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Hermiston takes two
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Dawgs drop games to
Kennewick and Kamiakin
BY HERMISTON HERALD
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Hermiston’s Bailee Noland winds up for a pitch during Friday’s game against Pasco at Rocky Heights Elementary School field.
By BRETT KANE
STAFF WRITER
A
ll it took was seven
innings for Hermis-
ton’s softball team to
add two more Mid-Colum-
bia Conference wins to their
record.
The Bulldogs enacted the
WIAA’s 15-run rule twice on
Friday, ending the first game
against the visiting Pasco Bull-
dogs 18-2 in four innings, and
Game 2 with a 15-0 shutout in
three.
The wins follow the April
16 doubleheader losses at
Kennewick.
“It’s exciting,” coach Kate
Greenough said of her team’s
back-to-back blowouts. “After
Tuesday, it was nice to score
some runs and hold down our
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
defense.”
Pasco opened the first Ashley Cameron (9), of Hermiston, reaches second as Pasco’s A.
game with an early 1-0 lead, Carillo looks for the ball during the second of two Friday games.
but Hermiston was quick to
Noland said of Pasco’s pitch-
respond, posting four runs at scored.
Hermiston also took advan- ing. “Our team is used to see-
the bottom of the first to stay
tage of Pasco’s defensive ing higher-speed pitching, and
out front for good.
Bailee Noland, who would weaknesses, stealing 18 bases a lot of change-ups. We jumped
not be denied at the plate, hit in the first game alone. And on their straight-up fastballs
a two-RBI single in the first Pasco pitcher Brizeida Quiroz, today.”
inning, and followed that with who gave up 18 runs on 11 hits
Noland hit an RBI-double
a grand slam at her next at-bat. and nine walks, couldn’t man- in the bottom of the third to
She hit a perfect 3 for 3 with age a strikeout.
aid in a five-run streak. Ashley
“That really helped us,” Cameron hit one of her own
three runs and seven RBIs
in the fourth to wrap the game
up. The double solidified her
perfect batting performance,
where she hit 2 for 2 with three
runs and three RBIs.
The Dawgs sent 12 batters
to the plate in the second inning
of game two, resulting in eight
runs, half of which came before
Pasco put an out on the board.
Noland, Sydney Stefani,
Daisy Maddox, Grace Studer,
and Brecella Nash all scored
on wild pitches from Pasco’s
Andrea Gonzalez, who surren-
dered 15 runs on just three hits,
walked seven, and didn’t bench
a single Hermiston batter.
“Pasco is a pretty inexperi-
enced team,” Greenough said.
“But no matter how a team
looks on paper, you have to
give every game your best
effort.”
Maddox’s two-RBI double
in the bottom of the third drove
in Cameron and Noland to call
the game in three innings.
“The girls were really
aggressive today,” Greenough
said. “They worked hard. They
deserved this win.”
Noland drove in two on a
double for her game’s only
at-bat. She, Stefani, Maddox,
and Samantha Atilano each
scored two runs. Cameron had
three.
Bulldogs can’t keep pace with Lions
By ANNIE FOWLER
STAFF WRITER
One bad inning.
That was the difference
April 16 as Kennewick took
the first game of a Mid-Co-
lumbia Conference double-
header from visiting Hermis-
ton 6-4.
“Either we are super great,
or we have that one bad
inning,” Hermiston short-
stop Sydney Stefani said after
the loss. “Usually we can get
back in it, but today we didn’t.
We have a couple of things to
clean up. It will make a differ-
ence, for sure.”
The Lions made a clean
sweep of the Bulldogs, tak-
ing the second game 6-0. Both
teams now are 5-3 in MCC
play.
The Bulldogs got off to a
hot start in the first inning of
the opener, loading the bases
with one out. Daisy Mad-
dox struck out, and a fielder’s
choice by Janelle Almaguer
forced out Bailee Noland at
second base.
Almaguer made quick work
of the Lions in the first inning,
but in the second, Kennewick
did a fair amount of damage.
MaKendrie
Fuhriman
drove in two runs with a sin-
gle for a 2-0 lead, and Claire
Jenne made it 3-0 with an RBI
single to left field. A sacrifice
fly by Abriel Johnson-Cuello
gave the Lions a 4-0 lead.
Jenne kept the Bulldogs’
bats quiet during the third and
fourth innings, but they came
to life in the fifth.
Stefani singled to right
field, and with two outs on the
board Ashley Cameron drove
in Stefani with a double to left
field. Noland followed with an
RBI single to cut Kennewick’s
lead in half.
Hermiston added two more
runs in the top of the sixth
to even the score, as Grace
Studer and Cameron drove in
runs, but the Bulldogs would
leave the bases loaded.
“We got kids on base, we
just weren’t able to make
adjustments in our at-bats,”
Hermiston coach Kate Gree-
nough said.
“There is no quit, we just
ran out of time.”
The Lions, held scoreless
since the second inning, took a
6-4 lead on a two-run double
by Bailey Warren in the bot-
tom of the sixth.
The Bulldogs were unable
to pull even in the top of the
seventh as the Lions held on
for the win.
“We need to make the
adjustments with timely hits,
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The
Hermiston
Bulldogs remain at
the bottom of the
Mid-Columbia Con-
ference
standings
after Friday’s back-
to-back home losses
at the hands of the
Kennewick Lions.
The MCC’s No. 3
baseball team turned
Hermiston away with
7-4 and 10-2 losses at
Armand Larive.
In the first game,
Easton Stevens got
the Lions on the
scoreboard at the top
of the second inning,
and Cody LaFon-
taine and Jackson
Lind scored on errors
during the following
two plays.
Trevor
Wag-
ner drove in Wyatt
Noland and Ethin
Randolph with a sin-
gle in the bottom of
the seventh, but it
would not be enough
to get back in the
game.
Seth
Prewitt
allowed sevens runs
on eight hits and six
walks over seven
innings on Hermis-
ton’s mound. Prewitt
and Landon Jones
each went 2-for-4
with a run scored.
In Game 2, it
would take both
teams two innings to
finally break out the
bats. In the top of the
third, Tim Gee dou-
bled on a line drive to
center field to drive in
Kaleb Stevenson.
The
Bulldogs
(1-13) responded with
a run of their own in
the bottom half of the
inning with Noland’s
RBI-single.
But the Lions were
relentless,
scoring
four more runs in the
top of the fourth and
a game-ending, five-
run sixth inning. Ste-
venson, Gee, Stevens,
and LaFontaine all
drove in runs to bury
the Bulldogs.
It took three Herm-
iston pitchers to con-
tain Kennewick in
game two. Jordan
Ramirez opened the
game, and let slip five
runs, five hits, and
three walks across
3 1/3 innings. Spen-
cer Juul threw 1 2/3
innings of relief, but
gave up five more
runs.
Randolph
closed the game from
the Bulldogs’ mound.
Ramirez led the
Bulldogs’
offense,
batting 1-for-3 with a
run scored.
KAMIAKIN
SWEEPS DAWGS
— Hermiston dropped
a pair of Mid-Colum-
bia Conference games
April 16 to Kamiakin
as the Braves posted
wins of 11-1 and 11-5
at LaPierre Field.
The Bulldogs were
in the thick of things
in the first game, trail-
ing 2-1 in the middle
of the third inning.
The Braves, who
lead the MCC at 11-1,
jumped out to an 8-1
lead with six runs in
the bottom half of the
third, bolstered by
back-to-back doubles
by Caleb Beasley and
Niko Wiltz.
Tanner Sullins fin-
ished off the Bull-
dogs with a three-run
homer in the bottom
of the fifth inning.
Sergio
Rosales,
Wyatt Noland and
Alexis Rosales all had
hits for Hermiston,
while Landon Jones
drove in the lone run.
Jordan
Ramirez
took the loss on the
mound,
allowing
eight runs on six hits.
He also walked six
and struck out none.
In the second
game, the Bulldogs
held a 3-2 lead in the
middle of the third
inning, but that’s
where the Braves
pulled ahead for good.
Kamiakin
took
advantage of two bas-
es-loaded walks in
the third, along with
an RBI single from
Jordan Chase, for a
5-3 lead it would not
relinquish.
For the game, three
Hermiston pitchers
walked 10 and struck
out six.
Seth Prewitt hit a
double and drove in a
run for the Bulldogs,
while Ramirez went
3-for-3 with a run
scored.
Gavin Ayers went
2-for-3 with a home
run and two RBIs for
the Braves.
Soccer
HERMISTON 5,
KENNEWICK 0 —
Freshman Jorge Car-
illo scored two goals,
and Coleman Solano,
Oliver Parades, and
Moises Pablo each
put in one to down
their
Kennewick
hosts on Friday night.
Juan
Navarrete
posted seven saves to
keep Hermiston’s net
untouched.
The Bulldogs (5-6,
4-2 MCC) return
home for a game
against Kamiakin on
Friday.
Golf
Hermiston’s Blue
Blackhurst shot a 79
on April 17 to finish
tied for third at the
Mid-Columbia Con-
ference match at Horn
Rapids Golf Course
in Richland.
Blackhurst shot a
41 on the front nine,
but rallied with a 38
on the back nine to
finish tied for third
with three other
golfers.
Richland won the
team title with a 323.
Hermiston was sev-
enth among the nine
teams with a 364.
Kamiakin’s Landon
Kutschkau took med-
alist honors with a 77.
Also scoring for
the Dawgs were Gar-
rett
McClannahan
(89), Keleb Craf-
ton (97) and Ryne
Andreason (99).
Girls tennis
HERMISTON
4, PASCO 3 — The
Bulldogs got to fin-
ish an intense round
of matches Thurs-
day against Pasco
that were initially
postponed last week
because of inclement
weather.
Hermiston
got
a singles win from
Addie
Caplinger,
who won in a 12-10
tiebreaker. Adriann
Stewart won in a 6-1,
6-2 singles contest
against Pasco’s Beli
Guzman, and Cyd-
ney Lind finished the
singles matches with
a 6-2, 6-1 win over
Vanessa Bradshaw.
Grace Lind and
Malayna Anderson
got Hermiston’s only
doubles win, defeat-
ing their Pasco oppo-
nents in two 6-3 sets.
“Pasco is a good
team with solid hit-
ting,” Bulldogs coach
Jason Sivey said.
“They played tough,
but we also didn’t
really have a good
day last Thursday.”