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HERMISTON HHUPLVWRQ URXWV TKH DDOOHV %XOOGRJVVFRUH VHDVRQKLJKLQ &5&GHEXW The Dawgs’ Austin Naillon (10) goes up for a shot as Colin Noonan (2), of The Dalles, de- fends during Friday’s Colum- bia River Conference game in Hermiston. By SAM BARBEE East Oregonian 'HVSLWH KDYLQJ WKH IRXUWK PRVW WRWDO SRLQWV HQWHULQJ )ULGD\¶V &ROXPELD 5LYHU &RQIHUHQFHRSHQHUDJDLQVW7KH 'DOOHV+HUPLVWRQER\VEDVNHW EDOOFRDFK'DYH(JRZDQWHGWR VHHPRUHVFRULQJIURPKLVEXQFK RI%XOOGRJV Boys Hoops On Friday QLJKW KH JRW his wish. Hermiston The Dalles exploded for 34 third- TXDUWHU SRLQWV EHKLQG points from Chance Flores Hermiston DQGHLJKWPDGH 3-pointers as WKH %XOOGRJV set a season- KLJK LQ SRLQWV ZLWK D GUXEELQJ RI WKH 5LYHUKDZNV DW 7KH'DZJKRXVH The win eclipsed Hermis- ton’s (8-8, 1-0 CRC) previous VHDVRQKLJKRISRLQWVWRWDOHG LQ EDFNWREDFN JDPHV ² RQ EDFNWREDFN GD\V ² LQ HDUO\ 'HFHPEHU “I think that’s what we’re FDSDEOH RI GRLQJ´ (JR VDLG RI WKHVFRULQJRXWEXUVW (JR KDV VDLG RQ VHYHUDO different occasions he thinks )ORUHVLVKLVWHDP¶VEHVWVKRRWHU The junior, who sat most of WKH ¿UVW KDOI ZLWK WKUHH IRXOV HUXSWHGLQWKHWKLUGTXDUWHU )ORUHV ZDV RQ WKH EHQFK PLGZD\ WKURXJK WKH ¿UVW TXDUWHUZKHQKHSLFNHGXSWZR Staff photo by Kathy Aney 44 78 “I want to show everyone I can play quarterback at the next level. I can make plays. I played against top competition. Scouts see my arm, they know about my ability to extend plays.“ — Vernon Adams Jr. Oregon senior, who at 5-foot-11 is the shortest quarterback playing in Saturday’s East-West Shrine Game. The game will be broadcast live at 1 p.m. on NFL Network. See HERMISTON/2B THIS DATE IN SPORTS -DQ 1944 — The Detroit Red :LQJV GHIHDW WKH 1HZ<RUN 5DQJHUVWRVHWDQ1+/ UHFRUGIRUFRQVHFXWLYHJRDOV 1979 — Willie Mays is QDPHGRQRIEDOORWV DQG HOHFWHG WR WKH %DVHEDOO +DOORI)DPHLQKLV¿UVW\HDU RIHOLJLELOLW\ -DQ4 19 ² 5D\ :HUVFKLQJ kicks a Super Bowl record- W\LQJIRXU¿HOGJRDOVWRKHOS WKH6DQ)UDQFLVFRHUVEHDW WKH&LQFLQQDWL%HQJDOV 1 — Kelly Kulick EHFRPHV WKH ¿UVW ZRPDQ WR ZLQD3%$7RXUWLWOHEHDWLQJ &KULV %DUQHV LQ WKH ¿QDO RI WKH WK 7RXUQDPHQW RI Champions. Kulick outscores %DUQHV Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com PENDLETON %XFNVRSHQ&5&ZLWKEORZRXWZLQ Pendleton takes control early, EHDWV+RRG5LYHU East Oregonian HOOD RIVER — The 3HQGOHWRQ ER\V EDVNHWEDOO WHDP EXUVW LQWR &ROXPELD River Conference play with DQURXWRI+RRG5LYHU on Friday. “They came out ready to play and did what they QHHGHG WR GR´ VDLG ¿UVW year Buckaroos coach Kyle 7HGGHU ³7KHVH JX\V ZHUH UHDG\ WR JR 7KH\¶YH EHHQ help ice their third win in a row. Tyrone Stintzi led Hood 5LYHU ZLWK Pendleton Hood RIver SRLQWV DQG 1RDK 1RWHERRP added 12. 3HQGOHWRQ WDNHV D EUHDN IURPOHDJXHSOD\RQ7XHVGD\ FKDPSLQJDWWKHELW´ IRUDJDPHDW/D*UDQGH7KH 3HQGOHWRQ Bucks will then host their CRC) led 22-14 after the CRC home opener on Friday ¿UVW TXDUWHU DQG DW DJDLQVW7KH'DOOHVDWSP halftime. ——— PHS (7-6, 1-0) 22 19 22 19 — 82 Caden Smith paced HRV (1-12, 0-1) 14 12 12 16 — 54 the Bucks with 21 points, PENDLETON — C. Smith 21, D. Adams 15, 11, J. Bradt 10, M. Foreman 7, D. 'DQLHO$GDPVDGGHGDQG J. Roe Peterson 4, J. Stuvland 4, K. Quinn 4, S. Jerome 2, J. Szumski 2, R. Russell 2, W. Morris. -DFN 3HWHUVRQ FRQWULEXWHG D HOOD RIVER — T. Stintzi 15, N. Noteboom FDUHHUKLJKSRLQWV 12, P. Kennedy 7, Z. Ellsworth 5, D. Kurahara Buckley 3, S. Hunter 3, I. Enriquez 3, The Bucks also were 5, Z. D. Moore. dialed in a the free throw line 3-pointers — PHS 9, HRV 6. Free throws PHS 17-19, HRV 10-16. Fouls — PHS 17, where they went 17 for 19 to — HRV 14. 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