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By Herb Swett
Correspondent, The Sun
Willamina whipped Sheridan
11-4 at home Monday, with BJ
Wilson pitching the distance and
Jared Biller and HJ Bishop hitting
home runs.
The Bulldogs evened their West
Valley League record against their
rivals and ran their league record
to 8-2.
Wilson had six strikeouts and
three bases on balls. He gave up
seven hits, but the last mn scored
offhim was unearned. He als0 was
part of a five-run rally in the fourth
inning.
W'illamina scored three runs in
the second inning, with JJ Flynn
reaching first base on an error to
start the rally. Walks to Chris
Orozco and Bishop loaded the
bases, and Joe Garza laid a bunt
down the first base line that the
Spartans allowed to roll, hoping it
would go foul. It did not, and Garza
hustled to first base with a single
while Flynn scored. Brandon
Bmckner's double sent Orozco and
Bishop home.
Sheridan tied the score in the
fourth. Pitcher Kevin Hertel
doubled and scored on wild pitches.
Derek Littlejohn walked and
Tommy Lux singled, and both ad-
vanced on a wild pitch and scored
on Michael Orosco's single. After
coach Cliff Toney went to the
mound to settle Wilson down. he
got Adam Butler to fly out to Garza
in left field, and the side was re-
tired.
The Bulldogs then took charge.
Bishop singled, Bmckner walked,
and Wilson drove them in with a
single. Chewning reached first base
on an error, and Biller hit a three-
run homer.
Willamina added two runs in the
fifth, with Orozco walking and
Bishop hitting a home run that re-
sulted in right fielder Orosco hit-
ring his head on the fence in pur-
suit of the ball. Orosco, who came
out of the game reluctantly, re-
quired stitches. After Bishop's shot,
He~el an~.~ r d basema.o Cod),
Hunt switched positions, and Hunt
retired the nextlhree bat~ers
In the sixth inning, Kellen
Chewning was hit on the helmet by
a pitch, moved to second on a single
by Biller and scored on an error by
shortstop Buffer that allowed pinch
hitter Nathan Schad to reach sec-
ond.
The Spartans fought back in the
After stepping on third base for an out Willamina's Chris Orozco
play against Dayton. The Bulldogs won the game, 7-1.
seventh, with Buffer hitting a two-
out infield single, moving up on a
walk to Ryan Swift and scoring on
an error by Biller at first base.
"'I thought we got sloppy at
times," Toney said after the game,
but I always go back to 'We're very
young.'"
Sheridan coach Kelly Jensen
noted that his temn was depleted by
illnesses, "but that's no excuse."
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WILLAMINA 030 521 x 11 8 3
Hertel, Hunt 5 and Swift; BJ Wilson and
Flynn W-- Wilson, L -- Hertel,
Dogs blast Dayton
Kellen Chewning led the way in
Willamina's 7-1 win over Dayton
at home Friday.
Chewning pitched a two-hitter,
striking out seven, and batted in
three runs on a home run and a
double.
HJ Bishop hit his second homer
of the season, and Chris Orozco had
a double.
The first-inning run came on
Chewning's solo shot.
In the third inning, the Bulldogs'
only error of the game gave the Pi-
rates an unearned run. W'illamina
came back with two runs in the
bottom of the third after Bishop
singled and went to second base on'
a passed ball. Brandon Bruckner
then sent Bishop home with a
single, stole second, reached third
on a passed ball and scored on BJ
Wilson's ground-out.
After Brandon Bruckner singled
and BJ Wilson walked in the fifth,
Chewning's double drove them in.
In the sixth, Chris Orozco was
tilt by a pitch, and Bisliop hit his
homer
The Bulldogs remained alone in
second place with a West Valley
League record, of 7-2 going into
Monday's game with Sheridan. The
Pirates are 0-9 in league play.
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WlLLAMINA 102022x 7 7 1
Coleman, May (8) and Case; Chewn-
ing and Flynn. W -- Chewning. L --
Coleman.
Dogs rip Amity, 16-1
BJ Wilson led Willamina in a
16-1 pounding at Amity April 24.
Wilson pitched a complete five-
inning two-hitter, striking out five
and walking two.
Photo by Shelley Herman
throws to first for a double
He also doubled and scored in
both the first and second innings,
hit an RBI single and scored in the
fourth, and scored a run in the fifth.
In the first inning, Brandon
Bruckner's single, Wilson's double
and a pitch that hit Kellen Chewn-
ing loaded the bases.
Three walks followed, and then
HJ Bishop hit a grand slam. the
Bulldogs' first home run of the sea-
son.
Wilson's double in the second
was followed by an RBI single
from Jared BlUer.
In the fourth, Bishop was hit by
a pitch, Brent Bruckner advanced
him with a bunt so well-placed it
became a single, and Brandon
Bruckner was hit by a pitch.
Wilson hit an RBI single, and
Chewning's grounder sent Brent
home.
An error on the same play
scored Brandon. Biller, then
grounded out but drove in Wilson.
A walk to Brandon and a pitch
that hit Wilson were followed by
Chewning's RBI single in the fifth.
Chris Orozco's single scored Bran-
don, and an error scored Wilson.
By Herb Swett
Correspondent, The Sun
Sheridan lost to Westside Chris-
tian 9-2 Thursday. in a makeup
game in Portland.
The Spartans did not score until
the seventh inning, when Derek
Littlejohn hit a double to drive in
Cody Hunt, who had singled. The
0nly other Sheridan hit was a single
by Tommy Lux in the second in-
ning.
Chris Miller pitched a three-hit-
ter for the Eagles, striking out 14.
Kevin Hertel was Sheridan's
starting and losing pitcher. Ryan
Swift, who had been catching, re-
lieved him in the fourth inning, with
Lux going behind the plate.
Sheridan's pitchers allowed three
hits apiece, but the Spartans made
eight errors.
Ryan Herd had three RBIs for
Westside Christian and hit one of
three doubles for the Eagles. Ryan
Baughs and Josh Britton also
doubled, and Nate Mays hit two
singles.
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W. CHRISTIAN 003402x 9 6 2
Hertel, Swift 4 and Swift, Lux 4; Mueller
and Mays. W-- Mueller. L -- Hertel.
Spartans fall to Gervais
Sheridan lost to Gervais 6-2 on
the road April 24.
It was a ball game until the Cou-
gars got to Spartan pitcher Cody
Hunt in the sixth inning, scoring
three runs.
"They hit the ball to the open
holes," Sheridan coach Kelly
Jensen noted. "We couldn't make
the outs when we needed them.
Sheridan made three errors to
two for the host team, and Hunt
gave up nine hits and five bases on
balls to three hits and three walks
for Gervais pitcher David Stott, so
it was not altogether a matter of
fielding.
"Our hitting is really off,"
Jensen said.
"We weren't able to connect
with the ball. When we did connect,
we hit it right to their players for
easy outs.
"We got a coupleguys on base
but couldn't get them around. We
had three guys tagged out on base."
The Spartans were held to three
singles, two by Adam Butler and
one by Ryan Swift. Butler scored
both Sheridan runs. Kevin Hertel,
although he had no hits, batted in
both runs.
Mike Kalugin was tile Cougars'
biggest hitter with a double, three
singles and two RBI.
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6ERVAIS 200013x 6 9 2
Hunt and Swift; Stott and Kalugin~ W--"
Stott, L-- Hunt.
VC pounds Sparts, 14-1
Errors kept plaguing Sheridan
on Friday as the Spartans lost 14-1
to Valley Catholic in Beaverton.
The Spartans not only made
seven errors but also were victims"
of the five-strikeout pitching of Pat
Dempsey, who scattered six hits,
and the heavy hitting of Dempsey
and several teammates.
Dempsey hit a two-run homer
in the first inning and later hit a
single and a triple. He scored three
of the runs.
Michael Hoffman, Matt Twenge
and Trevor Gates also swung big
bats for the hosts. The game
stopped after six innings, by which
time the Valiants were more than
10 runs ahead.
Sheridan's only run came in the
third inning, when Ryan Swift's
double scored Adam Buffer, who
had also doubled. Swift's three hits
led the Spartans.
Swift pitched 5-1/3 innings for
the Spartans. Cody Hunt relieved
him. Valley Catholic played error-
less ball and made two double
plays.
Spartan coach Kelly Jensen
commended Swift and Derek
Littlejohn for playing their best
despite injuries and said the Spar-
tans had just played two of the three
best teams in the West Valley
League.
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Swift, Hunt 6 and Lux; Dempsey and
Casquiero. W -- Dempsey. L -- Swift.
The Lady Bulldogs had their
first taste of defeat this season on
Friday, losing to Dayton, 2-1.
"We lost the game because of
two things," said coach Brad
Chewning. "Bad base running and
too many passed balls. They also
got a break in the seventh when
Pratt hit a blooper over first base,
just fair, and then it bounced out of
play. It should have be a ground rule
double, but she got third. Then they
put in a pinch runner and she scored
on a passed ball."
Caralyn Chewning hit a home
run for Willamina's only score.
Lady Dawgs bury Amity
The Lady Bulldogs used a late
inning barrage to bury Amity on
Tuesday, 15-0.
Willaminapicked up 15 hits, 13
RBIs, and three home runs.
Caralyn Chewning had 10
strikeouts and allowed two hits,
both singles. She was also 3-5 at
the plate with a double and a triple.
Megan Stackhouse was 2-5 with
a single a double and four RBIs,
Linda Clemente was 2-5 with a
home run, Brandi Shell had a sec-
ond home run, Randi Keyser was
2-4 with a home run, and Ricki
Keyser was 2-4 with two
runs, two singles, and a double.
Photo by Shelley Herman
Willamina's Sherea Cumberland looks for umpire's call after she dives back to second base
against Dayton. She was called out in the close play. Dayton won the game, 2-1.
By Fred Long up. was 2-3 to account for three of and third in another. Their pitcher
Correspondent, The Sun "'All of their runs in the first. Sheridan's five hits. was very hittable, and despite get-
Valley Catholic is one of the top third, and tburth were unearned." Early in the week the Lady Spar- ting six hits we didn't hit like we
teams in the league and across the said Sheridan coach Steve Rogers tans lost a close game at Gervais, could have."
state. But the Lady Spartans con- "And in the fifth we gave up 4-3. KerriYoderhadhalfoftheSpar-
tinued to show improvement and four walks that led to their runs. ''We had thelead until the sixth," tan hits and Alyssa Ogle, Kalea
kept the game close before losing They are a solid team, but we are Rogers said. Thompson, Kellye Edwards each
at home on Thursday, 9-3. improwng. We really played better "We just didn't execute. They added one.
Valley Catholic scored one run than the score showed." played small ball and were ready, Jensen pitched the complete
in the first, second and third innings Sheridan pitcher Karen Jensen but just didn't execute. They got game with one strikeout, no walks
and two more in the fourth before had two strikeouts, allowed 11 hits, two runs and had four hits in the and 10 hits.
blowing the game open in the fifth, and had four walks, inning. The Lady Spartans this week
Sheridan scored all its runs in the Bethany Dickey had a triple "We left the bases loaded in one will play Willamina, Dayton' and
fifth, but it wasn't enough to catch with two RBIs and Phylisha Bryant inning and had runners on second Amity.
By Herb Swett
Correspondent, The Sun
Willamina's Alee Palanuk broke
his own shotput record Thursday
at 49-10, soon after breaking a 45-
year-old school record in that event.
Palanuk, who also placed first
in the discus at 131-3.5, was the
only Bulldog boy to take two first
places.
Among the Willamina girls, Liz
Rogers took two first places, win-
ning the 100 high hurdles at 17.4
and the 300 low hurdles at 51.8.
Sherae Cumberland won the discus
at 99-4.
First-place Spartan girls in-
cluded Emma Buchholz, 13.5 in the
100 meters and Amber Moser in the
high jump at 5-0. The 4x100 relay
team of Buchholz, Moser, Lisa
Ekstrom and Chelsei Hall came in
first at 52.9.
Spartan first places went to Jus-
tin Tomlinson, 11.7 in the 100
meters; Noah Leisman, 23.7 in the
200 meters and Doug Von Euen.
57.9 in the 400 meters. The 4x100
relay team ofTomlinson, Leisman,
Jacob Williams and Allyn Ray
came in first at 45.5.
For Willamina, Anthony George
won the 110 high hurdles at 18.4.
Bulldog coach Jeff Larson
noted that his athletes set 31 per-
sonal and season records at the
meet, even though Willamina was
not in the relay races, because of
an injury to Cameron Sabey.
Photo by Shelley Herman
Willamina's Alec Palanuk
tosses the shot put 49-10 to
break his Own school record
last week.
Palanuk places third
at Meet of Champions
Palanuk was Willamina's
standout at Saturday's Meet of
Champions at Willamette Univer-
sity.
He placed third in the shotput
at 48-2.5 and seventh in the discus
at 129-8.
No other Bulldog placed as high
as eighth in the meet, and no one
from Sheridan placed that high, but
there was plenty of competition.
Willamina and Sheridan were
two of 10 Class 3A schools out of
51 schools from all parts of Oregon
at the meet.
event set
Delphian lost to Perrydale 12- doubles, but Autum Bird walked
11 at home in eight innings April seven Pirates and struck out none
25. going the distance.
Chelsea Spina went 4 for 5 for Delphian is now 3-9 in league
the Dragons, including three play and 5-10 overall.
The Oregon Fish and Wildlife with 1,000 trout for the event and
Department will sponsor a youth will provide 50 fishing poles for
fishing event on Saturday at the youngsters to try their luck.
Sheridan fishing pond. The pond is located offBallston
The event will start at 9:30 a.m. Road just south of the Green Crest
The state has stocked the pond Memorial Park.
