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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Friday, March 13, 2015
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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
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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
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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.”
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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-
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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
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the past two years but took
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season.
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wall,” said Headings.
Now it’s a matter of bring-
ing home the hardware.
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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
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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
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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-
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— 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
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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.
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back like we needed to.”
Parsons and teammate
Brooke McCarty each hit
a three-pointer during the
push. Pendleton went 0-for-
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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
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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
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turned the ball over 24 times.
Leading scorer Marlene
Bodmer was again kept in
check. The senior made just
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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
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caught the Foxes on a Lind-
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half’s closing seconds that
sent the game to intermission
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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
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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.”
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SILVERTON 54, PENDLETON 42
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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
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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.
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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
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ships — she also made the ment, graduated its top at-
NWAC All-Academic team tacker.
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PAC-12: Arizona,
UCLA, Utah win routs
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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
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opening round, knocking
off No. 7 seed Oregon State
78-71.
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the momentum from that
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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
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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
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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
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3) had trouble shaking the
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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