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Newspaper Page TextPage 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Wednesday, January 7, 2015 PREPS: Persinger injured in Bucks loss Continued from 1B Hoffert. “We struggled at time. in timely spots.” Jansen Edmiston led the way with 12 points, the only Bull- scored 34 points in the win over Kennewick on Saturday. “We rotated a lot of bodies,” said Hoffert. “It’s good to know I can do that. I’m not that worried when girls aren’t playing well because we have such a good bench.” The slate gets much tougher for Hermiston, as they host un- Tuesday, followed by a trip to undefeated La Salle Prep later in the week. Hoffert said he hopes the hot shooting returns in time for those important matchups. ——— HERMISTON 47, LA GRANDE 30 HHS(10-2) 7 16 11 13 LGHS (7-3) 6 4 12 8 HERMISTON — Moore 6, Drotzmann 4, Foley 2, Juul 2, Edmiston 12, Padilla 6, Headings 6, Andreason 0, Ramirez 9 LA GRANDE — Albrecht 10, Wilcox 4, Alexan- der 5, Avila 2, Miles 3, McDaniel-Perrin 6 HHS 6. LGHS 1. Fouls — HHS 17, LGHS 11. WESTON-MCEWEN 64, WAITSBURG-PRESCOTT (WA) 30 — At Athena, a bal- anced team effort led the Tiger- Scots to a lopsided win Tuesday night. - Scots got on the board from the Weston-McEwen burst out to a 38-18 halftime lead. They held WPHS to just 12 second half points “We still have work to do, but this was a turn in the correct di- rection,” WMHS coach Amber Doremus said. Weston-McEwen travels to - lumbia Basin Conference play. ——— WESTON-MCEWEN 64, WAITSBURG- (WA) 30 WPHS 7 11 3 9 — 30 WMHS 19 19 12 14 — 64 WAITSBURG-PRESCOTT — L. Brannock 10, K. Kukendall 9, T. Hays 6, H. Grant 5, A. Salazar 0, T. Jones 0, C. Mohney 0, P. Wood 0, L. Harshman 0, C. Pearson 0. WESTON-MCEWEN — M. Aby 11, S. Finifrock 9, S. Quaempts 8, A. Schroeder 7, M. Carlin 6, K. Shepard 5, C. Quaempts 5, A. Broncheau 5, K. Peterson 4, T. Entze 2, J. Lambert 2, S. von Borstel 0. 3-point field goals — WPHS 2, WMHS 1. Free throws — WPHS 8-17, WMHS 15-35. Fouls — WPHS 25, WMHS 18. Fouled out — L. Harshman (WPHS). STANFIELD 39, RIVER- SIDE 25 — - press to hold Riverside to just six - sive-minded win. Bailey Watson and Melis- chipped in 10 points to lead the team in scoring. - talize from the free throw line to keep them in the game. ——— Stanfield 39, Riverside 25 RHS (5-3) 3 3 7 12 SHS (4-6) 6 12 10 11 RIVERSIDE — Mashos 4, McCullough 4, Has- bell 5, Shimer 5, Sanchez 7 STANFIELD — Curiel 4, Griffin 7, O’Neil 2, Banderas 2, Watson 10, G. Chavez 4, Y. Chavez 2, Braithewaite 2, Esquivel 6, Free throws — SHS 15-27, RHS 11-24. Fouls — SHS 21, RHS 21 TOUCHET (WA) 48, HE- LIX 20 — At Helix, Paden Flerchinger scored the Grizzlies second quarter Tuesday, by that - ready built its lead to over 20 points. - overs during its scoreless opening period. Flerchinger scored 10 points, totaling half of her team’s scoring output. THS guard Cierra Jo McKeon connected on four three pointers on her way to 26 points. Helix will play the Umatilla JV team on Thursday at 6 p.m. ——— TOUCHET (WA) 48, HELIX 20 THS (9-1) 19 15 11 3 — 48 HHS (4-6) 0 11 2 7 — 20 TOUCHET — L. Contreras 2, K. Skramstad 6, C. McKeown 26, P. Richarts 2, C. McGreevy 3, A. Grudzinksi 3, D. Jagger 5, H. Reavis 1. HELIX — P. Flerchinger 10, M. Mize 0, B. Newt- son 2, M. Tullis 3, E. Fahrenbaker 2, S. Wilson 1, L. Ashby 2, T. Jackson 0, K. Iles 0, K. Mize 0. 3-point field goals — THS 6,HHS 1. Free throws — THS 4-6, HHS 5-18. Fouls — THS 17, HHS 8. Fouled out — Grudzinksi (THS). BOYS BASKETBALL CENTURY 65, PENDLE- TON 57 — At Hillsboro, the Buckaroos suffered their second consecutive loss to the 6A Jag- uars, but that wasn’t the only thing weighing on coach Brian Broaddus’ mind during the long bus ride back to Pendleton. One minute into the second half center Wes Persinger injured his elbow diving for a loose ball. The team’s leading rebounder and second leading scorer was taken to the hospital and missed the re- mainder of the game. Persinger remained across the state over- night to undergo more testing on his elbow. The Buckaroos trailed by three at the half and were unable to - utes of regulation. “It changed how we’d play in the second half,” Broaddus said. “They’re big guy was in foul trouble we were going to go in- side and then he got hurt in the “We’ll hope he’s OK and can get back to work soon.” their lead at the foul line in the closing minutes. Sophomore guard Caden Smith led Pendleton with 21 points and Sonny Green netted 13. Pendleton hosts Lebannon on Saturday at 6 p.m. ——— CENTURY 65, PENDLETON 57 PHS (6-4) 13 14 14 15 — 57 CHS (6-4) 11 19 15 20 — 65 PENDLETON — S, Green 13, K. Quinn 8, T. Hancock 3, W Persinger 7, C. Smith 21, J. Bradt 5, Winterton 0, Morris 0, George 0, Cockburn 0. CENTURY — Chimenti 4, Lecker 2, Bingham 6, Bull 23, Chrisie 3, Cockerham 9, Bergey 4, Cantrel 10. 3-point field goals — PHS 7. CHS 9. Free throws — PHS 8-12, CHS 5-7. Fouls — PHS 12, CHS 14. DESALES (WA), MAC-HI 41 — At Milton-Freewater, it looked to Mac-Hi coach Jordon Poyer that there was a lid on the - oneers. “We couldn’t buy a basket. They were shooting the ball a lot better than we were. They got a big lead on us because of that,” Poyer said. his team shot 15 percent in the at the intermission. Carlos Angel led the Pioneers chipped in with 14 points and six rebounds. ——— DESALES (WA) 55, MAC-HI 41 DHS 14 13 8 20 — 55 MHS 8 7 8 18 — 41 DESALES — Crowley 2, Standard 2, Jacobson 13, Medina 11, Leahy 7, Richman 17, Kjelbaard 4, Fang 0. MAC-HI — Sandberg 0, Alverez 2, Zaragoza 6, Yensen 14, Armenta 0, DeBord 0, Ng 0, Angel 16, Zitterkops 3. 3-point field goals — DHS 5, MHS 6. Free throws — DHS 3-4, MHS 2-9. Fouls — DHS 8, MHS 4. Technical fouls — Mac-Hi coach. STANFIELD 66, RIVER- SIDE 44 — - quarter to complete the evening sweep over Riverside, getting the second win on the night for coach Dan Sharp. “We played pretty good defen- sively at times. We didn’t at oth- ers. They got half their points at the free throw line,” Sharp said. Hunter Braithewaite paced the scoring with 20 points, while Mi- lan Davchevski chipped in with 17 of his own, while bringing down 14 rebounds. ——— STANFIELD 66, RIVERSIDE 44 SHS (8-2) 19 15 12 20 RHS (5-8) 10 14 12 8 STANFIELD — Bailey 11, Galarza 2, Lockwood 2, Flores 6, Braithewaite 20, Grogan 6, Montes 2, Davchevski 17 RIVERSIDE — Madrigal 11, Castillo 5, Rosales 4, Carmona 4, Roberts 4, Olvera 11, Villa 2, Navarro 3 SHS 4, RHS 2. Free throws — SHS 10-14. RHS 24-36. Fouls — SHS 23, RHS 17 DUCKS: Grasu one of many linemen plagued by injuries Continued from 1B fall camp and was declared done for the sea- son. Jake Fisher moved over from right tack- le to take Johnstone’s spot and junior Andre Yruretagoyena took over at right tackle. That is until Yruretagoyena injured his foot against Michigan State in Week 2. Then Fisher hurt his knee against Wyo- ming the next week, leaving the Ducks with inexperienced options at tackle for games against Washington State and Arizona. Mar- iota was sacked 12 times over the course of those two games. Then tackle Matt Pierson went down with a left knee injury late in a victory over Stan- two regular-season games, against Colorado and Oregon State, after hurting his lower left leg on Nov. 8 against Utah. “There wasn’t one injury that I didn’t have faith in the coaching staff and the players that they weren’t going to step up. It was just, ‘Who’s the next guy? They’re going to step up.’ There was never any doubt in my mind that our team, our players weren’t ready or our coaching staff wasn’t ready,” he said. Grasu returned to play in the Rose Bowl playoff victory over Florida State, although he said he didn’t do as well as he would have out how to get better. “I could have been a little more physical but we got the W and that’s all that matters to me,” he said. “But I felt good, I could move, I could run. Right now I’ve got to get healthy again and get ready to go.” Grasu, who grew up in the Los Angeles area, became Oregon’s starting center as a redshirt freshman after beating out Karrington Armstrong for the job. At the time, then-coach Chip Kelly said the best compliment he could give Grasu was that he never had to think about him. Grasu is just as important to the Ducks the team’s Todd Doxey Award for the player that best represents the “spirituality, dedica- tion and brotherhood associated with being an outstanding teammate.” The award is named after the Oregon defensive back who drowned in an accident shortly before the 2008 season. Over the past three seasons, he has devel- oped an almost symbiotic relationship with Mariota. It seemed natural that when Mariota decided to stay for another year, Grasu did too. But it wasn’t about a national title back then, and it isn’t now — although that would be an added bonus. Grasu wanted his degree. And another year with his Oregon brothers. - ness, to win a Pac-12, Rose Bowl or national championship,” he said emphatically. “I came back to be around this group of guys.” SCOREBOARD Local Slate PREP BOYS BASKETBALL 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. Mac-Hi 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 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 BASKETBALL Friday Eastern Oregon at College of Idaho, 4:30 p.m. Saturday Blue Mountain at Walla Walla, 2 p.m. Football NFL Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 10 Baltimore at New England, 1:35 p.m. (NBC) 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 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 Toronto 24 10 .706 Brooklyn 16 18 .471 Boston 11 21 .344 Philadelphia 5 28 .152 New York 5 32 .135 Southeast Division W L Pct Atlanta 26 8 .765 Washington 23 11 .676 Miami 15 20 .429 Orlando 13 24 .351 Charlotte 12 24 .333 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 25 10 .714 Cleveland 19 16 .543 Milwaukee 18 18 .500 Indiana 14 22 .389 Detroit 11 23 .324 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct Memphis 25 9 .735 Dallas 26 10 .722 Houston 23 11 .676 San Antonio 21 15 .583 New Orleans 17 17 .500 Northwest Division W L Pct Portland 27 8 .771 Oklahoma City 17 18 .486 Denver 15 20 .429 Utah 12 23 .343 Minnesota 5 28 .152 Pacific Division W L Pct Golden State 27 5 .844 L.A. Clippers 23 12 .657 Phoenix 21 16 .568 Sacramento 14 20 .412 L.A. Lakers 11 24 .314 ——— GB — 8 12 18½ 20½ GB — 3 11½ 14½ 15 GB — 6 7½ 11½ 13½ GB — — 2 5 8 GB — 10 12 15 21 GB — 5½ 8½ 14 17½ Tuesday’s Games Phoenix 102, Milwaukee 96 Detroit 105, San Antonio 104 Today’s Games Milwaukee at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. New York at Washington, 4 p.m. New Orleans at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Houston at Cleveland, 4 p.m. Memphis at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Boston at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Utah at Chicago, 5 p.m. Detroit at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Orlando at Denver, 6 p.m. Phoenix at Minnesota, 6:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Indiana at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. NCAA Top 25 Tuesday (1) Kentucky 89, Mississippi 86 (8) Villanova 90, (24) St. John’s 72 (17) Iowa State 63, Oklahoma 61 (22) Ohio State 74, Minnesota 72 (OT) (23) Arkansas 79, Georgia 65 Today Purdue at (4) Wisconsin, 4 p.m. NC State at (3) Virginia, 4 p.m. (19) Seton Hall at Xavier, 4 p.m. Davidston at (20) VCU, 4 p.m. Bradley at (15) Wichita State, 5 p.m. (2) Duke at Wake Forest, 6 p.m. Clemson at (5) Louisville, 6 p.m. Colorado at (7) Utah, 6 p.m. (11) Maryland at Illinois, 6 p.m. (12) Kansas at (21) Baylor, 6 p.m. Hockey NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Tampa Bay 42 26 12 4 Montreal 40 26 12 2 Detroit 40 21 10 9 Toronto 40 21 16 3 Boston 40 19 15 6 Florida 37 17 11 9 Ottawa 39 16 15 8 Buffalo 41 14 24 3 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pittsburgh 39 24 10 5 N.Y. Islanders 40 26 13 1 Washington 38 20 11 7 N.Y. Rangers 36 21 11 4 Columbus 38 18 17 3 Philadelphia 40 15 18 7 New Jersey 42 15 20 7 Carolina 40 12 24 4 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Nashville 39 26 9 4 Chicago 40 26 12 2 St. Louis 40 24 13 3 Winnipeg 40 20 13 7 Dallas 39 18 15 6 Minnesota 38 18 15 5 Colorado 40 16 16 8 Pacific Division GP W L OT Anaheim 41 26 9 6 Vancouver 38 23 12 3 San Jose 41 22 14 5 Los Angeles 40 19 12 9 Calgary 40 21 16 3 Arizona 39 15 20 4 Pts 56 54 51 45 44 43 40 31 GF GA 138 110 110 93 113 101 130 122 104 108 87 97 103 107 78 140 Pts 53 53 47 46 39 37 37 28 GF GA 118 94 123 112 112 99 113 90 100 121 108 121 94 118 79 105 Pts 56 54 51 47 42 41 40 GF GA 119 90 124 87 124 99 103 96 121 128 107 110 103 117 Pts 58 49 49 47 45 34 GF GA 115 110 112 100 113 108 112 103 115 105 92 130 Edmonton 41 9 23 9 27 90 139 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Monday’s Games San Jose 3, Winnipeg 2 Tuesday’s Games Philadelphia 2, Ottawa 1, SO New Jersey 4, Buffalo 1 Tampa Bay 4, Montreal 2 Nashville 3, Carolina 2 San Jose 4, Minnesota 3, OT Colorado 2, Chicago 0 Columbus 4, Dallas 2 St. Louis 6, Arizona 0 Detroit 4, Edmonton 2 Vancouver 3, N.Y. Islanders 2 Today’s Games Washington at Toronto, 4 p.m. Boston at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Detroit at Calgary, 6:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Anaheim, 7:30 p.m. WHL EASTERN CONFERENCE EAST DIVISION W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Brandon 29 8 3 1 183 130 62 Regina 24 12 2 1 148 115 51 Swift Current 19 17 0 4 122 130 42 Moose Jaw 16 21 3 1 121 147 36 Prince Albert 16 23 1 0 111 139 33 Saskatoon 9 28 2 1 109 180 21 CENTRAL DIVISION W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Medicine Hat 27 9 1 1 153 101 56 Calgary 22 15 1 2 161 123 47 Red Deer 21 14 3 2 139 131 47 Kootenay 21 18 0 1 129 145 43 Edmonton 19 16 3 2 119 112 43 Lethbridge 9 23 3 3 99 161 24 WESTERN CONFERENCE B.C. DIVISION W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Kelowna 31 6 3 0 174 100 65 Victoria 20 18 2 1 140 138 43 Prince George 20 21 0 0 131 164 40 Vancouver 18 19 1 1 120 124 38 Kamloops 14 23 3 2 126 161 33 U.S. DIVISION W L OTL SOL GF GA Pt Everett 24 11 3 1 130 103 52 Spokane 21 14 3 0 115 109 45 Portland 21 17 0 3 136 134 45 Seattle 19 16 2 2 102 106 42 Tri-City 18 19 0 2 105 120 38 z-league title; y-conference title;d-division leader; x-clinched playoff berth. Note: Division leaders ranked in top three positions per conference re- gardless of points; a team winning in overtime or shootout is credited with two points and a victory in the W column; the team losing in overtime or shootout receives one point which is registered in the OTL or SOL columns Tuesday’s results Everett 5 Brandon 0 Calgary 6 Moose Jaw 1 Prince George 8 Tri-City 4 Today’s games Everett at Regina, 4 p.m. Calgary at Swift Current, 4 p.m. Moose Jaw at Prince Albert, 4 p.m. Tri-City at Prince George, 6 p.m. Vancouver at Kelowna, 6:05 p.m. Portland at Spokane, 6:05 p.m. Staff photo by E.J. Harris Hermiston’s Landon Gammell shoots the ball in the Bulldogs’ 51-44 win on Tuesday in Hermiston. BULLDOGS: Crafton comes up big in fourth Continued from 1B Hermiston trailed 22-21 at the half. The fourth quarter started with an 11-0 Hermiston run that all but put the game away for the Bulldogs. Crafton scored on a nice set play that ended with a lob from Zimmerly, Naillon hit a 3 and Crafton had two more baskets to give Hermiston a seven-point lead it wouldn’t relent. The three-balls that were falling for La Grande had no such luck in the fourth, and Herm- said. “You can celebrate for 12 hours and pat yourself on the back, but I’m going to go home tonight and get ready for to- morrow’s practice and move on. We need to get better, OK? We played well in the fourth quarter. We need to build on that. Teams are either growing, or they’re dy- ing. We gotta grow from this.” ——— HERMISTON 51, LA GRANDE 44 LGHS (8-3) 11 11 12 10 — 44 HHS (3-8) 4 15 19 20 — 51 LA GRANDE — B. Dall 11, D. Yohannan 12, Z. Jacobs 3, K. Boyd 2, D. Hively 0, A. Pasley 4, I. Crawford, B. Kreutz 0, J. Powell 10, A. Kevan 4. HERMISTON — C. Flores 2, T. Neal 1, K. Crafton 12, A. Nailon 7, D. Zimmerly 18, C. Knutz 3, L. Gammell 6, C. Lloyd 0, C. Smith 2. 3-point field goals — LGHS 7, HHS 4. Free throws — LGHS 1-6. HHS 7-13. Fouls — LGHS 16, HHS 1. COOPERSTOWN: Johnson began career with Mariners Continued from 1B Cooperstown since Whitey Ford in 1974. Smoltz, who found unusual success both as a starting pitcher and a reliever, also was voted in Tuesday along with writers picked a quartet of players in one year. For many, the election of Johnson and Martinez was the long and short of it. “You’re talking about freakish talent,” Smoltz said. “I’ve never seen at each per- son’s height anybody come close to what they were able to do.” Johnson, Martinez and Smoltz were and Biggio made it on his third attempt af- ter falling two votes shy last year. Steroids-tainted stars Roger Clemens, Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire and Sam- my Sosa again fell far short of half of the votes and appear to have little chance of reaching the necessary 75 percent during their remaining time on the Baseball Writ- ers’ Association of America ballot. “It’s actually sad, to be honest. It’s sad,” Martinez said. “People I admired are not going in with me.” The quartet will be inducted in Coo- perstown on July 26. The BBWAA had not voted in four players together since selecting Joe DiMaggio, Gabby Hartnett, Ted Lyons and Dazzy Vance 60 years ear- lier. with 303 victories and 4,875 strikeouts, Johnson was selected on 534 of 549 bal- lots by BBWAA members who have been with the organization for 10 consecutive years at any point. The left-hander ap- peared on 97.3 percent of the ballots, the eighth-highest mark in the history of vot- ing. elected in 2001, had been the tallest Hall of Famer, according to STATS. “I don’t think people quite understand throwing a ball 60 feet, 6 inches away,” Johnson said. “In order to do that, you have to consistent with your release point and where you’re landing and your arm slot and all that. For someone 6-1, 6-2, there’s less body to keep under control, so it’s a lot easier.” A three-time Cy Young winner with - ball, Martinez appeared on 500 ballots out 3,154, led the major leagues in ERA 86 years. Martinez followed Juan Marichal Famer. Eleven inches shorter than John- son, Martinez pitched with exceptional intensity.