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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2019
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Hermiston digs deep on
Pink Night to beat Pasco
D
ig Pink Night had spe-
cial meaning for Hermis-
ton setter Kendall Dowdy,
who lost her grandma to
cancer.
“Today, I played for my grandma
Kathy (Reimers),” Dowdy said. “To
play for something more than my school
is something special. I’m glad we were
able to come out with the win.”
Hermiston (4-6 MCC) swept Pasco
25-11, 25-19, 25-23 on Thursday in
Mid-Columbia Conference play, get-
ting 17 assists and 16 digs from Dowdy.
“It’s always hard when there is a dis-
traction — even though this was a good
distraction,” Hermiston coach Amy
Dyck said of the Dig Pink Night. “The
mental focus and discipline tends to fall
by the wayside. I’m proud of the girls
for honoring the people who have had,
and those fighting, cancer.”
Pasco (0-11) jumped out to 7-0
lead in the third set behind the serv-
ing of Dayzah Duvall before Hermis-
ton’s Daisy Maddox hit into a block for
sideout.
Hermiston, behind the serving of
Avery Treadwell, pulled even with
Pasco at 10-10. Hermiston would later
take a 20-16 lead behind the serving of
Dowdy, but Pasco rallied back to tie the
score at 20-20, and later held a 22-21
advantage.
Tied at 23-all, Treadwell laid down
a kill, and Courtnee West served for the
match.
“That’s what our history has been
— rally in the third,” Pasco coach Julie
Estes said. “I want to be known for
winning. They are scrappy. I’m proud
of them. They play hard every single
night.”
Grace Vertrees, who had six kills
and five ace serves on the night, had
three of them in a string of eight points
in the first set.
Tied at 5-5, Vertrees gave Herm-
iston a 13-5 lead before an unforced
error gave the serve to Pasco, which
got within 14-9 before Hermiston took
advantage of six Pasco errors down the
stretch.
Pasco led early in the second set, and
the teams traded points to forge an 8-8
tie
Dowdy served Hermiston to an 11-8
lead, including two aces. Pasco would
pull within a couple of points, but could
not recover after Halee Stubbs put four
points on the board for a 17-11 lead.
Pasco’s Lyqualah Kinsey pulled her
team within 19-16, but Vertrees did a
little damage of her own to bring about
set point at 24-17.
Pasco got two points back with a
block and a hitting error by Hermiston,
but a kill by Treadwell finished it off.
“It wasn’t pretty, but we got the job
done,” Dyck said. “I’m proud of them.”
Stubbs finished the match with 22
digs, while Emma Combes had six kills
and 10 digs. Malayna Anderson had six
kills, and Kambree Baker four kills and
nine digs.
RICHLAND 3, HERMISTON
0 — The Bulldogs came close in the
second set, but could never overcome
the Bombers, who handed Hermiston
a 25-10, 26-24, 25-12 Mid-Columbia
Conference loss Saturday afternoon.
“We lost the first set pretty easily,”
Hermiston coach Amy Dyck said. “But
we led most of the second set, which
was awesome.”
Daisy Maddox had a team-high six
kills for the Bulldogs (5-7, 4-7 MCC),
and Kambree Baker led the defense
with five blocks. Kendall Dowdy had
12 assists, eight digs, and three kills,
while Halee Stubbs had 13 digs, and
Emma Combes 10.
The Bulldogs host Southridge at
7 p.m. on Thursday.
Staff photos by Kathy Aney
Kambree Baker (9), of Hermiston, plays the net during Thursday’s game against the Pasco Bulldogs.
Courtnee West (5), of Hermiston, bumps the ball as teammate
Kendall Dowdy (6) backs her up.
Hermiston’s Avery Treadwell (2) hits the ball during Thursday’s
game against the Pasco Bulldogs.
Dawgs falter late, drop 20-14 game to Eisenhower
Hermiston gave up a late touch-
down with less than 5 minutes to
play as the Eisenhower Cadets
held on to beat the Bulldogs
20-14 on Friday night at Zaepfel
Stadium.
“It was pretty back-and-forth
all night,” Hermiston coach David
Faaeteete said. “We threw an inter-
ception for a touchdown early in
the game. Offensively, we kept
shooting ourselves in the foot with
penalties. We just couldn’t get the
job done.”
Malachi Spurrier had an inter-
ception for a touchdown for the
Cadets, returning the ball 51 yards
less than 4 minutes into the game.
Daniel Faaeteete evened the
score at 7-7 in the third quarter
with a 3-yard touchdown run, but
39 seconds later Spurrier hauled in
a 68-yard scoring pass from Justice
Dean for a 14-7 lead.
Guiomar Garay pulled the Bull-
dogs back into the game with a
7-yard touchdown run with 5:51 to
play. Garay ran for 109 yards on 21
carries.
Nahum Garent scored the
game-winning touchdown with
4:10 left on the clock.
“We got in the red zone three
times and scored twice,” Faaeteete
said. “We let them drive the field
on us late and score. We turned
the ball over on downs, but got it
back with about 40 seconds left,
but we didn’t get the job done. The
defense played hard and gave us a
chance to win.”
Hermiston had 21 first downs
on the night, and 322 yards of
offense — almost 100 more than
Eisenhower — but could not put
the ball in the end zone.
Sam Schwirse completed 21 of
29 passes for 136 yards, but threw
two interceptions. Trevor Wag-
ner was on the receiving end of six
passes for 49 yards.
Defensively, Ryan Arnold
had 10 tackles, while Sean Stew-
art added four and a quarterback
sack. Koi Mikami, Spencer Juul
and Sam Cadenas had six tackles
apiece.
The Bulldogs (1-6, 1-5 MCC)
will host Hanford in a Mid-Colum-
bia Conference game Friday.