SPORTS Tuesday, December 5, 2017 Prep Wrestling East Oregonian Page 3B Prep Basketball Hermiston sixth in Oregon City East Oregonian The Hermiston Bulldogs wrestling team began its season on Saturday morning on the west side of the state, competing at the Tyrone S. Woods Memorial Tournament in Oregon City. The Bulldogs put together a solid day with a sixth place finish in the team standings with 134 points, despite not being at full strength due to a late finish of the football season with only 13 wrestlers traveling. Camas (WA) finished in first place as its 23 competitors tallied 250.5 points. Hermiston’s best success of the day came in the lightweight classes, where both Alice Todryk at 106 pounds and Ruben Madrigal at 113 pounds earned first place finishes in their classes. Todryk pinned South Albany’s Logan Bond at 4:35 to get her win, while Madrigal pinned Hermiston teammate Isaac Lambert at 5:10 for the win. The next-highest finishers for the Bulldogs were Zach Kirkpatrick taking second place at 182 pounds and Gage Shipley taking fifth place at 126 pounds. For Kirkpatrick, he lost out to The Dalles’ JR Scott, who pinned Kirkpatrick at 0:27. Hermiston next wrestles on Friday for a dual at Post Falls, Idaho at 7 p.m. RANGER CLASSIC — At Estacada, the Mac-Hi Pioneer wrestling team finished in seventh place with 80 points at the 11-team Ranger Classic tournament on Saturday after- noon. The Pioneers had two champions on the day, with Spencer Wells winning at 220 pounds and Kiez White at 113 pounds. Wells battled La Grande’s Spencer Gerst into two overtimes where he won a 2-1 decision for the title. White also took on a La Grande wrestler, Braxton Bisenius, and won by a 7-1 decision. Devon Cothey at 132 and Patton Wright at 195 earned fifth place finishes. Mac-Hi next wrestles this coming weekend at the Muilenburg Tournament in La Grande on Friday and Saturday. Nixyaawii boys edge out Stanfield Schimmel’s 17 boosts Golden Eagles East Oregonian The Nixyaawii Golden Eagles won for the second consecutive game on the road, holding on to beat Stanfield 58-53 on Monday night at Stanfield Secondary School. Mick Schimmel led the Golden Eagles (2-0) with 17 points and Quana Picard had 13. Elias Esquivel had a game- high 22 points for the Tigers (1-4) and Brody Woods added 17 points. Stanfield hit seven 3-pointers in the game, but shot just 8 of 18 from the free throw line, which coach Ryan Bailey called “frustrating.” “Our free throws are killing us,” Bailey said. “We missed 10 of them and we only lost by five points ... I’m looking forward to practice to get to work on free throws.” Nixyaawii next plays Crane on Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Eastern Oregon University. Stanfield travels to Baker today for a 7 p.m. start. ———— NCS 14 18 10 16 — 58 SHS 22 9 6 16 — 53 NIXYAAWII — M. Schimmel 17, Q. Picard 13. STANFIELD — E. Esquivel 22, B. Woods 17. 3-pointers — NCS 2, SHS 7. Free throws — NCS 4-7, SHS 8-18. Fouls — NCS 15, SHS 12. GIRLS BASKETBALL NIXYAAWII 63, STAN- FIELD 19 — At Stanfield, Mary Stewart and Milan Schimmel teamed up to help Nixyaawii to a second consecutive lopsided victory on Monday evening, beating Stanfield 63-19. Stewart, the defending 1A Player of the Year, had a game- high 21 points and Schimmel had 18 points to help pace the Golden Eagles (2-0). Ella Mae Looney added nine points for Nixyaawii and Kaitlyn Melton had five. Kendra Hart led the Tigers (0-4) with seven points and Jessica Wallace added six. Neither team shot well from the free throw line, combining to shoot 10 for 26 for the game. Nixyaawii next plays on Friday night against Crane at Eastern Oregon University at 6 p.m. Stanfield will play Mac-Hi on Thursday at 3:30 p.m. in Umatilla to start the Columbia River Clash tournament. ———— NCS 21 21 12 9 — 61 SHS 2 5 6 6 — 19 NIXYAAWII — M. Stewart 21, M. Schimmel 18, E. Looney 9, K. Melton 5, T. Van Pelt 4, E. Butler 2, K. Mountainchief 2, T. Melton 2. STANFIELD — K. Hart 7, J. Wallace 6, S. Sharp 2, A. Galarza 2, K. McClure 1. 3-pointers — NCS 4, SHS 0. Free throws — NCS 5-12, SHS 5-14. Fouls — NCS 13, SHS 7. SEAHAWKS: Wilson doing it all on offense this season Continued from 1B the play of these guys. ... Our guys know now we can deal with whatever is coming down and just have to do it one week at a time.” Wilson’s performance against the Eagles was not his best statistically, but may be one of the best in his career. He stood in the pocket and took punishment from Philadel- phia’s defensive front, yet did not commit a turnover, threw three touchdowns and when the opportunity arose used his legs to extend plays or continue his role as Seattle’s leading rusher. Wilson has 432 yards rushing, to go along with 3,256 yards passing and 26 TD passes. “This year? Yeah, I’ll give him this year but I’ve seen better from him in the past. I AP Photo/Ted S. Warren Seattle Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson drops back to pass against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday in Seattle. don’t want to pump him up too much,” Baldwin said of Wilson. “I know you guys can do that, will do that. I just want him to continue to keep going because we need him at his best to continue this.” There was the matter still of whether Wilson got away with an illegal forward pass in the fourth quarter with Seattle trying to protect a 17-10 lead. Facing third-and-8 at the 42, Wilson scrambled from the pocket for 6 yards. As he was about to be hit, Wilson lateralled to Mike Davis, who ran another 17 yards for the first down. Four plays later, Wilson hit J.D. McKissic on a 15-yard TD for the decisive score. In real time, Wilson’s lateral appeared backward. But on replay it appeared to be clearly going forward due to momentum of the players. Carroll joked he’d reached out to scientist Neil deGrasse Tyson to help explain the physics of Wilson’s play. “It looked like guys running really fast and he pitched the ball backward just like he is supposed to and as the speed of the ball that was traveling with the ball carrier at the time was passed along the football, so it all just happened,” Carroll said. “I just want to see what Dr. Neil has to say about that.” PREPS: Umatilla, Mac-Hi, Condon/Wheeler, Pilot Rock earn tournament wins Continued from 1B apiece. ———— CHS 9 14 16 12 — 51 SHS 6 8 11 2 — 27 CULVER — I. Retano 16, E. Baustista 10, E. Mendoza 6, R. Scholl 5, M. Gamboa 5, K. Webb 5, M. Haessler 2, L Alvarado 2. STANFIELD — K. Hart 7, J. Wallace 7, K. McClure 6, A. Griffin 4, A. Galarza 2, A. Carrillo 1. 3-pointers — CHS 2, SHS 2. Free throws — CHS 9-21, SHS 3-11. Fouls — CHS 17, SHS 18. RIVERSIDE 36, HELIX 34 — The Riverside Pirates were able to outlast Helix’s comeback in the second half of Saturday’s game. The Pirates finished up the Mac-Hi Tournament in Milton-Freewater a perfect 2-0. Sadie Wilson was the top scorer for the Grizzles, who engineered a 10-point third quarter performance to cut their deficit to only three points going into the fourth quarter. Next on their schedules, the Pirates (3-0) will have a few days off before they compete in the Columbia River Clash on Thursday. And for the Grizzlies (1-1), they will continue their road campaign in Pilot Rock at 6 p.m. Tuesday. ———— RHS 6 18 4 8 — 36 HHS 8 7 10 9 — 27 HELIX — S. Wilson 15, K. Mize 8, A. Krol 6, A. Wood 3, H. Christman 2. 3-pointers — RHS 3, HHS 2. Free throws — RHS 5-10, HHS 10-17. Fouls — RHS 17, HHS 15 (Mize fouled out). ECHO 47, CONDON/ WHEELER 33 — Nothing was going to stop Echo after the Cougars took an early lead against Condon/ Wheeler to close out the Paul Humphrey’s Tip-Off Tour- nament in Fossil. The 47-33 win over the Knights was thanks in part to a 15-point performance from Rachel McCarty. Marti Huff also had a big game for Echo and notched 13 rebounds and had a major presence in the paint against Condon/Wheeler. The Cougars will return to the court Thursday in the Columbia River Clash. ———— EHS 12 14 13 8 — 47 C/W 5 10 5 13 — 33 ECHO — R. McCarty 15, M. Huff 10, L. Cox 8, T. Skillman 7, B. MacPherson 3, K. Jackson 2, N. Toombs 1. C/W — A. Carnine 10, A. Rietmann 8, K. Moore, K. Jeager 5, L. Clark 3, A. Rietmann 2. 3-pointers — EHS 2, C/W 0. Free throws — EHS 13-20, C/W 11-15. Fouls — EHS 16, C/W 16. WESTON-MCEWEN 52, IONE 47 — At Ione, Weston-McEwen notched its first win of the season with a come-from-behind win over Ione on Saturday at the Ione Basketball Bonanza. Katie Vescio led all scorers with 21 points for the TigerScots (1-2) while Alyssa Finiforck had nine and Tyree Burke added eight. Maggie Flynn led the Cardi- nals (0-2) with 12 points and Jessica Medina added 11. Ione next plays Prarie City on Friday at 3 p.m. at the Condon Christmas Tour- nament. Weston-McEwen travels to Irrigon on Tuesday at 6 p.m. ———— W-M 10 14 13 15 — 52 IHS 10 17 17 3 — 47 WESTON-MCEWEN — K. Vescio 21, A. Finifrock 9, T. Burke 8, H. McIntyre 6, J. Lambert 4, T. Hearn 4. IONE — M. Flynn 12, J. Medina 11, M. Heideman 9, M. Orem 7, E. Martin 2, A. Ehrmantraut 2, A. McDaniel 2, S. Knop 2. 3-pointers — W-M 0, IHS 4. Free throws — W-M 10-15, IHS 1-12. Fouls — W-M 15, IHS 18. HEPPNER 49, WESTERN MENNONITE 45 — At Salem, Morgan Correa scored 17 points and Sydney Wilson pitched in 12 points as Heppner squeezed out a win over Western Mennonite on Saturday evening. The Mustangs (2-0) shot just 31 percent as a team, but muscled out 15 offensive rebounds to help earn the victory. Heppner next hosts Mac-Hi on Friday at 6 p.m. ———— HHS 8 14 11 16 — 49 WMH 4 14 13 14 — 45 HEPPNER — M. Correa 17, S. Wilson 12, J. Currin 9, J. Mahoney 4, S. Grant 3, M. Combe 3, J. McCullough 1, M. Silvia, K. Gray. WESTERN MENNONITE — A. Hess 25, P. Hopper 10, M. Hopper 4, M. Gutierrez 4, S. Fahndrich 2. 3-pointers — HHS 0, WMH 4. Free throws — HHS 19-32, WMH 19-29. COLLEGE PLACE (WA) 65, MAC-HI 38 — At Milton-Freewater, the Mac-Hi Pioneers got off to a slow start on Saturday and dug too big of a hole for them to dig out of as College Place (WA) earned a win over the Pioneers. Brianna Hernandez led the Pioneers (0-2) with 13 points and McKenna Yensen had eight. Mac-Hi next plays at Waitsburg (WA) on Tuesday at 6 p.m. ———— CP 20 19 13 20 — 65 MHS 7 7 12 12 — 38 COLLEGE PLACE — M. Weaver 23, M. Neil 11, C. Rodriguez 8. MAC-HI — B. Hernandez 13, M. Yensen 8, K. Casillas 6, C. Breeding 6, A. Castillo 2, M. Martinez 1, V. Garcia 1, J. Hernandez 1, S. Earls, B. Jones, H. Hair. 3-pointers — CP 4, MHS 1. Free throws — CP 12-21, MHS 13-25. Fouls — CP 23, MHS 21. BOYS BASKETBALL WILSONVILLE 49, PENDLETON 36 — At Wilsonville, the Pend- leton Buckaroos gave the defending state champs a good run but did not have enough in the tank as they fell to Wilsonville on Saturday at the Wilsonville Invitational. Tyler Newsom led the Buckaroos (2-1) with 13 points with nine rebounds while Dakota Sams had seven and both Shaw Jerome and Richard Scott finished with six. Caleb Larsen led the Wildcats (2-0) with 16 points and Zac Rossetti added 11. Pendleton finishes up play at the Wilsonville Invite on Sunday. ———— PHS 11 8 8 9 — 36 WHS 5 17 15 12 — 49 PENDLETON — T. Newsom 13, K. Sams 7, S. Jerome 6, R. Scott 6, R. Russell 2, W. Camp 2, D. Jackson. WILSONVILLE — C. Larsen 16, Z. Rosset- ti 11, D. Reiber 7, C. Roche 6, R. Napoli 5, K. Shivers 4, D. Bynum, G. Reichel. 3-pointers — PHS 2, WHS 7. Free throws — PHS 10-19, WHS 4-11. Fouls — PHS 12, WHS 15. PENDLETON 64, CRESCENT VALLEY 52 — At Wilsonville, freshman Dakota Sams had a career-high with 24 points to help Pendleton finish up the Wilsonville Invitational with a win over Crescent Valley on Sunday. Sams scored his points on an efficient shooting night, making 4 of 6 3-pointers and 10 of 12 from the free throw line. Tyler Newsom added 20 points and five rebounds, and Richard Scott had 10 points and seven rebounds for the Buckaroos. Pendleton next plays on Tuesday on the road at Southridge (WA) at 7:30 p.m. in Kennewick. ———— PHS 17 20 9 18 — 64 CRV 11 10 14 17 — 52 PENDLETON — D. Sams 24, T. Newsom 20, R. Scott 10, S. Jerome 6, D. Jackson 2, G. Lee 2, R. Russell, K. Broncheau, W. Camp. CRESCENT VALLEY — T. Harris 17, P. Heede 13, K. Killen 7, S. Boock 6, S. King 4, A. Prasad 3, A. Sandvig 2. 3-pointers — PHS 6, CRV 3. Free throws — PHS 22-30, CRV 5-8. Fouls — CRV 24, PHS 7. UMATILLA 57, VERNONIA 46 — At Vernonia, Sebastian Garica scored 19 points and Kaden Webb added 10 as Umatilla defeated Vernonia to win the Vernonia Tournament on Saturday evening. Seth Cranston and Uriel Garcia both added nine points for the Vikings (2-0). Clay Sullivan had a game- high 27 for Vernonia (1-1). Umatilla next plays Union at home on Thursday at 7 p.m. to kick off the Columbia River Clash tournament. ———— UHS 15 14 14 14 — 57 VHS 13 13 13 7 — 46 UMATILLA — S. Garcia 19, K. Webb 10, S. Cranston 9, U. Garcia 9, T. Durfey 4, M. Garcialazo 4, C. De Loera 2, G. Armenta. VERNONIA — C. Sullivan 27, A. Vazquez 9, G. Harval 3, K. Sullivan 3, N. Biondi 2. 3-pointers — UHS 3, VHS 5. Free throws — UHS 16-22, VHS 4-7. Fouls — UHS 13, VHS 17. PILOT ROCK 54, MONUMENT/ DAYVILLE 23 — The Pilot Rock Rockets are off to a good start, winning their second game over the weekend by over 20-points. Monument/Dayville weren’t much competition as head coach Eric Smidt was able to take his starters out in the second quarter. Bodie Key led the Rockets with 11 points, and Monument/ Dayville’s Drew Wilburn led all scorers with a game-high 12 points. The boys team joined the girls at the Paul Humphrey’s Tip-Off Tournament held at Fossil and will now get ready for its home opener at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday against Helix. ———— PR 20 17 9 8 — 54 M/D 2 2 10 9 — 23 PILOT ROCK — B. Key 11, B. Pierce 10, C. Weinke 8, C. Haskell 8. MON./DAYVILLE — D. Wilburn 12, G. Walker 7. 3-pointers — PR 15, M/D 2. Free throws — PR 5-10, M/D 1-6. Fouls — PR 8, M/D 13. MAC-HI 44, COLLEGE PLACE 32 — The Mac-Hi Pioneers started their season out on the right foot after going 2-0 this weekend. The capped of play Saturday with a 44-32 win over College Place (WA). Alex Delgato led all scorers with 14 points, and notched four of the team’s 13 total assists. The Pioneers overcame some early woes and secured a 15-point lead at the half. “We got into some foul trouble early,” head coach Jordon Poyner said after the game, “but guys off the bench stepped up and played hard. We shot the ball well, played good defense — our goal is to hold teams to under 40 points, and we did that today.” Thanks to that good defensive play and timely shooting, Mac-Hi will enter its busy week of play with good momentum. First up on the Pioneers’ schedule is another match-up with a border-state foe. Mac-Hi will travel to Waitsburg for a 7 p.m. tipoff Tuesday and then follow that up with games at the Heppner Tournament over the weekend. ———— MHS 15 15 10 4 — 44 CP 12 3 12 5 — 32 MAC-HI — A, Delgato 14, A. Ruiz 12, Z. Hodgen 4, A. Perez 4, D. Stevens 3, L. Garcia 3, W. Gilmore 2, A. Pio 2. CP — L. Hatch 11, N. Romero 9, H. Flores 3, S. Schumth 3, K. Rook 2, K. Morris 2, K. Lindstrom 2. 3-pointers — MHS 8, CP 1. Free throws — MHS 0-2, CP 7-10. Fouls — MHS 18, CP 13. SPRINGFIELD 59, HERMISTON 42 — It was another rough night for the Hermiston Bulldogs, as they picked up their second loss at the Holiday Inn WIT Tournament. The Bulldogs got off to a good start, and entered the half with a 2-point lead but due to lack of experience on the court, Hermiston was unable to stop a Springfield comeback. The 59-42 loss was in part due to being outscored 16-9 in the third quarter and 19-7 in the fourth. “We had a good first half,” head coach Casey Arstein said, “but it was a rough second half. It was really a tale of two half’s.” Arstein went on to say that Hermiston was beaten inside with good post play on Springfield’s end, and that the offense needs to be more aggressive in attacking the rim. The Bulldogs will have a chance to bounce back tomorrow in the final day of the tournament. Hermiston will face Eagle Point at 12:30 p.m. Eagle Point has looked pretty offensively, and is 1-1 on the tournament. Hermiston will focus on getting the ball out in tran- sitions more, Arstein added, as well as taking care of the ball. If the Bulldogs can play as good in the second half as they have done in the first, then they may be able to return to the Dawg House with a win. ———— HHS 11 15 9 7 — 42 SHS 14 10 16 19 — 59 HERMISTON — J. Ramirez 12, P. Wicks 9, R. Andreason 9, C. Smith 6, A. Earl 4, A. Mendez 2. SPRINGFIELD — Z. Brown 22, J. Bron- ford 18, M. Hill 5, J. Sotelo 4, J. Carillo 4, J. Carillo 2, C. Grouselack 2, B. Garcia 2. 3-pointers — HHS 5, SHS 1. Free throws — HHS 9-14, SHS 10-16. Fouls — HHS 17, SHS 18. CONDON/WHEELER 70, ECHO 50 — Condon/ Wheeler continued its domi- nance at the Paul Humphrey’s Tip-Off Tournament on Saturday, earning its second victory of the weekend after a 20-point win over Echo. The Knights got off to a hot start in the first quarter and continued to score in double digits through the next three quarters. Trey Homer led all scores with 25 points. For the Cougars, Morgan Marcum finished with a team-high 19 points. Echo came out much better in the second half, but the Cougars efforts fell short. It will have plenty of time to rebound after dropping both games in the tournament. The Cougars return to the court Thursday in the Columbia River Clash. ———— EHS 10 9 12 19 — 50 C/W 22 18 20 10 — 70 ECHO — M. Marcum 19, D. Craig 9, C. Conner 8, B. Macpherson 4, Z. Gerhke 3, D. Curiel 2, N. Scott 2, J. Medrano 2, T. Mulder 1. C/W — T. Homer 25, B. Harrison 21, H. Winslow 16, J. Hoover 4, S. Archer 2, C. Johnson 2. 3-pointers — EHS 1, C/W 3. Free throws — EHS 7-22, C/W 7-10. Fouls — EHS 13, C/W 19. STANFIELD 61, CULVER 40 — At Moro, Brody Woods scored 23 and Eduardo Nunez added 19 as Stanfield pulled away from Culver in the second half to earn their first win of the season on Saturday afternoon at the Sherman Tournament. “We finally came together and played a solid second half,” Stanfield coach Ryan Bailey said. “We had all cylinders clicking and we looked how we are supposed to. We haven’t played a full game yet, but it was good to see the potential.” ———— SHS 14 8 21 18 — 61 CHS 9 12 8 11 — 40 STANFIELD — B. Woods 23, E. Nunez 19, S. Keltz 6. CULVER — M. Krueger 13, W. Basl 13, D. Gutierrez 8. 3-pointers — SHS 3, CHS 2. Free throws — SHS 8-16, CHS 10-11. Fouls — SHS 15, CHS 12. WESTON-MCEWEN 72, IONE 64 — At Ione, Brett Speed scored 24 points in the second half, grabbed 12 rebounds, dished out nine assists and tallied five steals to push his Weston-McEwen TigerScots over the Ione Cardinals on Saturday at the Ione Basketball Bonanza. Following Speed was Gavin Smith with 14 points, and both Parker Munck and Blair Rudolph had 13 points for the TigerScots (1-2). Weston-McEwen also teamed up for 13 made 3-pointers, which proved to be the difference in the game. “We couldn’t stop their shooters, there’s too many of them,” Ione coach Dana Heideman said. “And they do an excellent job. But we made a lot of progress from last night and took a step in the right direction.” Hunter Padberg had 25 points and Wyatt McNary had 20 points to lead the Cardinals (0-2). Weston-McEwen next plays on Tuesday at Irrigon and Ione plays Prarie City on Friday at 4:30 p.m. at the Condon Christmas Tourna- ment. ———— W-M 24 11 14 23 — 72 IHS 11 17 14 22 — 64 WESTON-MCEWEN — B. Speed 24, G. Smith 14, P. Munck 13, B. Rudolph 13, J. Speed 2, Ball 1. IONE — H. Padberg 25, W. McNary 20, W. Epperson 8, J. Heideman 6, N. Ramirez 3, J. Roque 2. 3-pointers — W-M 13, IHS 2. Free throws — W-M 13-23, IHS 8-16. Fouls — W-M 19 (Munck, J. Speed fouled out), IHS 20. BICKLETON (WA) 43, HELIX 26 — At Helix, Bickleton grabbed 14 offen- sive rebounds to keep away Helix and hand the Grizzlies a loss on Saturday night. “For our second game we were good,” Helix coach Zach Orem said. “Our first shot defense was awesome, but we just gave up too many second and third chances.” Helix’s offense also struggled on Saturday, as just Eli Springer and Gavin Newtson were able to score. Springer had a team-high 22 and Newtson added four. Helix (0-2) next plays on Tuesday at Pilot Rock at 7:30 p.m. ———— BHS 11 10 13 9 — 43 GHS 3 5 7 11 — 26 BICKLETON — C. Ariaga 23, C. Ariaga 11, C. Strader 4, D. Riggs 3, S. McBride 2. HELIX — E. Springer 22, G. Newtson 4. 3-pointers — BHS 5, GHS 1. Free throws — BHS 4-5, GHS 9-12. Fouls — BHS 7, GHS 11.