SPORTS
Tuesday, January 2, 2018
East Oregonian
Page 3B
Saturday Prep Roundup
Pendleton’s winning streak will continue into new year
Helix, Weston-
McEwen also pick
up big wins
East Oregonian
BEND — The Pendleton
girls basketball team put
together a complete team
effort to notch their fifth
straight win by defeating
Wilson 72-61 on Saturday
at the Les Schwab Holiday
Hoopfest at Bend High
School.
Jaiden Lemberger led
the Buckaroos (6-5) with
21 points, while Maureen
Davies netted 13 points and
10 rebounds, Hunter Kiele
had 11, and Kalan McGlo-
than had 10 points and a
team-high 17 rebounds.
Head coach Kevin Porter
also pointed out the efforts of
Rylee Gentner, who finished
with seven points and seven
rebounds, as well as Hallie
Porter, who only had two
points but led the team with
seven assists and four steals.
The Buckaroos built up a
large lead in the fourth quarter
over the Trojans (4-5), which
allowed Porter to play his
bench for the entire eight
minutes to continue to get
experience for the younger
players.
Pendleton returns home
on Tuesday to play Dallas at
6:30 p.m.
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PHS 27 19
WHS 20 8
16 8 —
12 21 —
72
61
PENDLETON — J. Lemberger 21, M.
Davies 13, H. Kiele 11, K. McGlothan 10, R.
Rentner 7, U. Guerrero 3, C. Cooley 3, S.
Spriet 2, H. Porter 2.
WILSON — A. Klas 18, H. Renne 12, L.
Scriban 12, C. Stone 8, N. McCleave 3,
L. Balthazaar 3, R. Vranka Wafula 3, M.
More 2.
3-pointers — PHS 4, WHS 8. Free throws
— PHS 10-20, WHS 9-17. Fouls — PHS 15,
WHS 17.
HELIX
43,
IONE
33 — The Helix Grizzles
improved their record to 7-4
after picking up their seventh
straight win.
Helix got off to a hot start
against Ione, which entered
the matchup off its fourth
consecutive loss, and did not
let up on its way to a 43-33
victory.
Senior Sadie Wilson has
been a reliable leader for the
Grizzles and led the team
Saturday with 15 points.
Wilson got some help from
fellow senior Kailey Mize,
who chipped in 10 points of
her own.
Helix will start 2018 on
the road, and travel to Cover
for a Friday night matchup.
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IHS
5 12
2 14 — 33
HHS
10 16 11
6 — 43
HELIX — S. Wilson 15, K. Mize 10, A.
Wood 9, A. Krol 4, C. Bennett 2, E. Fehren-
backer 2, H. Christman 1.
3-pointers — IHS 3, HHS 3. Free throws
— IHS 6-8, HHS 4-11. Fouls — IHS 14,
HHS 9.
WESTON-MCEWEN
61, CONDON/WHEELER
35 — Weston-McEwen will
bring in the New Year with a
season first.
Led by senior Chelsea
Quaempts, the TigerScots
won back-to-back games this
weekend at the Les Schwab
Shootout held at Pendleton
Convention Center. They
finished their successful
outing with a 61-35 win
over Condon/Wheeler on
Saturday.
Quaempts finished with
a game-high 22 points and
knocked down the team’s
only 3-pointer of the game.
“It was a really good
weekend,” head coach Mike
Giusti said. “Coming back
after a hard fought win was
big for us.”
The TigerScots (6-5) will
return home for a week of
play, first welcoming Grant
Union on Thursday.
The Knights (0-10), who
have yet to pick up a win,
will try their luck again on
the road at Mitchell High on
Friday.
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C/W
8 11 10
6 — 35
W-M
19 16 18
8 — 61
CONDON/WHEELER — A. Rietmann 14,
K. Jaeger 7, A. Carnine 7, L. Clark 7.
WESTON/MCEWEN — C. Quaempts 22,
A. Finifrock 14, K. Vescio 10, T. Burke 5, T.
Hearn 4, K. Graves 4, A. Coffman 2.
3-pointers — C/W 1, W-M 1. Free throws
— C/W 6-7, W-M 4-10. Fouls — C/W 10,
W-M 7.
SOUTH
WASCO
COUNTY 57, ECHO 46
— Echo entered Saturday’s
matchup coming off two
consecutive wins at the
Bouncin’ Cancer Tourna-
ment, but the Cougars (5-6)
couldn’t keep their short
streak alive and fell to South
Wasco Country 57-46.
Echo will have a chance
to get back above .500 when
it welcomes Nixyaawii and
Joseph on Thursday and
Friday, respectively.
EAST LINN CHRIS-
TIAN
ACAD.
43,
UMATILLA 35 — The
Umatilla Vikings struggled
throughout
the
Salem
Academy Tournament, and
capped off their weekend
with yet another loss.
The 43-25 defeat was the
third in as many days and
the Vikings fall to 3-9 on the
season.
Stanfield will take the
court again in the new year
for a two week homestand,
first hosting Stanfield on
Thursday. Tipoff is scheduled
for 6 p.m.
SKYVIEW (WA) 38,
HERMISTON 28 — At
Lake Oswego, Hermiston
left the Nike Interstate
Shootout 1-2 after falling to
Skyview (WA) on the final
day of competition.
The 10-point 38-28 loss
was Hermiston’s 10th of
the season and the Bulldogs
(2-10) will have one more
road trip before returning to
the Dawg House.
Hermiston will have over
a week to prepare for its next
matchup at Post Falls (ID).
The Bulldogs will make the
trip on Jan. 10.
BOYS
BASKETBALL
CENTRAL 54, HERM-
ISTON 48 — The Hermiston
Bulldogs have a long bus ride
back into town as they come
off a tough weekend at the
Crescent Valley Invitational.
After opening the invite
with a 10-point loss to the
host school, the Bulldogs
(4-5) had yet another slow
start that they were never
able to fully recover from.
En route to Central’s
54-48 win, the Panthers (7-2)
outscored the Dawgs 12-7 in
the first quarter.
Hermiston was able to
make some offensive adjust-
ments and try for a comeback
after scoring in the double-
digits the remaining three
quarters but its efforts were
squandered by poor free
throw shooting that could
have changed the outcome in
the Bulldogs’ favor.
Central used its size to
its advantage to beat the
Bulldogs in the paint and
continue to increase its lead.
After the game, head coach
Casey Arstein noted that the
defense was going to be a
priority going forward.
“We didn’t do the best job
of getting them out of the
paint,” he said.
Size has always been a
disadvantage for Hermiston,
so along with working on
pushing teams to the outside,
Arstein wants the team to get
better at working together.
“We’re pretty much
healthy,” he added, “now we
just need to work on working
together as a team.”
Hermiston will have only
a few days to work out its
kinks before the Bulldogs
head to AC Davis (WA) on
Wednesday.
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HHS
7 16 11 14 — 48
CHS
12 15 15 12 — 54
HERMISTON — C. Smith 13, R. Andrea-
son 11, A. Earl 9, A. Mendez 6, J. Ramirez
6, A. James 3.
CENTRAL — B. Lesmeister 15, P. Menda-
zona 13, J. Cable 7, K. Kantola 6, I. Abraham
6, J. Cantu 4, J. Rodriguez 3.
3-pointers — HHS 7, CHS 2. Free throws
— HHS 3-12, CHS 22-43. Fouls — HHS 27
(Andreason, James, Mendez fouled out),
CHS 16.
BEND
60,
PEND-
LETON 50 — The Pendleton
Buckaroos skid continues as
they dropped their final game
in the Les Schwab Holiday
Oregon Hoopfest 60-50.
Bend fared well in the
tournament, as the Lava
Bears split their previous
two games. The Bucks (5-6)
opened with two straight
losses and were still unable
to find success on Saturday.
Pendleton will hope to
bounce back in the new year
with a quick tournament to
its next game. The Bucks
will host The Dalles at 5 p.m.
Tuesday.
ECHO 57, SOUTH
WASCO COUNTY 36 —
Echo finishes the year on a
high note with a big 20-plus
point victory over South
Wasco County.
The Cougars now sit at
5-7 on the season and will
enjoy a weekend at home.
First on their schedule is
Nixyaawii, which is slated to
visit on Friday.
SCHIMMEL: Mac-Hi sneaks into top five, Riverside lands in sixth place
Continued from 1B
running high and White got
called for an unsportsmanlike
penalty after hitting the back
of Tremper’s head as he was
in a referee bottom position.
“Keep your cool,” Phillips
told the younger wrestler
after the incident.
Tremper did just that and
added 23 points to Pendle-
ton’s total.
Rendon was the next Buck
with a top finish, and it came
in his toughest bout of the
day. Rendon moved easily
through the quarter and semi-
finals — winning by fall in
44 seconds and 20 seconds,
respectively. But Mac-Hi’s
Zach Crisman would work
Rendon for nearly two full
rounds. Rendon eventually
won by fall 3:53 into the
match. The win was good for
28 points.
Similar to his teammate,
Bedola won by fall in all
three rounds leading up to
the first place match. But he
had to go the full six minutes
against Tyrell Reynoso of
Madras before claiming
the victory. He won by 7-2
decision, and chipped in 28
points to Pendleton’s total.
Bannister was far from the
final Buckaroo competing in
the final round, but he was
the last of Pendleton’s squad
to earn a first place finish.
After moving through
the quarter and semifinals
by a fall and 8-5 decision,
respectively, Bannister faced
a familiar foe in the first
place bout.
Against another Buck,
Josh Whaley, Bannister won
by a 10-2 major decision.
There were plenty of
impressive performances on
the mat, but a few stuck out to
Phillips — Whaley included.
“I’m real happy for Josh
Whaley, he was our third
string 160 pounder a week
ago and he gets in the finals,”
he said. “Alex Rendon
wrestled a great match in
the finals. Brendon Bedola
is going to be down at 132
pounds in two weeks and we
won at 152 today.
“It was good to see those
kids compete hard and get
after it,” he added.
Other top finishers for
Pendleton was Whaley, who
finished behind Bannister in
the 160-weight class; Chris
Chambers (132) finished in
third place after winning by
a fall (2:44) over Riverside’s
Christian Reyes; Black Davis
(145), who placed third after
pinning Dylan Staigle of
Enterprise in 1:42; Kirck
Liscom (182) also finished in
third defeating another Pirate
in 2:56.
Isaac
Urbina
(160)
rounded out Pendleton’s
top-three finishers place after
a major decision was called
in his favor (10-0) over
Ridgeview’s Cole Jackson.
Urbina wrestled for third
after Whaley knocked him
out of the semifinals.
Aiden Patterson (170)
placed sixith after going
down by a fall to Irrigon’s
Josue Aguilera in the fifth
place match.
MAC-HI
PIONEERS
Of the 14 wrestlers
Mac-Hi brought to Pend-
leton, 10 of them placed to
help the Pioneers edge out
Riverside for a fourth place
team finish (139).
Three earned second
place finishes, two of which
were after facing the hosting
Buckaroos.
Kiez White (113) and
Zach Crisman (138) both
dropped the first place match
to Pendleton wrestlers, but
each earned 19.5 points
toward the team’s total for
their efforts.
Joshua Torres (195)
worked his way into the first
place bout after winning by
a 9-3 decision over fellow
Pioneer Brandyn Chaney
in the quarterfinals and then
pinning Irrigon’s Brady
Harrington in 5:21 in the
semis.
Against Harrison Manu of
Madras, Torres won by fall in
5:08.
Jakob Henshew (138)
added key points, despite the
tough outcome, to Mac-Hi’s
total after finishing in fourth
place. The 12 points came
after losing the third place
match to Riverside’s Ethan
Snyder. Henshew went down
with an injury after the first
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Kaleb Kendrick, of Irrigon, grimaces during his wres-
tling match with Mac-Hi’s Alex Doherty during the
285-pound semi-final Saturday during the Rollin
Schimmel Wrestling Tournament in Pendleton.
Photo by Kathy Aney
Andrew Barker, of Riverside, wrestles Baker’s Alex Du-
ran Saturday during the finals of the Rollin Schimmel
Wrestling Tournament in Pendleton in the 126-pound
class. Barker prevailed.
round.
Alejandro Saldana (182)
wrestled his way through
the consolation rounds after
losing to Irrigon’s Cristian
Michaels by a 4-3 decision in
the quarterfinals.
Saldana won both conso-
lation matches 10-6 and 10-8
and continued his success in
the fifth place match against
Mauricio Carrera of The
Dalles. Saldana won by a
14-7 decision.
Brandyn Chaney (195)
and Spencer Wells (220) both
placed fifth. Chaney outlasted
his teammate, Patton Wright
— who finished sixth — to
win by a 5-3 decision and
Wells pinned Pendleton’s
Henderson in 1:02, and
scored 13 points.
Alex Doherty (285) also
earned a fifth place finish
after pinning Baker’s Trenton
Ashby in 1:45.
Kyler Kelly (160) was
the last Pioneer to place, and
finished sixth after facing
Catalino LeClaire of Madras,
who won by a fall in 2:11.
RIVERSIDE
PIRATES
Riverside fared well
Saturday and picked up two
first place finishes and four
more finished in the top six.
Fernando Ortega started
things off in the 106-weight
class, and placed first by
pinning Liberty’s Tanner
Santesson in 2:50. Ortega
received a bye in the first
round and then easily moved
his way through the quarter
and semifinals — winning
by falls in 0:29 and 1:10,
respectively.
Andrew Barker (126) was
the only other Pirate to finish
in first place after winning in
sudden victory 6-4 over Alex
Duran of Baker. Like Ortega,
Barker got to the final round
after pinning his opponents
in 1:45 and 4:46.
Also in the 106-weight
class, Yeidi Ramos earned
a sixth place finish after
working his way out of the
consolation rounds into
a fifth place match with
Liberty’s Emerald Koeppel.
Ramos was pinned in 0:47.
Abraham Silva (120),
Ethan Snyder (138) and
Christian
Reyes
(132)
finished the tournament in
second, third and fourth
place, respectively.
Silva received byes in the
first two rounds and made his
way into the first place match
after pinning Echo’s Eng
Daylon in 1:19. However, he
was bested by Shane Lund of
Enterprise in 4:22 to fall into
second place.
Snyder easily found his
way into the semifinals
where he was then defeated
by Mac-Hi’s Crisman. After
the 10-6 decision didn’t go in
Snyder’s favor he ended up
claiming third after Henshew
went down with his injury.
Reyes made it through
Round 1 and the quarterfinals
unscathed but after getting
pinned by Liberty’s James
Roy in the semis, he wrestled
for third place against Pend-
leton’s Chambers. Chambers
pinned Reyers in 2:44.
IRRIGON
KNIGHTS
The Irrigon Knights didn’t
have any first place finishers
but their two wrestlers
finished in second place and
four others ended the day in
the top six to move Irrigon
into seventh place ( 90).
Alex
Miranda-Walls
(170) and Cristian Michaels
(182) earned a spot in the first
place match, but then lost by
15-5 to Baker and a win by
fall in 0:48 seconds to The
Dalles, respectively.
After Tucker McAllister
(220) received a bye to start
the day, he defeated Mac-Hi’s
Spencer Wells to move into
the semifinals. There, he was
pinned by Rafael Hinojosa of
Liberty in 2:43.
The tough competition
didn’t wear down McAl-
lister, and even if it did he
didn’t show it as he won in
the ultimate tie breaker (4-3)
over Baker’s Hudson Cole.
Brady Harrington (195)
placed fourth after G`ovi
Quezada of Baker won by
a 4-3 decision and Josue
Aguilera (170) finished in
fifth after pinning Pendle-
ton’s Patterson.
Luis Cardenas (126) was
the last Knight to place,
and finished sixth after
Ridgeview’s Danny Cornejo
pinned him in the second
round (2:36).
ECHO COUGARS
Echo rounded out the
top 10 in team finishes after
scoring 74 points, 26 of
which were from Kenneth
Bevan’s top finish.
The 220-pounder went
toe-to-toe with Liberty’s
Hinojosa, but it was Bevan
who came out on top of a 6-5
decision.
Kyle Ranger (126) and
Eng Daylon (120) finished
in third place after they both
pinned Liberty wrestlers.
Mychael Pointer (145)
was the final Cougar to place,
and he finished fifth after
winning by fall over Jake
Eskew of Baker.
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Team Results
1
Pendleton
2
Baker
3
Liberty
4
Mac-Hi
5
Ridgeview
6
Riverside
7
Irrigon
8
Enterprise
9
Madras
10
Echo
11
The Dalles
12
Walla Walla
247.0
184.5
181.0
139.0
123.0
119.0
90.0
80.0
78.0
74.0
67.0
0.0
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BRIEFLY
Milton powers No.
10 UCF to 34-27
Peach Bowl win
over Auburn
ATLANTA (AP) —
McKenzie Milton wanted
to throw a blanket of 13
wins and no losses over the
College Football Playoff.
After Milton and Central
Florida capped a perfect
season, he suggested it was
time to respect the Knights,
even if they weren’t invited
to the playoff.
Milton threw two
touchdown passes and ran
for 116 yards with another
touchdown, leading No. 10
UCF to a 34-27 Peach Bowl
win over No. 7 Auburn on
Monday.
Auburn suffered its
second straight loss at
Mercedes-Benz Stadium,
where it was beaten by
Georgia in the Southeastern
Conference championship
game one month ago.
The Knights won in their
final game with coach Scott
Frost, who stayed with the
team through the bowl game
after accepting an offer to
become the new coach at
Nebraska , his alma mater.
Frost will bring most of his
UCF assistants to Nebraska.
Bentley leads
South Carolina
past Michigan 26-
19 in Outback
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) —
Jake Bentley threw for 239
yards and two touchdowns
Monday to pace the win,
which gave the Gamecocks
(9-4) at least nine wins in a
season for just the seventh
time.
Bentley shrugged off a
slow start to toss scoring
passes of 21 yards to Bryan
Edwards and 53 yards to Shi
Smith, the latter giving his
team a 23-19 lead early in
the fourth quarter.
Michigan (8-5) finished
with its first three-game
losing streak under coach
Jim Harbaugh. The
Wolverines turned the
ball over five times after
halftime, including an
end zone interception that
denied them an opportunity
to regain the lead with just
under eight minutes to go.
The loss also cost the Big
Ten a clean sweep of bowl
games involving conference
members. The league
entered 7-0, looking to go
unbeaten in postseason play
for the first time since 1998
when it went 5-0.