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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.