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ECHO — Union warmed up in the first game against Echo, and let loose in Game 2 to sweep its season opening games.

Brittany Josephson belted two home runs on the day, and picked up three hits in Game 2.

Jessy Reynolds picked up both wins. The sophomore picked up 15 strikeouts in 10 innings.

Game 1

Union                   401 200 0 — 7 6 3

Echo                    001 002 0 — 3 2 2

W: Reynolds. L: Gregorson. 2B— U: Stratton. HR— U: Josephson.

Game 2

Union                   055 48 — 22 19 0

Echo                    000 01 —   1   3 8

W: Reynolds. L: Sobota. 3B— U: Moore, Williams. HR— Stratton. 

La Grande slips at Riverside

RIVERSIDE — The Tigers softball team felt stranded in Riverside.

La Grande fell to the Pirates 12-4, leaving eight runners stranded in scoring position.

Boo Christman took the loss on the mound, but finished with two hits and an RBI.

Carlie Miller collected three hits in the game.

La Grande        022 000 0 —   4 12 4

Riverside         320 034 x —  12 15 2

W: Pedro. L: Christman. 2B— LG: Christman; RV: Mittlesdorf, Castello.

Late push carries Union

JOHN DAY — A two-out rally helped lead Union over Umpqua Valley Christian.

The Bobcats defeated Umpqua Valley Christian 5-4.

Late singles by Kyle Langford, Ritter Warren and Kaden Titus fueled the three-run seventh inning.

Austin Woodward picked up the win, and Brian Savely worked a scoreless seventh for the save.

Union                 011 000 3 — 5  7 3

UVC                   102 100 0 — 4 11 0

W: Woodward. L: Forrester. S: Savely. 2B— UVC: Gross.

Sofe takes hurdle events

PENDLETON — Nur Sofe led La Grande at the Buick Classic in Pendleton.

Sofe won both hurdle events for the Tigers.

Jess McClune paced Elgin in her first meet of the year.

McClune finished first in the 200-meter dash, and placed second in the 100-meter high hurdles.

Boys area top five

100-meter dash: 4. Wesley Burgess, LG, 11.93; 5. Dylan Whitelock-Wolff, LG. 3000-meters: 5. Zach Gray, 10:05.10. 110-meter high hurdles: 1. Nur Sofe, LG, 16.29. 300-meter int hurdles: 1. Sofe, LG, 43.07. 4x100 Relay: 4. LG (Burgess, Sofe, Andrew Humphreys, Whitelock-Wolff), 46.67. 4x400 Relay: 3. LG (Ryder Willmarth, Colton Winkler, Nick Hackney, Caleb Trisler), 3:54.63. Discus: 3. Ethan Kellogg, LG, 129-08. Javelin: 2. Carl Osborne, LG, 142-05. Cody Laurence, LG, 137-07. High Jump: 1. Brandon Powell, LG, 6-01.00; 3. Tanner Greene, LG, 5-06.00; 3. Whitelock-Wolff, 5-06.00. Pole Vault: 1. Jayson Rasmussen, LG, 9-06.00; 4. Tyler Nice,LG, 9-00.00; 5. Tanner Christensen, 9-00.00.

Girls area top five

100-meters: 3. Susan Jones, Elg, 13.73. 200-meters: 1. Jess McClune, Elg, 27.05. 800-meters: 4. Shelby Miller, LG, 2:37.64. 3000-meters: 5. Cathy Monahan, LG, 12:35.53. 100-High Hurdles: 2. McClune, Elg, 16.89; 5. Sadie Lewis, Elg, 18.45.  Shot Put: 2. Megan Jarrell, Elg, 36-10.50. High Jump: 5. Alyssa Plummer, Elg, 4-06.00. Pole Vault: 4. Janelle Mattes, LG, 6-08.

Late edition

UMATILLA — Nick West dominated the hurdle events at the Umatilla Ice Breaker meet Friday.

West also took second in the 200-meter dash with a mark of 23.62.

Stephanie Anthony’s mark of 14.01 placed her second in the 100-meter dash. She took third in the long jump with a 14-10.5 jump.

Imbler boys top five

100-meter dash: 5. Nick West, 11.93. 200-meter dash: 2. West, 23.62. 400-meter run: 4. Zach Phillips, 57.01. 110-meter high hurdles: 1. West, 16.19. 300-meter int hurdles: 1. West, 41.56. High jump: Bryan Mills, 5-8.

Imbler girls top five

100-meter dash: Stephanie Anthony, 14.01; 400-meter run: 5. Reva West, 1:13.6. 1500-meter run: 5. Lindsay Martin, 6:12.24. Long jump: 3. Anthony, 14-10.5. Pole Vault: 3. West, 6-6.