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SPORTS / FISHING WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2019 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A9 SIGNING Staff photo by Brett Kane Hayden Cissna (center) and his teammates celebrate signing his letter of intent to join the Treasure Valley Community College tennis team next season. Hermiston’s Cissna signs with TVCC Staff photo by E.J. Harris Hermiston’s Che Cadenas (6) drives the ball in front of Mountain View’s Melvin Ramirez (5) in the Bulldogs’ 2-1 loss to the Thunder on Tuesday in Hermiston. Dawgs lose heartbreaker in SO By ANNIE FOWLER STAFF WRITER Juan Navarrete put his goalie gloves in his bag and turned and looked at Kennison Field. Hermiston’s senior goalie had six saves on May 14, but the one ball he couldn’t stop in the shootout gave Mountain View a 2-1 victory in the fi rst round of the 3A state playoffs. “This is my last game here,” Navar- rete said. “It’s heartbreaking. We gave it our all. It was a good game. We made history in Washington. No one believed in us, and we proved them wrong.” The Bulldogs fi nish their season 8-8 and earned the top 3A seed from the Mid-Columbia Conference to the playoffs. Hermiston coach Rich Harshberger said he knew the game would be a battle. “We knew they were going to be good,” he said of the Thunder. “Things went as planned, for the most part. Essentially, it took us a little longer to get established in the game. We didn’t have as much movement as I would have liked.” After a scoreless fi rst half, the Thunder came out after the half and scored 8 minutes into the action, get- ting a goal by Christopher Grozav. The Bulldogs looked to tie things up a minute later, but Hermiston’s Emilio Leal was stopped on the doorstep. That would not happen again. Leal beat a defender and put the ball over the goalie Cole Taylor’s hands to knot the score in the 66th minute. Neither team would score again, forcing a shootout. Hermiston’s Alexis Leal scored the fi rst goal of the shootout, but Jus- tin Lufkin-Quant came right back with one of his own on the next attempt. Grozav gave the Thunder a 2-1 advantage, only to see Matt Mendez put one in the net to make it 2-2. Elijah Thompson gave the Thunder Staff photo by E.J. Harris Hermiston’s Emilio Leal and Mountain View’s Justin Keanini chase down the ball in the Bulldogs’ 2-1 loss to the Thunder on Tuesday in Hermiston. a 3-2 lead, leaving the outcome of the game to junior Coleman Solano. Solano blasted the ball toward the net. It went off the cross bar and dropped down, but just in front of the goal line, sending Mountain View into the quarterfi nals for the fi rst time since 2012. “In the PK, you have to have a little luck,” Navarrete said. Harshberger said the loss hurts, but not as much as saying goodbye to his seniors. “You are with these kids three to four years,” he said. “Now I think about how I don’t get to coach them anymore. They don’t get to come to practice tomorrow.” Scoring opportunities were limited in the fi rst half for both teams. Hermiston had two shots on goal — one by Moises Lopez in the 24th min- ute, and another by Emilio Leal in the 30th minute. Leal shot from the right side of the net, only to have Carlos Cruz step in front for the stop. In the 20th minute, Oliver Parades sent the ball toward to the Mountain View net, only to loft it too high and put it on top of the goal. Nathan Purvis had the Thun- der’s lone scoring chance in the 38th minute. By BRETT KANE STAFF WRITER T ennis wasn’t Hayden Cissna’s fi rst sport of choice. The Hermiston High School senior spent most of his childhood playing in youth basketball programs. He also played football for grid kids and Armand Lar- ive Middle School. It wasn’t until he was in eighth grade that he fi rst picked up a racket. But on Thursday, Cissna offi cially signed his letter of intent to play with the Trea- sure Valley Community Col- lege Chukars and take his career on the tennis court to the next level. He said he chose the Chu- kars because not only is the Ontario campus close to home, but it also offers on-site housing. And more importantly, it was his future team, coached by Mike Heleker, that drew him in. “I got to meet the coach and some of the team,” said Cissna, 17. “They were super nice and they were all great players. You could just see the support they have for each other.” It also helped that his ten- nis skills have earned him grants that will cover fi ve of his six terms at Treasure Valley. “He had an interest in going to the next level, and we both knew there weren’t a lot of options for tennis in the area,” said Bulldogs head tennis coach Shann West. “We were able to reach out to (Heleker) and go down there for a visit, and it wasn’t too long after that he got an offer.” Cissna said he didn’t shift his focus to tennis until his junior year. Although he doesn’t have the years of experience with a racket that he does on the basketball court or the football fi eld, he’s put in the hours to make up for it. “I just put in the hours,” he said. “It was the only sport where I was seeing the satisfaction of that work. It puts everything on yourself, which makes it more per- sonal. My teammates have encouraged me so much. We’ve built such a strong relationship together.” Cissna has been on the Bulldogs’ varsity team for all four years of his high school career. This year, he was the team’s No. 1 singles player. West said nothing has come between Cissna and improv- ing his game, even if he has to do it alone. “I got to meet the coach and some of the team. They were super nice and they were all great players.” Hayden Cissna “He’ll be out there on the courts by himself doing any- thing he can do put in the effort, trying to get better,” West said. “Over the past four years, he’s put in count- less hours. He’ll be practic- ing with the ball machine until 11 p.m.” After his time as a Chu- kar, Cissna will set his sights on the University of Montana in Missoula, where he’ll pur- sue a degree in wildlife biol- ogy. He also hopes to be a walk-on for their tennis team. “His name’s Cissna, but we call him Cissy,” said West. “Because of the relationship we’ve sparked up over the years, I’m really happy to be the guy who has helped him pursue and achieve his goals. It’s awesome.” Low returns put a damper on Chinook season HERMISTON HERALD The Snake, Wallowa and Imnaha rivers will remain closed to spring Chinook fi shing during 2019 due to low returns. Lookingglass Creek also remains closed for now, but will be reevalu- ated later in the season. According to the Ore- gon Department of Fish and Wildlife, 2019 forecasts are just half of the 10-year aver- age. Just 99,330 fi sh are expected to pass the Bon- neville Dam this year com- pared to an average of 198,200. “While ODFW makes every effort to offer opportu- nities to fi sh for these prized salmon, protecting wild stocks and meeting hatchery broodstock needs are a prior- ity,” a news release stated. Updates and closures can be found at myodfw.com/rec- reation-report/fi shing-report/ columbia-zone. Sturgeon fi shing State fi sh managers from Washington and Oregon will be in Hermiston to dis- cuss sturgeon fi shing regula- tions upstream of Bonneville Dam. ODFW and the Wash- ington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) have scheduled a series of public meetings, including one in Hermiston from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, June 12 at at the Hermiston Community Cen- ter, 415 S. Hwy 395. Included in the conver- sation will be possible rule changes meant to improve conservation efforts and increase the abundance and survival of mature spawn- ing-size sturgeon, according to a news release. Discussion topics and management recommenda- tions include: · Extending the dates of all sturgeon spawning sanc- tuaries in the Columbia River from Bonneville Dam to Priest Rapids Dam, and in the Snake River below Ice Harbor Dam, through Aug. 31. Most of these spawning MEDICAL DIRECTORY To advertise in the Medical Directory, please call: Jeanne at 541-564-4531 or Audra at 541-564-4538 GENERAL FAMILY DENTISTRY • CROWNS • BRIDGES • DENTURES VENEERS DENTAL IMPLANT RESTORATION Ryan M. Wieseler, D.D.S, PC www.desertdentalsmiles.com 541.567.8161 • 995 Orchard Avenue • Hermiston sanctuaries are currently in effect from May 1 through July 31. · Extending the area of the spawning sanctuaries on the Columbia River below McNary and Priest Rapids dams. · Closing sturgeon reten- tion fi shing within McNary Reservoir, inclusive of the lower Snake River below Ice Harbor Dam and the Han- ford Reach below Priest Rapids Dam, due to a lack of population monitoring information. For those who can’t make the meeting, comments can also be emailed to tuck- er.a.jones@state.or.us or john.a.north@state.or.us. File photo Salmon swim past the fi sh-counting window at the Bonneville Dam. 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