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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
PREPS:
Continued from 1B
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Umatilla begins Eastern Oregon
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Yensen had 13 points in the loss for
CRESWELL 68, UMATILLA 65 (OT)
UHS (6-7) 17 13 11 18 6 — 65
CHS (6-4) 11 24 15
9 9 — 68
UMATILLA — D. Ayala 3, J. Ramirez 5, E. Garcia 17, J. Co-
ria 16, K. Webb 1, A. Jaime 16, T. Sanguino 6, E. Moarles 1.
CRESWELL — B. Bigham 2, J. Wolf 13, R. Bates 8, A.
Rhodes 12, H. Patrick 12, G. Nelson 17. P. Kounovsky 4.
3-point field goals — UHS 9. Free throws — UHS 6-11.
Fouls — UHS 10.
KENNEWICK (WA) 46, HEM-
RMISTON 39 —
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The Knights open Columbia Basin
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IRRIGON 76. TOLEDO 73 (2OT)
IHS
17 20
6 19 7 7 —
76
THS
20 13 11 16 7 4 —
73
IRRIGON — A. Romero 11, A. Tempy 3, A. Landeros 15, F.
Vera 20, R. Reynolds 11, Z. Rice 16.
3-point field goals — IHS 6. Free throws — IHS 15-17.
Fouled out — B. Otis (THS).
CRESWELL
65 (OT) —
68,
of a BCS bowl game for the
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RIVERSIDE 42, MAC-HI 39
MHS (1-8)
7 8 13 11 — 39
RHS (5-7)
4 13
5 20 — 42
MAC-HI — Martinez 0, Alvarez 2, Zaragoza 6, Yensen 13,
DeBord 4, Ng 4, Angel 10.
RIVERSIDE — N. Madrigal 9, E. Catillo 1, R. Rosales 2, H.
Carmona 2, G. Roberts 14, F. Olvera 6, J. Via 2, S. Navarro
6, F. Apricio 0, K. Sorensen 0.
3-point field goals — MHS 3, RHS 1. Free throws —
MHS 6-11, RHS 11-21. Fouls — MHS 18, RHS 15. Fouled
out — Yensen (MHS), Carmona (RHS). Technical fouls —
Yensen (MHS), Mac-Hi assistant coach ejected.
possessions and the savy Lions (7-1)
took advantage to slink off with a nar-
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for 20 points and helped the Bulldogs
they dropped a heartbreaker at the Sa-
Nyssa defeated Umatilla in overtime
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undefeated, but unranked
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And the game was at Au-
tzen Stadium, where the
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onship one more shot, was
Oregon led 7-3 at half-
time before Arizona fresh-
through the fourth quarter, Hermiston
24-14 lead heading into the
Wrestling
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tlers Bob Colmean and Sam Colbray
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had a season-best 16 points, missed a
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and stripped of the ball by
Continued from 1B
Also played on Saturday:
UMATILLA
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DUCKS: Head
to Dallas Friday
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ry wins to earn the top medal in the
Crafton had 14 points and 12 re-
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overtime period and then did the same
Hermiston led by one at halftime and
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Hermiston hosts La Grande on to-
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“Every loss is a test of
go undefeated so everyone
has to learn from their loss-
There was talk that
to Keanon Lowe to tie the
he shrugged off as “typi-
With Arizona driving
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Heisman Trophy-winning
keel style, a week afterward
he — and the rest of the
paved the way for Terris
think guys are understand-
Title uniforms lack school colors
Associated Press
KENNEWICK 46 (WA), HERMISTON 39
HHS
7 16
9
7 — 39
KHS
8 14 11 13 — 46
HERMISTON — Flores 3, Neal 6, Crafton 14, Zimmerly 4,
Knutz 12. Nailon 0, Lloyd 0, Gammell 0.
KENNEWICK — Garcia 16, Wuol 11, Svendre 2, Benavi-
dez 6, Plew 3, Kutzke 2, Vargas 6.
3-point field goals — HHS 5, KHS 7. Free throws —
HHS 2-3, KHS 7-15. Fouls — HHS 15, KHS 5.
RIVERSIDE 42, MAC-HI 39 —
rhythm in the fourth quarter to over-
suffered a pair of one-point defeats on
Thursday and Friday in Salem before
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Umatilla drew an early lead, but
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At Willamina, brothers Aristotle and
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amped up the pressure and used a slew
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quarter points and take a 35-30 halftime
BLAZERS: Lillard threes
lead fourth quater rally
give his team a three-point halftime
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and both Jaime and Juan Coria added
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and three steals along with a trio of long
PREP BOYS BASKETBALL
Tuesday
La Grande at Hermiston, 7 p.m.
Pendleton at Century, 7:15 p.m.
Touchet (WA) at Helix, 7:30 p.m.
DeSales (WA) at Mac-Hi, 7:30 p.m.
Riverside at Stanfield, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday
Umatilla JV at Helix, 7:30 p.m.
Friday
Irrigon at Culer, 6 p.m.
Ione at Arlington, 7:30 p.m.
Condon/Wheeler at South Wasco County,
7:30 p.m.
Joseph at Echo, 7:30 p.m.
Nixyaawii at Powder Valley, 7:30 p.m.
Weston-McWwen at Stanfield, 7:30 p.m.
Heppner at Pilot Rock, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday
Lebanon at Pendleton, TBD
Hermiston at Summit, 1:30 p.m.
Pendleton at Weston-McEwen, 4:30 p.m.
Dufur at Ione, 5:30 p.m.
Arlington at Horizona Christian, 5:30 p.m.
Mithcell/Spray at Condon/Wheeler, 5:30
p.m.
Helix at Powder Valley, 5:30 p.m.
Echo at Nixyaawii, 5:30 p.m.
Umatilla at Nyssa, 5:30 p.m.
Riverside at Vale, 6 p.m.
PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL
Tuesday
Touchet (WA) at Helix, 6 p.m.
Waitsburg-Prescott at Weston-McEwen,
6 p.m.
Riverside at Stanfield, 6 p.m.
DeSales (WA) at Mac-Hi, 6 p.m.
Hermiston at La Grande, 7 p.m.
Baker at Pendleton, 7 p.m.
Thursday
Umatilla JV at Helix, 6 p.m.
Friday
Irrigon at Culer, 4:30 p.m.
Joseph at Echo, 6 p.m.
Condon/Wheeler at South Wasco County,
6 p.m.
Ione at Arlington, 6 p.m.
Heppner at Pilot Rock, 6 p.m.
Weston-McEwen at Stanfield, 6 p.m.
Saturday
Lebanon at Pendleton, TBD
Helix at Powder Valley, 4 p.m.
Mithcell/Spray at Condon/Wheeler, 4 p.m.
Dufur at Ione, 4 p.m.
Arlington at Horizon Christian, 4 p.m.
Riverside at Vale, 4 p.m.
Umatilla at Nyssa, 4 p.m.
Mac-Hi at Weston-MceWen, 4 p.m.
Echo at Nixyaawii, 6 p.m.
PREP WRESTLING
Thursday
Hood River Valley at Pendleton, 7 p.m.
Hermiston at Yelm (WA), 7 p.m.
Saturday
Hermiston at Gut Check Challenge in
Olympia, Wash., 9 a.m.
COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL
Friday
Eastern Oregon at College of Idaho,
6:30 p.m.
Saturday
Blue Mountain at Walla Walla Community
College, 4 p.m.
Eastern Oregon at Walla Walla, 7 p.m.
COLLEGE WOMEN’S B ASKETBALL
Friday
Eastern Oregon at College of Idaho,
4:30 p.m.
Saturday
Blue Mountain at Walla Walla, 2 p.m.
Football
NFL
Wild-card Playoffs
Saturday, Jan. 3
Carolina 27, Arizona 16
Baltimore 30, Pittsburgh 17
Sunday, Jan. 4
Indianapolis 26, Cincinnati 10
Dallas 24, Detroit 20
Divisional Playoffs
Saturday, Jan. 10
Baltimore at New England, 1:35 p.m.
(NBC)
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with free throws by Lillard
SCOREBOARD
Local Slate
Continued from 1B
Carolina at Seattle, 5:15 p.m. (FOX)
Sunday, Jan. 11
Dallas at Green Bay, 10:05 a.m. (FOX)
Indianapolis at Denver, 1:40 p.m. (CBS)
NCAA
Bowl Schedule
Saturday, Jan. 3
Florida 28, East Carolina 20
Sunday, Jan. 4
GoDaddy Bowl
Toledo 63, Arkansas State 44
Saturday, Jan. 10
Medal of Honor Bowl
American vs. National, 11:30 a.m.
Monday, Jan. 12
College Football Championship
Ohio State (13-1) vs. Oregon (13-1), 5:30
p.m. (ESPN)
Saturday, Jan. 17
East-West Shrine Classic
East vs. West, 1 p.m. (NFLN)
NFLPA Collegiate Bowl
National vs. American, 1 p.m. (ESPN2)
Saturday, Jan. 24
Senior Bowl
North vs. South, 1 p.m. (NFLN)
Basketball
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W
L Pct GB
Toronto
24 10 .706 —
Brooklyn
16 18 .471
8
Boston
11 21 .344 12
Philadelphia
5 28 .152 18½
New York
5 32 .135 20½
Southeast Division
W
L Pct GB
Atlanta
25
8 .758 —
Washington
23 11 .676 2½
Miami
15 20 .429 11
Orlando
13 24 .351 14
Charlotte
12 24 .333 14½
Central Division
W
L Pct GB
Chicago
25 10 .714 —
Cleveland
19 16 .543
6
Milwaukee
18 17 .514
7
Indiana
14 22 .389 11½
Detroit
10 23 .303 14
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W
L Pct GB
Memphis
25
9 .735 —
Dallas
26 10 .722 —
Houston
23 11 .676
2
San Antonio
21 14 .600 4½
New Orleans
17 17 .500
8
Northwest Division
W
L Pct GB
Portland
27
8 .771 —
Oklahoma City
17 17 .500 9½
Denver
15 20 .429 12
Utah
12 23 .343 15
Minnesota
5 28 .152 21
Pacific Division
W
L Pct GB
Golden State
26
5 .839 —
L.A. Clippers
23 11 .676 4½
Phoenix
20 16 .556 8½
Sacramento
14 20 .412 13½
L.A. Lakers
11 24 .314 17
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Sunday’s Games
Dallas 109, Cleveland 90
Miami 88, Brooklyn 84
Detroit 114, Sacramento 95
Milwaukee 95, New York 82
Phoenix 125, Toronto 109
L.A. Lakers 88, Indiana 87
Monday’s Games
Philadelphia 95, Cleveland 92
Charlotte 104, Boston 95
Dallas 96, Brooklyn 88, OT
Washington 92, New Orleans 85
Chicago 114, Houston 105
Memphis 105, New York 83
Denver 110, Minnesota 101
Indiana 105, Utah 101
Portland 98, L.A. Lakers 94
Atlanta at L.A. Clippers (n)
Oklahoma City at Golden State (n)
Tuesday’s Games
Phoenix at Milwaukee, 5 p.m.
Detroit at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.
NCAA
Associated Press Top 25
1. Kentucky (64) 13-0 1,600 1
2. Duke 13-0 1,535 2
3. Virginia 13-0 1,446 3
4. Wisconsin 14-1 1,397 4
5. Louisville 13-1 1,322 5
6. Gonzaga 14-1 1,275 7
7. Arizona 13-1 1,260 8
8. Villanova 13-1 1,089 6
9. Utah 12-2 1,059 10
10. Texas 12-2 976 11
11. Maryland 14-1 966 12
12. Kansas 11-2 884 13
13. Notre Dame 14-1 775 14
14. West Virginia 13-1 712 17
15. Wichita St. 12-2 686 16
16. Oklahoma 10-3 674 18
17. Iowa St. 10-2 663 9
18. North Carolina 11-3 591 19
19. Seton Hall 12-2 448 —
20. VCU 11-3 311 —
21. Baylor 11-2 186 22
22. Ohio St. 12-3 184 20
23. Arkansas 11-2 103 —
24. St. John’s 11-3 92 15
25. Old Dominion 12-1 80 —
Others receiving votes: N. Iowa 72, Iowa
63, Butler 53, LSU 50, George Washington
39, TCU 33, Temple 33, Colorado St. 31,
Stanford 29, South Carolina 16, Washington
13, Wyoming 11, Indiana 9, Oklahoma St. 9,
Georgetown 7, Cincinnati 6, Dayton 5, BYU
3, Xavier 2, Davidson 1, Hofstra 1.
PACIFIC-12 CONFERENCE
Conference
All
Games
W L PCT W L PCT
Utah
2 01.000 12 2 .857
Stanford
2 01.000 10 3 .769
Colorado
2 01.000 9 5 .643
Arizona
1 01.000 13 1 .929
Oregon
1 01.000 11 3 .786
California
1 1 .500 11 4 .733
WSU
1 1 .500
7 7 .500
Oregon St. 0 1 .000
9 4 .692
Arizona St.
0 1 .000
8 6 .571
Washington 0 2 .000 11 3 .786
USC
0 2 .000
8 6 .571
UCLA
0 2 .000
8 7 .533
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Saturday’s Games
Oregon 71, Oregon St. 59
Sunday’s Games
Colorado 86, Southern Cal 65
Utah 71, UCLA 39
Washington St. 69, California 66
Arizona 73, Arizona St. 49
Stanford 68, Washington 60, OT
Wednesday’s Games
Colorado at (9) Utah, 6 p.m.
California at USC, 8 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Arizona State at Oregon State, 6 p.m.
Stanford at UCLA, 6 p.m.
(7) Arizona at Oregon, 7 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Washington State at Washington, Noon
Arizona State at Oregon, 2 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
California at UCLA, 4:30 p.m.
(7) Arizona at Oregon State, 7 p.m.
Stanford at USC, 7 p.m.
Top 25 fared
Monday’s Games
(16) Oklahoma 70, (10) Texas 49
(13) Notre Dame 71, (18) North Carolina
70
(14) West Virginia 78, Texas Tech 67
Tuesday’s Games
Mississippi at (1) Kentucky 4 p.m.
(23) Arkansas at Georgia, 4 p.m.
(8) Villanova at (24) St. John’s, 6 p.m.
Oklahoma State at (17) Iowa State, 6 p.m.
(22) Ohio State at Minnesota, 6 p.m.
Hockey
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W
L OT
Montreal
39 26 11
2
Tampa Bay 41 25 12
4
Detroit
39 20 10
9
Toronto
40 21 16
3
Pts
54
54
49
45
GF GA
108 89
134 108
109 99
130 122
Boston
40 19 15
6 44 104 108
Florida
37 17 11
9 43 87 97
Ottawa
38 16 15
7 39 102 105
Buffalo
40 14 23
3 31 77 136
Metropolitan Division
GP W
L OT Pts GF GA
Pittsburgh 39 24 10
5 53 118 94
N.Y. Islanders 39 26 12
1 53 121 109
Washington 38 20 11
7 47 112 99
N.Y. Rangers 36 21 11
4 46 113 90
Columbus 37 17 17
3 37 96 119
Philadelphia 39 14 18
7 35 106 120
New Jersey 41 14 20
7 35 90 117
Carolina
39 12 23
4 28 77 102
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W
L OT Pts GF GA
Nashville
38 25
9
4 54 116 88
Chicago
39 26 11
2 54 124 85
St. Louis
39 23 13
3 49 118 99
Winnipeg 40 20 13
7 47 103 96
Dallas
38 18 14
6 42 119 124
Minnesota 37 18 15
4 40 104 106
Colorado
39 15 16
8 38 101 117
Pacific Division
GP W
L OT Pts GF GA
Anaheim
41 26
9
6 58 115 110
Vancouver 37 22 12
3 47 109 98
San Jose
40 21 14
5 47 109 105
Los Angeles 40 19 12
9 47 112 103
Calgary
40 21 16
3 45 115 105
Arizona
38 15 19
4 34 92 124
Edmonton 40 9 22
9 27 88 135
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for
overtime loss.
Sunday’s Games
Carolina 2, Boston 1, SO
Anaheim 4, Nashville 3, SO
Washington 4, Florida 3
Tampa Bay 4, Ottawa 2
Chicago 5, Dallas 4, OT
Columbus 4, Colorado 3
Edmonton 5, N.Y. Islanders 2
Monday’s Games
San Jose 3, Winnipeg 2
Tuesday’s Games
Buffalo at New Jersey, 4 p.m.
Ottawa at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.
Carolina at Nashville, 5 p.m.
San Jose at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Colorado at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.
Columbus at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Arizona, 6 p.m.
Detroit at Edmonton, 6:30 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
WHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
EAST DIVISION
W L OTL SOL GF
Brandon
29 7
3
1 183
Regina
24 12
2
1 148
Swift Current 19 17
0
4 122
Moose Jaw 16 20
3
1 120
Prince Albert 16 23
1
0 111
Saskatoon
9 28
2
1 109
CENTRAL DIVISION
W L OTL SOL GF
Medicine Hat 27 9
1
1 153
Red Deer
21 14
3
2 139
Calgary
21 15
1
2 155
Kootenay
21 18
0
1 129
Edmonton 19 16
3
2 119
Lethbridge
9 23
3
3 99
WESTERN CONFERENCE
B.C. DIVISION
W L OTL SOL GF
Kelowna
31 6
3
0 174
Victoria
20 18
2
1 140
Vancouver 18 19
1
1 120
Prince George 19 21
0
0 123
Kamloops 14 23
3
2 126
U.S. DIVISION
W L OTL SOL GF
Everett
23 11
3
1 125
Spokane
21 14
3
0 115
Portland
21 17
0
3 136
Seattle
19 16
2
2 102
Tri-City
18 18
0
2 101
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Sunday’s results
Calgary 3 Regina 2 (SO)
Portland 4 Seattle 0
Tuesday’s games
Everett at Brandon, 4 p.m.
Calgary at Moose Jaw, 4 p.m.
Tri-City at Prince George, 6 p.m.
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trol early in the third quar-
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utive points to take a 61-54
many as 10 before Lillard
Center Chris Kaman
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ken right hand) and Joel
Freeland (right shoulder)
are out for an extended pe-
The Blazers host Orlan-
Lillard hit a trio of
3-pointers during the fourth
quarter, two during a 12-2
run that gave the Blazers an
Neither team was able to
The Blazers led by as many
as seven, but the Lakers
76ERS 95, CAVA-
LIERS 92 — At
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delphia — Tony Wroten
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delphia over short-handed
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points and 19 rebounds for
have LeBron James and
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Waiters and two reserves
shortly before tipoff be-
with New York and Okla-
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MURDOCK:
its mark during bowl season
Continued from 1B
great individuals who
might be overlooked by the
made a gallant, though
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effort against UCLA and
Coming into the home
with only Washington and
And what, at this point,
do Arizona State, Oregon,
Utah, USC, UCLA, and
strong likelihood they are
pleased with the three-star
from Hawaii several years
takes more than big money
build a program and every
year there are teams that
They all won their bowl
made a name for itself with
big wins by teams like
Now, in the offseason,
the perennial powers are
rest of the teams are hoping
to snare some potentially
vote in the polls might
stay up past their bedtimes
next year and familiarize
themselves with the West
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George Murdock is a
Umatilla County commis-
sioner, former East Orego-
nian publisher and devoted
Washington State Universi-
ty alumnus and fan.