No one takes over Vikings territory.
Behind a first-place finish by Alex Rendon at 138 pounds, Pendleton finished third in the team standings with 224 points Saturday at the Muilenburg Invitational in La Grande.
Hermiston is going to have to clean up its game if it wants to have success in the Mid-Columbia Conference this season.
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Adrian Mendez tends to fly under the radar, but Saturday night the Hermiston senior made his presence known.
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Following Friday's loss to Crescent Valley, the Bucks redeemed themselves by closing out the Ridgeway tournament with a victory over Thurston, 41-39.
Riverside junior Ulyses Lopez was named to the 3A/2A/1A all-state first team as a forward.
Hermiston coach Kyle Larson knows his team will take its lumps against the likes of Idaho wrestling power Post Falls, and he wouldn’t have it any other way.
The Nixyaawii boys will shoot for the Columbia River Clash championship after downing Riverside on Friday.
After a messy game against Helix on Thursday, the Stanfield boys will press on in Umatilla’s Columbia River Clash.
Hermiston is starting to realize just how tough the Mid-Columbia Conference is in wrestling.
Cowboys know what they like, and for the fourth year in a row, they voted the Pendleton Round-Up as the PRCA’s Large Outdoor Rodeo of the Year.
Efficient. That’s the word coach Scott Bow uses describes Uriel Garcia’s play this season for the Umatilla Vikings.
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Rodeo fans knew this time would eventually come.
A close competition saw the Suns bring down the Bucks in a 43-36 nonleague home matchup on Tuesday.
Hermiston got out to an early lead once again, but this time the Bulldogs were able to hold on for their first victory of the season.
The Irrigon girls downed Weston-McEwen 54-38 on the road on Tuesday night, led by Ana Zacarias with 16 points, Alyssa Luna with 15, and JaLay Burns with 13.
The last time Hermiston played La Grande, Kaden Green Chandler dropped 20 points on the Bulldogs.
The Pendleton boys showed their dominance early on Tuesday night.
There’s no denying that Weston-McEwen has put a quality volleyball team on the court every season for the past 14 years.
The Hermiston Bulldogs finished fifth Saturday at the Tyrone S. Woods Memorial Tournament in Oregon City.
It may have taken a few games to get their rhythm, but the Pendleton girls hit their stride Saturday.
In the last 16 minutes of their Wilsonville tournament matchup against Mountain View, the Bucks boys basketball team made a comeback, but it wasn’t enough to save them from a 68-60 loss.
Pendleton’s fate rested in the hands of Tanner Sweek on Friday night. The 6-foot-2 point guard hit the go-ahead shot with 12 seconds left on the clock to bring the Bucks out of a tie and claim…
In a game that wasn’t decided until the final seconds, Pendleton fell to Putnam 43-40 on their home court on Friday night.
Hermiston doesn’t much like to lose, no matter the sport.
A big second quarter by Lewiston was more than Hermiston could handle on Friday night.
The Timberwolves’ men’s basketball team has recruited a new pack leader.
Hermiston’s debut in the Mid-Columbia Conference wrestling scene started as well as they could have hoped.
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A group seeking to lure a Major League Baseball team to Portland announced that it has signed an agreement in principle to develop a 45-acre waterfront site.
The Bucks’ boys basketball team rang in the new season with an easy 63-35 nonleague victory over the visiting Baker Bulldogs on Wednesday night.
Elli Nirschl had a team-high 11 points and added four rebounds, but Pendleton dropped its season-opener at Baker, 61-46.
Hermiston left the Columbia River Conference last year with the league title in hand, and one win from the state tournament.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) When the Drake Bulldogs walked off the field in Morehead, Kentucky, on Nov. 17, their seniors were sure their football careers were over.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) Caught at a crossroads between a full-blown rebuild and a legitimate playoff push, the Philadelphia Flyers fired general manager Ron Hextall on Monday, the latest front-off…
ATLANTA (AP) Brian McCann slipped on the No. 16 jersey he wore for so many years.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Mack Brown turned around North Carolina's football program once before, and the Tar Heels believe he could do it again.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) The Jacksonville Jaguars sacked offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett and quarterback Blake Bortles one day after the team's seventh consecutive loss.
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) Mack Brown turned around North Carolina's football program once before, and the Tar Heels believe he could do it again.
There’s one thing basketball coaches say they can’t coach — height.
FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. (AP) Coach Dan Quinn knows the Atlanta Falcons' season is at a tipping point.
COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) Los Angeles Chargers coach Anthony Lynn received some slightly good news Monday when it was announced that running back Melvin Gordon is week to week after he spraine…
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) The Buffalo Sabres are on such a roll, captain Jack Eichel was having difficulty recalling the last time they lost.
CLEVELAND (AP) Apparently, beating Hue Jackson on the field wasn't enough for Baker Mayfield.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) Entering their bye last week, the repeated refrain coming out of the Patriots' locker room was a need for more balance and consistency on offense.
ASHBURN, Va. (AP) Trent Williams wasn't worried as he climbed into an ambulance to be evaluated at a Dallas hospital.
In the last showdown between the major rugby teams of the northern and southern hemispheres before the Rugby World Cup, the north came out on top 7-5 in wins this month.
NEW YORK (AP) Josh McCown might be in for at least one more start for the New York Jets.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) The Minnesota Vikings have a lot of work left just to make the playoffs before the championship chase even comes back into the conversation.
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) First, Keenan Allen disses Denver. Then, JuJu Smith-Schuster says the Steelers beat themselves.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Progress this season for Minnesota in the standings was marginal, with one more win by the Gophers than in coach P.J. Fleck's first year to gain bowl-game eligibility.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) Progress this season for Minnesota in the standings was marginal, with one more win by the Gophers than in coach P.J. Fleck's first year to gain bowl-game eligibility.
LINCOLN, R.I. (AP) A casino in Rhode Island became the first in New England to accept bets on professional sports Monday.
CLEVELAND (AP) Something shocking has happened to the Browns, those bumbling, fumbling, quarterback-searching, coach-firing, draft-busting losers.