Weston-McEwen tops Gold Beach 47-30 for first win
By ANNIE FOWLER, The CUJ
BEND — Maddox King ran for 177 yards and three touchdowns as Weston-McEwen picked up its first win of the season Saturday, Sept. 21, with a 47-30 victory over Gold Beach at Summit High School.
“It was a good game,” W-M coach Morgan Dunlap said. “The boys played hard. We’re finally getting healthy and there were lots of JV players in the game from 47-16 on.”
Gold Beach opened the scoring in the first quarter, but it was all Weston-McEwen from there until halftime.
The TigerScots (1-2) scored five touchdowns before the half, with Easton Berry scoring on an 8-yard run, Ethan Reeder hauling in a 9-yard pass from Berry, and Maddox King scoring the first of his three touchdowns on a 3-yard run.
King scored on runs of 6 and 45 yards in the third quarter as the TigerScots put the game out of reach.
Terry completed 6 of 12 passes for 56 yards, while Ryder Wilson led the TigerScots with nine tackles, and Wyatt Parsons recovered a fumble.
Cross-country
Pendleton’s Jack Reynolds stepped on the course with the big schools at the Three Course Challenge in Seaside, and the junior found himself in the top 20.
Reynolds turned in a time of 19:41 in the difficult course race to finish in 16th place. He was joined by teammates Eric Baisley (74th, 21:28.6) and Jefferson Steele (182nd, 24:31.2).
Jayden Warner of Warrenton won the race with a time of 17:39.4, while Eastlake (Sammamish, Washington) won the team title with 52 points.
The rest of the Bucks ran in the moderate course race, led by Autry Robinson (20th, 20:13.8). Also running for Pendleton were Mason Morioka (68th, 22:00), Conner Oliver (122nd, 23:23).
Brody Will of Hudson’s Bay won the race with a time of 17:32.2. Eastlake won the team title with 64 points.
In the 4,300-meter easy course race, Samuel Watrud placed 36th for the Bucks.
The Pendleton girls also split their team between races.
Freshman Ella Pozar was the first Buck across the line in the difficult course race, placing 50th with a time of 26:19. Joining her in the race were Rylee Jackson (87th, 28:46.6) and Claire Harrison (107th, 30:25.5).
Sally Roos of Eastlake won the race with a time of 21:01.3. Woodinville won the team title with 38 points.
In the moderate course race, Pendleton’s Melissa Tune was 21st with a time of 24:36.3. She was followed by Isabella Estrada (73rd, 27:52) and Ella Holtz (93rd, 29:04).
In the 4,300-meter easy course race, Violet Steele placed 54th (27:50) for the Bucks.
Volleyball
WESTON-MCEWEN SWEEPS MATCHES — The TigerScots had a full day of action at Lowell High School, beating the host Devils in five sets, 25-21, 22-25, 19-25, 30-28, 15-13, then knocked off 1A power Umpqua Valley Christian 17-25, 26-24, 25-21, 25-15.
“The girls had so much fun today and played lots of volleyball,” W-M coach Marie Cain said. “Proud of how they responded to adversity and kept fighting.”
The TigerScots (10-5 overall) were down two sets against Lowell before winning the fourth set 30-28 to force a fifth set, which they won 15-13.
“We came out aggressive taking the first set,” Cain said. “Addy Hall was a big player at the net hitting some great balls. In Game 4, we dug ourselves a pretty deep hole, but an aggressive serving run by Delaynee (Angell) brought us back in it and we battled to close out the win.”
Angell finished the match with nine kills, 21 digs and five aces, while Charlotte Hansell had nine kills, 14 digs and two aces. Hall and 12 kills and 11 digs, Kylie Kramer had 27 digs, Mya Bryan six aces and Bri Ward four kills.
Umpqua Valley Christian made W-M earn every point of their four-set win.
“We started out slow against Umpqua, losing the first set,” Cain said. “The next three we battled hard and came back fighting to close out the match.”
Hansell had seven kills, 10 digs and five aces for W-M, followed by Bryan with 11 digs and four aces, Bri Ward with six kills, Kramer with 20 digs, Hall had nine kills and six digs, and Angell had five kills, five digs and four aces.
After losses to Astoria and Burns in pool play, Pendleton went on to bracket play, where it split its matches at the North Marion Tournament in Aurora.
The Bucks beat Cottage Grove 25-9, 21-25, 17-15 to open bracket play, then met Burns once again, where the Hilanders posted a 25-14, 25-18 victory.
“We struggled today to play as well as we have lately, and looked very tired,” Pendleton coach Jodi Primus said. “We played well against Cottage Grove, which was a good win for us.”
On the day, Lexie Willman led the Bucks with 25 kills and two solo blocks, while Jose Jenness had 56 assists and 20 digs. Finley Evans had 29 digs, and Sophie Nelson had a 1.5/3 serve receive score.
Primus singled out Caitlin Cooley for her role as a setter and stepping up where she was needed.
The Bucks (6-3 overall) will open Greater Oregon League play Thursday, hosting Ontario.
ROCKETS DROP TWO — Pilot Rock opened the day with a 25-20, 25-12, 25-11 loss to Imbler, followed by a 25-22, 25-23, 2-27, 25-8 loss to Cove in Old Oregon League play.
“We started off pretty strong in the first set with Imbler, but struggled with our serve receive the next two sets,” Pilot Rock coach Jen Porter said. “Imbler is a solid team. Aubrey Corwin, Jade Deist and Kessa Litfin did really well defensively.”
Litfin had seven digs, six assists and an ace for the Rockets (2-9 overall, 1-3 OOL), while Corwin added 10 digs and three kills, Deist had seven digs, and Lillie Holman had four kills.
Against Cove, Coley Gibbs had 31 digs and five aces, while Abbigail Johnson had 15 digs, Kashley Golden seven kills and two blocks, and Litfin 14 digs and four aces. Corwin chipped in 11 assists and five kills.
“We played really well against Cove,” Porter said. “The first three sets were really close. Lots of long rallies and great plays. By the time we got to the fourth set, we just lost our steam. I was proud of how they played. We are continuing to improve each week. We are going to focus on consistency and are looking forward to our matches next week.”
