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SPORTS Friday, March 3, 2017 East Oregonian Page 3B 2A Tournament Roundup Pioneers beat defending champ Vernonia Western Mennonite boys, girls both advance East Oregonian Staff photo by Kathy Aney Weston-McEwen head coach Jeff Griggs claps for his team during Wednesday’s 2A state championship quarterfinal game against Imbler at the Pendleton Con- vention Center. IMBLER: Moves into semifinals against Monroe Continued from 1B began grabbing her ankle and wailing in pain. The TigerScots were down 40-32 at that point, and had already lost starting post Sarah Finifrock to fouls. “Her (Quaempts) injury is sufficient to keep her out for the tournament,” Griggs said. “It changed,” Rudd said of the on-court atmosphere. “I think her teammates were kind of worried for her. She played a great game and she was just out there and was everywhere.” Finifrock scored eight points and had six rebounds before fouling out with 4:10 to play, but even before she was sent to the bench Imbler had begun taking over the game’s momentum by beating the TigerScots to the punch on the glass. Neither team shot well in the first half, going a combined 10-for-43 (23.3 percent) as Weston-McEwen clawed its way to an 18-16 lead at the break. “We certainly hustled and worked hard on the boards, and did the small things that keep you in ball games, and we actually controlled the tempo better in the first half,” Griggs said. “And in the second half we moved away from that. … (Imbler) got some putbacks that they hadn’t had earlier.” By boxing Imbler out in the lanes, Weston-McEwen had been able to limit their chances in the first half, but the Panthers started finding their way to some offensive rebounds in the second half and after Kailey Smith converted a pair of free throws to give them a 25-24 lead, Hannah Kilpatrick grabbed a rebound and put it back to make it 27-24 with 2:31 left in the third quarter. A putback by Rudd made it 29-24, and then a fastbreak started by a Rudd block and finished by a Kilpatrick layup gave the game its largest margin to that point at 31-24 with 38 seconds left in the third. Quaempts drained a three-pointer with 21 seconds left, but Caysie McGinness answered at the other end with a triple just before the buzzer to take Imbler into the fourth ahead 34-27. “I think it was the nerves in the first half, the second half we just kind of put it aside and, like, ‘This is our game, we’re not going to give up,’” Rudd said. Quaempts tried to bring the TigerScots back into it by driving the lane and drawing contact, but the calls she was getting earlier in the game dried up in the fourth quarter, and Imbler was able to extend its lead by getting a couple uncontested lay-ups in transition. Then a putback by Malia Hassan made it 38-29 before Finifrock fouled out. “I just felt like we played together as a team,” Rudd said, “and getting a rebound, and going is the best thing that can happen with our team right now.” After Quaempts left with her injury, Weston-McEwen was unable to mount any type of last-minute comeback attempt. “I think what you saw with the partic- ular mix of kids, they were a little bit unsure as to what their assignment was in the last minute,” Griggs said. “When you get that last-minute offense going I think we were a little indecisive.” PENDLETON — There will be a new champion in Class 2A for 2017, as the defending champion and No. 9 seed Vernonia Loggers fell to the No. 1 seed Western Mennonite Pioneers 51-44 in the quarterfinals on Thursday at Pendleton High School. Keaton Hull led Western Mennonite (24-6) with 15 points and nailed three 3-pointers, while Simeon Hess had 14 points on 5 of 8 shooting to go with seven rebounds. Vernonia’s Brett Elliott led all scorers with 19 points on 8 of 13 shooting and Tristan Adams added 13 points. Vernonia took the first lead of the game at 2-0 on jumper by Elliott and led again at 4-3, but Western Mennonite took a 5-4 lead on a layup by Hess at the 5:05 mark in the first and never again trailed. The win advances Western Mennonite to the semifinals where it will take on league-foe No. 4 Santiam today at 3:15 p.m. at the Convention Center. Meanwhile, Vernonia looks to stay alive in consolation as it plays No. 5 Imbler at 9 a.m. at the Convention Center. ———— VHS 12 10 13 9 — 44 WM 16 14 10 11 — 51 VERNONIA — B. Elliott 19, T. Adams 13, C. Sullivan 8, L. McCallum 2, B. Jones 2, B. Clark, J. Handegard, G. Harral. WESTERN MENNONITE — K. Hull 15, S. Hess 14, P. Richardson 7, M. Hull 5, I. Rush 4, D. Berkey 3, C. Nofziger 3, A. Nicoli, J. Williams, H. Martin. 3-pointers — VHS 3, WM 6. Free throws — VHS 9-14, WM 9-15. Fouls — VHS 18, WM 13. Fouled out — C. Sullivan, B. Jones (VHS). Staff photo by Kathy Aney Weston-McEwen’s Chelsea Quaempts (32) races downcourt after a steal during Thursday’s 2A state champion- ship quarterfinal game against Imbler at the Pendleton Convention Center. Weston-McEwen actually out-re- bounded Imbler 34-32 and pulled down 20 offensive boards, but shot 9-for-44 (20.5 percent) for the game. Imbler shot 16-for-58 (27.6 percent) for the game, but saved its best for last and was 7-for-18 (38.9 percent) in the fourth quarter. It was the third time the teams had met this season with Imbler taking the series 2-1, but Sweet said the last two games didn’t weigh much on their preparations for Thursday’s meeting. “We played them in December, the third weekend of the season, and we played them literally back-to-back,” she said. “So you go in expecting that we’re both different teams at that point in the year. We knew we were both improved … we’re just taking things game by game, day by day, and trying to be our best.” Imbler moves into the semifinals where it plays Monroe on Friday at 1:30 p.m. at Pendleton Convention Center. Weston-McEwen heads into the morning elimination game against Regis at 9 a.m. at Pendleton High. “Playing these games is all about representing your community and they represented that well, represented the school well,” Griggs said. “They nothing to be ashamed of. They may be regretful because they lost but they have nothing to be ashamed.” “And I can’t say enough about that Sea of Red up there (in the stands). Making it to the Elite Eight is a huge honor for us and hopefully that color base will follow us up there (to Pendleton High).” ——— W-M 11 7 9 9 — 36 IHS 8 8 18 14 — 48 WESTON-MCEWEN — C. Quaempts 17, S. Finifrock 8, K. Vescio 6, B. Hillmick 3, A. Schroeder 2, S. Von Borstel, M. Muilenburg, A. Finifrock, A. Coffman. IMBLER — L. Robertson 13, J. Rudd 10, K. Smith 8, H. Kilpat- rick 6, K. Smith 5, C. McGinness 5, M. Hassan 4, K. Stirewalt 2, C. Birkmaier, T. McKaig, K. Barry, G. Smith, F. Burnette. 3-pointers — W-M 2; IHS 2. Free throws — W-M 16-24; IHS 14-24. Fouls — W-M 18; IHS 17. Fouled out — S. Finifrock (W-M). Family Clinic OPEN Weekends! Walk-Ins Welcome • Appointments Preferred Hours 8am - 7pm • Mon - Thurs 8am - 6pm • Fri 10am - 6pm • Sat - Sun 541-966-0535 3001 St. Anthony Way, Pendleton Located in the hospital medical offi ce building SANTIAM 54, IMBLER 39 — The Santiam Wolver- ines made quick work of the Imbler Panthers in their 2A quarterfinal match-up on Thursday, putting away the Panthers with a 54-39 victory. Santiam (22-4) led by as much as 18-0 in the first quarter, before Imbler finally got on the board with a jumper by Marshal Whitaker with 19 seconds left to make it 18-2 after one. Imbler got a rhythm going on offense in the second quarter and eventually cut the deficit to just six points at 21-15 with 3:45 left in the half, but that first quarter hole proved to be too big for the Panthers to dig out of. Jonah Downey paced Santiam with 12 points, while Riley Nicot, Julian Downey and Noah Butler each pitched in nine points apiece. Brandon McGilvray led Imbler with 11 points and Whitaker and Trayse Riggle each followed with 10 apiece. Santiam will now play Western Mennonite in the semifinals today at 3:15 p.m. at the Convention Center. The two teams met three times in the regular season, with Santiam 1-2 in those meetings. Imbler will play No. 9 Vernonia in the conso- lation bracket today at 9 a.m. at the Convention Center. ——— IHS 2 15 8 14 — 39 SHS 18 17 7 12 — 54 IMBLER — B. McGilvray 11, M. Whitaker 10, T. Riggle 10, H. VanLeuven 3, C. Gorham 2, A. Knife 2, W. McDonald 1, G. Tritchka, R. Patterson, G. Smith, C. Breshears. SANTIAM — Jo. Downey 12, Ju. Downey 9, R. Nicot 9, N. Butler 9, A. Fawcett 8, J. Fawcett 5, K. Amaral 2, J. Ballard, A. Casner, D. Whitmire. 3-pointers — IHS 3, SHS 8. Free throws — IHS 6-11, SHS 4-7. Fouls — IHS 11, SHS 12. LIFE CHRISTIAN 49, COLUMBIA CHRISTIAN 41 — At Pendleton, the Lions continued to hold the Knights’ number on Thursday in the 2A boys basketball state quarterfinals at Pendleton High School. For the third time this season No. 6 Life Christian (23-6) knocked off its North- west League foe to reach its first state semifinals. Its losses to the Lions are the only three all season for No. 3 Columbia Christian (24-3). Zeke Quinlan scored 21 points and pulled down 10 rebounds to lead the Lions, and he had two crucial free throws down the stretch, as did Bo Quinlan and Jonah Wooten. Zac Ross added 14 points, and Bo Quinlan and Tim Vasilyev each had five assists. Levi Dalzell scored a jumper with 3:32 left to pull Columbia Christian within 42-38, but that was as close as they missed their next six shots and didn’t score again until Isiah Mariscal’s three- pointer with seven second left. Dalzell finished with 20 points and eight rebounds to lead Columbia Christian, Hunter Endresen added eight points and five assists, and Robert Wagner had seven points, four assists and three steals. The Knights face an elimination game against Oakridge Friday at 10:45 a.m. at Pendleton Conven- tion Center. Life Christian moves into the semifinals to play No. 2 Stanfield at 8:15 p.m. at the convention center. ——— LC 16 7 12 14 — 49 CC 13 10 11 7 — 41 LIFE CHRISTIAN — Z. Quinlan 21, Z. Ross 14, B. Quinlan 6, T. Vasilyev, J. Woo- ten 4, B. Lambert, P. Luman. COLUMBIA CHRISTIAN — L. Dalzell 20, H. Endresen 8, R. Wagner 7, L. Morris 3, I. Mariscal 3, C. Wetherald, D. Blake, C. Reddix, C. Evans, E. Bishop, L. Berndt. 3-pointers — LC 4; CC 5. Free throws — LC 13-17; CC 4-4. Fouls — LC 9; CC 18. Fouled out — R. Wagner (CC). GIRLS BASKETBALL MONROE 47, REGIS 43 — The No. 1 seeded Monroe Dragons survived a scare at the hands of the No. 9 seed Regis Rams in the Class 2A quarterfinals on Thursday, hanging on for a 47-43 victory at the Pend- leton Convention Center. Monroe (26-0) jumped on the Rams (15-11) right out of the gate, opening up a 13-2 lead at the end of the first quarter. But the Rams battled back in the middle quarters, outscoring the Dragons 32-20 to hold a 34-33 lead at the end of three. But then the Dragons were able to grab the momentum back pull out the victory to keep their perfect record intact. Madison Ballard led Monroe with 18 points and four steals, and Emily Stahl added 10 points and eight rebounds. Kirsten Koehnke led Regis with 18 points on 8 of 16 shooting and added six rebounds. Monroe moves on to the semifinals where it will play No. 5 Imbler at 1:30 p.m. at the Convention Center, while Regis will play No. 13 Weston-McEwen at 9 a.m. at Pendleton High School. ———— RHS 2 15 17 9 — 43 MHS 13 10 10 14 — 47 REGIS — K. Koehnke 18, G. Firth 8, M. Lopez 5, P. Rickman 4, H. Moll 3, A. Firth 3, A. Ditter 2, V. Clute. MONROE — M. Ballard 18, E. Stahl 10, K. Martin 6, R. Gwillim 6, P. Greene 4, C. Knaggs 3, P. Bodl. 3-pointers — RHS 5, MHS 4. Free throws — RHS 6-11, MHS 13-20. Fouls — RHS 18, MHS 14. Fouled out — A. Firth (RHS), P. Greene (MHS). WESTERN MENNO- NITE 39, EAST LINN CHRISTIAN 32 — At Pendleton, Madison Hull scored 25 points with 12 rebounds and Western Mennonite scored five points of turnovers to close out East Linn Christian in the quarterfinals on Thursday. The Pioneers (22-7) scored all of their fourth- quarter points at the free throw line going 9-for-13 as the Eagles (16-11) tried to make up the slim margin. A turnover with 17 seconds left gave the ball back to Western Mennonite with a four-point lead and Annika Hess hit her first free throw to make it 37-32, then Hull grabbed the rebound on the second shot and made both of her shots when East Linn Christian sent her to the line. Sydney Nichol scored 17 points with 14 rebounds and three steals to lead the Eagles. Grace Wilson added 10 rebounds. Hull also had five steals, and Hess finished with seven points for the Pioneers. Western Mennonite gets a Tri-River Conference rematch in the semifinals where it faces Kennedy at 6:30 p.m. at Pendleton Convention Center. East Linn Christian plays Grant Union at 10:45 a.m. at Pendleton High School in an elimination game. ——— ELC 4 12 8 8 — 32 WM 10 7 13 9 — 39 EAST LINN CHRISTIAN — S. Nichol 17, M. Horner 6, R. Busek 5, G. Wilson 4, M. Christenson, M. Wilson. WESTERN MENNONITE — M. Hull 25, A. Hess 7, L. Foster 4, P. Hopper 3, L. Pack, M. Choi. 3-pointers — ELC 1; WM 3. 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