SPORTS
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2019
THE OBSERVER — 9A
SCOREBOARD
Jacksonville
LOCAL SCHEDULE
Saturday
WOMEN’S COLLEGE
BASKETBALL
Warner Pacifi c at Eastern
Oregon, 5:30 p.m.
MEN’S COLLEGE
BASKETBALL
Warner Pacifi c at Eastern
Oregon, 7:30 p.m.
PREP BOYS
BASKETBALL
Enterprise vs. Jordan
Valley at Crane, 12:30 p.m.
Union vs. TBD, Union
Lions Tournament, TBD
Cove vs. TBD, Union Lions
Tournament, TBD
Elgin vs. Grant Union,
Elgin Lions Tournament,
2:30 p.m.
Imbler vs. Prairie City at
Joseph, 1:30 p.m.
Pilot Rock at Joseph,
4:30 p.m.
Powder Valley at Dufur,
2:30 p.m.
Wallowa vs. La Grande JV,
Elgin Lions Tournament,
5:30 p.m.
FOOTBALL
NFL
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 10 2 0 .833 322 145
PREP GIRLS
BASKETBALL
Enterprise vs. Jordan
Valley at Crane, 11 a.m.
Union vs. TBD, Union
Lions Tournament, TBD
Cove vs. TBD, Union Lions
Tournament, TBD
Elgin vs. Grant Union,
Elgin Lions Tournament,
1 p.m.
Imbler vs. Prairie City at
Joseph, noon
Pilot Rock at Joseph, 3
p.m.
Powder Valley at Dufur,
1 p.m.
Wallowa vs. La Grande JV,
Elgin Lions Tournament,
4 p.m.
PREP WRESTLING
La Grande at Ranger
Classic, Estacada, 10 a.m.
Monday
PREP GIRLS
BASKETBALL
Hermiston at La Grande,
6:30 p.m.
— Subject to change
Buffalo
N.Y. Jets
Miami
Houston
Tennessee
Indianapolis
9
4
3
3 0
8 0
9 0
South
W L T
8 4 0
7 5 0
6 6 0
POOL
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Christiansen had 23 digs and Sade Williams
added nine.
The teams battled back and forth the en-
tire day, and it was Eastern getting the key
points to take the opening two sets. Taylor,
Tibbetts and Bunn each had a kill as the
Mountaineers scored three of the fi nal four
points to win the opening set, and Eastern
broke a 23-23 tie to win set two on a Taylor
kill and a block by Scott and Shaffer.
EOU rallied from nine points down to tie
the third set at 21-21 on another Scott and
Shaffer block, but Kasia Niderla had one of
.750 257 188
.333 204 280
.250 200 377
Pct
.667
.583
.500
PF
293
276
261
PA
271
234
257
4
8 0 .333 220 292
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore
10 2 0 .833 406 219
Pittsburgh
7 5 0 .583 236 225
Cleveland
5 7 0 .417 246 272
Cincinnati
1 11 0 .083 179 298
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Kansas City
8 4 0 .667 348 265
Oakland
6 6 0 .500 237 324
Denver
4 8 0 .333 198 237
L.A. Chargers 4 8 0 .333 244 241
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Dallas
6 7 0 .462 334 267
Philadelphia 5 7 0 .417 274 284
Washington
3 9 0 .250 173 290
N.Y. Giants
2 10 0 .167 230 339
South
W L T Pct PF PA
New Orleans 10 2 0 .833 298 248
Tampa Bay
5 7 0 .417 340 346
Carolina
5 7 0 .417 280 320
Atlanta
3 9 0 .250 260 323
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Green Bay
9 3 0 .750 289 255
Minnesota
8 4 0 .667 319 242
Chicago
7 6 0 .538 243 232
Detroit
3 8 1 .292 280 315
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Seattle
10 2 0 .833 329 293
San Francisco 10 2 0 .833 349 183
L.A. Rams
7 5 0 .583 283 250
Arizona
3 8 1 .292 255 351
All Times PST
Thursday’s Games
Chicago 31, Dallas 24
Sunday’s Games
Washington at Green Bay, 10 a.m.
Indianapolis at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m.
San Francisco at New Orleans,
10 a.m.
Carolina at Atlanta, 10 a.m.
Detroit at Minnesota, 10 a.m.
Denver at Houston, 10 a.m.
Baltimore at Buffalo, 10 a.m.
Miami at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.
Cincinnati at Cleveland, 10 a.m.
L.A. Chargers at Jacksonville,
1:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Arizona, 1:25 p.m.
Tennessee at Oakland, 1:25 p.m.
Kansas City at New England,
1:25 p.m.
Seattle at L.A. Rams, 5:20 p.m.
Monday’s Games
N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 5:15 p.m.
College Football
Top 25 Schedule
Friday, Dec. 6
No. 5 Utah vs. No. 13 Oregon, Pac-12
her team-leading 28 kills to end the set that
get LWC on the board.
Both teams had multiple opportunities
to win the fourth set. EOU had three match
points, taking leads of 24-22, 25-24 and 26-25
— each time on a kill by Bunn. Niderla and
Smith had kills for 27-26 and 28-27 leads
for LWC, but EOU countered each time. The
Blue Raiders claimed the fi nal two points on a
Pratali kill and a block by Pratali and Burke.
The Mountaineers face Westmont (Califor-
nia) early Friday morning in the fi rst round
of single-elimination bracket play.
“I think the biggest thing for us will be
to learn from what happened,” Pilon said of
shaking off the loss.
championship at Santa Clara, Calif.,
5 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 7
No. 1 LSU vs. No. 4 Georgia, SEC
championship at Atlanta, 1 p.m.
No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 10 Wisconsin,
Big Ten championship at Indianapolis,
5 p.m.
No. 3 Clemson vs. No. 22 Virginia,
ACC championship at Charlotte, N.C.,
4:30 p.m.
No. 6 Oklahoma vs. No. 8 Baylor, Big
12 championship at Arlington, Texas,
9 a.m.
No. 16 Memphis vs. No. 21 Cincinnati,
AAC championship, 12:30 p.m.
No. 19 Boise State vs. Hawaii, MWC
championship, 1 p.m.
No. 20 Appalachian State vs.
Louisiana-Lafayette, Sun Belt champion-
ship, 9 a.m.
BASKETBALL
NBA Standings
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W
L
Pct
Boston
15
5 .750
Toronto
15
6 .714
Philadelphia
15
7 .682
Brooklyn
11 10 .524
New York
4 18 .182
Southeast Division
W
L
Pct
Miami
15
6 .714
Orlando
10 11 .476
Charlotte
9 14 .391
Washington
7 13 .350
Atlanta
5 17 .227
Central Division
W
L
Pct
Milwaukee
19
3 .864
Indiana
14
7 .667
Detroit
8 14 .364
Chicago
8 14 .364
Cleveland
5 15 .250
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W
L
Pct
Dallas
15
6 .714
Houston
14
7 .667
San Antonio
8 14 .364
Memphis
6 15 .286
New Orleans
6 16 .273
Northwest Division
W
L
Pct
Denver
14
5 .737
Utah
12 10 .545
Minnesota
10 10 .500
Portland
9 13 .409
Oklahoma City
8 12 .400
Pacifi c Division
W
L
Pct
L.A. Lakers
19
3 .864
GB
—
½
1
4½
12
GB
—
5
7
7½
10½
GB
—
4½
11
11
13
GB
—
1
7½
9
9½
GB
—
3½
4½
6½
6½
GB
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SOCCER
Continued from Page 7A
The Knights (20-2-2
overall), who advanced to
Friday’s semifi nal match,
were the aggressors during
the fi rst half, and especially
the fi rst 25 minutes. Mar-
ian fi red fi ve shots in the
fi rst 8:20, seven in the fi rst
25 minutes and went into
the break with a 9-4 shot
advantage.
Plocher admitted the team
being in the quarterfi nals for
the fi rst time may have had
an impact early, as did strug-
gling to adjust to the early
start time.
“At the end of the day we
need to be a little more ready,
that 11 a.m. kickoff is 9 a.m.
(in La Grande),” he said.
Eastern turned up the
pressure in the second half
and had its chances to pull
even. But Marian goal-
keeper Alexis Patenaude
recorded four saves to tally
the Knights’ 16th shutout of
the season, and turned away
attempts by Josee Bassett
and Erika Skindlov a minute
apart in the fi nal eight
minutes to keep the Knights
in front. Eastern also had
a shot midway through the
second half from Lindsay
Balkenbush clang off the
post, and several others sail
wide or high.
“I felt like we controlled
the second half and unfortu-
nately we were just unable
to get that fi nal touch in
the back of the net,” EOU
forward Nan Kiebert said.
“...It was defi nitely a tough
loss knowing we were more
then capable of getting the
victory.
Savannah Hutchinson
had a pair of saves in net for
EOU.
The Mountaineers, who
lose fi ve seniors, fi nish the
season with a record of
16-3-4.
“We defi nitely wouldn’t
be in this spot without their
commitment and work ethic,
and overall passion for the
game,” Plocher said of the
seniors.
Four of those seniors —
Bassett, Kiebert, Cydni
Cottrell and Abri Cardenas
were in the program the
entirety of their collegiate
careers, and Plocher said
their decision to stay when
he came aboard to replace
former coach Justin Wagar
was important. The fi fth
senior, Jenna Jensen, joined
as a transfer ahead of last
season.
“They easily had the
opportunity to fi nd an out
when Justin left. They were
still freshmen. They could
have left. They gave it a
chance. They bought in, stay
committed, and we’ve been
able to build on it.”
Plocher added that the
family dynamic of the team
made it the “most fun” he’s
had coaching a team, and
makes it tougher to see the
season end.
“There are a handful of
teams that come through
that you hate to see be done
because how their chemistry.
This is defi nitely one of those
groups,” he said. “They are
great teammates, people,
soccer players. It’s defi nitely
going to be tough to replace
them on the fi eld.”
As a team, EOU posted
the second-most goals in
a season (62), tied for the
second-most wins in a season
(16) and tied for the most
shutouts in a season (14).
HOCKEY
NHL Standings
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston
28 20 3 5 45 101 65
Florida
27 13 9 5 31 96 97
Buffalo
28 13 10 5 31 85 83
Montreal
28 12 10 6 30 93 98
Toronto
29 13 12 4 30 94 98
Tampa Bay 25 13 9 3 29 91 81
Ottawa
28 11 16 1 23 71 89
Detroit
30 7 20 3 17 63 119
Metropolitan Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 29 20 4 5 45 109 85
Observer staff
BAKER CITY — Members of Special
Olympics Oregon-Union County team
recently took part in the virtual bowling re-
gional tournament on Oct. 26 in Baker City.
Gold medals were earned by Mandi
Durfee, Lindsay Stephens, Jasmine Zaplish-
ny. Bronze was won by Joey Gross, Jamie
McClaughry and Ranne Werner. Fourth-
place fi nishers were Jayson Blanc, Justin
Bowling, Paul Davenport, Jason Franks and
Brian Jewell. Fifth place included Tommy
Boren, Debbie Knight, and Autumn Rush.
In sixth were Sam Altenburg and Jenny
Coppin, and in seventh were Ian Altenburg
Continued from Page 7A
Photo by Zach Wadley/Marian University
16
6 .727
3
10 11 .476 8½
8 12 .400 10
4 19 .174 15½
All Times PST
Wednesday’s Games
Charlotte 106, Golden State 91
Milwaukee 127, Detroit 103
Orlando 128, Phoenix 114
Boston 112, Miami 93
Brooklyn 130, Atlanta 118
Chicago 106, Memphis 99
Indiana 107, Oklahoma City 100
Dallas 121, Minnesota 114
L.A. Lakers 121, Utah 96
Portland 127, Sacramento 116
Thursday’s Games
Washington 119, Philadelphia 113
Denver 129, New York 92
Houston 119, Toronto 109
Phoenix 139, New Orleans 132, OT
Friday’s Games
Brooklyn at Charlotte, 4 p.m.
Indiana at Detroit, 4 p.m.
Orlando at Cleveland, 4 p.m.
Denver at Boston, 5 p.m.
Golden State at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.
Washington at Miami, 5 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m.
Sacramento at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Portland, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
New Orleans at Dallas, 11 a.m.
Cleveland at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m.
Indiana at New York, 4:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Houston, 5 p.m.
Memphis at Utah, 7 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Denver at Brooklyn, noon
Atlanta at Charlotte, 2 p.m.
Chicago at Miami, 3 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Washington, 3 p.m.
Toronto at Philadelphia, 3 p.m.
Sacramento at Dallas, 4 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Portland, 6 p.m.
Minnesota at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders 26 18 6 2 38 77 63
Philadelphia 28 16 7 5 37 91 79
Carolina
28 16 11 1 33 88 78
Pittsburgh
27 14 9 4 32 93 78
N.Y. Rangers 26 13 10 3 29 84 87
Columbus
27 11 12 4 26 68 84
New Jersey 27 9 14 4 22 69 101
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
St. Louis
29 18 5 6 42 90 75
Winnipeg
28 17 10 1 35 82 77
Colorado
26 16 8 2 34 97 75
Dallas
29 15 11 3 33 76 73
Minnesota
28 13 11 4 30 83 88
Nashville
27 12 10 5 29 89 88
Chicago
27 10 12 5 25 74 85
Pacifi c Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Edmonton
29 17 9 3 37 91 84
Arizona
29 16 9 4 36 82 69
Vegas
30 15 11 4 34 91 85
Vancouver
29 14 11 4 32 97 86
San Jose
29 15 13 1 31 84 96
Calgary
29 13 12 4 30 73 86
Anaheim
28 12 12 4 28 75 84
Los Angeles 28 11 15 2 24 72 93
All Times PST
Wednesday’s Games
Colorado 3, Toronto 1
Pittsburgh 3, St. Louis 0
Ottawa 5, Edmonton 2
Washington 3, Los Angeles 1
Thursday’s Games
Arizona 3, Philadelphia 1
N.Y. Islanders 3, Vegas 2, OT
N.Y. Rangers 3, Columbus 2
Chicago 4, Boston 3, OT
Minnesota 5, Tampa Bay 4
Colorado 3, Montreal 2
Carolina 3, San Jose 2, SO
Dallas 3, Winnipeg 2, OT
Calgary 4, Buffalo 3
Friday’s Games
Chicago at New Jersey, 4 p.m.
Montreal at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m.
Arizona at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.
Los Angeles at Edmonton, 6 p.m.
Washington at Anaheim, 7 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Ottawa at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.
Buffalo at Vancouver, 1 p.m.
Colorado at Boston, 4 p.m.
Minnesota at Carolina, 4 p.m.
San Jose at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m.
Toronto at St. Louis, 4 p.m.
Columbus at Florida, 4 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Detroit, 4 p.m.
New Jersey at Nashville, 5 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Dallas, 6 p.m.
Los Angeles at Calgary, 7 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Anaheim at Winnipeg, noon
San Jose at Florida, 2 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Vegas, 4 p.m.
Arizona at Chicago, 4 p.m.
Buffalo at Edmonton, 5 p.m.
Special Olympics athletes
take the gold in Baker City
SWEEP
Eastern Oregon senior Jenna Jensen plays a ball forward during the Mountaineers’
match Wednesday against Marian.
L.A. Clippers
Phoenix
Sacramento
Golden State
the all-time record books
at EOU. Her 12th kill in
the match gave her 400 on
the season, making her the
only Mountaineer ever with
multiple 400-kill seasons.
Bunn, though, hasn’t
focused on the numbers.
“I’ve only focused on being
my best every game for my
team because they give
everything of themselves
for me to get the opportuni-
ties to swing, and I owe it to
them to give them the credit
they deserve,” she said.
Eastern briefl y trailed
in the opening set 15-14,
before fi nishing the set on a
10-3 run. An ace by Madison
Pilon put EOU up 20-16,
and kills by Bunn and Jet
Taylor gave Eastern a 24-17
lead before another Taylor
kill, one of seven on the day,
ended the set.
and Mary Herman.
Several members of the Union County
team also took part in the regional swim
meet in Baker City Oct. 20, and earned a
combined seven gold medals.
Judith Asper won gold in both the
200-meter freestyle and 100-meter freestyle.
Remy Spangler was a gold medalist in the
25-meter backstroke and 25-meter freestyle.
Dani Thorne took gold in the 25-meter
freestyle and 15-meter unassisted swim.
Alex Weissenfl uh won silver in the 25-
meter backstroke and 25-meter freestyle.
The group combined to win gold in the
100-meter freestyle relay.
“We were all clicking and
very fl uid in our play today,”
Bunn said. “Everyone was
doing their job and we
problem-solved to get side-
out in ruts when the other
team would get on a run
much quicker than we have
in a while.”
An early 6-0 run in the
second set gave EOU the lead
for good, and 7-1 run later,
capped by an ace from Bunn,
put EOU up 20-12. Aspen
Christiansen gave EOU a
two-set lead moments later
with a back-row kill.
One more major run put
the third set in hand for
EOU, as a 9-1 rally gave
the Mountaineers an 11-3
lead on a kill from Bunn,
one of 10 she had in the
fi nal set. Reinhardt briefl y
got as close as 17-13 on a
Shadaisha Summerall kill,
but Bunn followed with four
kills during a 5-0 run to
push the lead to nine, and
TIGERS
Continued from Page 7A
drive by Sergio Madrigal two fi eld goals
by Pitney were all part of a 17-5 run that
spanned the third and fourth quarters that
pushed a seven-point Hermiston lead to
58-39 midway through the fourth quarter
— the largest lead of the game.
Ramirez was joined in double fi gures by
Rangel and AJ Ramos, both of whom scored
11 points, and by Jaiden Ruloph, who added
10, including a pair of third-quarter 3s to
help stem a La Grand run.
As a team, Hermiston shot 20-for-54 and
had 11 assists. The Bulldogs also had a
34-29 rebounding edge, with Rangel leading
the way with 10 boards.
“You gotta give credit to Hermiston,”
La Grande head coach Mark Carollo said.
“They played extremely hard tonight. They
came out and really wanted the victory, and
I would say we were a little bit passive.”
La Grande trailed by as much as 13
points in the fi rst half, but closed the gap to
10 on a Brady Hutchins 3 late in the period,
Taylor had the fi nal kill of
the match moments later.
The Mountaineers had a
season-low in blocks with
just two, but still forced Re-
inhardt to commit 23 attack
errors and post just a .053
attack percentage.
“They defi nitely were
hitting deeper and over our
hands — higher, if you will,”
McLean-Morehead said.
Bunn was the only player
to fi nish in double fi gures
in kills. Taylor Tibbetts had
eight for the Mountain-
eers, and Savanna Davis
led the Eagles with seven.
Bunn also had 11 digs for a
second double-double of the
national tournament. Kiley
McMurtrey led Eastern’s
defense with 18 digs, Chris-
tiansen added 15 and Pilon
had 36 assists and nine digs.
“Maddy did a great job
of spreading the offense,”
McLean-Morehead said of
her setter.
then used a 6-0 run in the third quarter
to get as close as 36-31 on a pair of Lukas
Schelin free throws and layups by Cristian
Mendoza and Schelin.
Most of La Grande’s fi eld goals in that
third quarter, when it shot 50%, came from
the dribble-drive, either right to the rim or
on drop-offs to an open player. Carollo said
part of the message at the half was to attack
Hermiston’s full-court pressure and not be
passive. The coach said, though, his team
needs more consistency.
“It was more aggression in the second
half, not trying to back down and under-
standing sometimes you gotta beat fi re with
fi re,” he said. “If they’re going to pressure
us, that’s going to open backdoor cuts (and)
backdoor screens.”
Kaleb Myer was the lone scorer for La
Grande in double figures, finishing with 19
points — eight of which came in the first
quarter and nine in the fourth. Mendoza added
seven and both Hutchins and Schelin had six,
but La Grande was just 15-for-53 from the floor.
The Tigers (0-1 overall) next head to the
White Buffalo Classic Dec. 13 in Madras.