❋✿❁❂❃❄❅ ❆❃✿❝✺ ❈❅ ❉❊❈● T
✹✺✻ ✼✽✾✻✿❀✻✿
B
T
M
B
F
D
O
N
W
C
C
P
P
N
N
N
W
S
D
M
C
C
C
S
V
A
V
E
A
❸❏▲❹◆❺ ❻❏▲❺◗❼❽❯❡❭❪❡❭ ❾❿❡ ➀➁❲➂❲
❸❏▲❹◆❺ ❻❏▲❺◗❼❽❯❡❭❪❡❭ ❾❿❡ ➀➁❲➂❲
⑤♦➃r❜♠➄❣✐✐❜❥➆❛ ➅❜✐✐❜ ➅✐❣❧♠ ❢❣r ➇➈ ❞♦❧✇t❛ ❣✇r ➇➉ ♠❜➊♦✉✇r❛ ❧✇ t❢❜ ➅❣r①❜♠❛➆ ➃❧✇⑥❢✉♠❛r❣❥④ ➋❛❢✐❥✇ ➌♠❣❥♥ ✐❜♣t♥ ❣✇r ➍❜➎❧❜ ➌❣❛❛❜tt ❢❜✐❞❜r ②✇t❜♠❞♠❧❛❜ t♦❞ ➄❜♠✇♦✇❧❣⑥❢✉♠❛r❣❥ ✇❧①❢t④
Badgers, Outlaws reach semifinals
➹ Powder Valley ekes out close win over Crane in rematch
➹ Enterprise defense shuts down Vernonia for 37-31 victory
❇ ✁✂✄☎✆✝ ❇✂✄✝
❚❤✞ ✟✠✡✞☛✈✞☛
The Powder Valley Badgers girls basket-
ball team got revenge again.
✰✍✗✗✍ ✰✗✔✜✒ ✌✔✘ ✤↔ ✲✏✜✖☞✚ ✔✖✘ ✤★ ✒✍✴✏✑✖✘✚✕
including the go-ahead layup with 1:53 to
play, and the Badgers avenged an earlier loss
to the Crane Mustangs with a nail-biting 46-
➔➔ ✪✜✢☞✏✒✳ ➟✌✑✒✚✘✔✳ ✖✜✩✌☞ ✜✖ ☞✌✍ ✤✥ ✓✑✔✒☞✍✒✛
✣✖✔✗✚ ✔☞ ✰✔✱✍✒ ✶✜✩✌ ✫✢✌✏✏✗✬
➜➑☞ ✷✔✚ ✔ ☞✜✩✌☞ ✩✔✦✍ ☞✌✍ ✷✌✏✗✍ ✷✔✳✕➡ ✰✔✘✛
✩✍✒✚ ✶✍✔✘ ➠✏✔✢✌ ✥✗✗✍✖ ✰✜✖✩✌✔✦ ✚✔✜✘✬ ➜➦✑✚☞
✷✌✔☞ ✔ ✲✗✔✳✏✙ ✩✔✦✍ ✚✌✏✑✗✘ ✴✍✕ ➑ ☞✌✜✖✱✬ ➧✍
were evenly matched. They had some ad-
vantages in some things, and we had some
advantages in some things.”
✫✌✍✗✜✍ ➨✏✦✔✖ ✌✔✘ ✸✑✚☞ ✌✜☞ ✔ ✩✔✦✍✛☞✳✜✖✩
3-pointer for Crane with less than three min-
utes to play. The teams then traded missed
✴✔✚✱✍☞✚ ✴✍✎✏✒✍ ✰✗✔✜✒ ✩✏☞ ✎✒✍✍ ✎✏✒ ✔ ✗✔✳✑✲ ➩ ✏✙
an assist from her sister, Sonora Blair — for
a 44-42 edge.
Belle Blair had a big game despite battling
an illness earlier in the week, according to
the head coach.
“She was sick Monday and Tuesday,”
❇ ✁✂✄☎✆✝ ❇✂✄✝
❚❤✞ ✟✠✡✞☛✈✞☛
➝✏✒ ☞✌✍ ✣✒✚☞ ☞✜✦✍ ✚✜✖✢✍ ➒★✤➒✕ ☞✌✍ ✵✖☞✍✒✛
prise Outlaws girls basketball team will play
✜✖ ☞✌✍ ✚☞✔☞✍ ✚✍✦✜✣✖✔✗✚✬
Lexie Gassett scored 11 points, Karli
✰✍✘✔✒✘ ✔✘✘✍✘ ✤★✕ ✔✖✘ ☞✌✍ ➞✑☞✗✔✷✚➏ ✘✍✛
fense shut down the Vernonia Loggers in
the second and third quarters on the way
☞✏ ✔ ✮✧✛✮✤ ✷✜✖ ➟✌✑✒✚✘✔✳ ✖✜✩✌☞ ✜✖ ☞✌✍ ➒✥
✚☞✔☞✍ ✓✑✔✒☞✍✒✣✖✔✗✚ ✔☞ ☞✌✍ ✭✍✖✘✗✍☞✏✖ ➠✏✖✛
vention Center.
➜➑☞ ✜✚ ✔ ✴✗✍✚✚✜✖✩ ☞✏ ✴✍ ✌✍✒✍✕➡ ✵✖☞✍✒✲✒✜✚✍
Head Coach Mike Crawford said. “To
✷✜✖ ✔ ✩✔✦✍ ✌✍✒✍✕ ✷✍➏✒✍ ✚✑✒✍ ✏✎ ✣✖✜✚✌✜✖✩
✜✖ ☞✌✍ ☞✏✲ ✣✪✍✬ ➑☞ ✚✲✍✔✱✚ ✌✜✩✌✗✳ ✎✏✒ ☞✌✍
league and highly for the program. This
is a good team.”
The contest, which was tight early, turned
in the second quarter when Vernonia went
cold. The Outlaws held Vernonia without a
✲✏✜✖☞ ✎✏✒ ✦✏✒✍ ☞✌✔✖ ✧➣✮★ ✷✌✜✗✍ ☞✌✍✳ ✴✑✜✗☞ ✔
lead they wouldn’t relinquish. Bedard start-
✍✘ ✔✖ ✯✛★ ✒✑✖ ✷✜☞✌ ✔ ✣✍✗✘ ✩✏✔✗✕ ✔✖✘ ➢✔✚✚✍☞☞
capped the rally with a pair of free throws
✎✏✒ ✔ ✤↔✛✤✤ ✗✍✔✘ ✷✜☞✌ ✤➣✤✮ ☞✏ ✲✗✔✳ ✜✖ ☞✌✍ ✣✒✚☞
Bingham said. “Wednesday she was at prac-
tice. (Thursday) she said she was all right.”
✥✑☞✑✦✖ ➨✔✪✜✚ ✔✖✘ ➤✍✩✔✖ ✰✜✖✩✌✔✦
both hit free throws to extend the Badger
margin to four before things got crazy at
the end. Riley Davis scored with 17 seconds
left to get Crane within two. The Mustangs
forced a turnover and had two shots at the
☞✜✍ ✦✜✚✚ ✴✍✎✏✒✍ ☞✜✦✍ ✒✔✖ ✏✑☞✬ ✥ ☞✌✜✒✘ ✔☞✛
tempt by Riley Davis — which went in —
✢✔✦✍ ✔✎☞✍✒ ☞✌✍ ✣✖✔✗ ✴✑➫➫✍✒✬
Crane was one of only three teams to have
beaten Powder Valley entering Thursday’s
game, having scored a 44-35 win when
the teams met in December. The Badgers,
much like they did to Joseph two weeks ago,
avenged the earlier loss in the game that
mattered the most.
Crane led for a large portion of the con-
☞✍✚☞✕ ✔✖✘ ✎✏✒ ✦✑✢✌ ✏✎ ☞✌✍ ✖✜✩✌☞ ✘✜✘ ✸✑✚☞
enough to keep Powder Valley at arm’s
✗✍✖✩☞✌✬ ✥ ➓✛★ ✒✑✖ ✴✳ ☞✌✍ ✰✔✘✩✍✒✚✕ ✢✔✲✲✍✘
by a Bingham layup, tied the score at 15-15
with 5:13 to play in the half when the cat-
and-mouse game started. The back-and-
See Badgers / Page 8A
✌✔✗✎✬ ✫✌✍✗✴✳ ➤✏✖✢✒✜✍✎ ✔✘✘✍✘ ✔ ✸✑✦✲✍✒ ✸✑✚☞
before halftime for a 21-13 lead at the break.
➜➑ ☞✌✏✑✩✌☞ ✷✍ ✲✗✔✳✍✘ ✲✒✍☞☞✳ ✩✏✏✘ ✘✍✎✍✖✚✍
all night,” Crawford said.
He pointed out that Vernonia often
seemed content to shoot deep 3-pointers,
especially with sisters Brooklynn Walters
and Jordan Walters, and Enterprise let the
Loggers have those shots.
➜➑➏✪✍ ✴✍✍✖ ✘✏✜✖✩ ☞✌✜✚ ✔ ✗✏✖✩ ☞✜✦✍✕➡ ➠✒✔✷✛
✎✏✒✘ ✚✔✜✘✬ ➜➑✎ ✳✏✑ ✷✔✖☞ ☞✏ ✚✌✏✏☞ ✎✒✏✦ ➒➛✛➒✯
✎✍✍☞✕ ➑➏✦ ✩✏✜✖✩ ☞✏ ✗✍☞ ✳✏✑✬➡
➟✌✍ ✗✍✔✘ ✒✍✔✢✌✍✘ ✘✏✑✴✗✍ ✣✩✑✒✍✚ ✜✖ ☞✌✍
☞✌✜✒✘ ✏✖ ✔ ✸✑✦✲✍✒ ✴✳ ✰✍✘✔✒✘✬ ✥ ➠✔✒✚✳✖
Miller basket and a free throw by Moncrief
✗✔☞✍✒ ✲✑☞ ☞✌✍ ➞✑☞✗✔✷✚ ✔✌✍✔✘ ➒✯✛✤➛ ✔✎☞✍✒
three quarters for their largest lead.
Brooklynn Walters, who led the Loggers
with 14 points, hit a pair of 3-pointers in
the fourth quarter to get the Loggers back
in the game, but they got no closer than six
points as the Outlaws held on.
➥✍✒✖✏✖✜✔ ✌✜☞ ☞✌✒✍✍ ✣✒✚☞✛✓✑✔✒☞✍✒ ✮✛✲✏✜✖☞✛
ers to hang close early, and was tied with
Enterprise at 11-11 after one quarter before
See Outlaws / Page 8A
Dodd claims all-American Buckaroos clip Joseph again
❇ ✁✂✄☎✆✝ ❇✂✄✝
❚❤✞ ✟✠✡✞☛✈✞☛
Paige Dodd became the
second Eastern Oregon
athlete to garner an all-
✥✦✍✒✜✢✔✖ ✜✖ ☞✌✍ ✷✏✦✍✖➏✚
pentathlon — and the
highest EOU placer ever
— as she took third in
the event with a score of
3,469 points Thursday at
☞✌✍ ➐✥➑✥ ➑✖✘✏✏✒ ➐✔☞✜✏✖✔✗
Championships in Brook-
ings, South Dakota.
“Just surprising,” Dodd
said of learning she was
the top EOU placer ever,
✔✚ ✌✍✒ ☞✌✜✒✘✛✲✗✔✢✍ ✣✖✜✚✌
bested Kimmy Moore’s
✣✎☞✌✛✲✗✔✢✍ ✍✙✏✒☞ ✜✖ ➒★✤➒✬
“Doing so well never hits
✦✍ ✑✖☞✜✗ ✗✔☞✍✒✬ ➑ ✸✑✚☞ ✷✍✖☞
out there and competed.
That’s pretty cool.”
Dodd’s top placing was
✜✖ ☞✌✍ ✌✜✩✌ ✸✑✦✲✕ ✷✌✍✒✍
she cleared a mark of
5-feet-3-3/4 to tie for sec-
ond and score 759 points.
Her top point total was
➭◆➯➲ ➳❹➵❹➸➸❏ ➺❑❏➻❏
⑤❣❧①❜ ➼♦rr♥ ❛❢♦➃✇ ❜❣♠✐❧❜♠ t❢❧❛ ❛❜❣❛♦✇♥ ❛➽♦♠❜r ➾♥➚➪➈
❞♦❧✇t❛ t♦ t❣➶❜ t❢❧♠r ❧✇ t❢❜ ➃♦q❜✇➆❛ ❞❜✇t❣t❢✐♦✇⑥❢✉♠❛r❣❥④
✜✖ ☞✌✍ ➓★✛✦✍☞✍✒ ✌✑✒✘✗✍✚✕
✷✌✍✒✍ ✚✌✍ ☞✏✏✱ ✣✎☞✌ ✜✖ ✔
time of 9.32 seconds and
✚✢✏✒✍✘ ✯➔➔ ✲✏✜✖☞✚✬ ✫✌✍
also took sixth in both the
✯★★ →➒➣➒↔✬✤✧✕ ✧★✮ ✲✏✜✖☞✚↕
✔✖✘ ☞✌✍ ✗✏✖✩ ✸✑✦✲ →✤✧ ✎✍✍☞
✍✪✍✖✕ ➓★↔ ✲✏✜✖☞✚↕ ✔✖✘ ✚✍✪✛
check out the
enth in the shot put (34-
✎✍✍☞✛★✛✮➙➔✕ ➛➛➔ ✲✏✜✖☞✚↕✬
Her overall score was 15
✲✏✜✖☞✚ ✏✙ ✌✍✒ ✏✷✖ ✚✢✌✏✏✗
record, which she posted
in a January meet.
➜➑ ☞✌✜✖✱ ☞✌✍ ✘✔✳ ✷✍✖☞
See Eastern / Page 8A
❇ ✁✂✄☎✆✝ ❇✂✄✝
❚❤✞ ✟✠✡✞☛✈✞☛
The top-ranked St. Paul Buckaroos girls
basketball team got the best of the Joseph
Eagles for the second time this season.
The Buckaroos took a 12-point lead into
☞✌✍ ✎✏✑✒☞✌ ✓✑✔✒☞✍✒✕ ☞✌✍✖ ✌✍✗✘ ✏✙ ✔ ✗✔✚☞✛✘✜☞✢✌
rally by Joseph for a 42-37 win Thursday in
☞✌✍ ✓✑✔✒☞✍✒✣✖✔✗✚ ✏✎ ☞✌✍ ✤✥ ✚☞✔☞✍ ☞✏✑✒✖✔✦✍✖☞
in Baker City.
“Lots of credit to St. Paul for sure,” Joseph
Head Coach Lance Homan said. “There’s
nothing (for my team) to hang their heads
(about).
“You never like to lose, but at the same
time if you do lose, knowing you left it out
there (is) what matters.”
✥ ✧✛★ ✒✑✖ ☞✏ ✚☞✔✒☞ ☞✌✍ ✚✍✢✏✖✘ ✌✔✗✎ ✩✔✪✍ ✫☞✬
✭✔✑✗ ✜☞✚ ✗✔✒✩✍✚☞ ✗✍✔✘ ✔☞ ✮★✛✤✯✕ ✔✖✘ ☞✌✍ ✰✑✢✱✔✛
roos still led 35-23 entering the fourth before
Joseph closed in.
✥ ✮✛✲✏✜✖☞ ✲✗✔✳ ✴✳ ✵✦✦✔ ✶✜☞✍✕ ✷✌✏ ✗✍✘ ✔✗✗
scorers with 17 points, pulled Joseph within
37-29. Hite then followed with a layup and
☞✷✏ ✎✒✍✍ ☞✌✒✏✷✚ ☞✏ ☞✒✜✦ ☞✌✍ ✘✍✣✢✜☞ ☞✏ ✮✧✛✮✮✕
and Joseph was within 37-35 after a Mad-
elyn Nelson free throw with 3:27 to play.
But Karlee Southerland connected on a
trey on the ensuing possession to push the
✦✔✒✩✜✖ ✴✔✢✱ ☞✏ ✣✪✍ ✷✜☞✌ ✸✑✚☞ ✏✪✍✒ ☞✌✒✍✍ ✦✜✖✛
❙❍ ■❏❑▲ ▼❏◆◆❖▲P◗❘❡❯❱❲❳ ❨❡❩❯ ❬❡❭❪❫❴❡
❵♦❛❜❞❢➆❛ s❣✐❜❥ ❦❧✐✐❜♠♥ ✐❜♣t♥ ❣tt❜q❞t❛ ❣ ❛❢♦t
r✉♠❧✇① t❢❜ ②❣①✐❜❛➆ ✐♦❛❛ t♦ ③t④ ⑤❣✉✐⑥❢✉♠❛r❣❥④
utes to go. Hite scored with 2:26 to play to
get the margin back to three, but the Eagles
didn’t score again.
See Eagles / Page 8A
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