SPORTS
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020
THE OBSERVER — 7A
Mendoza scores 29 to lift LHS; Union girls claim BMC title
Observer staff
Girls
NORTH POWDER — The
La Grande boys basketball
team poured in 29 points in
the third quarter Saturday
to break open their non-
league road game against
the Powder Valley Badgers
en route to an 81-47 road
victory.
La Grande went into the
break up 37-27, then went
off in the third as Cristian
Mendoza had 11 points in
the third and Kaleb Myer
had 10 points. The quarter
ended with LHS ahead
66-37.
Mendoza fi nished with
29 points and connected on
fi ve 3-pointers for the Tigers.
Myer scored 16 points and
Devin Bell added 12.
Roper Bingham and Ethan
Stephens each scored 12
points to lead the Badgers.
La Grande (7-12 overall)
fi nishes the regular season
Saturday at McLoughlin,
while Powder Valley (16-6)
hosts Pine Eagle Tuesday.
Union 45, Heppner 37:
The Bobcats picked up an
important home win Satur-
day as they jockey for posi-
tion in the Blue Mountain
Conference tournament.
Keegan Glenn led Union
with 10 points, Cole McLean
had nine and Jace Phillips
scored eight. The Bobcats
are locked into no worse
than fi fth headed into the
conference tournament, but
need to win their upcoming
season fi nale and get help to
move up in the standings.
Union 59, Heppner 38:
The Bobcats clinched the
Blue Mountain Conference
regular season title and a
state playoff berth Saturday
with their win and Stan-
fi eld’s loss at Enterprise.
Union broke the game
open in the second half be-
hind a big third quarter from
Callie Glenn, who fi nished
with 26 points, and a big
fourth from Brianna Kohr,
who had 12 points. Glenn
had 12 of her points in the
third, including two 3-point
plays, as Union took a 36-27
lead after three after trailing
18-17 at the break.
Kohr had 10 points and
hit a pair of 3-pointers in
the fourth, and the Bobcats
scored 23 points in the fi nal
period to pull away. Glenn
added six points in the
fourth. Kylie Marriott also
reached double fi gures in
scoring as she fi nished with
10 points.
Union (21-3 overall, 11-0
BMC) wraps up the regular
season Tuesday at Stanfi eld.
La Grande 52, Powder
Valley 28: The Tigers pulled
away in the fourth quarter
Saturday for a nonleague
road win over the Badgers.
La Grande led throughout,
and was up 30-21 after three
quarters before scoring 22
points in the fi nal quarter.
Camryn Collman, Ella
Dunlap and Lauran Rinker
each scored six points in the
fourth for La Grande.
Collman fi nished with
17 points to lead the Tigers,
while Dunlap had 13 and
Rinker scored 10.
Josi Krieger had eight
points to lead the Badgers,
and McKenzie Leggett
added fi ve points.
La Grande (14-6 overall)
hosts Jordan Valley Thurs-
day, while Powder Valley (11-
9) hosts Pine Eagle Tuesday.
Enterprise 42, Stanfi eld
39: The Outlaws came from
behind in the fourth quarter
Saturday and connected on
several key free throws in the
fourth to get past the Tigers.
Enterprise trailed 33-30
after three, but pulled ahead
in the fourth behind fi eld
goals from Gracie Niezen
and Asiya Salim, and an
8-for-12 effort from the
charity stripe. Zari Bathke,
who led Enterprise with 10
points, was a perfect 8-for-8
from the line, and 4-of-4 in
the fourth.
Ashlyn Gray added eight
points for the Outlaws (15-4
overall, 7-3 BMC), who host
Heppner Tuesday.
Cove 47, Griswold 24:
The Leopards used a big sec-
ond quarter and a balanced
scoring attack Saturday
to take down the Grizzlies
on the road in Old Oregon
League play.
Cove outscored Griswold
19-6 in the second to take
what proved to be an insur-
mountable 28-11 halftime
lead, and extended the
margin from there.
Kierra Moore, Elli Hines-
Dunlap and Austin Kendall
each scored 13 points to
lead Cove (10-10 overall, 3-6
OOL), which hosts Imbler
Friday.
Nixyaawii at Imbler:
The Panthers’ home game
against Nixyaawii was
rescheduled for Thursday.
Imbler (1-17 overall) hosts
Joseph Tuesday.
(160) and Ronny Morello
(170) took sixth.
Ninth-place Enterprise
picked up a title from Trace
Evans, who won both his
matches at 138 by technical
fall for the championship. In
the fi nal, he scored a 17-2
win over Crane’s Levi Roath.
Cody Fent (132) fi nished
with a record of 2-2 to come
in fourth winning both his
matches by fall, and Drew
Widener (285) was fi fth.
Imbler, which fi nished
11th, had both Garrett
Burns (120) and MyKail Fos-
ter (152) place fourth. Foster
earned a pair of wins by fall
for his placing.
The teams return to action
Friday and Saturday for
the 2A/1A Special District 4
Tournament in Union.
WRESTLING
Continued from Page 6A
Morehead (152) and Blake
Jenkins (195) all took fi fth.
Terry fi nished 3-2 — with all
his matches being decided by
fall — while Morehead was
2-2 and Jenkins fi nished 1-2.
Union/Cove followed in
sixth place and had three
wrestlers take third in
Photo by Ellen Morris Bishop/EO Media Group
Union’s Callie Glenn, left, is shown in Friday’s win over
Enterprise. The Bobcats locked up the Blue Mountain
Conference title with wins over Enterprise and Heppner.
Union (15-9 overall, 6-5
BMC) wraps up the regular
season Tuesday at Stanfi eld.
Stanfi eld 69, Enterprise
56: The Outlaws got a big
night from Devin Greer
Saturday, but fell short in a
Blue Mountain Conference
contest at home.
Greer fi nished with 26
points, including 14 in the
fi rst half, to lead all scorers.
Cason Kirkland scored nine
of his 14 points in the third
quarter for the Outlaws, and
David Salim added 11 points.
Enterprise (6-11 overall,
2-8 BMC) hosts Heppner
Tuesday.
Cove 71, Griswold 47:
Caden Hall went off for 33
points Saturday to help Cove
end a 16-game losing streak
and get its fi rst Old Oregon
League win.
Braden Dickenson added
eight points, and both Caleb
Wiggins and Bo Ledbetter
had seven. The Leopards
scored 22 points in the second
quarter to take a 39-24 lead
at the half, then fi nished the
win by outscoring the Griz-
zlies 18-8 in the fourth.
Cove (2-18 overall, 1-8
OOL) hosts Imbler Friday.
Nixyaawii at Imbler:
The Panthers’ home game
against Nixyaawii was
rescheduled for Thursday.
Imbler (6-11 overall) hosts
Joseph Tuesday.
their weight classes. Jaxon
Blackburn went 3-1 at 126,
Levi Hammond was 5-1 at
152 — and won his fi nal four
matches — and Michael Day
fi nished 2-1 at 220. Carter
Blackburn took fourth at
145 with a mark of 2-2, and
Damon Nipper also went 2-2
to take fourth at 195. Alleah
Haydon fi nished sixth at
195.
Joseph/Wallowa placed
seventh, and put two wres-
tlers in the fi nals. Jonah
Staigle (220) won his brack-
et by pinning New Plym-
outh’s Caiden Cutburth
in the fi nal. Zeb Ramsden
(145) went 2-1, dropping
the fi nal by fall to Joel
Campbell of New Plymouth.
Laramie Hess (182) placed
fi fth, and both Harley Miller
JOSEPH
Continued from Page 6A
a basket on the low block; Murray responding
with a layup before Simpson put in one of his
own.
Murray then hit a crucial 3-pointer for a
51-44 lead with 4:09 to play. Ian Adams had
a putback to keep Elgin within fi ve moments
later, but the Huskies got no closer despite
the fact Joseph didn’t score for the fi nal 3:30.
“They’re shots were falling a little bit more
than ours, and that was the decider between
it,” Elgin head coach Kevin Johnson said.
“Both teams were playing good defense, we
had some open looks and were driving to a
hoop a lot more, and just couldn’t get it in the
cylinder.
Miller had 10 points in the fi rst half, and
sparked Joseph’s offense early around the
rim with four early points. Mason Ferre hit
a 3-pointer for a 9-5 lead and the margin
reached 11-5 before Elgin found its groove to
take the lead by the end of the fi rst.
Jordon Palmer hit a 3-pointer to start a
ELGIN
Continued from Page 6A
before Joseph’s Sabrina Al-
bee drained a long 3-pointer
seconds later to cut the
margin back to two.
That trey was the only
basket Joseph hit in the
third.
Elgin scored the fi nal 10
points of the period. Palmer
countered Albee’s triple with
another of her own. Ander-
son converted a 3-point play
and Kaelin Evans scored
inside to push the margin to
10 before Palmer scored her
10th point of the quarter to
give Elgin a 40-28 lead and
cap a quarter that saw Elgin
shoot 50% (8-for-16).
“I thought they were
aggressive, they took shots,
and they’re a good basketball
team,” Joseph head coach
Lance Homan said of Elgin.
“We left them open and they
hit them.”
Elgin also dominated
the boards, outrebounding
quarter-ending 12-2 run for the Huskies. A
steal and layup by Kaden McClure gave El-
gin its fi rst lead at 15-13, and Gage McKay’s
layup just before the quarter ended made it
17-13.
A 3-pointer by Hite early in the second
gave Joseph the lead back at 19-17, but two
layups by McClure and a putback by Wyatt
Hallgarth gave Elgin a 23-19 edge. Miller
scored for Joseph late for a one-point lead
before a McClure free throw sent the teams
into the half tied at 26-26.
Adams and McKay both scored early in the
third to give Elgin a 30-29 lead, but McKay’s
tough jumper with fi ve minutes to play in the
period accounted for the fi nal points Elgin
would score in the quarter. Murray hit a
3-pointer and later a jumper for a 34-30 lead
after three.
McKay scored 13 points to lead Elgin,
while Adams had 12 and Simpson had 11,
including nine in the fi nal quarter.
Joseph (16-5 overall, 7-2 OOL) visits
Imbler Tuesday, while Elgin (12-8, 7-3) visits
Nixyaawii Friday.
Joseph in the third 15-6.
The Eagles, meanwhile,
were unable to buy a basket
in the third — sometimes
due to Elgin’s defense forc-
ing tough shots, but also at
times due to shots simply
not staying down. Joseph
was just 1-for-14 shooting
in the third.
Brianna Micka opened
the fourth by banking in
a 3-pointer to pull Joseph
within nine, but that would
be as close at the Eagles got
the rest of the way. Palmer’s
seventh and fi nal 3-pointer
with 3:19 to play gave Elgin
its largest lead at 46-32.
Albee hit two 3-pointers in
the fi nal two minutes that
both cut the margin back to
nine, but the Huskies had a
response each time.
Anderson fi nished with 12
points and 16 rebounds, with
all but one of her fi eld goals
coming on putbacks. Six of
her rebounds were on the
offensive glass. Elgin on the
night shot 41%, and was at
48% through three quarters,
which helped offset Elgin’s
32 turnovers. The Huskies
also had a 47-28 advantage
in rebounding.
Albee fi nished with 14
points to lead Joseph, and
Camille Crenshaw added
11 points, including 10 in
the fi rst quarter. The Eagles,
though, shot 25% and turned
the ball over 24 times.
Joseph scored the game’s
fi rst eight points, with
Crenshaw’s layup forcing an
Elgin timeout less than three
minutes into the game.
The Huskies responded
with a 10-0 run started and
fi nished by 3-pointers from
Palmer. The teams were
never separated by more
than four points the rest of
the half, as they jockeyed
back and forth until the
break with Joseph leading
25-21.
Elgin (17-3 overall, 9-1
OOL) visits Nixyaawii Fri-
day, while Joseph (15-6, 8-1)
is at Imbler Tuesday.
LOCAL SCHEDULE
Tuesday
PREP GIRLS
BASKETBALL
Heppner at Enterprise,
6 p.m.
Union at Stanfi eld, 6
p.m.
Joseph at Imbler, 5 p.m.
Pine Eagle at Powder
Valley, 6 p.m.
PREP BOYS
BASKETBALL
Union at Stanfi eld,
7:30 p.m.
Heppner at Enterprise,
7:30 p.m.
Joseph at Imbler, 6:30
p.m.
Pine Eagle at Powder
Valley, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday
PREP GIRLS
BASKETBALL
Jordan Valley at La
Grande, 6 p.m.
Nixyaawii at Imbler,
5 p.m.
PREP BOYS
BASKETBALL
Nixyaawii at Imbler,
6:30 p.m.
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