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SPORTS / NEWS Wednesday, september 18, 2019 HermIstOnHeraLd.COm • A9 Pac/West opens Hermiston hub HERMISTON HERALD Contributed photo by troy blackburn The Hermiston girls cross country team placed second Saturday at the Oregon City Invite. Runners include (from left) Cydney Sanchez, Lydia Shult, Alexia Serna, Emily Collinsworth, Ellie Ernst and Ashley Treadwell. Hermiston girls second at Oregon City Invite HERMISTON HERALD Hermiston’s girls cross-country team placed second with 104 points, and junior Amanda Nygard finished sixth overall Saturday at the Oregon City Invite. Nygard crossed the finish line in 19:30.42, while sophomore Cydney Sanchez finished eighth with a time of 19:57.89. “Every girl ran at least a minute and a half faster than they did last week (at Runners Soul),” Bulldogs coach Troy Blackburn said. Rounding out the field for Herm- iston were Ellie Ertnst (29th), Alexia Serna (31st) and Emily Collinsworth (36th). Franklin topped the team leader- board at 46 points. The Dalles and Westview followed Hermiston at 116 points each, tying for third. Franklin’s boys also took first in the team standings with 30 points, while Hermiston’s placed seventh with 187. Senior Gregory Anderson was the Bulldogs’ top runner for the day, plac- ing 13th at 16:44.83. Following Anderson were Logan Springstead (30th), Jackson Shaver (47th), Freddy Ibarra (55th) and Zach- ary Turner (59th). “We’re still working on improv- ing,” Blackburn said of the varsity boys. “But we still saw a lot of great improvements today. We’re only get- ting faster.” Girls soccer WALLA WALLA 4, HERMIS- TON 1 — Cydney Lind knocked down a penalty kick in the 47th min- ute, but it wasn’t enough to overcome Walla Walla on Saturday. “We had great opportunities to score,” coach Freddy Guizar said, “but we were overcommitted and shot over the goalie. We came in knowing it was going to be tough.” Hermiston will host its first home game of the season at 7 p.m. Tuesday against Kennewick. Guizar hopes to have keeper Lanie Gomez and mid- fielder Elizabeth Hernandez recov- ered from their injuries and back on the field. “We want to take that big win,” he said. Boys soccer Alexis Ruiz netted a hat trick, and Emmanuel Arredondo and Carlos Mejia scored two goals each as Uma- tilla’s boys soccer team trampled over Portland Christian 11-0 on Thursday evening. “We expected more,” Umatilla coach Pedro Ortiz said. “We expected a stronger team. We gave it our best.” Arredondo and Mejia gave the Vikings a hot start with two goals each in the first half, and Ruiz sank his first of three before the first 40 minutes were up, as well. The sophomore forward recorded his final two goals in the second half to help complete Umatilla’s road shutout. Oliver Burman and Jose Ala- niz also scored goals for the Vikings along the way. “We controlled the tempo of the game,” Ortiz said. “We did good work, but we still need to work on some mis- takes that happened (today).” On the girls side, Umatilla fell to the unbeaten Portland Christian Lions in a road loss Thursday. Volleyball RIVERSIDE 3, UMATILLA 1 — Riverside took the Eastern Oregon League opener against Umatilla in four sets, 25-19, 25-14, 23-25, 25-17. “We’ve just been struggling with coverage and communication on where everybody is supposed to be,” Umatilla coach Desirae Zamudio said. Umatilla’s Danica Harseen con- nected on all 11 of her service attempts in the match, while Chantal Lemus also went 10-11 on services in the loss. Hermiston School District launches “I Love My Bulldogs” tour Pac/West Communica- tions moved into its new digs in Hermiston as part of the company’s plan to expand government affairs and pub- lic relations services to East- ern Oregon and Washington. The office is in the Columbia Professional Building, 1050 W. Elm Ave., Hermiston, and will serve as the company’s regional base of operations. “Our mission has always been to give a clear and influential voice to our cli- ents, especially those who are overlooked by the pow- ers that be,” according to a statement from Pac/West Communications President Paul Phillips. “The Colum- bia Basin is a powerhouse of innovation, growth, and development in the Pacific Northwest. We’re eager to enhance and promote that work.” Pac/West will staff the Hermiston office with Phil- lip Scheuers and Daniel Wat- tenburger, two local profes- sionals who have first-hand knowledge of the region and its issues. Scheuers for the last 10 years has worked on gov- ernment affairs and eco- nomic development, spe- cifically in Eastern Oregon. Wattenburger was an editor at the East Oregonian news- paper for more than a decade and specializes in communi- cation and understands rural Oregon politics, economy, natural resources, education and health care. Ryan Tribbett, senior vice president of government affairs for Pac/West, stated, “Phil and Daniel have an authentic rural Oregon per- spective and the know-how to convey those principles and priorities in Salem.” Fall weather arriving on time By JADE MCDOWELL NEWS EDITOR A wet start to the week is ushering in the feeling of fall. Jim Smith of the Pend- leton office for the National Weather Service said it’s not unusual to get rain in the middle of September. “It’s generally about this time we get the first decent fall storm for the year,” he said. “It’s definitely fall temperatures here through most of the week.” Rain was falling in Herm- iston on Monday, and Smith said Monday morning that there was a 70% chance of more rain Tuesday, with a chance of showers Wednes- day and a possibility of rain continuing beyond that. “It’s a pretty wet week,” he said. Temperatures are expected to rise again at the end of the week after the rain moves through the area, but NWS also predicted a chance of snow in the high- est elevations on Tuesday, with snow levels at 6,500 to 7,5000 feet. So far 2019 has seen a colder than usual Febru- ary and March, followed by a warmer than usual spring and a relatively aver- age summer, according to temperature graphs on the NWS website. Smith said it is hard to give precise fore- casts weeks out, but Uma- tilla County residents can likely expect average pre- cipitation for the month with warmer than average temperatures. People can now access National Weather Service forecasts with the touch of a button by pinning mobile. weather.gov to their home screen on their iPhone or Andriod device. HERMISTON HERALD Hermiston High School athletes were spread- ing the Bulldog spirit Fri- day with visits to Hermis- ton elementary and middle schools. The first-ever “I Love My Bulldogs Day” brought about 200 student athletes to classrooms around the school district to inspire younger students with talks about hard work, commitment and commu- nity engagement, accord- ing to a news release from the district. Athletic director Larry Usher said in a state- ment that the high school- ers enjoyed seeing how excited the younger stu- dents were to meet them. The athletes even signed a few autographs. “It was an incredible opportunity for our high Good Shepherd to hold open house Thursday HERMISTON HERALD Contributed photo by Hermiston school district Highland Hills Elementary School principal Jake Bacon takes a selfie with Hermiston High School athletes visiting his school for I Love My Bulldogs Day on Friday. school kids, even more than we thought,” Usher said. “For the K-5 kids in particular, it was a power- ful mentoring opportunity.” Athletes were able to say hi to younger siblings and their former teach- ers during the tour. During their Highland Hills Ele- We Hear You! You deserve total audiological care. Professional. Experienced. Local. Renata Anderson, MA Pam Wagenaar, Administrative Assistant 2237 SW Court, Pendleton 541-276-5053 www.renataanderson.com mentary stop, the athletes were able to help English Language Learner students in the Newcomers Class practice their English. Good Shepherd Health Care System will hold an open house and ribbon cut- ting Thursday after a major renovation to its diagnostic imaging lobby and labora- tory draw stations. The remodel has expanded the lab from two draw stations to four, increased the number of registration offices and will improve patient flow, according to a news release from Good Shepherd. “We were able to add more registration offices that significantly expedited the patient registration pro- cess for both departments,” GSHCS chief operating officer Jim Schlenker said in a statement. “Additionally, the offices are even more private than before, helping us protect patients’ private health information during registration.” He said the remodel fea- tures warm, calming colors to help patients feel com- fortable as they wait to be seen. The open house will be Thursday from 5-7 p.m. in the diagnostic imaging wait- ing area at 610 N.W. 11th St. in Hermiston.
