East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, March 05, 2016, WEEKEND EDITION, Image 13

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Newspaper Page TextSPORTS Saturday, March 5, 2016 East Oregonian Page 3B 2A Girls Basketball Trojans make history with win “Everyone will remember that irst one. I look forward to that a lot. That’s the memorable moment because you think, we’re changing history, we’re changing our culture.” Kennedy advances to ¿rst state ¿naO in schooO history By ERIC SINGER East Oregonian PENDLETON — For the ¿rst tiPe in schooO history, the Kennedy Trojans are heading to the state chaP- SionshiS gaPe The No 1 seeded Trojans punched their ticket with a 48-32 win over the deIending state chaPpion and No 4 seed :estern Mennonite Pioneers on Friday afternoon in the 2A sePi¿naOs at the PendOeton &onvention &enter Trojans co-coach Peter +aOO said that getting that state chaPpionship Eanner to hang in the schooO gyP is soPething he wants for this years¶ teaP ³, think it wouOd Ee nice to know that when you go into our gyP, you¶OO have that Eanner up there, and it¶s up there forever,´ he said ³Everyone wiOO rePePEer that ¿rst one , Oook forward to that a Oot That¶s the PePoraEOe PoPent Eecause you think, we¶re changing history, we’re changing our cuOture´ Senior Ken]ie 5atOiff was one of two pOayers in douEOe ¿gures in the gaPe for Kennedy, ¿nishing with 15 points and 13 reEounds and feOOow senior Lakin Susee added 14 points The Trojans 23-4 caPe out of the gates against the Pioneers strong, juPping to a 15-5 Oead Ey the end of the ¿rst Tuarter, and kept the Oead at 10 as the teaPs went into haOftiPe The Pioneers Pade a push in the second haOf, eventuaOOy cutting the Oead down to 32-27 with 6:45 Oeft to pOay in the fourth Tuarter The push forced a Trojans tiPeout as the coaches feOt the teaP just needed to re-gather its coPposure “It’s such a fast-paced gaPe and Eoth teaPs were very taOented, so we knew we had to have that PoPent of coPposure to just take a Ereath,´ Peter +aOO said “:e just had to take a PoPent, Oook at the cOock — Peter Hall, Trojans co-coach Staff photo by E.J. Harris The Kennedy Trojans celebrate their 48-32 win against Western Mennonite on Friday in the state 2A basketball tournament in Pendleton. and just think that we had to ¿nish the gaPe and Ee ahead, and it doesn’t Patter if its one point or 20´ The Ereather worked for the Trojans, as a 3-poitner Ey Susee out of the Ereak sparked a 16-5 run to ¿nish out the Tuarter and the gaPe to advance the Trojans Maddie +uOO Oed the Pioneers with 11 points and Maddie Hopper had 10 points and 12 reEounds The Pioneers wiOO pOay Monroe today at 1:30 pP for third pOace Kennedy wiOO pOay today at 6:30 pP against the %urns HiOanders for the 2A state chaPpionship gaPe “It feeOs pretty darn aPa]ing, Eut we know we have one gaPe Oeft,´ said coach Kerry HaOO “I think it’s going to take what it took today — teaPwork, defense, hustOe and Oeaving everything on the Àoor´ ——— WMS (21-7) 5 8 10 9 — 32 KHS (23-4) 15 8 9 16 — 48 WESTERN MENNONITE — M. Hull 11, M. Hopper 10, K. Louthan 7, L. Pack 3, S. Mansour 1, A. Hess, B. Freeman. KENNEDY — K. Ratliff 15, L. Susee 14, H. Arritola 7, T. Brown 6, K. Cantu 2, M. Jaeger 2, A. Frey 2, K. Brown, M. Sanchez. 3-pointers — WMS 1, KHS 4. Free throws — WMS 11-20, KHS 10-15. Fouls — WMS 16, KHS 16. Fouled out — T. Brown (KHS). BURNS 48, MONROE 41 (OT) — The Burns HiOanders are Eack in the 2A state chaPpionship gaPe for the second-consecutive season with a 48-41 win over the Monroe Dragons in overtiPe on Friday night at the PendOeton &onvention &enter Lindsey TayOor Oed the HiOanders 27-2 with 23 points on 8-20 shooting, naiOing three 3-pointers and graEEing 12 reEounds As a teaP, Burns shot 17-62 27 percent Eut graEEed an incrediEOe 61 reEounds to Monroe’s 26-2 33 &atherine &OePens was the teaPs’ high reEounder with 15 The teaPs were even in the ¿rst Tuarter, with Burns Oeading 14-13 Eefore the HiOanders EOew the gaPe open in the second Tuarter as they outscored the Dragons 12-2 to graE a 26-15 Oead at haOftiPe After a deadOocked third Tuarter that kept the HiOanders’ Oead at 10, the Dragons Pade a run in the fourth Tuarter to graE a 15-4 advantage, tying the gaPe at 3-3 with just 11 seconds Oeft in the gaPe Ey Peyton Greene to send the gaPe to overtiPe But in the extra period, it was aOO HiOanders as they outscored the Dragons -2 to graE the win Burns wiOO pOay Kennedy today at 6:30 pP for the 2A titOe, whiOe Monroe wiOO pOay at 1:30 pP against :estern Mennonite for third pOace ——— BHS (27-2) 14 12 9 4 9 — 48 MHS (26-2) 13 2 9 15 2 — 41 BURNS — L. Taylor 23, C. Feist 7, M. Carson 6, C. Clemens 5, A. Nonnenmacher 5, O. West 2, S. Shelman. MONROE — M. Ballard 24, R. Gwillim 8, P. Greene 4, K. Martin 3, K. Martin 2, E. Holmes, C. Knaggs, R. Ballard, E. Stahl. 3-pointers — BHS 3, MHS 3. Free throws — BHS 11-24, MHS 4-7. Fouls — BHS 14, MHS 21. Fouled out — P. Greene (MHS). IMBLER 40, BONANZA 29 — The IPEOer Panthers kept its season aOive for one Pore day as the No 12 seed Panthers knocked off the No seed Bonan]a AntOers in a consoOation gaPe on Friday Porning IPEOer 17-8 featured three pOayers in douEOe ¿gures on offense, as Lexee 5oEertson had 12 points to go with 11 reEounds, Katie Barry had 12 points, and KaiOey SPith had 11 points As a teaP, IPEOer shot 14-38 36 percent froP the Àoor and won the reEound EattOe 38-31 Bonan]a 21-7 shot 1 percent 11-56 froP the Àoor and had no pOayers reach douEOe ¿gures :hitnee Dirk Oed the teaP with eight points on 3-13 shooting The Panthers traiOed the AntOers 8-6 after the ¿rst Tuarter, Eut used a 14-7 advantage in the second Tuarter to graE a 20-15 Oead at haOftiPe and never Oooked Eack IPEOer wiOO now pOay Grant 8nion today at aP for fourth pOace at the Pend- Oeton &onvention &enter ——— IHS (17-8) 6 14 6 14 — 40 BHS (21-7) 8 7 2 12 — 29 IMBLER — L. Robertson 12, K. barry 12, K. Smith 11, J. Rudd 4, W. Wilber 1, H. Kilpatrick, A. Felk, M. Hassan, B. Hassan, F. Burnette, M. Hoskin. BONANZA — W. Dirk 8, K. Dirk 7, J. Batterman 5, B. Dirk 5, S. Woodworth 2, R. Banderas 2, R. Anderson, M. Pitcock, H. Lee, C. Munson. 3-pointers — IHS 0, BHS 1. Free throws — IHS 12-23, BHS 6-9. Fouls — IHS 12, BHS 24. Fouled out — B. Dirk (BHS), J. Batterman (BHS). GRANT UNION 41, LOST RIVER 37 — The Grant Union Prospectors heOd off a furious second haOf coPeEack froP the Lost River Raiders to advance further in the consoOation Eracket on Friday Porning Grant Union 23-6 Oed Lost River 1-7 2-16 at haOftiPe Eefore the Raiders Àipped the switch out of the haOftiPe Ereak Lost River out-scored Grant Union 21-12 in the second haOf, as the teaPs’ offenses effectiveOy switched pOaces Grant Union shot 10-26 38 percent in the ¿rst haOf and then feOO to 2-16 12 percent in the second haOf, whiOe Lost River shot 6-24 25 percent in the ¿rst haOf and 8-18 (44 percent) in the second haOf The Prospec- tors were aEOe to naiO 8- froP the free throw Oine to hang on to the win Keri Pent]er Oed the Prospectors in scoring with over haOf the teaPs’ points — 25 of theP to Ee exact Pent]er onOy shot 6-1 froP the ¿eOd, Eut hit 13 of her 15 free throw attePpts The teaPs’ next highest scorer was Mariah MouOton with nine points Lost River’s offense was carried Ey RacheO Parks with 1 points, as 15 of theP caPe off of 3-pointers She had three 3-pointers and 11 points in the second haOf The Prospectors wiOO now pOay IPEOer today at aP for fourth pOace at the PendOeton &onvention &enter ——— LRHS (19-7) 8 8 13 8 — 37 GUHS (23-6) 17 12 4 8 — 41 LOST RIVER — R. Parks 19, T. Aluskin 6, J. Coblan 6, M. Storer 4, M. Girtman 2, C. O’Grady. GRANT UNION — K. Pentzer 25, M. Moulton 9, H. Mosley 4, S. Brock 3, K. Wright, M. Wilson. 3-pointers — LRHS 5, GUHS 4. Free throws — LRHS 4-7, GUHS 13-16. Fouls — LRHS 14, GUHS 8. BULLDOGS: LiEerty’s -aidyn 2A BOYS: 9ernonia wiOO pOay ThoPas Oed the gaPe with 1 points against Regis for the chaPpionship Continued from 1B defensiveOy, offensiveOy, and it just sort of cOicked´ RaPire] added 12 points and eight reEounds and sophoPore Maddy -uuO chipped in 11 points The BuOOdogs out-reEounded LiEerty 40-28 whiOe causing 23 turnovers and coPPit- ting just 14 LiEerty’s -aidyn ThoPas Oed the gaPe with 1 points and PiPenteO added 16 The win earned the BuOO- dogs a seventh-straight trip to the state Tuarter¿naOs and the Eracket’s ¿naO site, which wiOO Eegin :ednesday at GiOO &oOiseuP in &orvaOOis :hiOe the FaOcons Pay not have given the BuOOdogs Puch preparation in the way of a tightOy contested gaPe, they did heOp theP prepare for the physicaO styOe of pOay they expect to encounter LiEerty was whistOed for 24 fouOs, a nuPEer Post purpOe and goOd cOad fans in attendance feOt couOd have Eeen Puch higher — and they weren’t wrong The BuOOdogs were aEOe to Patch the FaOcons in the physi- caOity departPent, though, without racking up fouOs of their own and ¿nished with seven “UsuaOOy we don’t pOay very physicaO teaPs and so pOaying a physicaO teaP was nice Eecause now we’re going to Ee pOaying Pore physicaO teaPs a state,´ EdPiston said “So it’s a good refresher of Eetter teaPs than were in our conference´ The No 5 BuOOdogs wiOO open the tournaPent Eracket against hoPetown favorite No 4 &orvaOOis at 3:15 pP on :ednesday “:e’re excited Eecause Continued from 1B ——— WMS (20-8) 6 5 7 7 — 25 RHS (24-3) 17 9 9 12 — 47 WESTERN MENNONITE — J. Williams 9, C. Williams 4, S. Hess 4, D. Domes 4, N. O’Neill 2, I. Rush 1, C. Nofziger 1, D. Gray, C. Roth, D. Berkey, M. Hull, K. Hull. REGIS — B. Piete 10, B. Woodcock 8, S. Nieslanik 7, A. Schmitt 7, B. Piete 7, T. Williams 6, S. Kelley 2, C. Gescher, G. Minten, A. Moore, R. Boyd, G. Brown. 3-pointers — WMS 3, RHS 1. Free throws — WMS 2-5, RHS 6-11. Fouls — WMS 15, RHS 12. Staff photo by E.J. Harris Hermiston’s Sara Ramirez shoots the ball in front of Liberty’s Cami Smotherman in the Bulldogs’ 71-48 win against the Falcons on Friday in Hermiston. we’ve Eeen working reaOOy hard in practice and we were kind of upset with Oast year’s resuOts,´ Andreason said of their 51-46 Ooss in the chaPpionship gaPe, “so it’s a good feeOing to get Eack´ “They know that this gaPe is the onOy way they’re going to get Eack to have a shot,´ Hoffert said “If we don’t win that ¿rst gaPe we don’t get a shot at what we want My seniors keep the teaP focused and they know that one gaPe at a tiPe was how we got to the ¿naOs Oast year, and so that’s how we’re going to approach it this year´ ——— LHS (13-12) 11 14 7 16 — 48 HHS (22-3) 20 14 20 17 — 71 LIBERTY — J. Thomas 19, Ke. Pimentel 16, A. Grenfell 9, C. Smotherman 2, A. Gallegos 2, Ka. Pimentel, B. Romeo, K. Magera, M. Jobe, C. Estocapio, E. Maki, M. Williams. HERMISTON — R. Andreason 15, J. Edmiston 13, S. Ramirez 12, M. Juul 11, H. Meyers 7, S. Gilbert 7, K. Heehn 3, K. Padilla 2, C. Wheeler 1, H. Thompson, J. Thomas. 3-pointers — LHS 7, HHS 4. Free throws — LHS 5-8, HHS 11-32. Fouls — LHS 24, HHS 7. Fouled out — E. Maki, A. Gallegos (LHS). VERNONIA 51, BANDON 39 — The 9ernonia Loggers caPe into the 2A sePi- ¿naO on a 26-gaPe winning streak, and on Friday they extended that streak to 27 as they defeated the Bandon Tigers to advance to the state chaPpionship gaPe The appearance on Saturday wiOO Ee the ¿rst trip Eack to the titOe gaPe since 15, and the teaP wiOO aOso Ee searching for its ¿rst chaPpionship since winning Eack-to- Eack titOes in 177-178 The Loggers (27-1) were paced on offense Ey Tristan AdaPs with 1 points on 7-10 shooting, incOuding 5-8 froP the 3-point Oine As a teaP, 9ernonia shot 3 percent froP the Àoor (1-48) and naiOed 8-22 attePpts froP 3-point range The gaPe featured onOy one tie and two Oead changes as the Loggers controOOed the score for the Pajority of the gaPe Bandon tied the gaPe and then took an 8-7 Oead with one Pinute Oeft in the ¿rst Tuarter on a 3-point pOay Ey Tristan Davidson, Eut then 9ernonia took the Oead Eack at -8 with 48 seconds Oeft on a Oay-up Ey Luke Mc&aOOuP FroP there it was aOO Loggers, as they used a 10-2 run over the ¿rst four Pinutes of the second Tuarter to gather the PoPentuP and the advantage and run away with the victory 9ernonia wiOO pOay today at 8:15 pP against Regis for the chaPpionship, whiOe Bandon wiOO pOay :estern Mennonite at 3:15 pP for third pOace ——— BHS (23-5) 8 8 12 11 — 39 VHS (27-1) 9 16 13 13 — 51 BANDON — A. Moore 13, T. Davidson 12, A. Smith 10, Z. Olive 2, T. Dyer 2, M. Brown. VERNONIA — T. Adams 19, B. Jones 8, R. Connor 8, C. Sullivan 5, L. McCallum 4, B. Elliot 4, A. Schlemann 2, F. Mian 1, J. Medearis. 3-pointers — BHS 2, VHS 8. Free throws — BHS 7-14, VHS 5-8. Fouls — BHS 10, VHS 15. IMBLER 41, KENNEDY 39 — The Panthers kept its season aOive for one Pore day after they heOd off against a second haOf charge Ey the Kennedy Trojans on Friday to Photo by E.J. Harris Regis’ Bryce Piete drives on Western Mennonite’s Niko O’Neill in the Rams’ 47-25 win against the Pioneers in Fri- day in Pendleton. advance to the third-pOace gaPe on Saturday IPEOer (21-4) Oed for the entire gaPe, juPping on Kennedy earOy and often to the tune of a 12-4 Oead Ey the end of the ¿rst Tuarter The defenses took over in the second Tuarter as Kennedy got the score within 18-13 as the teaPs headed to Ereak Kennedy (15-12) Pade a charge in the second haOf, outscoring the Panthers 26-23 Eut the Trojans siPpOy ran out of tiPe For the gaPe, the Panthers shot 16-41 (3 percent) and won the reEound EattOe 35-2 MarshaO :hitaker Oed the Panthers with 15 points, whiOe Brandon McGiOvray had 10 For Kennedy, -acoE Lope] had 14 points, whiOe Brett Traeger and -ack Suing each had nine IPEOer next pOays Burns today at 10:45 aP for third pOace ————— KHS (15-12) 4 9 12 14 — 39 IHS (21-4) 12 6 12 11 — 41 KENNEDY — J. Lopez 14, B. Traeger 9, J. Suing 9, O. Seiler 3, B. Mitchell 2, T. Schmidt 2, R. Carley, D. Arritola. IMBLER — M. Whitaker 15, B. McGilbray 10, T. VanCleave 8, G. Ryan 4, H. VanLeuven 2, J. Teeter 2, T. Riggle, A. Kanoho, I. Mowery. 3-pointers — KHS 3, IHS 2. Free throws — KHS 10-16, IHS 7-11. Fouls — KHS 16, IHS 16. Fouled out — J. Suing (KHS).