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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Rileigh
Andrea-
son (12),
of Herm-
iston,
passes
to a
team-
mate
during
Satur-
day’s
game
against
West
Valley in
Hermis-
ton.
HHS GIRLS: Thomas leads with 17 points
Continued from 1B
well, as Hermiston (6-7)
has rebounded well after a
hitting a rough patch in early
December.
“Everybody is well aware
of our struggles through that
middle part of the preseason,”
Rodriguez said, “and I think
we’ve corrected some of
those. But we’re still a long
way where we want to be, but
it’s just nice to keep building
momentum and that’s huge
for us right now.”
West Valley gave Herm-
iston a fight early on, hanging
with Hermiston basket-for-
basket and held a 10-9 lead
over the Bulldogs at the end of
the first quarter. The Bulldogs
took the lead at 11-10 in the
second quarter and held the
advantage for the rest of the
half, but West Valley used its
full-court pressure defense to
force a flurry of Hermiston
turnovers to get back into
the game in the third quarter.
Overall, Hermiston had 21
turnovers with many forced
by the full court press, though
Rodriguez said the miscues are
not a concern moving forward.
“Noramlly we’re pretty
good against the press but i
just think once we got tired
we got lackadaisical and
we think that nobody will
be behind us sometimes,”
he said. “Our girls have to
understand that teams are
going to press us and we have
to take advantage of that on
the other side.”
But in the end, Hermiston
was able to regain its compo-
sure and pull away for the win,
which is a sight that Rodriguez
was very pleased to see.
“Our girls, that killer
mentaility is finally coming
back after it was lost at the
beginning of the year,” he
said. “The middle of the
year we probably would’ve
lost this game because we
had no leader to step up and
go get the ball and now we
have several girls stepping
up into that role, which is
big for us going into league
play because we’re going to
be in some dog fights and we
have to have somebody that’s
going to calm things down.”
Hermiston saw its best
success with its half-court
offense and being able to
attack the basket. As a team,
the Bulldogs shot 22-32 from
inside the 3-point line for a
staggering 68 percent clip.
Leading the way was sopho-
more forward Jordan Thomas
with 17 points, while Rileigh
Andreason scored 12 points
and Maddy Juul 11 points.
Thomas’ outburst gave
Bulldogs a glimpse at the
potential that has been
waiting to ooze out of her
6-foot-3 frame.
“I’ve told her since she
was a freshman that she has
the potential to be unstoppable
inside and it just takes the
mentality and she’s finally
realizing it,” Rodriguez said.
“The biggest thing for me is
she doesn’t make me change
our defensive scheme. Some-
times with taller girls coaches
have to go to a zone, but
she’s worked so hard on her
footwork and her speed that
she can switch off to a guard
on the perimeter and that defi-
nitely makes our life easier.”
Hermiston now prepares
for the start of league play at
home against The Dalles next
Friday.
“We have to get ready for
a really tough league that’s
really kind of up-in-the-air as
of right now,” Rodriguez said.
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Staff photo
by Kathy
Aney
WV
10 10 18 13 — 51
HHS
9 17 16 19 — 61
WEST VALLEY — E. Teske 11, N. Rasmus-
sen 11, K. Gasseling 7, N. Nagle 7, S. Curtis
6, K. Kruger 4, L. Fetzer 3.
HERMISTON — J. Thomas 17, R. Andrea-
son 12, M. Juul 11, K. Padilla 8, J. Romero
5, H. Meyers 4, S. Gilbert 3.
3-pointers — WV 4, HHS 3. Free throws
— WV 6-8, HHS 7-21. Fouls — WV 18,
HHS 10.
HHS BOYS: Hermiston shoots 6 of 11 in 4th quarter
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like him,” Arstein said, “though
he definitely still has some strides
to make, as everyone does, but he
just has an extra step of quickness
than most of the other guys on the
floor. It’ll be a tough matchup for
teams going forward especially in
the man-to-man because he’s so
quick.”
It was La Grande that got the
first burst out of the gates, taking
a quick 5-0 lead on Hermiston
as La Grande’s speed and length
seemed to surprise the Bulldogs.
However, Hermiston gathered
themselves and soon found its
stride outscoring La Grande 17-6
the rest of the quarter, helped by
three big 3-pointers by sophomore
guard Andrew James, who ended
the game with 14 points.
La Grande made a run at the
start of the second quarter, a 9-1
push to eventually re-take a lead at
20-18. But the lead lasted all of 35
seconds as Hermiston sophomore
Cesar Ortiz nailed a 3-pointer to
put Hermiston back on top 21-20
and the Bulldogs did not relinquish
that lead until late in the third
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Andrew James, of Hermiston, goes up for a shot quarter.
The Bulldogs offense fell a
during Saturday’s game against La Grande.
little stale in that third quarter as
La Grande’s defense picked up the
pressure, resulting in some easy
buckets for the Tigers to propel
them into a 44-43 lead at the end
of three. Arstein said the message
in the huddle between quarters was
simple: just play smart.
“I just said we need to get smart
defensive stops,” he said. “We’re
going to to miss shots, and that’s
OK, but we were giving up tran-
sition buckets, tipped rebounds
and our defensive mistakes added
up in the third and we needed to
clean it up.”
And the talk worked, as Herm-
iston shot 6-11 from the floor in the
quarter and outscored La Grande
19-10 to pull away for the victory.
Zack Jacobs led La Grande with 15
points, while Kaden Green Chan-
dler finished with 11 and Andrew
Peasley had 10.
Hermiston next heads to
The Dalles next Friday to begin
Columbia River Conference play.
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LG
11 17 16 10 — 54
HHS
17 16 10 19 — 62
LA GRANDE — Z. Jacobs 15, K. Green-Chandler
11, A. Peasley 10, GT Blackman 7, G. Hanson 6, E.
Siltanen 5.
HERMISTON — X. Rambo 23, A. James 14, J.
Ramirez 8, C. Ortiz 6, H. Walls 5, T. McCullough 4,
K. Moss 2.
3-pointers — LG 3, HHS 7. Free throws — LG 5-13,
HHS 13-20. Fouls — LG 18, HHS 14.
ROBINSON:
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Robinson maintained that in the first event of
the day Saturday, as he won the 60-meter hurdles
in a personal-best 8.87 seconds. Robinson’s time
beat his old best by more than half a second, and
gave him a lead of over 400 points going into the
pole vault.
The pole vault ended Robinson’s attempt at
the heptathlon last year, but Robinson showed
not signs of trouble this year, finishing with a
clearance of 11-07.75 (3.55m).
The pole vault did snap Robinson’s streak of
winning every event, but he still finished second,
and only gave up 163 points on his lead to Eric
Durrant, who won the event with a clearance of
13-07.25 (4.15m).
Robinson led comfortably going into the
1,000 meters, as a result, but the junior still won
the event for good measure. Robinson finished
in 2:53.76, close to nine seconds faster than his
nearest competitor.
Robinson’s point total moves him to sixth
all-time in the indoor heptathlon at Portland
State, with only one full heptathlon under his belt.
Additionally, Robinson beat the previous Big
Sky-leading mark with his score, moving ahead
of Montana’s Brendan Thurber-Blaser, who
entered the weekend with the Big Sky lead off
his score of 4,858 at the Candy Cane Invitational
at the beginning of December.
Robinson and the Vikings return to the Jack-
sons Indoor Track next week, as they compete at
the Bronco Invitational next Saturday.
OREGON CLASSIC: Chester, Wells go undefeated to lead Mac-Hi Pioneers
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Hermiston (11-7) beat
Mountain View 43-22 in
the championship dual after
having opened the pool round
by beating the Cougars 48-18.
In the finals, Mountain
View was still in it late
when Luke Schulz edged
Joey Gutierrez 9-6 in the
182-pound bout to trim
Hermiston’s lead to 28-22.
The Bulldogs would
take the final three matches,
though, and erased any doubt
of the outcome with back-
to-back pins by John-Henry
Line and Bevan at 195 and
220, then a 3-1 win by Beau
Blake at 285.
The loss was Gutierrez’s
only of the tournament as
both he and Blake went 6-1,
as did Julio Leiva (170).
Line was 5-1, and Wade
Kirkpatrick (145) and Ruben
Madrigal each went 5-2.
Gage Shipley (113) and Jesus
Rodriguez (126) were both
4-3, and Sean Stewart (195)
went 1-0.
Hermiston beat Bend 65-6
in the quarterfinals, and then
had its toughest dual of the
tournament with a 35-33 win
over Dallas in the semifinals.
That match saw the Bulldogs
trailing 33-23 with only two
matches to wrestle when Treve
Earhart beat Line 7-1 at 195.
Bevan gave the Bulldogs
six points with a pin over
Bryce Jordan in 1:44 in the
next match, then Blake secured
the win with six more when he
pinned Ashten Brecht 3:28 into
their 285-pound match.
Also earning wins over
Dallas wrestlers were Tuia
with a 23-8 technical fall,
Hendon with a 10-4 decision,
Wyse with a pin (3:27), and
Gutierrez with a 11-7 decision.
Hermiston’s other wins in
the pool round were 40-36
over Sweet Home, 67-10
over McMinnville and 71-10
over Phoenix.
PENDLETON — The
Buckaroos went 2-2 in their
pool with wins over Bend,
43-28, and West Albany,
Eastern
Oregon
43-31, but lost all three of its
matches once reaching the
bracketed portion.
Pendleton’s losses in the
pool round were to Dallas,
45-24, and Roseburg, 71-3.
The Bucks lost to Redmond
36-32 in their first match
Saturday, then lost to Crater,
55-12, and Thurston 46-27.
Pendleton was only
trailing Thurston 28-27
following a forfeit at 182
pounds, but took pins at the
next three weights to seal
their fate. In its other narrow
loss Pendleton scored pins
in the last two matches after
Redmond secured victory
with a pin by Bunker Parrish
at 195 to make it 36-20.
Senior Morgan Holcomb
led the Bucks on the weekend
going 6-1 at 152 and 160
pounds, Alex Rendon (132)
was 5-1, Jeff Kovach was 5-2
at 145 and 138, Scott Cham-
bers was 4-3 at 160 and 170,
Trevor Ulicni (285) went 3-2
and Blake Davis (126) was 3-4.
MAC-HI — The Pioneers
got wins over Crater’s JV,
Forum
42-39, Irrigon, 45-35, Burns,
48-36, Mazama, 36-33, and
lost to Willamina/Falls City,
49-24. Mac-Hi placed sixth in
the 4A/3A consolation bracket.
Riley Chester (145,
152 pounds) and Spencer
Wells (220) went 5-0, Zach
Chrisman (126, 132) and
Kaden Kilburg (160) each
went 4-1, Jesse Jones (106,
113) and Donnie Clark (285)
were 3-2, Brandyn Chaney
(195) was 2-0 and Joshua
Torres (195) went 2-1.
In it’s match against
Irrigon, Mac-Hi fell behind
35-27 when Reece Sheller
and Brady Harrington earned
pins at 170 and 182 pounds,
respectively.
But Chaney and Wells
responded with back-to-back
pins both came at the 3:51
mark to get back into the lead
at 39-35, and Clark finished
off the win with a pin in 3:45
in the heavyweight match.
RIVERSIDE — The
Pirates won their first two
duals but then lost their last
three to tie for eighth place.
Riverside’s wins were
over Burns, 55-24, and Glide,
40-34. Its losses were to North
Marion, 51-27, Creswell,
44-33, and Dayton, 54-27.
Aristotle Rockwell led the
Pirates going 5-0 at 132 and 138
pounds, and Jacob Harris went
1-0 at 132. Going 3-2 were
Abraham Silva (113), Andrew
Barker (120), Ivan Escobedo
(160) and Ruben Villa (285).
IRRIGON — The Knights
went 0-5 with losses to Crater
JV, 42-36, Willamina, 60-18,
Mac-Hi, 45-35, Harrisburg,
51-24, and Glide 66-9.
Jose Romero led Irrigon
going 4-1 at 138 pounds,
Fabian Miranda-Wells (152)
was 3-2, and Tucker McAl-
lister (220, 195) and Luke
Meyers (285) were each 3-3.
HEPPNER — The
Mustangs placed sixth at the
2A/1A level with their only
win coming 36-12 over Elgin.
Heppner lost to Lowell,
72-12, Redmond JV, 36-33,
Neah-Kah-Nie,
48-27,
Myrtle Point, 42-36, and
Monroe, 27-21.
Senior Cord Flynn (195,
220) went 5-1 to lead the
team, and Jacob Wallace
(170, 160) matched him in
wins going 5-2. Leo Waite
(126, 132) was 4-2 and
Charles Cason (145, 152)
was 3-2.
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