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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Tuesday, January 26, 2016 Prep Basketball Roundup Nixyaawii boys and girls extend winning streaks East Oregonian WALLOWA — The Nixy- aawii Golden Eagles remain unbeaten in conference play following an 82-44 win over Wallowa on Saturday. The win also extends Nixyaawii’s season-high win streak to 11 games, which dates back to Dec. 18. The Golden Eagles nailed 12 3-pointers in the game, and were led in scoring by Hunter McKay with 22 points and Fredy Campos with 21 points. “I liked that we didn’t let up,” said Nixyaawii coach Shane Rivera. “Our defen- sive pressure was better in the second half ... the team work was great.” Nixyaawii (17-1, 7-0 OOL) next plays at Powder Valley on Saturday. ——— NCS (17-1, 7-0) 24 21 16 21 — 82 WHS (3-12, 2-5) 14 11 9 10 — 44 NIXYAAWII — H. McKay 22, F. Campos Prep Swimming 21, H. Melton 11, A. Corona 10, C. Case 8, I. Ashley 2, L. Lewis 2, D. Barley 2. WALLOWA — C. Nobles 14, D. Allen 10, R. Hafer 8, K. Frye 6, N. Allen 6. 3-pointers — NCS 12, WHS 4. Free throws — NCS 0-2, WHS 4-9. Fouls — NCS 6, WHS 6. ECHO 50, HELIX 23 — At Echo, the Cougars doubled up the Helix Griz- zlies in Old Oregon League action on Saturday evening. Carlos Chavez led Echo (6-12, 4-3 OOL) with 15 SRLQWVJUDEEHG¿YHUHERXQGV DQG GLVKHG RXW ¿YH DVVLVWV Miachel Thompson netted 13 points on 6-9 shooting. $IWHU D VORZ ¿UVW TXDUWHU resulted in an 11-10 lead for the Cougars, Echo came DOLYH LQ WKH VHFRQG TXDUWHU with 25 points on 11-18 shooting (61 percent) to bust open a 36-17 lead at halftime, which is all they would need. Helix netted just six second half points on 3-13 shooting. The Grizzlies’ high scorer in the game was Jonathan Shaw with nine points on 4-6 shooting. Echo next plays at Pine Eagle on Friday and Helix hosts Wallowa on Friday. ——— GHS (2-15, 0-7) 10 7 4 2 — 23 EHS (6-12, 4-3) 11 25 8 6 — 50 HELIX — J. Shaw 9, J. Williams 4, T. Fehrenbacker 4, G. Newtson 2, B. Cope 2, G. Christman 2, C. Marks, T. Wilson. ECHO — C. Chavez 15, M. Thompson 13, T. Mulder 9, B. Gibbs 5, C. Caldera 4, R. Post 2, B. Mofit 2, H. Gerkhe, N. Scott, Z. Gerkhe, J. Dorn, C. Medrano, D. Craig. 3-pointers — GHS 0, EHS 3. Free throws — GHS 3-8, EHS 5-7. Fouls — GHS 9, EHS 14. SHERMAN 78, CONDON/WHEELER 42 — At Sherman, the Condon/ Wheeler Knights dropped their second straight game on Saturday with a loss to Sherman. No details were reported. Condon/Wheeler (7-9, 3-4 BSL) next plays at Horizon Christian on Friday. HORIZON CHRIS- TIAN 62, IONE 33 — At Ione, the Cardinals did not KDYH HQRXJK RIIHQVLYH ¿UH- power to overcome Horizon Christian on Saturday. No details were reported. Ione (2-12, 1-5 BSL) next hosts Sherman on Friday. Girls Basketball IONE 33, HORIZON CHRISTIAN 30 — At Ione, the Cardinals hung on against Horizon Christian for a victory on Saturday to stay tied atop the Big Sky League standings. “We just hung on till time ran out,” said Ione coach Nathan Heideman. It was a sloppy game offensively on Saturday, as both teams combined for 52 turnovers. Ione had 31 of those turnovers, with the bulk of them coming in the ¿UVWKDOI Jessie Flynn led Ione with 13 points, and Morgan Orem added a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds. Ione will prepare for a tough weekend of games next week when they host Sherman on Friday before traveling to Condon/Wheeler on Saturday. ——— HCHR (6-9, 3-4) 1 16 4 9 — 30 IHS (9-6, 6-1) 5 7 8 13 — 33 HORIZON CHRISTIAN — P. Finn 10, J. Hicks 8, K. Wenz 7, C. Carter 2, J. Stevens 2, J. Marx 1. IONE — J. Flynn 13, M. Orem 10, R. Hol- land 9, H. Padberg 1, K. Gilbert, I. Sandford, S. Qualls. 3-pointers — HCHR 0, IHS 0. Free throws — HCHR 6-18, IHS 11-23. Fouls HCHR 19, IHS 15. NIXYAAWII 71, WALLOWA 19 — At Wallowa, the Golden Eagles extended their win streak to 17 games with a blowout win over Wallowa on Saturday. In the teams’ two meet- ings this season, Nixyaawii has won by a combined score of 138-29. No details were reported. Nixyaawii (17-1, 7-0 OOL) next plays on Saturday at Powder Valley at 4 p.m. CONDON/WHEELER 48, SHERMAN 32 — At Sherman, the Condon/ Wheeler Knights improved to 6-1 in conference play with a win over Sherman on Saturday. No details were reported. Condon/Wheeler (15-2, 6-1 BSL) next plays at Horizon Christian on Friday. DUFUR 41, ARLINGTON 40 — At Dufur, the Arlington Honkers were upset by Dufur on Saturday afternoon, knocking WKH+RQNHUVRXWRI¿UVWSODFH in the Big Sky League. No details were reported. Arlington (12-6, 5-2 BSL) next play at South Wasco on Friday night. ——— Report scores and stats by calling (541) 966-0838 or emailing sports@eastorego- nian.com. College Basketball Bucks Mountaineers use outside shooting to defeat Warriors take 2nd at Hood River Men’s Basketball East Oregonian & Associated Press East Oregonian HOOD RIVER — The Pendleton Buckaroos kept its solid 2015-16 season going as the boys and girls swim teams each turned in second SODFH ¿QLVKHV DW WKH +RRG River meet on Saturday. 7KH JLUOV WHDP ¿QLVKHG with 129 points, just behind +RRG 5LYHU ZKR WRRN ¿UVW And on the boys side, Pend- leton garnered 153 points and ¿QLVKHGEHKLQG/D*UDQGHLQ ¿UVWSODFHZLWKSRLQWV The Hermiston Bulldogs ¿QLVKHG LQ WK SODFH LQ WKH girls competition with 18 points and eighth place in the boys with 36 points. Jon Jennings had a big GD\IRU3HQGOHWRQWDNLQJ¿UVW place in the 50 yard freestyle with a time of 22.53 and later DOVR WDNLQJ ¿UVW LQ WKH yard backstroke with a time of 57.81. Jennings also anchored Pendleton’s 200 yard free- style relay team that also included Lukas Johnson, Grant Banister and Dylan &OHPRQVWRD¿UVWSODFH¿QLVK with a time of 1:34.72. +HUPLVWRQ¶V WRS ¿QLVKHU was Sidney Tovee, who WXUQHG LQ D ¿IWK SODFH ¿QLVK in the 200 yard freestyle race with a time of 2:29.09. LA GRANDE — The Eastern Oregon Mountaineers picked up their 10th conference win on Saturday by defeating Corban 81-55. Jordan Klebaum hit six 3-pointers and 8-17 total shots to lead the Mountaineers (14-8, 10-3 CCC) in scoring with 22 points. She also added a team-best seven assists. Darian Gasseling netted 12 points and put EOU up for good with consecutive layups late in the ¿UVWTXDUWHU Eastern Oregon hit 12 3-pointers and shot 51 percent (32-62) from WKH ÀRRU WR SXOO DZD\ 7KH WHDP improved to 8-0 on the season when they make 10 or more 3-pointers, according to EOUSports.com. with 22 points and 10 rebounds, her 11th double-double this season. Midway through the second TXDUWHU $OOH\QH UHDFKHG SRLQWV before Utah did. WENATCHEE VALLEY 78, BLUE MOUNTAIN 50 — At Wenatchee Valley, the Knights scored a combined 56 points in the ¿UVWDQGIRXUWKTXDUWHUVWRUXQDZD\ with a victory on Saturday over the Blue Mountain Timberwolves. Blue Mountain (8-11, 2-3 East) WULPPHG WKH GH¿FLW WR DW WKH HQG RI WKH WKLUG TXDUWHU EXW then Wenatchee Valley (17-3, 5-0) H[SORGHG IRU SRLQWV LQ WKH ¿QDO frame to seal the win. Blue Mountain was led in scoring by Savannah Heugly with 13 points but the Timberwolves shot a meager SHUFHQW IURP WKH ÀRRU DQG PDGH just 4-18 attempts from 3-point range. ——— OREGON STATE 61, COLO- RADO 47 — At Boulder, Colo., BMCC (8-11, 2-3) 7 14 13 16 — 50 Ruth Hamblin scored Oregon State’s WVC (17-3, 5-0) 21 13 9 35 — 78 ¿UVW SRLQWV DQG ¿QLVKHG ZLWK BLUE MOUNTAIN — S. Heugly 13, E. Ramsey 11, K. Collins 10, B. Haringa 8, K. Reyna 5, B. Gregory 3, S. 20, and the 11th-ranked Beavers McHone, L. Cagle. WENATCHEE VALLEY — J. Jacobs 15, T. Swan 12, defeated Colorado on Sunday. K. Malcolm 12, S. Johnson 11, D. Carlos 10, A. Horn 7, Jamie Weisner added 14 points T. Farmer 6, L. Johnson 4, T. Redman 1, R. Stevenson, Ingraham. and Marie Gulich had 10 rebounds to A. 3-pointers — BMCC 4, WVC 7. Free throws — BMCC 10-19, WV 13-21. Fouls — BMCC 25, WVC 19. Fouled go with eight points as Oregon State out — B. Haringa (BMCC), K. Collins (BMCC). (16-3, 7-1 Pac 12) outrebounded the Buffaloes 47-32. FROM FRIDAY Haley Smith had 16 points for BLUE MOUNTAIN 97, Colorado (5-14, 0-8), which went 1 of 7 YAKIMA VALLEY 93 — At from 3-point range and shot 36 percent. Yakima, the Blue Mountain Timber- wolves won in a high-scoring affair OREGON 77, UTAH 65 — At Salt over Yakima Valley on Friday night. Lake City, Jillian Alleyne had 23 of her Savannah Heugly had a huge game SRLQWVLQWKH¿UVWKDOIDQGJUDEEHG for the Timberwolves with 35 points 12 rebounds to match the Pac 12 record and 13 rebounds in 35 minutes of of 85 double-doubles and Oregon action. She connected on 14-21 total defeated Utah 77-65 on Sunday. shots, went 6-8 from the free throw Alleyne tied Stanford’s Chiney line and even nailed a 3-pointer. Ogwumike for the league record for Blue Mountain shot 44 percent double-doubles and is three behind IURP WKH ÀRRU DQG PDGH IURP Bev Smith’s school record, estab- 3-point range. lished before the NCAA sponsored ——— BMCC (8-10, 2-2) 25 23 24 25 — 97 women’s sports. YVCC (3-15, 0-4) 10 24 28 31 — 93 Emily Potter led Utah (12-7, 4-4) BLUE MOUNTAIN — S. Heugly 35, K. Collins 20, S. McHone 13, E. Ramsey 9, K. Reyna 8, B. Gregory 8, B. Haringa 4, L. Cagle. YAKIMA VALLEY — A. Gratton 34, L. Smoot 14, B. Garcia 10, T. Salazar 8, P. Gomez 8, A. Darden 7, T. Bremer 4, A. Biermann 3, M. Ciriaco 2. 3-pointers — BMCC 5, YVCC 6. Free throws — BMCC 32-37, YVCC 21-30. Fouls — BMCC 20, YVCC 33. Fouled out — B. Gregory (BMCC), B. Garcia (YVCC), A. Darden (YVCC). steals, leading Oregon State over the No. 21 Trojans. Elijah Stewart had 16 points and nine rebounds and Katin Reinhardt scored 14 points for the Trojans (15-5, 4-3), who lost both games of their Oregon road trip. EASTERN OREGON 85, CORBAN 54 — At La Grande, the Eastern Oregon Mountaineers used D ODWH ¿UVW KDOI VXUJH DQG GRPLQDQW second half to pull away from Corban to earn a victory on Saturday evening. Rada led Eastern Oregon with 21 points on 8-12 shooting and 2-3 from 3-point range in 28 minutes of action. Kentrell Washington posted a double-double with 12 points and 16 rebounds and also had seven assists. Eastern Oregon shot 55.7 percent IURP WKH ÀRRU DV D WHDP compared to Corban’s 34.8 percent (24-69). WENATCHEE VALLEY 92, BLUE MOUNTAIN 76 — At Wenatchee Valley, the Blue Moun- tain Timberwolves did not have enough offense to keep up with the Wenatchee Valley Knights in the second half on Saturday night. The Knights shot 63 percent from WKH ÀRRU LQ WKH VHFRQG KDOI KLWWLQJ on 19-30 shot attempts, while Blue Mountain made 15-40 attempts (37.5 percent) in the half. Blue Mountain was led by D’Quan Crockett in scoring with 23 points on 9-18 shooting. ——— OREGON 86, UCLA 72 — At Eugene, Dillon Brooks scored 25 points and Chris Boucher had 18 points and 10 rebounds to lead Oregon to an 86-72 win over UCLA on Saturday afternoon. Elgin Cook added 17 points and six assists for the Ducks (16-4, 5-2 Pac-12), who won their 20th consecutive home game. Boucher led Oregon to a 42-32 rebounding advantage, including an 18-13 edge on the offensive glass. Freshman Aaron Holiday led the Bruins (12-8, 3-4) with a season- high 19 points. OREGON STATE 85, SOUTHERN CAL 70 — At Corvallis, Southern California coach $QG\ (Q¿HOG VD\V KLV WHDP QHHGV to focus on defense, especially after giving up 50 points in the paint to Oregon State on Sunday. Gary Payton II had 22 points, 15 rebounds, eight assists and four PIONEERS: Erb has big second half for Mac-Hi girls Continued from 1B even closer to knocking off a program that has only missed the postseason twice in the last 12 years in a 47-45 nail-biter that came down to a Hail Mary inbound pass in the closing seconds. “I keep telling people that’s something that’s so special about this group. They come out and they play hard and they believe that when they’re behind they can come back and still win a game,” said Mac-Hi girls coach Brooke Garton. “They never give up and you can’t teach that. “Baker is a team that gave us a lot of trouble last year and to be able to come out and have a tight game against them is huge for us in terms of our mental game and being able WRJRWR%DNHUDQGEHFRQ¿GHQWWKDW we can try and get one from them at their house.” %RWKVTXDGVEDWWOHGWKURXJKNH\ players in foul trouble and erased VL]DEOHGH¿FLWVLQWKHVHFRQGKDOIWR prove they belong in the discussion of GOL contenders. The boys trailed by as many as SRLQWVLQWKH¿UVWKDOIDQGZHQW into intermission down 27-16 as Baker shot 50 percent from the ¿HOGLQWKH¿UVWWZRIUDPHV But an 11-3 run out of the locker room cut the lead to 30-27 when Hunter Yensen nailed a three- pointer with 5:14 left to play in the WKLUG TXDUWHU DQG DOWKRXJK %DNHU (8-10, 2-0 GOL) never surrendered the lead it was all the Bulldogs could do to hold on from there. With starting guard and leading scorer Adrian Zaragoza strapped to the bench with four fouls early in the third, Mac-Hi (6-12, 1-1) was able to lean on Yensen and supporting players like Armando Garcia and Alex Delgado to keep the Bulldogs close. “The fact that we can be compet- itive without (Zaragoza) is very promising,” Poynor said. “It makes me very happy because it means those other guys are building and getting better.” Baker pushed the lead back to QLQHSRLQWVLQWKHIRXUWKTXDUWHUEXW a basket by Yensen followed by a three-pointer from Zaragoza made it a 46-42 game with 3:38 to play. Free throws from Baker’s Grant Berry and Mac-Hi’s Zaragoza and Bailey Debore brought the score to 47-44 with 2:49 showing on the clock, but that was where the %XOOGRJV ZHUH ¿QDOO\ DEOH WR VWRS the bleeding and secure the win with free throws and defense as the Pioneers struggled to regain the offensive rhythm that had come so ÀXLGO\LQWKHWKLUGTXDUWHU “They were the most aggressive defensive team that we’ve faced all year really,” Poynor said of Baker. “It’s hard to get into an offense when a team is causing a lot of havoc, and they did a great job of that in their man-to-man defense, getting into passing lanes DQGPDNLQJLWGLI¿FXOWIRUXVWRVHW anything up. “We just didn’t have enough in the tank at the end, but overall they’re just playing so hard for us right now, and playing hard for each other most importantly. We just couldn’t ask for a better group of guys right now.” Zaragoza led the game with 18 points and Yensen added 17 for Mac-Hi while Brad Zemmer paced Baker with 15. The Lady Pioneers ran into their foul trouble much earlier in the game as guards Shannon Carter and Kitanya Crisman each picked up WKUHHIRXOVLQWKH¿UVWKDOIOHDYLQJ Mac-Hi (11-6, 1-1) without its starting and back-up point guard to face a suffocating Baker (8-9, 1-1) half-court trap that was the biggest reason for Mac-Hi’s 19 turnovers in WKH¿UVWWZRIUDPHV But with Baker shooting just SHUFHQW IURP WKH ¿HOG DQG Sydney Richwine pouring in 13 of KHUJDPHKLJKSRLQWVLQWKH¿UVW half, the Pioneers trailed just 22-19 at halftime. Baker came out strong in the WKLUGTXDUWHUDQGH[WHQGHGLWVOHDG to its largest point at 34-25 after a pair of free throws from Brie Sand with 51 seconds left in the frame, but the Pioneers never let doubt creep into their minds. %ULWWQH\ (UE FDXJKW ¿UH IRU eight of her 15 points in the fourth TXDUWHU DQG SXOOHG WKH 3LRQHHUV within 41-40 on a three-pointer with 3:34 to play. It was her second of the game. “We’ve been working a lot on our outside shooting this week and I’ve got a bunch of girls that can shoot out there, they just haven’t been in games,” Garton said. “I’m H[FLWHGWKH\¶UHVWDUWLQJWREHFRQ¿- dent enough to take those shots and to start looking for them.” Baker’s Gracie Huggins pushed the lead to 44-40 with a deep basket with 1:18 to play, and after a jump shot in the key by Mac-Hi’s Abi Biggs cut it to 44-42, Sand came through with a crucial three-point play to make it 47-42 with 37 seconds left. A running bank shot by Sam Tveidt and a free throw by Erb gave the Pioneers a chance to win at 47-45, but with just 8.9 second left. Both teams missed free throws LQ WKRVH ¿QDO HLJKW WLFNV RI WKH FORFN DQG 0DF+L¶V ¿QDO GHVSHU- ation heave from its own baseline was intercepted to seal the win for Baker. Despite leaving plenty of oppor- tunities for the win on the court, Garton was happy with how her team held its own. “The term they use is, ‘This year we want to shock the world.’ I think they’re really earning some street cred,” she said. Both teams will get one more shot at the Bulldogs in the regular season when they play at Baker on Feb. 5. Their next games will be Tuesday in a non-league rivalry meeting against Weston-McEwen at 6 and 7:30 p.m. in Milton-Freewater. ——— Girls BHS (8-9, 1-1) 5 17 14 11 — 47 M-H (11-6, 1-1) 6 13 11 15 — 45 BAKER — B. Sand 12, M. Hampton 10, G. Huggins 10, S. Phillips 4, K. Severson 2, H. Collard 2, J. Ramos 1, R. Hughes, K. Lehman, Team 6. (16-54) MAC-HI — S. Richwine 17, B. Erb 15, S. Tveidt 5, A. Biggs 4, B. Smiley 2, B. Hernandez 2, S. Carter, K. Crisman. (19-49) 3-pointers — BHS 2-10, M-H 3-6. Free throws — BHS 11-19, M-H 4-12. Fouls — BHS 22, M-H 18. Fouled out — B, Sand (BHS), S. Carter (M-H). Boys BHS (8-10, 2-0) 13 14 14 16 — 57 M-H (6-12, 1-1) 3 13 18 17 — 51 BAKER — B. Zemmer 15, B. Smith 13, L. Sand 10, T. Taylor 10, T. Dunn 6, G. Berry 3, J. Gentili. (18-44) MAC-HI — A. Zaragoza 18, H. Yensen 17, A. Garcia 7, L. Garcia 5, A. Delgado 3, B. DeBore 1, A. Marti- nez, R. Walton. (15-41) 3-pointers — BHS 2-10, M-H 9-20. Free throws — BHS 18-36, M-H 13-18. Fouls — BHS 20, M-H 25. Fouled out — B. Zemmer (BHS), B. DeBore (M-H). ——— Contact Matt Entrup mentrup@eastoregonian.com (541) 966-0838. at or BMCC (10-10, 1-4) 41 35 — 76 WVC (4-14, 1-4) 39 53 — 92 BLUE MOUNTAIN — D. Crockett 23, J. Schultz 21, L. Hawkins 10, R. Bell 9, L. Meyers 9, J. Mathews 2, Q. George 2, A. Dean, G. Blankenship, I. Harris, T. Thurman. WENATCHEE VALLEY — B. Michaels 34, E. Driessen 19, D. Boyd 15, D. Hagan 12, R. Slack 4, K. Crafton 4, C. Baker 2, N. Wirth 2, B. Frohlich, C. Solovey, K. Spencer. 3-pointers — BMCC 5, WVC 5. Free throws — BMCC 5-12, WVC 17-23. Fouls — BMCC 21, WVC 18. FROM FRIDAY YAKIMA VALLEY 88, BLUE MOUNTAIN 87 — At Yakima, the Blue Mountain Timberwolves could not hold a halftime lead against Yakima Valley as the Yaks pulled out a one-point victory on Friday night. Jared Mathews had a big game for the Timberwolves, scoring a team- high 21 points on 9-13 shooting, while also grabbing a game-high 12 rebounds. ——— BMCC (10-9, 1-3) 41 46 — 87 YVCC (9-9, 3-1) 36 52 — 88 BLUE MOUNTAIN — J. Mathews 21, R. Bell 18, I. Harris 16, J. Schultz 11, D. Crockett 9, L. Meyers 9, L. Hawkins 3, G. Blankenship, T. Thomas. YAKIMA VALLEY — D. Trammell 23, T. Cluff 23, C. Jensen 16, D. Berry 8, M. Jones 7, M. Clark 6, C. Morsa 3, D. Luckett 2, J. Gaudette, D. Kambala. 3-pointers — BMCC 2, YVCC 12. Free throws — BMCC 15-23, YVCC 14-16. Fouls — BMCC 15, YVCC 20. College Track & Field EOU’s England leads nation in triple jump East Oregonian NAMPA, Idaho — Eastern Oregon junior Eric England placed set the No. 1 mark in the country in the triple jump on 6DWXUGD\WRKLJKOLJKWWKH¿QDOGD\ of action at the Boise State Bronco Invitational on Saturday. England’s mark of 50 feet, 10.25 inches not only set a school UHFRUG EXW LW DOVR TXDOL¿HG WKH Idaho native for the NAIA Indoor Championships. He wasn’t the only Moun- taineer jumping into the record books, though. Amanda Fowler of Pendleton set the seventh-best women’s triple jump in EOU history with her leap of 33-0.25 that placed 17th. Rachel Roelle trounced her own school record by 3.1 seconds and ran 3:07.54 to take third overall in the 1,000 meters. Jebari Cumberbatch continued WRVKLQHLQKLV¿UVW\HDUDVD0RXQ- taineer, as he broke his one-week old school record and ran 22.11 in WKH+HWLHGIRU¿IWK Codi Blodgett improved to No. 3 all time at EOU in the 200 with a mark of 22.73, which put three freshmen (Cumberbatch, Devin Lewis-Allen, Blodgett) in the top four all time in program history. Those three combined with Ryan Rosenau to run the second- fastest 1,600 relay in the EOU record books with a 3:23.67 that SODFHG¿IWK
