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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Tuesday, February 24, 2015 Prep wrestling Heppner, Riverside win titles East Oregonian Staff photo by E.J. Harris Pendleton’s Wes Persinger goes up for a rebound in the Bucks’ 72-60 win against Hood River last week in Pendleton. PERSINGER: Center has chance to be league MVP Continued from 1B Just as importantly, his interior play has been the catalyst for the Bucks turn- DURXQG $IWHU ¿QLVKLQJ ZLWK ORVLQJ UHFRUGV WKH SDVW WZR years, the Buckaroos have DOUHDG\ FOLQFKHG WKHLU ¿UVW CRC league title in three \HDUVHQWHULQJWRQLJKW¶V¿QD- le against rival Hermiston. The player formerly de- VFULEHG DV ³ODFNLQJ ¿UH´ QRZKDVSOHQW\RILW,QWKH ¿UVW PHHWLQJ RI WKH VHULHV against the Bulldogs, Pers- inger played like a man possessed — diving for loose ball after loose ball. $ VOLGLQJ ÀLS SDVV RYHU KLV shoulder to teammate Quinn Cockburn provided the go- ahead hoop that capped a fourth quarter rally. ³/DVW\HDU,¶GPDNHDEDG SOD\DQGSXWP\KHDGGRZQ´ 3HUVLQJHUVDLG³,¶GPHVVXS and be like ‘Oh, my gosh,’ EXW QRZ , MXVW WU\ DQG NHHS P\ KHDG XS7KHUH¶V DOZD\V DQRWKHUSOD\´ Persinger has a strong case for league Player of the Year honors. Against confer- ence foes, he has averaged 15.8 points per game, 10.5 rebounds and 2.5 blocks. +H¶V VFRUHG HI¿FLHQWO\ WRR shooting 62.5-percent from WKH¿HOG ³, WKLQN :HV ¿QDOO\ KDV VHHQKRZJRRGKHFRXOGEH He had a little success and probably is like ‘This is pret- W\ FRRO ,¶P WKH PDQ¶ ,W¶V EHHQIXQWRVHHKLVJURZWK´ Broaddus said. ³, WKLQN KH ¿JXUHG RXW WKDW LI KH ZDQWV WR JR RQ WR the next level and play bas- ketball he’s going to have to VWHSLWXS´4XLQQVXJJHVWHG IRU WKH WXUQDURXQG ³+H MXVW realized that this could be his ODVWVKRW´ Those dreams exist for Persinger. His father Jeff Persinger played basketball DW :DOOD :DOOD &RPPXQLW\ College. The younger Pers- LQJHULVZDLWLQJXQWLODIWHUWKH season to pursue colleges. At WKDW SRLQW KH SODQV RQ ZULW- ing letters and sending his KLJKOLJKW¿OPWRFRDFKHV ³,IHHOOLNHLWVDOZD\VEHHQ a bit of dream to get to the QH[WOHYHO´KHVDLG³,WKLQN that’d be an amazing oppor- WXQLW\´ His coach is his biggest advocate in the matter. ³,W¶V NLQG RI XS WR :HV OLNH,¶YHEHHQWHOOLQJKLPWKH only one that can really stop \RXLV\RX´%URDGGXVVDLG GIRLS: WKVHHG35+6 Continued from 1B the second quarter. After Pi- lot Rock launched off to a VWDUW:0+6UDOOLHGWR cut the lead to single digits ZLWK VHFRQGV OHIW LQ WKH RSHQLQJ KDOI :HVWRQ0F(- ZHQ¶V6KDULFH4XDHPSWVGLG WKHGHHGZKHQVKHFRQYHUWHG an old-fashioned three-point play that capped an 11-7 run. ³, WROG WKHP DW WKH KDOI ZH¶UHWKHLUEHVWSOD\HUVULJKW QRZ´ :LOVRQ VDLG ³2QH thing this team has done all \HDULVDGMXVWDWKDOIWLPH:H JHW WKHP UHIRFXVHG ,QVWHDG RI FRPLQJ RXW ZRUU\LQJ about everything they did ZURQJ WKH\ DGMXVWHG 2XU third quarters all year have EHHQFRQVLVWHQWO\JUHDW´ 6DWXUGD\ZDVQRGLIIHUHQW Pilot Rock opened the third TXDUWHUPDNLQJ¿YHRIVHYHQ VKRWV IURP WKH ¿HOG 'DYH the CBC Player of the Year, did the early lifting, scoring ¿YHRIWKH¿UVWHLJKWSRLQWV ³:H NLQG RI ZDQWHG WR MXVW JHW EDFN WR SOD\LQJ RXU JDPH´ 'DYH VDLG RI WKH second half. “That second TXDUWHUZHSOD\HGDOLWWOHELW VORSS\EXWZHFDPHEDFNDQG got to our level and closed it RXW´ 6KH¿QLVKHGZLWKDJDPH high 17 points and seven re- bounds. ³6KH SOD\HG OLNH D 3OD\- HURIWKH<HDU´:LOVRQVDLG ³6KHSURYHGWKDWVKHHDUQHG WKDWWRQLJKW´ Once the Rockets lifted off in the second half the 7LJHU6FRWV GLGQ¶W KDYH D response. They missed all WULHV IURP WKH ¿HOG DQG ZHUH RXWVFRUHG WR LQ WKHVHFRQG$OOHLJKW:0+6 came from the charity stripe. :0+6 VKRWV IRU IRU the game. 'DYHVFRUHGDVHDVRQORZ WKUHH SRLQWV YHUVXV 6WDQ- ¿HOG RQ )ULGD\ 7KH MXQLRU matched and passed that in WKH ¿UVW WKUHH PLQXWHV 6DW- urday. A left angle 3-point- er opened the scoring and a driving layup gave her team DOHDG6KH¿QLVKHGZLWK ¿UVWKDOISRLQWV Pilot Rock lands as the seventh seed in the Class 2A state playoffs. They’ll KRVW 5HJLV RQ 6DWXUGD\ DW SP:HVWRQ0F(ZHQLVWKH WRXUQDPHQW¶V1RDQGZLOO travel to No. 3 Vernonia on 6DWXUGD\IRUDSPWLS Intermountain rodeo competes in Eugene (8*(1( ² 2Q D GRX- EOHKHDGHU ZHHNHQG WKH ,Q- WHUPRXQWDLQ +LJK 6FKRRO Rodeo team had multiple placers. ³,WZDVDJRRGVKRZLQJ´ said coach Curtis Pederson, of the Feb. 21-22 rodeos in Eugene. Preston Pederson cap- tured the state lead in tie GRZQ URSLQJ ZLQQLQJ ZLWK D WLPH RI VHFRQGV ,Q the same event, teammate Kolby Currin placed third DQG &DOJDU\ 6PLWK SODFHG ninth. 2Q6DWXUGD\&OD\WRQDQG .HHQDQ+DFN¿QLVKHGIRXUWK RIWHDPURSLQJZLWKDWLPHRI VHFRQGV&OD\WRQRQKHDG and Keenen on heels. 2WKHU WRS ¿QLVKHUV RYHU WKHZHHNHQGZHUH&KH\HQQH :ROIH WKLUG LQ EDUUHO UDFLQJ DQGMXVWVHFRQGVRXWRI¿UVW place. 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Class 1A girls basketball Knights take third title in a row By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian +(50,6721 ² 7KH &RQGRQ:KHHOHU JLUOV EDV- NHWEDOO WHDP ZRQ LWV WKLUG %LJ 6N\ GLVWULFW FKDPSLRQ- VKLS LQ D URZ DIWHU KROGLQJ RII 6KHUPDQ LQ WKH VHF- RQGKDOIIRUDZLQDW +HUPLVWRQ+LJK6FKRRO :LWKWKH+XVNLHVQLSSLQJ at their heels early in the third quarter, Knights guard 'HDQD +DUULV ERRNHQGHG a 7-0 spurt that pushed the lead back into double digits, ZKHUH LW ZRXOG UHPDLQ WKH rest of the game. “Everybody steps up at district tournaments and , WKLQN WKDW DV \RXQJ RI D WHDPDVZHDUHZHKDGVRPH SOD\HUV RXW WKHUH ZKR ZHUH MXVW WU\LQJ WR JHW XVHG WR the atmosphere and all the SHRSOH´VKHVDLGRIDURVWHU ORDGHG ZLWK VRSKRPRUHV ³%XW , WKLQN ZKHQ WKH\ ¿- QDOO\ VWHSSHG XS ZH SXOOHG DZD\ , WKLQN LW ZDV D EODVW IRUHYHU\ERG\´ (YHQ ZKLOH EHDWLQJ teams by nearly 30 points on average during the second half of the season, Knights coach Teresa Humphrey NQHZ WKHUH ZDV RQH WKLQJ WKDWFRXOGSRWHQWLDOO\WKURZ a kink in the team’s postsea- son plans — and the Hus- NLHVIRXQGLWRQ6DWXUGD\ ³,¶YH VDLG LW DOO VHDVRQ ZH¶YH JRW WR NHHS RXU ELJ WKUHHRQWKHFRXUW´VKHVDLG of seniors Harris and Mat- QH\ -DPLHVRQ DQG MXQLRU Emma Logan. +HUIHDUVZHUHQHDUO\UH- DOL]HG ZKHQ /RJDQ KLW WKH bench in foul trouble early DQG 6KHUPDQ EHJDQ FKLS- SLQJDZD\ They trimmed the Knights’ lead to 37-28 at halftime, then scored the ¿UVW IRXU SRLQWV LQ WKH WKLUG quarter to make it 37-32. 7KDWZDVDVFORVHDVWKH\ came, though, and by the time Harris’ three-pointer GURSSHGWKRXJKWKHQHWZLWK 3:58 left in the frame the OHDGZDVEDFNWR +DUULV ¿QLVKHG ZLWK D game-high 25 points and scored 12 of those during the ¿UVW TXDUWHU DV WKH .QLJKWV built a 23-11 lead. Jamieson added another SRLQWV DQG ZHQW IRU DWWKHIUHHWKURZOLQHLQWKH fourth quarter. 7KH SDLU ZDV QDPHG Co-Player of the Year for the %LJ6N\/HDJXHGXULQJWUR- phy presentations. ³7KDW ZDV DZHVRPH´ +DUULVVDLG³:H¶YHEHHQWKH G\QDPLFGXRVLQFHZHZHUH LQJUDGHVFKRRODQGLW¶VMXVW amazing to go on this ride ZLWKKHUHVSHFLDOO\´ Jamieson mirrored those Nixyaawii wins boys district championsip East Oregonian %$.(5 &,7< ² 7KH Echo Cougars are on to the state postseason after a 51-40 ZLQ RYHU 3RZGHU 9DOOH\ RQ 6DWXUGD\DIWHUQRRQLQWKH2OG Oregon League third-place JDPHDW%DNHU+LJK6FKRRO Klay Jenson led the Cou- JDUV ZLWK SRLQWV and Michael Thompson add- HG D GRXEOHGRXEOH ZLWK points, 10 rebounds. Carlos Chavez added 15 points and three assists for WKH (FKR DQG 'DQQ\ 7DSSR chipped in four assists and three steals. The Cougars minimized the effect of their 16 turnover, DOORZLQJRQO\VHYHQSRLQWWR FRPH RI WKHP 0HDQZKLOH (FKRWXUQHG3RZGHU9DOOH\¶V WXUQRYHUVLQSRLQWV &DGH %URZQH OHG 3RZ- GHU 9DOOH\ ZLWK points. ——— ECHO 51, POWDER VALLEY 40 PV (10-14) 6 17 6 11 — 40 EHS (13-11) 13 11 13 14 — 51 POWDER VALLEY — Cade Browne 15, L. McElligott 9, I. Colton 8, C. Green 4, E. Bedollal 3, G. McGinn 1, T. Eubanks, H. Davis. 18-57 FG ECHO — Klay Jenson 16, C. Chavez 15, M. Thompson 14, D. Tappo 4, B. Moffit 2, Z. Gehrke, J. Dorn, C. Medrano. 22-52 FG 3-point field goals — PV 2-13, EHS 3-17. Free throws — PV 2-6, EHS 4-9. Fouls — PV 15, EHS 11. Fouled out — McElligott (PV). Also in Old Oregon boys: 1L[\DDZLL ZRQ WKH GLVWULFWFKDPSLRQVKLSZLWKD ZLQ RYHU -RVHSK 1R GHWDLOVZHUHUHSRUWHG In Old Oregon girls ac- tion: (FKR ZRQ WKH GLVWULFW WLWOH RYHU 3RZGHU 9DOOH\ RQ 6DWXUGD\ HYHQLQJ *UDEELQJWKHWKLUGVWDWHEHUWK ZDV:DOORZD LQ D QDLOELWHU RYHU 1L[\DDZLL 1R GHWDLOV ZHUH UHSRUWHG IURP either game. VHQWLPHQWV ³, ZRXOGQ¶W have liked to have it any RWKHU ZD\ WKDW ZDV SHUIHFW EHFDXVH 'HDQD LV SUREDEO\ one of the greatest players ,¶YH SOD\HG ZLWK , ZDV UH- DOO\KDSS\WRVKDUHWKDWZLWK KHU´ /RJDQ ZKR ¿QLVKHG ZLWK HLJKW SRLQWV ZDV DOVR QDPHGWRWKH%6/¿UVWWHDP to round out the Knights’ se- lections. After checking off the last of their secondary goals, the defending state cham- pions turn their attention WRZDUGWKHVHFRQGURXQGRI WKH VWDWH SOD\RIIV RQ 6DWXU- day. Their opponent is yet to be decided, but Harris said VKH¶V FRQ¿GHQW WKH WHDP¶V younger players got the ex- perience they needed to take on all comers. ³, GH¿QLWHO\ WKLQN WKDW WKH\¶UH UHDG\ DQG WKH\ ZLOO VWHS XS ZKHQ WKH\ QHHG WR´ VKH VDLG ³DQG WKH\¶YH VKRZQ WKDW DW WKLV WRXUQD- PHQW´ ——— CONDON/WHEELER 60, SHERMAN 45 SHS (12-13) 11 17 8 9 — 45 C/W (25-1) 23 14 9 14 — 60 SHERMAN — Janet Guzman 11, E. Hill 10, K. Casper 9, M. Blaylock 8, E. Poirier 2, K. Asher 2, S. Green-Hite 2, B. Orendorff 1, B. McKinney, N. Wollenmann, L. White, J. Hill. CONDON/WHEELER — Deana Harris 25, M. Jamieson 21, E. Logan 8, A. Riet- mann 6, A. Terland, J. Homer, A. Ramsey, A. Carnine, T. Pierce. 3-point field goals — SHS 2, C/W 3. Free throws — SHS 11-19, C/W 15-21. Fouls — SHS 21, C/W 18. Fouled out — none. DUFUR 39, IONE 34 OT — At Hermiston, nei- WKHUWHDPZDVUHDG\IRULWV season to end. The Rangers ultimately JRWWKHLUZLVKDQGRXWODVWHG the Cardinals in overtime of their 3rd/4th place game DWWKH%LJ6N\GLVWULFWWRXU- QDPHQWRQ6DWXUGD\ 7KH ZLQ HDUQHG 'XIXU WKH ¿QDO VWDWH WRXU- nament big from the league. ,RQH KDG ZRQ IRXU RI LWV ODVW ¿YH OHDJXH JDPHV WR HDUQ LWV ZD\ LQWR the district bracket but ran into the No. 1 and 2 seeds once there. )ROORZLQJ WURSK\ SUH- VHQWDWLRQV ,RQH MXQLRU 5DFKHO +ROODQG ZDV DQ- nounced as making the VHFRQGWHDP $OO %LJ 6N\ roster. 'XIXU¶VDOOOHDJXHUHFLS- LHQWV ZHUH MXQLRU +DQQDK Harris and senior Aimeelyn Miller on the second team DQG VHQLRU 7D\ORU 'DUGHQ on the second team. In Big Sky boys action: Horizon Christian nudged 6KHUPDQ LQ WKH FKDPSLRQVKLS IRU LWV ¿IWK straight district title. Both teams advance to state, DORQJ ZLWK 'XIXU ZKLFK EHDW6RXWK:DVFRLQ the 3rd/4th place game. MLB says play pace critical to the sport 3+2(1,; $3 — Commissioner Rob 0DQIUHG VD\V QHZ UXOHV intended to speed up the pace of games are aimed at luring younger fans to baseball. Manfred, speaking publicly on the chang- HV IRU WKH ¿UVW WLPH VLQFH WKH\ZHUHDQQRXQFHGODVW Friday, said the rules are D ³PHDVXUHG´ DSSURDFK ZRUNHGRXWZLWKWKHSOD\- ers’ association. This season, batters ZLOO EH UHTXLUHG WR KDYH one foot in the batter’s box and pitchers and bat- WHUVZLOOEHUHTXLUHGWREH ready to go at the conclu- sion of television com- mercials. “The issue of attracting a younger audience and a SDFH RI JDPH LV UHODWHG´ he said. Manfred said he has four children in their 20s. ³, KDYH D SDVVLQJ ID- PLOLDULW\ ZLWK WKDW JHQHU- DWLRQ´ KH VDLG ³DQG RQH WKLQJ,FDQVD\IRUVXUHLV their attention span seems to be shorter than the rest RIRXUV´ Last season, the av- HUDJH OHQJWK RI D PDMRU OHDJXHJDPHZDVDUHFRUG 3 hours, 2 minutes. ³, FHUWDLQO\ ZDQW WR reverse the trend of in- creasing the length of the JDPH´ 0DQIUHG VDLG ³DQG ,¶P UHDOO\ LQWHQW RQ WKH LGHD WKDW ZH¶UH JRLQJ to have an average game time that’s going to start ZLWK D µWZR¶ QH[W \HDU DV RSSRVHGWRDµWKUHH¶´ Any rules changes KDYH WR EH GRQH ZLWK WKH cooperation of the players’ association, Manfred said. BOYS BBALL: ,UULJRQRXWUHERXQGHG+HSSQHUE\ Continued from 1B JDPHKLJK SRLQWV ³1RW YHU\ PDQ\ SHRSOH FDQ ZLQ WKUHHLQDURZ´ Playing less than 24 hours DIWHU ZLQQLQJ D JULQGLWRXW state qualifying game over 6WDQ¿HOG +HSSQHU fell easy prey to the Knights’ IUHQHWLF XSDQGGRZQ VW\OH ,UULJRQ ZDV DJJUHVVLYH RQ both ends, extending base- line-to-baseline defensively and turning Mustang mis- haps into quick points. ,W ZDV H[DFWO\ ZKDW ,UUL- gon coach Mitch Thompson hoped to see from his state title contending team. ³:HZDQWWREHWKHPRVW energetic and enthusiastic WHDP LQ WKH VWDWH´ KH VDLG +HSSQHU EXOOLHG ,UULJRQ RQ WKH RIIHQVLYH JODVV IRU ¿UVW four minutes of the game. The taller and sturdier Mus- tangs scored six points on rebound put-backs from post players Patrick Collins and Ross Cutsforth to keep SDFHZLWK,UULJRQ “That seems to happen DQGWKHQ,JRFUD]\LQWLPH- outs and they kind of realize LIZHNHHSGRLQJWKDWFRDFK might have a heart attack DQGGLHDWD\RXQJDJH´KH said. ,UULJRQ UHFRYHUHG QLFHO\ closing the quarter on a 12-3 run capped by a Landeros EX]]HUEHDWLQJÀRDWHU 7KH 0XVWDQJV VWLOO ¿Q- ished plus-14 on the board — thanks mostly to Collins and his 10 points and 12 re- bounds — but the frenzied Knights pace made up for the disparity. Romero drilled anoth- er buzzer beater to beat the halftime buzzer that left convention center buzzing DQGWKH.QLJKWZLWKD lead. The Knights really found DUK\WKPLQWKHJDPH¶V¿QDO three periods. They forced 0XVWDQJ WXUQRYHUV DQG drilled eight three-pointers LQWKH¿QDOPLQXWHVWRUH- move any doubt. “Heppner is a good WHDP´ /DQGHURV VDLG ³:H NQHZ ZH KDG WR SOD\ WKHP KDUGEHFDXVHWKH\ZHUHJR- ing to come at us hard be- FDXVHWKH\ZDQWWRZLQMXVW DV EDG DV ZH GR :H MXVW played our game and tore it XSRQWKHGHIHQVLYHHQG´ The victory checks of DQRWKHU ER[ RII WKH ,UULJRQ FKHFNOLVW 7KH .QLJKWV ZLOO next turn to checking off WKH¿QDOER[DVWDWHWLWOHGH- fense. ³,IHHOLW¶VDGRRUGLHVLWX- DWLRQIRUXV´/DQGHURVVDLG ³:H¶UH JRLQJ WR SOD\ HYHU\ game like it’s our last one DQGGRZKDWZHFDQWRZLQ´ ³$VORQJDVZHJLYHRXU maximum effort, our max- imum attitude every single GD\ZH¶UHJRLQJWRFRPHRXW RQWRS´5RPHURFKLSSHGLQ 7KHWZRWLPH&%&3OD\- er of the Year had 14 points LQWKHZLQ ,UULJRQ ZLOO RSHQ VWDWH SOD\RIIV ZLWK D KRPH JDPH versus 16-seed Faith Bible. ——— IRRIGON 67, HEPPNER 36 HHS 9 7 10 10 — 36 IHS 16 18 17 16 — 67 HEPPNER — Patrick Collins 10, W. Putman 8m L Grieb 6, R. Cutsforth 4, K. Murray 2, C. Hedman 2, J. Corbin 2, J. Petzold 0, J. Lindsay 0. IRRIGON — Anthony Landeros 19, A. Romero 14, Z. Rice 11, H. White 8, F. Vera 7, A. Timpy 6, R. Reynolds 2, N Verley 0, X. Rambo 0, A. Rice 0. 3-point field goals — HHS 2, IHS 10. Free throws — HHS 4-8, IHS 5-9. Fouls — HHS 8, IHS 13. Fouled out — none.