SPORTS
East Oregonian
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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.
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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
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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