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Newspaper Page TextPage 2B SPORTS East Oregonian HERMISTON Saturday, January 23, 2016 Boys Basketball Defense keys 0XVWDQJVKROGRII5RFNHWV Dawgs victory East Oregonian Hermiston pulls away from The Dalles in second half Girls Hoops Hermiston The Dalles 44 32 East Oregonian 7+( '$//(6 ² :LWK their shots not falling, the +HUPLVWRQ JLUOV EDVNHWEDOO WHDP ZDV DEOH WR OHDQ RQ great team defense to survive WKHLU &ROXPELD 5LYHU Conference opener at The Dalles on Friday. The Bulldogs didn’t allow the Riverhawks to score in GRXEOH GLJLWV LQ DQ\ TXDUWHU and pulled away in the second half for a 44-32 win. ³,WZDVDYHU\JRRGKDUG IRXJKW EDWWOH´ VDLG +HUP- iston coach Steve Hoffert. “Defensively we did a great MRERQWKHP7KH\RQO\KDG a few open shots the entire game and we did a great MRE RI JHWWLQJ D KDQG LQ WKH shooter’s face, switching and KHOSLQJ´ Sara Ramirez led all VFRUHUV ZLWK SRLQWV IRU Hermiston (13-3, 1-0 CRC) and Jansen Edmiston added nine as the Bulldogs won their fourth in a row. 1RSOD\HUUHDFKHGGRXEOH GLJLWV IRU 7KH 'DOOHV 0-1). Hermiston holds its OHDJXH KRPH RSHQHU QH[W Friday when it hosts Hood 5LYHUDWSP ——— HHS (13-3, 1-0) 8 12 13 11 — 44 TD (8-7, 0-1) 7 9 8 8 — 32 HERMISTON — S. Ramirez 17, J. Edmis- ton 9, K. Padilla 8, M. Juul 7, H, Meyers 2, K. Heehn 1, S. Gilbert, R. Andreason. THE DALLES — B. McCall 9, K. Holyman 7, L. Cimmiyotti 7, I. Telles 5, J. Thomasian 2, S. Watson 2, J. Bonham. 3-pointers — HHS 4, TD 3. Free throws — HHS 8-11, TD 3-5. Fouls — HHS 10, TD 13. MILTON-FREEWATER 3,/27 52&. ² 7KH +HSSQHU XVWDQJV EXLOW D ODUJH OHDG E\ KDOIWLPH DQG ZHUH DEOH WR PDNH LW VWLFN when the Rockets surged DIWHU WKH EUHDN KROGLQJ RQ IRU D YLFWRU\ WR VWD\ XQEHDWHQLQ&%&SOD\ Heppner (15-1, 5-0 CBC) led 28-11 headed into the locker rooms in their &ROXPELD%DVLQ&RQIHUHQFH game, and held Pilot Rock RIIZLWKD advantage on the glass DQG SHUFHQW ¿HOG JRDO shooting for the game. Weston Putman and C.J. .LQGOHSDFHG+HSSQHUZLWK 16 points each and Patrick Collins added 10 points and HLJKWUHERXQGV Tracker Denny and *XQQHU0F&DOOHDFKVFRUHG nine to lead Pilot Rock, which shot 36 percent for the game. Chris Weinke added ¿YH SRLQWV VL[ UHERXQGV four assists and three steals. &RDFK 0LNH :HLQNH commended his team’s second-half play. “We had a hard week of SUDFWLFHDQG,GRQ¶WWKLQNWKH ER\VSOD\HGXSWRLWLQWKH¿UVW KDOI´KHVDLG³%XWWKH\GLGQ¶W JLYHXSWKH\SOD\HGKDUG´ Both teams are off for a week with Pilot Rock KRVWLQJ 6WDQ¿HOG DQG +HSSQHU KRVWLQJ ,UULJRQ QH[W)ULGD\ ——— HHS (15-1, 5-0) 14 14 17 12 — 57 PR (7-12, 1-4) 5 6 15 15 — 41 HEPPNER — W. Putman 16, C. Kindle 16, P. Collins 10, L. Grieb 9, C. Hedman 6, J. Lindsay, K. Clark, K. Murray, K. Currin. (19-44) PILOT ROCK — T. Denny 9, G. McCall 9, B. Pierce 7, I. Winter 6, C. Weinke 5, B. Postma 2, R. Lankford 2, D. Hasher 1, P. Roe. (18-50) 3-pointers — HHS 2-11, PR 2-12. Free throws — HHS 17-23, PR 3-6. Fouls — HHS 10, PR 15. STANFIELD 67, WESTON-MCEWEN 51 ²$W 6WDQ¿HOG WKH 7LJHUV¶ full-court press eventually JRW WKH EHWWHU RI WKH 7LJHU- 6FRWV DQG 6WDQ¿HOG SXOOHG DZD\ZLWKDUXQLQWKH third quarter on Friday in &ROXPELD%DVLQ&RQIHUHQFH action. '\ODQ *URJDQ SDFHG DOO scorers with 21 points for 6WDQ¿HOG &%& and every player that entered the game scored at least one EDVNHW Brett Speed netted 16 to OHDG :HVWRQ0F(ZHQ ZKLFKZDVDEOHWRJLYH 6WDQ¿HOGWURXEOHZLWKWRXJK man defense according to Tigers coach Victor Baros. %RWK WHDPV WDNH D EUHDN for league play on Tuesday ZLWK 6WDQ¿HOG WUDYHOLQJ to Sherman and Weston- 0F(ZHQSOD\LQJDW0DF+L ——— W-M (6-9, 2-3) 11 12 8 20 — 51 SHS (12-3, 4-1) 19 16 17 15 — 67 WESTON-MCEWEN — B. Speed 16, S. Broncheau 9, S. Mikesell 7, K. Rodriguez 5, X. Bailey 5, K. Scott 5, J. Patrick 4, E. Reger, J. West, A. Finifrock. STANFIELD — D. Grogan 21, J. Carrillo 9, B. Woods 9, R. Bailey 8, T. Monkus 8, T. Flores 5, L. Moreno 3, J. Garcia 2, A. Nunez 2. 3-pointers — W-M 5, SHS 4. Free throws — W-M 10-15, SHS 19-27. Fouls — W-M 18, SHS 14. Fouled out — S. Mikesell (W- M), B. Woods (SHS). with a win over Joseph on Friday night. No details were reported. 1L[\DDZLL PINE EAGLE 60, HELIX 51 ² $W +HOL[ 22/QH[WSOD\VDW:DOORZD WKH*UL]]OLHVFRXOGQRWKROG WRGD\DWSP a halftime lead on Friday IRRIGON 68, night as Pine Eagle rode a CULVER 24 — At Culver, ELJVHFRQGKDOIIURP1DWKDQ WKH,UULJRQ.QLJKWVJRWEDFN 0F&DOOWRHDUQWKHYLFWRU\ +HOL[ 22/ on the winning track with led Pine Eagle 25-24 at D EORZRXW ZLQ RYHU &XOYHU KDOIWLPH EXW FDPH RXW D on Friday night. No details OLWWOHÀDWLQWKHWKLUGTXDUWHU were reported. ,UULJRQ &%& offensively. And for Pine (DJOH0F&DOOVFRUHGRI QH[W SOD\V QH[W )ULGD\ DW his game-high 31 points in Heppner at 6 p.m. WKH TXDUWHU WR SXW WKH *UL]- DUFUR 75, CONDON/ ]OLHVEHKLQG WHEELER 37 — At +HOL[ WULHG WR PDNH D the Condon/ FRPHEDFN LQ WKH IRXUWK Condon, :KHHOHU.QLJKWVIHOOWR TXDUWHUEXW3LQH(DJOHKXQJ in conference play with a loss on in the end. Justin Williams had a to Dufur on Friday night. No VROLGJDPHIRU+HOL[VFRULQJ details were reported. &RQGRQ:KHHOHU a team-high 24 points and %6/ QH[W SOD\V DW JUDEELQJ UHERXQGV ² 6KHUPDQWRGD\DWSP seven offensive. +HOL[QH[WSOD\VWRGD\DW SHERMAN 75, (FKRDWSP ARLINGTON 40 — At ——— Arlington, the Honkers PECS (2-12, 1-5) 9 15 24 12 — 60 GHS (2-14, 0-6) 14 11 13 13 — 51 GURSSHG WKHLU ¿IWK VWUDLJKW PINE EAGLE — N. McCall 31, C. Marks 17, L. Seggerman 6, N. Seggerman 2, C. game in conference play, Waker 2, T. Gulick 2. falling to Sherman on Friday HELIX — J. Williams 24, J. Shaw 12, B. Cope 7, T. Fehrenbacker 6, T. Wilson 2. night. No details were reported. 3-pointers — PECS 3, GHS 2. Free $UOLQJWRQ throws — PECS 13-25, GHS 9-15. Fouls — PECS 18, GHS 19. Fouled out — N. %6/ QH[W SOD\V DW 'XIXU McCall (PECS). WRGD\DWSP ——— NIXYAAWII 68, Report scores and stats JOSEPH 49 — At Joseph, WKH 1L[\DDZLL *ROGHQ by calling (541) 966-0838 (DJOHV H[WHQGHG LWV VHDVRQ or by email at sports@ high win streak to 10 games eastoregonian.com HERMISTON: )ORUHVÀXUU\VSXUVEORZRXW Continued from 1B Contributed photo courtesy of Nicole Christian Mac-Hi seniors Shannon Carter, left, and Jenny Field sign their letters of intent to play softball at Walla Walla Community College beginning in the 2017 season. Pioneers pair signs with Warriors East Oregonian 0,/721)5((:$7(5 — 7ZR YDOXDEOH PHPEHUV RI 0DF+L¶V FKDPSLRQVKLS VRIWEDOO VTXDG KDYH VLJQHG letters of intent to continue their playing careers at the collegiate level. Seniors Jenny Field RXW¿HOG DQG 6KDQQRQ &DUWHU LQ¿HOG SXW SHQ WR paper during a signing event at Walla Walla Community College on Wednesday. Both players appeared LQ HDFK RI 0DF+L¶V EDFN WREDFN$VWDWHFKDPSLRQ- ships the past two seasons. )LHOG ZDV D ¿UVWWHDP $OO/HDJXH DQG $OO6WDWH RXW¿HOGHU ODVW VHDVRQ DQG went 2 for 3 with a run VFRUHGLQ0DF+L¶VZLQ over Banks in the champi- RQVKLSJDPH6KHEDWWHGIRU a .408 average with a .438 RQ EDVH SHUFHQWDJH GXULQJ her junior season and VFRUHGUXQVZKLOHKLWWLQJ 5%,V Carter was a second- WHDP $OO/HDJXH LQ¿HOGHU as a junior. She led the Pioneers going 16 for RQ VWROHQ EDVHV DQG VFRULQJUXQV6KHEDWWHG for a .338 average with a RQ EDVH SHUFHQWDJH She also had a team-high EDVHRQEDOOV :DOOD :DOOD ¿QLVKHG LWV FDPSDLJQ DQG LQOHDJXHSOD\ The Warriors are HQWHULQJ WKHLU ¿UVW VHDVRQ under head coach Justin Speer, a former assistant EDVHEDOO FRDFK DQG SOD\HU DW0W+RRG )RUPHU 0DF+L SOD\HU 0DND\OD .HOO\ ZLOO EH D freshman with the Warriors this season. TOC: Crook County gets VL[WKURXJKWRVHPL¿QDOV Continued from 1B a 9-3 decision. He’ll face No. 2 seed Tanner Earhart of Dallas in the semis. Coleman was the No. 2 seed at 182 and earned a major decision in his ¿UVW PDWFK E\ EHDWLQJ 5RVHEXUJ¶V *DJH 0DGGX[ 13-5, then pinned seventh- seeded Joey Vigue of 0DUVK¿HOG LQ LQ WKH TXDUWHU¿QDOV+LVVHPL¿QDO matchup is against No. 3 VHHG &DYLQ *LOOLVSLH RI Crater. The top seed at 195, &ROEUD\GLGQ¶WOHWHLWKHURI his matches on Friday get RXWRIWKH¿UVWURXQGDVKH SLQQHG 1RUWK 0HGIRUG¶V -RVKXD 5REELQV LQ then pinned Sprague’s Justin Vazquez-Ellis LQ +LV VHPL¿QDO opponent is No. 4 seed Carson Raymond of Crook County. Five other Hermiston ZUHVWOHUV ZLOO VWLOO EH trying to earn team points LQ WKH FRQVRODWLRQ EUDFNHW WRGD\DVZHOO/LDP7DUYLQ (113), Andy Wagner (126), CJ Hendon (138), Brock 0F'RQRXJK DQG Beau Blake (285). Hermiston has an uphill EDWWOH WR EULQJ EDFN WKH team title, though, after ¿QLVKHG 'D\ LQ IRXUWK place with 91 points. Crook County trailed 5RVHEXUJ E\ SRLQWV DW the top of the standings, EXWZLWKVL[ZUHVWOHUVLQWKH VHPL¿QDOV WKH &RZER\V DUH SRLVHG IRU D ELJ ERRVW with a strong Day 2. 5RVHEXUJFDQKROGWKHP off with four wrestlers LQ WKH VHPL¿QDOV DQG third-place Redmond (94) advanced three. fouls within 19 seconds of each other, and picked up his third just 40 seconds into the second quarter, IRUFLQJKLPWRWKHEHQFK ³2K , GRQ¶W NQRZ LI LW ZDV D SUREOHP IRU XV EHFDXVHKHKDGVRPHNLGV come in and play pretty ZHOO´(JRVDLGRI)ORUHV¶ IRXO WURXEOH ³+XQWHU Walls came in and played well. Preston Peterson played well tonight at times, particularly defen- sively and helped us get GHIHQVLYHVWRSV´ But in the third, he FDXJKW ¿UH +H PDGH ¿YH RI VL[ SRLQWHUV LQ WKDW quarter and helped turn a 12-point halftime lead into a 35-point lead heading LQWRWKH¿QDOSHULRG$VD WHDP +HUPLVWRQ VKRW percent (12-16) from the ÀRRUDQGSHUFHQW from the 3-point line. ³7KH EDVNHW MXVW NHSW JHWWLQJ ELJJHU DQG ELJJHU DV LW ZHQW´ )ORUHV VDLG RI his monster third quarter. “They just were falling tonight and it felt good, so ¿HOG JRDO DWWHPSWV LQ WKH ¿UVWKDOI “Everything was in and RXW´(JRVDLGRI2UWL] With the convincing ZLQ)ORUHV²ZKR¿QLVKHG with a team-high 23 points — said there is reason for FRQ¿GHQFHEXWDOVRUHDVRQ to temper the optimism. “We can’t look at this JDPHDQGWKLQNµ1H[WWLPH we play ‘em, we’re gonna GRLWDJDLQ¶´KHVDLG³:H JRWWDEHKXPEOHDERXWLW´ Ego agreed. “You just gotta UHPHPEHU ZH KDYH WR JR to their house, and that’s a tough place to play, Ego Staff photo by said. “We just have to make Kathy Aney sure we come out with the same kind of effort we had KHUH´ +HUPLVWRQQH[WSOD\VRQ Thursday at Hood River at SP +HUPLVWRQ EHJDQ D ——— T-D (3-12, 0-1) 13 9 10 12 — 44 run that lasted the rest of HHS (8-8, 1-0) 16 17 34 9 — 78 THE DALLES — C. Noonan 23, J. Miller the quarter and put the B. Belanger 4, D. Murr 2, W. Justesen Bulldogs up 33-22 at the 11, 2, E. Flores 2, D. Seufalemua, O. Fernan- P. Ayala, H. Lee, D. Arellano. half. Cesar Ortiz made his dez, HERMISTON — C. Flores 23, D. Neal ELJJHVWFRQWULEXWLRQGXULQJ 14, C. Ortiz 12, A. Naillon 10, H. Walls 7, . Peterson 6, A. James 5, J. Garcia 1, T. the run, scoring eight P McCullough 1, P. Wicks. 3-pointers — T-D 3, HHS 12. Free points on two 3-pointers — T-D 7-8, HHS 9-17. Fouls — T-D after missing on all his throws 17, HHS 14. The Dawgs’ Preston Pederson (35) shoots under pressure from Wil- liam Jus- tesen (25) and Colin Noonan (2), of The Dalles, during Friday’s Colum- bia River Conference game in Hermiston. ,NHSWOHWWLQJLWÀ\´ ,WZDVQ¶WDOZD\VVRHDV\ though. Hermiston limped to a ¿UVWTXDUWHU OHDG RQ 6-16 shooting, and started to stretch it toward the end RI WKH ¿UVW KDOI 8S ZLWK RQ WKH FORFN BUCKS: *UHEVLVWHUVVFRUH3HQGHWRQ¶V¿UVWSRLQWV Continued from 1B For the remainder of the game, the Bucks were ORRNLQJ IRU *UHE WR JHW DV many attempts as she could to try and reach the record. Finally in the fourth quarter, *UHEFRQQHFWHGIURPWKHOHIW wing for magic No. 8 to tie WKH UHFRUG ZKLFK EURXJKW RQ D EULHI FHOHEUDWLRQ IURP KHUWHDPPDWHVRQWKHEHQFK *UHE VDLG LW¶V VRPHWKLQJ that will keep her smiling for awhile. ³,ZDVMXVWSXPSHGXS´ she said. “Everyone was \HOOLQJ DW PH DERXW WKH UHFRUGDQG,ZDVMXVWWU\LQJ WRPDNHVKRWVDQGKDYHIXQ´ /DWHULQWKHTXDUWHU*UHE nailed her ninth 3-pointer IRU D QHZ UHFRUG ² EXW LW ZDVZDYHGRIIEHFDXVHRIDQ offensive foul on the Bucks. *UHEZHQWRQWRPLVVKHUODVW three attempts from deep to fall just short of the record. ³,¶YHEHHQZDLWLQJIRUKHU WDOHQWWRFRPHRXWOLNHWKLV´ *RPH] VDLG ³,¶P H[FLWHG IRUKHUIXWXUH´ $VLGH IURP *UHE¶V SRLQWV VKH DOVR DGGHG ¿YH assists and four steals. The QH[WKLJKHVWVFRUHUIRU3HQG- OHWRQ RQ )ULGD\ ZDV *UHE¶V ROGHU VLVWHU 6KHOE\ ZLWK points. The two sisters took WKH JDPH E\ VWRUP WR VWDUW DV WKH\ FRPELQHG WR VFRUH DOO RI 3HQGOHWRQ¶V ¿UVW points. ³7KDWZDVVRPXFKIXQ´ +DOH\ VDLG ³, ORYH SOD\LQJ ZLWK 6KHOE\ :H KDYH D JUHDW FRQQHFWLRQ DQG EHLQJ shot 53 percent from the ÀRRU DQG SHUFHQW IURP 3-point range, and held Hood River (3-11, 0-1) to 35 percent shooting and forced 21 turnovers. “Everything was working WRQLJKW´ *RPH] VDLG “Building team stuff is VRPHWLPHV GLI¿FXOW EXW WKH girls to come together and enjoy each other like they did WRQLJKWPDNHVLWH[FLWLQJ´ The win was quite the start to conference play for the Buckaroos, who’s previous season high in points was the 59 points scored in their two wins over %DNHUWKLVVHDVRQ*UHEVDLG that it was what the team needed to start conference SOD\ZLWKDEDQJ ³,W¶V D KXJH FRQ¿GHQFH ERRVWHU´ VKH VDLG ZLWK D grin. “We needed to come out pumped and we did. Our plan coming in was that we ZHUH EXW QRZ ZH¶UH 1-0 and it’s an awesome IHHOLQJ´ 3HQGOHWRQ QH[W KRVWV /D *UDQGHRQ7XHVGD\DWSP ——— Staff photo by Kathy Aney Hallie Porter (23) and Tatum Fell (12), of Pendleton, battle for a rebound with The Dalles’ Kassidy David- son (20) during Friday’s Columbia River Conference game at Warberg Court. it’s her senior year, it’s just DZHVRPHSOD\LQJZLWKKHU´ The sisters’ streak was EURNHQ RQ D PDGH OD\LQ E\.DODQ0F*ORWKDQDWWKH PDUN RI WKH TXDUWHU 0F*ORWKDQ KDG D VROLG HRV (3-11, 0-1) 11 6 9 8 — 34 PHS (6-9, 1-0) 24 21 19 17 — 81 HOOD RIVER — M. Bloomster 10, E. Curtis 9, L. Orr 6, A. Kinoshita 4, K. Davidson 4, N. Lopez 1, A. Walker, M. Malone, J. Lara. PENDLETON — H. Greb 32, S. Greb 11, L. Richards 10, K. McGlothan 9, M. Davies 7, R. Gentner 6, H. Porter 4, C. Hoffman 2, J. Lemberger, T. Fell. 3-pointers — HRV 1, PHS 11. Free throws — HRV 1-3, PHS 12-14. Fouls — HRV 11, PHS 7. game inside for Pendleton, ¿QLVKLQJ ZLWK QLQH SRLQWV ¿YHDVVLVWVDQGIRXUVWHDOV ——— $V LI WKH VFRUHERDUG Contact Eric at esinger@ didn’t tell enough, the game eastoregonian.com, (541) was complete at the hands 966-0839 or follow him on of the Buckaroos. Pendleton Twitter @ByEricSinger.