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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Saturday, March 11, 2017 5A Basketball Championships BMCC: Ulrey, Snyder take losses Wilsonville goes back-to-back Continued from 1B Bobbi Bertsch hit three homers and Brandi Bowling added two more to lead the Lakers (7-2). Bowling led the afternoon off with a home run and SWOCC led 5-0 after half an inning. But Blue Mountain (1-5) took advantage of some strug- gles locating by SWOCC starter Lauren Spencer who walked in a pair of runs. Bailey Anderson drove in a run on a fielder’s choice, and Addy Daubert followed with a two-run double to tie the score at 5-5. Spencer settled down to throw three more scoreless innings, though, and only walked one more batter while allowing just three hits total. Alyssa Martinez led off the top of the second inning with a home run for a 6-5 lead, and the Lakers pushed five more across in the third with an RBI double by Alysha Imperato and a grand slam by Bertsch. Bowling added a two-run homer in the fourth, and Shevan DeFreitas sent the second pitch of the fifth inning over the fence for the final tally. Blue Mountain starter Megan Ulrey was left in to absorb the punishment and finished with five strikeouts but allowed 13 hits and walked five. Hannah Hirning closed out the win with a one-hit bottom of the fifth for SWOCC. Bertsch hit a solo shot to give SWOCC a 1-0 lead in the top of the first in Game East Oregonian CORVALLIS — The Wilsonville Wildcats boys basket- ball team completed their dominant season on Friday night by defeating the Churchill Lancers 51-43 to win the school’s second consecutive state championship at Oregon State University’s Gill Coliseum. Wilsonville (27-1) was led by senior wing and future Oregon State signee Zach Reichle, who scored a game-high 24 points on 8-of-15 shooting and picked up nine rebounds as well to earn Player of the Game honors. Harrison Steiger and Zac Wood- worth each added 10 points apiece for Wilsonville as well. The Wildcats and Lancers (23-5) were knotted at 10-10 at the end of the first quarter, but then led 20-16 at the halftime break. Churchill chipped away a little in the third quarter and trailed just 34-31 at the end of three, however Wilsonville was just too strong in the fourth quarter and hung on for the win. Lucas Wilson led Churchill with 15 points and seven rebounds, while Spencer Hoffman had 14 points and six boards and Cameron Hall had 11 points. It was the first appearance in the state title game for Churchill since 2014. Staff photo by Kathy Aney BMCC’s Lauren Cagle fields the ball as Marisa Coleman, of Southwest Oregon Community College, slides into second base Friday in Hermiston. 2, then after Lakers starter Marisa Peters stranded a Timberwolf, Shelby Harris jacked a two-run shot and Keely Brown and Martinez hit solo jobs to go up 5-0 in the second inning. BMCC battled back with three runs in the bottom of the frame, though, and Aunika Turner led them off with a single and later scored on a walk by Sara Bonner. Lauren Cagle followed that with a two-run double, but a fly out ended the inning on the next at-bat. Ulrey scored on a ground out by Anderson to make it 5-4 in the bottom of the third, but SWOCC teed off for nine runs in the top of the fourth. Martinez hit a two-run double followed by a two-run homer by Bertsch to chase BMCC starter Tiffany Snyder, who finished with a line of nine runs, 10 hits and two walks. Marisa Coleman hit a two-RBI single to welcome reliever Miah Slater to the game, then after an out and a pair of walks Martinez hit her second double of the inning. This time it drove in three runs to cap the scoring. Peters went three complete innings for SWOCC with four strikeouts, four walks and three hits to earn the win. Shevan DeFreitas pitched two score- less innings of relief, struck out three and allowed three hits. ——— Game 1 R H E SWOCC 515 21 — 14 13 1 BMCC 500 00 — 5 4 0 L. Spencer, H. Hirning (5) and B. Bowling. M. Ulrey and S. Bonner. W — Spencer. L — Ulrey. 2B — S. DeFreitas, A. Imperato (SWOCC); A. Daubert (BMCC). HR — B. Bowling 2, A. Martinez, B. Bertsch, S. DeFreitas (SWOCC). Game 2 R H E SWOCC 140 90 — 14 13 1 BMCC 031 00 — 4 6 1 M. Peters, S. DeFreitas (4) and N. Spencer. T. Snyder, M. Slater (4) and C. Ringnalda. W — Peters. L — Snyder. 2B — A. Martinez 2, N. Spencer (SWOCC); L. Cagle, A. Turner (BMCC). HR — A. Martinez, B. Bertsch 2, S. Harris, K. Brown (SWOCC). Girls Championship LA SALLE PREP 42, SILVERTON 28 — The La Salle Prep Falcons claimed the schools’ second girls basketball state championship on Friday night with a 42-28 victory over the defending champion Silverton Foxes at Gill Coliseum. La Salle Prep’s last state championship came in 2015, when the Falcons defeated Hermiston 51-46. The Falcons (26-2) finished the season on a 21-game win streak, with the teams’ last loss coming on Dec. 22 to Mater Dei (Calif.) at the Nike Tournament of Champions in Phoenix, Arizona. The game began as a defensive slugfest, as the teams scored just 23 points combined in the first half with La Salle Prep holding a 12-11 lead. The Falcons shot just 4-of-18 (22 percent) in the half while Silverton (21-5) shot a meager 2-of-15 (13 percent). The scoring picked up in the second half, which is where La Salle Prep took control for good. The Falcons outscored the Falcons 18-5 in the quarter and held a 30-16 lead at the end of three. La Salle Prep’s Aleah Goodman led all scorers in the game with 17 points on 7-of-16 shooting with four assists. She was also the only player from either team to reach double figures in scoring. Photo courtesy of NAIA Eastern Oregon’s Maya Ah You dribbles upcourt against Dakota Wesleyan at the NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball National Championships on Friday in Sioux City, Iowa. EOU: Bethel breezes past Eastern Oregon men in second round Photo by Mark Ylen for the East Oregonian Continued from 1B win at the NAIA Division II Women’s Basketball National Championships. Head coach Anji Weisenfluh’s squad has advanced to the national quarterfinals, where it will play the top seed in the Naismith Bracket, St. Francis (Ill.) (33-1) at 1 p.m. on Saturday. Mean- while, head coach Jason Christensen’s Tigers bow out of the bracket with an overall record of 27-7. Ah You, who entered the tournament leading the team with an average of 13.1 points per game, was a play-making machine down the stretch. Her fourth quarter included a four-point play and a total of nine points. She finished with a game high- tying 22 points on 9-for-14 shooting from the field. The game turned late in the third quarter when Donniesha Webber ignited a 9-0 run with a trey. Eastern Oregon never coughed up the lead the rest of the way, though Dakota Wesleyan kept on coming. Ashley Bray brought her team back within four (71-67) with a trey with 2:21 remaining in the game. But the Tigers had no room for empty posses- sions while watching the Mountaineers drain 12-of-14 free throws over the closing two minutes. Eastern Oregon’s work at the charity stripe (27-for-30) helped it overcome 41.0 percent (25-for-61) shooting from the floor. Four other Mountaineers backed Ah You with double figure scoring totals: Payton Parrish (14), Stormee Van Belle (14 points, eight rebounds) and Webber (11). Eastern Oregon now rides a 14-game win streak into the quarterfinals. Runner up in the GPAC tournament, the Tigers fall short of reaching the quarterfinals as they did in 2016. Bray recorded 22 points, sister Amber Bray had 14, Rylie Osthus added 13 and Kristin Sabers put up 11. MEN’S BASKETBALL BETHEL 104, EASTERN OREGON 71 — At Point Lookout, Mo., six players reached double figures to lead No. 1 Bethel over No. 4 Eastern Oregon on Friday in the second round of the NAIA Men’s Basketball Division II Championships. Bethel (Ind.) came out on fire and went on a 12-0 run in the first 2:30 scoring six points in the paint and six behind the arc. A pair of free throws by EOU’s Bryan McGriff cut the lead to 12-2 with 17:12 left in the first half and that was as close as the Moun- taineers (24-8) would get the rest of the way. Bethel (30-4) shot 21-for-33 (63.6 percent) in the first half to Eastern Oregon’s 9-for-34 (26.5 percent) and led 60-31 at the break. McGriff led Eastern with 29 points and went 15-of-19 at the free throw line while also grabbing a team-high nine rebounds. Kentrell Washington added 13 points and Blake O’Donnell came off the bench for 11. Caleb Oetjen and Clay Yeo each scored 16 to pace Bethel, and Yeo added nine rebounds off the bench. Parents, students and friends take team photos at the center of Ralph Miller Court after Pendleton captured fourth place in the 5A tournament in Corvallis. BUCKS: Clutch free throws seal victory Continued from 1B games against three solid teams and won two of them and that’s pretty special.” Caden Smith scored a game-high 18 points and dished out five assists to close out his outstanding Pendleton (17-5) career, while fellow senior Johnny Stuvland pitched in 11 points and seven rebounds. What won the game for the Buck- aroos was their performance at the free throw line, where they made 15-of-18 in the game and 11-of-12 in the fourth quarter to help keep Summit (21-4) at a distance. For Tedder, he was happy to see his team regroup at the free throw line after the Buckaroos missed a combined 37 free throws (56-of-93, or 60 percent) in the first three games of the postseason. “That was the difference in the ball game right there,” Tedder said. “We made free throws and they (Summit) didn’t and it was nice to be on the other end of that for once. The Buckaroos and Storm were tied at 10-10 at the end of the first quarter, but in the second quarter things started to fall in place for Pendleton. The Buckaroos took a 14-12 lead on a layup by Tyler Newsom at the 5:51 mark of the second quarter and never again found themselves trailing in the game. Pendleton got some momentum going into the halftime break when senior Kyle Curtis hit two consec- utive 3-pointers to give his team a 23-16 cushion. Curtis finished with nine points Photo by Mark Ylen for the East Oregonian Pendleton Johnny Stuvland puts up a shot after pull- ing in an offensive rebound in between Summit’s Cam Baker and Karson Klecker (30). in the game and hit 3-of-4 3-point attempts in the game. The third quarter continued to go in Pendleton’s favor and the team eventually built up an 11 point lead, 34-23 with 24 seconds left in the quarter. But then the Storm woke up in the fourth quarter and began to give Pendleton the few remaining punches it had left. “I thought we controlled the game for the most part pretty well,” Tedder said. “But then they (Summit) really dug in on second half and put a lot of pressure on us. We had a 11 point lead and then they put a press on and caused a couple turn- overs ... they do a really good job they fly around, so by no means was it easy.” Summit started the fourth on a quick 5-0 spurt to cut the lead in half and then with 2:33 left to play got within three points at 41-38. However, Pendleton’s ability to draw fouls and make them mixed with Summit’s inability to make its free throws (12-of-25) allowed Pendleton to hang on for the victory. Cam Baker led Summit with 13 points while Karson Klecker followed up with 12 points and six rebounds and Andy Jones 11 points and six rebounds. Pendleton finishes the season as winners of 14 of its last 15 games, and its only loss in the 2017 calendar year was the quarterfinal loss to Churchill. And looking at Pendleton’s six-man senior class, Tedder said that finishing off their careers with the state trophy in their grasp was a perfect ending for the group. “They’ve definitely left a mark that will last forever,” Tedder said. “We don’t necessarily have the most talent in the state, but we have a lot of heart and guys that are willing to work for each other that’s why we became so good. “We’re selfless and we care more about the team than ourselves and hopefully the underclassmen learned that from this group.” ——— PHS 10 13 12 15 — 50 SHS 10 6 9 17 — 42 PENDLETON — C. Smith 18, J. Stuvland 11, K. Curtis 9, T. Newsom 4, W. Morris 4, J. Szumski 2, S. Jerome 2, S. Machado. SUMMIT — C. Baker 13, K. Klecker 12, A. Jones 11, C. Collins 2, B. Blea 2, J. Bledsoe 1, R. Wells 1. 3-pointers — PHS 5, SHS 2. Free throws — PHS 15-18, SHS 12-25. Fouls — PHS 21, SHS 18. Fouled out — T. Newsom (PHS), C. Baker (SHS).
