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Newspaper Page TextPage 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Alumni Roundup Byrd debuts at Oregon State East Oregonian McK- enzie Byrd (Hermiston HS) made her collegiate in- the Washington Preview on Jan. 17. The freshman compet- ed in shot put for Oregon - ond-best mark. Byrd threw the 4kg shot 37 feet, 9.5 inches while teammate and OSU record holder Rachel Picknell led the Beavers with a mark of 41-1.5 that was seventh best in school history. best at Hermiston was 41- 10.75. Jan. 30. basketball team remained at No. 4 this week in both ma- jor polls after wins over NC State and Virginia last week. The Cardinals defeated NC State 65-58 with Mis- sion product Jude Schim- mel adding nine points, three assists and two steals to the winning effort. Shimmel was 4 on three-pointers. ACC) then pushed its win- ning streak to nine games with a 67-55 win over Vir- place in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Schimmel led the team with 37 minutes - rebounds and three assists. Florida State (17-2) on Thursday and host Miami (14-4) on Sunday. Both teams are 4-1 in ACC play and tied with Notre Dame and Duke in second place. Ellie Logan (Wheeler HS) came off the bench for a team- enough as Northwest Naz- game 84-62 at MSU Billings on Jan. 17. - est scoring game in her averaging 9.8 points and 18.1 minutes a game. - saders (4-13) host Central Washington on Saturday. basketball team faces South- ern Oregon on Saturday in place in the Cascade Colle- giate Conference. The two teams head into - ing 7-2 league records after EOU split last weekend and SOU won its only game of the week. Maloree Moss (Hermis- ton HS) had two of her best rebounding games of the season for EOU (15-5). The guard contributed seven each in a 70-57 loss at Northwest Christian and a 76-66 win over Corban. She totaled 15 points in the two games and - ban. - egon State wrestling team remained undefeated in duals with a 32-5 win over CSU Redshirt freshman Abra- ham Rodriguez (Hermiston HS) did his part toward the effort with a 6-5 win over Coleman Hammond in the 149-pound weight class. He improved his record to 16-7 on the season and the Beavers improved to 4-0. Joey Delgado (Hermis- ton HS) did not wrestle for OSU and his season record remained at 10-4. The Beavers have duals at Northern Colorado and South Dakota State this weekend. GRIZZLIES: Stevens remains Continued from 1B champions. Also honored with the Hall of Fame Class of 2015 will be 1958 Gris- wold graduate John Stevens. The 1982 team captured program history and went into the district tournament with a 15-5 record. The Grizzlies earned their trip to the state bracket in Baker City with a 49-35 win over Dufur in Umatilla. The Grizzlies opened the then four-team brack- et with a narrow defeat of Eddyville, 44-39, in which Deloy Mathews and Annie Flerchinger sank free throws in the closing moments to preserve the win. That set up a meeting with Burnt River The Grizzlies opened fast with outside shots raining in from Tara Temple and Kris- ti Brown while Mathews and Flerchinger controlled the paint. Helix took a 30- 10 lead into halftime and Temple and Mathews were Flerchinger was second team. Seven players, as well as coach Bill Molendyke, returned to the court for the Grizzlies in 1983 to defend that title. Helix went into the dis- trict tournament that season at 16-4, and met rival Echo in the championship round. Echo had defeated Helix twice already, but in the dis- came out with a 48-27 win as Flerchinger outscored the Cougars by herself with 28 points. Both teams reached Baker City that season as the tour- nament expanded to eight Wednesday, January 21, 2015 KNIGHTS: Continued from 1B us,” he said. “Right before you open league, you go play someone on their home - - ing. Unfortunately we had holes in our schedule and standpoint.” This thought process who despite two consec- utive trips to the Class 2A state championship game, amongst each other of play- ing a highly-ranked school with 616 more students. “We were talking about them all week that this was in your high school ca- reer,” Thompson said. “We thought so on paper. We to Chris Roche at Wilson- ville (who beat Pendleton 45-44 earlier this season). 25 at home.” the occasion,” Romero said. - ing a big school) and it was today. They were good, but we just stuck together.” fourth quarter Pendleton turnovers, the Bucks Son- ny Green scored a driving layup to give Pendleton a 59-57 lead. But Romero responded with a layup of his own and then the game-winner to earn the team the win. “Adrian Romero was made for these types of mo- ments. He works so hard doubt himself one minute Thompson said. chip on heir shoulder ear- ly, bounding out to a 29- 19 lead with 5:15 left with Staff photo by E.J. Harris Irrigon’s Ryan Reynolds contests a shot from Pendle- ton’s James Bradt in the Knights 61-59 win against the Bucks on Tuesday in Irrigon. hot perimeter shooting and aggressive defense. But play, the Bucks cut the lead to 33-32 at the half. We got down big and then until the end,” Broaddus said. The sides traded blows in the tight situations like Broaddus credited the oppo- and execution. “This team has been in these types of situations,” he said. “They go to state and are in those types of situations and expect to - been playoffs and states and that kind of atmo- us a little bit.” added 14 and 13 points re- Smith had 22 points for Pendleton to go with seven rebounds. The 6-foot-6 Pers- inger was a load in the paint, scoring 12 and grabbing 14 boards. Green had 11. Each side turns to league Pilot Rock , while Pendleton plays its Columbia River Conference opener against Hood River Valley. IRRIGON 61, PENDLETON 59 PHS (9-5) 15 17 13 14 — 59 IHS (13-1) 20 13 15 13 — 61 PENDLETON — S. Green 11, Q. Cockburn 4, K. Quinn 2, T. Hancock 0, W. Persinger 12, Caden Smith 22, J. Bradt 5, L. Winterton 0. IRRIGON — Adrian Romero 24, A. Timpy 6, N. Verley 0, A. Landeros 13, F. Vera 14, Z. Rice 2, H. White 0. 3-point field goals — PHS 4, IHS 9. Free throws — PHS 13-14, IHS 12-14. Fouls — PHS, IHS 15. PREPS: Defense keys Helix win over Joseph Continued from 1B EO file photo Helix’s Stephanie Andrus (31) sails out of bounds in an attempt to save the ball for the Grizzlies in the 1983 Class B girls basketball state championship game against Days Creek. Helix won 53-47. teams, and Helix led for most Alsea, 49-37, and Burnt Riv- er, 56-42. Days Creek advanced to the state championship from the other side of the bracket, - cord books. The two teams needed four overtime periods to decide a winner. An 8-0 run by the Grizzlies tied the game in the fourth quarter, and the teams then traded baskets through- A pair of free throws from Mathews with 32 seconds left in the eighth frame were the win. Flerchinger and Steph- anie Andrus were named Mathews made the second team. Joining those two out- standing Grizzly teams in enshrinement is a player that still occupies a top-10 spot list. Stevens appeared in 89 games as a Grizzly, and the his career with 2,178 points, which ranks No. 9 all time He went on to earn de- and University of Chicago School of Medicine before serving the United States as a member of the US Army Medical Corps, Army Re- serves and Oregon National Guard from 1968 until his retirement in 2011. He also ran his own private orthope- dic surgery practice in Salem from 1976-2011. Following the Hall of Fame ceremonies the Helix boys will play Echo in a non- league game. 6. Free throws — SHS 15-28, UHS 17-24. Fouls — SHS 16, UHS 22. LA GRANDE 63, MAC-HI 41 - ton-Freewater, the Pioneers up their defensive efforts after halftime, but by then the damage was too great and the Tigers (11-4, 1-0) were able to hold on in halftime, but Mac-Hi was able to get within 10 points in the second half before the Tigers went on another run. - ing, they never gave up,” thought they responded well in the second half.” Hunter Yensen and Car- los Angel each had 10 points to lead Mac-Hi, which was 15 for 18 on free throws. Derek Yohannan made four three-pointers and scored a game-high 18 points coached by former Hermis- ton High star Mark Carollo. LA GRANDE 63, MAC-HI 41 LGHS (11-4) 22 22 10 9 — 63 MUHS (2-11) 10 16 10 5 — 41 LA GRANDE — Derek Yohannan 18, B. Dall 16, I. Cranford 6, A. Peasley 4,K. Boyd 4, J. Powell 4, D. Hively 3, Z. Jacobs 3, E. Siltanen 2, B. Kreutz 2, A. Kevan 1. MAC-HI — Carlos Angel 10, Hunter Yensen 10, A. Zaragoza 8, B. DeBord 7, A. Ng 2, S. Zitterkopf 2, M. Perez 2. 3-point field goals — LGHS 7, MUHS 4. Free throws — LGHS 4-10, MUHS 15-18. Fouls — LGHS 15, MUHS 12. Fouled out — Peasley (LGHS). Also played on Tues- day: Sherman 56, Riverside 30; Joseph 57, Helix 26. Girls Basketball UMATILLA 77, STANFIELD 21 Umatilla, Aleesha Watson scored 20 points and Kas- sandra Galbraith added 14 for the Vikings in a non- league win on Tuesday. UMATILLA 77, STANFIELD 21 SHS 7 4 9 7 — 21 UHS 27 17 20 13 — 77 STANFIELD — C. Curial 2, M. Griffin 0, A. O’Neill 2, W. Banderas 0, B. Watson 1, G. Chavez 5, Y. Chavez 3, B. Braithewaite 0, S. Connell 2, C. Hopper 0, M. Escuival 4. UMATILLA — B. Chavez 4, M. Paz 7, K. Barajas 12, I. Campos 4, B. Campos 3, S. Webb 10, K. Galbraith 14, C. Dohman 3, A. Watson 20. 3-point field goals — SHS 2, UHS 7. Free throws — SHS 5-12, UHS 6-20. Fouls — SHS 17, UHS 13. Fouled out — C. Dohman (UHS). HELIX 44, JOSEPH 41 Eagles scored 22 points in the opening quarter of their Helix only allowed 19 points the rest of the game, and Paden Flerchinger and with a game-high 13 points. Flerchinger added 15 rebounds and her two free throws in the closing sec- onds gave Helix its three- point edge. Wilson added nine rebounds. HELIX 44, JOSEPH 41 GHS (6-8) 12 9 11 12 — 44 JHS (4-9 22 8 1 10 — 41 HELIX — Paden Flerchinger 13, Sadie Wilson 13, M. Tullis 5, B. Iles 5, M. Mize 4, E. Fehrenbacker 2, L. Ashby 2, B. Newtson, T. Jackson. JOSEPH — Alexis Sykora 12, Satori Albee 12, L. Kemp 10, N. Williams 3, M. Parker 2, A. Cooney 2. 3-point field goals — GHS 2, JHS 0. Free throws — GHS 10-21, JHS 1-7. Also played on Tues- day: 22; Riverside 30, Sherman 25. SCOREBOARD Local Slate PREP BOYS BASKETBALL Thursday Nyssa at Riverside, 6:30 p.m. Friday Stanfield at Culver, 4:30 p.m. Mac-Hi at Ontario, 6:30 p.m. Nixyaawii at Joseph, 6:30 p.m. Hermiston at The Dalles, 7 p.m. Hood River at Pendleton, 7:30 p.m. Pilot Rock at Irrigon, 7:30 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Heppner, 7:30 p.m. Helix at Pine Eagle, 7:30 p.m. Ione at Horizon Christian, 7:30 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at Sherman, 7:30 p.m. Arlington at Dufur, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Heppner at Culver, 2:30 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Pilot Rock, 5:30 p.m. Nyssa at Umatilla, 5:30 p.m. Irrigon at Stanfield, 5:30 p.m. Mitchell/Spray at Arlington, 5:30 p.m. Echo at Helix, 5:30 p.m. Wallowa at Nixyaawii, 5:30 p.m. Vale at Riverside, 6 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at Ione, 6:30 p.m. PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL Thursday Nyssa at Riverside, 5 p.m. Friday Stanfield at Culver, 4:30 p.m. Mac-Hi at Ontario, 5 p.m. Nixyaawii at Joseph, 5 p.m. Helix at Pine Eagle, 6 p.m. Pilot Rock at Irrigon, 6 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Heppner, 6 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at Sherman, 6 p.m. Ione at Horizon Christian, 6 p.m. Arlington at Dufur, 6 p.m. Pendleton at Hood River Valley, 7 p.m. The Dalles at Hermiston, 7 p.m. Saturday Heppner at Culver, 2:30 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Pilot Rock, 4 p.m. Irrigon at Stanfield, 4 p.m. Vale at Riverside, 4 p.m. Nyssa at Umatilla, 4 p.m. Mitchell/Spray at Arlington, 4 p.m. Echo at Helix, 4 p.m. Wallowa at Nixyaawii, 4 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at Ione, 5 p.m. PREP WRESTLING Thursday Baker at Mac-Hi, 5 p.m. The Dalles at Hermiston, 7 p.m. Friday Hermiston, Pendleton at Reser’s Tourna- ment of Champions (Liberty HS), 9 a.m. Riverside at Gervais Tournament, 3 p.m. Heppner at Grant Union Tournament, Saturday Hermiston, Pendleton at Reser’s Tourna- ment of Champions (Liberty HS), 9 a.m. Riverside at Gervais Tournament, 10 a.m. PREP SWIMMING Saturday Pendleton, Hermiston at Hood River, 11 a.m. COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL Friday Oregon Tech at Eastern Oregon, 7:30 p.m. Yakima Valley at Blue Mountain, 8 p.m. Saturday Wenatchee Valley at Blue Mountain, 4 p.m. Southern Oregon at Eastern Oregon, 7:30 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Friday Oregon Tech at Eastern Oregon, 5:30 p.m. Yakima Valley at Blue Mountain, 6 p.m. Saturday Wenatchee Valley at Blue Mountain, 2 p.m. Southern Oregon at Eastern Oregon, 5:30 p.m. Football NFL Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 25 At Glendale, Ariz. Team Irvin vs. Team Carter, 5 p.m. (ESPN) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 1 At Glendale, Ariz. New England vs. Seattle, 3:30 p.m. (NBC) Basketball NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 27 14 .659 Brooklyn 17 24 .415 Boston 13 26 .333 Philadelphia 8 33 .195 New York 6 36 .143 Southeast Division W L Pct Atlanta 34 8 .810 Washington 29 13 .690 Miami 18 23 .439 Charlotte 17 25 .405 Orlando 15 29 .341 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 27 16 .628 Cleveland 22 20 .524 Milwaukee 21 20 .512 Detroit 16 26 .381 Indiana 15 28 .349 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct Memphis 29 12 .707 Houston 29 13 .690 Dallas 29 13 .690 San Antonio 27 16 .628 New Orleans 20 21 .488 Northwest Division W L Pct Portland 31 11 .738 Oklahoma City 21 20 .512 Denver 18 24 .429 Utah 14 27 .341 Minnesota 7 33 .175 Pacific Division W L Pct Golden State 33 6 .846 L.A. Clippers 28 14 .667 Phoenix 25 18 .581 Sacramento 16 25 .390 L.A. Lakers 12 30 .286 ——— GB — 10 13 19 21½ GB — 5 15½ 17 20 GB — 4½ 5 10½ 12 GB — ½ ½ 3 9 GB — 9½ 13 16½ 23 GB — 6½ 10 18 22½ Tuesday’s Games Oklahoma City 94, Miami 86 San Antonio 109, Denver 99 Today’s Games New York at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Miami at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Utah at Cleveland, 4 p.m. Indiana at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Orlando at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Toronto at Memphis, 5 p.m. Dallas at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Oklahoma City at Washington, 5 p.m. Portland at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Brooklyn at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Houston at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. NCAA Men Top 25 Tuesday’s Games No. 1 Kentucky 65, Vanderbilt 57 No. 6 Wisconsin 82, No. 25 Iowa 50 No. 9 Iowa State 77, Kansas State 71 Davidson 77, No. 22 Dayton 60 Today’s Games No. 12 Utah vs. Washington State, 6 p.m. No. 14 Wichita State at Missouri State, 5:05 p.m. No. 15 North Carolina at Wake Forest, 4 p.m. No. 20 Northern Iowa vs. Indiana State, 5 p.m. No. 21 Baylor vs. Huston-Tillotson, 5 p.m. Hockey NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Tampa Bay 48 30 14 4 Detroit 47 27 11 9 Montreal 45 29 13 3 Boston 47 25 16 6 Florida 44 20 14 10 Toronto 47 22 22 3 Ottawa 45 18 18 9 Buffalo 47 14 30 3 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT N.Y. Islanders 46 31 14 1 Pts 64 63 61 56 50 47 45 31 GF GA 156 127 139 119 123 106 124 118 107 122 139 146 122 125 89 167 Pts GF GA 63 151 129 Pittsburgh 45 26 12 7 N.Y. Rangers 44 27 13 4 Washington 46 24 13 9 Philadelphia 48 19 22 7 Columbus 44 20 21 3 New Jersey 47 17 22 8 Carolina 46 16 25 5 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Nashville 45 30 10 5 St. Louis 46 29 13 4 Chicago 46 29 15 2 Winnipeg 47 25 14 8 Dallas 46 21 18 7 Colorado 47 19 18 10 Minnesota 46 20 20 6 Pacific Division GP W L OT Anaheim 46 30 10 6 Vancouver 45 26 16 3 San Jose 47 24 17 6 Calgary 46 25 18 3 Los Angeles 46 20 14 12 Arizona 46 16 25 5 Edmonton 47 12 26 9 59 58 57 45 43 42 37 136 114 134 106 137 120 130 146 113 138 107 134 98 120 Pts 65 62 60 58 49 48 46 GF GA 137 104 148 111 145 106 131 117 144 151 122 135 128 137 Pts 66 55 54 53 52 37 33 GF GA 133 121 124 114 127 130 133 119 127 122 105 156 109 158 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. ——— Tuesday’s Games Edmonton 5, Washington 4, SO Detroit 5, Minnesota 4, SO N.Y. Rangers 3, Ottawa 2, OT Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT Montreal 2, Nashville 1, OT Tampa Bay 4, Vancouver 1 Chicago 6, Arizona 1 Boston 3, Dallas 1 Today’s Games Toronto at Ottawa, 4 p.m. Chicago at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Columbus at Winnipeg, 6 p.m. Boston at Colorado, 7 p.m. Calgary at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. WHL Tuesday’s Games Kootenay 4, Vancouver 3 Everett 6, Prince George 1 Today’s Games Vancouver at Medicine Hat, 6 p.m. Tri-City at Kamloops, 7 p.m. Everett at Prince George, 7 p.m. Tennis Australian Open Wednesday At Melbourne Park Melbourne, Australia Purse: $32.9 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Men Second Round Tomas Berdych (7), Czech Republic, def. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, 7-6 (0), 6-2, 6-2. Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, def. David Goffin (20), Belgium, 6-1, 6-4, 4-6, 6-0. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, def. Leonardo Mayer (26), Argentina, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0. Richard Gasquet (24), France, def. James Duckworth, Australia, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5. Andy Murray (6), Britain, def. Marinko Matosevic, Australia, 6-1, 6-3, 6-2. Kevin Anderson (14), South Africa, def. Ri- cardas Berankis, Lithuania, 6-2, 6-2, 7-6 (3). Joao Sousa, Portugal, def. Martin Klizan (32), Slovakia, 4-6, 7-4 (4), 6-4, 1-0, retired. Women Second Round Ekaterina Makarova (10), Russia, def. Roberta Vinci, Italy, 6-2, 6-4. Peng Shuai (21), China, def. Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, 6-1, 6-1. Carina Witthoeft, Germany, def. Christina McHale, United States, 6-3, 6-0. Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, def. Monica Puig Puerto Rico, 6-2, 7-6 (6). Julia Goerges, Germany, def. Klara Kouka- lova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2. Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, def. Kateri- na Siniakova, Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-4. Karolina Pliskova (22), Czech Republic, def. Oceane Dodin, France, 7-5, 5-7, 6-4. Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Maria Sharapova (2), Russia, def. Alexan- dra Panova, Russia, 6-1, 4-6, 7-5.