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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Tuesday, November 22, 2016
College Men’s Basketball
Georgetown holds off second-half surge by No. 13 Oregon
By JOHN MARSHALL
Associated Press
LAHAINA, Hawaii — George-
town was at its best in the first half,
playing aggressive defense, feeding
the hot hand of Rodney Pryor.
The Hoyas were at their worst to
start the second half, failing stops or
shots to drop.
Rather than folding, as they had
in the past, the Hoyas gritted out a
victory over a tough opponent.
Pryor had 26 points and 10
rebounds, and Georgetown with-
stood a furious second-half rally to
hold on for a 65-61 victory over No.
13 Oregon on Monday in the first
round of the Maui Invitational.
“In the second half they came out
and threw some blows,” said Pryor,
who had 18 points by halftime. “We
didn’t get early stops that we needed
and they got back into the game.
But then we were able to take a deep
breath, get some stops and get some
baskets.”
Georgetown (1-2) led by 17 after
a superb first half, capped by Pryor’s
running 3-pointer at the buzzer. The
Ducks (2-2) swarmed their way back,
using pressure defense to create turn-
overs and easy baskets in transition,
but LJ Peak added 17 points and hit
two free throws with 2.7 seconds left
to seal Georgetown’s victory.
Oregon struggled the entire first
half despite having leader Dillon
Brooks in the lineup for the first time
this season. The Ducks clawed their
way back behind pressure defense,
though didn’t have enough to finish
it off.
Payton Pritchard led Oregon with
18 points. Brooks had eight points,
including a long 3-pointer with 3.8
seconds left to get the Ducks within 2.
“As great a comeback as it was,
we weren’t tough enough to finish
it,” Oregon coach Dana Altman said.
HEPPNER: Horne creates havoc in Regis backfield for defense
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The second return came
on the opening kickoff of the
second half, and this time
Grieb kicked it deep down
the middle of the field. Regis’
Brendon Woodcock picked
up the rolling kick at his own
14 and stayed patient behind
his blockers before finding
a gap and again outrunning
Heppner defenders down the
near sideline to put Regis up
17-6 in the third quarter.
But from that point on
in the second half it was
all Regis. The Rams found
success in the passing game
on offense completing
8-of-12 passes for 143 yards,
as well as using a stout defen-
sive front to hold Heppner to
just 90 total yards in the half
on 30 plays.
For most of the game
Heppner’s offense just
couldn’t quite get going.
The Mustangs were gifted
great field position early
in the first quarter when
Regis fumbled the ball and
Heppner recovered at the
Rams’ 26. It was an oppor-
tunity for the Mustangs to
take control of the game
right away and set the tone,
but instead Heppner could
only muster three yards on
the possession and turned it
over on downs.
“That would have been
nice if we cashed in on that,”
Grant said. “It would have
got us going but we just
misfired early.”
The Mustangs were
also affected when senior
running back and defensive
Staff photos by E.J. Harris
ABOVE: Heppner’s
Beau Wolters goes
up to catch the ball
against Regis defenders
Brandon Piete (11) and
Ryan Boyd on Saturday
in Hillsboro. Wolters
wrestled the ball away
from both defenders
to score the Mustangs’
lone touchdown of the
game.
AT LEFT: Heppner’s Tre-
vin Horne sacks Regis’
Bryce Piete causing a
fumble on Saturday in
Hillsboro.
back Logan Grieb went
down with a knee injury
early in the third quarter.
Grieb gained four yards on
his only carry in the half, but
took a helmet from a Regis
defender to his left knee
and stayed down for several
minutes in obvious pain.
Grieb iced the knee for the
rest of the quarter and then
came back in the game in the
fourth but re-injured it two
series later trying to deflect a
pass on defense, causing him
to miss the rest of the game.
“It’s just too bad,” Grieb
said of the injury. “It was
really tough not to be out
there with them but it’s just
something you can’t do
anything about.”
One area where Heppner
dominated in the game,
though, was with its defen-
sive front seven, holding
Regis to just 37 rushing
yards on 26 attempts. Senior
linebacker Kevin Murray led
the team with 7.5 tackles, and
senior Tim Jaca picked up a
big quarterback sack, but it
was senior lineman Trevin
Horne that stood out, racking
up 4.5 tackles for loss, one
sack, one forced fumble, and
four quarterback pressures in
the game.
“I was just really aggres-
sive and just went for it on
every play,” Horne said,
“and it just worked out for
me I guess.”
Murray said he was happy
to see Horne, who transferred
to Heppner from Pendleton
for his senior season, cap off
his season with his best game
of the year.
“We were coaching him
along all year and he really
stepped up today,” Murray
said. “It’s like a whole new
player from his first game
and it was awesome to see.”
But even in the loss, not
one Mustang hung their head
after the game and Grant
emphasized in the postgame
huddle how proud he was of
the team and the effort put
forth.
“I don’t think they (Regis)
outplayed us by any stretch
of the imagination, but they
just had more athletes and
were able to make a few
more plays,” Grant said.
“And if Logan doesn’t get
hurt, if they don’t return
that first kickoff, maybe it’s
different, but guess what? Oh
well. On this day that’s what
happened, they had enough
athletes and we couldn’t
quite do it.”
SENIOR SEND OFF
It also marked the final
game for seniors Grieb,
Murray, Jaca, Horne, Jake
Lindsey, and Kolby Currin,
who depart the program with
a 44-5 career record.
“It’s really special to be
part of this group,” Grieb
said. “The seniors are really
close and it’ll be really tough
not playing football with
those guys but what we’ve
accomplished it’s really
incredible.”
Grant said it’s always hard
to compare senior classes,
but he knows that the current
group were solid all the way
around.
“Look, they’ve been a
part of eight home playoff
victories, 44-5 over four
years, four semifinals, two
finals trips,” Grant said,”but
the character of them and
the type of kids they were,
they are really great. They’ll
be missed, but they left an
example and did a great job
of showing everybody what
it’s like to be a Mustang and
to do things the right way.”
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HHS
0 6
0
0 — 6
RHS
0 10 14
3 — 27
Stats
PASSING — HHS (4-24, 82 yds, TD) K.
Smith 7-16, 91 yds, TD; L. Grieb 0-2. RHS
Bry. Piete 13-19, 183 yds.
RUSHING — HHS (34-96 yds) L. Grieb
14-57; C. Dougherty 8-28; B. Wolters 4-17;
G. Hanna-Robinson 7-0; K. Smith 1-(-6). RHS
(26-37, 1 TD). Bra. Piete 16-37, TD; A. Pelayo
3-13; E. Gustin 4-13; Bry. Piete 3-(-26).
RECEIVING — HHS B. Wolters 4-43, TD;
J. Lindsey 3-33; C. Dougherty 2-11. RHS A.
Wiltsey 4-36; C. Gescher 3-70; E. Gustin
3-55; B. Woodcock 1-12; Bra. Piete 2-10.
EOU FOOTBALL: Head back on road at No. 1 Marian in next round
Continued from 1B
Klein scored on kickoff
returns of 96 and 82 yards,
but Mountaineers returner
John Payne added one of
his own and went 87 yards
to find pay dirt immediately
following Klein’s second
return touchdown.
The score was 34-21 at
that point in the third quarter,
and although the Mountain-
eers were unable to score
any more points, a timely
interception by Jesus Retano
for his second of the game
and a big defensive stand late
in the fourth quarter sealed
the first nine-win season in
EOU football history.
Retano’s second pick
may have been a game-
saver as it came on the first
play following Bartlow’s
only interception of the
afternoon. Looking to create
a momentum swing, Doane
went for an ill-advised half-
back pass that Retano hauled
in at the EOU nine-yard line
with 9:41 left in the game.
The Mountaineers were
able to run three and a half
minutes off the clock before
punting the ball away, and
Doane took over on its own
19 with 6:10 on the clock. The
Tigers managed to pick up a
pair of first downs, but the
drive stalled short of midfield.
Tucker Stanly wrapped up
running back Nate Meier for
a loss of five on first down,
then a dropped pass brought
up 3rd-and-15 and Anthony
Lyngar and Michal Arenas
combined to stop the passing
play for no gain.
Doane was just 2 for 11 on
third downs in the game, and
punted the ball away with
2:41 to go. They would never
touch it again, and EOU
ran the ball seven times to
pick up a pair of first downs
and finish out in victory
formation. A six-yard gain by
Alfred Gross on third-and-
five iced the win.
“I think we always had
confidence that we were
going to match up well with
Doane. As the game went on I
think our guys started feeding
off that, getting them off the
field on third down,” Camp
said. “I thought our running
backs were running downhill,
I thought our linemen, as we
continued to play the game, I
thought they were taking over
the box at times, and that’s
our goal. Today it happened.
“Just being able to pick
things up up front. They
(Doane) do a lot of twisting
and trying to get to the
football, a very athletic group
defensively. It was exactly
what we expected.”
Gross finished the game
with 91 yards on 28 carried,
and EOU totaled 146 yards
on 51 rushes. Meier finished
with 157 yards on 27 carries
but threw the costly intercep-
tion in the fourth quarter.
Bartlow, who was named
Offensive Player of the
Game, finished 22-of-34
passing for 273 yards with
four touchdowns and one
interception. He added 38
yards on the ground as well.
His top target of the after-
noon was junior Brenden
Kelly, who hauled in seven
catches for a career-high 168
yards and scored a pair of
touchdowns on receptions of
65 and 27 yards.
“Our goal all the time is
try to get the playmakers the
ball on time, and in space,
and I thought Zach did a
good job of that,” Camp said.
Bartlow completed passes
to eight different receivers,
and one of those was redshirt
freshman TJ Hancock of
Pendleton, who caught a
five-yard pass in the fourth
quarter. It was his fourth
reception of the season after
making his first three in
EOU’s regular season finale.
Josh Richards and AJ
Prom also scored receiving
touchdowns for EOU.
Defensive lineman Kayle
Lanoue had five tackles (one
solo) and was named Defen-
sive Player of the Game.
Jared Jensen had EOU’s only
sack in the game, a six-yard
loss that ended Doane’s first
offensive possession.
Eastern Oregon will be
on the road again in the next
round of the NAIA playoffs
when it goes to Indianapolis
to play No. 1 Marian on
Saturday at 11 a.m.
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EOU
13 7 14
0 — 34
DU
7 7
7
7 — 28
Scoring plays
1st Quarter
12:21 — EOU Josh Richards 6 pass from
Zach Bartlow (Nathan Harden kick), 7-0
8:01 — EOU Brenden Kelly 65 pass from
Bartlow (pass failed), 13-0
7:48 — DOANE Drew Klein 96 kickoff
return (Andres Burgoin kick), 13-7
2nd Quarter
11:29 — EOU AJ Prom 4 pass from
Bartlow (Harden kick), 20-7
9:53 — DOANE Hunter Bradley 6 pass
from Jack Shadley (Burgoin kick), 20-14
3rd Quarter
6:29 — EOU Kelly 27 pass from Bartlow,
27-14
6:18 — DOANE Klein 82 kickoff return
(Burgoin kick), 27-21
6:05 — EOU John Payne 87 kickoff return
(Harden kick), 34-21
4th Quarter
11:15 — DOANE Bradley 14 pass from
Shadley (Burgoin kick), 34-28
Statistics
PASSING — EOU (22-34-1, 273, 4 TD):
Zach Bartlow 22-34-1, 273, 4 TD. DOANE
(8-21-3, 80, 2 TD): Jack Shadley 8-20-1, 80,
2 TD; Nate Meier 0-1-1, 0.
RUSHING — EOU (51-146): Alfred Gross
28-91; Zach Bartlow 14-38; AJ Prom 6-28;
TJ Esekielu 1-(-4); Riley Neville 1-(-5).
DOANE (34-171): Nate Meier 25-157;
Drew Klein 5-13; Najee Mustafaa 2-8; Jack
Shadley 2-(-7).
RECEIVING — EOU (22-273, 4 TD): Bren-
den Kelly 7-168, 2 TD; Gabe Giacci 2-25; AJ
Prom 2-21, TD; Deacon Starr 2-19; Alfred
Gross 4-15; Josh Richards 2-14, TD; Kai
Turner 2-6; TJ Hancock 1-5. DOANE (8-80, 2
TD): Hunter Bradley 3-34, 2 TD; Nate Meier
2-19; Mitch Marvin 1-16; Ben Berreckman
1-8; Drew Klein 1-3.
TIMBERWOLVES: Men’s basketball drops opener to hot-shooting Mt. Hood
Continued from 1B
and was named to the second
team on Sunday.
Blue Mountain sopho-
more Kristin Williams tied
for the team high in kills in
both matches on Saturday
and finished with 11 against
Walla Walla. Sophomore
Jordan Mix also had 11, but
BMCC hit just .151 as a
team.
Savannah Ruark led Walla
Walla with 10 kills and 3.5
blocks.
Williams, Perez and
freshman Kiana Scott all had
six kills to lead the T-Wolves
against Bellevue, and the hit
a much better .286 to cruise
to wins of 25-15, 25-22.
Walla Walla was elimi-
nated in its next game in a 2-0
loss to Linn-Benton, which
went on to beat Chemeketa
in the loser’s bracket final to
earn the right to face Lower
Columbia in Sunday’s cham-
pionship round.
Linn-Benton
handed
Lower Columbia its first loss
of the tournament in the first
meeting 26-28, 25-17, 25-14,
25-18, but couldn’t hang on
in the winner-take-all best-
of-three rematch that went to
the Red Devils 25-22, 25-20.
Lower Columbia’s Kallie
Schmit was named Tourna-
ment MVP after finishing with
a tour-high 97 kills, and team-
mate Nina Bailey was named
Most Inspiration Player.
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BMCC
25 25 —
2
BCC
15 22 —
0
KILLS — BMCC (28): K. Williams 6, M.
Perez 6, K. Scott 6, J. Mix 5, K. Chavez
2, S. Schreier 2, K. Uhlenkott 1. BCC (16):
K. Mellick 4, A. Saelens 3, A. LeClech 3,
K. Richardson 2, K. Valade-Nunez 2, S.
O’Brien 2.
ASSISTS — BMCC (23): K. Chavez
21, K. Cantu 1, J. Mix 1. BCC (12): K.
Valade-Nunez 9, K. Mellick 2, A. Crain 1.
ACES — BMCC (4): M. Perez 2, K. Buck-
ner 1, K. Cantu 1. BCC (5): K. Valade-Nunez
4, K. Mellick 1.
DIGS — BMCC (31): B. Tillotson 10, M.
Perez 6, A. Vreeland 5, K. Chavez 5, K.
Scott 2, J. Mix 2, K. Cantu 1. BCC (24): K.
Valade-Nunez 6, S. O’Brien 5, K. Bui 4,
A. Crain 3, E. Weber 3, K. Mellick 2, A.
Nelson 1.
BLOCKS — BMCC (3): K. Williams 1.5, K.
Scott 1, S. Schreier .5. BCC (3): A. Saelens
2, K. Valade-Nunez .5, S. O’Brien .5.
WWCC
25 19 15 — 2
BMCC
18 25 13 — 1
KILLS — BMCC (39): K. Williams 11, J.
Mix 11, S. Schreier 6, K. Scott 5, M. Perez
4, K. Chavez 2. WWCC (36): S. Ruark 10,
L. Carpenter 9, M. Ness 7, S. Grove 6, C.
James 2, A. Garrison 2.
ASSISTS — BMCC (34): K. Chavez 33,
B. Tillotson 1. WWCC (32): D. Burke 18, A.
Garrison 14.
ACES — BMCC (3): A. Vreeland 1, K.
Buckner 1, B. Tillotson 1. WWCC (3): D.
Burke 1, S. Ruark 1, A. Garrison 1.
DIGS — BMCC (72): M. Perez 19, B.
Tillotson 19, K. Cantu 12, K. Chavez 9, A.
Vreeland 6, K. Buckner 3, K. Williams 2, K.
Scott 1, J. Mix 1. WWCC (61): T. Wegdahl
20, H. Pond 14, L. Carpenter 14, D. Burke
6, A. Garrison 4, M. Ness 2, S. Grove 1.
BLOCKS — BMCC (4): S. Schreier 1, K.
Williams 1, K. Scott 1, K. Chavez 1. WWCC
(9): S. Ruark 3.5, A. Garrison 2.5, L. Carpen-
ter 1, C. James .5, S. Grove .5.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
MT. HOOD 104, BLUE
MOUNTAIN 67 — At
Gresham, the Saints opened
up with a long-range barrage
hitting 11 three-pointers in
the first half, and the Timber-
wolves were never able to
recover as they dropped their
season opener on Sunday.
It was the second game
of the season for Mt. Hood
(1-1), which finished 13 of
28 (46.4 percent) on three-
pointers.
Blue Mountain (0-1)
didn’t find its touch until
the second half, and trailed
51-23 at intermission on
21.9-percent shooting.
Five
Timberwolves
finished in double digits,
but freshmen Darien Davis
and Jake Kasiorek tied for
a team-high with 13. Brody
Brohrer added 11 points on
3-of-3 outside shooting and
eight rebounds, and David
Bravo had 10 points and five
assists.
Isaiah Harris was just
1-of-4 from the field but
added seven rebounds and
four assists, and Hermiston
High graduate Lucas Wyant
came off the bench to score
four points in his first action
for the T-Wolves.
Blue Mountain shot 37.5
percent in the second half,
but Mt. Hood also upped its
accuracy after the break and
finished at 45 percent for the
game.
Elijah Fuller led the
Saints with 24 points, and
Payton Fullmer shot 3-for-4
from distance and 6-for-8
from the field for 17 points.
Luke Anderson added 16
points and nine rebounds,
and John Tibbs had 11 of the
team’s 28 assists. Pendleton
High graduate Wes Persinger
came off the bench for five
points and five rebounds.
Blue Mountain will be
back on the road next at
College of Southern on
Friday at 7:30 p.m.
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BMCC
23 44 — 67
MHCC
51 53 — 104
BLUE MOUNTAIN — D. Davis 13, J.
Kasiorek 13, B. Brohrer 11, J. Logan 10, D.
Bravo 10, R. Brown 4, L. Wyant 4, I. Harris
2, G. Blankenship, J. Cook, D. Stamper.
(22-72)
MT. HOOD — E. Fuller 24, P. Fullmer 17, L.
Anderson 16, S. Fair 14, T. Baker 8, J. Tibbs
6, C. Thompson 5, C. Geiger 5, W. Persing-
er 5, C. Dwyre 4, M. Hutson. (34-76)
3-pointers — BMCC 5-21; MHCC 13-28.
Free throws — BMCC 18-27; MHCC 23-28.
Fouls — BMCC 24; MHCC 25. Fouled out
— J. Logan (BMCC); M. Hutson (MHCC).
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
TACOMA 96, BLUE
MOUNTAIN 60 — At
Yakima, Wash., with two
players attending a funeral
for a family member, the
Blue Mountain Timber-
wolves
were
already
shorthanded going into the
season-opening
Yakima
Valley Tip-Off.
After
hanging
with
Chemeketa through a hard-
fought 10-point loss on
Friday, the T-Wolves didn’t
have enough left in the
tank to do the same against
Tacoma and former BMCC
head coach Christy Martin
on Saturday.
Using just six players
throughout and finishing
with just four on the floor, the
T-Wolves lost 96-60 to fall to
0-2 on the season.
Blue Mountain freshman
Akira McGee led the
T-Wolves with 29 points,
going 11 of 18 at the free
throw line and adding five
steals and five rebounds,
but was one of two BMCC
players to foul out. The
other was freshman Sydney
Wammock, who led the
team with eight rebounds.
Freshman Mazy Boyer had
six assists.
The Titans dominated the
glass 73-49, and out-shot
BMCC by 15 percentage
points 41-26. The T-Wolves
had no answer for sophomore
Bobbi Westerndorf, who
scored a double-double with
23 points and 23 rebounds
while shooting 3-of-6 from
beyond the arc and adding
four blocks and four assists.
Aubre Mitchell added 22
points and 10 rebounds, and
Jordyn Vega had eight of the
team’s 23 assists.
Tacoma went on to place
fourth by beating Grays
Harbor 86-59 on Sunday.
Walla
Walla
defeated
Treasure Valley 74-54 in the
tournament championship,
and host Yakima Valley took
third by beating Chemeketa
87-73.
Blue Mountain’s next
game isn’t until Friday, Dec.
2 when it hosts Grays Harbor
at 5 p.m.
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TCC
13 33 22 28 — 96
BMCC
13 13 13 21 — 60
TACOMA — B. Westerndorf 23; A. Mitch-
ell 22, J. Vega 15, M. Roiko 11, S. Prichett
10, P. Kelly 6, S. Malik 5, K. Gilbert 4, J.
Kvinsland. (37-91)
BLUE MOUNTAIN — A. McGee 29, M.
Slater 11, S. Wammock 10, B. Haringa 8, S.
Schmeckpeper 2, M. Boyer. (20-78)
3-pointers — TCC 7-22; BMCC 4-16.
Free throws — TCC 15-23; BMCC 16-30.
Fouls — TCC 28; BMCC 21. Fouled out —
M. Roiko, K. Gilbert (TCC); A. McGee, S.
Wammock (BMCC).