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that,” he said. “It’s about be-
Stan- ing on the floor, giving your-
selves opportunities. We’ve
done that the last four years.
It creates an atmosphere in
a program and allows the
younger kids to embrace it.
Having that senior leader-
Bak- ship with the experience we
nals have is unbelievable.”
one’s Younger led the Bulldogs
with 13 points and also had
seven rebounds and five
Lind steals.
“She’s a floor leader. She
always has been,” Sand said
of Younger. “I groomed her
all four years for that, and
it’s nice to have someone
with that kind of experience
and that kind of talent at the
point guard.”
Jozie Ramos added eight
points for the Bulldogs, and
both Zikmund and Benson
had seven.
Collman, who led La
Grande with 13 points, 11
rebounds and three steals,
said nerves played a major
factor in the contest for her
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added nine points and Grady Fite
had eight points — all in the fourth
quarter — to lead the comeback
attempt.
Union (9-5 overall, 0-1 BMC)
travels to Weston-McEwen Tues-
day.
Canceled: Wallowa’s home
game against Nixyaawii and
Elgin’s road game at Griswold on
Saturday were both canceled to
weather and road conditions.
Elgin will visit Griswold Tues-
day, while a makeup date for Wal-
lowa’s match with Nixyaawii has
not been set.
Girls
Elgin 59, Wallowa 47: Tymra
Anderson scored a game-high 22
team.
“It was also hard because
we were so nervous for this
home game,” she said. “We
put a lot of expectation on it,
(and) we didn’t come out as
strong as we wanted to.”
La Grande trailed almost
the entire night, but the
Tigers battled back from an
early deficit to tie the score
at 8-8 after one quarter and
briefly took a 10-8 lead on a
long jumper by Grace Neer
to open the second quarter.
Zikmund hit a 3-pointer
for Baker a minute later to
start a 10-0 run and put the
Bulldogs ahead. The margin
reached nine twice before
Collman’s late 3 made it 25-
19 at the half.
Dunlap added seven
points and eight boards for
La Grande. Kenzie Williams
added six points and six
rebounds.
“We were definitely there,
we just didn’t execute toward
the end,” Collman said.
“We’re definitely going to be
ready for them in the future.”
La Grande (9-5 overall 0-1
GOL) visits Ontario Friday.
was too little too late.”
The Tigers led by as much
as 17 in the third and took
a 45-29 advantage into the
final quarter before Baker
got back in the game.
“You gotta give them credit
for sticking in there, battling
all the way through,” Carollo
said of Baker. “I knew they
weren’t going to just lay
over, and we got tight. We
got tense (but) at the end of
the day we were still able to
finish.”
Myer said the team had to
regain its focus in the closing
moments.
“I guess we thought the
game was over,” he said. “But
we just had to finish, so we
came out with confidence
and put it away.”
Jenner and Myer joined
Bell in double figures with
13 and 12 points, respec-
tively, to help La Grande end
a seven-game losing streak.
Bell also led the Tigers with
eight rebounds, and Myer
had three assists.
Long, who had 10 of his
team-high 16 points in the
fourth quarter for Baker,
also had 13 rebounds, four
assists and three steals.
Gambleton added 14 points,
and Flanagan had 12 points
and 11 rebounds. Baker
outrebounded La Grande
by a sizable 38-27 margin,
but committed 21 turnovers
while La Grande finished
with just eight.
La Grande (2-10 overall,
1-0 GOL) travels to Ontario
Friday.
In addition to the prep
basketball games, the
following sporting events
were canceled over the
weekend or not attended by
local teams:
•EasternOregonwomen’s,
men’s wrestling at home
against Big Bend
•LaGrandewrestlingatEOU
against Pendleton
•LaGrande,Covedidnot
attend swim meet at Madras.
Makeup dates have not been
determined.
SATURDAY
Powder Valley 37, Cove 28:
Belle Blair had 14 points and 11
rebounds Saturday in her first
game of the season, and the Bad-
gers opened Old Oregon League
play with a home win over the
Leopards.
Dallee Jo Bingham added 10 points
and Keanna Bingham had eight for
Powder Valley, which outscored Cove
13-7 in the second quarter to build a
21-13 lead at the half and added to
the margin in the third.
Austin Kendall scored nine
points to lead Cove, and both Tay-
lor Fett and Elli Hines-Dunlap had
five points.
Powder Valley (5-5 overall, 1-0
OOL) hosts Imbler Tuesday, while
Cove (6-5, 0-1) is at Nixyaawii Friday.
Union 48, Grant Union 28:
Kylie Marriott and Callie Glenn
scored 11 points apiece Saturday as
the Bobcats opened Blue Mountain
Conference play with a blowout win.
Union outscored Grant Union by
11 points in the second quarter to
take a 29-11 lead at the half, and
extended the margin to 43-17 after
three quarters.
Brianna Kohr added nine points
for the Bobcats (11-3 overall, 1-0
BMC), who face Weston-McEwen
on the road Tuesday.
Canceled: Wallowa’s home
game against Nixyaawii and
Elgin’s road game at Griswold on
Saturday were both canceled to
weather and road conditions.
Elgin will visit Griswold Tues-
day, while a makeup date for Wal-
lowa’s match with Nixyaawii has
not been set.
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The Bulldogs got within
54-52 on another lay-in
by Long, and had a shot
at the lead with about 15
seconds to play, but Jamison
Rigueiro’s open 3-pointer
was long, and La Grande’s
Kaleb Myer — who had
just missed the front end of
a 1-and-1 to leave the door
open — connected on the
game-sealing free throws
with 8.9 seconds to go.
“I was a little bit nervous,
but I’ve made so many free
throws, and I was confident
it would go in,” Myer said.
The tight finish was
unexpected after La Grande
had dominated most of the
night. The Tigers raced out
to a 13-3 first-quarter lead
on a Justin Jenner 3-pointer.
Bell caught fire in the second
quarter with three 3-point-
ers, including an important
trey with about 15 seconds to
play in the half that stopped
a Baker rally and gave the
Tigers a 29-24 lead at the
break.
La Grande opened the
third on a 13-2 run —
capped by another 3 from
Bell and a steal and bucket
by Myer — to go up 42-26
with three minutes remain-
ing in the period.
“They played harder than
we did (through the first
three quarters),” Jones said
of the Tigers. “(They) outhus-
tled us, wanted it more, and
then by the fourth quarter, it
Elgin’s Jocelyn Palmer scored 18
points in the Huskies’ win Friday.
OTHER CANCELLATIONS
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ter, led 31-11 at the half and added
18 points in the third in the rout.
Joseph (8-5 overall, 1-0 OOL)
visits Elgin Friday for a key early
league battle.
Canceled: Enterprise’s home
game against Weston-McEwen,
Union’s road contest against Pilot
Rock and Powder Valley’s home
matchup with Nixyaawii were all
canceled due to weather and road
conditions.
Enterprise’s game has been
rescheduled for Jan. 21. New dates
for the other contests have not yet
been set.
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opened Old Oregon League play
with a rout of Cove.
Reece Dixon led four players in
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which had 12 players score, with 18
points. Clay Martin added 15 points,
Dominick Grende had 11 points and
Moziss Nesser scored 10 points.
The Badgers dropped 30 first-
quarter points and raced out to
a 59-10 halftime lead in their
highest-scoring game since also
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scoring 95 points in a December
win over McKenzie.
Riley Lindsey led Cove with 20
points, and both Bo Ledbetter and
Chase Tennis had six points.
p.m.
Powder Valley (9-3 overall, 1-0
OOL) hosts Imbler Tuesday, while
Cove (1-10, 0-1) visits Nixyaawii
Friday.
Grant Union 49, Union 46:
The Bobcats fell short at home
Saturday in their Blue Mountain
Conference opener against the
conference leading-Prospectors.
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p.m. at halftime, but Grant Union
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Keegan Glenn scored 19 points
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Jocelyn Palmer added 18 points
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margin to 29-14 at the half and to
as much as 42-26 after three.
Shanna Rae Tillery had 18
points to lead Wallowa and Jamie
Johnston scored 16 points.
Elgin (9-2 overall, 1-0 OOL)
visits Griswold Tuesday, while Wal-
lowa (6-7, 0-1) hosts Powder Valley
Friday.
Pine Eagle 36, Imbler 35: Two
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final seconds Friday prevented the
Panthers from getting their first
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League contest.
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fourth and the teams went back
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Joseph 51, Griswold 27: The
Eagles rolled to victory Friday in
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