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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Prep Swimming
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Prep Wrestling
Barnard
Bulldogs defend home mat, win Farm City
paces
Six locals claim titles at
Dawgs in Hermiston tournament
La Grande
East Oregonian
Jennings turns in big
day for Buckaroos
East Oregonian
LA GRANDE — Hermis-
ton’s boys swim team clocked
a second-place finish behind
overall champion La Grande
on Saturday at the La Grande
Invitational.
The tournament host won the
girls’ and boys’ team titles with
a combined 245 points, which
was more than double that of
second-place Hood River.
Pendleton placed third in
combined team scores with 83
points, and its girls team placed
third as well. Hermiston was
fifth in combined scoring with
65.
The Bulldogs won two
events on the boys side thanks to
a big day from sophomore Ryan
Barnard.
Barnard cut three seconds
from his personal record to
win the 100-yard freestyle in
52.66 seconds, and also swam
the anchor for the first-place
400-yard freestyle relay team
that finished with its best time of
the season in 3:34.97.
Barnard also was second in
the 200 freestyle with a new PR
of 1:59.32.
No other locals made it to the
top of the podium, but several
placed second.
Pendleton
senior
Jon
Jennings was second in the
boys’ 100 backstroke (57.65)
and 100 butterfly (57.05), and
swam blistering anchor legs
for Buckaroo relays. His splits
in the 200 and 400 relays were
the fastest freestyle times of
the meet at 21.80 and 49.47,
respectively.
Sam Schmitz was second in
the girls’ 50 freestyle in 27.45,
and Olivia Broker was third
in the girls’ 100 backstroke in
1:19.70. Pendleton’s boys and
girls teams were both second in
the long relays, and both placed
third in the short relays.
Hermiston was second in
the boys’ 200 relay, and Carson
Wrathall placed third (24.47) in
a tight 50 freestyle that saw the
top four touch within a second.
The next meet for both teams
is Saturday in Baker City at
noon.
NFL
Casino mogul
pulls out of
Raiders-Vegas
stadium deal
By KEN RITTER
Associated Press
LAS VEGAS — Billionaire
casino mogul Sheldon Adelson
pulled out of a deal Monday
to build a $1.9 billion domed
stadium for the Oakland Raiders
in Las Vegas.
The move comes on the
heels of a team proposal to pay
$1 a year in rent and operate
the stadium, and it deprives the
project of a chief financial backer
as officials seek to bring profes-
sional football to Las Vegas for
the first time.
Adelson played an instru-
mental role in the effort to lure the
Raiders, which eventually grew
into a $750 million commitment
of taxpayer money to the deal.
He and his family had pledged
$650 million — an amount the
team will have to seek from
other sources. The Raiders have
promised $500 million.
Nevada Gov. Brian Sando-
val’s office said the lease agree-
ment submitted last week would
have the Raiders shoulder $1.15
billion of the cost of the stadium,
and accept operation responsibil-
ities and risk.
In a statement, the Raiders
acknowledged
Adelson’s
involvement in the project over
the past year and promised to
make good on owner Mark
Davis’ vow to move to Las Vegas.
Adelson’s withdrawal means
the Raiders will go forward with
a decision pending from NFL
owners who must approve the
move.
It also means the team won’t
have to ask team owners to waive
a rule prohibiting casino opera-
tors from having ownership roles
in teams.
HERMISTON — After pinning
his first two opponents in just two
minutes, 44 seconds combined,
Hermiston’s Gage Shipley needed
nearly eight minutes to edge
Milwaukie’s Jacob Ashley in the
113-pound championship of the
Farm City Tournament on Saturday.
Shipley finally got the point he
needed in the second 30-second
tiebreaker period, which had come
after a one-minute overtime, and
beat Ashley 3-2 for the first of four
Bulldog titles at their home meet.
Hermiston also won the team
title with 271.5 points. Milwaukie
was second with 238.5 and Oregon
City was third with 228.
Also winning titles for Herm-
iston were C.J. Hendon at 145
pounds, Valen Wyse at 170, and
Beau Blake at 285.
Riverside and Heppner/Ione also
each had one individual champion
but placed sixth and seventh in team
points, respectively.
Riverside’s Aristotle Rockwell
topped the 132-pound bracket, and
Heppner’s Cord Flynn was victo-
rious in the 195 finals.
Flynn went up against Hermis-
ton’s Kenny Bevan in his final, and
won 8-4. He went 4-0 on the day
and pinned his first two opponents.
Rockwell beat Bend’s Daniel
Bazan 12-1 in his final after pinning
his other three opponents.
Hendon won his title at 145 with
a 9-3 decision over Mathew Lee of
Milwaukie. He won his first two
matches by pin.
Wyse pinned Baker’s Dylan
Felmeier with 10 seconds left in
their 170-pound final. His first three
opponents didn’t make it past the first
round and he finished with four pins.
Blake also pinned each of his
opponents to go 3-0. He stuck
teammate Emilio Landin 1:11 into
their heavyweight title showdown,
and totaled just 3:56 for his three
matches.
Also reaching finals but placing
second for Hermiston were Alice
Todryk (106), Jesus Rodriguez
(126), Julio Leiva (182), and Corey
Mason (220).
Riverside had one third-place
finisher after 120-pounder Andrew
Barker beat Zachary Colipano of
Oregon City 10-7 to finish 4-1 with
three pins.
MAC-HI 34, ONTARIO 34 —
At Ontario, a pin by heavyweight
Antonio Sanders salvaged a tie for
Ontario when the Tigers hosted
Mac-Hi for a Greater Oregon
League dual on Friday.
Forfeits at the previous two
weights had given the Pioneers a
six-point lead and capped a 22-0
run by Mac-Hi that was started with
a 15-7 major decision win by Kaden
Kilburg and a pin by Patton Wright.
Jesse Jones, Zach Chrisman and
Noah Wilson also won matches for
Mac-Hi.
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106 — Jesse Jones (MH) def. Julyssa Ramirez, 2-0
113 — Thomas Hale (OHS) pins Marcellus Brinkley, 4:00
120 — Noah Wilson (MH) pins Bridger Bauer, 6:00
126 — Zach Chrisman (MH) def. Enoc Ponce, 10-6
132 — Anastacio Gonzalez (OHS) win by forfeit
138 — Zach Ware (OHS) def. Chase Larson, 2-0
145 — Quinn Susuki (OHS) def. Riley Chester, 9-1
152 — Rogilio Vargas (OHS) def. Anthony Hardesty,
MD 11-0
160 — Johnny Vega (OHS) pins Kyler Kelly, :37
170 — Kaden Kilburg (MH) def. Hilario Carrillo, MD 15-7
182 — Patton Wright (MH) pins Brandon Ragsdale, 1:33
195 — Brandyn Chaney (MH) wins by forfeit
220 — Spencer Wells (MH) wins by forfeit
285 — Antonio Sanders (OHS) pins Donnie Clark,
1:44
Saturday’s Prep Roundup
Pilot Rock girls basketball gets revenge against Culver
Pilot Rock now alone in
first place in CBC
East Oregonian
PILOT ROCK — The Pilot
Rock Rockets girls basketball team
was looking for some revenge on
Saturday night.
The last time the Rockets played
the Culver Bulldogs, the Rockets
were sent home with a disappointing
35-28 loss in what was the league
opener for both teams. It remains
the lone league loss for Pilot Rock
so far.
“We just didn’t want to come
out flat, because when we went to
Culver we started flat and stayed
flat,” Pilot Rock coach Butch
Wilson said on Saturday.
Fortunately for the Rockets,
they were able to get the revenge
they wanted as they defeated the
Bulldogs 55-44 on Saturday night.
The victory also gave the Rockets
sole possession of first place in the
Columbia Basin Conference.
“It was a well-played game by
both teams, but our scoring was
really balanced and they couldn’t
slow any one of the girls down,”
Pilot Rock coach Butch Wilson
said.
Kayla Deist led Pilot Rock (14-3,
4-1 CBC) with 15 points, but Wilson
raved about the play of junior post
Sara Weinke, who finished with
10 points, nine rebounds and six
blocks. Wilson also played lock-
down defense throughout the game,
holding Culver’s (11-6, 3-2) top
post Jessica Johnson to just five
points.
Pilot Rock next travels to Elgin
today for a 4 p.m. tip-off.
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CHS
11 6
8 19 — 44
PR
9 19
7 20 — 55
CULVER — M. Gamboa 16, I. Retano 13, L. Alvara-
do 6, J. Johnson 5, M. Beeler 2, E. Bautista 2.
PILOT ROCK — K. Deist 15, S. Weinke 10, B. Roe 9,
R. Willingham 8, J. Wilson 8, G. Austin 3, R. Oates 2.
3-pointers — CHS 2, PR 4. Free throws — CHS
12-24, PR 17-25. Fouls — CHS 21, PR 19. Fouled out
— J. Wilson (PR), Gamboa, Beeler (CHS).
HEPPNER 55, STANFIELD
39 — At Heppner, the Mustangs
earned their first league victory since
2015 with a 55-39 win at home over
Stanfield on Saturday evening.
“We’ve been working really
hard and talking about starting good
and setting a tone,” Heppner coach
Robert Wilson said, “and the girls
really grasped going 100 percent as a
team instead of as individuals and I’m
proud of the way they stepped up.”
Jacee Currin led Heppner (6-9,
1-4 CBC) with 22 points and a strong
10-14 performance at the free throw
line, while Madison Combe had 13
points and six rebounds. Natalia
Esquivel led Stanfield (3-13, 1-4)
with 11 points and eight rebounds.
Heppner next hosts Weston-
McEwen on Friday.
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SHS
8 12
5 14 — 39
HHS
16 8 20 11 — 55
STANFIELD — N. Esquivel 11, K. Hart 9, B.
Braithwaite 7, A. Griffin 5, J. Wallace 3, S. Sharp 2, A.
Lemmon 2.
HEPPNER — J. Currin 22, M. Combe 13, J. Mc-
Cullough 6, J. Mahoney 5, M. Correa 4, R. Dompier
3, M. Silvia 2.
3-pointers — SHS 3, HHS 0. Free throws — SHS
8-14, HHS 13-22. Fouls — SHS 17, 19. Fouled out —
N. Esquivel (SHS).
CONDON/WHEELER
47,
IONE 33 — At Ione, the Condon/
Wheeler Knights snapped their
two-game losing streak with a gritty
victory over Ione 47-33 on Saturday
afternoon.
Condon/Wheeler (8-9, 5-3 BSL)
finished with three players in double
figures, including Annika Rietmann
with a game-high 13 points, while
Becky Jaeger had 12 and Katie
Jaeger had 10. Morgan Orem led
Ione (0-16, 0-8) with 12 points and
Emily Taylor had seven.
Condon/Wheeler next plays at
Horizon Christian today, while Ione
will travel to Mitchell/Spray on
Wednesday at 6 p.m.
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C/W
6 19
8 14 — 47
IHS
10 4
9 10 — 33
CONDON/WHEELER — A. Rietmann 13, B. Jaeger
12, K. Jaeger 10, J. Homer 6, B. Dyer 4, A. Carnine 2.
IONE — M. Orem 12, E. Taylor 7, K. Gilbert 5, M.
Flynn 3, I. Sandford 3, K. Bass 2, S. Qualls 1.
3-pointers — C/W 1, IHS 2. Free throws — C/W
10-23, IHS 5-18. Fouls — C/W 20, IHS 20. Fouled out
— B. Dyer (C/W).
IRRIGON 50, NYSSA 38 —
At Nyssa, the Irrigon Knights got
back to .500 in the Eastern Oregon
League standings with a win on
the raod against Nyssa on Saturday
afternoon.
“The girls bounced back strong
after a tough loss last night,” Irrigon
coach Mike Royer said, “and we
shot the ball much better tonight.
Every game the rest of the way is a
playoff game for us now.”
Jada Burns led Irrigon in scoring
with 11 points, while Taylor Davis
and Alyia Munoz scored 10 points
apiece. Munoz also led the team
in rebounds with seven, and both
Davis and Burns recorded five
boards each.
Irrigon next travels to Umatilla
today.
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IHS
9 16 11 14 — 50
NHS
4 10 13 11 — 38
IRRIGON — J. Burns 11, T. Davis 10, A. Munoz
10, Romero 7, Wyant 6, A. Rice 3, A. Zacarias 2, L.
Mills 1.
NYSSA — K. Hernandez 10, Mitchell 10, Hartley 5,
A. Hernandez 4, Martinez 4, Arredondo 3, Long 1,
Lancaster 1.
HELIX 45, COVE 25 — At
Helix, the Grizzlies won their
second game in as many nights with
a 45-25 victory at home over Cove
on Saturday afternoon.
Macey Tullis led Helix (8-7,
4-5 OOL) with 16 points and four
assists, while Charmayne Bennett
had 11 points on 5-6 shooting (83
percent). Sadie Wilson also chipped
in seven points and 15 rebounds for
Helix.
The Grizzlies will face Cove
again today at Cove.
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CHS
5 0
6 14 — 25
GHS
13 7
9 16 — 45
HELIX — M. Tullis 16, C. Bennett 11, S. Wilson 7, E.
Fehrenbacker 7, A. Wood 3, K. Mize 1.
3-pointers — GHS 4. Free throws — GHS 11-25.
Fouls — GHS 13.
ONTARIO 68, MAC-HI 43 —
At Ontario, the Mac-Hi Pioneers
started out solid, but faltered down
the stretch as Ontario defended its
home court with a 68-43 victory on
Saturday night.
“We came out hard and then
just kind of struggled more as it
went along,” Mac-Hi coach Brooke
Garton said. “We struggled at
handling the their pressure defense,
and we’ll definitely be looking to
fix some things for next time.”
Brooke Smiley led Mac-Hi with
11 points while Sydney Richwine
had nine and Becca Jones had eight.
Alexis Navarette led Ontario with
18 points.
Mac-Hi next hosts La Grande on
Tuesday at 6 p.m.
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MHS
15 9
7 12 — 43
OHS
12 18 20 18 — 68
MAC-HI — B. Smiley 11, S. Richwine 9, B. Jones 8,
M. Yensen 6, B. Hernandez 4, S. Earls 2, M. Martinez
2, K. Casillas, B. Garcia, C. Flores.
ONTARIO — A. Navarette 18, L. Davila 15, D.
Peterson 11, J. Jagelski 6, E. Jordan 5, V. Martinez 4,
S. Tillery 4, J. Ware 2, E. Chavez 2.
3-pointers — MHS 4, OHS 4. Free throws — MHS
15-33, OHS 7-14. Fouls — MHS 14, OHS 27. Fouled
out — Peterson (OHS).
BOYS BASKETBALL
STANFIELD 62, HEPPNER
58 — At Heppner, the Mustangs
tried their hardest to slow down the
pace of the game against Stanfield,
but in the end the Tigers were just
too much to handle and escaped
with a 62-58 victory on Saturday
night.
“It was a great high school
basketball game where both teams
fought hard for 32 minutes,”
Heppner coach Jeremy Rosenbalm
said, “but we just made a few
mental mistakes down the stretch
that they (Stanfield) capitalized on.
But I couldn’t be more proud with
how my kids played tonight.”
Stanfield (14-1, 5-0 CBC) was
led in scoring by Dylan Grogan
with 22 points on 9-20 shooting
(45 percent), including four made
3-pointers, and Ryan Bailey and
Thyler Monkus each chipped in nine
points. Logan Grieb led Heppner
(10-5, 2-3 CBC) with 16 points on
7-16 (44 percent) shooting, while
Jake Lindsay finished with 13 and
Kevin Murray had 10 points and 10
rebounds.
Stanfield next hosts Sherman on
Monday evening and Heppner hosts
Weston-McEwen on Friday night.
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SHS
11 19 11 21 — 62
HHS
13 11 21 13 — 58
STANFIELD — D. Grogan 22, R. Bailey 9, T. Monkus
9, T. Flores 6, B. Woods 5, J. Garcia 4, J. Galarza 2.
HEPPNER — L. Grieb 16, J. Lindsay 13, K. Murray
10, C. Hedman 8, W. Steagall 7, K. Smith 4.
3-pointers — SHS 11, HHS 1. Free throws — SHS
3-4, HHS 11-18. Fouls — SHS 19, HHS 7.
ONTARIO 50, MAC-HI 36 —
At Ontario, the Mac-Hi Pioneers
had major struggles shooting the
ball on Saturday night, hitting just
14-58 shots (24 percent) as Ontario
won 50-36.
“We started slow and then had
a good second quarter, but we just
could never get back in it,” Mac-Hi
coach Jordon Poyner said. “Ontario
is always a tough trip and a tough
place to play and they slowed us
down by getting to the free throw
line a lot, and took the momentum.”
Luis Garcia led Mac-Hi (6-8, 0-2
GOL) with 12 points and Alec Earls
added 10 points.
Mac-Hi next hosts La Grande on
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
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MHS
6 16
7
7 — 36
OHS
9 13 16 12 — 50
MAC-HI — L. Garcia 12, A. Earls 10, M. Garcia 6, A.
Martinez 3, A. Delgado 3, A. Pio 2.
ONTARIO — Castillo 15, Hart 9, Hawker 7, Mejia 6,
Castor 4, Sanchez 4, Navarette 2.
3-pointers — MHS 4, OHS 2. Free throws — MHS
4-7, OHS 16-30. Fouls — MHS 18, OHS 11.
STANFIELD 95, PILOT
ROCK 53 — At Stanfield, Pilot
Rock had the game tied at 15-all
early in the second quarter, but
Stanfield’s defensive pressure and
offensive range allowed the Tigers
to pull away for thier 12th win in a
row on Friday night.
Dylan Grogan scored 29 points,
Ryan Bailey added 13 and Jose
Garcia had 11, and Stanfield hit 11
three-pointers.
“Our effort was fantastic, prob-
ably the best we’ve had all season,”
said Stanfield coach Jason Sperr.
Chris Weinke led Pilot Rock
(8-8, 1-3) with 17 points and Devin
Hasher added 13.
Stanfield (13-1, 4-0) was up
49-26 at halftime.
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NIXYAAWII: Second-quarter turnaround begins with strong defense
Continued from 1B
But on the back of
freshman guard Mick
Schimmel,
Nixyaawii
settled down and was able
to grind out a seemingly
daunting comeback to
secure a 55-51 victory over
Powder Valley to remain
atop the league standings.
Schimmel, who scored a
game-high 31 points for
Nixyaawii (12-4, 9-0 OOL),
said that the Golden Eagles
could feel the extra pressure
coming into the game and
he believes they let it get to
them at the start.
“We came into this game
and picked everything
up a level because they
were undefeated like us,”
Schimmel said, “so we
wanted to come with 100
percent effort and bring it to
them. But they came out a
lot stronger than us and we
weren’t prepared enough
for that, but later we settled
and got with them.”
Powder Valley’s (13-4,
8-1) full-court pressure
defense really got in the
head of the Nixyaawii
players, as the Badgers
forced several bad passes
and turnovers as the Golden
Eagles tried to break the
press. Combining their
nine turnovers with a 2-13
shooting performance in the
first quarter, and it was easy
to see why the Nixyaawii
fans were nervous.
But in the second
quarter, Nixyaawii finally
got some offense rolling
which helped feed a better
defensive effort, too. Nixy-
aawii held Powder Valley to
just two made field goals in
the quarter and put together
17 points of their own and
went to the halftime break
trailing by just 3 points at
26-23.
“I think they were able
to calm down a little bit
in the second,” Nixyaawii
coach Shane Rivera said.
“We were playing terrible to
start, we turned the ball over
a lot more than we normally
do, but we were only down
three at half, so the message
was simply ‘It can’t get any
worse really’ ad the kids
came out focused.”
Nixyaawii finally tied
the game at 33-33 with just
under four minutes left in
the third quarter on nifty
reverse lay-in by Deven
Barkley, but the score was
quickly answered with a
Powder Valley 3-pointer
just 20 seconds later to put
the Badgers back on top.
Nearly 40 seconds later,
Schimmel sank a 3-pointer
from the top of the key to
put the Golden Eagles in
front for the first time in the
game 38-36 with 2:42 left in
the third quarter.
Then in the fourth
quarter the teams traded
buckets until it was tied at
44-44 with 4:02 left to play
when Nixyaawii forward
Chandler Case received the
entry pass from Schimmel,
backed down his defender
and layed in a basket off
the glass and got fouled
for an and-one opportunity.
The basket brought along
a deafening roar from the
Nixyaawii faithful as the
Golden Eagles took the
47-44 lead — which they
would not relinquish.
Case, who finished the
game with nine points and
12 rebounds, was a force
down the stretch for Nixy-
aawii, with all nine of his
points coming in the second
half, including a 5-6 perfor-
mance at the free throw line.
But aside from that, Case
and his 6-foot-6 frame shut
down the inside game for
Powder Valley’s offense,
limiting the Badgers to a
one-dimensional team for
most of the half.
Rivera said that having
his young team pick up a
win like this is huge for
each kid’s confidence level.
“This team is all new
faces pretty much this year
and they’re not real familiar
with the league,” he said.
“Now everybody knows us
and they’re confidence is
high and I’m sure their eyes
are wide open now realizing
that we’re one of the top
teams and they can prove it
too, so it’s pretty exciting.”
Now the Golden Eagles
and Badgers have a quick
turnaround, as Nixyaawii
travels to North Powder
on Tuesday evening for a
rematch.
“We’ll have to give it
an even better effort there,”
Rivera said. “I’m sure they’ll
be looking for revenge.
Everybody’s always going
to be coming after us and
we’ve been sending that
message all year and so far
the kids have responded.”
THE
STREAK
CONTINUES:
Nixy-
aawii’s win over Powder
Valley means that the
Golden Eagles have still
yet to lose a league game
(33-0) since coming into the
Old Oregon League for the
2014-2015 season.
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PV
13 13 13 12 — 51
NCS
6 17 15 17 — 55
POWDER VALLEY — I. Colton 19, G.
McGinn 13, T. Eubanks 8, H. Davis 5, B.
Tibbits 3, C. Brown 3.
NIXYAAWII — M. Schimmel 31, C. Case
9, D. Barkley 8, N. Enright 3, S. Hoising-
ton 2, A. Matamoros 2.
3-pointers — PV 6, NCS 2. Free throws
— PV 9-25, NCS 13-21. Fouls — PV 21,
NCS 18. Fouled out — N. McCall, C.
Brown (PV), D. Barkley (NCS).