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HEPPNER
44,
MAC-HI 34 — At Irrigon,
Logan Grieb scored 22
points and the Mustangs
were able to overcome a
sluggish performance to
beat Mac-Hi at the Irrigon
Tournament on Thursday.
“We came out flat and
didn’t have the intensity
level that you need to each
and every game,” said
Heppner coach Jeremy
Rosenbalm. “But credit to
my guys, they did enough
to pull out the win.”
Heppner (6-2) led 19-12
at halftime and didn’t allow
any Mac-Hi (4-5) player to
reach double digits.
Alex Delgado led them
with nine.
Both teams remain in
tournament play today with
Heppner facing Waitsburg
at 1:30 p.m. Details for
Mac-Hi’s game were not
available at press time.
———
HHS
11 8 16
9 — 44
M-H
6 6 12 10 — 34
HEPPNER — L. Grieb 22, K. Murray 6,
K. Smith 6, J. Lindsay 6, C. Hedman 3,
H. Nichols 1, A. Lindsay, C. Dougherty, B.
Wolters, G. McCurry.
MAC-HI — A. Delgado 9, A. Pio 7, M.
Armenta 7, A. Earls 4, G. Podolski 3, A.
Martinez 2, M. Garcia 2, Z. Hodgen, J. Vela.
3-pointers — HHS 5-19; M-H 5-23. Free
throws — HHS 11-20; M-H 3-3. Fouls —
HHS 9; M-H 17. Fouled out — A. Earls
(M-H).
RIVERSIDE 66, IONE
44 — At Boardman, the
Pirates cleaned up their
defense and found their
outside touch to open things
up in the second half of
their non-league win over
Ione on Thursday.
Riverside
(4-3)
outscored Ione (1-7) 22-8
in the third quarter and hit
four three-pointers in the
frame, which coach Clair
Costello said then led to
more open lanes for dribble
penetration.
The Pirates were led
by Eon Castillo with 20
points and five steals. Noe
Madrigal added 11 points.
Wyatt McNary had 16
points to lead Ione and
Austin Carter chipped in 12
more.
Riverside will host
Stevenson (WA) today at
5:30 p.m. Next up for Ione
is a league game at Condon/
Wheeler on Jan. 6.
———
IHS
10 11
8 12 — 41
RHS
14 15 22 15 — 66
IONE — W. McNary 16, A. Carter 12,
T. Carter 8, C. Hollis 4, H. Padberg 1, T.
Epperson, D. McElligott.
RIVERSIDE — E. Castillo 20, N. Madrigal
11, J. Garcia 8, M. Hegar 6, D. Rodriguez 6,
J. Carmona 5, A. Hernandez 4, E. Pena 2,
F. Aparicio 2, A. Martinez 2, B. Altamirano,
D. Valenzuela.
3-pointers — IHS 0; RHS 9. Free throws
— IHS 9-22; RHS 11-19. Fouls — IHS 17;
RHS 24. Fouled out — D. McElligott (IHS).
WALLA
WALLA
VALLEY 48, HELIX 38
— At Helix, the Grizzlies
were right there but a couple
timely three-pointers gave
Walla Walla Valley all the
cushion it would need to
get the win at the Helix
Holiday Tournament on
Thursday.
Grant Christman scored
14 points to lead Helix
(2-6) and Justin Williams
added 13.
Helix will get back into
league play for its next
game on Jan. 6 at Cove.
———
WWVA
3 15 12 18 — 48
HHS
10 11
6 11 — 38
WALLA WALLA VALLEY — Powers
9, Roosman 6, Rittenbach 6, Pollard 6,
Schmidt 6, Torres 5, Busby 4, Barnett 3,
Santenello 3.
HELIX — G. Christman 14, J. Williams
13, J. Springer 5, T. Fehrenbacker 4, G.
Newtson, C. Marks.
3-pointers — WWVA 1; HHS 7. Free
throws — WWVA 9-12; HHS 1-3. Fouls —
WWVA 9; HHS 16.
PILOT ROCK 45,
PENDLETON JV 30 —
At Irrigon, the Rockets
trailed after one quarter but
toughened up inside to take
down Pendleton’s junior
varsity on Thursday at the
Irrigon Tournament.
Chris Weinke led Pilot
Rock (7-2) with 12 points
and Levi Thieme added 10.
The Rockets out-rebounded
the Buckaroos 25-13.
“The difference in the
game, I think, was our
physicality
underneath,”
said Pilot Rock coach Mike
Weinke. “We were able to
wear them out.”
No player scored more
than six points for Pend-
leton.
The Rockets go back to
Irrigon today for a game
against the tournament
hosts at 7:30 p.m.
———
PHS JV
10 7 11
2 — 30
PRHS
8 16 11 10 — 45
PENDLETON JV — E. Willard 6, M. Gal-
legos 6, R. Vaquero 5, D. Sigo 5, A. Deutz
3, C. Sandford 3, T. Sorey 2, D. Jackson,
T. Reyes.
PILOT ROCK — C. Weinke 12, L. Thieme
10, B. Peirce 7, R. Lankford 5, B. Postma
4, T. Denny 4, D. Hasher 3, L. Weinke, J.
Willingham, T. Bates.
3-pointers — PHS JV 3; PRHS 3. Free
throws — PHS JV 11-15; PRHS 6-12. Fouls
— PHS JV 15; PRHS 18.
WAITSBURG
60,
IRRIGON 54 — At
Irrigon, Waitsburg took
advantage of soft defense
by the Knights and hit
enough outside shots to get
a win at the Irrigon Tourna-
ment on Thursday.
“We just didn’t do a
very good job defending
the three-point line,” said
Irrigon coach Davie Salas
of Waitsburg’s six three-
pointers.
Austin Rice led Irrigon
(4-4) with 14 points and
Johnny Philips added 11,
but was in foul trouble
early. Hayden White
also battled foul trouble
and finished with seven
points after fouling out.
Eric Carillo added 10
points.
Irrigon will host Pilot
Rock tonight at 7:30 p.m.
———
WHS
8 15 17 20 — 60
IHS
10 13 16 15 — 54
WAITSBURG — K. Gradwell 25, J. Dunn
15, L. Collis 11, C. Branson 5, J. Garrety
5, K. Munn 1, C. Stolbrook, B. Miller, J.
French, B. Budreau.
IRRIGON — A. Rice 14, J. Philips 11, E.
Carillo 10, K. Fleming 9, H. White 7, A. Roa
3, A. Gomez, L. Covarrubia.
In other boys’ basket-
ball games on Thursday
it was Weston-McEwen
over Pendleton JV 56-46,
Umatilla over St. Mary’s
(Medford) 64-51, Arlington
over Willamette Valley
61-60,
Condon/Wheeler
over McKenzie 72-51 and
Echo over South Wasco
50-47.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
MARIST 60, PEND-
LETON 45 — At Bend,
Pendleton lost its third
straight game to a top-10
team on Thursday at the
Summit Holiday Tourna-
ment.
First-year
Buckaroos
coach Kevin Porter said
unlike Wednesday’s loss
to No. 8 Bend, Thursday’s
defeat at the hands of No. 10
Marist (4-3) came despite a
strong performance by No.
17 Pendleton (3-3).
“We took care of the ball
better, didn’t have too many
turnovers,” Porter said.
“(Wednesday) was a tough
game, and (Thursday) we
played really well, couldn’t
be prouder of the effort.
“After the game their
coach told me he wished he
had a couple of my players,
and that’s a pretty good
compliment to get when a
team beats you by 15.”
Kalan McGlothan had
her sixth-straight double-
double to start the season
with 11 points and 12
rebounds, but Marist’s
height was too much for
the Bucks to match up
against.
“Marist
has
three
six-footers that are on
the court at all times,”
Porter said. “We just don’t
have that height, and we
certainly put the scare into
them for sure. Then in the
fourth quarter those tall
trees took over.”
Marist’s posts combined
for 32 points, but the team
was led by guard Emma
McKenney with 18. Claire
Eagen added 14, and
Kayley Elliott had 12.
Porter said another posi-
tive development to come
out of the game for the
Bucks was the emergence
of an outside offensive
attack with seven three-
pointers.
“The coaches always
knew they could make
those
outside
shots
because we’d seen them do
it in practice,” Porter said.
“I’m hoping this will be a
game that can build their
confidence.”
Pendleton had orig-
inally been guaranteed
three games at the tourna-
ment but due to a no-show
will head home with their
next game on the schedule
at Jan. 3 home game
against Sunnyside (WA) at
7 p.m.
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MHS
16 14 13 17 — 60
PHS
10 14 12
9 — 45
MARIST — E. McKenney 18, C. Eagen
14, K. Elliott 12, M. Ficek 7, L. Eagen 6, M.
Cary 2, M. Williams 1, E. Conway, M. Ste-
phenson, C. Husk, S. Johnson, A. Doerr.
PENDLETON — K. McGlothan 11, J.
Lemberger 9, H. Greb 8, L. Richards 6, H.
Porter 5, E. Nirschl 3, K. Bradt 2, M. Davies
1, T. Fell, K. Broker.
3-pointers — MHS 3; PHS 7. Free throws
— MHS 11-20; PHS 12-24. Fouls — MHS
19; PHS 18. Fouled out — Eagen (MHS).
UMATILLA
43,
KENNEDY 40 — At
Salem, Aleesha Watson
and Lauryn Jurnot sank
free throws down the
stretch to help the Vikings
snap a four-game losing
streak against Kennedy on
Thursday morning at the
Crusader New Year Invita-
tional.
Watson scored a game-
high 25 points and added
five rebounds and four
assists for Umatilla (4-7),
and Jurnot finished with 10
points, two assists and two
steals.
The game was knotted at
32-all after three quarters,
and Watson and Jurnot each
also hit three-pointers while
combining to go 3-of-6 at
the line in the fourth quarter.
Katelyn Lorence also came
through with a timely two
points for her only bucket
in the game.
Kennedy (4-6) was led
by Kalyssa Kleinschmit
with 12 points.
Umatilla continues tour-
nament play today but their
opponent and game time
were not available at press
time.
———
KHS
10 8 14
8 — 40
UHS
6 17
9 11 — 43
KENNEDY — K. Kleinschmit 12, K. Cantu
6,, S. Carley 4, A. Frey 4, K. Brown 4, H.
Arritola 4, I. Gomez 2, Y. Gomez 2, M.
Jaeger 2, C. Traeger.
UMATILLA — A. Watson 25, L. Jurnot
10, C. Alvarez 6, K. Lorence 2, P. Picker, N.
Soto, A. Maldonado, A. Reyes.
3-pointers — KHS 0; UHS 6. Free throws
— KHS 6-11; UHS 7-11. Fouls — KHS 15;
UHS. Fouled out — K. Brown (KHS).
RIVERSIDE
52,
IONE 33 — At Boardman,
the Pirates came off an
extended break to beat the
Cardinals in non-league
play on Thursday night.
Lacey Mashos scored a
game-high 17 points and
Alondra Caldera added 16
points and six rebounds
for Riverside (3-3), which
hadn’t played since Dec.
13.
“It was a good win for
us, defensively we played
real well and made some
good plays inside,” said
Riverside coach Clair
Costello.
Bianca Avalos added
nine points in her first
quality varsity playing
time.
Ivy
Sandford
and
Katelyn Bass each scored
eight to pace Ione (0-8).
Riverside will host
Stevenson (WA) today at
4 p.m. Ione’s next action is
a league game at Condon/
Wheeler on Jan. 6.
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IHS
5 6
8 12 — 33
RHS
12 15 15 10 — 52
IONE — I. Sandford 8, K. Bass 8, M.
Flynn 7, M. Orem 6, S. Qualls 2, S. Knop 2,
E. Taylor, A. McDaniel.
RIVERSIDE — L. Mashos 17, A. Caldera
16, Bi. Avalos 9, Br. Avalos 6, A. Hernandez
2, S. Wightman 2, M. Hegar, C. Garcia, B.
Flores.
3-pointers — IHS 2; RHS 0. Free throws
— IHS 5-14; RHS 4-9. Fouls — IHS 8;
RHS 16.
HEPPNER
61,
MAC-HI 45 — At Irrigon,
Jacee Currin netted 25
points to lead the Mustangs
to a win over Mac-Hi at
the Irrigon Tournament on
Thursday afternoon.
Riane Dompier added 14
points and Morgan Correa
had 10 for Heppner (3-5),
which snapped a four-game
losing streak.
Sydney Richwine paced
Mac-Hi (1-8) with 17
points, 10 rebounds and six
steals.
Mac-Hi coach Brooke
Garton said the final score
may not have reflected it,
but the game represented
progress as the Pioneers
continue to try to nail down
their team identity ahead of
league play.
Both teams remain in
tournament play today.
Heppner will take on Waits-
burg (WA) at noon and
Mac-Hi will play Pendleton
JV at 3 p.m.
———
HHS
16 17 14 14 — 61
M-H
14 10 11 10 — 45
HEPPNER — J. Currin 25, R. Dompier 14,
M. Correa 10, M. Combe 6, K. Gray 4, M.
Silvia 2, J. Mahoney.
MAC-HI — S. Richwine 17, S. Earls 8,
B. Jones 6, B. Hernandez 5, M. Yensen
5, B. Smiley 4, M. Martinez, C. Flores, C.
Holford.
3-pointers — HHS 1; M-H 3. Free throws
— HHS 4-13; M-H 6-15. Fouls — HHS 14;
M-H 12. Fouled out — K. Gray (HHS).
WESTON-MCEWEN
48, HERMISTON JV
43 — At Pendleton, Sarah
Finifrock had a double-
double and the TigerScots
got clutch free throws
from Sara Von Borstel and
Bailey Hillmick to close
out Hermiston’s junior
varsity on Thursday at the
Les Schwab Shootout.
Finifrock finished with
a game-high 18 points and
10 rebounds, and Chelsea
Quaempts added 15 points,
seven steals and four assists
for Weston-McEwen (6-3).
Hermiston opened the
game on a 19-6 run, but
once the TigerScots got
the press figured out their
offense began to click and
they closed the first hald on
a 15-4 run to trail 23-21 at
the break.
The TigerScots got the
lead early in the second
half and never gave it back.
Hillmick made four free
throws in the fourth quarter,
and Von Borstel sank a pair
with less than 30 seconds
left.
Weston-McEwen will
play Enterprise today at 5
p.m. at Pendleton Conven-
tion Center.
———
HHS JV
14 9
6 14 — 43
W-M
6 15 13 13 — 48
HERMISTON JV — Hickman 9, A. Green
9, Wheeler 7, Wampler 6, Wilson 5, Byrd 4,
Stefani 3, Earl, Deike, T. Green.
WESTON-MCEWEN — S. Finifrock 18, C.
Quaempts 15, A. Finifrock 5, B. Hillmick 5,
S. Von Borstel 3, K. Vescio 2, A. Schroeder,
M. Muilenburg.
3-pointers — HHS JV 6; W-M 1. Free
throws — HHS JV 7-17; W-M 21-39. Fouls
— HHS JV 24; W-M 14. Fouled out —
Wilson (HHS JV). Technical Fouls — Earl,
Coach Stefani (HHS JV).
IRRIGON 67, WAITS-
BURG 29 — At Irrigon,
the Knights opened on a
16-1 run and never looked
back for a blowout win
over Waitstburg (WA) on
Thursday at the Irrigon
Tournament.
Jada Burns scored a
career-high
31
points
on 10-fo-18 field goal
shooting and 9-of-10 free
throw shooting. She added
four rebounds, three assists
and three steals for Irrigon
(6-3). Twenty of her points
were in the first half, and
the Knights led 33-20 at
halftime.
Alyia Munoz added 10
points and Ana Zacarias
contributed team highs with
six rebounds and nine steals
to go with her six points.
“We played with good
energy tonight on the
defensive end, and when
we do that it seems to get us
going offensively as well,”
said Irrigon coach Mike
Royer.
The Knights host Pilot
Rock tonight at 6 p.m.
———
WHS
1 19
5
4 — 29
IHS
16 17 18 16 — 67
WAITSBURG — A. Araya 10, D. Harshman
9, C. Pearson 3, M. Farney 2, T. Jones 2, L.
Brannock 2, K. Miller 1.
IRRIGON — J. Burns 31, A. Munoz 11,
K. Wyant 10, A. Zacarias 6, B. Rice 3, O.
Luna 2, K. Gale 2, L. Mills 2, N. Romero, K.
Gilman, M. Davis.
3-pointers — WHS 0; IHS 4. Free throws
— WHS 9-16; IHS 9-14.
WALLA
WALLA
VALLEY 58, HELIX 53
— At Helix, Walla Walla
Valley surged after halftime
to win the Helix Holiday
Tournament championship
on Thursday.
Helix (5-3) was up 36-31
at the break but couldn’t
hold on. Macey Tullis led
Helix with 18 points and
also had four assists.
Kailey Mize had a
double-double with 11
points and 11 rebounds,
Sadie Wilson had eight
points and 13 rebounds,
Charmayne Bennett added
10 points.
Helix’s next game is
Friday, Jan. 6 at Cove with
a 6 p.m. tip-off.
In other girls’ basketball
games on Thursday it was
Echo over South Wasco
61-26, Arlington over
Willamette Valley 55-34,
Pilot Rock over Pendleton
JV 60-29, Nixyaawii over
Dufur 72-19 and Condon/
Wheeler over Yoncalla
56-30.
From Wednesday
COQUILLE
47,
UMATILLA 32 — At
Salem, Coquille came
out of halftime on a 14-5
run to push their lead into
the double digits where it
would remain the rest of
the way against Umatilla
in the first round of the
Crusader New Year Invita-
tional.
Aleesha Watson scored
a game-high 15 points
for Umatilla (3-7), but
Coquille (11-0) had three
players reach double digits
led by Halle Layton with
11. Watson also had seven
rebounds and three assists,
but Umatilla had 21 turn-
overs as a team.
———
CHS
14 11 14
8 — 47
UHS
6 13
5
8 — 32
COQUILLE — H. Layton 11, D. Wilson 10,
M. Baird 10, M. Wilson 4, T. Renard 4, K.
Howard 4, T. Edwards 2, A. Dieu 2, S. Sala-
zar, C. Gederos, J. Kaufman, H. Van Pelt.
UMATILLA — A. Watson 15, L. Jurnot
7, K. Lorence 5, P. Picker 2, A. Reyes 2,
C. Alverez 1, Y. Ortiz, C. Macias, N. Soto,
J. Ortega, A. Maldonado, A. Ford, G.
Gonzalez.
3-pointers — CHS 1; UHS 3. Free throws
— CHS 10-16; UHS 10-17. Fouls — CHS
18; UHS 15.
Friday, December 30, 2016
Men’s College Basketball
Gonzaga routs Pepperdine
By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS
Associated Press
SPOKANE,
Wash.
— No. 7 Gonzaga beat
Pepperdine by 30 points,
dominated the boards and
forced the Waves into 20
turnovers.
The verdict?
“We played OK,” said
Jordan Mathews, who
scored 15 points on five
3-pointers. “We had some
sluggish moments.”
Nigel
Williams-Goss
and Przemek Karnowski
each had 16 points as
Gonzaga beat short-handed
Pepperdine
92-62
on
Thursday night, extending
the best start in program
history.
Three other players
scored in double figures
for the unbeaten Bulldogs
(13-0, 1-0 West Coast
Conference).
“We didn’t play our best
tonight,” Mathews said.
Gonzaga held a seven-
point lead after the first
half and did not put away
scrappy Pepperdine until
midway
through
the
second.
“I didn’t think that was
one of our better efforts of
the year,” Gonzaga coach
Mark Few said. “In the
second half, we defended
much, much better.”
Lamond Murray Jr.
scored 19 points for Pepper-
dine (4-9, 0-1), which
has lost eight games in a
row and was missing two
starters because of injuries.
Jeremy Major added 15.
Gonzaga went unbeaten
in nonconference play for
the first time since joining
the NCAA in 1958. The
Bulldogs have now won 21
straight conference openers,
dating to a loss in 1996.
Athlete of the Week
Twenty questions with
Hermiston’s Valen Wyse
East Oregonian
HERMISTON — Herm-
iston senior Valen Wyse
went 8-0 at the Best Of The
West Tournament and won
the 170-pound weight class
for the sixth-place Bulldogs
and has been named the
East Oregonian Athlete of
the Week for the week of
Dec. 18-24.
EO: What’s the first
sport you played and how
old were you?
Valen Wyse: I started
going up to the wrestling
room when my brother
went up when I was two,
and it was definitely my
first sport.
Do you play any other
sports?
I do not, I’ve only
wrestled. I did Pop
Warner football but as
soon as I got into high
school I stuck with
wrestling.
Who is your favorite
athlete?
Terry Brands (retired
wrestler)
If you could attend any
sporting event what
would it be?
I would probably go and
watch the world champi-
onships for wrestling.
Do you have any hobbies
outside of sports?
I enjoy traveling and
whenever I can I go out
to parks to go on hikes.
What’s your favorite
book?
The Bible
What’s your favorite
movie?
“Vision Quest” (1985)
Where’s your favorite
place in Oregon?
Probably Bend.
If you could have dinner
with any three people
who would you invite?
Coach (Doug) Tovey,
Coach Kyle (Larson) and
my dad.
What’s your pre-match
routine like?
Before matches I just
like to listen to music an
make sure I feel nice and
relaxed. I listen to a lot of
Drake.
What’s your favorite
thing to eat after making
weight?
My all-time favorite
meal is shepherd’s pie,
but we don’t have my
grandma around so I will
eat Subway pretty much.
What’s your favorite
memory as a Bulldog?
Winning the Reser’s
Tournament champi-
onship and the state
championship last year.
What’s the best part
about going to Herm-
iston?
Just the great support
form the community and
everybody who works in
the school. The teachers
and coaching staff are
willing to help and
excited to help.
If you could change one
thing about your school
what would it be?
I’d have an assembly
every day.
What’s your favorite
class?
Marketing
What’s the most
interesting thing you’ve
learned in school this
year?
Everything I’ve learned
in my marketing class.
Do you know what you’d
like to do for a career?
Real estate
What are your plans for
after high school?
I’m thinking maybe I’ll
got into the military or
do real estate just out of
high school.
Who’s had the largest
impact on your wrestling
development?
Doug Tovey
Who’s the person you
admire most?
That would be Doug
Tovey again.
ATHLETE
OF THE WEEK
Valen Wyse
Hermiston
Senior Wrestling
Wyse went 8-0 and
won the 170-pound
weight class at the
Best Of The West
tournament held in
Pasco, Wash., on
Dec. 21-22. Wyse
won five matches by
pin, one by tech-fall
and two by major
decision.
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