Volleyball
BURNS 3, UMATILLA 0 — The Hilanders improved to 9-0 in Eastern Oregon League play with a 26-6, 25-4, 25-11 home win over the Vikings. “Certainly not our best showing as we got to Burns after a long bus ride and an early start this morning,” Umatilla coach Samantha Erz said. “Though we struggled, our third set had improvements as our younger players worked hard on the court. Better movement with hit and tip coverage.” Setter Sara Wilson had two assists, one kill, one block and one ace for the Vikings (0-19 overall, 0-8 EOL), while Nya Rodarte had three kills.
Boys soccer
BAKER/POWDER VALLEY 3, UMATILLA 1 — Bulldogs goalie Hasen Hellberg had 17 saves, and his team needed every last one of them to hold off the Vikings in a non league home match. Kane Hellberg, Alan Bedolla and Luis Rosales all scored goals for the Bulldogs (6-5 overall), who led 1-0 at the half. Jaden Perches scored a goal for Umatilla (6-7-2), while Abrahan Garcia had two saves.
Cross Country
Union placed four of its five runners in the top six to run away with the boys team title at the Footrace to Valhalla in Umatilla. Enterprise’s Jett Leavitt won the race with an impressive time of 15:46.20, followed by Union’s Nathanael O’Reilly (2nd, 16:27.20), Mason Ritter (3rd, 16:41.9) and Ian Garlitz (4th, 16:42). Gavin Pedro was sixth (17:15.60) for the Bobcats, and William Mallory finished the scoring, placing 13th (17:42.50). Enterprise was second in the team standings with 45 points, while Stanfield/Echo was third (62), Umatilla fourth (127), Nixyaawii fifth (128) and Imber sixth (147). Pablo Galindo led Stanfield/Echo, placing ninth with a time of 17:30.20. Landon Bailey was right behind (10th, 17:34.60), followed by Jack Sperr (14th, 17:47.80), Jeremiah Swanston (19th, 18:17.40), and Andrew Thurman (20th, 18:19.20). Nixyaawii’s Sun Schimmel finished 15th overall with a time of 17:49.60, but his nearest teammate was Sacas Wildbill (29th, 19:05.50). Also scoring for the Golden Eagles were Noah Piercen (32nd, 19:19), Wyatt Withers (44th, 20:37.80) and Weptas Brockie (48th, 21:05.60). Tanner Prindle led Umatilla, placing 16th (17:50.10), followed by Cristobal Moreno (23rd, 18:37.50), Atticus Tesch (35th, 20:01.40), Noah Castro (43rd, 20:33.10), and Alexander Ortiz (56th, 23:09.80). Austin Kuiper (28th, 19:02.70) was the first Imbler runner across the finish line, followed by Eli Clark-Pierce (38th, 20:10.50), Kolt Alam (41st, 20:26.20), Ian Paulson (47th, 21:01), and Kaed Sheahan (50th, 21:13). Heppner did not field a complete team, but still fared well with Jake Wilson placing eighth with a time of 17:23.40. Also running for the Mustangs were Kaden Hall (37th, 20:10.20), Walker Lathrop (39th, 20:13.40), and Olson Anderson (51st, 21:16). Elgin had a two-man contingent, led by Phoenix Taylor Schultze (30th, 19:06.20). Blessed John Rito (46th, 20:56.60) rounded out the duo. Heppner’s Lily Nichols finished third in the girls’ race, leading the Mustangs to a fourth-place finish in the team standings with 81 points. Following Nichols across the line were Brooklyn Hendricks (15th, 21:10.10), Hailey McDaniel (16th, 21:24.30), Riley Archer (28th, 25:20.10), and Laia Puelles. Lindsey Brown of Pine Eagle won the race with a time of 18:24.70, while Enterprise won the team title with 23 points. Imbler was second (63), Union third (74) and Umatilla fifth (130). Imbler’s Paiten Braseth finished fourth overall with a time of 18:54.80. The Panthers’ other four runners were in the top 20, led by London Kunz (12th, 20:28.60), followed by Paige Braseth (13th, 20:31.20), Josephine Bingaman (19th, 22:15.60) and Kiana deLint (20th, 22:53). Union, which was one point behind Imbler, was led by Taylor Weishaar (6th, 19:33.30), Josie Patton (10th, 20:18.10), Millie Miller (11th, 20:23.50), Camilla Blackburn (18th, 22:08.50) and CJ Delaney (27th, 24:49.20). Nixyaawii had just one runner in the race, Rosaella Salt, who placed 33rd with a time of 26:05.10. Stanfield/Echo had two runners, Ana Ramirez (23rd, 23:53.20) and Clarice Thomas (32nd, 25:53.10). Elgin was led by Abi Roulet (24th, 23:54.80), followed by Riley Morehead (25th, 24:30), Megan Duffy (38th, 28:37), and Brooke Eckstein (42nd, 31:04). Host Umatilla was led by Eden Enkey (22nd, 23:42.40), followed by Emme Prindle (30th, 25:49,80), Brooke Gerard (34th, 26:25), Alyssa Bow (35th, 27:39.80), and Meghan Owens (36th, 27:39.80).