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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Tuesday, February 3, 2015 Umatilla boys hold off Vale By SAM BARBEE EO Media Group Down four with 30 sec- onds left, Umatilla was looking for some momen- tum. Any momentum. Anything to go into half- time positively after a for- JHWWDEOH¿UVWKDOIDJDLQVWWKH visiting Vale Vikings. Kaden Webb obliged in a big way. The freshman hit a 3-pointer with 0.6 seconds on the clock, was fouled and made the free throw to tie things up at 30 heading into the break. Umatilla grabbed the momentum and never let go, outscoring Vale to hold on for a 56-53 win Saturday in Eastern Oregon League play at The Pit. Eric Garcia led the game in scoring with 33 points — he made seven 3-pointers — but no basket was bigger than Webb’s at the end of WKH¿UVWKDOI “It was a huge momen- tum swing,” Umatilla head coach Derrek Lete said. “It was great for Kaden. He doesn’t like to be called a freshman. He sees himself as just one of the guys.” “We always tell him to shoot threes, because he can make them,” Garcia added. Lete said Vale played better Saturday than he had VHHQ RQ ¿OP %XW WKH VHF- Sam Barbee photo Umatilla’s Eric Garcia (3) sets up Vale defender Andrew Weber during the second half of Umatilla’s 56-53 win over Vale on Saturday in The Pit. Garcia would hit a 3-pointer on the play, one of his seven on the way to 33 points. BASKETBALL Umatilla 56 Vale 53 ond-year coach had a feel- ing that Garcia would have a big game. He couldn’t ex- plain it, he just knew. Garcia had a feeling, too. “In pregame (my shots) were going in, so I felt pret- ty good before the game,” the senior said. “Eric’s our man offen- sively,” Lete added. “He was one of the guys that was runner-up for player of the year in our league (last year) DQGNLQGRIKDGDURXJK¿UVW half of league play (from) a scoring standpoint. It was just one of the feelings you get as a coach sometimes. I don’t get them very often, but I had a feeling he was going to have a big night. And he did.” Garcia went 7-15 from deep, including two huge consecutive deep balls in the fourth quarter to send Umatilla from down one to XS ¿YH7KH\ ZHUH 8PDWLO- OD¶V¿UVWEDVNHWVRIWKH¿QDO period, and positioned the home Vikings for a stretch run. Garcia, though, was more happy with the win than with the scoring out- burst. “I could have, like, three points, and if we won I’d still be happy,” he said. ——— UMATILLA 56, VALE 53 VHS 19 11 14 9 — 53 UHS 14 16 15 11 — 56 VALE — Z. Jacobs 7, D. Hiatt 0, J. Schoorl 0, A. Weber 11, M. Ramirez 0, M. Skerjanec 0, C. Towers 0, J. Noethe 2, T. Mesa 17, L. Noethe 5, B. Mattos 11. UMATILLA — D. Ayala 2, E. Garcia 33, G. Armenta 0, J. Coria 3, K. Webb 4, D. Garica 0, A. Jaime 7, J. Tejada 0, T. Sanguino 0, A. Simmons 3, E. Morales 0. 3-point field goals — Vale 5, Umatilla 10. Free throws — Vale 6-11, Umatilla 10-17. Fouled out — B. Mattos (VHS). Technical fouls — L. Noethe (VHS). Fouls — Vale 18, Umatilla 17. Eagles come painfully close to comeback MISSION — The Nixy- aawii Golden Eagles will have to add broken hearts to their growing list of ailments after a comeback attempt fell painfully short on Saturday. Powder Valley held on for a 41-40 girls basketball win in Old Oregon League play, but just barely. After shaking off a three- plus minute scoreless slump in the third quarter, the Golden Eagles (12-6, 4-3 OOL) had come alive be- hind Charlotte Barkley’s 10 fourth-quarter points to pull within six with less than 10 seconds to play. After a pair of Barkley free throws cut that margin to four, the Golden Eagles fouled to send a Badgers shooter to the free throw line Golden Eagles continue to soar in league play ble-double with 10 points, 11 rebounds. Riverside cut the lead MISSION — The Pow- WRZLWKLQ¿YHSRLQWVLQWKH der Valley Badgers barely third quarter, but then foul had time to break a sweat trouble halted their mo- EHIRUH ¿QGLQJ WKHPVHOYHV mentum and Nyssa seized helplessly behind in Satur- control. Jacob Huffman led the day’s Old Oregon League Bulldogs with 25 points boys basketball game. The Nixyaawii Golden and Freddy Pascacio added Eagles opened the game on a 17. ——— hot streak and never looked NYSSA 74, RIVERSIDE 55 back as they cruised to an- RHS (5-15) 14 15 18 8 — 55 NHS (11-8) 14 26 18 16 — 74 other blowout win, 83-51. RIVERSIDE — Noe Madrigal 12, Felix Nixyaawii went 6-for-7 Aparicio 12, E. Castillo 11, G. Roberts 10, Rosales 4, S. Navarro 4, K. Sorensen IURPWKH¿HOGLQWKHJDPH¶V R. 2, J. Carmona, M. Hegar, J. Villa, J. ¿UVW WZR PLQXWHV DQG FDU- Garcia, J. Salgado — Jacob Huffman 25, F. Pasca- ried a 20-4 advantage when cio NYSSA 17, D. Olvera 7, J. Simpson 5, T. Coble 3, A. Chavez 2, M. Lazo 2, A. Gonzalez 7. Chandler Case hit a 10-foot 3-point field goals — RHS 3, NHS 2. jumper in the lane with 3:59 Free throws — RHS 10-19, NHS 22-25. Fouls — RHS 19, NHS 13. Fouled out — OHIWLQWKH¿UVWTXDUWHU Carmona (RHS). It was the sixth time this season Nixyaawii (12- CONDON/WHEEL- 6, 7-0 OOL) has won a ER 45, IONE 39 — At game by 30 or more points Fossil, the Knights (4-12, (they’ve won two by 29 as 1-6 BSL) surged into the ZHOO DQG WKH ¿IWK WLPH LQ Big Sky League winner’s league play. column with a rabid fourth Unlike its other blow- quarter rally against the outs, this one started outside. Cardinals (2-6, 3-12) on “It usually inside-out as Saturday. opposed to outside-in,” said Trailing for the game’s coach Shane Rivera, “so, ¿UVW WKUHH SHULRGV &: unusual, but nice.” outscored Ione 17-3 in Ira Ashley went 3 for the fourth, erasing a sev- IURP RXWVLGH LQ WKH ¿UVW en-game losing streak in TXDUWHUDQG¿YHRIWKH*ROG- the process. en Eagles’ six three-point- The Knights shot 5 of 7 ers were made in the open- LQWKH¿QDOTXDUWHUDQGKHOG ing frame. ,RQHWRMXVWRQHPDGH¿HOG Fredy Campos and Tiya- goal. po Farrow also contributed Cade MacInnes led to the initial barrage and Condon/Wheeler with 16 HDFK¿QLVKHGWKH¿UVWTXDU- points, but it was Beau Ed- ter with seven points as the wards, Jake Bold and Bryce Golden Eagles led 30-10. Harrison who did the bulk “Coaches really get on RIWKH¿QDOTXDUWHUVFRULQJ us to move the ball around, T.J. Patton had 14 points looking for an opening and and 10 rebounds to lead then if you’ve got an open Ione. shot you can take it, we’re ——— CONDON/WHEELER 45, IONE 39 all shooters,” Campos said. IONE 12 12 12 3 — 39 “We do a lot of shooting C/W 6 15 7 17 — 45 IONE — D. Doherty 0, Peterson 0, drills in practice, at least 45 McElligott 2, Hollis 0, Carter 5, Padberg 3, J. Doherty 6, Patton 14, Juarez 9, minutes.” Morter. With the start of the Smidmajer, CONDON/WHEELER — Cortes 1, S. 0, MacInnes 16, Edwards 6, Bold second quarter came a line Colgan 9, Harrison 13, Archer, J. Colgan, Clark, shift for the Golden Eagles Burlingame. 3-point field goals — IONE 5, C/W 1. — every starter but Farrow Free throws — IONE 5-10, C/W 10-26. headed for the bench, and Fouls — IONE 18, C/W 14. Fouled out — J. Doherty (IONE). Farrow joined them soon after. In other games Satur- Feeding off the speed of day: Mitchell Spray 54, guards like Hunter Melton, Hunter McKay and Lennox Arlington 43. Lewis, Nixyaawii’s second line extended the lead to FROM FRIDAY SHERMAN 86, IONE 52-17 by halftime. “It’s not our typical 46 — At Moro, the Cardi- strategy,” Rivera said of the nals (3-13, 2-7 BSL) scored platoon system, “but we’re 20 points in a quarter for a deep team. We have eight WKH ¿UVW WLPH WKLV VHDVRQ or nine kids that can rotate but couldn’t maintain it and we don’t really miss a throughout a Big Sky League loss on Friday. lot.” Jason Juarez led Ione ——— NIXYAAWII 83, POWDER VALLEY 51 with 17 points but Sher- PV (7-11) 10 7 17 17 — 51 man (13-4, 6-3) had three NCS (12-6) 30 22 16 15 — 83 POWDER VALLEY — Lee McElligott players top 15 points led by 16, C. Day 9, C. Browne 8, T. Eubanks 5, Max Martin with 23. G. McGinn 5, I. Colton 4, D. Smith 2, T. Hufford 2, H. Davis. ——— NIXYAAWII — Ira Ashley 14, T. Farrow By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian Girls Prep Basketball East Oregonian Boys Prep Basketball for two shots with six sec- onds left. Both shots missed and the Golden Eagles quickly got the ball up the court and into the hands of one of their top outside shooters, Alyssa Farrow. It had been a rough go for Golden Eagles shoot- ers, who were a combined 2 of 15 from outside to that point. But Farrow, playing ZLWKDEURNHQ¿QJHUGUDLQHG the shot while being fouled to set up a chance at a four- point play. It was not to be, though, and Farrow’s free throw rat- tled out to give Powder Val- ley the win. Barkley scored a game- high 14 points and Kaitlynn Melton added 12 rebounds and eight steals. Desiree Maddern add- ed a double-double with 11 points, 11 rebounds. Savannah Stephens led Powder Valley (10-8, 6-3) with 13 points, eight of those in a 18-9 second quarter that gave the Badgers a 26-18 halftime edge. ——— POWDER VALLEY 41, NIXYAAWII 40 PV (10-8) 8 18 6 9 — 41 NCS (12-6) 9 9 4 18 — 40 POWDER VALLEY — Savannah Ste- phens 13, H. Feik 6, A. Feik 6, A. Jimenez 4, S. Kerns 4, S. Blair 4, T. Martin 2, M. Hufford 2, K. Williams. NIXYAAWII — Charlotte Barkley 14, D. Maddern 11, S. Fitzpatrick 4, K. Melton 4, R. Sampson 4, A. Farrow 3, E. Looney, T. Oatman. 3-point field goals — PV 3, NCS 3. Free throws — PV 4-12, NCS 11-21. Fouls — PV 18, NCS 13. Fouled out — H. Feik, A. Feik (PV); Melton (NCS). ECHO 66, JOSEPH 45 — At Joseph, Elizabeth McCarty had 25 points, 13 rebounds and eight steals to guide Echo (16-4, 8-1 OOL) to an Old Oregon League win on Saturday. Kelsey Ranger added 12 points and nine rebounds in a sloppy game that saw the two teams combine for 49 fouls and 57 turnovers. Alexis Sykora led Joseph (4-12, 1-7) with 20 points and 15 rebounds, and Satori Albee added nine points, 12 rebounds. ——— ECHO 66, JOSEPH 45 EHS (16-4) 22 18 11 15 — 66 JHS (4-12) 12 15 7 11 — 45 ECHO — Elizabeth McCarty 25, K. Ranger 12, B. Srofe 9, T. Swaggart 8, E. Parks 6, H. McCarty 6, L. Cox, L. Wiggins, B. Millbrodt, H. Reese. 24-69 FG JOSEPH — Alexis Sykora 20, S. Albee 9, L. Kemp 6, N. Williams 5, M. Parker 2, A. Cooney 2, A. Kilgore 1, A. Story, K. Zollman, C. Bailey. 15-59 FG 3-point field goals — EHS 5-16, JHS 0-1. Free throws — EHS 13-26, JHS 15- 29. Fouls — EHS 24, JHS 25. Fouled out — Reese (EHS), Kemp, Kilgore (JHS). In other games Satur- day it was: Nyssa 43, Riv- erside 25; Condon/Wheeler 62, Ione 36; Mitchell/Spray 37, Arlington 34. UMATILLA: +DGWXUQRYHUVRQLWV¿UVWSRVVHVVLRQVRIVHFRQGKDOI Continued from 1B and fourth fouls on consecutive defen- sive possessions sending the team’s defensive stopper to the bench. With Gailbrath out, Vale smelled the blood in the water, stepping on the accelerator on both ends to turn the one-possesion game into a seven-point lead by end of the period and a double digit advantage for the fourth quarter’s duration. “We have real good depth and we’re able to play a lot of kids,” said Vale “Good coach Jason John- teams will son “That takes its toll in the second compete half generally. I think that helped.” with you Umatilla turned toe-to-toe LWRYHURQ¿YHRILWV ¿UVW VHYHQ SRVVHV- and I sions of the second KDOI7KH¿IWKWXUQ- thought they over — a Courtney did that.” Dohman errant pass — led to a — Jason Kimber Hawkins Johnson, fastbreak layup and Vale coach made the score 46- 35. The lead would QHYHUIDOOEHORZGRXEOH¿JXUHVDJDLQ “Tonight in the fourth quarter you start to recognize in those kids that they’ve been in that situation and they understand what they need to do to win a big ball game — I thought they did that tonight,” Johnson said. It’s a lesson Umatilla may have needed to learn. With just one senior starter, and no playoff berths since 2011, Umatilla is unaccustomed to playing in “big games.” “This is exactly what we needed,” Bow said. 7KH ¿UVW KDOI WXJ RI ZDU VDZ HDFK side use scoring spurts to grab the edge. A 7-0 Umatilla lead earned them a 17- 16 lead in the second. Vale didn’t waste any time turn the tide, scoring the next six points before ending the period on a 11-5 run. The Umatilla lead, which came on a Webb layup, was its last of the game. They managed to stay within six until the third quarter. 13, H. McKay 13, E. Bevis 11, F. Campos 9, A. Corona 8, C. Case 5, L. Lewis 4, H. Melton 2, D. Kipp 2, W. Oatman 2. 3-point field goals — PV 4, NCS 6. Free throws — PV 11-24, NCS 13-21. Fouls — PV 16, NCS 15. Fouled out — McElligott (PV). Technical fouls — Corona (NCS). JOSEPH 52, ECHO 48, OT — At Joseph, Caden DeLury hit the Eagles’ only three-pointer of the game in overtime and Joseph made 6 of 8 free throws to earn an Old Oregon League upset on Saturday. Carlos Chavez had 21 points to lead second-place Echo (10-8, 6-3 OOL) and Michael Thompson added a double-double with 11 points, 12 rebounds. 'H/XU\¿QLVHKGZLWK points for fourth-place Jo- seph (8-8, 4-4) and Aaron Borgeding added 18 points, 14 rebounds. ——— JOSEPH 52, ECHO 48 EHS (10-8) 5 11 8 17 (7)— 48 JHS (8-8) 8 8 15 10 (11)— 52 ECHO — Carlos Chavez 21, M. Thompson 11, B. Moffit 8, K. Jensen 3, C. Medrano 3, D. Tappo 2. 16-55 FG JOSEPH — Aaron Borgeding 18, C. DeLury 16, N. DeLury 9, J. Chrisman 9, W. Smith, D. Van Winkle, S. Beckman. 18-46 FG 3-point field goals — EHS 5-19, JHS 1-6. Free throws — EHS 11-14, JHS 15- 21. Fouls — EHS 19, JHS 12. Fouled out — Thompson (EHS), Borgeding (JHS). Staff photo by Kathy Aney Iridiana Campos shoots Saturday in Umatilla during a game against the Vale Vikings. “Good teams will compete with you toe-to-toe and I thought they did that,” Johnson said. Aleesha Watson supplied most of the Umatilla offense, scoring 14 points. She, like the rest of Umatilla, struggled WR ¿QG WKH QHW FRQVLVWHQWO\ KRZHYHU Umatilla was just 16-of-54 from the ¿HOG ——— VALE 51, UMATILLA 40 VHS (16-1) 12 15 14 10 — 51 UHS (16-3) 7 16 11 6 — 40 VALE — Ki. Hawkins 11, Ka. Hawkins 5, K. DeLong 5, M. Johnson 8, A. Trenkel 0, M. Wolfe 3, K. Weber 3, A. Hamilton 6 , H. Bates 10, K. Cooper 0. UMATILLA — M. Paz 6, K. Barajas 0, I. Campos 7, B. Campos 0, S. Webb 10, K. Galbraith 2, C. Dohman 1, A. Watson 14. 3-point field goals — VHS 3, UHS 6. Free throws — VHS 12-23, UHS 2-7. Fouls — VHS 16, UHS 17. SHERMAN 86, IONE 46 IHS (3-13) 5 20 10 11 — 46 SHS (13-4) 15 22 27 22 — 86 IONE — Jason Juarez 17, T. Patton 6, D. Dohery 6, D. Smidmajer 4, C. Hollis 3, A. Carter 2, A. Morter 2, D. McElligott 1. SHERMAN — Max Martin 23, A. Kase- berg 18, I. Coles 17, A. Fields 8, K. Fields 7, J. Justesen 6, R. Blake 3, T. Henrickson 3, L. Lawrence 1. 3-point field goals — IHS 5, SHS 9. Free throws — IHS 5-12, SHS 11-17. Fouls — IHS 13, SHS 12. Fouled out — none. STANFIELD 72, WESTON-MCEWEN 49 ²$W$WKHQDWKH6WDQ¿HOG Tigers took advantage of Weston-McEwen’s care- lessness with the ball for a Columbia Basin Confer- ence win. A 19-7 second quarter SXW 6WDQ¿HOG CBC) ahead 34-18 at half- time and Weston-McEwen (8-11, 2-4) was never able to close the gap. Full game statistics were not available. ——— STANFIELD 72, WESTON-MCEWEN 49 SHS (15-3) 15 19 21 17 — 72 WM (8-11) 11 7 18 13 — 49 WALLOWA 40, HE- LIX 30 — At Wallowa, the Grizzlies (2-16, 0-8 OOL) led 14-12 at halftime but the Cougars (8-10, 4-5) gave them the slip in Old Oregon League play. Gareth Murray paced NYSSA 74, RIVER- SIDE 55 — At Nyssa, the Wallowa with 20 points, Pirates (5-15, 0-6 EOL) and Jason Bushman led He- crossed the 50-point bar- lix with 13. ——— ULHUIRUWKH¿UVWWLPHLQ WALLOWA 40, HELIX 30 GHS (2-16) 6 8 7 9 — 30 games but still couldn’t WHS (8-10) 10 2 12 16 — 40 keep up with league-lead- HELIX — Jason Bushman 13, B. 9, L. Papineau 6, T. Fehrenback- ing Nyssa (11-8, 5-1) on Sprenger er 2, K. Hack, G. Christman, T. Wilson, C. Saturday in Eastern Oregon Marks, J. Shaw, J. Sprenger. WALLOWA — Gareth Murray 20, K. League play on Saturday. Wellens 10, K. Frye 5, C. Hafner 3, N. Allen 2, B. Melville, C. Murray, G. Burns, Freshman Felix Apa- T. Jameson, D. Allen. ricio and sophomore Noe 3-point field goals — GHS 1, WHS 3. Free throws — GHS 3-8, WHS 5-8. Madrigal led Riverside Fouls — GHS 10, WHS 11. Fouled out with 12 points each and — none. Gavin Roberts added a dou-
