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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Prep Basketball
Webb, Garcia lead Vikings to victory over Mustangs
East Oregonian
On Saturday, the Umatilla
Vikings’ hot start to the
season hit a bump in the
road with its first loss of the
season. However, the Vikings
were back to their winning
ways on Monday evening,
thumping the Heppner
Mustangs 67-43 in Heppner.
For the Vikings (7-1)
Kaden Webb scored 16
points on 6 of 8 shooting and
dished out six assists, and
Sebastian Garcia also netted
16 points on 6 of 9 shooting.
The duo combined to hit all
eight of Umatilla’s made
3-pointers in the game. Seth
Cranston also reached double
digits with 10 points.
Umatilla shot 45 percent
from the floor in the game,
while its defense held
Heppner to just 22 percent
shooting and forced 17 turn-
overs.
Tyler Carter led the
Mustangs (2-5) with 14
points, Justin McAninch
added 10 points and Wyatt
Steagall finished with seven
points.
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UHS
20 20 18
9 — 67
HHS
7 13 15
8 — 43
UMATILLA — K. Webb 16, S. Garcia
16, S. Cranston 10, C. De Loera 6, Gar-
land-Cook 5, U. Garcia 4, T. Durfey 3, M.
Garcilazo 3, Holford 2, Hartung 2.
HEPPNER — T. Carter 14, J. McAninch 10,
W. Steagall 7, B. Wolters 4, L. Burright 3, H.
Nichols 2, A. Lindsay 2, G. McCurry 1.
3-pointers — UHS 8, HHS 2. Free throws
— UHS 9-16, HHS 15-24.
IRRIGON
74,
LIBERTY CHRISTIAN
50 — At Irrigon, Johnny
Phillips scored a season-best
33 points as he helped the
Knights remain unbeaten on
the season with a win over
Liberty Christian on Monday.
Behind Phillips, Eric
Carillo scored 12 points
for the Knights (8-0) while
Adrian Roa had nine and
Keith Fleming had eight.
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LC
11 11 18 10 — 50
IHS
16 20 14 24 — 74
LIBERTY CHRISTIAN — N. Shupe 17, N.
Hayden 14, R. Sullivan 9, N. Olsen 6, B.
Weston 2, G. McClure 2.
IRRIGON — J. Phillips 33, E. Carillo 12,
A. Roa 9, K. Fleming 8, A. Gomez 4, J.
Sandoval 2, L. Covarrubia 2.
3-pointers — LC 2, IHS 2. Free throws —
LC 8-10, IHS 14-20. Fouls — LC 21, IHS 13.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
HEPPNER
58,
UMATILLA 33 — At
Heppner, the Mustangs
defended their home court
with a big win over the
Umatilla Vikings on Monday
night in non-league action.
Jacee Currin led the
Mustangs (5-2) with a
game-high 19 points on
8-of-14 shooting, adding
four rebounds and three
assists. Sydney Wilson added
11 points and both Morgan
Correa and Madison Combe
pitched in six points for
Heppner.
Devina Monreal led the
Vikings (3-5) with seven
points on 2-of-3 shooting and
3-of-5 from the free throw
line, while Lauryn Journot,
Nancy Ortiz and Katelyn
Lorence each had six points
for the Vikings. Umatilla
shot a solid 39 percent for
the game, but was hurt by 29
turnovers, 20 of which came
in the first half.
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UHS
5 8
8 12 — 33
HHS
18 13 23
4 — 58
UMATILLA — D. Monreal 7, L. Journot
6, N. Ortiz 6, K. Lorence 6, C. Alvarez 4, L.
Leon-Leon 2, P. Picker 2.
HEPPNER — J. Currin 19, S. Wilson 11,
M. Correa 6, M. Combe 6, J. Mahoney 5,
S. Grant 4, K. Gray 4, J. McCullough 2, M.
Ashbeck 1.
3-pointers — UHS 1, HHS 0. Free throws
— UHS 10-19, HHS 16-23. Fouls — UHS
19, HHS 20.
IRRIGON
45,
LIBERTY CHRISTIAN
28 — At Irrigon, Kyle Wyant
scored 12 points and Olivia
Luna finished with 10 as the
Knights thumped Liberty
Christian (WA) on Monday.
The Knights (8-1) got off
to a hot start and had shots
falling while the Patriots
struggled to get anything
going the first two quarters.
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LC
2 2
8 16 — 28
IHS
15 11
9 10 — 45
LIBERTY CHRIST. — M. Goodwin 16, E.
Reed 4, K. Steele 4, H. Bush 2, D. Erlenbush 2.
IRRIGON — K. Wyant 12, O. Luna 10, J.
Burns 6, M. Bowman 5, T. Davis 3, A. Munoz
3, A. Zacarias 2, N. Romero 2, E. Carrillo 2.
3-pointers — LC 2, IHS 1. Free throws —
LC 6-12, IHS 8-13. Fouls — LC 15, IHS 14.
Saturday Prep Roundup
Irrigon girls come up short against La Grande for first loss
East Oregonian
HERMISTON — Before
entering Saturday’s game,
the Irrigon Knights were
perfect on the season. The
girls team had faced tough
opponents and earned hard
fought wins to get to 7-0. But
after facing the Class 4A La
Grand Tigers at Hermiston,
the Knights picked up their
first loss.
The 44-39 defeat at the
hands of the Tigers was a
good learning experience for
Irrigon.
“One thing that we
learned is we can’t make the
little mistakes that we made
tonight,” head coach Mike
Royer said. “We turned the
ball over a little bit too much
and we didn’t finish shots in
the fourth quarter. We really
had trouble scoring in the
fourth quarter and it was
tough for us too.”
Senior Jada Burns — who
was the team’s top scorer
with 10 points — wasn’t at
100-percent Saturday, Royer
added.
The Knights then looked
to fellow senior Alyia Munoz
to help with the load. Munoz
chipped in seven points,
the team’s second-best
performer.
Irrigon trailed La Grande
only by a few points at the
end of each quarter, but the
sluggish fourth quarter where
the Knights only scored four
points hurt their chances at a
comeback.
That’s when the Tigers
(1-3) sealed the deal.
Leading La Grande to its
first win of the season was
freshman Camryn Collman,
who scored a game-high 13
points.
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LG
18 7 12
7 — 44
IHS
11 12 12
4 — 39
LA GRANDE — C. Collman 13, K. Wil-
liams 7, J. Howton 6, D. Lester 6, E. Dunlap
6, L. Rinker 4, B. Hutchins 2.
IRRIGON — J. Burns 10, A. Munoz 7,
T. Davis 6, A. Zacarias 6, O. Luna 4, N.
Romero 4, K. Wyant 2.
3-pointers — LG 5, IHS 2. Free throws —
LG 1-1, IHS 9-12. Fouls — LG 12, IHS 8.
ENTERPRISE
59,
MAC-HI 29 — For the
second time in a week,
the Mac-Hi Pioneers were
pitted against the Enterprise
Outlaws at the Pilot Rock
Tournament on Saturday.
And for the second time,
Enterprise came away with
the win, this time 59-29.
Brianna Hernandez led
the Pioneers (2-7) with 17
points and hit four 3-pointers.
Becca Jones added seven
points. Gracie Carlsen led the
Outlaws (6-1) with 12 points.
———
M-H
EHS
10 7
19 14
5
16
7 — 29
10 — 59
MAC-HI — B. Hernandez 17, B. Jones 7,
H. Hair 3, B. Garcia 2.
ENTERPRISE — G. Carlsen 12, K.
Bedard 10, A. Exon 10, R. Gray 8, A. Gray
7, L. Gassett 6, R. Christman 2, M. Plew 2.
3-pointers — M-H 5, EHS 3. Free
throws — M-H 6-14, EHS 4-9. Fouls —
M-H 12, EHS 11.
RIVERSIDE 37, STAN-
FIELD 22 — On Day 2 of
the Stanfield Tournament, the
Tigers dropped their second
consecutive game. The
Riverside Pirates earned a
37-22 victory over Stanfield
behind three double-digit
quarters.
The Tigers (0-10) were led
by sophomore Kendra Hart,
who finished with 12 points.
For the Pirates (7-2), it was
senior Skylar Wightman
who did the bulk of the
scoring with 12 points of her
own. Fellow senior Abby
Hernandez also pitched in 10
points for Riverside.
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Mac-Hi ended the Pilot Rock
Tournament with a 42-38
victory over Enterprise.
The Pioneers (7-1) were
down by eight points entering
the final quarter. They opened
the fourth quarter with some
3-pointers to cut the deficit
but then the Outlaws (3-5)
knotted the score with two
minutes of play left.
Mac-Hi sunk from free
throws near the end of the
game to put the game back
in favor of the Pioneers, and
they rode that lead until the
final buzzer.
Leading Mac-Hi was
senior Luis Garcia with 14
points. For Enterprise, senior
Brett Greenshields had a
team-high 12 points.
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RHS
11 10
6 10 — 37
SHS
7 3
8
4 — 22
RIVERSIDE — S. Wightman 12, A. Her-
nandez 10, A. Caldera 7, E. Daltoso 4, Br.
Avalos 2, Bi. Avalos 2.
STANFIELD — K. Hart 12, J. Wallace 4, A.
Griffin 3, K. Soto 2, S. Sharp 1.
3-pointers — RHS 2, SHS 5. Free throws
— RHS 3-9, SHS 3-9. Fouls — RHS 8,
SHS 9.
WESTON-MCEWEN
61, IMBLER 40 — In what
head coach Mike Giusti
called
Weston-McEwen’s
most complete game of the
season, the TigerScots put
their competition to bed
after a 61-40 over the Imbler
Panthers.
A strong defensive perfor-
mance and solid shooting
from senior Chelsea Quae-
mpts, who led the TigerScots
(2-5) with 24 points, high-
lighted Weston-McEwen’s
second win of the season.
Quaempts
was
also
perfect from the charity
stripe, and made all 10 of her
free throws.
For the Panthers (2-3),
senior Hannah Kilpatrick led
with 12 points.
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W-M
15 17
8 21 — 61
EHS
5 19
6 10 — 40
WESTON-MCEWEN — C. Quaempts 24,
K. Vescio 13, A. Finifrock 8, A. Coffman 7, C.
Davis 5, L. Moses 2, J. Lambert 2.
IMBLER — H. Kilpatrick 12, T. McKaig 8,
C. McGinness 7, C. Birkmaier 5, A. McDon-
ald 4, F. Burnette 2, G. Smith 2.
3-pointers — W-M 0, IHS 0. Free throws
— IHS 8-15. Fouls — W-M 17, IHS 21.
GRANT UNION 50,
HEPPNER 39 — The Grant
Union Prospectors started
their short road stint with
a big win over Heppner on
Saturday.
Grant Union (4-1) had
three strong quarters to
solidify its lead. Junior
Kaylee Wright finished with
a game-high 22 points for the
Prospectors.
Heppner (4-2) had a
better second half, but its late
efforts weren’t enough to cut
the deficit. For the Mustangs,
junior Jacee Currin and
freshman Sydney Wilson
led the team with 14 points
apiece.
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GU
15 15 11
9 — 50
HHS
4 9 13 13 — 39
GRANT UNION — K. Wright 22, M.
Wright 8, M. Moulton 6, H. Wright 4, M.
Smith 4, T. Hutchinson 2, M. McKrola 2,
M. Culley 2.
HEPPNER — J. Currin 14, S. Wilson 14,
M. Correa 4, M. Silvia 2, S. Grant 2, K. Gay
2, M. Combe 1.
3-pointers — GU 3, HHS 2. Free throws
— GU 3-4, HHS 5-9. Fouls — GU 14, HHS
12.
HELIX 50, WALLOWA
25 — On the way to another
win, Helix had its second-
best performances of the
M-H
6 8 11 17 — 42
EHS
10 12 11
5 — 38
MAC-HI — L. Garcia 14, A. Delgado 11, J.
Ruiz 9, A. Perez 6, Z. Hodgen 2.
ENTERPRISE — B. Greenshields 12, J.
Wells 12, D. Marr 7, B. Locke 6, J. Even 1.
3-pointers — M-H 4, EHS 2. Free throws
— M-H 4-4, EHS 6-8. Fouls — M-H 13,
EHS 11.
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Ana Zacarias, of Irrigon, goes up for a shot in Satur-
day’s game against La Grande in Hermiston.
season. The Grizzlies (4-4)
dropped 50 points against
the Wallowa Cougars on the
road, and with it earned their
third consecutive win.
The 50-25 defeat was
thanks to top scorers seniors
Kailey Mize (13) and Sadie
Wilson (11).
After the first quarter
ended in a 13-13 tie, Helix’s
offense found its rhythm
and stuck with it while the
Grizzly defense shut the
Cougars (2-6) down.
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HLX
13 10 16 11 — 50
WHS
13 5
5
2 — 25
HELIX — K. Mize 13, S. Wilson 11, C.
Bennett 9, A. Krol 6, K. Stahancyk 5, E.
Fehrenbacker 4, H. Christman 2.
WALLOWA — J. Johnston 19, A. Young 2,
E. Moeller 2, R. Goller 1, J. Scott 1.
3-pointers — HLX 4, WHS 1. Free throws
— HLX 4-11, WHS 6-10. Fouls — HLX 11,
WHS 17.
NIXYAAWII 67, COVE
36 — The Nixyaawii Eagles
keep their perfect record after
a 67-36 victory over Cove.
The Leopards (1-3)
haven’t had much success
this year and had a slow start
against the Eagles (6-0).
Nixyaawii took advantage,
and built an early lead it
would never relinquish.
Senior Milan Schimmel
led the team with 26 points.
For Cove, junior Sophia
Pettit (8) was its top scorer.
Other top performances
for the Eagles included senior
Mary Stewart, who along
with Schimmel, led the team
with seven assists. Stewart
also pitched in 11 points.
———
CHS
5 12
7 11 — 36
NIX
18 23 16 10 — 67
COVE — S. Pettit 8, A. Kendall 8, A.
Garinger 6, M. Ledbetter 6, K. Musick 5, T.
Fett 2, E. Dunlap 1.
NIXYAAWII — M. Schimmel 26, M.
Stewart 11, K. Melton 8, E. Looney 6, E.
Butler 6, I. Horrera 3, L. Moses 3, T. Van
Pelt 2, T. Melton 2.
3-pointers — CHS 0, NIX 3. Free throws
— CHS 6-12, NIX 0-3. Fouls — CHS 6,
NIX 8.
BOYS BASKETBALL
NIXYAAWII 91, COVE
47 — Nixyaawii had its
best game of the season
after handing Cover a 91-47
loss. It was the closest the
Eagles (5-1) have came to
the hitting the century mark,
and had nearly every player
contribute to the win.
Sophomore
Mick
Shimmel led Nixyaawii
with 21 points.
Senior Collin Ruth was
Cove’s (0-4) top scorer with
16 points on the night.
———
CHS
16 9 14
8 — 47
NCS
31 24 19 17 — 91
COVE — C. Ruth 16, L. Moore 11, E. Ortiz
8, D. Gaertner 7, B. Stizel 4, J. Shanks 1.
NIXYAAWII — M. Schimmel 21, Q. Picard
16, Ma. Moses 13, D. Barkley 11, D. Sigo
9, N. Enright 7, L. Otega 5, T. Burns 4, Mo.
Moses 3, J. Ashley 2.
3-pointers — CHS 4, NCS 3. Free throws —
CHS 5-10, NCS 6-10. Fouls — CHS 11, NCS 8.
GRANT UNION 45,
HEPPNER 37 — Heppner
was hoping to shake of its
lost loss on the road when
it returned to its home gym
Saturday, but Grant Union
came to town with other
plans. The Prospectors
skated away with a 45-37
win over the Mustangs.
The Prospectors (4-1)
were led by senior captain
Zack Deiter, who finished
with 16 points for Grant
Union. For Heppner (2-4),
junior Tyler Carter was the
top scorer with nine points.
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GU
11 8 14 12 — 45
HHS
9 12
8
8 — 37
GRANT UNION — Z. Deiter 16, W.
Reimers 11, D. Stokes 7, C. Deiter 6, K.
Shelley 3, C. Weaver 2.
HEPPNER — T. Carter 9, A. Lindsay 8, T.
Smith 6, J. McAninch 4, W. Steagall 4, B.
Wolters 3, H. Nichols 3.
3-pointers — GU 4, HHS 5. Free throws
— GU 7-15, HHS 13-48.
MAC-HI 42, ENTER-
PRISE 38 — At Pilot Rock,
WESTON-MCEWEN
47, IMBLER 36 — At
Imbler, Weston-McEwen’s
second win of the season
wasn’t an easy one.
The TigerScots had to
hold off a late effort from the
Panthers to come away with a
47-36 win. Imbler got within
four points of the TigerScots
(2-6), threatening their
lead. But Weston-McEwen
cemented its win after senior
Parker Munk stole the ball
away and went coast-to-coast
for an and-1 to push the lead
to seven points and counting.
The TigerScots were led
by senior Brett Speed who
scored 23 points on the night.
———
W-M
11 11 14 11 — 47
IHS
8 5
7 16 — 36
WESTON-MCEWEN — B. Speed 23, P.
Munk 11, K. Rodriguez 5, J. Speed 4, K.
McGill 2, Z. Mann 2.
IMBLER — G. Slater 12, C. Goodman 6,
G. Smith 6, C. Gorham 4, W. McDonald 4,
W. Coston 2, B. Frost 1.
3-pointers — W-M 6, IHS 4. Free throws
— W-M 11-28, IHS 5-24. Fouls — W-M 14,
IHS 16.
AMITY 66, UMATILLA
52 — On the final day of the
Amity Warrior Classic, it was
the host team that came away
with the win.
Amity topped Umatilla
66-52 on Saturday behind
two 14-point performances
from seniors Jaycen Nelson
and Zac Blake.
The Vikings (6-1) — who
earned their first loss of the
season Saturday — got off to
a slow and never recovered.
For Umatilla, senior Trent
Durfey led the team with 18
points and 11 rebounds.
———
UHS
11 14 10 17 — 52
AHS
22 16 14 14 — 66
UMATILLA — T. Durfey 18, K. Webb 14, S.
Garcia 10, C. De Loera 5, S. Cranston 5.
AMITY — J. Nelson 14, Z. Blake 14,
J. Wart 11, K. Yaeger 11, S. White 8, J.
McEnulty 3, T. Parr 3, B. Hatch 2.
3-pointers — UHS 4, AHS 8. Free throws
— UHS 8-14, AHS 8-11. Fouls — UHS 15,
AHS 15.
WRESTLING
MAC-HI CHRISTMAS
— The Irrigon Knights,
Riverside Pirates, Heppner
Mustangs and Hermiston JV
and host Mac-Hi Pioneers
all competed at the Mac-Hi
Christmas Tournament on
Saturday and several athletes
earned their way to top spots
on the podium.
The host Pioneers had the
best day of the locals with a
second place finish (172.5
points) and had 12 wrestlers
earn top-six finishes. Leading
the Pioneers with first place
finishes were Kiez White at
113 pounds, Zach Christman
at 138 pounds, and Joshua
Torres at 195 pounds. Kyler
Kelly (152) and Jakob
Henshew (138) had second
place finishes and Devon
Cothey (132) finished in
third.
Irrigon finished fourth as
a team with 97.5 points with
six placers, including Alex
Mirand (170) and Tucker
McAllister (220) in first
place and Josue Aguilera
(170) and Kaleb Kendrick
(285) in second place.
Riverside finished in
sixth with 80 points and
five placers, led by Andrew
Barker (132) in first place,
Abraham Silva (120) in
second place, and Fernando
Ortega (113) and Ethan
Snyder (145) in third place.
Heppner was eighth with
66 points, led by Carson
Brosnan (160) in first place
and both Trevor Antonucci
(120) and Leo Waite (126) in
third place. Hermiston was
10th with 56.5 points, led by
Silas Smith (145) in second
place and Garrett Hills (285)
in third place.
TRI-STATE (ID) — At
Coeur D’Alene, Idaho, the
Hermiston Bulldogs finished
the
highly-competitive
Tri-State Tournament on
Saturday, ending up 21st of
30 teams with 78 points.
Hermiston
had
two
wrestlers earn spots on the
medal stand. Joey Gutierrez
finished in second place
at 195 pounds after losing
by fall to University (WA)
wrestler Hunter Gregerson.
Aidan Villareal finished in
sixth place at 145 pounds.
LIBERTY
INVITA-
TIONAL — At Hillsboro,
the Pendleton Buckaroos
finished in 13th place with
109 points in the 19-team
Liberty Invitational.
Alex Rendon was the
Buckaroos’ top finisher after
taking third place at 138
pounds. Aiden Henderson
finished in fifth place at 220
pounds, and at 160 pounds,
Isaac Urbina took fifth place
over teammate Josh Whaley
by a 4-2 decision.
WILEY
DOBBS
INVITATIONAL — Echo
finished a weekend of
competition with a top finish.
Kenneth Bevan (195-pounds)
placed second, scoring 28.00
team points for the Cougars.
NBA
Lakers retire Bryant’s No. 8 and No. 24 jerseys
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES —
Although Kobe Bryant has
been asked many times, he
still isn’t sure who would
win a game of one-on-one
between the young Kobe in
his No. 8 Lakers jersey and his
older self, who wore No. 24.
“I kind of go back and
forth,” Bryant said with a sly
grin. “But 8 has something
that 24 will never, ever, ever
have, and that’s the ability to
grow hair.”
In an NBA first, the Lakers
decided to retire both jersey
numbers worn by Bryant, the
leading scorer in franchise
history. Bryant attended the
Lakers’ game against the
Golden State Warriors on
Monday night for a halftime
ceremony at Staples Center,
which was packed with fans
eager to bear witness once
again to the beloved superstar
scorer.
“I feel great,” Bryant said
after entering Staples Center
while pushing a stroller
containing Bianka Bella, his
infant daughter. “I’m very
proud I get to come here with
my family. It feels good as
a father to have my family
come in and share this.”
Along with his 33,643
points, the five-time NBA
champion
and
18-time
All-Star selection also leads
the Lakers in games played
(1,346), 3-pointers (1,827),
steals (1,944) and free throws
(8,378). Bryant is the third-
leading scorer in history.
He also was the first player
to spend at least 20 seasons
with one franchise, and he is
widely beloved in Southern
California, where he still lives
with his family.
Bryant switched jersey
numbers halfway through
his career, neatly dividing
the eras of his 20 years with
the Lakers. The No. 8 Bryant
won three NBA titles, and the
No. 24 Bryant won two more
before retiring in 2016 with
a stunning 60-point perfor-
mance in his farewell game
against Utah.
AP Photo/Chris Carlson
Former Los Angeles Laker Kobe Bryant poses with his fam-
ily during a jersey retirement ceremony at halftime of Mon-
day’s game between Los Angeles and the Golden State.