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Mistakes cost Dawgs in loss to Riverhawks
A handful of mistakes
were costly for the Herm-
iston Bulldogs on Friday
night, and the Chiawana
Riverhawks took advantage
of most of them.
The Riverhawks, who
were shut out in the first
quarter, scored twice in a
span of 8 seconds to open
the second half, en route
to a 34-14 Mid-Columbia
Conference victory at Ken-
nison Field.
“I’m proud of the kids
with how hard they played
and competed against one
of the best 4A teams in the
state,” Hermiston coach
David Faaeteete said.
“The game plan was
good, but our own mistakes
hurt us in the first half,” the
coach added
The Riverhawks, who
improved to 5-0 in league
play, got three touchdowns
from Marvell Cooks on
runs of 6, 66 and 3 yards.
“I told them before the
game if they didn’t take
their heart early, it would
be a long day,” Chiawana
coach Steve Graff said.
“They have some good
athletes and they are well-
coached. We got schlooped
a couple of times on the
back end.”
The game opened with
a scoreless first quar-
ter, with the teams trading
interceptions.
Dion Lee had the pick
for Chiawana, while Herm-
iston’s Broc Remmer repaid
the favor on the next play.
The Riverhawks, which
got good field position
when the Bulldogs had a
botched punt late in the
first quarter, scored on a
6-yard run by Kobe Young
13 seconds into the second
quarter.
On the ensuing kickoff,
Chiawana stripped the ball
from Remmer, and Jalen
Webber picked up the ball
and sprinted 24 yards for a
touchdown and a 14-0 Riv-
erhawks lead.
With time winding down
in the first half, the Bull-
dogs (1-5 MCC) had the
ball and got into Chiawana
territory with a 30-yard
pass from Sam Schwirse to
Trevor Wagner.
From there, the Riv-
Staff photo by Ben Lonergan
Hermiston wide receiver Garret Walchli (5) runs the ball on first down. The Chiawana Riverhawks defeated the Hermiston
Bulldogs 34-14 at Kennison Field in Hermiston on Friday night.
BOX SCORE
Staff photo by Ben Lonergan
Staff photo by Ben Lonergan
Hermiston running back Guiomar Guaray (21) attempts to
dodge defenders while running the ball up the sideline.
Chiawana running back Marvell Cooks (25) runs the ball in for
a touchdown.
erhawks were all over
Schwirse, who got hit for a
loss of 12 yards to bring up
roughing the punter, put-
ting the ball on the Chi-
awana 14.
fourth-and-24.
Wagner punted, but the
Riverhawks were called for
Two penalties, and two
sacks put the ball on the
50-yard line as the half
Leader of the Pack
job.”
Faaeteete said their
defense is designed to get the
linebackers more involved.
“When there is a play to
be made, he is there,” Faae-
teete said of Arnold. “Our
defensive tackles have been
doing a great job. Sam and
Sean allow Ryan to have a
bigger impact. It’s a team
effort.”
While this season has
not gone as planned for
the Hermiston football
team, there is one constant
every Friday night — Ryan
Arnold.
The 6-foot, 170-pound
senior middle linebacker
puts his helmet on every
game and gives his team an
honest effort, to the tune of Growing up on the gridiron
Arnold has been play-
nearly 13 tackles per game.
“He’s the leader by ing football since the sec-
example, for sure,” Bull- ond grade. When he was
dogs coach David Faaeteete younger, he always played
said. “He knows his assign- up an age group.
ments. He does his job to the
“Playing with kids with
best of his ability. He’s our experience helps a lot,”
little defensive general — he Arnold said.
manages the defense.”
As a sophomore, he
Arnold leads the
played on the 2017
Bulldogs with 77 tack-
team that won the
les this season — 59
Oregon Class 5A
solo and 18 assists. He
state title.
also has two intercep-
“My sophomore
tions. The next man
year I improved
on the list (Trevor
a lot,” he said. “ I
Arnold
Wagner) has 37 tack-
learned a lot play-
les, while Sam Cade-
ing with Jona-
nas has 31.
than Hinkle and Peter Earl.
“The linemen up front I didn’t get to play a lot, but
(Sean Stewart, Cadenas, Chase (Bradshaw) and I got
Tyson Stocker, Seilala Sep- to play in the (champion-
eni, Chase Bradshaw and ship) game. I started on spe-
AJ Erivea) are helping me cial teams — kickoff and
get my tackles by not get- kick return. I had a few tack-
ting pushed back every les. It was fun.”
play,” said Arnold, who also
He also got to play his
led the team in tackles last sophomore season with
season. “If they are getting his older brother Tayler, a
pushed back, my vision is right tackle. Tayler now is
limited and I can’t do my a defenseman for the Uni-
Chiawana 0 14
14
6 — 34
Hermiston 0 0
7
7 — 14
SCORING PLAYS
C — Marvell Cooks 6 run (Evan Dawes
kick)
C — Jalen Webber 24 fumble return
(Dawes kick)
H — Trevor Wagner 56 pass from Sam
Schwirse (Wagner kick)
C — JP Zamora 14 run (Dawes kick)
C — Cooks 66 run (Dawes kick)
C — Cooks 3 run (run failed)
H — Wagner 17 run (Wagner kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Passing – H, Schwirse 22-30-1-317; C,
JP Zamora 14-22-1-126-0, Preston Vine
0-1-0-0.
Rushing – H, Daniel Faaeteete 2-(-1),
Guiomar Garay 13-13, Schwirse 9-51,
Garrett Walchli 3-(-1), Wagner 1-2, Team
1-5; C, Gabe Schilz 2-10, JP Zamora 4-17,
Cooks 19-208, Riley Cissne 5-20, Ken
Braddock 2-4, Tyler Hovde 1-(-3).
Receiving – H, Walchli 4-39, Broc Rem-
mer 3-(-2), Wagner 6-151, Spencer Juul
2-59, Garay 5-58; C, Dion Lee 3-53, Kobe
Yong 3-31, Vine 4-32, Aarloh Valdovi-
nos 4-31.
thought it would be smooth
sailing from there. They
were wrong
The spring of his eighth
grade year, Arnold started
getting lightheaded, had tun-
nel vision and started see-
ing spots. He was playing
lacrosse at the time, and he
would have to take breaks.
“One time, my heart was
beating 228 times a minute,”
Arnold recalled.
He was diagnosed with
supraventricular tachycar-
dia (SVT), and had surgery
at Doernbecher Children’s
Hospital in Portland.
“It was pretty scary,” Liz-
zie Arnold said. “We didn’t
really know what was going
on. The doctor said it was
normal and an easy fix. It
was.”
The worst thing that
Arnold experiences now is
general aches and pains that
come with playing football.
Hermiston linebacker Ryan Arnold runs the defense
on the field, and leads the team in tackles
By ANNIE FOWLER
STAFF WRITER
came to and end.
“That was the best first
half of football we have
played all season,” Wagner
said.
Wagner got the Bulldogs
on the board less than 5
minutes into the third quar-
ter, hauling in a 56-yard
touchdown pass from
Schwirse for a 14-7 game.
Schwirse finished the game
with 317 yards.
Cooks, who ran for 208
yards, took off for a 32-yard
run late in the third to put
the ball inside the Bull-
dogs’s 15. Two plays later,
quarterback JP Zamora
scampered for a 14-yard
touchdown.
Cooks scored once
again, on a 66-yard run, for
a 28-7 game, and his final
touchdown gave Chiawana
a 34-7 lead.
Hermiston put one last
score on the board with
4:24 to play as Wagner ran
the ball up the middle for
20 yards.
The Bulldogs managed
279 yards of offense, but
had minus 39 yards rushing
as the Riverhawks made
themselves at home in the
Hermiston backfield.
“A lot of great oppor-
tunities that we missed,”
Faaeteete said. “We need to
execute in the red zone and
get better.”
Staff photo by Ben Lonergan
Hermiston linebacker Ryan Arnold (7) leads the charge to bring down Chiawana running
back Riley Cissne (22). The Chiawana Riverhawks defeated the Hermiston Bulldogs 34-14 at
Kennison Field in Hermiston Friday night.
versity of Montana men’s
lacrosse team.
Last year, Arnold learned
from guys like Cash Camp-
bell as Hermiston entered the
Mid-Columbia Conference.
“Getting that experience
as a junior helped a lot,”
Arnold said. “We put up a
pretty good fight for our first
year in the MCC, but I think
we could have done better.
This year, some of the scores
don’t give you a true feel of
the game. We’ve had some
turnovers and shot ourselves
in the foot. You also get a
lot more looks from college
coaches (in the MCC).”
While learning from
those next to him on the field
has been invaluable, Arnold
also gleans what he can from
Faaeteete, a former defen-
sive tackle for the Univer-
sity of Oregon.
“Coach
has
helped
me tremendously at line-
backer,” Arnold said. “He
has so much knowledge. He
is pretty smart.”
Faaeteete said he knew
Arnold was going to be a
special player when he was
a sophomore.
“We knew he was going
to get a lot better,” Faaeteete
said. “Now, he’s teaching
guys to do their jobs. That’s
a credit to his parents. He’s a
great kid.”
Giving mom a scare
Arnold was a good-sized
baby when he was born — 8
pounds and 21 inches long.
When he was a month
old, he had RSV (respira-
tory syncytial virus) and had
to be life flighted to Port-
land. While he was sick, he
dropped to 6 pounds.
Once he recovered, his
parents Lizzie and Jacob
What the future holds
Arnold would like to be
an electrician, but hasn’t
dismissed playing college
football or lacrosse (he led
Hermiston in scoring last
year).
“I haven’t gotten any
offers yet,” he said.
There is one thing he does
know — his love of football
goes beyond the game.
“It will be sad when it’s
all over,” he said. “You have
played since second grade,
and you never know when it
will be your last game. You
go from playing all your life
to not playing at all. When
you play football, you are a
family. You can fall back on
the team, and the coaches
are there for you.”