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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Friday, March 6, 2015 NBA Irrigon’s Adrian Romero shoots the ball over Burns’ Ty Reid in the Knights’ 64-38 win against the Hilanders on Thurs- day in Pendleton. Trail Blazers stay hot, beat Mavericks of the injury was uncertain. Nicolas Batum added 15 points and PORTLAND, Ore. — LaMarcus Al- a season-high 12 rebounds for Portland, dridge had 17 points and 12 rebounds ZKLFKKDGIRXUSOD\HUVLQGRXEOH¿JXUHV and the Portland Trail Blazers pulled despite coming off back-to-back games. Monta Ellis and Amare Stoudemire away in the second half for a 94-75 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on each had 12 points for the Mavericks, who saw the return of veteran center Ty- Thursday night. ,W ZDV 3RUWODQG¶V ¿IWK VWUDLJKW ZLQ son Chandler after a three-game absence. Chandler, who was out with a left hip EXWLWZDVFRVWO\6WDUWLQJJXDUG:HVOH\ Matthews had to be helped off the court LQMXU\¿QLVKHGZLWKIRXUSRLQWVDQG with a left foot injury early in the third rebounds. The Mavericks remained without quarter. He did not return and the extent Associated Press Chandler Parsons, who continues to nurse a left ankle injury that has kept him out of six games so far and should also cause him to miss Friday night’s matchup against the Warriors. However, the Mavericks said he could make his return Sunday when the team visits the Lakers. In his absence, Dallas continued to lean on veteran Richard Jefferson. Portland went up 80-63 on Alonzo Gee’s fourth-quarter dunk and Dallas could not catch up. Staff photo by E.J. Harris HEPPNER: 7ROHGRJDYH0XVWDQJV¿UVWORVV Continued from 1B from a cakewalk. The Log- gers (22-6) are fueled by &ODVV $¶V PRVW SUROL¿F scorer. In his last two out- ings, senior guard Tyson Burnard had scored a com- bined 82 points — including a 50-point outpouring ver- sus Vernonia in a Northwest /HDJXHGLVWULFW¿QDOZLQ Burnard was no less im- pressive Thursday in Pendle- ton. He had 16 points by the half and his 13 third quarter points vaulted Knappa to a 43-40 lead entering the IRXUWK+H¿QLVKHGZLWK With their season on the line, the Mustangs turned defensive in the fourth. Bur- nard scored just two points, the Loggers four total and Heppner was able to piece to- gether enough baskets to force overtime. The Loggers mighty mite made things interesting at the regulation buzzer, howev- HU %XUQDUG¶V KDOIFRXUW ÀLQJ reached the rim, and almost ended it there, but was just a hair too strong. Collins, who scored 12 in WKH¿UVWKDOIWROHDG+HSSQHU reasserted himself in the overtime. An outside jumper opened the extra time scoring and a layup on a feed from CJ Kindle gave Heppner the lead for good. “Part way through over- time I said ‘Go to work big man,’ and he said ‘Feed me the basketball. Just give it to me,’” Heppner coach Jeremy Rosenbalm said of Collins. “My team needed me,” Collins said. “It took us a few extra minutes than normal but we got it done.” After Burnard missed a ÀRDWLQJ MXPSHU *ULHE VDQN two free throws to give the Mustangs a four-point edge with 12.7 seconds remaining. Burnard wasted little time, hurrying down the court to drain a three-pointer to make it a one-point game. CJ Kindle made one-of-two free throws next to push it back to two and then Collins jumped in front Staff photo by E.J. Harris Heppner’s Ross Cutsforth looks to pass the ball guard- ed by Knappa’s Justin Dragoo in the Mustangs’ 56-54 win against the Loggers on Thursday in Pendleton. of Knappa’s Dale Takalo’s in- bounds pass to cement the win. The nail-biting, heart-pounding variety of victory is nothing new for the Mustangs. Heppner has won four games this year de- cided by two points or less, including the state playoff berth clinching win over 6WDQ¿HOGWZRZHHNVDJR “I’m not very old, but they’re aging me,” Rosen- balm said. “I don’t know if some of my kids have ice water in their veins or what LWLVEXWVRPHKRZZH¿QGD way to make the play when it really matters. &ROOLQV ¿QLVKHG ZLWK team-high 18 points and 10 rebounds. Grieb added 14 and Weston Putman chipped in with 12. No Logger besides Bur- nard made more than two ¿HOG JRDOV EXW -XVW 'UDJRR blocked nine shots. “It’s a huge deal,” Collins said. “I know that the city of Heppner is so proud of us. I’m just happy to say that I’m a part of it and I’ve got my best friends beside me.” Toledo ended Heppner’s perfect 10-game start earlier this season with a 62-36 win at the Central Linn Holiday Tournament. ——— HEPPNER 56, KNAPPA 54 (OT) KHS (22-6) 12 11 20 4 7 — 54 HHS (19-5) 10 16 14 7 9 — 56 KNAPPA — D. Severson 6, J. Miller 2, D. Takalo 4, J. Dragoo 4, Tyson Burnard 36, A. Mill- er 0, C. Weirup 0, E. Rubus 0, C. Rusinovich 2. HEPPNER — W. Putman 12, L. Grieb 14, Patrick Collins 18, R. Cutsforth 6, C. Kindle 3, J. Corbin 3, C. Hedman 0, K. Murray 0. 3-point field goals — KHS 6, HHS 5. Free throws — KHS 4-7, HHS 9-12. Fouls — KHS 14, HHS 13. Fouled out — none. REGIS 80, OAKRIDGE 78 (2OT) — At Pendleton, Ram forward Sam Nieslanik converted an old-fashioned three-point play with six seconds re- maining in the second over- time of Thursday’s quarter- ¿QDO ZLWK 1R 2DNULGJH to lift No. 5 Regis to a state playoff victory. Trailing by one, Nieslan- ik, a junior forward, made a jump shot and was fouled by Oakridge’s Tristan White. Nieslanik made the free throw to give Regis a two- point lead. Oakridge’s Joel Snyder was then fouled with two seconds remaining, but PLVVHG WKH ¿UVW IUHH RI D one-and-one free throw. The Nieslanki jump- er followed a Snyder three-pointer that gave War- riors a one-point lead with 19 seconds left. Bryce Piete led all scor- ers with 24 points for Regis. Nieslanki added 21. -RHO6Q\GHU¿QLVKHGZLWK 23 for Oakridge in the loss. Rex Garner chipped in with 22 in the loss. Regis advances to to- night’s seminal where it’ll play top-seeded Irrigon. TOLEDO 52, WEST- ERN MENNONITE 48 — At Pendleton, Kyle Otis made a go-ahead layup with less than two minutes re- maining and No. 2 Toledo held on from there to beat No. 7 Western Mennonite and grab the fourth spot in tonight’s Class 2A state ER\VVHPL¿QDOURXQG Toledo led for all of the second half before an Alex Martinez three tied it at ZLWK UHPDLQ- ing. Otis scored on the next Boomer possession and To- OHGR¿QLVKHGWKHJDPHDWWKH foul line. Isaiah Marchant led all scorers with 17 points. The Boomers will play +HSSQHULQWRQLJKW¶VVHP¿- nal. IRRIGON: Team effort limits Burns’ Austin Feist The Knights’ sixth man ¿QLVKHG ZLWK VHYHQ SRLQWV ble-double with 10 points, 10 boards, but added only and two steals. “I just love coming into four points after the break. the game and bringing en- Burns was just 3 of 23 from WKH¿HOGLQWKHVHFRQGKDOI ergy,” he said. “I feel like Irrigon coach Mitch that’s my job, to bring en- Thompson said Feist, who ergy off the bench and get quarterbacked the Hilan- everybody going.” The Knights had a scare ders football team to a late in the third quarter state title in December, was when Landeros remained clearly the focal point of his RQ WKH ÀRRU ORQJ DIWHU KH team’s defensive prepara- and Burns’ Ty Reid got tan- tions. gled up going for a rebound. Though Romero drew “I don’t really know the one-on-one match- what happened. I just re- up, the entire defense was membered falling and I hit geared around stopping the my head on somebody’s Hilanders’ best athlete. knee,” said Landeros, who ³,W WRRN ¿YH JX\V WR left under his own power guard Austin Feist,” he said. and quickly checked back “Our guys did a great job of into the game. being in gaps. A.J. (Timpy) Irrigon will face Regis in did a good job of containing, WKH VHPL¿QDOV DW SP Ryan (Reynolds) did a good today at the Pendleton Con- job of rotating. We want- vention Center. ed four bodies in front of No. 5 Regis held on to KLP ² ¿YH JX\V LQFOXGLQJ beat No. 4 Oakridge 80- (Romero) guarding the ball. 78 in double overtime on “It’s amazing what can Thursday. be accomplished when ——— IRRIGON 64, BURNS 38 no one cares who gets the BHS (21-7) 15 11 9 3 — 38 credit.” IHS (25-1) 20 7 20 17 — 64 — Ty Hueckman 16, A. Feist 10, Irrigon extended its S. BURNS Davies 5, T. Tiller 4, B. Vinson 3, Z. Mc- lead to 20 points midway Donald, T. Reid, T. Recanzone. 14-44 FG IRRIGON — Anthony Landeros 21, A. through the fourth quarter Romero 14, F. Vera 13, Z. Rice 7, A. Timpy when Timpy launched a 7, R. Reynolds 2, H. White, X. Rambo. FG high-arcing three-pointer 22-43 3-point field goals — BHS 4-22, IHS 7-16. Free — BHS 6-10, IHS 13- over an extended defender 16. Fouls — throws BHS 16, IHS 10. Fouled out to make the score 57-37. — none. Technical fouls — none. Continued from 1B Irrigon’s Fredy Vera shoots the ball in front of Burns’ Ty Reid (5) and Trace Tiller in the Knights’ 64-38 win against the Hilanders on Thurs- day in Pendleton. 1A GIRLS: Condon/Wheeler to face Damascus Christian in semis WKUHH SRLQWV ZLWK ¿YH UH- bounds in her state debut, Emma Logan also contrib- getting all of her points uted a double-double for the during the Knights’ 12-0 run reigning state champions with to start the game. 10 point and 12 rebounds. A three-pointer by Chilo- Deana Harris chipped in an- quin’s Laliyah Watah made other 15 points to go with her WKH VFRUH ZLWK WR JDPHKLJK¿YHDVVLVWV SOD\ LQ WKH ¿UVW TXDUWHU EXW Condon/Wheeler took Jamieson answered with an its largest lead of the game inside bucket to push the lead when Annika Rietmann con- back to double digits for good. verted from the paint to make Jamieson had a dou- WKHVFRUHZLWKWR ble-double by halftime with play in the third quarter. 11 points, 11 rebounds, and Rietmann was one of six Harris scored 13 of her points Knights making their debut LQWKH¿UVWKDOI DW WKH ¿QDO WRXUQDPHQW VLWH Watah was the only Chil- DQG¿QLVKHGZLWK¿YHSRLQWV oquin player to reach double digits with 18 points. and four rebounds. No. 4 Condon/Wheeler Apryl Ramsey scored Continued from 1B advances to face No. 1 Da- mascus Christian in the semi- ¿QDOVWRGD\DWSP Damascus defeated Adri- DQ LQ LWV TXDUWHU¿QDO game. Hannah Forrar led the Damascus with 20 points, 11 rebounds and seven steals. In other 1A girls basket- ball action: No. 3 Country Christian defeated Elkton 61-36 behind a game-high 14 points by Kennedy Nofziger. They face North Douglas LQ WKH VHPL¿QDOV DIWHU WKH No. 2 Warriors beat McKen- zie 56-28 led by Kalli Frieze with 22 points. In 1A boys consolation bracket action: Hosanna Christian topped Crosshill Christian 45-39 with Mitch- ell Cole’s 15 points leading the way. They face Yoncalla in the FRQVRODWLRQ ¿QDO DIWHU WKH Eagles defeated Sherman 58- 53 after scoring the game’s last seven points. Sherman’s Austin Kaseberg had a game- high 23 points and Zack Van Loon led Yoncalla with 22. ——— CONDON/WHEELER 54, CHILOQUIN 38 CHS (20-6) 12 7 10 9 — 38 C/W (27-1) 27 8 12 7 — 54 CHILOQUIN — Laliyah Watah 18, T. Parrish 8, K. Wilder 5, L. Jackson 3, B. Mal- donado 2, J. Wilder 2, K. Lang, E. Peacock, K. Pelton, S. Crain, J. Montoya. 17-63 FG CONDON/WHEELER — Matney Jamieson 19, D. Harris 15, E. Logan 10, A. Reitmann 5, A. Ramsey 3, A. Terland 2, J. Homer, A. Carnine, T. Pierce. 23-66 FG 3-point field goals — CHS 2-16, C/W 5-10. Free throws — CHS 2-9, C/W 3-12. Fouls — CHS 10, C/W 12. Fouled out — none. Technical fouls — none. 2A GIRLS: Kennedy defeats four-time defending champion Regis The Hilanders had 30 points off turnovers, and UNION 44, MON- Catherine Clemens turned ROE 33 — At Pendleton, Keesha Sarman scored in the game of the day with 16 points and grabbed 26 points, 19 rebounds and 12 rebounds to lead the seven steals to lead Burns. Burns faces Kennedy at fourth-seeded Bobcats to SPWRGD\LQWKHVHP- D TXDUWHU¿QDO YLFWRU\ RYHU ¿QDOV No. 5 Monroe. Union raced out to a KENNEDY 45, RE- 25-14 halftime edge and held the 11-point in the GIS 38 — At Pendleton, second half. They’ll meet Kennedy made sure there top-seeded Western Men- would be a new champion QRQLWHLQWRGD\¶V¿UVWVHPL- in Class 2A by knocking four-time winners Regis ¿QDO Monroe meets Myrtle into the breakfast bracket. Three Kennedy players Point at 9 a.m. today in the scored in double digits led consolation bracket. by Kenzie Ratliff with 18, BURNS 64, VERNO- and Lakin Susee added 11 NIA 36 — At Pendleton, points, 7 steals. Kennedy plays Burns the two teams combined for 49 turnovers but that LQWKHVHPL¿QDOVDQG5HJV didn’t stop Burns from will face Vernonia in the pulling away once they consolation bracket at DPWRGD\ caught Vernonia at 20-20. Continued from 1B Catherine Clemens (10), of Burns, eyes the basket Thursday in the opening round of the 2A Girls Basket- ball State Champion- ship at the Pendleton Convention Center as Vernonia’s Josie Rob- erts de- fends. Cle- mens had 11 pointss and 10 rebounds during the first half. Staff photo by Kathy Aney Staff photo by E.J. Harris ATHLETE OF THE WEEK HANS ROCKWELL Senior Riverside Wrestler Rockwell won his fourth state championship over the weekend by pinning every opponent in the 132-pound weight bracket at the 3A state wrestling finals. 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