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SPORTS East Oregonian Page 2B Thursday, November 30, 2017 Prep Roundup Pendleton boys beat Baker in season opener East Oregonian The Pendleton Buckaroos over- came some shooting woes on the fl oor and from the free throw line to squeeze out a road victory over Baker 55-47 on Wednesday evening. As a team, the Buckaroos (1-0) shot 35 percent from the fl oor and a meager 43 percent from the free throw line, hitting on just 16 of their 37 attempts from the line. On the fl ip side, Pendleton’s defense held Baker (0-1) to 30 percent shooting from the fl oor, sinking only 25 of its 81 shot attempts. Leading Pendleton in scoring was Richard Scott with 15 points on an effi cient 6 of 9 shooting and 3 of 3 from the free throw line, while Dakota Sams had 13 and Ryan Russell had seven. Scott and Russell each pitched in eight rebounds as well and Shaw Jerome led the Bucks with four assists. Pendleton next heads west to play in the Wilsonville Invitational beginning on Friday night. ———— PHS 9 18 12 16 — 55 BHS 14 7 12 14 — 47 PENDLETON — R. Scott 15, K. Sams 13, T. Newsom 11, R. Russell 7, S. Jerome 4, K. Broncheau 3, D. Jackson 2, W. Camp, C. Sandford. BAKER — G. Gambelton 11, C. Long 9, C. Osborn 8, K. Sand 8, D. Story 6, R. Flanagan 5, L. Nelson, J. Zikmund, D. Lincott. 3-pointers — PHS 3, BHS 7. Free throws — PHS 16-37, BHS 4-11. Fouls — PHS 13, BHS 24 (fouled out Gambelton, Story) WHITE SALMON (WA) 68, RIVERSIDE 65, OT — At White Salmon, the Riverside Pirates started their season in heart-breaking fashion with an overtime loss to White Salmon on Wednesday evening. Riverside (0-1) next plays College Place (WA) on Friday at 5 p.m. at the Mac-Hi Tournament in Milton-Freewater. GIRLS BASKETBALL WALLA WALLA (WA) 40, HERMISTON 29 — At Walla Walla, Hermiston could muster only two points in the fourth quarter as it dropped its season opener on the road on Wednesday night. Jazlyn Romero led the Bulldogs (0-1) in scoring with 12 points. The Bulldogs stay home on Friday to host Wilsonville at 7 p.m. in the fi rst day of the Hermiston Holiday Tournament. RIVERSIDE 49, WHITE SALMON (WA) 16 — At White Salmon, the Riverside Pirates kicked off their 2017-18 season with a big road victory on Wednesday evening. Riverside (1-0) next plays College Place (WA) on Friday at 3:30 p.m. at the Mac-Hi Tournament. DESALES (WA) 58, WESTON- MCEWEN 50 — At Walla Walla, the Weston-McEwen TigerScots fell just short in their season opener with DeSales (WA) on Wednesday night. Weston-McEwen (0-1) next plays Irrigon on Friday at 3 p.m. in Ione for the Ione Basketball Bonanza. BUCKAROOS: Kiele, Gentner combine for 18 points, 18 rebounds Continued from 1B to help us. When we’re healthy, we’re going to be tough but right now we’re still learning.” Even in the midst of the inexperience on the fl oor, Pendleton fought hard throughout all 32 minutes of game time and kept itself in the game. Pendleton scored the fi rst basket of the game before Baker quickly tied and took the lead and the Bulldogs (1-0) led the rest of the way. However, their lead never got to more than nine points, as Pendleton fought back to within defi cits of one-to-three points on several occasions. The Buckaroos gave the Bulldogs one fi nal run within the fi nal two minutes when Jaiden Lemberger sank a 3-pointer to trim the Bulldogs’ lead to 50-46 with 1:40 left, followed by one made free throw from Maureen Davies to get within 50-47 with just 30 seconds left. But that was Staff photo by Kathy Aney Pendleton’s Hunter Kiele (30) battles for a rebound with a Baker player Wednesday at Warberg Court. as close as Pendleton could get. The Bucks were forced to foul on defense over the fi nal half-minute, and the Bulldogs went 6 of 6 from the free throw line to seal the win. Lemberger led the Buckaroos in scoring with 11 points and Davies had 10 points with six rebounds and three blocked shots. Hunter Kiele played big minutes in the post with the absence of McGlothan and Bradt and performed well with 10 points and seven rebounds — four of which were on the offensive end. “Hunter did a great job,” Porter said. “She’ll never be out-worked, ever, that’s for sure. She gets a lot of rebounds and does a lot of stuff for us and we needed it.” Porter was also pleased with the effort given by Rylee Gentner, who turned in solid opener with eight points and 11 rebounds in her fi rst game back on the court after sitting out last season. “Between (Kiele) and Rylee Gentner, they had almost 20 rebounds and those are rebounds I didn’t know I was going to have coming into this year,” Porter said, “so I’m excited about that.” Sydney Younger scored a game-high 21 points to lead the Bulldogs, who shot 43 percent from the fl oor for the game and had 20 turnovers of their own. Pendleton will now have one day of practice to try and work out some kinks before Summit comes to town for a 2:30 p.m. game on Saturday at Warberg Court. “I told the girls it’s only the fi rst game of the year,” Porter said. “We’re short- handed and we’re going to learn from this and we’ll be better for this.” ———— BHS — 14 19 8 15 — 56 PHS — 13 16 9 9 — 47 BAKER — S. Younger 21, J. Ramos 9, K. Flanagan 8, R. Gwillim 5, D. Davis 4, C. Ward 4, E. Carter 2, A. Carter 2. PENDLETON — J. Lemberger 11, M. Davies 10, H. Kiele 10, R. Gentner 8, U. Guerrero 6, H. Porter 2. 3-pointers — BHS 2, PHS 4. Free throws — BHS 9-18, PHS 9-17. Fouls — BHS 16, PHS 15. ——— Contact Eric at esinger@ eastoregonian.com or 541-966-0839. Follow him on Twitter @ByEricSinger. BEAVERS: Smith aims to refresh program after disappointing season In this Aug. 18, 1999 fi le photo, Oregon State head football coach Den- nis Erick- son talks strategy with quar- terback Jonathan Smith during practice in Corvallis. Continued from 1B for the longest touchdown pass in school history, with a 97-yards TD pass to Chad Johnson in 2000. “We interviewed several qualifi ed candidates and Coach Smith emerged as our top choice,” athletic director Scott Barnes said. “He brings to Oregon State football an impressive plan to build our program. He has a unique perspective on what it means to be a part of Beaver Nation and to be successful for our student-athletes on and off the fi eld.” After Anderson stepped down, the Beavers promoted cornerbacks coach Cory Hall as interim coach. Hall appeared to inspire the team, which challenged AP Photo/Don Ryan, File Stanford in a close 15-14 loss. And a group of players started an online petition supporting Hall, as well as a Twitter hastag #HALLin. But Hall’s connection to the players didn’t translate to wins. The Beavers wrapped up the season with a 69-10 loss to rival Oregon in the Civil War game to fi nish 1-11 overall and 0-9 in conference. Hall’s status on the staff with Smith as head coach is not known. “It defi nitely took a toll on us,” senior linebacker Manase Hungalu said of the season and Andersen’s abrupt departure. “It was defi nitely a situation you would not want the players to be in halfway through the season. It’s tough for the players, it’s tough for the whole community.” ALL- LEAGUE: Knights, Pirates, Vikings earn spots on all-EOL volleyball Continued from 1B EOL VOLLEYBALL Several local athletes were recognized by the Eastern Oregon League earlier this month after earning spots on the all-EOL volleyball teams. Irrigon’s standout freshman Makenna Collins was one of only two players not from the league cham- pion Vale Vikings to make the fi rst team squad, with the other being Rachel Duhn from Burns. Collins and her Knights fi nished third in the league this season with a successful 21-8 overall record and a 6-4 mark in the EOL. Joining Collins from the Knights were senior Mya Chapman on second team, and sophomore Hailey White and freshman Emma Mueller on honorable mention. Two Umatilla Vikings earned spots as seniors Nancy Ortiz and Lupe Flores were honorable mentions. And for the Riverside Pirates, sophomore Lily Rockwell and senior Sayra Diaz Ramos were also picked as honorable mentions. Vale’s Preslee Jensen and Tessa McFetridge earned Co-Player of the Year honors and the Vikings’ Shannon Steele picked up Coach of the Year as well. The Vikings, who went 25-7 overall and a perfect 10-0 mark in league play, had 10 total selections among the three teams including fi ve on fi rst team. ———— EASTERN OREGON LEAGUE Players of the Year — Preslee Jensen, Tessa McFetridge, Vale Coach of the Year — Shannon Steele, Vale FIRST TEAM Preslee Jensen, Vale, sr.; Tessa McFetridge, Vale, sr.; Allee Ewing, Vale, sr.; Dallie Johnson, Vale, sr.; Rachel Duhn, Burns, sr.; Makenna Collins, Irrigon, fr.; Sable Kelso, Vale, sr. SECOND TEAM Gracee Jacobs, Vale, sr.; Mya Chapman, Irrigon, Sr.; Kendall Hawley, Vale, sr.; Sierra Cleaver, Vale, so.; Bella Woodworth, Burns, sr.; Allie Hueckman, Burns, fr. HONORABLE MENTION Nancy Ortiz, Umatilla, sr.; Lupe Flores, Umatilla, sr.; Nichol Lambie, Nyssa, so.; Lexi Shaffeld, Vale, jr.; Lily Rockwell, River- side, so.; Demia Hardin, Vale, so.; Hailey White, Irrigon, so.; Britain Hartley, Nyssa, so.; Syriah Trujillo, Nyssa, so.; Emma Muel- ler, Irrigon, fr.; Sayra Diaz Ramos, Riverside, sr.; Parker Landon, Burns, sr. PIGSKIN PICKERS RESULTS Overall: Last Week: Ron Gibbs Clint Shoemake Zachary Orem Eric Singer Mike Appleton Jodi Bloomberg Brandon Case John Airoldi Weston Putman Alexis Mansanarez 95-25 9-1 91-29 9-1 85-35 7-3 82-38 7-3 80-40 6-4 79-41 6-4 79-41 7-3 75-45 8-2 73-47 5-5 70-50 8-2 EASTERN OREGON HEATING & AIR IS ROOTING FOR A LEXIS M ANSANAREZ EAST OREGONIAN IS ROOTING FOR Z ACHARY O REM IS ROOTING FOR IS ROOTING FOR IS ROOTING FOR MID COLUMBIA PRODUCERS, INC. B RANDON C ASE E RIC S INGER M IKE A PPLETON IS ROOTING FOR W ESTON P UTMAN ROGERS TOYOTA HERMISTON HERALD ELMER’S IRRIGATION NW METAL FABRICATORS SHERRELL CHEVROLET ST. ANTHONY HOSPITAL 4 SEASON’S PAINT CO. IS ROOTING FOR IS ROOTING FOR IS ROOTING FOR IS ROOTING FOR C LINT S HOEMAKE J OHN A IROLDI J ODI B LOOMBERG R ON G IBBS