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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Friday, February 6, 2015 MILTON-FREEWATER College Basketball Beavers hold off charging Cougs Pioneers win GOL wrestling title OSU extends home win streak to 13 Mac-Hi takes third and final league dual By KYLE ODEGARD Associated Press CORVALLIS — Jarmal Reid came off the bench to score 20 points and lead Oregon State past Washington State 55-50 Thursday night. Malcolm Duvivier added 15 points for the Beavers (15-7, 6-4 Pac-12), who improved to 13-0 at Gill Coliseum this season. Neither team was able to pull away until the Beavers went on an 8-0 run, with Reid’s jumper putting Oregon State up 51-44 with 2:27 left. The Cougars (10-12, 4-6) trimmed the lead to four points, but Reid’s driv- ing lay-in with 47 seconds left made the score 53-47 and helped seal the win. Josh Hawkinson had 16 points, 10 rebounds and three steals and Ike Iroeg- bu scored 11 for the Cougars. Washington State outrebounded Or- egon State 43-34, but had 12 turnovers, FRPSDUHG WR WKH %HDYHUV ¿YH %RWK teams shot poorly, with the Cougars hitting 37.3 percent and the Beavers shooting 38.9 percent. WSU opened up with an 8-0 lead as 2UHJRQ6WDWHPLVVHGLWV¿UVWIRXUVKRWV and committed two turnovers in the opening three minutes of the game. The Beavers clawed back with an 11-2 run capped by Reid’s lay-in to tie it at 23-all with 4:44 left in the half. The game turned into a back-and- forth contest, and the Cougars led 32- 30 at halftime. CALIFORNIA 70, USC 69 — At Berkeley, Calif., Tyrone Wallace made East Oregonian AP Photo/Greg Wahl-Stephens Oregon State’s Jarmal Reid (32) shoots against Washington State’s Ju- nior Longrus (15) and Josh Hawkinson (24) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Corvallis on Thursday. a deep 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift California to a win over Southern Cali- fornia on Thursday night. The Golden Bears (14-9, 4-6 Pac- 12) led most of the game but trailed 66- 65 with 1:04 left before rallying to win their third straight. David Kravish scored on a short hook shot to give Cal the lead. After Katin Reinhardt’s 19-foot jumper put the Trojans up 68-67, Wallace missed the front end of a one-and-one with 9.7 seconds remaining. The Bears’ leading scorer got re- demption moments later after Jordan McLaughlin made one free throw for USC with 4.9 seconds left. Cal got ball to Wallace, who rushed toward the 3-point line before pulling up and making the game-winner. That set off a frenzy near midcourt as fans and students poured out of the stands and rushed the court. UCLA 69, STANFORD 67 — At Stanford, Calif.,Norman Powell had 20 points and eight rebounds, Isaac Hamilton scored 18 points and UCLA survived to beat Stanford on Thursday night for its third straight win. Bryce Alford added 18 points to help the Bruins build a 22-point lead early in the second half before hold- ing off a furious Cardinal comeback. Chasson Randle’s running 3-pointer missed as time expired. UCLA (14-9, 6-4 Pac-12) has won VL[RIHLJKWIROORZLQJD¿YHJDPHORV- ing streak. Anthony Brown had 19 points and nine rebounds, and Randle scored 13 for Stanford (15-7, 6-4), which dropped consecutive games for the ¿UVW WLPH VLQFH ODVW 0DUFK 6WDQIRUG had won its previous eight games fol- lowing a loss. BULLDOGS: Pendleton wins two by pin Continued from 1B crouched and lunged for- ward in aggressive shots. Their shoulders met like a pair of linebackers in a hit- ting drill, and Coleman was able to knock Platt off bal- ance before scrambling be- KLQGIRUWKH¿QDOWDNHGRZQ “I’ve wrestled him be- fore, so we both know what we’re going to do,” said Coleman, who like Platt was an all-league linebacker in football. “Whichever one ZRXOGKDYHZRQZH¶OOGH¿- nitely meet again.” Coleman spent nearly all of the second period trying to escape Platt’s control, and nei- ther wrestler seemed to have much energy left when their last-ditch shots in the third pe- riod were easily rebuffed. ³, ZDV GH¿QLWHO\ WLUHG in that match but I haven’t lost a home dual yet in my career and I don’t want to start now,” Coleman said, “so there was motivation to keep wrestling tired when it went to overtime.” Also going to points in ERWK WHDPV¶ ¿QDO &ROXPELD River Conference dual of the season were Mitchell Lin- coln’s 11-3 win over Sam Bliss at 182 pounds, and John-Henry Line’s 8-5 win over Marcus Taylor at 195 — both matches Hermiston led from the early stages. Pendleton’s wins were back-to-back pins at the 145 and 152 weights. At 145, Morgan Hol- comb ended the shutout with a second-round pin of Robert Crane. Holcomb led DIWHUWKH¿UVWSHULRGDQG didn’t allow Crane to score DJDLQEHIRUH¿QDOO\VHFXULQJ WKHSLQZLWK¿YHVHFRQGVOHIW in the second period. Then at 152, Ryan Skeen had an even closer call with the clock and was awarded the pin a fraction of a second before the buzzer sounded. Skeen secured a take- down just three seconds into his match with Jake Palmer, but the quickest points of the night were scored by Herm- iston’s C.J. Hendon. Hendon took a 2-0 lead on Pendleton’s Brendon Bedolla just one second into their 138-pound bout with a heel grab that he would utilize several times before ¿QDOO\ SLQQLQJ %HGROOD ODWH LQWKH¿UVWURXQG The freshman Buckaroo is one of several inexperienced wrestlers forced into the var- sity lineup due to a spate of season-ending injuries. “In a perfect world most of them are going to be a (junior varsity) kid getting JV experience, but to their credit they’re not schirking away form going otu and stepping and trying to do what they can for the team,” said Pendleton coach Fred Phillips. “I have so much appreciation for what those kids are doing.” ——— HERMISTON 67, PENDLETON 12 106 — Robert Rodriguez (H) win by forfeit 113 — Liam Tarvin (H) win by forfeit 120 — Jack Meads (H) win by forfeit 126 — Andy Wagner (H) def. Tristan Holcomb, 3-2 132 — C.J. Hendon (H) def. Brendon Bedolla, PF 1:55 138 — Joey Gutierrez (H) def. Scott Chambers, PF 3:26 145 — Morgan Holcomb (P) def. Robert Crane, PF 3:55 152 — Ryan Skeen (P) def. Jake Palmer, PF 1:59 160 — Brock McDonough (H) def. Alex Gear, PF 2:51 170 — Bob Coleman (H) def. Terrel Platt, 7-5 182 — Mitchell Lincoln (H) def. Sam Bliss, 11-3 195 — John-Henry Line (H) def. Marcus Taylor, 8-5 220 — Jessee Rodelo (H) def. Jeff Priester, PF 1:58 285 — Beau Blake (H) win by forfeit BLAZERS: Matthews to compete in 3-point contest Continued from 1B 3-pointer stretched the lead to 86-75 with 6:03 left. Portland went 6-9 in January after ascending to the top spot in the West- ern Conference standings earlier this season. Before a 103-102 victory Tues- day night over the Jazz, the Blazers had ORVW¿YHRIVL[ The Suns were one of the teams that beat the Blazers last month, 118-113 in Phoenix on Jan. 21. But the Suns are struggling on the road, with six straight losses, and they were coming off a 102-101 loss at home to Memphis on Monday. The Blazers jumped out to a 25-13 lead on Wesley Matthews’ 3-pointer. Portland got a spark off the bench from C.J. McCollum, who had 12 points. The Suns struggled with turnovers, FRPPLWWLQJ HLJKW LQ WKH ¿UVW TXDUWHU alone, and trailed 46-35 at halftime. 7KH¿UVWKDOISRLQWWRWDOZDVDVHDVRQ low for Phoenix. The Suns closed the gap to 52-46, but there was a scary moment when Alex Len crashed into the base of the basket and appeared to injure his right ankle. He was able to walk it off. Morris’ 3-pointer and a free throw from Miles Plumlee pulled the Suns to 54-53 midway through the third quar- ter. 7KH6XQVEULHÀ\WRRNDOHDG after Eric Bledsoe’s layup with 1:20 left in the third quarter, but Batum an- swered with a 3 on the other end. Matthews will compete in the 3-point contest at the All-Star Game. He went into Thursday with an NBA-leading 151 3s this season. The Trail Blazers visit Dallas on Saturday. SCOREBOARD Local Slate PREP BOYS BASKETBALL Today Weston-McEwen at Culver, 4:30 p.m. The Dalles at Hermiston, 7 p.m. Pendleton at Hood River Valley, 7 p.m. Heppner at Irrigon, 7:30 p.m. Pilot Rock at Stanfield, 7:30 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at Mitchell/Spray, 7:30 p.m. Ione at Dufur, 7:30 p.m. Horizon Christian at Arlington, 7:30 p.m. Nixyaawii at Echo. 7:30 p.m. Powder Valley at Helix, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Ontario at Mac-Hi, 4:30 p.m. Umatilla at Nyssa, 5:30 p.m. Riverside at Vale, 5:30 p.m. Culver at Pilot Rock, 5:30 p.m. Irrigon at Weston-McEwen, 5:30 p.m. Arlington at Ione, 5:30 p.m. South Wasco at Condon/Wheeler, 5:30 p.m. Helix at Nixyaawii, 5:30 p.m. Echo at Powder Valley, 5:30 p.m. PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL Today Vale at Umatilla, 3 p.m. Today Weston-McEwen at Culver, 3 p.m. Heppner at Irrigon, 6 p.m. Pilot Rock at Stanfield, 6 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at Mitchell/Spray, 6 p.m. Ione at Dufur, 6 p.m. Horizon Christian at Arlington, 6 p.m. Nixyaawii at Echo. 6 p.m. Powder Valley at Helix, 6 p.m. Hermiston at The Dalles, 7 p.m. Hood River Valley at Pendleton, 7 p.m. Saturday Ontario at Mac-Hi, 3 p.m. Umatilla at Nyssa, 4 p.m. Riverside at Vale, 4 p.m. Culver at Pilot Rock, 4 p.m. Irrigon at Weston-McEwen,4 p.m. Arlington at Ione, 4 p.m. South Wasco at Condon/Wheeler, 4 p.m. Helix at Nixyaawii, 4 p.m. Echo at Powder Valley, 4 p.m. PREP WRESTLING Saturday Hermiston, Pendleton at Oregon City Tournament, 9 a.m. Riverside, Mac-Hi, Irrigon at Heppner Tournament, 10 a.m. COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL Today College of Idaho at Eastern Oregon, 7:30 p.m. Saturday Blue Mountain at Columbia Basin, 4 p.m. COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Today College of Idaho at Eastern Oregon, 5:30 p.m. Saturday Blue Mountain at Columbia Basin, 2 p.m. Football OSAA East-West Shrine Game Selections East OL/DL Zane Wordell, Elmira OL/DL Jordan Kendall, North Marion RB/LB Jack Lehman, Philomath RB/DB Joey Lancaster, Mazama RB/DB Triston Hay, Phoenix RB/LB Specner Crawford, Cascade TE/DE Jacob Poldolski, Mac-Hi RB/DB Byron Brown, Junction City RB/DB Ben Turner, Ontario WR/DB Hunter Jutte, Sweet Home OL/LB Bridger Cook, Baker WR/DB Hunter Jelden, Harrisburg TE/LB Dante Olson, Cascade Christian OT/DL Damien Olvera, Nyssa RB/LB Andrew Weber, Vale TE/DE Sage DeLong, Vale OL/DL Michael Johnson, Pleasant Hill FB/LB Moe Faith, Coquilee RB/LB James Thompson, Illinois Valley OL/DL John Propheter, Heppner OL/DL Daniel Kohlhepp, Enterprise QB/LB Clay McClure, Culver QB/DB Austin Feist, Burns OL/DL Clayton Bentz, Burns OL/LB Maurico Boydstan, Gold Beach QB/DB Jackson Cross, Toledo OL/DL Ray Denig, Pine Eagle RB/LB Chase Walker, Adrian RB/LB Nick Little, Dufur RB/LB Blake Evans, Sherman County West QB/DB Joey Krupsky, Scappoose OL/LB Dylan Bigsby, Banks RB/LB Calvin Pollard, Seaside OL/DL Coop Early, Molalla WR/DB Drew Matthews, North Bend FB/LB Mason Roman, South Umpqua QB/DB Joe Dotson, Siuslaw RB/DB Handsome Smith, Gladstone RB/LB Zach Smith, Gladstone OL/LB Zach Smith, Crook County OL/DL Oren Hills, Santiam Christian RB/LB Tyler Clark, Dayton RB/DB Mike Weber, Horizon Christian RB/LB Tucker Stultz, Scio QB/DB Peter Lahti, Taft TE/LB Andrew Werst, Salem Academy RB/DB Micah McLeod, Clatskanie LB/OL Jeff Tripp, Rainier FB/DL Angus Swan, Oakland OL/DL Jovani Garcia, Monroe QB/DB Noah Giberson, Kennedy OL/DL Blake Minten, Regis WR/DB Ryan Sampson, Knappa OL/DL Justin Hynes, Lost River RB/LB Tate Barnes, Central Linn RB/LB Kai Wolfe, Camas Valley TE/WR Alex Norris, Lowell WR/LB Sean Orrison, Days Creek QB/DB Joe Keller, Yoncalla OL/DL Josh Reichel Basketball NBA Thursday’s Games Charlotte 94, Washington 87 Cleveland 105, L.A. Clippers 94 Dallas 101, Sacramento 78 Portland 108, Phoenix 87 Friday’s Games L.A. Clippers at Toronto, 4 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Orlando, 4 p.m. Cleveland at Indiana, 4 p.m. New York at Brooklyn, 4 p.m. Golden State at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Denver at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Boston, 4:30 p.m. New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. Milwaukee at Houston, 5p.m. Memphis at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Utah at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Miami at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m. NCAA Top 25 Thursday No. 2 Gonzaga 77, Santa Clara 63 Cincinnati 62, No. 22 SMU 54 Today No games scheduled Pac-12 W L PCT Arizona 8 1 .889 Utah 7 2 .778 Oregon 6 4 .600 Oregon State 6 4 .600 Stanford 6 4 .600 UCLA 6 4 .600 Colorado 4 5 .444 Washington State 4 6 .400 California 4 6 .400 Arizona State 3 6 .333 Washington 3 7 .300 USC 1 9 .100 ——— Thursday UCLA 69, Stanford 67 Oregon State 55, Washington State 50 California 70, USC 69 Today No games schedule Hockey NHL Thursday’s Games N.Y. Islanders 3, Philadelphia 2, SO Carolina 2, Arizona 1, SO St. Louis 3, Buffalo 0 Washington 2, Ottawa 1 Florida 3, Los Angeles 2 Anaheim 5, Nashville 2 Tampa Bay 5, Dallas 3 Detroit 3, Colorado 0 San Jose 5, Vancouver 1 Today’s Games Toronto at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Anaheim at Washington, 4 p.m. St. Louis at Columbus, 4 p.m. Chicago at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. Pittsburgh at Calgary, 6 p.m. WHL Today’s games Spokane at Moose Jaw, 4 p.m. Swift Current at Prince Albert, 4 p.m. Saskatoon at Regina, 4 p.m. Brandon at Kootenay, 5 p.m. Medicine Hat at Lethbridge, 5 p.m. Edmonton at Prince George, 6 p.m. Kamloops at Kelowna, 6:05 p.m. Red Deer at Vancouver, 6:30 p.m. Tri-City at Everett, 6:35 p.m. Portland at Seattle, 6:35 p.m. GOLF PGA Farmer’s Insurance Open San Diego Torrey Pines, South Course (7,698 yards, par 72) Purse: $6.3 million SCORE THRU 1. Nicholas Thompson -8 F 2. Michael Thompson -7 F 3. Brooks Koepka -6 F 3. Cameron Tringale -6 F 5. Jhonattan Vegas -5 F 5. Fredrik Jacobson -5 F 5. Brendon de Jonge -5 F 5. Chad Campbell -5 F 5. Chris Kirk -5 F 5. Ian Poulter -5 F 11. J.J. Henry -4 F 11. Martin Laird -4 F 11. Gary Woodland -4 F 11. Jonas Blixt -4 F 11. Spencer Levin -4 F 11. Harris English -4 15 11. Scott Pinckney -4 15 LA GRANDE — Mac-Hi wrapped up a perfect Greater Oregon League dual season with a 51-29 victory over La Grande Thursday night. With their third dual vic- tory in as many tries, the Pioneers earned the league crown. “It feels great to become champions, the boys have put in the work and they de- serve it,” Mac-Hi coach Beau Chester said in an email. In a night riddled with forfeits, Mac-Hi won 4 of 5 weights that actually went to the mat. Riley Chester (120), Gabe McAlester (138), Josh Torres (195) and Gregory Morenoa (285) all took vic- tories Thursday. McAlester, Torres and Moreno all won by pin. Chester won his via a 9-3 decision over the Tigers Cory Isaacson. Reigning state champion Cole Rohan of La Grande was the lone victorious Tiger. He defeated Mac-Hi’s Dea- zon Zerba by technical fall in the 106-pound match. Mac-Hi will complete its individual tournament sea- son at Heppner Saturday. The Pioneers will host the District 4 regionals on Feb. 14. UMATILLA: Boys win second consecutive over Vale Continued from 1B man look, and didn’t allow more than 11 points in any quarter the rest of the way. Just 12 points were scored by either side in the entire second quarter. Umatilla fought its way back into it in the third quarter. Hawkins and Hannah Bates each got buckets to stretch Vale’s lead to 26-15, but Watson and Courtney Dohman responded with buckets of their own to cut the lead to seven at 26-19. Vale, though, would stretch the lead to 12 at 32-30 on free throws by Kiara Cooper and a three from Kylee DeLong. It would be the last basket for DeLong, who left the game early in the fourth quarter due to a left knee injury and had to be helped off the court. She left the gym after the game in a wheelchair. Vale led by as many as 15 in the fourth. Then Umatilla started to chip away. Iri Campos and Kassandra Galbraith had back-to-back hoops off of Vale turnovers, Watson got one to go two possessions later, and Vale called timeout with 4:45 on the clock with Vale up 35-26. A few moments later the frantic comeback bid began. Watson was fouled and hit both, shrinking the lead to 10 at 41-31. Vale coughed it up, giving Galbraith a free look at the basket and was fouled. She made both, cutting the lead to eight. Vale called timeout, turned it over again, and Galbraith this time laid it in to cut the lead to six with 19.9 seconds left. “That’s the competition we’re going to see at state over and over,” Bow said. “As long as we feel we’re competitive in HYHU\JDPHRYHUWKHUHZHIHHOFRQ¿GHQWLQRXUVHOYHV´ 8PDWLOODJHWV9DOHIRUWKHWKLUGDQG¿QDOWLPHRQ)HELQ Vale, and its next game Saturday at Nyssa at 6 p.m. ——— VALE 43, UMATILLA 35 VHS (18-1) 16 5 11 11 — 43 UHS(16-3) 6 7 7 15 — 35 Vale — Ki. Hawkins 2, Ka. Hawkins 15, K. DeLong 3, M. Johnson 5, A. Trenkel 0, M. Wolfe 2, K. Weber 6, A. Hamilton 4, H. Bates 4, K. Cooper 2, A. Burkhardt 0, B. Bourasa 0. Umatilla — B. Chavez 0, M. Paz 0, K. Barajas 0, I. Campos 8, B. Campos 4, S. Webb 6, K. Galbraith 5, C. Dohman 4, A. Watson 9. 3-point field goals — Vale 5, Umatilla 1. Free throws — Vale 7-13, Umatilla 8-14.Fouls — Vale 14, Umatilla 14. BOYS BASKETBALL UMATILLA 45, VALE 42 — At Umatilla, the Umatilla Vikings (11-10, 5-1 EOL) edged the Vale Vikings (6-12, 2-4 EOL) Thursday night at The Pit in a contest that played out much like their previous meeting six days prior. Eric Garcia didn’t match Saturday’s 33 point offering, but still had 19 including eight points in the third quarter. Umatilla trailed by two at halftime, but came out hot in the third when Garcia and Tristan Sanguino each hit 3-pointers to put Umatilla up. “It was just that third quarter for us that the hoop was a little bit bigger for us and shots decided to fall,” Umatilla head coach Derrek Lete said. Vale had a chance to take the lead late, but two missed layups doomed the visitors. With the win, Umatilla ties Nyssa at 5-1 atop the EOL standings. Umatilla heads to Nyssa on Saturday to take on the co- league leading Bulldogs. Tip is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ——— UMATILLA 45, VALE 42 VHS (6-12) 13 9 8 12 42 UHS (11-10) 14 6 14 11 45 Vale — Z. Jacobs 2, D. Hiatt 1, J. Schoorl 5, A. Weber 13, M. Ramirez 0, M. Skerjanec 0, C. Schulpe 0, C. Towers 0, T. Mesa 5, L. Noethe 6, B. Mattos 10. Umatilla — D. Ayala 1, E. Garcia 19, J. Coria 0, K. Webb 0, D. Garcia 0, A. Jaime 9, J. Tejada 0, T. Sanguino 6, A. Simmons 10, E. Morales 0. 3-point field goals — Vale 3, Umatilla 6. Free throws — Vale 9-11, Umatilla 5-9. Fouls — Vale 12, Umatilla 10. ATHLETE OF THE WEEK MICHAEL THOMPSON Junior Echo Basketball Thompson scored 31 points and grabbed 19 rebounds to lead the Cougars to their sixth Old Oregon League victory over Pine Eagle on Friday. The junior post player pieced together another double-double on Saturday. This time an 11-point, 12- rebound effort versus Joseph. P ROUDLY S PONSORED B Y : • General Orthopedics • Sports Medicine • Arthroscopy• Foot & Ankle • Hand Surgery • Joint Replacement • Workman’s Comp Injuries Advanced Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Institute 620 NW 11th St., Ste. 201, Hermiston www.hermistonortho.com 541-289-7075