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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,
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teams shot poorly, with the Cougars
hitting 37.3 percent and the Beavers
shooting 38.9 percent.
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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
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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
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had won its previous eight games fol-
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BULLDOGS: Pendleton wins two by pin
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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-
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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
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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.
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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.”
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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
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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
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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.”
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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
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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
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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,
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alone, and trailed 46-35 at halftime.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Vale, and its next game Saturday at Nyssa at 6 p.m.
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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.
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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.
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