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HERMISTON: Strong
defense leads to easy baskets
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committed four transgressions
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still only trailed 6-5 after Maddy
Juul’s layup. The score sat at 7-7
with around three minutes to go
and La Grande made an early
move, taking a 17-9 lead on an
10-0 run that saw two 2-pointers
from Albrecht and 3-pointers
from Collman and Lacey Miles.
Hoffert took a full timeout
immediately following Miles’
bucket, and the game really
swung from there.
Edmiston hit a 3-pointer at
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a 15-0 run that lasted all the way
until halftime.
“I think today things started
to click again like they were
before the long trip,” Edmiston
said. “We got our legs back.”
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Hermiston’s offense settled
down, though it still struggled
to score. Hermiston shot just 27
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(3-18) from behind the 3-point
arch. Hampered by an 0-10 from
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La Grande wasn’t much better,
shooting 22 percent (5-23) and
29 percent (2-7) from deep.
“Honestly, I think if we put our
minds to it then we’re pretty good
at playing defense (and) getting
baskets,” Edmiston said. “And if
we play good defense, we get easy
baskets.”
But Hermiston did enough
offensively to pull away. La
Grande sank into a zone, daring
Hermiston to shoot the Tigers
out of it. Normally that’s a
dangerous proposition against a
good 3-point shooting team, but
Tuesday night — for whatever
reason — the shots weren’t
falling. Rileigh Andreason,
Shaelynn Gilbert and Kiana
Heehn — none of whom forced
any deep shots — could hit
from range while Edmiston and
fellow senior sharpshooter Sara
Ramirez were a little off, as
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points, and the shooting was just
good enough to force La Grande
back into a man-to-man defense
in the second half.
The Bulldogs took a 24-17
lead into the second half, and it
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La Grande was penalized with
a scorebook error and assessed
a technical foul. The lead
stretched to eight at 31-23 after
Ramirez made a layup and was
fouled and made the free throw,
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at 31-26 after Albrecht’s one
three-point play. Minutes later,
Collman was assessed a tech-
nical after she disagreed with a
foul call on Juul. The Hermiston
sophomore made two of the four
attempts. That pushed Hermis-
ton’s lead back to eight at 34-26,
and it was 40-28 at the end of the
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The Bulldogs get a week off
before traveling to the Yakima
area for a game against Sunny-
side next Tuesday at 5:45 p.m.
The Grizzlies beat the Bulldogs
55-49 last season at the Dawg-
house.
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LHS (7-4) 17 0 11 14 — 42
HHS (11-3) 12 12 16 16 — 56
La Grande — A. Albrecht 15, K. Collman 11,
M. Wilcox 7, K. Avila 4, L. Miles 3, B. Givens 2,
D. Lester, M. Orton, C. Conrad, L. Jensen, K.
Schelin, M. Tussey.
Hermiston — M. Juul 16, S. Ramirez 16, J.
Edmiston 11, R. Andreason 5, K. Padilla 4, H.
Meyers 2, S. Gilbert 2, R. Meyers, K. Heehn, H.
Thompson, J. Thomas.
3-pointers — LHS 3, HHS 5. Free throws —
LHS 13-15, HHS 9-15. Fouls — LHS 12, HHS 10.
Technical fouls — K. Collman (LHS)
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
NFL
Dalton has cast removed, could
be backup QB vs Steelers
Although Dalton got the cast
removed on Monday, he has to rebuild
the strength in his hand.
Also, he hasn’t practiced in three
CINCINNATI — Andy Dalton’s
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Tuesday, liberated from the black cast combination for playoff time. So the
that has covered his right forearm and Bengals are heading into the playoffs
with McCarron as the starter.
his spirits for the past three weeks.
“This team’s built for this kind of
And his coach held out the possi-
bility he might have a backup role for stuff,” Dalton said. “AJ’s going to do a
good job when things happen.”
the Bengals’ playoff game.
Coach Marvin Lewis indicated
Call it one for the thumb.
Dalton ran a couple of plays early in on Tuesday that there’s a possibility
practice on Tuesday and threw a pass Dalton could be active as a backup,
— with his left hand — before raising depending upon how his hand feels.
his arm in celebration and heading The Bengals don’t have an experienced
back to the sideline to continue his backup should McCarron get hurt.
Receiver Mohamed Sanu has taken
conditioning work.
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the active roster when the Bengals host EHDQHPHUJHQF\TXDUWHUEDFN
So McCarron will get a chance
the Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday
to overturn a lot of bad history in his
night?
“I’d love to be in there playing,” fourth NFL start.
The Bengals haven’t won a playoff
Dalton said.
His right thumb will likely prevent game in 25 years, the sixth-longest
postseason drought in NFL history.
it.
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getting AJ McCarron ready to play to lose an opening-round game four
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broke the thumb on his passing hand with so little starting experience has
while making a tackle during the won a playoff game since 1979, when
Steelers’ 33-20 win at Paul Brown Gifford Nielsen led the Houston Oilers
Stadium on Dec. 13. McCarron went to a win in San Diego, according to
2-1 as a starter in the past three games. STATS.
By JOE KAY
Associated Press
PENDLETON: Bucks gain advantage with aggressive rebounding
Continued from 1B
comfortable doing that so we
were able to help the person
who was on her the whole
time working their tail off
and then she didn’t look so
open, those lanes didn’t look
as open.”
Sand didn’t score again
after the break in action, and
Pendleton went on a 19-5 run
the rest of the way for their
third win in a row.
“We realized she was
scoring most of their points
and we don’t want to get beat
by a one-man team,” said
Pendleton junior Haley Greb
of Sand, who scored 17 of
her game-high 22 points in
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drive … she could go both
ways so you couldn’t really
play her to the left … so we
had to play her up and try
to keep her off the foul line
too.”
Greb and sophomore
Rylee Gentner drew the
responsibility of guarding
Sand most of the game, and
both were also key scorers
for the Bucks with Gentner’s
13 points coming in as the
team high and Greb’s 11 a
close second.
Also big for the Bucks
was senior Cece Hoffman,
who jump started a 10-2 run
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rebounds and six assists.
Hoffman
sank
a
mid-range jumper, then
came up with a steal and hit
Gentner on the fast break
to extend Pendleton’s lead
to 44-38 within a minute of
that momentum-changing
timeout. Baker’s Jayme
Ramos scored on a fast break,
but Pendleton’s Lauren Rich-
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points with a 3-pointer from
the corner and later a pair of
free throws to push the lead
back to double digits for the
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Then a 7-0 run to start
the fourth gave Pendleton its
largest lead of the game at
57-42 with 5:33 to play.
“Lately our focus has
been if we can polish up our
defense that the offense will
come to us and it really has
made a difference,” Gomez
said. “We really focus on
being good aggressive defen-
sive players and I think that
had a lot to do with it.”
Pendleton scored its
points in spurts throughout
the game, and used a 12-0
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the lead for good.
A drive from Sand gave
Baker its second lead at 8-6
three minutes into the game,
but Shelby Greb answered
with a 3-pointer to give the
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change.
Another key for Pend-
leton was excellent offense
rebounding and the team
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boards, 19 on defense.
Kalan
McGlothan
led those efforts with 10
rebounds to go with seven
points, Maureen Davies
added eight boards and
Gentner chipped in six.
“We’re not that tall but
we’re aggressive,” said
Pend-
leton’s
Maureen
Davies
grabs a
rebound
in the
Bucks’
59-45
win
against
Baker on
Tuesday
in Pend-
leton.
Hoffman, a 5-foot-5 guard.
“They did a great job and
they always do a good job
rebounding,” Gomez said.
“There’s obviously things we
can get better at, some little
things, but they’re aggres-
sive. They’re a good group
of kids, they work very hard.
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our game plan.”
The
win
improved
Pendleton to 4-1 in its last
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said a recent tournament in
Bend where they won two
out of three really seemed
to be a turning point in the
season for a team that started
the year with a completely
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straight losses.
“I think those three game
and our team bonding then
got us to where we played
(Tuesday),” she said.
“I feel like we are getting
better,” said Greb. “We’re
young but we’re going to get
there. We’re getting better
every game and I’m excited
for the rest of the season.”
Pendleton gets three more
tune-ups before the start
of league play, including a
Jan. 19 date at Baker, and
will play its next game on
Saturday at Lebanon with a
3 p.m. tip.
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Staff photo by
E.J. Harris
BHS (6-6) 13 19 10
3 — 45
PHS (4-7) 20 16 14
9 — 59
BAKER — B. Sand 22, K. Severson 6, J.
Ramos 4, G. Huggins 4, R. Hughes 3, H.
Collard 3, C. Bruce 2, S. Phillips.
PENDLETON — R. Gentner 13, H. Greb
11, C. Hoffman 10, S. Greb 7, K. McGlothan
7, M. Davies 6, L. Richards 5, J. Lemberger,
H. Porter.
3-pointers — BHS 3, PHS 3. Free throws
— BHS 4-12, PHS 14-31. Fouls — BHS 25,
PHS 17. Fouled out — S. Phillips, H. Collard
(BHS).
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W-M (3-6)
9 6 17 12 — 44
LC (3-2)
17 8
5 23 — 53
WESTON-MCEWEN — A. Broncheau 11,
S. Finifrock 8, C. Quaempts 7, B. Hillmick 6,
A. Hill 4, A. Finifrock 4, S. von Borstel 2, J.
Lambert 2, M. Muilenburg, A. Schroeder,
K. Vescio.
LIBERTY CHRISTIAN — Souve 22,
Godwin 15, Loera 14, Steel 2, Gregg, Bush,
Home.
3-pointers — W-M 3, LC 4. Free throws
— W-M 11-26, LC 15-20. Fouls — W-M 19,
LC 19. Fouled out — B. Hillmick (W-M).
TOUCHET (WA) 53,
HELIX 36 — At Touchet,
Wash., the Helix Grizzlies
struggled shooting the ball
on the road against Touchet,
resulting in the Grizzlies’
third loss of the season on
Tuesday night.
“It was just one of those
nights where the ball just did
not fall for us,” said Helix
coach Kirk Flerchinger.
“They’re a good team and
we held our own, but just
couldn’t hit shots.”
Sadie Wilson led Helix
with 10 points, while Char-
mayne Bennett and Bethany
Newtson added six points
apiece. Helix won big in the
battle of the boards, though,
out-rebounding Touchet by
22 total rebounds.
Helix next plays on
Saturday at 4 p.m. when they
host Powder Valley.
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GHS (9-3)
7 12 10
7 — 36
THS (6-1) 18 12
8 15 — 53
HELIX — S. Wilson 10, C. Bennett 6, B.
Newtson 6, M. Mize 5, P. Flerchinger 4, M.
Tullis 4, E. Fehrenbacker 1.
TOUCHET — C. Jo McKeown 20, D.
Jaggar 12, K. Skramstad 11, A. Grudzinski
6, R. Miller 2, H. Kromm 2, J. Aceves.
3-pointers — GHS 0, THS 4. Free throws
— GHS 10-18, THS 7-13. Fouls — GHS 12,
THS 19.
win of the season defeating
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62, the Riverside Pirates 52-38
LA GRANDE 39 — At on Tuesday night.
Ryan
Bailey
paced
La Grande, the Hermiston
Bulldogs rebounded from a 6WDQ¿HOG¶V RIIHQVH
weekend loss with a win on the with a game-high 16 points
road on Tuesday, pummeling and Antonio Flores added
nine points. For Riverside
La Grande by 21 points.
The win makes it three wins (4-8), Noe Madrigal led the
in four games for Hermiston team with 12 points and Eon
(6-6), getting the Bulldogs Castillo netted nine points.
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back to .500 on the season.
Tre Neal led Hermiston’s half,” said Riverside coach
offensive charge with 17 Clair Costello. “Second half
points, and Chance Flores we didn’t play well enough
was close behind with 13 RQGHIHQVHDQGOHW6WDQ¿HOG
points. Austin Naillon and get to the basket too much.”
Riverside held a 15-13
Andrew James each added
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nine points apiece.
Hermiston
dominated the Tigers battled back to grab
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jumping out to a 23-10 lead didn’t look back after that.
“We’re struggling to
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score,”
said Costello, “we
later holding a 39-23 lead
ran
the
offense well in the
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won the free throw battle, riorated after that.”
hitting 14-22 shots while La
Riverside begins league
Grande hit 8-15.
play on Thursday when they
Hermiston next hosts host Umatilla at 7:30 p.m.
Summit on Saturday with 6WDQ¿HOG EHJLQV OHDJXH SOD\
tip-off set for 3:15 p.m.
on Friday when they host
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Pilot Rock at 3 p.m.
HHS (7-5) 23 16 13 10 — 62
LHS (2-3) 10 13 13
3 — 39
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HERMISTON — T. Neal 17, C. Flores 13, A.
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James 9, A. Naillon 9, D. Neal 5, H. Walls 4,
C. Ortiz 3, P. Peterson 2, J. Garcia.
LA GRANDE — Z. Jacobs 12, E. Siltanen
9, A. Peasley 5, J. Schiller 4, G.T. Blackman
3, B. Travis 3, I. Cranford 2, C. Brandt 1.
3-pointers — HHS 6, LHS 3. Free throws
— HHS 14-22, LHS 8-15. Fouls — HHS 19,
LHS 21.
STAN (7-1) 13 13 14 12 — 52
RHS (4-8) 15 8
4 11 — 38
STANFIELD — R. Bailey 16, A. Flores 9,
J. Garcia 7, B. Woods 6, T. Monkus 4, J.
Carrillo 4, L. Moreno 3, A. Nunez 3.
RIVERSIDE — N. Madrigal 12, E. Castillo
9, J. Carmona 6, F. Olvera 4, F. Aparicio 4,
D. Rodriguez 2, S. Navarro 1.
3-pointers — STAN 4, RHS 5. Free throws
— STAN 16-25, RHS 9-15. Fouls — STAN
18, RHS 23.
STANFIELD
52,
RIVERSIDE 38 — At
LIBERTY CHRISTIAN
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47,
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Tigers notched their seventh MCEWEN 43 — At Athena,
the Weston-McEwen Tiger-
Scots fell just short of their
fourth win of the season,
losing to Liberty Christian
(WA) on Tuesday night.
“We had plenty of chances,”
said TigerScots coach Brian
Pickard. “We had some good
looks late, just couldn’t hit
them. The kids played hard
and played together tonight.”
One area that hurt the
TigerScots (3-5) on Tuesday
was free throw shooting,
as the team hit just 3-12
attempts in the game, which
is unusual for a team that
shot well from the stripe this
season, said Pickard.
“We had been shooting
71 percent as a team until
tonight,” he said, “and in a
four point game, that’s huge.”
Shyler Mikesell led
Weston-McEwen with 12
points, and nailed two of the
teams’ four 3-pointers. Brett
Speed was close behind with
nine points.
Weston-McEwen
will
now move on to league play
starting on Friday, when they
travel to Culver for a 4:30
p.m. tip-off.
———
W-M (3-5) 12 13
8 10 — 43
LC (6-2)
11 11 13 12 — 47
WESTON-MCEWEN — S. Mikesell 12,
B. Speed 9, J. Patrick 7, S. Broncheau 6, E.
Reger 5, K. Scott 2, A. Finifrock 2, X. Bailey,
K. Rodriguez, R. Betts.
LIBERTY CHRISTIAN — C. Kelly 18, C.
Goodwin 12, N. Olsen 9, P. Eder 4, M.
Goodwin 2, R. Utley 2.
3-pointers — W-M 4, LC 2. Free throws
— W-M 3-12, LC 11-17. Fouls — W-M 19,
LC 14.
DESALES
(WA)
61, MAC-HI 43 — At
Milton-Freewater,
the
Mac-Hi Pioneers could not
keep up with the DeSales
Irish on Tuesday night, falling
into a second half hole that
the Pioneers could not climb
out of on their way to the loss.
Mac-Hi (4-10) trailed
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but DeSales opened it up in
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“They pressed us, turned us
over, and started controlling
the tempo,” said Pioneers
coach Jordan Poyner. “They
had an eight point lead at
halftime and then scored eight
unanswered to start the third
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Hunter Yensen was the
top scorer for Mac-Hi yet
again, netting 24 points on
8-13 shooting and a team-
high four 3-pointers.
“He’s doing everything
for us,” said Poyner. His
athleticism is way up there,
he’s dominating opponents,
scoring every which way, and
carrying us and providing a lot
of offense. We’ve been in a lull
offensively as a team, but Hunt-
er’s been carrying the load.”
Mac-Hi plays again next
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. when
they host Waitsburg (WA).
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DHS (5-2) 13 14 19 15 — 61
MHS (4-10) 12 7
9 15 — 43
DESALES — C. Midema 20, J. Crowley
12, J. Montero 12, Z. Lahey 8, I. Standard
6, J. Wiley 3.
MAC-HI — H. Yensen 24, Ar. Garcia 6, A.
Martinez 4, A. Delgado 3, E. Garcia, 2, L.
Garcia 2, R. Walton 2.
3-pointers — DHS 3, MHS 7. Free throws —
DHS 8-12, MHS 6-10. Fouls — DHS 9, MHS 9.
TOUCHET (WA) 46,
HELIX 19 — At Touchet,
Wash., the Helix Grizzlies
could not overcome an
aggressive press defense in
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defeat at the hands of Touchet
on Tuesday.
“The press just killed us in
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Ben Maney. “We weren’t
ready for it and you could see
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Helix (2-10) trailed
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33-11 at halftime. The Griz-
zlies did, however, win the
battle of the boards, out-re-
bounding Touchet 27-24.
Justin Williams led Helix
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other players netted two
points each.
Helix next plays on
Saturday when they host
Poweder Valley at 5:30 p.m.
———
GHS (2-10) 4 7
2
6 — 19
THS (1-0) 22 11
7
6 — 46
HELIX — J. Williams 9, C. Marks 2,
J. Shaw 2, G. Newtson 2, C. Dunn 2, T.
Wilson 2.
TOUCHET — C. Rinein 15, J. Kates 9, L.
Butler 7, L. Garcia 5, J. Preciado 5, Acedado
3, L. Preciado 2, T. Wilson.
3-pointers — GHS 0, THS 2. Free throws
— GHS 1-6, THS 10-21. Fouls — GHS 14,
THS 7.
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