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SPORTS
East Oregonian
MILTON-FREEWATER
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
NCAA Men’s Basketball
Oregon rallies to reach Midwest Regional
Mac-Hi’s
Richwine
makes GOL
first team
By JANIE MCCAULEY
Associated Press
East Oregonian
PENDLETON — Mac-Hi senior
Sydney Richwine was named to her
second All-Greater Oregon League first
team when the league announced its post-
season honors last week.
Richwine wasn’t
the only Pioneer to
earn accolades as
senior Brooke Smiley
was named to the
second team for the
girls and senior Luis
Garcia made the
second team for the
boys.
Baker’s
Gracie
Huggins was the girls Richwine
Player of the Year
and La Grande’s Andrew Peasley was the
boys’ Player of the Year, and Hermiston
High graduate Mark Carollo of La Grande
won Coach of the Year.
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All-GOL Basketball 2016-17
Boys
Player of the Year: Andrew Peasley, jr., La Grande
Coach of the Year: Mark Carollo, La Grande
First Team
Elias Siltanen, sr., La Grande
Zack Jacobs, sr., La Grande
Bobby Castillo, sr., Ontario
Shaun Hart, sr., Ontario
Wyatt Akers, sr., Baker
Second Team
G.T. Blackman, jr., La Grande
Kaden Chandler, so., La Grande
Adam Hawker, jr., Ontario
Brad Zemmer, sr., Baker
Grant Berry, sr., Baker
Luis Garcia, sr., Mac-Hi
Girls
Player of the Year: Gracie Huggins, sr., Baker
Coach of the Year: Mat Sand, Baker
First Team
Sydney Richwine, sr., Mac-Hi
Lacey Miles, sr., La Grande
Jayme Ramos, so., Baker
Logan Davila, sr., Ontario
Kaeli Flanagan, jr., Baker
Second Team
Drea Peterson, so., Ontario
Breann Givens, sr., La Grande
MacKenzie Tussey, jr. La Grande
Sydney Younger, fr., Baker
Brooke Smiley, sr., Mac-Hi
BRIEFLY
Pendleton duo takes PCC
best ball title after playoff
PENDLETON — Drew VanCleave
and Joel Gilliland, both of Pendleton,
were the champions at the Pendleton
Country Club Spring Best Ball Tourna-
ment after winning a three-hole playoff
on March 12.
They defeated the team of Matt Corley
and Darren Pahl to win with a gross
score of 70-68—138 in the two-round
tournament.
Corley and Pahl shot 68-70—138
and ended up tied for top field net with
Troy Alderson and Kurt Hendrix with a
64-64—127 adjusted for handicap.
The Reggie Brown Memorial
Tournament will be held April 8-9. Entry
fees are $80 for club members and $130
for guests.
— East Oregonian
BUCKS: Errors hurt
in loss to Hanford
SACRAMENTO, Calif. —
With Oregon’s season on the
brink of an early NCAA Tour-
nament exit, Tyler Dorsey and
Dillon Brooks delivered as they
have so many times this season in
crunch time.
Dorsey hit a contested
go-ahead 3-pointer from the
top of the arc with 38.4 seconds
to play, then E.C. Matthews
airballed a long 3 in the waning
moments trying to force over-
time, and third-seeded Oregon
rallied in the second half to beat
upstart No. 11 Rhode Island
75-72 on Sunday and reach the
Midwest Regional.
Dorsey also tied the game
with a 3 with 1:45 remaining
on the way to 27 points before
Brooks took a charge on the other
end for Oregon (31-5).
With Oregon’s season on the
brink of an early NCAA Tour-
nament exit, Brooks found his
shooting stroke as he typically
does and scored 19 points despite
a 7-for-20 shooting day. Dorsey
made 9 of 10 shots with four
3-pointers.
(6 innings)
R H E
PHS
031 332 — 12 12 1
OHS
000 100 —
1 3 2
T. Chichester, H. Villers (5). Spradla, Roberts (4), Miller (5). W
— Chichester. L — Spradla.
1B — D. Naughton, R. Russell (PHS); McCarthy (OHS). 3B —
D. Naughton (PHS).
HANFORD 11, PENDLETON 6 —
At Hanford, Wash., three very costly errors
helped Hanford score eight unearned runs
in Pendleton’s second non-league game on
Saturday afternoon.
It was too much for Buckaroos (1-3) to
overcome as they matched Hanford with
nine hits apiece.
“We don’t have the shut-down pitchers
to allow extra base runners,” said Bucks
coach T.J. Haguewood. “We’ve got to
throw strikes more consistently, but overall
our pitchers were competitive.”
Pendleton went up 3-0 in the first, but
its bullpen ran into some trouble as walks
also made matters worse and Hanford
scored eight runs in the 4th through 6th
innings.
Parker Smith pitched the first four
innings and left trailing 6-5 after a
three-run fourth by Hanford. He allowed
eight runs (three earned) on seven hits,
walked two and struck out one.
Smith paced the Bucks on offense going
3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored, Nick
Bower (1-for-3) added two RBIs and two
runs, and Wyatt Morris was 2-for-4 with
an RBI and a run.
Pendleton’s next game is Tuesday when
it hosts La Grande at 4:30 p.m.
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R H E
PHS
300 200
1 — 6 9 3
HHS
030 323 X — 11 9 1
P. Smith, A. Zaugg (5), J. Beveridge (6), W. Morris (6). Rador,
Unkown (4).
2B — N. Bower, R. Russell, P. Smith (PHS); Polestki, Yug
(HHS). HR — Yug (HHS).
Rhode Island nearly scrapped
and hustled its way into the next
round, with Stanford Robinson
matching his career high of 21
points as the Rams (25-10) had
their nine-game winning streak
snapped to end the season.
Dorsey missed two free
throws with 3:36 left but made
up for it.
The Ducks led early behind
Dorsey’s fast start, but Rhode
Island grabbed momentum late
in the first half.
Prep Roundup
NCAA Women’s Basketball
Hermiston girls hang tough in loss Beavers
East Oregonian
HERMISTON — Mackenzie
Hill and Kate Millard got the
Bulldogs off the to a good
start, unfortunately Walla Walla
just proved to be too tough an
opponent to take a 6-2 win at
Hermiston on Monday.
Playing at No. 1 singles,
Hill beat Walla Walla’s Kyndal
Locati 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 in one of the
four matches to go three sets in
the non-league meeting.
Millard then beat Sydney
Carvana 6-2, 6-3 in the No. 2
singles match.
Hermiston coach Jason Sivey
said he was happy with the
team’s competitiveness after
the Bulldogs looked flat in their
season opener last week.
“We came out with a lot more
fire today, and played a lot better,”
he said. “Overall it was a good
match against a very good team.”
He was particularly pleased
with the effort of Reed Middleton
and
Breena
Wadekamper
playing at No. 1 doubles for the
first time. They went three sets
before losing to Brooke Royce/
Tori Mattock 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-3.
Up next for Hermiston is a
home match against Pasco (WA)
on Thursday at 4 p.m.
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WALLA WALLA 6, HERMISTON 2
Singles
Mackenzie Hill (H) def. Kyndal Locati 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
Kate Millard (H) def. Sydney Carvana 6-2, 6-3
Erin Chapin (W) def. Lindsay McAllister 7-6 (7),
2-6, 6-4
Lauren Svendsen (W) def. Alyssa Perkins
6-1, 6-0
Doubles
Brooke Royce/Tori Mattock (W) def. Reed Mid-
dleton/Breena Wadekamper 6-7 (6), 6-4, 6-3
Christian Zaugg/Lily Turner (W) def. Adriann
Stewart/Paola Sanchez 6-1, 1-6, 6-2
Mary Rose Russo/Sydney Techney (W) def.
Kealii Hamilton/Olivia Thomas 6-1, 6-3
Walla Walla def. Breckyn Mecham/Emery
Snyder 6-3, 7-6 (12)
BOYS TENNIS
WALLA
WALLA
7,
HERMISTON 0 — At Walla
Walla, Wash., limited practice
time had the Hermiston Bull-
dogs still trying to knock off
the rust from their swings on
Monday against Walla Walla in
a non-league boys tennis match.
Head coach Shann West said
it was a great opportunity for his
players see the level of play he
expects them to reach this season.
Despite the sweep, West said
he saw some positives come out
of the match, and the aggressive
play by his doubles teams was
the highlight of the afternoon.
Koby Grigg and Jason Morris
put forth the Bulldogs’ top effort
on the day in a 6-4, 6-4 loss at No.
2 doubles. West said their on-court
communication and awareness
continues to improve with each
match, and the narrow defeat
should be a valuable building
block in their progression.
None of the other matches
were that close, but West said he
expects things to pick up once
the weather allows for more
practice time on the courts.
Next up for the Bulldogs is a
home match against Pasco (WA)
on Friday at 4 p.m.
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WALLA WALLA 7, HERMISTON 0
Singles
C. Norsworthy def. Jose Mendoza 6-1, 6-0
R. Chapin def. Caleb Jorgensen 6-4, 6-2
C. Schulke def. Hayden Cissna 6-2, 6-0
T. Pham def. Austin Garcia 6-1, 6-1
Doubles
Bogley/Pontanolo def. Thomas McCullough/
Patrick Wicks 6-1, 6-0
Duffy/Wallace def. Koby Grigg/Jason Morris
6-4, 6-4
Davin/Hair def. Matt Eckhardt/Jose Sanchez
6-0, 6-2
SOFTBALL
HEPPNER
26-29,
UMATILLA 0-1 — At
Umatilla, the Mustangs blew
the doors off their season opener
with 32 total hits in a non-league
doubleheader on Monday.
Heppner (2-0) was led by
junior Maggie Flynn who went
5-for-5 on the day with three
doubles and a triple.
Umatilla coach Kylee Lete
said it was a good day to get
several pitchers their first work
of the season, but she saw too
many hanging heads as the
Vikings (1-4) were too quick to
concede defeat.
“We did some good things
defensively, but we’ve still
got to learn what it takes to be
competitive,” she said.
Umatilla’s next game won’t
be until March 27 when it hosts
Portland Christian at 1 p.m. and
Clatskanie at 4 p.m.
Heppner will play its home
openers on Thursday when it
hosts Irrigon for two games
starting at 2 p.m.
IRRIGON 23-15, WAITS-
BURG 3-4 — At Waitsburg, Wash.,
the Knights opened their season
with runaway victories on Saturday
in a non-league doubleheader.
Mya Chapman and Kayla
Gilman earned wins in the circle,
and head coach Jeff Botefuhr said
there were plenty of highlights to go
around. He was also pleased to see
a few freshmen getting their varsity
toes wet, and Emma Combes made
some nice plays in center while
Bailey Botefuhr was steady in relief
of Chapman in Game 1.
The Knights (2-0) will be
back on the road on Thursday
for a doubleheader at Heppner
starting at 2 p.m.
SCOREBOARD
Continued from 1B
Chichester pitched the first four innings
with three strikeouts and allowed one run
on two hits and four walks. Villers tossed
the last two and gave up one hit while
striking out two.
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AP Photo/Steve Yeater
Oregon guard Payton Pritchard, right, tries to steal the ball
from Rhode Island’s Cyril Langevine during the first half of
a second-round game of the men’s NCAA college basketball
tournament in Sacramento, Calif., Sunday, March 19, 2017.
URI closed the first half on a
14-2 run — including 7-0 over
the final 1:30 with Matthews’
three-point play at 52.6 — in the
last 3:23.
Robinson grinned from ear
to ear after sinking a mid-range
jumper at the 14:02 mark of the
second half and Rhode Island
appeared poised for another upset
after stunning Creighton in the
first round two days earlier.
The Rams kept crashing the
offensive glass to create extra
chances. They hit the court for
loose balls. But Rhode Island
missed a big stat line from star
Hassan Martin, who had no
points or rebounds playing just 14
minutes because of foul trouble.
Oregon failed to secure key
defensive rebounds playing again
without injured big man Chris
Boucher, who tore the ACL in
his left knee during the Pac-12
Tournament semifinals.
The Ducks did pull down key
offensive rebounds in crunch time.
UP NEXT
Oregon advances to play
Thursday
against
seventh-
seeded Michigan in the Midwest
Regional at Kansas City,
Missouri.
Local Slate
PREP BASEBALL
Today
Union at Umatilla, 4 p.m.
Pilot Rock at Irrigon, 4 p.m.
Riverside at Dayton (WA), 4 p.m.
Mac-Hi at Weston-McEwen, 4 p.m.
La Grande at Pendleton, 4:30 p.m.
Thursday
Wilsonville at Hermiston, 4 p.m.
Heppner at Umatilla, 4 p.m.
Pilot Rock at Stanfield, 4:30 p.m.
Walla Walla (WA) at Pendleton, 4:30 p.m.
Friday
Riverside at Columbia (WA), 3:30 p.m.
Pendleton at Walla Walla (WA), 4 p.m.
McCall (ID) at Mac-Hi, 6 p.m.
Saturday
Orofino (ID) at Mac-Hi (2), 11 a.m./1 p.m.
Irrigon at Heppner (2), 11 a.m./1 p.m.
Weston-McEwen at Stanfield (2), 1/3 p.m.
PREP SOFTBALL
Today
Elgin at Echo (2), 1/3 p.m.
Dayton at Riverside, 4 p.m.
La Grande at Pendleton, 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday
Bend at Hermiston, 4 p.m.
Thursday
Irrigon at Heppner (2), 2/4 p.m.
Pendleton at Southridge (WA), 4 p.m.
Friday
Weston-McEwen vs Enterprise (at Pilot Rock), 9 a.m.
Scio at Pilot Rock, 11 a.m.
Columbia (WA) at Riverside (2), 2/4 p.m.
Weston-McEwen vs Gaston (at Pilot Rock), 3 p.m.
Hermiston at Pasco (WA), 4 p.m.
Gaston at Pilot Rock, 5 p.m.
Saturday
Weston-McEwen at Pilot Rock, 11 a.m.
Mac-Hi at Yamhill-Carlton, 11 a.m.
Pendleton at Walla Walla (2), Noon/2 p.m.
Weston-McEwen vs Scio (at Pilot Rock), 3 p.m.
Enterprise at Pilot Rock, 5 p.m.
Mac-Hi vs Banks (at Yamhill-Carlton), TBD
PREP TENNIS
Thursday
Baker at Pendleton, 4 p.m.
Friday
Pasco (WA) at Hermiston, 4 p.m.
PREP TRACK & FIELD
Thursday
Hermiston, Mac-Hi, Helix, Irrigon, Pilot Rock,
Riverside, Stanfield, Umatilla, Weston-McEwen
at Pendleton, 11 a.m.
PREP GOLF
Thursday
Pendleton, Hermiston, Mac-Hi at Big River Golf
Course (Umatilla), 10 a.m.
PREP LA CROSSE
Today
Hermiston at Richland (WA), 7 p.m.
Friday
Hood River at Hermiston, 7 p.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Saturday
Grays Harbor at Blue Mountain (2), 11 a.m./2 p.m.
Sunday
Southwestern Oregon at Blue Mountain (2),
11 a.m./2 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Friday
Eastern Oregon at College of Idaho (2), 1/3 p.m.
Blue Mountain at Columbia Basin (2), 2/4 p.m.
Saturday
Eastern Oregon at College of Idaho (2), 10
a.m./Noon
Blue Mountain at Walla Walla (2), Noon/2 p.m.
Recent Scores
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Saturday
Blue Mountain vs. North Idaho, canceled
Eastern Oregon 11, Great Falls 5
Eastern Oregon 8, Great Falls 7
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Saturday
Prairie 7, Blue Mountain 5
Prairie vs. Blue Mountain, canceled
Sunday
Blue Mountain 12, Green River 3
Blue Mountain 3, Green River 0 (7 innings)
Basketball
NBA
Sunday’s Games
Dallas 111, Brooklyn 104
Philadelphia 105, Boston 99
Detroit 112, Phoenix 95
New Orleans 123, Minnesota 109
Portland 115, Miami 104
Toronto 116, Indiana 91
San Antonio 118, Sacramento 102
Cleveland 125, L.A. Lakers 120
Monday’s Games
Charlotte 105, Atlanta 90
Indiana 107, Utah 100
Orlando 112, Philadelphia 109, OT
Boston 110, Washington 102
Golden State 111, Oklahoma City 95
Houston 125, Denver 124
New York at L.A. Clippers, late finish
Today’s Games
Chicago at Toronto, 4 p.m.
Detroit at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Miami, 4:30 p.m.
Memphis at New Orleans, 5 p.m.
Golden State at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
San Antonio at Minnesota, 6:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Portland, 7 p.m.
NCAA
NCAA Tournament
EAST REGIONAL
Second Round
Saturday
Wisconsin 65, Villanova 62
Florida 65, Virginia 39
Sunday
South Carolina 88, Duke 81
Baylor 82, Southern Cal 78
Regional Semifinals
Friday
South Carolina (24-10) vs. Baylor (27-7), 4:29
p.m.
Wisconsin (27-9) vs. Florida (26-8), 7 p.m.
Regional Championship
Sunday, March 26
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SOUTH REGIONAL
Second Round
Saturday
Butler 74, Middle Tennessee 65
Sunday
North Carolina 72, Arkansas 65
Kentucky 65, Wichita State 62
UCLA 79, Cincinnati 67
Regional Semifinals
Friday
Butler (25-8) vs. North Carolina (29-7), 4:09 p.m.
Kentucky (31-5) vs. UCLA (31-4), 6:40 p.m.
Regional Championship
Sunday, March 26
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MIDWEST REGIONAL
Second Round
Saturday
Purdue 80, Iowa State 76
Sunday
Michigan 73, Louisville 69
Kansas 90, Michigan State 70
Oregon 75, Rhode Island 72
Regional Semifinals
Thursday
Michigan (26-11) vs. Oregon (31-5), 4:09 p.m.
Purdue (27-7) vs. Kansas (30-4), 6:40 p.m.
Regional Championship
Saturday, March 25
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WEST REGIONAL
Second Round
Saturday
West Virginia 83, Notre Dame 71
Xavier 91, Florida State 66
Gonzaga 79, Northwestern 73
Arizona 69, Saint Mary’s 60
Regional Semifinals
Thursday
Gonzaga (34-1) vs. West Virginia (28-8), 4:39 p.m.
Xavier (23-13) vs. Arizona (32-4), 7:10 p.m.
Regional Championship
Saturday, March 25
NCAA Women’s Tournament
BRIDGEPORT REGIONAL
Second Round
Sunday
Maryland 83, West Virginia 56
Monday
UConn 94, Syracuse 64
Oregon 74, Duke 65
UCLA 75, Texas A&M 43
Regional Semifinals
Saturday
At Bridgeport, Conn.
UConn (34-0) vs. UCLA (25-8), 10:30 a.m.
Maryland (32-2) vs. Oregon (22-13), 8:36 a.m.
Regional Championship
Monday, March 27
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STOCKTON REGIONAL
Second Round
Sunday
South Carolina 71, Arizona State 68
Florida State 77, Missouri 55
Oregon State 64, Creighton 52
Monday
Quinnipiac 85, Miami 78
Regional Semifinals
At Stockton, Calif.
South Carolina (29-4) vs. Quinnipiac (29-6),
1:06 p.m.
Florida State (27-6) vs. Oregon State (31-4),
3 p.m.
back in the
Sweet 16
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
CORVALLIS — Sydney
Wiese celebrated her final game
at Gill Coliseum by blowing
kisses to the crowd and dancing
to Abba.
She got a win, too, so her
senior season lives on.
Wiese scored 13 points and
second-seeded Oregon State
moved on in the NCAA Tour-
nament with a 64-52 second-
round victory over No. 7 seed
Creighton on Sunday.
Oregon State (31-4) will go
on to face third-seeded Florida
State in Stockton, California.
The
Seminoles
defeated
six-seeded Missouri 77-55
earlier Sunday in Tallahassee,
Florida, for their third straight
trip to the Sweet 16.
Fellow senior Gabriella
Hanson also had 13 points for
the Beavers, who are making a
fourth consecutive appearance
in the tournament. Last season
the Beavers advanced to the
Final Four before falling to
eventual champion UConn.
At center court after the
game, Wiese and her teammates
celebrated with the home crowd.
Wiese danced to “Dancing
Queen.”
“There’s a lot of emotions
because we have poured so
much into that place,” Wiese
said. “It will always have a
special place in our hearts and it
will always be home.”
Hanson, who matched her
season high for points, said: “It
still hasn’t hit me yet.” In the
postgame huddle, coach Scott
Rueck handed Hanson the ball.
Sydney Lamberty had 19 for
Creighton (24-8), which trailed
by as many as 15 points.
Lamberty’s layup pulled
Bluejays within 54-48 with 6:42
left, putting Creighton’s bench
on its feet. Hanson and Mikayla
Pivec each hit jumpers to answer
for the Beavers.
Marissa Janning’s jumper got
Creighton back within single
digits, but Kolbie Orum’s base-
line jumper gave the Beavers a
60-50 lead with 3:04 to go.
After a pair of Creighton
free throws, Marie Gulich made
consecutive layups for a 64-52
Oregon State lead — and the
Bluejays couldn’t catch up.
Lamberty said when the
Creighton came within six, the
team believed they were going
to win.
“We all looked at each other
and we even said when we
huddled up, ‘We can do this. This
game is still ours. We’ve come
back from deficits bigger than
this with less time,’” she said.
Oregon State eked out a
56-55 victory over surprisingly
tenacious Long Beach State in
the opening round. The 49ers’
chance at becoming the first-
ever No. 15 seed to defeat a No.
2 seed were dashed when Raven
Benton’s shot from out front
with five seconds left bounced
off the back rim.
UP NEXT:
Oregon State: The Beavers
move on to play Florida State in
the Sweet 16.