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SPORTS Tuesday, March 8, 2016 East Oregonian Page 3B MISSION Nixyaawii rebounds at state to take third place Stewart guides Golden Eagles past Hosanna Christian East Oregonian BAKER CITY — Mary Stewart scored a game-high SRLQWV DQG QDLOHG ¿YH 3-pointers to help lift her Nixyaawii Golden Eagles to D WKLUG SODFH ¿QLVK LQ &ODVV $ZLWKDYLFWRU\RYHU the Hosanna Christian Lions on Saturday afternoon. The Golden Eagles (25-3) shot 19-54 (35 percent) from WKH ÀRRU LQ WKH JDPH DQG hit 9-24 (37 percent) from 3-point range to grab the win. They also dominated the boards on Saturday, out-re- bounding the Lions 40-26 Hosanna Nixyaawii 39 53 ZLWKWKHKHOSRIRIIHQVLYH rebounds. Sunshine Fuentes and Desiree Maddern each had eight rebounds to lead the team — including VHYHQ RIIHQVLYH ERDUGV IRU Maddern. Just like the Golden Eagles boys team did later in the afternoon, Nixyaawii QHYHU WUDLOHG LQ WKH JDPH DV WKH\ VFRUHG WKH ¿UVW points of the contest and held the Lions scoreless until the PDUNRIWKH¿UVWTXDUWHU teams headed to halftime. Their dominance continued The Lions (23-7) were LQWKHVHFRQGTXDUWHUDVWKH\ QHYHUDEOHWRJHWWKHOHDGWR breezed to a 32-20 lead as the single digits in the second GOLDEN EAGLES: Ashley, Melton make DOOWRXUQDPHQW¿UVWWHDP Continued from 1B $VKOH\ ¿QLVKHG ZLWK points, with Ashley also ¿QLVKLQJDVWKHWHDP¶VKLJK rebounder with 10. The Golden Eagles QHYHUWUDLOHGLQWKHJDPHDV they came out of the gates determined and put up 46 SRLQWVLQWKH¿UVWKDOI$IWHU jumping out to a 10-4 lead ZLWKOHIWLQWKHTXDUWHU Damascus Christian battled back to get within 12-10 with 2:42 left. But Nixy- aawii answered with a 10-3 UXQRYHUWKH¿QDOPLQXWHVWR HQGWKHTXDUWHUZLWKD lead. 1L[\DDZLL GUHZ ¿UVW blood again in the second TXDUWHU WR LQFUHDVH LWV OHDG to double-digits on a pair of free throws from Campos for a 24-13 lead. And from that point on, Nixyaawii QHYHU OHW WKHLU OHDG EHORZ 10 points. The team shot an incred- ible 16-22 (73 percent) IURP WKH ÀRRU DQG PDGH SRLQWHUV LQ WKH ¿UVW half, and held Damascus Christian to 12-26 (46 percent) shooting to hold a 46-28 lead at the break. And in the second half, 1L[\DDZLL UHPDLQHG HI¿- cient on offense shooting 13-30 (43 percent) led by McKay with 11 points. The Golden Eagles had two players named to the All-Tournament teams with seniors Ashley and Hunter Melton both making the ¿UVWWHDP 1L[\DDZLL ¿QLVKHG WKH WRXUQDPHQW ¿UVW LQ RYHUDOO scoring with 74.7 points SHUJDPH¿UVWLQ¿HOGJRDO SHUFHQWDJH ¿UVW LQ three-point percentage (38), ¿UVW LQ DVVLVWV SHU game), second in free throw percentage (65.8) and third in steals (6.7 per game). Ashley was sixth in indi- YLGXDOVFRULQJZLWKSRLQWV RQDYHUDJHDQG0HOWRQZDV eighth with 14.7. Ashley also led the tournament with 12 assists and Melton was second with 10. Angel Corona led the tournament with 66.7 percent shooting (8 for 12) and Kipp was fourth with 59.3 percent (16 for 27) while also placing fourth in rebounds with 22 (7.3 per game). Melton tied for the tournament lead with 6.7 PDGH ¿HOG JRDOV SHU JDPH and McKay was second in three-point shooting going 7 for 15 (46.7 percent). Fredy Campos led the tournament in free throw percentage going 9 for 10. ——— DCS (25-5) 13 15 19 22 — 69 NCS (27-2) 22 24 19 16 — 81 DAMASCUS CHRISTIAN — H. Straub 17, B. Shields 14, S. Marvin 14, S. Murphy 9, R. Patrick 6, D. Zakuaryuk 5, M. Phillips 4. NIXYAAWII — H. McKay 19, D. Kipp 16, I. Ashley 16, H. Melton 14, F. Campos 14, A. Corona 2. 3-pointers — DCS 11, NCS 9. Free throws — DCS 0-1, NCS 14-15. Fouls — DCS 10, NCS 6. DQG ZDV QDPHG WR WKH ¿UVW team. The Golden Eagles ¿QLVKHG ¿UVW LQ WKUHHSRLQW shooting percentage (36.8) and blocked shots (13), VHFRQG LQ RYHUDOO VFRULQJ with 46.7 points per game, free throw percentage (59.6) and steals (32), third in assists (18) and fourth in rebounding DYHUDJH Stewart led all teams with 20.7 points per game, was ¿UVWLQVWHDOVDQGVHFRQG in assists (8). Stewart and Fuentes tied IRU¿UVWLQEORFNHGVKRWV ——— The Nixy- aawii girls basketball team pos- es with its third- place tro- phy from the OSAA 1A state champi- onships in Baker City on Saturday in Baker City. Girls Hoops Photo courtesy of OSAA half, as Nixyaawii was able the half. Stewart was the only WR DQVZHU MXVW DERXW HYHU\ basket and momentum swing member of the team to make that the Lions put together in WKH $OO7RXUQDPHQW VTXDG HERMISTON +HUPLVWRQIDOOVWR:LOVRQYLOOHLQ¿UVWURXQG By SAM BARBEE East Oregonian WILSONVILLE — The Hermiston boys basketball WHDP¶VVHDVRQZDVHQGHGRQ Saturday after an 87-45 loss WRWRSVHHGHG:LOVRQYLOOH +HUPLVWRQ FRDFK 'DYH (JR VDLG :LOVRQYLOOH¶V VL]H and athleticism were impres- VLYH=DFK5HLFKOHDIRRW junior, scored 34 points and went 14-15 from the free Boys Hoops to the state throw line. tournament. Austin Naillon Powerful was the only forward Tre Bulldog in GRXEOH ¿JXUHV Hermiston Wilsonville Neal missed nearly a month with 13 points. with a broken ³ 7 K H \ ¶ U H ¿QJHU DQG just a really good basketball team,” Ego Hermiston lost twice in the &ROXPELD 5LYHU &RQIHUHQFH VDLG³$QGWKH\¶UHGHHS´ In his only season at the during his absence. Still, Ego was largely KHOP (JR LPSURYHG WKH %XOOGRJVE\VL[ZLQVRYHUODVW happy with the season. \HDU¶V HIIRUW DQG DGYDQFHG ³*LYHQ DOO WKH FLUFXP- 45 87 BUCKAROOS: /DVWOHDGLQ¿UVWTXDUWHU Continued from 1B JXDUGKH¶VDJUHDWSOD\HU´ :KHQLWZDVQ¶W$K6DP ZKR DGGHG VHYHQ UHERXQGV and six assists, nailing jump shots with a hand in his face RUZHDYLQJWKURXJKWUDI¿FWR the rim, it was the post duo of Todd Bourassa and Gabe 6RUEHUJLYLQJWKH%XFNV¿WV down low. ³:H KDYHQ¶W UHDOO\ VHHQ a skilled big in a long time and our help side was a little VORZ´ 7HGGHU VDLG ³7KDW¶V kind of been one of our issues all year, is a little bit RIUHERXQGLQJVL]HZLVH,W¶V been a struggle for us.” “They got some big posts that work really well, really IXQGDPHQWDO WKH\¶YH JRW JRRG PRYHV GRZQ ORZ´ said Pendleton senior James %UDGW³7KH\¶UHDJRRGWHDP good all-around team.” %RWK 6SULQJ¿HOG SRVWV ¿QLVKHG ZLWK SRLQWV DQG Bourassa led the game with 17 rebounds while Sorber added eight. The Millers took their largest lead of the game with OHIWLQWKHWKLUGTXDUWHU when Ah Sam drained a contested jumper to make LW3HQGOHWRQ¶V&DGHQ Smith answered at the other end with a three-pointer, and $GDPVDGGHGDGULYHIRUWZR to make it 48-37 at the end RIWKHWKLUGEXWQHYHUFDPH closer than nine points of the OHDGLQWKHIRXUWKTXDUWHU Smith scored just three of his team-high 23 points in the ¿QDO HLJKW PLQXWHV DV 3HQG- OHWRQVWUXJJOHGIURPWKH¿HOG Bradt added 10 and Adams ¿QLVKHGZLWKVL[SRLQWV “We had a little bit of QHUYHVEXWDWWKHHQGRIWKH GD\ ZH MXVW GLGQ¶W NQRFN GRZQ VKRWV DQG GLGQ¶W JHW the stops that we needed at the time that we needed, which kind of hurt us down Local Slate PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL Wednesday Hermiston vs. Corvallis (at Gill Coliseum, Corvallis), 3:15 p.m. Thursday Hermiston vs. TBD (at Gill Coliseum, Corvallis), TBD Friday Hermiston vs. TBD (at Gill Coliseum, Corvallis), TBD Saturday Hermiston vs. TBD (at Gill Coliseum, Corvallis), TBD Basketball OSAA Boys Saturday’s Games 6A (first round) SOUTH MEDFORD 85, Grant 67 Sheldon 81, BEAVERTON 72 JESUIT 70, David Douglas 65 WESTVIEW 71, West Salem 64 SOUTH SALEM 71, McNary 58 Jefferson-Portland 73, CENTRAL CATHOLIC 69 WEST LINN 69, Oregon City 57 1A First place: SHERMAN 53, Columbia Christian 45 Third place: NIXYAAWII 81, Damascus Christian 69 Fourth place: Hosanna Christian 72, YONCALLA 52 Girls Saturday’s Games 3A First place: DAYTON 56, Amity 42 Third place: SALEM ACAD. 49, Coquille 36 Fourth place: Umatilla 41, PORTLAND ADVENTIST ACAD. 39 2A First place: KENNEDY 52, Burns 32 Third place: Western Mennonite 47, MONROE 40 Fourth place: GRANT UNION 41, Imbler 30 1A First place: COUNTRY CHRISTIAN 54, North Douglas 37 Third place: NIXYAAWII 53, Hosanna Christian 39 NCAA Men Pac-12 Saturday’s Games Oregon 76,USC 66 Utah 57, Colorado 55 Arizona 94, Stanford 62 California 68, Arizona St., 65 Oregon St., 86, UCLA 82 Wednesday’s Games Stanford vs. Washington (at Las Vegas), Noon Washington St. vs. Colorado (at Las Vegas), 2:30 p.m. UCLA vs. USC (at Las Vegas), 6 p.m. Arizona St. vs. Oregon St. (at Las Vegas), 8:30 p.m. Women Pac-12 Saturday’s Games Oregon St. 57, Washington 55 UCLA 73, California 67 Sunday’s Games Oregon St. 69, UCLA 57 NBA Sunday’s Games L.A. Lakers 112, Golden State 95 Oklahoma City 104, Milwaukee 96 Phoenix 109, Memphis 100 Denver 116, Dallas 114, OT Miami 103, Philadelphia 98 Detroit 123, Portland 103 Houston 113, Toronto 107 Monday’s Games Memphis 106, Cleveland 103 Indiana 99, San Antonio 91 stances, our kids represented WKHPVHOYHVZHOO´KHVDLG³:H got into the state tournament, ZKLFK , GRQ¶W WKLQN D ORW RI SHRSOH H[SHFWHG LVQ¶W EDGJLYHQWKHFLUFXPVWDQFHV´ ——— HHS (13-13) 12 8 14 11 — 45 WHS (22-3) 23 24 28 12 — 87 HERMISTON — A. Naillon 13, C. Flores 9, A. James 7, T. Neal 6, H. Walls 5, D. Neal 4, P. Wicks 1, C. Schwirse, J. Garcia, C. Ortiz, P. Peterson. WILSONVILLE — Z. Reichle 34, H. Stei- ger 14, T. Hieb 14, Z. Rossetti 6, S. Bullock 5, N. Overholt 5, C. Larsen 3, A. Burkhead 2, R. Napoli 2, Z. Woodworth 2, C. Riewald. 3-pointers — HHS 4, WHS 4. Free throws — HHS 8-11, WHS 25-30. Fouls — HHS 21, WHS 12. Technical fouls — HHS bench. VIKINGS: Watson on second team the stretch,” Smith said. Pendleton started the game on an 8-2 run, but held its last lead at 11-10 with VWLOO WR JR LQ WKH ¿UVW TXDUWHU %RXUDVVD¶V SRVW XS with 1:14 left in the frame put the Millers up for good. There was a lot of emotion in the Pendleton locker room after the game. “This team is like a IDPLO\ VR GH¿QLWHO\ KDUG´ Bradt said of the end of the season. ³7KH\¶YH JRW QRWKLQJ to hang their heads about,” Tedder said. “It should hurt EHFDXVH WKH\ FDUH EXW ,¶P MXVW SURXG RI ZKDW WKH\¶YH been able to do.” ——— Continued from 1B dished out 11 assists and also hit a free throw in the fourth. Umatilla led 21-18 at halftime when Campos and Dohman hit layups in the ¿QDOPLQXWHWRFDSDUXQ 3RUWODQG $GYHQWLVW KHOG its last lead of the game with 6:29 to play in the third TXDUWHU ZKHQ 0DF/DFKDQ scored on a fast break. 6DUDK +DOYRUVHQ SDFHG 3RUWODQG $GYHQWLVW ZLWK points and 11 rebounds, but ZDV VKXW RXW IRU WKH ¿QDO 6:46. Umatilla was making its ¿UVW DSSHDUDQFH DW WKH ¿QDO site since 2011 when they placed third. :DWVRQ ZDV WKH 9LNLQJV¶ only selection for the $OO7RXUQDPHQW VTXDG DQG made the second team. She DYHUDJHGSRLQWVDQG rebounds a game and was third in the tournament with six made three-pointers. As a team, the Vikings were third in three-point shooting percentage (28.2) and second in assists (29). Webb led them with 16 assists, second for the tourna- ment, and Mari Paz was tops in three-point percentage going 2 for 3 (66.7). ——— SHS (18-7) 14 15 19 16 — 64 PHS (15-8) 11 12 14 12 — 49 SPRINGFIELD — N. Ah Sam 30, T. Bourassa 12, G. Sorber 12, J. Gonzalez 5, J. Carillo 3, J. Holvey 2. PENDLETON — C. Smith 23, J. Bradt 10, D. Adams 6, W. Morris 4, M. Foreman 2, K. Quinn 2, D. Roe 2, J. Peterson, J. Szumski, R. Russell. 3-pointers — SHS 2, PHS 5. Free throws — SHS 12-17, PHS 10-20. Fouls — SHS 14, PHS 15. Fouled out — J. Bradt (PHS). SCOREBOARD CLACKAMAS 108, Franklin 84 5A (first round) SUMMIT 58, Lebanon 51 Springfield 64, PENDLETON 49 MOUNTAIN VIEW 76, South Albany 54 CORVALLIS 53, Milwaukie 49 CHURCHILL 68, Central 63 WILSONVILLE 87, Hermiston 45 PARKROSE 66, Silverton 55 LIBERTY 52, Marist Catholic 45 (OT) 4A (first round) SCAPPOOSE 60, Newport 44 HENLEY 46, Sisters 34 Gladstone 53, NORTH MARION 44 (OT) COTTAGE GROVE 71, Baker 69 SEASIDE 58, La Grande 43 {10:37pm 3/5/16} ASTORIA 42, Cascade 30 3A First place: DAYTON 79, Portland Adven- tist Acad. 60 Third place: St. Mary’s-Medford 59, DE LA SALLE NORTH CATHOLIC 53 Fourth place: BLANCHET CATHOLIC 49, Colton 44 2A First place: Vernonia 57, REGIS 49 {10:26pm 3/5/16} Third place: WESTERN MENNONITE 38, Bandon 34 Fourth place: IMBLER 39, Burns 34 HCS (23-7) 7 13 5 14 — 39 NCS (25-3) 17 15 10 11 — 53 HOSANNA CHRISTIAN — M. Bush 16, R. Murray 12, M. Bush 6, K. Tuttle 5. NIXYAAWII — M. Stewart 19, A. Farrow 9, S. Fuentes 8, D. Maddern 6, K. Melton 4, T. Oatman 4, E. Looney 2, S. Fitzpatrick 1, A. Tanasket. 3-pointers — HCS 8, NCS 9. Free throws — HCS 5-11, NCS 6-11. Fouls — HCS 9, NCS 11. Charlotte 108, Minnesota 103 Chicago 100, Milwaukee 90 New Orleans 115, Sacramento 112 L.A. Clippers 109, Dallas 90 Orlando at Golden State, late finish Today’s Games Brooklyn at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. San Antonio at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Atlanta at Utah, 6 p.m. New York at Denver, 6 p.m. Washington at Portland, 7 p.m. Orlando at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m. Hockey NHL Sunday’s Games Dallas 2, Ottawa 1 Pittsburgh 6, New Jersey 1 N.Y. Islanders 6, N.Y. Rangers 4 Chicago 4, Detroit 1 Edmonton 2, Winnipeg 1 St. Louis 4, Minnesota 2 Monday’s Games Buffalo 4, Toronto 3, SO Philadelphia 4, Tampa Bay 2 Boston 5, Florida 4, OT Colorado 3, Arizona 1 San Jose 2, Calgary 1, OT Washington at Anaheim, late finish Vancouver at Los Angeles, late finish UHS (24-6) 9 12 15 5 — 41 PA (24-7) 7 11 9 12 — 39 UMATILLA — A. Watson 13, B. Campos 9, C. Dohman 6, L. Journot 5, S. Webb 4, T. 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