A10 Wednesday, January 22, 2020
The Dalles Chronicle
TD Pullen out all the stops
Hawks’ sophomore
guard sinks
game-winner
Rodriguez
■ Ray
The Dalles Chronicle
The Dalles rode an emo-
tional roller coaster Friday
night in their nip-and-tuck
matchup against Crook
County.
Jacob Hernandez made
two big 3-pointers to draw
the Riverhawks to within one
point, and then the Cowboys
turned the ball over with 13
seconds left.
Down 67-66, TD head
coach Greg Cummings drew
up a play and Jaxon Pullen
had the ball in his hands and
dropped a reverse layup to
put the Hawks ahead.
Amid the celebratory
chaos, initially, time had run
out, but officials determined
that Crook County called a
timeout with 1.5 seconds in
regulation.
The Cowboys tried to get
the ball in to their shooter for
a desperation heave, but lost
control as time expired.
The Dalles held a 32-28
HAWK
Wrestlers put up
12 pins on the day
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following a bye, got back
on track in the consolation
semifinals.
Morehouse had an easy
time against Liberty’s Isaac
Bland with a pin in less than
30 seconds and then he add-
ed his second consecutive
pin, beating Cason Benson
(Liberty) in the first round
(1:44).
Nelson, a senior wrestling
at 152 pounds, had a mara-
thon of a day with a team-
high five matches overall,
and he went 3-2 to lock down
sixth place.
The second-year grappler
pinned Silvestre Mendez
(Beaverton) at the 1:34 mark
of the first round in his
opening match, but then lost
by third-round pin versus
Madison’s Lane Shaffer
(5:49).
That quarterfinals loss put
Nelson into the consolation
bracket, where he claimed
two straight wins to advance
for a chance at fifth place.
Nelson pinned Beaverton’s
Gerardo Fernandez (44 sec-
onds) and reeled off a close
6-5 decision win over Samuel
Marley (Sprague).
With fifth place up for
grabs, Nelson wound up tak-
ing a first-round pinfall loss
(34 seconds) in a match with
Cody Coppinger (Tigard).
Marx and Nelson were
entrenched in two quality
Cowboys hit 22 field goals, six
3-pointers, and sank 17 of 22
from the line.
TD (7-9 overall, 1-0 league)
hosts Redmond at 6:30 p.m.
on Friday, Jan. 24.
halftime
advantage,
but Crook
County
used a 22-13
third-quarter
run to go out
in front, 50-
Jaxon Pullen 45, with one
period left.
TD trailed by as much
as eight points at the 2:30
mark of the final period
and willed itself to a pivotal
league-opening triumph.
Hernandez led all scorers
with 31 points and added five
rebounds and four assists,
and Spencer Taylor tallied
19 points, five boards, a steal
and two blocks.
Pullen had seven points,
two rebounds, four assists
and two steals, Shane Floyd
scored six points, Aidan
Telles dropped four points,
seven rebounds and two
steals, and Dalles Seufalemua
put up one point for the
Hawks, who went 25 of 52 on
field goals, 5 of 15 threes, and
connected on 13 of 26 free
throws.
Kevin Sanchez picked
up 23 points, Caleb Arnold
added 22 and Abel Nunez
notched 11 points, as the
In her first action since
sustaining a knee injury
on Dec. 30 versus Barlow,
Kilee Hoylman scored a
team-leading 15 points
and Jenna Miller added 11
points in The Dalles girls
basketball team’s 47-45
league-opening road victory
over Crook County Friday in
Prineville.
TD had control of matters
for most of the contest, build-
ing as much as an 11-point
lead in the final period, and
then in the final four minutes,
the Cowgirls made a last
gasp effort and drilled three
3-pointers to make the final
outcome look closer.
The Dalles (7-8 overall, 1-0
league), now No. 17 in the
5A ranks, heads to Redmond
at 6:30 p.m. next Friday, and
then travels to Pendleton for
a league tilt at 5:30 pm on
Friday, Jan. 31.
weight classes against quality
opponents, so their placing
was a nice thing for coach
Manciu to see from this
promising duo.
“Aiden and Ben had some
tough matches and they both
fought through it to place in a
tough 6A tournament,” coach
Manciu said.
Although they did not
place, TD’s quartet of Zak
Tackett (113), Angel Oregon
(120), Conor Blair (126)
and Ophath Silaphath (170)
combined to go 6-8 with four
pins, an injury default and an
overtime triumph.
Tackett (11-8 record) start-
ed with a third-round pin of
Blake Gohlmann (St Helens)
at the 5:57 mark, but then lost
in the quarterfinals versus
Sprague’s Bo Davis (23-7
record) by a 15-0 technical
fall after two rounds.
Settled in on the consola-
tion side, Tackett engaged in
an overtime thriller against
Liberty’s Emerald Koeppel.
Both wrestlers fought
to a 6-6 standstill through
six minutes of action, until
Tackett scored a takedown
and a nearfall to grab the
11-6 win.
As dramatic as that match
was, Tackett had to notch one
more win to get a chance to
place.
Tackett went up against
Wilsonville’s Kaden Kramer,
and the Wildcat grappler
came away with a close 9-7
decision.
In the 120-pound division,
Oregon picked up a pair of
wins, the first coming by
injury default.
Oregon then lost to St.
Helens’ Narcizo Garza (20-7
record) by pin (1:51), and
bounced back for a sec-
ond-round pin win (2:39)
over Jeimer Gonzalez (St
Helens).
Just like Tackett, Oregon
had to defeat Springfield’s
Fernando Gonzalez in the
consolation semifinals to
grab a podium spot, howev-
er, Gonzalez dashed those
dreams with a second-round
pin at 2:44.
Conor Blair (3-6 record)
wrestled at 126 pounds and
wound up taking one win
against Beaverton’s Deepa
Monger in less than 30
seconds, and then lost in the
consolation semifinals by pin
at 5:02 of the third round ver-
sus Carsen Taylor (Tigard).
Ophath Silaphath (3-4
record) had one win on
the day in the consolation
round, versus Eduardo Ruiz-
Fernandez (22 seconds), but
lost in the second round of
the consolation semifinals
against St. Helens’ Gannon
Carter (2:00).
“We are so proud of all the
boys for what they did this
weekend,” Manciu said. “We
had five place and another
four come so close to placing,
so they are getting there.”
The Dalles had a novice
dual meet versus Hood
River Valley and Pendleton
Tuesday in Hood River, and
heads to the Elks Memorial
Tournament at 9:30 a.m.
Saturday in Hood River.
At 8 a.m. on Saturday,
Feb. 22 at Ridgeview High
School in Redmond, the IMC
Conference Championships
take place.
TD girls open
league with a win
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