the Year, while Rich Cun-
ningham of Southridge is
the 3A Coach of the Year.
The MCC girls team also
was released, but Hermis-
ton did not have any wres-
tlers earn all-conference
honors.
State champion Tay-
lor Wilson (100) of Han-
ford was named the lower
weight wrestler of the year,
while teammate Grace Nel-
son (190) was the upper
weight wrestler of the year.
MID-COLUMBIA CONFERENCE WRESTLING TEAM
First Team
106 — nate Tovar, jr., pasco. 113 — eric Correa, so., pasco. 120 — darion John-
son, fr., Chiawana. 126 — Kobe santoyo, sr., Chiawana. 132 — austin almaguer,
sr., Kamiakin. 138 — robby Vaughn, jr., Chiawana. 145 — aiden Villareal, so., Chi-
awana. 152 — riley Cissne, jr., Chiawana. 160 — patrick Workman, sr., richland.
170 — Victor silva, sr., Chiawana. 182 — Tyson stover, jr., Chiawana. 195 — isaiah
anderson, fr., Chiawana. 220 — Jonathan Burt, sr., Hanford. 285 — davion pruitt,
sr., pasco.
Second Team
106 — saw Thee, fr., southridge. 113 — nate Montelongo, fr., Chiawana. 120 —
Xavier Zavala, sr., Kamiakin. 126 — Gage shipley, sr., Hermiston. 132 — enest Mar-
tinez, jr., Chiawana. 138 — isaiah Gonzalez, jr., pasco. 145 — Kevin Cornejo, sr.,
Kamiakin, and israel romero, sr., Chiawana. 152 — Joey Chavez, jr., Kamiakin. 160
— Mikael Failor, sr., southridge. 170 — Jose elijah Tovar, sr., pasco. 182 — Hayden
Henry, sr., Hanford. 195 — Jacob Olson, sr., Kamiakin. 220 — Ben Hollenberg, sr.,
Kamiakin. 285 — Colby Blasdel, jr., Chiawana.
Honorable Mention
106 — adrian delgado, so., Hermiston. 113 — austin patton, so., Hanford. 120
— lance stover, fr., Chiawana. 126 — Miguel Hinojosa, jr., pasco. 132 — Jordan
Franklin, jr., Hermiston. 138 — Jacob Wieber, jr., Kennewick. 145 — david Tobias,
sr., pasco, and Cley Green, sr., Hanford. 152 — Morgan McFee, sr., Chiawana. 160
— Trevor Wagner, so., Hermiston. 170 — Connar Gibbon, sr., richland, and dylan
Holt, jr., Kennewick. 182 — sione Halo., sr., pasco, and Jevon Johnson, sr., south-
ridge. 195 — avery Burrows, sr., pasco. 220 — Jon lee, fr., Hermiston, and damian
silva, jr., pasco. 285 — Jerry Corona, sr., Walla Walla.