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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015 Sports shorts SPORTS 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS IRRIGON No. 1 Kentucky survives Vanderbilt Knights shock Bucks at buzzer Aaron and Andrew Harrison combined for 11 points down the stretch that were key in helping the top-ranked Wildcats hold off pesky Romero lifts Irrigon over Pendleton Five combined 3-pointers by Riley LaChance (16 points) and Matthew Fisher-Davis (13) helped Vanderbilt pull within 58-54 with 2:36 left. Aaron Harrison responded with a big shot from long range 27 seconds later, and Andrew Harrison followed with a jumper with 1:07 left to provide some space. Aaron Harrison added two more free throws to When Irrigon’s Adrian Romero rolled shot 44 percent. Sharapova barely advances at Australian Open MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Maria Sharapova saved two match points in a narrow escape against No. 150-ranked Alexandra Panova at the Australian Open on Wednesday, advancing to third round FACES the with a 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 win. Second- seeded Sharapova made 51 unforced errors Sharapova as she went for the lines, saving some of her high-risk winners for when she needed them most. She faced two match points in the 10th game of the third set, ripping big forehand winners on both points against Panova, a Australian Open without previous majors. Sharapova, who won the 2008 Australian Open and By ERIK SKOPIL East Oregonian day’s tied contest with Pendleton, his quest was singular: put it through. With a motion inhibited by a defend- er’s hand, Romero did just that, sending the six-footer off the glass, the home crowd 59 at Irrigon High School. “It was a relief,” said Romero, who scored a game-high 24 points in the win. “I saw the ball go up and I was just praying it was going in. Once it went in it was just a relief.” Irrigon Romero scored seven points, but none were big- ger than the last basket. With the game knotted guard Anthony Landeros drove to the basket only to have his attempt sent to the to chase him everywhere. We didn’t think they were going to switch and it worked.” Romero’s scoring spree came off the heels of a Caden Smith three-pointer that gave Pendleton a 57-54 lead with 4:18 remaining. But, the Bucks would turn it over twice on their next three possessions. First on a Smith Bradt missed a cutting Quinn Cockburn on the game’s penultimate possession. “We fumbled around. We had guys falling early. It was just one of those nights I guess,” Pendleton coach Brian Broaddus said.”But, en’t lost here in three and a half years.” Irrigon’s last home loss came on Feb. 11, 2012, when Weston-McEwen did the deed. Brian Broaddus. See KNIGHTS/2B “I don’t know anything about that. I don’t touch footballs. I tackle people.” a massive 2A Columbia Basin Conference win over Heppner 1958 — Bob Pettit of member of the losing team to win the NBA All-Star MVP award, scoring 28 points and grabbing 26 rebounds, even though the East beats the West 130-118. 2007 — Lovie Smith be- coach to make it to the Su- per Bowl when his Chicago Bears win the NFC cham- him when his Indianapolis Colts take the AFC title. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com 59 called timeout and drew up a play for the reigning Class 2A Player of the Year. “We just wanted to loop Adrian around,” Preps THIS DATE IN SPORTS Pendleton (9-5) center Wes Persinger with 1.3 seconds. struggled with her serve in the second and third sets as the match extended to 2 hours, 32 minutes in a temperatures topping 91 degrees. — Vince Wilfork New England Patriots DT when asked about the NFL’s inquiry into the balls provided by the team for its AFC Championship win over Indianapolis. Anon- ymous sources told ESPN on Tuesday that 11 of the 12 balls were found to be signifi cantly underinfl ated. NFL vice president of football operations Troy Vincent told the AP the investi- gation is still ongoing. 61 Staff photo by E.J. Harris Irrigon’s Adrian Romero takes the ball to the basket guarded by Pendleton’s Wes Persinger in the Knights 61-59 win against the Bucks on Tuesday in Irrigon. HELIX EO Media Group East Oregonian es of their history books for a walk down memory lane on Saturday evening basketball team had to follow it up with a non-league, interdivi- sional matchup in Umatilla. Up 15 in the third quar- School Hall of Fame honors its 2015 class. Following the girls basketball game against •Griswold HS the Echo Cougars, which Hall of Fame tips off at 4 p.m., the ceremonies fourth-quarter barrage from the Vikings and guard Dylan steal and layup with 1:21 left to •Sat., 5:30 p.m. handed Umatilla club 59-55. “Umatilla really battled of the most successful spans in its girls’ program history with the induction of the 1982 and 1983 Class B state us all we can handle.” See GRIZZLIES/2B 24 points, and Umatilla’s Eric effort. Sharp said the Vikings gave their aggressive, pressuring de- fense, but they didn’t move the ball very well and their assist totals were lower than usual. has won six straight after drop- ping a pair right before Christ- mas, and Umatilla (8-9, 2-0 Eastern Oregon League) had its brief two-game winning streak snapped. cia hit a three-pointer and Dany Ayala hit one of two from the line, Umatilla led 55- 54 with less than a minute and a half left in regulation. Sam Barbee photo led 56-55 and wouldn’t trail from there. “You could kind of feel the momentum shift a little,” Sharp said. ——— Stanfi eld’s Dylan Grogan (22) tries to fi nger roll one home as Umatilla’s Edgar Morales (left) and David Garcia de- fend during the fi rst half of a non-league basketball game Tuesday night in Umatilla. STANFIELD 59, UMATILLA 55 SHS 8 20 16 15 — 59 UHS 7 14 16 18 — 55 STANFIELD — L. Moreno 4, R. Bailey 4, E. Galarza 9, A. Nunez 0, E. Lockwood 1, T. Flores 7, H. Braithwaite 3, D. Grogan 24, T. Monkus 0, A. Montes 0, Davchevski 7. UMATILLA — D. Ayala 2, J. Ramirez 0, E. Garcia 21, G. Armenta 0, J. Coria, K. Webb 3, D. Garcia 7, A. Jaime 10, J. Tejada 0, T. Sangui- no 2, A. Simmons 0, E. Morales 1. 3-point fi eld goals — Stanfi eld 4, Umatilla See PREPS/2B EO fi le photo Helix’s Terra Blevins hugs teammate Wendy Wagner after the Grizzlies de- feated Days Creek for the 1983 girls basketball state championship.
