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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
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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.
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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.