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WEEKEND, DEC 31, 2016-JAN. 1, 2017
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PENDLETON
Bucks dominate Schimmel Memorial
Seven locals
win titles at
tournament
named for former
PHS coach
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
With three champions and
15 placers, the Pendleton wres-
tling team dominated the Rollin
Schimmel Memorial on Friday with
298.5 points.
Morgan Holcomb, Alex Rendon
and Chris Chambers all won titles
while Scott Chambers, Caleb
Tremper and Lane Evens also made
it to the fi nals, and the Buckaroos
easily outpaced second-place Willa-
mina/Falls City and it’s 253 points.
But keeping in mind the former
Pendleton coach the tournament
is named after, Bucks coach Fred
Phillips said the team has a little
work left to do.
“My dad was a high school coach
who’d coached against Rollin, so
I’d known Rollin since I was a little
kid,” he said. “My fi rst year here I
was his assistant coach, and then the
second year I was the head coach
and he was my assistant.
“The biggest thing that I can
remember is that he just wanted
you to compete. He didn’t care
how good you were, he wanted you
to go as hard as you could for six
minutes and leave it all on the mat.
That’s a lot the same way I am. …
We’re getting there, we’re getting
there. We’re getting tougher and
better, we’re learning to wrestle for
six minutes, and compete the whole
time.”
Holcomb, a 160-pound senior,
said he’d rate the team’s overall
performance about 90 percent, but
he was also proud of how some of
the younger wrestlers fi nished.
“I’m actually really proud, it’s
a lot of young teammates and all
that,” he said. “A lot of new guys as
well. We had at 220 (pounds) Sam
Braddock, it’s his fi rst year and he
took fourth, I’m pretty proud of
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Pendleton’s Chris Chambers wrestles Baker’s Ian Feldmeier in the 120-pound fi nal at the Rollin
Schimmel Memorial on Friday in Pendleton. Chambers won the match 6-4.
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Pendleton’s Alex Rendon works on pinning Willamina’s David El-
wood in the 138-pound fi nal on Friday in Pendleton.
him. And Chris Chambers, he’s a
sophomore and he took fi rst. He did
really well.”
Chambers took home the fi rst
tournament title of his high school
career, though it wasn’t the fi rst
Prep Roundup
Eagles
clamp down
on Redsides
Defense keys win for
Nixyaawii boys
East Oregonian
ECHO — Nixyaawii limited South
Wasco to just seven points in the second
half to pick up a 38-36 win on Friday
night in the Bounc’n Cancer basketball
tournament.
Chandler Case led a strong defensive
effort against the Redsides, and also
fi nished with 13 points. Mick Schimmel
led Nixyaawii (4-4) with 19.
The Golden Eagles trailed 18-17 at half-
time, but didn’t waiver in their approach.
“We stuck to the game plan,” said
coach Shane Rivera. “(South Wasco) has
some really good size to we packed our
zone in and forced them to shoot outside.”
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time he’d reached the fi nal round.
He was able to outlast Baker’s
Ian Feldmeier for a 6-4 decision
in the 120-pound fi nal and was
Pendleton’s fi rst champion of the
evening.
Chambers started the third
period trailing 4-3, but tied the
score with a quick escape after
choosing to take the down position.
Like he had most of the match,
Chambers spent the third period
dodging and blocking Feldmeier’s
shots. Once midway through the
period Chambers appeared to have
countered for a take-down, but the
action was outside the circle and
score remained knotted at 4-4.
Then with :41 seconds Cham-
bers blocked Feldmeier’s attempt
at a single leg and swung around
behind him to take him to the mat
for the winning points. A restart
at :15 gave Feldmeier a chance
to make something happen, but
Chambers clamped down on his
ankle and didn’t let go until the
buzzer sounded.
“It was kind of all over the place,
that one was,” Chambers said of
the match. “One thing that I really
tried to do on that one was really
focus on staying in control. As long
as I’m staying in control and stuff
and making sure he’s doing what I
want him to do. … I felt like I was
in control for a lot of the match.”
Holcomb faced Chambers’
senior brother Scott in his champi-
onship match, a low-scoring battle
Holcomb eventually won 7-0.
“We are practice partners, every
two hours for fi ve days a week, we
always practice together,” Holcomb
said of match-up. “We drill, do take-
downs together, turns, stand-ups,
we pretty much do everything
together over in the wrestling room.
“It was let’s just go at it, both go
hard. And Scott, he’s a tough kid.
I’ve been wrestling him since I was
in middle school.”
Holcomb scored with a take-
down early in the fi rst period and
went for an arm bar, but couldn’t
get Chambers turned. A near-fall
provided his points in the second
period, and an escape and take-
down with 1:34 left in the third
period gave the match it’s fi nal tally
as Chambers fought off Holcomb’s
repeated attempts at a pin.
Pendleton’s other title came at
138 pounds when Rendon pinned
Willamina’s David Elwood a
minute into the fi rst period.
Rendon took control right away
with a single shot and a hard take-
down. A two-point near-fall gave
him a quick 4-0 lead, and after a
readjustment he was able to work
Elwood onto his shoulders using an
arm bar.
Pendleton’s fi nals run started
with two losses as Willamina’s
Jordan Reyes pinned Tremper in the
fi rst round at 106, and Enterprise’s
Shane Lund scored with near-fall
with :45 seconds left and held on to
beat Evens 9-8 at 113.
“It was nice to have fi ve or six
kids in the fi nals,” Phillips said.
“The matches we lost we can learn
from. It wasn’t anything glaring or
terrible, it was all small stuff we
can get better at and work and I’m
pleased with how it went.”
MAC-HI
The Pioneers placed fourth with
172 points, two champions and nine
placers. Their titles were by junior
Joshua Torres at 195 pound and
senior Donnie Clark at 285.
Like Pendleton’s Holcomb,
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Men’s College Basketball
Brooks, Ennis lead No. 21 Oregon past No. 22 USC
By RON RICHMOND
Associated Press
EUGENE — Dillon Brooks
scored a season-high 28 points
and Dylan Ennis added 21 to
lead No. 21 Oregon to an 84-61
victory over No. 22 Southern
California on Friday night, the
Trojans’ fi rst loss of the season.
Brooks,
a
preseason
All-America, shot 9 of 10 from
the fi eld, including 4 of 4 on
3-pointers, and 6 of 6 from the
free throw line two nights after
his last-second 3 knocked off
No. 2 UCLA.
The Ducks (13-2, 2-0 Pac-12)
started the second half on a 21-3
run, featuring 14 points by Ennis,
to race to their 11th consecutive
win and extend the nation’s
second-longest home winning
streak to 35 games.
Chris Boucher had 11 points
for the Ducks in his second game
after missing two with an ankle
injury.
De’Anthony Melton led USC
(14-1, 1-1) with 13 points and
AP Photo/Chris Pietsch
Oregon’s Dillon Brooks, center, celebrates after scoring against
Southern California during the second half of an NCAA col-
lege basketball game Friday in Eugene. At rear are Oregon’s
Dylan Ennis, left, and Southern California’s Shaqquan Aaron,
Jonah Matthews had 11. Elijah
Stewart and Jordan McLaughlin
added 10 each.
Oregon’s largest lead was 31
points with 8:07 to play. The
Ducks turned a season-high 17
turnovers by the Trojans into 23
points and had a 38-22 edge in
points in the paint.
Brooks, with 20 points, was
the difference during a sloppy
fi rst half. Each team went 0 for
9 from the fi eld for extended
stretches as both struggled to fi nd
any offensive fl ow.
USC’s 7-minute drought
ended with Melton picking
Payton Pritchard’s pocket at
midcourt when the freshman
point guard turned to look at
Oregon coach Dana Altman for
instructions. However, the Ducks
fi nished the half on a 10-2 run to
lead 38-29.
BIG PICTURE
USC missed its fi rst road
sweep of the Oregon schools
since 2008 and falls short of the
16-0 start by the 1971 Trojans
that fi nished 24-2.
Oregon scores a big home
sweep by knocking off two
unbeatens to re-establish itself
as a Pac-12 force now that its
seven-man core rotation is
healthy for the fi rst time this
season.
UP NEXT
After playing nine straight
games without leaving the state,
Oregon plays at Washington on
Wednesday in its fi rst true road
test since its loss at No. 4 Baylor
on Nov. 15.
Sports shorts
Rousey stopped short in comeback
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Ronda Rousey was
stopped 48 seconds into her comeback fi ght
Friday night, losing to bantamweight champion
Amanda Nunes at UFC 207 on Friday night.
Rousey (12-2) returned from a 13-month
absence and never managed to get
her footing against Nunes (14-4),
who rocked Rousey with her very
fi rst punches.
Rousey staggered and stumbled
backward while Nunes relentlessly
pursued her and landed multiple
shots. Referee Herb Dean stopped
Rousey
the bout with Rousey still on her
feet, and Rousey briefl y protested the stoppage
before leaving the cage in her mother’s arms.
Cody Garbrandt also won the men’s bantam-
weight title in the penultimate bout, battering
champion Dominick Cruz to earn a surprising
decision victory at T-Mobile Arena in the UFC’s
traditional end-of-the-year show in its hometown.
“Over the next few weeks
and months, I will refl ect
on not only my poor
decision, but also my
accomplishments during
my career. I will learn
from this and be a better
man because of it.“
— Jeremy Sprinkle
Arkansas tight end in an apology to
his friends, family, fans and team-
mates for his actions the led to his
suspension from the team’s appear-
ance in the Belk Bowl. Sprinkle was
caught shoplifting at a Belk depart-
ment store earlier in the week.
Seahawks sign Bennett to
three-year contract extension
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Defensive end
Michael Bennett has agreed to a three-year
contract extension with the Seattle Seahawks.
Bennett’s agent Doug Hendrickson
confi rmed the agreement on
Twitter on Friday morning,
although the team had
not announced the deal.
Bennett’s deal will reportedly be worth up
to $31.5 million. Bennett’s representatives
have been working with the Seahawks on a
long-term deal since last offseason and fi nally
reached agreement just before the end of the
regular season.
Bennett, 31 has been a standout since
arriving in Seattle in 2013. He originally played
on a one-year deal and helped the Seahawks
win their only Super Bowl title.
In his four seasons with the Seahawks,
Bennett has 29 sacks and seven forced fumbles.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1974 — Catfi sh Hunter,
baseball’s fi rst free agent,
signs with the New York
Yankees.
2003 — Englishman Rhys
Lloyd kicks a 42-yard fi eld
goal with 23 seconds left to
give Minnesota a 31-30 victory
over Oregon in the Sun Bowl.
The Golden Gophers fi nish the
year 10-3, their fi rst 10-win
season since 1905.
2004 — Louisville ends
Boise
State’s
22-game
winning streak in the high-
est-scoring Liberty Bowl.
The Cardinals (11-1) hold off
the Broncos 44-40 to match a
school record for victories in
a season.
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