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SPORTS 7A 8A — THE OBSERVER MONDAY, JANUARY 20, 2020 Mounties take fourth at Classic Chiefs, 49ers reach Super Bowl Observer staff REDMOND — Amber Pair and Erin Redford each won individual titles Satur- day as the Eastern Oregon University women’s wres- tling team fi nished fourth at the Oregon Classic Women’s College Tournament in Redmond. Pair, wrestling in a round- robin format at 116 pounds, won all three of her matches, including two by fall, over Grays Harbor’s Cynthia Diaz and Providence’s Alina Kinsey. Redford won three matches at 143 and in the fi nal earned an 18-12 deci- sion over Adriana Orozco of Southwest Oregon Commu- nity College. EOU picked up two second-place fi nishes as well, as Morgan Shines posted a 2-1 record at 136 and Dempsi Talkington went 3-1 at 155. Talkington pinned three opponents on the way to the fi nal. Taking third was Cassidy Freeman, who fi nished 1-2 at 116, and Krystal Fabri- cante, who was 2-1 at 130. On Friday, the Mountain- eers earned a 33-17 victory over Grays Harbor in a dual in Redmond, winning all six contested matches. Three of the matches were won by fall, with Shines, Redford (155) and each securing pins for Eastern Oregon. Freeman, Pair (123) and Fabricante all added victories by technical fall. Eastern is back on the mat Friday at Southern Oregon. EOU men place 18th at Missouri Valley Keegan Mulhill fi nished in sixth place individually Friday and Saturday to lead the Eastern Oregon Univer- sity men’s wrestling team to an 18th-place fi nish at the Missouri Valley Invitational in Marshall, Missouri. Mulhill, who went 5-3 on the day at 174 pounds, was one of three Moun- taineer wrestlers to reach the quarterfi nals. He won his third-round match by disqualifi cation over Indiana Tech’s Kolby Ferris, but dropped a 2-0 decision in the ELGIN Continued from Page 6A get back in the game with what coach Darci Sweet said was the team’s best quarter of the season. Five points in the quarter from Kenna Whitmore and four from Elidia Rivas, including a putback with about two minutes to play, made it 25-16. Elgin followed with a 10-0 run to take a 35-16 lead early in the fourth and close out the win. Tymra Anderson added six points for Elgin, while Whitmore scored nine to lead Imbler. The Huskies (10-2 overall, 2-0 OOL) visit Griswold Tuesday, while Imbler (1-13, 1-3) host Cove Friday. Also Saturday Union 53, Heppner 48: Callie Glenn scored 28 points Saturday as Union shook off a halftime defi cit to down Heppner on the road. The win, combined with a loss by En- terprise Saturday, put the Bobcats in sole possession of fi rst place in the Blue Mountain Conference. Glenn, who hit four 3-pointers, had 15 points in the fi rst half. Union, though, trailed 31-28 at the break. The Bobcats held the Mustangs to just three third-quarter points to take a 37-34 lead, then hit seven free throws and got nine points from Glenn in the fourth to hold on. Brianna Kohr added seven points for Union (14-3 overall, 4-0 BMC), which visits Pilot Rock Tuesday. Stanfi eld 49, Enterprise 31: A 12-point fi rst-quarter hole was too much for the Out- laws to dig out of Saturday as they dropped a Blue Mountain Conference game on the road and saw their 10-game winning streak end. Ashlyn Gray was the lone Outlaw in double fi gures with 10 points. Carsyn Miller UNION Continued from Page 6A those turnovers as it col- lected 16 steals. “We really pride ourselves on defense,” Rickman- Johansen said. “These girls, I hope they would say they like to play defense. We drill that a lot. Defense is a game changer.” Both teams scored almost at will, it seemed, in the early stages of the game. Union shot 45% in the open- ing quarter and Stanfi eld 44% as the Bobcats took a 15-14 lead after one. Stanfi eld briefl y claimed the lead late in the second quarter at 22-21 on a fi eld goal by Alexis Shelby and a runner by Tejeda. Two free throws by Taylar Daggett in the fi nal seconds put Union ahead at the half, 26-24. Glenn and Tejeda were the only players in double fi gures for their respec- tive teams. Union’s Taylar Daggett added nine points, while Shelby fi nished with six for Stanfi eld. Tejeda also grabbed a team-high six rebounds for the Tigers. Also Friday La Grande 71, Ontario 29: Camryn Collman scored 25 points Friday, Lauran quarterfi nals to Embry-Rid- dle’s Daniel Butler. Mulhill responded to the loss with two wins by fall in a com- bined 2:37 before dropping his fi nal two matches, includ- ing the fi fth-place match by medical forfeit. Blake McNall (141) also won his fi rst three matches to reach the quarterfi nals, including earning a 10-2 ma- jor decision over Benedictine College’s Kyle Smart. But McNall dropped his next two matches, which knocked him out of contention to place. Marco Retano (184), like McNall, won his fi rst three but then lost two in a row. Retano scored a 16-3 major decision over Ottawa’s Xavier Schecter to reach the quarterfi nals before drop- ping two in a row. Josh Pine (165) and Noel Orozco (285) were the other two Mountaineers to fi nish with winning records in the tournament, both going 3-2. EOU is back in action Sat- urday when it faces Warner Pacifi c and Embry-Riddle in Forest Grove. added six points. Enterprise allowed 22 fi rst- quarter points, fell behind 32-18 at the half and couldn’t catch up. The Outlaws (11-2 overall, 3-1 BMC) host Weston-McEwen Tuesday. Wallowa 66, Nixyaawii 53: Shanna Rae Tillery and Jamie Johnston both had double- doubles as the Cougars completed a perfect weekend with an important home win over Nixyaawii, which entered undefeated in Old Oregon League play. Tillery fi nished with 21 points and 16 rebounds for Wallowa, while Johnston had 19 points and 10 boards. The Cougars held a 29-25 lead at the half and were still up just fi ve after three quarters, but they outscored the Golden Eagles 19-11 in the fourth to put the game away. Wallowa (8-7 overall, 3-1 OOL) hosts Gris- wold Friday. Cove 35, Adrian 24: Kierra Moore scored 11 of her game-high 16 points in the third quarter Saturday to help the Leopards pull away for a nonleague home win. The teams were tied at 13-13 at halftime before Cove took off in the third. Moore had fi ve fi eld goals in the quarter, and the Leopards also got fi ve points in the period from Elli Hines-Dunlap to take a 29-17 lead after three, then closed out the win in the fourth. Hines-Dunlap added nine points for Cove (7-6 overall), which visits Imbler Friday. The Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Patrick Mahomes tip- toed down the sideline for a game-turning touchdown, added three TD passes, and the Kansas City Chiefs made their fi rst Super Bowl in a half-century by beating the Tennessee Titans 35-24 Sunday for the AFC cham- pionship. In two weeks in Miami, they will play San Francisco. Mahomes did his usual superb job passing, but it was his 27-yard tap dance down the left sideline late in the fi rst half that gave the Chiefs their fi rst lead. From there, they outran the run- oriented Titans and star back Derrick Henry. At last, for the fi rst time since 1970 and the third time overall, the Chiefs (14- 4) are Super Bowl bound. Adding to the joy of the achievement, coach Andy Reid and owner Clark Hunt accepted the Lamar Hunt Rinker added 16, and the Tigers blasted Ontario on the road in Greater Oregon League play. Collman scored 18 points in the fi rst half and hit four 3-pointers to help La Grande jump out to a 32-16 lead at the break, and Rinker scored 11 of her points in the second half. Ella Dunlap added nine points, all in the second half. The Tigers (10-5 overall, 1-1 GOL) host McLoughlin Friday. Imbler 23, Griswold 21: Kenna Whitmore scored 10 points Friday and had a pair of fi eld goals in the fourth quarters as the Panthers picked up their fi rst win of the season in an Old Oregon League contest. Joelle Treat added six points for Imbler, which had a 13-10 halftime lead and was up 17-13 after three before holding on for the win. Enterprise 51, Heppner 35: The Outlaws pulled away in the fourth quarter Friday to pick up a key Blue Mountain Conference victory on the road. Enterprise led just 30-29 after three but scored 21 points in the fi nal period, led by seven points from Carsyn Miller and six by Zari Bathke, to lock up the win over the defending state champions. The Outlaws had built an early lead and were up 25-18 at the half before the Mustangs closed the gap in the third. Ashlyn Gray and Miller scored 13 points apiece to lead Enterprise, while Bathke added 10 points. Wallowa 41, Powder Valley 36: Jamie Johnston and Shanna Rae Tillery each scored 12 points as the Cou- gars fended off the Badgers for an important Old Oregon League win at home. The Cougars took a 22-20 lead at the half, doubled it to 28-24 after three quarters, and had enough offense in the fourth to hold on. Keanna Bingham led Pow- der Valley with nine points. Nixyaawii 60, Cove 31: The Golden Eagles pulled away in the fourth quarter Friday, outscoring Cove 21-2 in the fi nal period for an Old Oregon League win at home. Nixyaawii outscored the Leopards in each quarter en route to building a 39-29 lead after three quarters, then went off in the fourth. Kierra Moore scored 13 points to lead the Leopards and Elli Hines-Dunlap added seven points. Mostert lifts 49ers SANTA CLARA, Cali- fornia — Raheem Mostert rushed for 220 yards and four touchdowns to make quarterback Jimmy Garop- polo mostly a spectator, Nick Bosa harassed Aaron Rodgers from the start and the San Francisco 49ers beat the Green Bay Packers 37-20 for the NFC champi- onship on Sunday. The 49ers (15-3) ad- vanced to their fi rst Super Bowl in seven years and will play the Kansas City Chiefs in two weeks in Miami for the championship. Bosa, the prize for last year’s rough season as the No. 2 overall pick, helped set the tone when he ended Green Bay’s second drive of the game with a 13-yard sack of Rodgers. Mostert, a former special teams standout, did much of the rest in a remarkable re- demption story for a former surfer who was cut seven times and carried the ball only eight times in his fi rst three seasons in the NFL. But he has become a key part of the NFC’s top team this year, leading the Niners with 772 yards rushing in the regular season and deliv- ering a performance for the ages in the NFC title game. Victories, broken records in Boise Observer staff BOISE, Idaho — Allex Kosel won the triple jump, and the Eastern Oregon Uni- versity men’s track and fi eld teams added four more second-place fi nishes Saturday at the Bronco Invitational in Boise. Kosel posted a distance of 43 feet, 8-1/2 inches in winning the triple jump. The Moun- taineers had three more individual second- place fi nishes, from Alex Navarro in the mile (4:20.43), John Brown in the triple jump (42- feet-5-1/2), and Corey Sledge in the pole vault (16-feet-8-3/4). Sledge’s mark was an auto- matic national qualifying height. The 4x400 relay team of Bryce Peters, Travis Running, Dustin Zimmerly and Cody Milmine also was second in a time of 3:30.35. The EOU men added three third-place fi nishes, with Noah Chaney taking third in the pole vault (15-feet-3), Adam Kopf plac- ing third in the weight throw (46-feet-5-1/4), and a second 4x400 team of Navarro, Sam Roddewig, Hunter Nichols and Benjen Lilly taking third in 3:35.97. The EOU women’s best performances may have come from a pair of athletes who didn’t place in the top eight. Megan Bolton and Megan Boals fi nished ninth and 10th in the women’s 600, but their marks of 1:35.95 and 1:37.21, respectively, both broke the pro- gram record in the event, putting them at 1-2 in the record book, according to the EOU website. Bolton also reached an automatic qualifying mark for nationals with her time. Jasmine Devers, who was sixth in the 200, also broke into the record book, placing second all time at EOU with a time of 25.43 seconds, according to EOU. EOU added two more sixth-place fi nishes on the women’s side, from Maggie Ledbetter in the shot put (43-feet-10-3/4) and Faith Wagner in the pole vault (10-feet-0). Eastern returns to Boise Friday and Saturday for the Ed Jacoby Invite. TREASURE VALLEY STEEL, INC. Rescheduled Both of Joseph’s weekend basketball games were canceled due to a fi re Thursday at the charter school that damaged the gym and equipment used by both basketball teams. The Eagles (8-5 overall, 1-0 Old Oregon League) play at Powder Valley Friday. Powder Valley (6-6 overall, 2-1 Old Oregon League) had its Saturday game at Pine Eagle rescheduled to Monday. Trophy — named after his father — emblematic of the AFC title. A week after they over- came a 24-0 defi cit against Houston, the Chiefs had to rally again. Down 10-0 and 17-7, Kansas City didn’t fl inch, building a 35-17 lead while controlling the clock with a strong ground game. 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