Girls Soccer
UMATILLA 5, FOUR RIVERS 0 — Sophomore Elaina Jewett scored three goals to lead the Vikings to a Special District 5 home win over the Falcons.
“It was very tough for us to get going, with all of our goals being scored in the second half,” Umatilla coach Edgar Navarrete said. “The amount of games we’ve had in the past couple days has really been taking its toll on us, but our players were able to work past it and win in the end.”
Ava Montiel and Shay McCallister also scored goals for the Vikings (5-1 overall, 4-1 SD5), who have won four in a row. Goalkeeper EvaLynn Campos had 10 saves in the shutout.
Boys Soccer
UMATILLA 6, FOUR RIVERS 1 — The Vikings turned a close game at the half into a blowout with a nonleague home win over the Falcons.
Umatilla led 2-1 at the half with goals by Javier Ruiz and Jayden Armenta.
The Vikings (3-3 overall) got two goals from Landry Christensen, and one each from Jayden Coria and Isaid Campos, in the second half as they pulled away for their second win in a row.
Umatilla goalkeeper Miguel Mendez had zero saves on the afternoon.
Cross Country
Weston-McEwen sophomore Evelyn Hodgson held her own against some of the top runners in eastern Oregon and Washington, placing sixth with a time of 20:29.56 in the girls varsity race at Melon Fest in Hermiston.
Callie Orcutt of West Valley (Yakima) won the race with a time of 19:04.68, leading the Rams to the team title with 28 points. Heppner was eighth with 183, while Weston-McEwen was ninth with 228.
Hodgson ran a 10:21.67 over the first half of the race then shaved 7 seconds off her time in the second half. Also for the TigerScots, Stella Wolf was 63rd (26:34.54), followed by Alethea Bond (76th, 27:30.21), Ashlyn Hoehna (89th, 28:46.67) and Victoria Kosirog (107th, 31:28.88).
Brooklyn Hendricks led Heppner, placing 15th with a time of 22:20.05, followed by Khloe Rodriguez (29th, 24:01.23), Mikalie Duncan (39th, 24:36.25), Cora Munkers (61st, 26:25.67) and Hailey McDaniel (98th, 29:32.46).
Mac-Hi’s Lizette Salazar was 123rd with a time of 37:23.79.
Weston-McEwen’s Arden Shaul was the top local boys runner placing 28th with a time of 17:48.72 in a deep field featuring some of Washington’s top high school runners.
Hermiston’s Leroy Lozano Mejia won the race with an impressive time of 15:28.01. Mt. Spokane won the team title with 29 points, with Hermiston second with 56. Heppner was 10th (290), while Mac-Hi was 11th (310).
Jake Wilson led Heppner, placing 38th with a time of 18:48.63. Also for the Mustangs, Jaxson Wight was 63rd (21:49.68), followed by Frank DiSalvo (66th, 22:00.97), Tim McDonald (67th, 22:12.74) and James Campbell (23:13.81.
Also for the TigerScots, Tyler Smith was 48th (19:28.38).
Riverside’s Chase Lantis was 65th (22:00.70) to lead the Pirates, while Rafael Sepulveda was 70th (22:43.13) and Wyatt Dawson was 76th (24:13.43).
For Mac-Hi, David Barnhart led the way, placing 47th with a time of 19:18.78. He was followed by Damian Newbern (68th, 22:18), Evan McGuire Withers (69th, 22:41.78), Logan Brown (71st, 23:10.72) and Grady Brown (74th, 24:02.06).
Umatilla’s Kyan Webb, a transfer from Ione/Arlington, led the Vikings, placing 75th with a time of 24:12.42.