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TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2017
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HERMISTON
HERMISTON
Hermiston wins CRC opener Dawgs
explore
northern
route
Herm-
iston’s
Rileigh
Andreason
draws the
foul from
The Dalles’
Lliana Tell-
es in the
Bulldogs’
53-36 win
over the
River-
hawks on
Monday in
Hermiston.
Strong post
play guides
Bulldog girls
past The Dalles
East Oregonian
A fl at start by Hermiston’s
shooters gave The Dalles
a glimmer of hope, but the
Bulldogs didn’t let it last as
they rallied in the second
quarter and took control of
M o n d a y ’s
C o l u m b i a Girls Hoops
R i v e r
Conference
game at The
The Dalles
Dawghouse.
Maddy
Juul
and
Kynzee
Padilla both
turned
in
Hermiston
double-dou-
bles
and
Hermiston
pulled away
in its CRC opener 53-36 for
its fi fth win in a row.
Padilla posted team-highs
of 13 points and 14 rebounds,
and Juul fi nished with 11
points, 11 rebounds and fi ve
assists.
“Our identity started to
show tonight,” said Herm-
iston coach Juan Rodriguez.
“Coming into the season I
thought our strength was
going to be our posts, so
to see both of them with
double-doubles was really
good.”
Jazlyn Romero also
added 11 points to go with
seven rebounds from her
guard position, and Rileigh
Andreason fi nished with
eight points.
Andreason got Hermiston
Hermiston hoping to
join WIAA by 2018
Staff photo by
E.J. Harris
East Oregonian
The Hermiston School District’s
continued search for the best way to
serve its athletes in the future could
lead to the Bulldogs leaving the
Oregon School Activities Association
altogether.
The district announced Monday
that it is exploring the possibility of
joining the Washington Interscholastic
Activities Association (WIAA) by the
fall of 2018.
“Hermiston School District is
facing a challenge as Hermiston High
School’s enrollment continues to
increase,” the district said in a press
release. “The growth will move HHS
to the state’s highest classifi cation in
the OSAA. This brings up the issue
that there are no similarly sized high
schools within 175 miles of Hermiston
for competition.”
The current proposal before the
OSAA has Hermiston joining the
6A Mt. Hood Conference with an
average travel distance for league
games of 179.25 miles. The average
travel distance for Hermiston in the
Columbia River Conference is 85.67.
Hermiston estimates its travel
would top 3,000 miles per season for
league games alone would it remain
with the OSAA’s plan.
Hermiston Athletic Director Larry
Usher, who voiced concerns over
travel when interviewed for a story
titled “Bulldogs eying move up”
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Prep Wrestling
Hermiston’s Line
runner-up at Reser’s
Bulldogs place sixth in team points
East Oregonian
HILLSBORO — Through his fi rst three matches
at the Reser’s Tournament of Champions, Hermiston
195-pound senior John-Henry Line won by a combined
four points.
Those close defensive battles caught up to him in the
championship on Saturday at Liberty High School when
Sprague’s Santos Cantu was able to edge him 3-2 for the
coveted title.
Line had earned his spot in the fi nals with a win by
that exact score over Crook County’s Cade Woodward in
the semifi nals, and he was the only one to advance from
the fi ve Bulldogs that reached the semis.
Hermiston started the day tied for fi fth and fi nished
sixth with 132 points.
Roseburg won the team title with 270, followed by
Dallas (170), Newberg (140), Crater (135.5) and Culver
(133) to round out the top fi ve.
Hermiston 138-pounder C.J. Hendon placed third after
bouncing back from a 10-9 loss to Sprague’s Michael
Murphy in the semifi nals. Hendon pinned Roseburg’s
Austin David in 2:11 to reach the third-place match,
where he then beat Kyle Beal of David Douglas 6-4.
Placing fourth for Hermiston were Valen Wyse (160
pounds), Julio Leiva (170) and Kenny Bevan (220).
Beau Blake (285) placed fi fth, and Adrian Tuia (145)
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Stanfi eld’s
Brody
Woods (32)
jumps high
as Brett
Speed, of
Weston-
McEwen,
goes up
for a shot
Saturday in
Athena.
ATHENA
Tigers pull away
Stanfi eld stays
unbeaten in league
Boys Basketball
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
Staff photo by
Kathy Aney
With a deep bench that allows
coach Jason Sperr to rotate
players sometimes fi ve at a time,
the Stanfi eld boys basketball
team has been able to stay fresh
for the second half.
It’s a strategy that’s paid a lot
of dividends already for the No.
4 Tigers, and led to another win
Stanfi eld
Weston-McEwen
85
60
Saturday on the road against
Weston-McEwen when they
pulled away in the second half
for an 85-60 victory.
Stanfi eld senior Jose Garcia
said he could notice a drop-off
by the TigerScots in the second
half.
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Quaempts scores 25, paces fast-starting TigerScots
Weston-McEwen
bounces back with
win over Stanfi eld
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
After a tough, close loss
on the road against Pilot
Girls Basketball
Rock
on
mination
Friday night,
turned into
the Weston-
results right
McEwen
away as they
Stanfi eld Weston-McEwen o u t s c o r e d
girls basket-
ball team was
Stanfi eld by
determined
18
points
to
redeem
in the fi rst
itself against Stanfi eld on quarter on their way to a
Saturday.
57-32 victory in a Columbia
The TigerScots’ deter- River Conference game.
“I think the girls really
wanted, almost like a
do-over,” Weston-McEwen
coach Eric Jensen said.
“I think they just wanted
to regroup, reset and just
go and I could tell when I
walked into the gym today
there was just a different air.
Oregon assistant football coach
to be fi red after DUI arrest
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Sports shorts
No. 3 Gonzaga stays undefeated
PORTLAND (AP) — Zach Collins had 13
points and No. 3 Gonzaga remained the nation’s
only undefeated Division I team with an 83-64
victory over Portland in a game Monday night
that was rescheduled because of a
winter storm earlier this month.
The Bulldogs have won 20
straight games, their longest streak
since winning that many in the
2005-06 and 2003-04 seasons.
Gonzaga is now 8-0 in West Coast Conference play.
Silas Melson and Jordan Mathews each
added 12 points for the Zags, who led by as
many as 33 points and had four players in
double-digits.
Rashad Jackson and D’Marques Tyson had
15 points apiece for Portland, which won its
fi rst two games in conference but has lost six
straight since then. The Pilots (9-11, 2-6 WCC)
are playing their fi rst season under former NBA
player and coach Terry Porter.
“Yo, POTUS even I know
to stay away from the
notifi cations section on
twitter. S--- will drive
you crazy, lead the
country and let them
hate.“
— Johnny Manziel
Former NFL quarterback offering
advice via Twitter to President
Donald Trump on Monday before
deleting his account. Manziel, a
former Heisman Trophy winner,
proclaims to be sober and is
attemtping a comeback to foot-
ball after partying derailed his
professional career.
EUGENE (AP) — The University of
Oregon says the football co-offensive coordi-
nator will be fi red after his arrest on suspicion
of driving under the infl uence,
marking the latest problem for
the team.
The school said in a statement
Sunday that David Reaves has
been placed on administrative
leave and the process to terminate his employ-
ment has started. Oregon announced hiring him
Tuesday.
The move comes less than a week after
the school suspended its football strength and
conditioning coach for a month without pay
following a series of intense workouts that sent
three players to the hospital.
Police in the city of Eugene arrested Reaves
early Sunday. Records show he is no longer in
custody.
1956 — Bob Pettit of the
St. Louis Hawks captures the
fi rst of his NBA record four
All-Star MVP awards. Pettit
leads the West team with 20
points and 24 rebounds in a
108-94 win over the East.
1982 — Ray Wersching
kicks a Super Bowl record-
tying four fi eld goals to help
the San Francisco 49ers
beat the Cincinnati Bengals
26-21.
2010 — Kelly Kulick
becomes the fi rst woman
to win a PBA Tour title,
beating Chris Barnes in the
fi nal of the 45th Tourna-
ment of Champions. Kulick
outscores Barnes 265-195.
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