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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Saturday, February 18, 2017 HEPPNER PENDLETON Flynn successful in title defense Bucks complete comeback Heppner/Ione sends two wrestlers to state East Oregonian HERMISTON — The Heppner/Ione wrestling team is sending two members to the state championships after Cord Flynn and Trevor Anto- nucci each qualified during Friday’s 2A/1A Special District 4 championships at Armand Larive Middle School. Flynn (33-1) brought back his second straight district title at 195 pounds by pinning Pine Eagle’s Joseph Aguilar in 2 minutes, 46 seconds in the champion- ship bout. It was Flynn his second pin of the meet, and after receiving a bye in the first round he beat Joseph/Wallowa’s Gavin Baldwin in 1:17. Antonucci (20-10) had to wrestle four times, but also went out with a win by pinning Grant Union/Prairie City’s Eli Sheedy in 54 seconds in the second-place match. Antonucci had suffered his first defeat of the after- noon in the district cham- pionship with a 10-2 loss to Joseph/Wallowa’s Steven Beckman. He won his other two matches by pin over Union/Cove’s Lincoln Deem in 1:11 and Elgin’s Kenneth Terry in 1:30. Heppner finished fourth in team points with 97. Grant Union won the team title with 228, Crane was second with 177 and Enterprise was third with 117.5. It will be the second state championships berth for Flynn, who reached the final match as a junior last season before finishing second to Culver’s Jaiden Jones. The wrestlers have met once this season with Flynn winning by pin (3:15) in the championship at the Jo-Hi Invite on Jan. 7. It is the first state tour- nament qualification for Antonucci. Heppner 145-pounder Carson Brosnan just missed out on a state berth with a third-place finish. He reached the first-place match before suffering defeats to district champion William Johnson of Crane and then Enrique Delgado of Adrian in the second-place match. Other district champions were Shane Lund (113 pounds) and Cole Farwell (120) of Enterprise; Blake Butler (126) of Pine Eagle; Jayson Blackburn (132) of Union; Clay Johnson (138) and Drew Lusco (220) of Grant Union; William Johnson (145), Elijah Epling (152) and Samuel Williams (285) of Crane; Tanner Owen (160) and Donnovan Tate (182) of Elgin; Rylie Warnock (170) of Joseph. The state championships will be held at Portland’s Veterans Memorial Coli- seum starting at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 24. ——— 2A/1A Special District 4 champion- ships Heppner placers 1st place — Cord Flynn (195) 2nd place — Trevor Antonucci (106) 3rd place — Carson Brosnan (145) 4th place — Jacob Wallace (160) 5th place — Leo Waite (132); Charles Cason (145); Zach Bredfield (152) 6th place — Ethan Holmgren (170) McGlothan hits game-winning shot with 5 seconds left timeout with Bucks had Girls Basketball nine seconds struggled to on the clock. get going. Senior “Before Haley Greb The Dalles Pendleton the game I and junior looked in K a l a n their eyes McGlothan and I thought took the opportunity to they could come out flat,” suggest an inbound set they he said. “That game against felt would get the Bucks the Hermiston on Tuesday is shot they needed, and Porter going to be for the (league) didn’t hesitate to give them championship, and I think the go-ahead. they might have been With five seconds left, looking ahead possibly. McGlothan was able to “I kind of challenged get open off the inbound them at halftime.” pass and knock down the The Bucks responded, and game-winning shot and The trimmed the lead to nine Dalles wasn’t able to get off points to start the fourth, a shot at the other end before which was when they really the buzzer. took off. Pendleton scored It was the first time the 21 points in the stanza paced Bucks had led in the game by Maureen Davies, who since sinking the first basket had seven of her 13 points in to make it 2-0. the fourth. Davies also had The Dalles went on a nine rebounds. 25-13 run the rest of the Greb finished with a first half, and Porter said he team-high of 14 points, wasn’t exactly surprised the and McGlothan had seven 48 East Oregonian Before the basketball season got started, first-year Pendleton girls coach Kevin Porter let his players know he welcomed and expected their input in the huddle. “I told them, ‘Player-led teams are always more successful than coach-led teams,” he said. “Because they’re seeing things differ- ently out on the court than I’m seeing them, so I wanted them to speak up and not be afraid to say, ‘Hey coach, we should run this play.’” On Friday night with the Buckaroos trailing The Dalles by one point, Porter saw his desire play out when he called the team’s final 49 points, eight rebounds and three steals. “These kids are unreal. They respond every time,” Porter said. “I couldn’t say enough nice things about these girls. Nobody’s looking for their share, it’s all about the team.” Pendleton has made a trend of big second-half comebacks at Warberg Court this season, and pulled off a 16-point turnaround in the fourth quarter to beat Hermiston the last time they hosted the Bulldogs. After taking their meeting in Hermiston, the Dawgs are back for the rubber match on Tuesday with a 7:30 p.m. tip-off. ——— TDHS 12 13 12 11 — 48 PHS 4 9 15 21 — 49 THE DALLES — J. Thomasian 16, B. McCall 11, K. Hoylman 7, S. Watson 6, K. Jesch 6, I. Taylor 2, L. Robinson. PENDLETON — H. Greb 14, M. Davies 13, M. Davies 13, E. Nirschl 8, K. McGlo- than 7, T. Fell 5, J. Lemberger 2, K. Bradt. L. Richards, H. Porter. 3-pointers — TDHS 4; PHS 3. Free throws — TDHS 10-17; PHS 12-19. Fouls — TDHS 19; PHS 17. HERMISTON Bulldogs blow out Eagles on the road Hermiston win fourth straight game East Oregonian HOOD RIVER — The Hermiston girls basketball team kept its hot streak going with a 67-29 blowout victory over Hood River Valley on Friday night, the Bulldogs’ fourth consecu- tive victory. “We came out early and the girls got a good jump right out of the gates,” Hermiston coach Juan Rodriguez said. “Our offense was aggressive,” Girls Basketball humming Rodriguez tonight and said. “She our defense knew we was playing Hermiston Hood River c o u l d n ’ t great.” have a slug- Herm- gish start iston led in the third 16-2 after quarter and the first quarter and then she found ways to score held a 36-10 advantage at with her back to the basket halftime. and the ability to drive to Maddy Juul led all the basket. I was pretty scorers with 20 points for happy with the way she the Bulldogs, as she found played.” her way to the basket Following behind Juul with ease especially in the was Jordan Thomas with 14 second half. points, Rileigh Andreason “It was a typical with nine and Madison Maddy where she got real Wilson with seven. In total, 67 29 nine players earned their way into the scorebook. Hermiston hits the road again on Tuesday when they will travel to Pendleton for the rubber match with the Buckaroos. The Bucks took the first game in Pendleton 53-48 and Hermiston won the second match at The Dawg House 62-31. ——— HHS 16 20 17 14 — 67 HRV 2 8 11 8 — 29 HERMISTON — M. Juul 20, J. Thomas 14, R. Andreason 9, M. Wilson 7, J. Rome- ro 6, H. Meyers 4, S. Stefani 3, S. Gilbert 2, K. Padilla 2. HOOD RIVER — E. Curtis 8, H. Baker 7, L. Orr 7, A. Kinoshita 3, L. Weekly 2, A. Goodman 2. 3-pointers — HHS 6, HRV 2. Free throws — HHS 11-19, HRV 6-20. Fouls — HHS 18, HRV 15. Prep Roundup Nixyaawii girls roll past Culver in OOL district semifinals East Oregonian BAKER CITY — The Nixyaawii girls basketball team smothered Cove 57-17 on Friday at Baker High School to punch their ticket to the Old Oregon League district championship. The Golden Eagels outscored the Leopards 16-4 in the first quarter and cruised with another sound defensive effort on Friday. “We didn’t press them at all the entire game, just our zone was really tough for them to break,” said Nixyaawii coach Jeremy Maddern. “They got up some shots, they just shot a low percentage and we did a really good job of rebounding and getting down the court.” Mary Stewart scored 17 points to lead the undefeated Golden Eagles (22-0) and Milan Schimmel added 16. Nixyaawii was up 40-6 at halftime and was able to rest its starters in the second half. They’ll play Powder Valley for the championship today after the Badgers outlasted Joseph 61-53 in a double-overtime thriller. “This worked out perfect for us,” said Maddern. The teams will meet at Baker High School at 6:30 p.m. ——— CHS 4 2 4 7 — 17 NCS 16 24 13 4 — 57 COVE — H. Duby 4, M. Ledbetter 4, A. Garinger 4, N. Neil 3, K. Witten 1, S. Short 1, L. Johnson, H. Davis, E. Hines-Dunlap. NIXYAAWII — M. Stewart 17, M. Schim- mel 16, K. Melton 8, S. Fitzpatrick 8, E. Butler 4, K. Mountainchief 2, S. Fuentes, S. Patrick, T. Broncheau, E. Looney, T. Melton. 3-pointers — CHS 1; NCS 4. Free throws — CHS 3-14; NCS 7-11. Fouls — CHS 9; NCS 13. WESTON-MCEWEN 48, CULVER 37 — At Pendleton, the Bobcats surged ahead at the end of the third quarter but only scored one point in the fourth as the TigerScots pulled out the first victory for interim head coach Jeff Griggs in the semifinals at the Columbia Basin Conference district tournament. Sarah Finifrock led a balanced Weston-McEwen (16-7) score sheet with 12 points while Chelsea Quae- mpts added 10 and Bailey Hillmick chipped in eight. Griggs said it was a phys- ical battle with neither team backing down with a berth in the state tournament on the line. Culver (13-8) was down 26-19 at the break, but found its groove in the third quarter with Irma Retano and Mia Gamboa combining for 18 points in the frame. Gamboa fouled out at the end of the third, though, and Retano picked up her fifth foul midway through the fourth. Retano finished with 19 points and Gamboa had 11. Weston-McEwen closed out the win hitting nine free throws in the fourth quarter, and was 20 of 35 at the line in the game. The TigerScots will face Pilot Rock today in the championship at 1 p.m. ——— CHS 5 14 22 1 — 37 W-M 13 13 7 15 — 48 CULVER — I. Retano 19, M. Gamboa 11, J. Johnson 6, M. Beeler 4, E. Bautista 1, J. VanAlstyne, K. Webb, M. Haessler, L. Alvarado. WESTON-MCEWEN — S. Finifrock 12, C. Quaempts 10, B. Hillmick 8, S. Von Borstel 6, A. Finifrock 5, K. Vescio 3, A. Schroeder 2, A. Coffman 2, M. Muillenberg, R. Penney. 3-pointers — CHS 2; W-M 0. Free throws — CHS 7-13; W-M 20-35. Fouls — CHS 25; W-M 13. Fouled out — I. Retano, M. Gamboa, J. Johnson, L. Alvarado (CHS). JOSEPH 56, HELIX 31 — At Baker City, the Eagles came out strong and took control early in their Old Oregon League match-up with Helix on Thursday night. Joseph was up 30-11 at halftime, and didn’t start to slow down until the fourth quarter. Arianna Krol scored seven points and pulled down seven rebounds to lead Helix (9-13). Sadie Wilson had eight rebounds and Charmayne Bennet had four steals, but Joseph’s defense was too much for the Griz- zlies as they committed 35 turnovers. The loss brought the season to a close for the Griz- zlies, which graduate two seniors. Bethany Newtson and Macey Tullis combined for seven points and four rebounds in their final games. BOYS BASKETBALL WESTON-MCEWEN 43, HEPPNER 41 — At Pendleton, the Weston- McEwen TigerScots clinched a spot in the 2A state tournament with a win over Heppner on Friday night in the CBC district semifinals at the Pendleton Convention Center. “It’s been a goal all year and it’s the first time this group has made it in their four years,” Weston-McEwen coach Brian Pickard said. “They all worked exception- ally hard and deserve it.” Weston-McEwen (14-9) started the game determined and it showed, opening up a 14-4 lead on Heppner. But slowly but surely, Heppner chipped away and late in the fourth quarter were within one point, however ulti- mately they came up short. Garrett Hungerford led Weston-McEwen with 12 points and Ethan Reger had 11. James West did not score, but Pickard pointed him out as a standout as he made perhaps the biggest play of the game. As Heppner (12-7) was inbounding the ball to go for a chance at a final shot to tie or win, West jumped in front of a long pass and tipped the ball to a teammate Shaw Broncheau to seal the victory for the TigerScots. Logan Grieb led Heppner with 13 points and Kevin Smith had 11. Weston-McEwen will face No. 1 Stanfield in the CBC district title today at 3 p.m. at the Pendleton Convention Center. Heppner still has a slim chance at making the state playoffs as an at-large seed. ——— W-M 14 9 5 15 — 43 HHS 4 10 9 18 — 41 WESTON-MCEWEN — G. Hungerford 12, E. Reger 11, B. Speed 9, B. Dearing 7, S. Broncheau 4, J. West, B. Rudolph, J. Speed. HEPPNER — L. Grieb 13, K. Smith 11, N. Dias Martins 7, C. Hedman 4, J. Lindsay 4, K. Currin 2. 3-pointers — W-M 7, HHS 3. Free throws — W-M 8-15, HHS 12-24. Fouls — W-M 20, HHS 17. JOSEPH 57, NIXY- AAWII 38 — At Baker City, the Golden Eagles’ recent woes extended into the district bracket Friday with a loss to Joseph in the semifi- nals. It was Nixyaawii’s third straight defeat after winning 12 straight, and the second time in three games it’d been bested by the Eagles. Game details were not available at press time. Nixyaawii (15-7) will have to find a way to stop its skid if it wants to extend its season in today’s third-place game. Only the district’s top three teams will earn a state playoff berth. Joseph will take on the winner of Friday’s late game against Powder Valley and Echo in the championship. JOSEPH 57, HELIX 42 — At Baker City, the Grizzlies’ season came to a close after a late-ending game Thursday night at the Old Oregon League district tournament. Helix (6-16) was down 25-24 at halftime and giving Joseph (19-5) all it could handle, but couldn’t get its shots to fall down the stretch in the second half as the Eagles pulled away. “We (missed) a few buckets that usually we knock down and Joseph made a little run to get (the lead) to 10 or 12,” said Helix coach Ben Maney. “It was a good game, it was a lot closer than what the score goes with.” Justin Williams led the Grizzlies with 11 points and seven rebounds, John Shaw added 10 points. Cayden DeLury scored 15 to lead Joseph, and Jake Chrisman finished with 14 points and 10 rebounds. Helix will graduate seven seniors from this season’s roster — Williams, Shaw, Grant Christman, Caiden Marks, Tylor Fehrenbacker, Allan Holden and Jake Sprenger. “The boys played hard, it was a great season,” said Maney. “I’m proud of the boys. Hats off to Joseph, they’re a good basketball team, and we’ll try again next year.” ——— HHS 16 8 11 7 — 42 JHS 12 13 16 16 — 57 HELIX — J. Williams 11, J. Shaw 10, G. Newtson 9, J. Sprenger 5, G. Christman 3, C. Marks 2, D. Carlson 2, T. Fehrenbacker. JOSEPH — C. DeLury 15, J. Chrisman 14, A. Borgerding 12, T. Homan 9, C. Murray 3, K. Kilgore 2. 3-pointers — HHS 2; JHS 2. Free throws — HHS 4-4. Fouls — HHS 14; JHS 6. Golf Saunders stays in lead after rain wipes out afternoon play of Genesis Open By DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Wind, rain and the snap of a large tree limb were enough to stop play Friday in the second round of the Genesis Open. Sam Saunders remained atop the leaderboard without ever hitting a shot Friday at Riviera. Jhonattan Vegas joined him at 7-under par and was all too happy to wait until Saturday morning — maybe — to complete his second round. The wind made it diffi- cult to pick the right club. The rain made it difficult to gauge the speed on the greens. But it was the crack of a eucalyptus tree that made PGA Tour officials sound the horn to get players — and spectators — off the course. “We could have played a little bit more, but why? It’s going to get nothing but worse,” said Mark Russell, the PGA Tour’s vice president of competition. “We wanted to get them out of there when the trees started snapping.” No one was hurt, although Russell said he heard some spectators had to scramble to safety when the eucalyptus limb fell some 30 yards behind the third green. It was tough on a few players, too, at least between the ears. Hideki Matsuyama, who had a mathematical chance to reach No. 1 in the world this week with a victory, returned Friday morning to complete the first round and made three straight birdies for a 68. He likely will have to finish with three straight birdies Saturday just to make the cut. Matsuyama was 6 over through 15 holes on his second round, and 3 over for the tournament. Defending champion Bubba Watson hasn’t had much go his way this week, even when they do. He couldn’t decide on a club at No. 5 and came up well short of the green, only to chip in for a birdie. Standing on the tee at the par-3 sixth, with a bunker in the middle of the green and the pin left and to the back, Watson jokingly lamented, “The one time I don’t want to hit first.” He still had two holes to play and was 8 over, virtually assured of missing the cut. Cameron Percy of Australia was among 24 players who finished his second round. He shot a 71 and was at 5-under 137. Zac Blair and Martin Laird each shot 68 and were finished at 4-under 138. Graeme McDowell birdied three of his last eight holes for a 70 and was at 3 under, along with Daniel Summerhays (73) and Keegan Bradley (70). Very much in the mix was Jordan Spieth, playing in the same group as Watson. He was the last to hit on No. 6 and had no idea what was going on when he hit his shot. “Oh, don’t go that way,” Spieth said as the wind failed to bring it back to the right toward the green. “No way. No way,” he said when his shot appeared to go well beyond the bunker to the left of the putting surface. And then he heard a smat- tering of cheers. The shot landed on a hill beyond the green, rode the slope back down to about 10 feet and he wound up with a birdie. He was at 5 under with two holes to play, and depending what the weather has in store, that might not be a bad place to be.
