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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Friday, March 13, 2015 BULLDOGS: Shooters adjust to surroundings LINKE: Joins former T-Wolves at Eastern second half. Headings’ fourth trifecta made it a 12-point lead and a Ramirez runner provided the game’s biggest lead at 39-25 with 4:47 left in the third period. The advantage hovered between nine and 14 for the game’s remainder until Cor- vallis’ Sydney Joss followed up a teammate’s miss in the closing seconds to provide WKH¿QDOPDUJLQ Jansen Edmiston was held below 10 points for the second straight game, but re- mained effective. She dished out seven assists and grabbed six rebounds. Ana Dursch-Smith led Corvallis with 15 points. Tonight the Bulldogs will WDNH WKH ¿QDO VWHS WR SRVVL- EO\KDQJLQJWKHVFKRRO¶V¿UVW girls basketball banner. “We feel great about where we are, about how we’re playing,” Hoffert said. “We’re very, very happy where we are.” ——— Continued from 1B we got it, and we made the most of it.” Ramirez led Hermis- ton with 20 points, senior forward Tavin Headings knocked in four three-point- HUVWRDGGDQG¿YHRWKHUV scored. Hermiston (24-3) has advanced this far just once before. In 2008, they met Jefferson in the Class 5A championship game, but fell 67-58. The past seven years have found the Bulldogs on the cusp. Hermiston reached WKH VHPL¿QDO URXQG HDFK RI the past two years but took ORVVHVWR6SULQJ¿HOGLQ and the Spartans team last season. “This is our third time PDNLQJ D VHPL¿QDO DSSHDU- ance … It feels pretty great WR ¿QDOO\ EUHDN WKURXJK WKH wall,” said Headings. Now it’s a matter of bring- ing home the hardware. “We’re going to celebrate IRU DERXW ¿YH PLQXWHV DQG then we’re going to go start watching the next game,” Hermiston coach Steve Hof- fert said. The Bulldogs grew better acclimated to scoring in the collegiate arena Thursday. Hermiston shot a dismal 14- for-53 and came up empty on all 11 tries from beyond the DUFLQ:HGQHVGD\¶VTXDUWHU¿- nal win over Pendleton. They canned seven three-point at- tempts Thursday and made 19-of-54 total shot attempts. “Yesterday I didn’t even know which line it was,” Headings said of shooting three-pointers. She sorted that out Thurs- day and became Hermiston’s Staff photo by E.J. Harris Hermiston’s Tavin Headings shoots the ball guarded by Corvallis’ Alexandria Vallancey-Martinson (30) and Grace Corbin in the Bulldogs’ 56-49 win against the Spartans on Thursday in Corvallis. chief gunner. Headings sank WKUHH¿UVWKDOIERPEVLQFOXG- ing a halftime buzzer-beater to give her team a 32-23 lead entering intermission. She made another in the second 16 minutes. In the second half Ramirez found her scoring stride. She netted 14 of her 20 points af- ter halftime, including both three-point makes. “It wasn’t just us that shot the ball like that, it was ev- HU\ERG\ WHDP WKH ¿UVW GD\ — boys and girls,” Hoffert said. “The good shooters are coming back, getting their rhythm and knocking down their shots.” The Bulldogs’ nine-point halftime edge reached double ¿JXUHV RQ WZR 5DPLUH] IUHH throws 10 seconds into the HERMISTON 56, CORVALLIS 49 CHS 10 13 13 13 — 49 HHS 15 17 15 9 — 56 CORVALLIS (22-5) — Ana Dursch-Smith 4-8, 7-12, 15; Sydney Joss 4-14, 2-2, 12; Taylor Hurley 3-3, 0-1, 7; A. Vallancey-Mar- tins 2-8, 2-3, 6; S. Vallancey-Martins 2-4, 0-0, 4; Hannah Creswick 1-6, 0-0, 2; Maggie Beck 1-2, 0-0, 2; Grace Corbin 0-0, 1-2, 1; Lily Beck 0-3, 0-0, 0; Alicia Szeto 0-0, 0-0, 0. Totals 17-48, 12-20, 49. HERMISTON (24-3) — Sara Ramirez 7-18, 4-4, 20; Tavin Headings 6-12, 3-4, 19; Jansen Edmiston 3-11, 2-5, 8; Maddy Juul 1-2, 1-5, 3; Sydney Moore 1-2, 0-0, 3; Rileigh Andreason 1-2, 0-0, 2; Abi Drotzmann 0-3, 1-2, 1; Kynzee Padilla 0-4, 0-0, 0; Macey Foley 0-0, 0-0, 0. Totals 19-54, 11-20, 56. 3-point goals — Corvallis 3-13 (S. Joss 2-8; T. Hurley 1-1; H. Creswick 0-1; M. Beck 0-1; L. Beck 0-1; A. Dursch-Smith 0-1), Hermiston 7-21 (T. Headings 4-7; S. Ramirez 2-6; S. Moore 1-2; K. Padilla 0-1; J. Edmiston 0-5). Fouled out — Corvallis-H. Creswick, Hermiston-None. Rebounds — Corvallis 39 (A. Vallancey-Martins 11), Hermiston 37 (S. Ramirez 8). Assists — Corvallis 8 (H. Creswick 3), Hermiston 12 (J. Edmiston 7). Total fouls — Corvallis 18, Hermiston 14. Technical fouls — Corval- lis-None, Hermiston-None. Moda Health Players of the Game: Ana Dursch-Smith, Corvallis; Tavin Headings, Hermiston BUCKS: Williams leads PHS scoring in Corvallis Pendleton’s Kirstin Williams shoots the ball over Silverton’s Tessa Oster in the Bucks’ 54-42 loss to the Foxes on Thursday in Corvallis. Continued from 1B back like we needed to.” Parsons and teammate Brooke McCarty each hit a three-pointer during the push. Pendleton went 0-for- IURP WKH ¿HOG DQG WXUQHG LWRYHU¿YHWLPHVGXULQJWKH troublesome stretch. “I think we had instances where we lost focus of what we were doing,” Pendleton coach Michelle Gomez said. “They couldn’t hear me. I think we knew what we were supposed to be doing, but this is a wild ride. You’re taking a lot in during these types of events.” Still, Lindsey was able UHFRJQL]HWKHVLJQL¿FDQFHRI WKH WHDP¶V ¿UVW VWDWH WRXUQD- ment berth since 2005. “It was really nice being able to make it out here. We were really hoping to push and get a trophy … because we knew we could’ve done it,” she said. “We know how much hard work it takes to get here and how much needs to be put in for next year to come back,” Gomez added. Once again the Buckaroos struggled to get going offen- sively. While the team’s 15- for-47 shooting numbers were markedly better than Wednes- day’s 8-for-39 versus Hermis- ton, the Buckaroos were just 1-for-10 from distance and Staff photo by E.J. Harris turned the ball over 24 times. Leading scorer Marlene Bodmer was again kept in check. The senior made just RQH ¿HOG JRDO GXULQJ WZR days of action, a second half layup versus Silverton that came after the big run. She scored seven points Thursday and 11 for the tournament. For the second straight day senior center Kristin Wil- liams led the team in scoring. Williams scored 12 points and grabbed seven rebounds. Lindsey had eight steals. Silverton leapt out to a 7-0 lead in the opening quar- ter. Pendleton scored the next ¿YH SRLQWV DQG HYHQWXDOO\ caught the Foxes on a Lind- VH\7D\ORUMXPSHULQWKH¿UVW half’s closing seconds that sent the game to intermission knotted at 19-19. 3HQGOHWRQ WRRN LWV ¿UVW and only lead of the game at 23-21 after Lindsey made a driving layup. Neither side led by more than three points until Parsons hit two free throws to spark the crucial scoring streak. Parsons and McCarty scored 14 and 13 points, re- spectively, in the victory. “I feel like we never got the full potential we could’ve played, but the hustle was there and the hard work was there,” Lindsey said. Starters Lindsey, Williams, Bodmer and Kiana Sperl all SOD\HG WKHLU ¿QDO JDPH LQ D Buckaroo jersey Thursday. The group were each All- League performers this year. “This is the worst time of year for me because I’m ab- solutely going to miss them,” Gomez said. “I just hope in some way I impacted them in some way that will help them on their road ahead.” ——— SILVERTON 54, PENDLETON 42 PHS 5 14 12 11 — 42 SHS 7 12 17 18 — 54 PENDLETON (17-11) — Kristin Williams 5-14, 2-2, 12; Darian Lindsey 4-11, 1-2, 10; Marlene Bodmer 1-9, 5-7, 7; Kalan McGothan 1-3, 2-2, 4; Kiana Sperl 1-3, 1-2, 3; Cece Hoffman 1-2, 0-0, 2; Lindsey Taylor 1-2, 0-0, 2; Haley Greb 1-1, 0-0, 2; Maureen Davies 0-0, 0-0, 0; Hattie Thompson 0-0, 0-0, 0; Shelby Greb 0-2, 0-0, 0; Delaney Clem 0-0, 0-0, 0. Totals 15-47, 11-15, 42. SILVERTON (19-8) — Alia Parsons 5-12, 3-4, 14; Brooke McCarty 4-10, 3-4, 13; Maggie Roth 3-6, 2-2, 9; McKenna Chandler 2-6, 2-2, 7; Tessa Oster 1-3, 0-1, 2; Hannah Munson 1-5, 0-0, 2; Kayce Mc- Laughlin 1-2, 0-0, 2; Megan Traeger 1-1, 0-0, 2; Hayley Smisek 1-3, 0-0, 2; Elena Smisek 0-1, 1-2, 1; Brooke Fennimore 0-1, 0-0, 0. Totals 19-50, 11-15, 54. 3-point goals — Pendleton 1-10 (D. Lindsey 1-3; M. Bodmer 0-5; S. Greb 0-2), Silverton 5-24 (B. McCarty 2-7; M. Chandler 1-4; M. Roth 1-1; A. Parsons 1-6; H. Smisek 0-2; B. Fennimore 0-1; H. Munson 0-2; T. Oster 0-1). Fouled out — Pendleton-None, Silverton-K. McLaughlin. Rebounds — Pendleton 33 (K. Williams 7), Silverton 32 (M. Roth 8). Assists — Pendleton 10 (H. Greb 3; S. Greb 3), Silverton 12 (M. Chandler 4). Total fouls — Pendleton 16, Silverton 15. Technical fouls — Pendle- ton-None, Silverton-None. Moda Health Players of the Game: Darian Lindsey, Pendleton; Alia Parsons, Silverton SCOREBOARD Correction Pendleton defeated Astoria 51-27 at the 1978 AAA boys basketball tournament, making it 37 years since the team’s last win at the final site. Incorrect information appeared in the articles “Cougars extend Bucks’ quest” and “Buckaroos eliminated after marathon nail-biter” in the March 11-12 editions. Local slate PREP RUGBY Saturday Bend, West Linn at Eastern Oregon (Pendleton), Noon COLLEGE BASEBALL Saturday Green River at Blue Mountain (DH), 11 a.m. Sunday Centralia at Blue Mountain (DH), 11 a.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Today Everett at Blue Mountain (DH), 1 p.m. NW Christian at Eastern Oregon (DH), 2 p.m. Saturday Corban at Eastern Oregon (DH), 11 a.m. Sunday Walla Walla U. at Blue Mountain (DH), Noon COLLEGE RODEO Today Blue Mountain at Northwest Regional #2 (Walla Walla), 7 p.m. Saturday Blue Mountain at Walla Walla doublehead- er, 1:30/7 p.m. Sunday Blue Mountain at Walla Walla doublehead- er, Noon Basketball OSAA Boys 5A State Tournament Tuesday’s Games Mountain View 58, Pendleton 50 Silverton 46, Churchill 41 Wilsonville 39, Springfield 32 Marist Catholic 45, Summit 41 Wednesday’s Games Churchill 67, Pendleton 64 (4OT) Springfield 58, Summit 53 Thursday’s Games Silverton 59, Mountain View 51 Wilsonville 46, Marist Catholic 41 Friday’s Games 4th/6th place: #12 Churchill vs #6 Spring- field, 10:45 a.m. 3rd/5th place: #7 Marist Catholic vs #1 Mountain View, 3:15 p.m. Championship: #4 Silverton vs #3 Wilson- ville, 8:30 p.m. Girls 5A State Tournament Wednesday’s Games Hermiston 48, Pendleton 30 Corvallis 41, Silverton 40 Crater 47, Springfield 36 La Salle Prep 35, Hillsboro 25 Today’s Games Silverton 54, Pendleton 42 Springfield 40, Hillsboro 29 Hermiston 56, Corvallis 49 La Salle Prep 47, Crater 39 Friday’s Games 4th/6th place: #6 Springfield vs #5 Silverton, 9 a.m. 3rd/5th place: #3 Crater vs #4 Corvallis, 1:30 p.m. Championship: #2 La Salle Prep vs #1 Hermiston, 6:30 p.m. NCAA Men TOURNAMENT American Athletic Conference First Round East Carolina 81, UCF 80, OT Houston 66, Tulane 60 UConn 69, South Florida 43 Atlantic 10 Conference Second Round George Washington 73, Duquesne 55 La Salle 76, UMass 69 St. Bonaventure 60, Saint Joseph’s 49 VCU 63, Fordham 57 Atlantic Coast Conference Quarterfinals Duke 77, NC State 53 North Carolina 70, Louisville 60 Notre Dame 70, Miami 63 Virginia 58, Florida St. 44 Big 12 Conference Quarterfinals Baylor 80, West Virginia 70 Iowa St. 69, Texas 67 Kansas 64, TCU 59 Oklahoma 64, Oklahoma St. 49 Big East Conference Quarterfinals Georgetown 60, Creighton 55 Providence 74, St. John’s 57 Villanova 84, Marquette 49 Xavier 67, Butler 61, OT Big Sky Conference First Round E. Washington 91, Idaho 83 Montana 76, Weber St. 73, OT N. Arizona 63, N. Colorado 57 Sacramento St. 70, Portland St. 60 Big Ten Conference Second Round Indiana 71, Northwestern 56 Michigan 73, Illinois 55 Ohio St. 79, Minnesota 73 Penn St. 67, Iowa 58 Big West Conference First Round Hawaii 79, Long Beach St. 72 UC Davis 71, CS Northridge 67 UC Irvine 63, UC Riverside 54 Conference USA Quarterfinals Louisiana Tech 70, Rice 64 Middle Tennessee 59, Old Dominion 52 UAB 53, W. Kentucky 52 UTEP 83, FIU 71 Mid-American Conference Third Round Akron 53, Kent St. 51 Toledo 78, E. Michigan 67 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Quarterfinals Delaware St. 65, Howard 60 Hampton 76, Md.-Eastern Shore 71 Mountain West Conference Quarterfinals Boise St. 80, Air Force 68 San Diego St. 67, UNLV 64 Wyoming 67, Utah St. 65 Southeastern Conference Second Round Auburn 66, Texas A&M 59 Florida 69, Alabama 61 South Carolina 60, Mississippi 58 Tennessee 67, Vanderbilt 61 Southland Conference Second Round Northwestern St. 96, McNeese St. 89 Texas A&M-CC 61, New Orleans 58 Southwestern Athletic Conference Quarterfinals Prairie View 62, Jackson St. 56 Southern U. 64, Alabama A&M 60 Sun Belt Conference First Round South Alabama 57, UALR 55 Texas St. 68, Texas-Arlington 62 Western Athletic Conference First Round CS Bakersfield 55, Utah Valley 40 Seattle 49, Chicago St. 45 UMKC 70, Texas-Pan American 61 NBA Thursday’s Games Washington 107, Memphis 87 Indiana 109, Milwaukee 103, OT Utah 109, Houston 91 Cleveland 128, San Antonio 125, OT New York 101, L.A. Lakers 94 Today’s Games Sacramento at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Chicago at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Miami at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Orlando at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Golden State at Denver, 6 p.m. Atlanta at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Detroit at Portland, 7 p.m. Hockey NHL Thursday’s Games Boston 3, Tampa Bay 2, SO St. Louis 1, Philadelphia 0, SO Colorado 2, New Jersey 1, SO Pittsburgh 6, Edmonton 4 Dallas 5, Carolina 3 Ottawa 5, Montreal 2 Columbus 3, Detroit 1 Florida 4, Winnipeg 2 Los Angeles 4, Vancouver 0 Chicago 2, Arizona 1 San Jose 2, Nashville 0 Today’s Games Ottawa at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m. Dallas at Washington, 4 p.m. Edmonton at Columbus, 4 p.m. Anaheim at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Toronto at Calgary, 5 p.m. with a 3.67 GPA. “It doesn’t always work years of school were very out like this,” Baty said. affordable. And the mem- ories that she’s got and the “Kids that work hard and friendships that she’s got do the right thing, some- times it doesn’t always she’ll have forever.” Thursday, surrounded work out hat they get all by the numerous trophies their schooling taken care and two NWAC champi- of, but it did this time and onship banners she helped we’re so happy for her.” It’s been working out EULQJ WR %0&& /LQNH ¿- nally put ink to paper on this way pretty frequently the offer that eluded her for Baty’s players of late, two years ago and signed however. Linke joins former Tim- her national letter of intent berwolves Piper Cantrell to join the Eastern Oregon University Mountaineers and Kendra De Hoog at EOU, and Crystal Schmidt next season. The reigning NWAC (Carroll College) and Player of the Year said her Kensey Mix (University second time through the of Alaska Fairbanks) both recruitment process went followed standout BMCC careers with full rides to much smoother. “It was a lot different. four-year institutions. “When we were doing 7KH ¿UVW WLPH WKURXJK , didn’t know if I wanted to our recruiting for this sea- keep playing,” she said. “I son we were making sure put myself out there a sec- the kids knew where our ond time and I actually had athletes went to,” Baty said. to say no to some offers, so “That’s a big part of it. They it was kind of nice to have want to see that they have a shot to re-market them- a choice.” Linke, who is well on selves when they come up her way to a career as a here, and have fun, and play nurse, turned down schol- championship volleyball.” Linke was the driving arships from Division III University of Puget Sound force behind BMCC’s 2014 and Whitman College, and title run, hitting an NWAC- NAIA Northwest Univer- high 273 kills. Eastern Oregon, which sity. She’ll be on a full ride at ¿QLVKHG LWV VHDVRQ EOU after combining ath- LQ WKH TXDUWHU¿QDOV RI WKH letic and academic scholar- NAIA National Tourna- ships — she also made the ment, graduated its top at- NWAC All-Academic team tacker. Continued from 1B PAC-12: Arizona, UCLA, Utah win routs Continued from 1B four games in four days at the Pac-12 tournament to get into the NCAA bracket, something they did on the way to the conference title in 2012. Colorado took the ¿UVW VWHS LQ :HGQHVGD\¶V opening round, knocking off No. 7 seed Oregon State 78-71. The Buffaloes carried the momentum from that JDPHLQWRWKHTXDUWHU¿QDOV attacking the Ducks from the start. Colorado was crisp on offense early, handling Ore- gon’s press and working the ball around for good looks while building an early 11-point lead. The Ducks missed their ¿UVWHLJKWSRLQWHUVEHIRUH hitting two from begins the arc in 11 seconds during a 13-2 run that tied the game at 31-all. Colorado led 37-34 at halftime, but the Ducks went RQDQRWKHUÀXUU\LQWKHVHF- ond half by creating turn- overs with their pressure. ARIZONA 73, CAL- IFORNIA 51 — At Las Vegas, Stanley Johnson had 19 points and Brandon Ash- ley added 15, lifting No. 5 Arizona over California in the Pac-12 tournament TXDUWHU¿QDOV7KXUVGD\ Top-seeded Arizona (29- 3) had trouble shaking the %HDUV LQ D URXJK ¿UVW KDOI before taking control with a run early in the second. Rondae Hollis-Jefferson had 10 points, six rebounds and was the catalyst for Ar- izona’s defense. UCLA 96, USC 70 — At Las Vegas, Isaac Hamilton scored 36 points and hit sev- en 3-pointers, helping UCLA rout rival Southern Califor- nia 96-70 in the Pac-12 quar- WHU¿QDOVRQ7KXUVGD\ UCLA (20-12) stepped on the Trojans from the start and didn’t let up to rout USC for the third time this season. The Bruins shot 60 percent and made 12 of 20 3-pointers to earn a spot in )ULGD\¶V VHPL¿QDOV DJDLQVW No. 5 Arizona. UTAH 80, STANFORD 56 — At Las Vegas, Delon Wright scored 20 points, Jor- dan Loveridge added 18 and No. 17 Utah ran away from Stanford in the second half LQ WKH 3DF TXDUWHU¿QDOV Thursday night. The third-seeded Utes hit 14 of 28 shots in the sec- ond half and were 12 of 19 from 3-point range overall to earn a spot in Friday’s VHPL¿QDOV DJDLQVW VHF- ond-seeded Oregon. ——— Today’s Games UCLA vs Arizona, 6 p.m. (PACN) Oregon vs Utah, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) ATHLETE OF THE WEEK ANTHONY LANDEROS Senior - Irrigon Basketball Landeros led the Knights with 56 points at the Class 2A state tournament, tying him for the tournament high as Irrigon won its second-straight state championship. Landeros shot 63.3 percent from the field, including 57.1 percent from three-point range. The Knights combined to shoot 55 percent and tied the modern Class 2A record for field goal shooting at the final site. P ROUDLY S PONSORED B Y : Baseball MLB Spring Training Thursday’s Games Tampa Bay 10, Toronto 3 St. Louis 8, Baltimore 2 Philadelphia 6, Detroit (ss) 5 Houston 4, Detroit (ss) 3, 10 innings Boston 5, Pittsburgh 1 Minnesota 7, Miami 6 N.Y. Mets 11, Washington 9 Oakland 4, Seattle 3 Texas 7, Chicago White Sox (ss) 3 Kansas City 10, Cleveland 5 Milwaukee 5, Colorado 3 L.A. Angels 10, Chicago Cubs 9 Cincinnati 12, Arizona 4 N.Y. Yankees 3, Atlanta 2 San Francisco 7, Chicago White Sox (ss) 4 L.A. Dodgers 1, San Diego 0 2372 N. 1st (Hwy 395) Hermiston, OR 97838 Donn Walls - Principal Broker/Owner 541-567-2121