SPORTS
Saturday, February 20, 2016
East Oregonian
BUCKAROOS: Smith adds 23 points for PHS
Continued from 1B
deserves everything he has
gotten.”
Bradt attacked the basket
at will on offense, dicing his
way through the Riverhawks
(5-17, 2-6) defense to the
tune of nine Pade ¿eld goals
and numerous trips to the
free throw line. His effort
on the boards on Friday
was stellar as well, grabbing
several offensive rebounds
and tips to give his team
more opportunities.
He scored three baskets
early in the ¿rst Tuarter to
help boost the Bucks to an
early 18-0 lead with less than
two minutes to play in the
Tuarter. 7he 'alles did not
break onto the scoreboard
until the 1:35 mark of the
Tuarter, when 'akota 0urr
nailed a close jumper to cut
the lead to 20-2.
7he Riverhawks ¿nally
found some rhythm in the
second Tuarter, nailing 6 of
8 from behind the 3-point
line and eventually got the
de¿cit down to 13 points at
33-20. However, Pendleton
made a run at the end to fend
off the comeback and head
into the locker room with a
48-29 lead.
Pendleton shot 55 percent
(17-31) from the Àoor in the
¿rst half, and kept that hot
touch going throughout the
second half as well, shooting
51 percent (16-31) to run away
with the win. Smith was the
second-leading scorer for the
Bucks with 23 points, while
$dams ¿nished with 15 points
on ¿ve made 3-pointers.
7he 'alles relied heavily
on the 3-point line in the
game with 36 of the total 43
points coming off of 12 made
triples, while the team shot
just 2 of 17 inside the 3-point
line. 7he Riverhawks also
fed Pendleton’s offense with
22 turnovers.
As the game was winding
down with just more than
two minutes remaining, the
Pendleton student section
burst into a loud cheer when
Buckaroos senior student
manager Roman 0artine]
Caden
Smith
(23), of
Pendle-
ton, is
fouled
by The
Dalles’
Jacob
Wet-
more
during
Friday’s
Colum-
bia River
Confer-
ence
game at
Warberg
Court.
Staff photo
by Kathy
Aney
Bosner and Joey *utierre]
are both of Hermiston’s
160-pounders, and both won
twice Friday to get into the
semis. Brock 0c'ounough
won with two pins Friday
to move into the semis, and
Julio Leiva won twice, as
well.
Bob Coleman stuck both
his opponents, and Kenny
Bevan got a ¿rst round bye.
Both are in the semis at 182
pounds.
John Henry Line had a
bye, like Colbray, at 195
pounds and both are in Satur-
day’s ¿nal.
H e r m i s t o n ’ s
220-pounders will both try to
PREP BOYS BASKETBALL
Today
Echo vs. Powder Valley (at Baker City),
2:30 p.m.
Irrigon vs. Heppner (at Pendleton Conven-
tion Center), 4 p.m.
Nixyaawii vs. Joseph (at Baker City), 8
p.m.
PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL
Today
Arlington vs. Horizon Christian (at
Madras), Noon
Helix vs. Echo (at Baker City), 1 p.m.
Ione vs. Condon/Wheeler (at Madras),
3 p.m.
Weston-McEwen vs. Irrigon (at Pendleton
Convention Center), 5:45 p.m.
Nixyaawii vs. Powder Valley (at Baker
City), 6:30 p.m.
PREP WRESTLING
Saturday
Hermiston, Pendleton at District Champi-
onships (Mt. View High, Bend), TBA
Mac-Hi at GOL Championships (at La
Grande), TBA
PREP SWIMMING
Saturday
Pendleton, Hermiston at state champion-
ships (at Mt. Hood CC, Gresham), 1 p.m.
COLLEGE MEN’S BASKETBALL
Saturday
Yakima Valley at Blue Mountain, 4 p.m.
COLLEGE WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
Saturday
Yakima Valley at Blue Mountain, 2 p.m.
Basketball
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W
L Pct
Toronto
35 18 .660
Boston
32 24 .571
New York
23 33 .411
Brooklyn
15 40 .273
Philadelphia
8 46 .148
Southeast Division
W
L Pct
Miami
30 24 .556
Atlanta
31 25 .554
Charlotte
28 26 .519
Washington
25 28 .472
Orlando
24 29 .453
Central Division
W
L Pct
Cleveland
39 14 .736
Indiana
29 25 .537
Chicago
28 26 .519
Detroit
27 28 .491
Milwaukee
22 33 .400
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W
L Pct
San Antonio
46
9 .836
Memphis
32 22 .593
GB
—
4½
13½
21
27½
GB
—
—
2
4½
5½
GB
—
10½
11½
13
18
GB
—
13½
Bulldogs clinch
second place
Hermiston’s big
second half too
much for Eagles
East Oregonian
HOO' RI9ER — 7he
Hermiston boys basketball
team will join its War on
84 rivals in the playoffs this
season after a 69-46 win in
Hood River clinched the
second spot in the Columbia
River Conference.
Chance Flores led all
scorers with 21 points,
'ayshawn 1eal added 25,
and 7re 1eal had “a basket
full of rebounds,” according
to head coach 'ave Ego in
his return from a broken
¿nger.
“It was nice to have 7re
back,” Ego said. “He gave
us a presence inside.” 1eal
also shot 6-9 from the free
throw line.
Boys Hoops
Hermiston
Hood River
69
46
Hermiston didn’t play
well defensively in the ¿rst
half and a game Ego called
“a mirror” of their last
outing against 7he 'alles
earlier this week. But they
turned up the defense in the
second half and outscored
the Eagles by 19 points.
Hermiston concludes its
regular season with a home
game against Pendleton on
7uesday at 7 p.m.
———
HHS (12-11, 5-3) 16 17 22 14 — 69
HRV (3-17, 2-6) 15 15 10 6 — 46
HERMISTON — C. Flores 21, D. Neal
15, A. James 11, T. Neal 8, A. Naillon 7 H.
Walls 6, J. Garcia 1, P. Wicks, P. Peterson,
C. Schwirse.
HOOD RIVER — N. Noteboom 19, D.
Buckley 15, P. Kennedy 7, T. Stinzi 4, R.
Mosqueda 1, Z. Moore, T. Fulk, S. Fults, I.
Enriquez, A. Roberts, Z. Ellsworth.
3-pointers — HHS 8, HRV 3. Free
throws — HHS 23-32, HRV 11-15. Fouls
— HHS 19, HRV 21.
Riverhawks rise above
Bucks for critical win
checked in at the scorers
table. 0artine] played for
only one minute of game time
before being subbed out, and
in that time was credited with
one foul, one rebound, and
0-2 shooting. 7he e[perience
was something that 7edder
said has been in the works
for a while.
³7hat guy does more
for this school than anyone
would ever understand unless
you’re a student,” 7edder
said, “and that’s why he got
the response that he did. He
puts in just as many hours
and he deserved it. I hope it’s
something he remembers for
a long, long time.”
Amidst all the joy and
fanfare surrounding the
game, the Buckaroos did take
a big hit for the remainder of
the season. Junior forward
Johnny Stuvland suffered a
knee injury and will be out
the rest of the way.
Pendleton will now focus
on its last conference game of
the season when they travel
to Hermiston on 7uesday
night for a 7 p.m. tip-off.
———
TDHS (5-17, 2-6) 8 21 11 3 — 43
PHS (14-7, 7-1) 28 20 22 18 — 88
THE DALLES — D. Murr 19, J. Miller 6,
W. Justesen 6, B. Belanger 5, J. Wetmore
3, Team 3, C. Walker, P. Ayala.
PENDLETON — J. Bradt 24, C. Smith 23,
D. Adams 15, M. Foreman 7, W. Morris 7, D.
Roe 22, K. Quinn 2, J. Szumski 2, J. Peter-
son 12, S. Jerome, R. Russell, R. Martinez.
3-pointers — TDHS 12, PHS 10. Free
throws — TDHS 3-5, PHS 12-22. Fouls —
TDHS 19, PHS 15. Fouled out — C. Walker
(TDHS), J. Miller (TDHS).
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esinger@eastoregonian.
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battle out of the consolation
bracket, but heavyweight
Beau Blake got a bye then
won by pin in the Tuarters.
First-year head coach
Kyle Larson says it’s
certainly feasible that Herm-
iston gets all 22 guys into the
state tournament, but it’s a bit
of a longshot.
“We would have to
wrestle really well and have
everything go right for us,”
he said.
0eanwhile,
Pendleton
has just two guys in the
semi¿nals.
Scott Chambers is there at
138 pounds after a forfeit win
and a 6-4 decision over Hood
River’s 'ylan Peterson.
0organ Holcomb is in the
last four at 145 pounds after
a bye and pin of Hermiston’s
Oscar Lope].
Senior
182-pounder
Gabe Goad surprised head
coach Fred Phillips with a
38-second pin of Summit’s
'ustin Follett in the ¿rst
round and a 1:32 pin of
Redmond’s Ryan Fiocci in
the consolation Tuarters.
Bevan beat Goad by fall in
the Tuarters.
Pendleton has 14 guys left
in the tournament, and has a
good chance to places a good
portion of them.
Phillips said some guys
surprised positively and
negatively, which is “par for
the course at these tourna-
ments.
“We had some ups, had
some downs,” he said.
“(Saturday)’s the day that
really matters. We gave us
14 kids who could be placers
and some could theoretically
Tualify for state.
“We had some young kids
do some really good things
and had some surprises. W
had a good day, not a great
day, but a good day.”
Wrestling continues today
at 0ountain 9iew High
School in Bend.
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Team Scores:
1. Hermiston
2. Redmond
3. Bend
4. Hood River Valley
5. Mountain View
6. Summit
7. Pendleton
8. The Dalles
9. Ridgeview
210
172.5
122
108.5
97
65.5
65
15
12
SCOREBOARD
Local slate
HERMISTON
PENDLETON
WRESTLING: Pendleton advances two to semi¿nals
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Dallas
29 27 .518 17½
Houston
28 28 .500 18½
New Orleans
21 33 .389 24½
Northwest Division
W
L Pct GB
Oklahoma City
40 15 .727 —
Portland
28 27 .509 12
Utah
27 27 .500 12½
Denver
22 33 .400 18
Minnesota
17 38 .309 23
Pacific Division
W
L Pct GB
Golden State
48
5 .906 —
L.A. Clippers
36 18 .667 12½
Sacramento
23 31 .426 25½
Phoenix
14 41 .255 35
L.A. Lakers
11 45 .196 38½
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Friday’s Games
Orlando 110, Dallas 104, OT
Washington 98, Detroit 86
Brooklyn 109, New York 98
Chicago 116, Toronto 106
New Orleans 121, Philadelphia 114
Charlotte 98, Milwaukee 95
Memphis 109, Minnesota 104
Indiana 101, Oklahoma City 98
Miami 115, Atlanta 111
Houston 116, Phoenix 100
Sacramento 116, Denver 110
Portland 137, Golden State 105
San Antonio 119, L.A. Lakers 113
Utah 111, Boston 93
Saturday’s Games
Washington at Miami, 4:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.
New York at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 5:30 p.m.
NCAA
Women’s Top 25
Friday
7. Oregon State (23-3) beat Southern Cal
76-52.
9. Arizona State (23-4) beat Washington
State 61-39.
12. UCLA (20-6) beat Oregon 77-72.
15. Stanford (21-6) beat Colorado 80-49.
21. DePaul (22-7) beat Providence 91-68.
Saturday’s Games
No. 1 UConn at East Carolina, 5 p.m.
No. 4 Baylor vs. Iowa State, 12 p.m.
No. 17 Oklahoma State at TCU, 11 a.m.
No. 20 Oklahoma at Kansas, 12 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
No. 5 Ohio State vs. Illinois, 9 a.m.
No. 6 Maryland at Rutgers, 12 p.m.
No. 7 Oregon State vs. No. 12 UCLA,
6 p.m.
No. 8 Texas vs. West Virginia, 10 a.m.
No. 9 Arizona State vs. Washington, 11
a.m.
No. 11 Louisville at Boston College, 10
a.m.
No. 12 Texas A&M at Vanderbilt, 2 p.m.
No. 14 Mississippi State at Mississippi,
2 p.m.
No. 15 Stanford at Utah, 1 p.m.
No. 16 Kentucky vs. Arkansas, 12 p.m.
No. 18 Miami vs. Virginia Tech, 1 p.m.
No. 19 South Florida vs. Memphis, 9 a.m.
No. 21 DePaul at Creighton, 11 a.m.
No. 22 Florida at Georgia, 10 a.m.
No. 23 Syracuse at Pittsburgh, 12 p.m.
No. 24 Tennessee at LSU, 11 a.m.
No. 25 Michigan State vs. Minnesota,
9 a.m.
Men’s Top 25
Saturday’s Games
No. 1 Villanova vs. Butler, 11:30 a.m.
No. 2 Kansas at Kansas State, 3 p.m.
No. 3 Oklahoma at No. 10 West Virginia,
12 p.m.
No. 5 North Carolina vs. No. 11 Miami,
10 a.m.
No. 8 Xavier at Georgetown, 9 a.m.
No. 13 Iowa State vs. TCU, 4:30 p.m.
No. 14 Kentucky at Texas A&M, 3:30 p.m.
No. 15 Dayton vs. St. Bonaventure, 9 a.m.
No. 16 Oregon vs. Oregon State, 7 p.m.
No. 17 Purdue at No. 22 Indiana, 9 a.m.
No. 18 Louisville vs. No. 20 Duke, 9 a.m.
No. 19 Notre Dame at Georgia Tech, 5
p.m.
No. 24 Texas vs. No. 25 Baylor, 11 a.m.
Sunday’s Games
No. 6 Maryland vs. Michigan, 10 a.m.
No. 21 SMU vs. East Carolina, 11 a.m.
Hockey
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W
L OT Pts
Florida
58 33 18
7 73
Boston
58 31 21
6 68
Detroit
58 29 20
9 67
Tampa Bay 57 31 22
4 66
Montreal
59 28 27
4 60
Ottawa
59 27 26
6 60
Buffalo
59 24 28
7 55
Toronto
56 20 27
9 49
Metropolitan Division
GP W
L OT Pts
Washington 56 42 10
4 88
N.Y. Rangers 58 33 19
6 72
N.Y. Islanders 57 31 19
7 69
Pittsburgh 56 29 19
8 66
New Jersey 59 29 23
7 65
Carolina
59 27 22 10 64
Philadelphia 57 25 21 11 61
Columbus 59 23 29
7 53
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W
L OT Pts
Chicago
61 38 18
5 81
Dallas
59 37 16
6 80
St. Louis
60 34 17
9 77
Nashville
58 27 21 10 64
Colorado
60 30 26
4 64
Minnesota 58 26 22 10 62
Winnipeg 57 25 28
4 54
Pacific Division
GP W
L OT Pts
Los Angeles 57 33 20
4 70
Anaheim
57 30 19
8 68
San Jose
57 31 21
5 67
Arizona
57 27 24
6 60
Vancouver 58 22 24 12 56
Calgary
57 26 28
3 55
Edmonton 59 22 31
6 50
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Friday’s Games
Montreal 3, Philadelphia 2, SO
GF GA
161 136
174 160
149 153
155 144
162 163
169 184
141 162
136 167
GF GA
187 128
170 150
164 144
148 144
130 137
146 156
139 154
149 184
GF GA
175 142
191 162
147 140
153 152
161 166
150 147
148 168
GF GA
155 136
141 139
168 154
157 174
137 167
158 175
148 181
N.Y. Islanders 1, New Jersey 0
Carolina 5, San Jose 2
Buffalo 4, Columbus 0
Calgary 5, Vancouver 2
Saturday’s Games
Tampa Bay at Pittsburgh, 9:30 a.m.
Philadelphia at Toronto, 4 p.m.
Detroit at Ottawa, 4 p.m.
Winnipeg at Florida, 4 p.m.
New Jersey at Washington, 4 p.m.
Los Angeles at Nashville, 5 p.m.
Boston at Dallas, 5 p.m.
St. Louis at Arizona, 6 p.m.
Colorado at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Golf
Northern Trust Open Leaders
At Riviera Country Club
Los Angeles
Second Round
Jason Kokrak
68-64—132
Chez Reavie
66-67—133
Dustin Johnson
68-66—134
Troy Merritt
68-66—134
Bubba Watson
66-68—134
Marc Leishman
68-67—135
Kyle Reifers
68-68—136
Justin Leonard
67-69—136
Adam Scott
68-68—136
K.J. Choi
69-67—136
Hideki Matsuyama
69-67—136
Rory McIlroy
67-69—136
Charl Schwartzel
68-68—136
Luke List
66-70—136
Kevin Chappell
68-69—137
Camilo Villegas
63-74—137
Ricky Barnes
67-70—137
Justin Rose
69-68—137
Ryan Moore
69-68—137
J.B. Holmes
71-66—137
Brendan Steele
70-67—137
Cameron Tringale
72-66—138
Nick Taylor
70-68—138
Matt Kuchar
69-69—138
Motorsports
Daytona 500 Lineup Top 20
Sunday
At Daytona International Speedway
Daytona Beach, Fla.
(Car number in parentheses)
1. (24) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet
2. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota
3. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet
4. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota
5. (22) Joey Logano, Ford
6. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet
7. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford
8. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet
9. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet.
10. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota
11. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota
12. (95) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet
13. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet
14. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet
15. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford
16. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet
17. (34) Chris Buescher, Ford
18. (14) Brian Vickers, Chevrolet.
19. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford
20. (93) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota
7he 'alles beats
Pendleton in battle
for second
East Oregonian
7HE 'ALLES — 7he
'alles found another gear
the Pendleton girls basket-
ball team just couldn’t
match late in Friday’s
Columbia River Confer-
ence battle for second place.
7he Riverhawks held
off the Buckaroos 57-47 to
earn the CRC’s second seed
and a home game in the
state play-in round.
Pendleton
coach
0ichelle Gome] said 7he
'alles (12-10, 4-4 CRC)
used a pick and roll to pick
them apart on defense and
capitali]ed at key moments
late in the game.
“7hey just played really
well at the end and we
just weren’t playing at that
level,” she said.
Girls Hoops
Pendleton
The Dalles
57
47
Iliana 7elles led 7he
'alles with 21 points and
Jodi 7homasian added 13.
Lauren Richards paced
Pendleton (9-14, 4-4)
with 13 points and Kalan
0cGlothan chipped in 10
before fouling out late in
the fourth Tuarter.
Pendleton
¿nishes
out the regular season on
7uesday at 5:15 p.m. at
Hermiston.
7he play-in round will be
held on 7uesday, 0arch 1.
———
PHS (9-14, 4-4) 9 9 13 16 — 47
TD (12-10, 4-4) 11 13 15 18 — 57
PENDLETON — L. Richards 13, K.
McGlothan 10, H. Greb 9, M. Davies 5,
S. Greb 3, C. Hoffman 3, R. Gentner 2.
THE DALLES — I. Telles 21, J. Thoma-
sian 13, K. Hoylman 11, L. Cimmiyotti 8,
J. Bonham 2, B. McCall 2.
3-pointers — PHS 7, TD 4. Free throws
— PHS 9-15, TD 7-15. Fouls — PHS
14, TD 12. Fouled out — K. McGlothan
(PHS).
US earns Olympic
berth with win over
7rinidad and 7obago
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
HO8S7O1 — After
scoring three goals against
7rinidad and 7obago, Ale[
0organ was relieved that
the United States was
assured a spot this summer
in the Rio Olympics.
“We ¿nally Tuali¿ed,”
0organ said. “We don’t
have to talk about Tuali-
fying anymore.”
0organ’s hat trick, the
third of her career, high-
lighted the United States’
5-0 victory over 7rinidad
and 7obago on Friday
night in the semi¿nals of
the CO1CACAF Olympic
Tualifying tournament.
7he World Cup cham-
pions, ranked 1o. 1 world,
will seek their fourth
straight Olympic gold
medal and ¿fth overall.
7here were two Olympic
berths up for grabs in the
1orth and Central America
and Caribbean region.
Canada secured the other
spot in Bra]il with a 3-1
semi¿nal victory over
Costa Rica earlier Friday at
BB9A Compass Stadium.
It is the third straight
trip to the Olympics for
the 11th-ranked Canadians,
who will face the United
States on Sunday in the
tournament’s ¿nal match.
7he Americans went 3-0
with a 16-0 goal difference
in the group stage of the
eight-team
Tuali¿cation
tournament. 7hey capped
the ¿rst round with a 10-0
rout of Puerto Rico led by a
team record-tying ¿ve goals
from Crystal 'unn, the last
player cut from the roster
that won the World Cup last
summer in Canada.
Women’s Soccer
Trinidad
USA
0
5
7he Americans have
never lost a CO1CACAF
Olympic Tuali¿er, going
17-0-1,
and
they’ve
outscored opponents 96-4.
It is the ¿rst time 7rin-
idad and 7obago has made
the semi¿nals in Tualifying.
“I think we took it to
7rinidad and 7obago,”
0organ said. “7hey’re a
really good ¿rst-half team
but I think as the game
wears on they get a little
more unorgani]ed. But I
think we wreaked some
havoc for them in the ¿rst
half.”
Coach Jill Ellis tinkered
with the lineup a bit for the
match, sitting 'unn and
Ali Krieger, who had both
logged a lot of minutes in
the tournament.
Overall, Ellis is working
with a younger roster than
the one that won the World
Cup last summer in Canada.
Several
players,
including Abby Wambach
and Lauren Holiday, have
retired. Amy Rodrigue]
and Sydney Lerou[ are
e[pecting and won’t be
available for the Olympics.
0egan Rapinoe is recov-
ering from knee surgery.
7he youngest on the
team is 17-year-old 0allory
Pugh, headed to UCLA
ne[t season. Pugh started
and made an impact early
with an assist on 7obin
Heath’s opening goal of the
match in the 12th minute.