SPORTS
WEEKEND, FEBRUARY 13-14, 2016
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Mets pitcher 1st to
draw lifetime ban
for PED usage
N(: <2RK AP ²
Mets reliever Jenrry Mejia
has become
the ¿ rst
player to
receive a
lifetime
ban under
baseball’s
drug agreement after testing
positive for a performance-
enhancing substance for the
third time.
The commissioner’s
of¿ ce said Friday that
Mejia tested positive for
Boldenone.
The 26-year-old was the
Mets’ closer before he was
suspended for 80 games last
April 11 following a positive
test for Stanozolol. He
returned July 12, appeared
in seven games for New
York, then was banned for
162 games on July 28 after
a positive test for Stanozolol
and Boldenone.
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WAR ON 84
Heehn comes up big in Hermiston rout
Kiana Heehn scores
15 points off bench to
lead Bulldogs
By SAM BARBEE
East Oregonian
Kiana Heehn transferred from Pend-
leton as a middle schooler and watched
her older sister play at Warberg Court.
She wasn’t going to let her only varsity
game there be a disappointment.
The senior reserve scored 15 points
off the bench ² all on 3-pointers ² to
lead all scorers and helped, in part, propel
the Bulldogs to a 76-32 drubbing of the
Pendleton Buckaroos Friday night.
No Pendleton 8-13, 3-2 CRC player
scored in double ¿ gures. Maddy Juul
and Sara Ramirez each added 13 points
for Hermiston 18-3, 6-0 and Jansen
Edmiston pitched in with 12, all coming
in the ¿ rst half.
“I think it helped a lot I was back in
Pendleton,” she said. “It
kind of motivated me to
shoot more.”
She added that a
Hermiston
blowout win on the
road is made especially
sweet because it’s at
Warberg Court.
“I think our team did
very well.”
Pendleton
Heehn has ¿ lled the
role Tavin Headings
manned last season, a
sharp-shooter coming
off the bench. The role was as effective
as it’s been all season, with Heehn
lighting up the scoreboard from outside
with consistency. Heehn set the tone for
the second quarter after a relatively quiet
initial period.
Up 15-7 after that ¿ rst quarter, which
Hermiston took control of with an 8-0 run
thanks to four straight Buck turnovers,
Heehn hit her ¿ rst three of the night on
the second quarter’s opening possession
to push the count to 18-7.
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Girls Hoops
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Hermiston’s
Jansen
Edmiston
shoots the
ball over
Pendleton’s
Shelby Greb
in the Bull-
dogs’ 76-32
win against
the Bucks
on Friday in
Pendleton.
Staff photo by
E.J. Harris
McCollum to
participate in All-
Star 3-point shootout
Bulldogs smother Buckaroos
Portland Trail Blazers
guard CJ McCollum has
been added to the 2016
Foot Locker Three-Point
Competition, the NBA
announced today.
McCollum, 24, is already
competing
FACES in the Taco
Bell Skills
Challenge.
Both events are
part of State
Farm All-Star
Saturday Night
in Toronto.
McCollum
McCollum
is shooting a team-high
39.2% from beyond the
three-point line, and ranks
ninth in the NBA with 125
three-point ¿ eld goals.
McCollum will compete
against Golden State’s
Stephen Curry and Klay
Thompson, Houston’s James
Harden, Milwaukee’s Khris
Middleton, Toronto’s Kyle
Lowry, the L.A. Clippers’ JJ
Redick and Phoenix’s Devin
Booker.
State Farm All-Star
Saturday night tips off at
530 p.m. Paci¿ c tomorrow
evening, live on TNT.
Foul trouble
sinks Pendleton
in second half
“I just try to play
the years out and
do everything I
can to help my
team win. But
don’t sell me
short. That’s what
you’re doing right
now to me, so
don’t do that.“
— Bryce Harper
Washington Nationals
outi elder and the reign-
ing National League
MVP during a radio
interview with 106.7
FM The Fan in Virginia,
asking his thoughts on
his next contract being
worth a record $400
million. The 23-year-
old Harper will earn $5
million this season and
will be arbitration-eligi-
ble for the i rst time after
2016 and is eligible for
free agency after 2018.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1995 ² Connecticut is
voted No. 1 in The Associ-
ated Press Top 25 and joins
the school’s women’s team
at the top. ,t is the ¿ rst time
teams from one school were
ranked No. 1 in the men’s
and women’s college basket-
ball polls.
2003 ² Teresa Phillips
becomes the ¿ rst woman
to coach a men’s Division I
team. Her Tennessee State
team loses for the 17th
straight time, 71-56 at Austin
Peay.
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Austn Nail-
lon (10), of
Hermiston,
goes up
for a shot
as Pendle-
ton’s Caden
Smith (left)
and Devon
Roe (right)
defend
Friday at
Warberg
Court.
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
The rivalry series between the
Pendleton Buckaroos and Herm-
iston Bulldogs never fails to bring
interesting match-ups.
Friday night’s edition was much
of the same, as the Bulldogs used a
big second half to pull away from
the Buckaroos to earn the 69-60
victory. With the
win, Hermiston Boys Hoops
hands Pendleton
its ¿ rst conference
loss of the season
Hermiston
and also brings
its six-game win
streak to a halt.
Hermiston
10-11, 3-3 CRC
coach Dave Ego
Pendleton
was ecstatic to see
his team pull out
the win.
“Well anytime
we beat Pendleton in Pendleton we
get excited about it,” he said. “We
shot poor against them last time in
the fourth quarter, and tonight we
shot better and were able to steal a
win.”
Chance Flores ² gimpy foot
and all ² scored 14 of his 19 points
in the second half, including two
big 3-pointers in the second half
that got Hermiston’s offense going.
Flores also headed Hermiston’s
offense that relentlessly attacked
Pendleton’s defense from start to
¿ nish.
“We started slow, weren’t hitting
our shots, but in the second half I
think my 3s got the ¿ re going,”
Flores said. “I just told the guys that
we have no regrets tonight so let’s
get it done, and we did.”
Staff photo by
Kathy Aney
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Boys Basketball
Heppner downs Pilot Rock in league ¿ nale
Mustangs clinch
No. 1 seed in CBC
district tournament
East Oregonian
HEPPNER ² Patrick Collins
secured a double-double with 15
points and 11 rebounds as the
Mustangs pulled away in the second
half to down the Rockets 70-43 in
their Columbia Basin Conference
¿ nale on Friday.
Logan Grieb added another 15
points and three assists for Heppner
18-3, 8-2 CBC while Weston
Putman chipped in 13 points on
4-of-5 three-point shooting.
“It was senior night so there was
a lot of emotions À ying around early
on,” said Heppner coach Jeremy
Rosenbalm. “We actually got out to
slow start and Pilot Rock came out
hot. But we settled down and I was
proud of how we came through.”
Heppner led 33-25 at halftime
but pulled away for a 52-35 lead at
the end of the third quarter.
Gunner McCall led Pilot Rock
8-16, 2-8 with nine points and
Chris Weinke added eight points
and four assists.
The win secured the No. 1 seed
at districts for Heppner, which
opens tournament play on Friday at
1 p.m. against Weston-McEwen at
Pendleton Convention Center.
²²²
PR (8-16, 2-8) 13 12 10 8
—
43
HHS (18-3, 8-2) 15 18 19 18
—
70
PILOT ROCK — G. McCall 9, C. Weinke 8, B. Peirce
7, D. Hasher 5, L. Thieme 4, B. Postma 4, R. Lankford
2, B. Kannier 2, P. Roe 2, E. McCall, I. Winter, T.
Denny. (18-45)
HEPPNER — P. Collins 15, L. Grieb 15, W. Putman
13, C. Hedman 8, C. Kindle 8, K. Currin 4, K. Murray
4, K. Clark 2, J. Lindsay 1, K. Smith, W. Steagall
(23-50)
3-pointers — PR 4-10, HHS 10-18. Free throws —
PR 3-10, HHS 14-25. Fouls — PR 18, HHS 13.
STANFIELD 55, WESTON-
MCEWEN 38 ² At Athena, the
Weston-McEwen TigerScots could
not keep pace with the Stan¿ eld
Tigers, as Stan¿ eld pulled away
with a big win to close out the
regular season on Friday night.
The game started off pretty even,
as the two teams battled out to an
8-8 score. But then Stan¿ eld 16-5,
8-2 CBC went on an 8-0 run to end
the quarter, and left the TigerScots
offense behind.
“We got off to a fairly good start,”
said Weston-McEwen coach Brian
Pickard. “We went cold shooting,
had some good looks on the inside,
but we just couldn’t hit a shot.”
Dylan Grogan led the Tigers with
17 points and Jose Garcia added 11
points. Ethen Reger led the Tiger-
Scots with 14 points and added 12
rebounds, and was the only scorer to
reach double ¿ gures.
Weston-McEwen will next play
on Friday at 1 p.m. against Heppner
in the district tournament at Pend-
leton Convention Center. Stan¿ eld
will also play on Friday against
Irrigon, with the time TBD.
²²²
SHS (16-5, 8-2) 16 17 14 8 — 55
W-M (10-11, 5-5) 8 10 11 9 — 38
STANFIELD — D. Grogan 17, J. Garcia 11, T. Monkus
8, B. Woods 5, R. Bailey 3, J. Carillo 4, A. Flores 4,
A. Nunez 3.
WESTON-MCEWEN — E. Reger 14, S. Mikesell 7,
B. Speed 6, A. Finifrock 4, K. Rodriguez 2, B. Rudolph
2, S. Broncheau 2, J. Patrick 1, K. Scott, X. Bailey, G.
Hungerford.
3-pointers — SHS 6, W-M 1. Free throws — SHS
11-19, W-M 7-14. Fouls — SHS 19, W-M 16.
UMATILLA 63, VALE 61 ²
At Vale, the Umatilla Vikings won
at the last second over Vale.
With Vale pressing with the score
tied at 61, Kaden Webb ran the
length of the court, caught the Hail
Mary pass and scored at the buzzer,
giving Umatilla last-second win
despite Vale making 11 3-point hots.
Webb had 10 points in the game,
and Trent Durfey led all scorers
with a season-high 14 points.
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