Horizon Christian’s track and field team has a chance to earn the school its first-ever non-basketball district title Saturday, when the Big Sky Championships will be held in Moro. Both the Hawk boys and girls teams are among the favorites to win district team titles. Field events begin at 10:30 a.m. and running events start at 1 p.m. at Sherman County High School. Horizon tuned up for district by competing in Saturday’s Arlington Invitational, which featured all 10 of the Big Sky teams. Horizon’s boys finished second to Goldendale (the lone non-Big Sky squad) in the 11-team meet; the Hawk girls were ninth. Top placers for Horizon were Mason Bloomster, who won the discus throw with a school record 122-foot, 4-inch toss. Ryan Aldrich also surpassed the school record he had set two weeks ago, throwing 120-1 to finish second. Fellow senior Jared Davis was second in the long jump and third in the high jump. Sophomore Jony Nelson continued to lower his personal best in the 1500-meter run, finishing second in 4 minutes, 29.36 seconds. Freshman Andy Hung ran his way into the 800 conversation at district by cutting seven seconds off his personal best, clocking 2:22.69 in the two-lap race. Among the top marks for the Hawk girls were Haley Becnel’s 400 (72.73 seconds) and both the third-place relay teams. The 4x100 team included Becnel, Kloee Brown, Miranda Roberts and Paulina Finn; Amy Requa replaced Roberts on the 4x400 squad.
Softball gets swept by Pendleton
The No. 1 Pendleton Buckaroos played like a No. 1 team when they came into town Friday for a game with No. 20 HRV, defeating the Eagles 14-1 and sweeping the four-game season series. As of Tuesday morning, the Buckaroos haven’t lost to a Columbia River Conference opponent yet this season, posting a perfect 10-0 league record, 16-7 overall, thanks to the most productive bats in all of Class 5A. After Pendleton put up three runs to start the game, HRV (3-7 CRC, 10-14 overall) was able to limit Pendleton to one run in the second inning and another in the third, then gave up five in the fourth and four in the fifth, after which the game was ended due to the mercy rule. HRV managed three hits (all singles) to Pendleton’s 14, and five errors to Pendleton’s none. HRV’s lone run came from Breanna Weekly, who scored off an RBI single from Makena Zeller in the bottom of the fourth inning. Weekly and JoJo Karr had the other two hits for HRV; Weekly also stole a base, as did Zoe Munn. Starting pitcher Kaylin Winans got the loss, pitching four innings in which she allowed 12 hits, 10 runs (seven earned), walked two batters, and struck out one. Hannah McNerney pitched one in relief, giving up two hits, four runs (one earned), walking one batter, and striking out two. Second baseman Jessica DeHart led the team in putouts, with five and one assist on eight chances. HRV was scheduled to play at Hermiston Tuesday afternoon, and was two games up on the Bulldogs (1-9 CRC, 7-16 overall) heading into the game. With The Dalles now uncatchable due to a win over Hermiston on Friday, HRV was fighting with Hermiston for the final play-in game heading into Tuesday’s conference; a win over Hermiston means HRV is in. The Eagles wrap up their regular season on Friday with a home game against The Dalles/Dufur (6-4 CRC, 14-9).
Baseball camp fundraiser this Saturday
Skyler Hunter, HRV baseball shortstop, along with other members of the HRV baseball team, will be putting on a baseball camp as a fundraiser for the high school team. The camp is Saturday, May 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the HRVHS baseball field and is open to kids in grades 3-8. Bring baseball gear and a sack lunch and get ready to have a fun time learning and improving your baseball fundamentals and skills. Cost of the camp is $20; checks made payable to “HRV baseball.” Parents with questions can call Skyler Hunter at 541-490-4994.
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