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UMATILLA: De Loera leads with 10 PREPS: Nixyaawii sweeps Helix
Saturday, January 13, 2018
Continued from 1B
Continued from 1B
defense has got to do it’s
thing. They (Irrigon) have
39 and we have to keep them
below 41 to win this game.
We can score more than 40,
but we won’t be able to win
this if they score more than
41 and sure enough, we held
them scoreless the rest of the
way.”
A 3-pointer by Uriel
Garcia and a fast-break
lay-in by Seth Cranston off
of an Irrigon turnover had
the Vikings right back in it,
trailing 39-38 with 1:30 left.
After another Irrigon turn-
over, Kaden Webb’s floater
with 45 seconds left gave the
Vikings a 40-39 lead. And
then, off yet another Knights
missed shot and yet another
turnover, Umatilla quickly
moved the ball down the
court to Durfey for a lay-in
while drawing a foul for a
42-39 lead with eight seconds
left, sending the home crowd
into a frenzy.
“I was just thinking, ‘Hey,
I’m wide open. Get me the
ball and see what I can do
with it,’” Durfey recalled
thinking while the ball moved
down the court. “All I could
think then was hopefully I
make it, that’s all I wanted to
do was just make it. When it
went in, I was pumped.”
And that Umatilla defense,
which was outstanding down
the stretch, came up huge
again as the unit did not allow
the Knights to get off a last-
second shot attempt to try and
tie the game before the buzzer
sounded.
The game was a defensive
battle for both sides, as both
the Knights and Vikings
scored season-low in points
and had double-digit turn-
overs. Irrigon’s 39 points was
far below its previous low of
54 and Umatilla’s 42 broke
its previous low of 43 points
set 10 days ago in a loss to
Kennewick.
“Our defense was great
and we’re going to rely on it,”
Bow said. “This might be the
lowest points we’ve score all
year, it probably is for them,
too. That’s two defensive
teams going at it and we were
just lucky enough to get the
last run there to finish the
game.”
Christian De Loera was
the Vikings’ high scorer with
10 points off the bench, all
tling came in Round 3,
where they picked up their
lone win during the first day
of competition.
Only four of Mac-Hi’s
wrestler took the mat, the
rest won by forfeit. Zach
Crisman (145) and Cruz
Garcia (285) had the best
performances, and pinned
their opponents in 0:50 and
0:14 seconds,
Riverside and Irrigon
joined the competition in
the 3A brackets. The Pirates
breezed
through
their
competition, winning all
three rounds.
Riverside
handled
Coquille 54-24, and then
moved on to beat Lakeview
48-21. In its final round of
action, Riverside handily
won 54-30 over Redmond.
Things didn’t go so well
for Irrigon. The Knights
only competed in two of
three rounds, and were
defeated by Dayton and
Rainier in the first and third,
respectively.
Despite both losses, there
were a few Knights with
standout
performances.
Silvestre Vasquez (132),
Josue Aguilera (160), Brady
Harrington (195) and Kaleb
Kendrick (285) went 2-0.
Heppner wrestled in
the 2A bracket, and faced
Central Linn. The Mustangs
fell 60-18 after only four
wrestlers picked up wins
with one by forfeit.
Heppner’s
Trevor
Antonucci (120) pinned
his opponent in just 0:51.
Carson Brosnan (152) just
took a few seconds longer,
and eventually got the win
in 1:04. Leo Waite (126)
ended his bout in 3:52 by
fall.
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Irrigon’s Eric Carillo drives past Umatilla’s Moises Gar-
cilazo in the Vikings win against the Knights on Friday.
of which came off the bench
in the first half. The junior
post gave the Vikings some
standout play in the first half
for Umatilla as he filled in for
Durfey who got in early foul
trouble, giving the Vikings
some much-needed offense
and solid defense inside
on Irrigon big man Johnny
Phillips.
“He did great and I was so
happy for him,” Durfey said
of De Loera. “I was a little
frustrated with my foul calls
but I loved seeing him step
up ... you always love seeing
your teammates come in and
step up in a big game like this
and play great.”
On the Irrigon side, it was
mainly a one-man show on
offense as Phillips was the
only Knight to reach double-
digits with a game-high 20
points, adding 12 rebounds
and three blocks as well.
Irrigon did not make a single
3-pointer in the game, going
0-for-11, and the team shot
just 35-percent overall.
Irrigon took advantage
of the game to start things,
jumping out to an 11-4 lead
before Umatilla battled back
to get within 11-9 at the end
of the quarter. The Vikings
then led 21-19 at halftime and
31-29 at the end of the third
quarter before the Vikings
made their run. Overall, there
were eight lead changes and
six ties in Friday’s game at
The Pit, which held a standing
room-only crowd that brought
about a spirited atmosphere
for the game.
“I’ve been to a lot of high
school games around here,
but when we have standing
room-only for the league
opener here at The Pit is
awesome,” Bow said. “I can’t
wait to see what the game at
Irrigon looks like in a few
weeks.”
————
IHS
11 8 10 10 — 39
UHS
9 12 10 11 — 42
IRRIGON — J. Phillips 20, E. Carillo 8,
A. Gomez 4, A. Roa 3, K. Fleming 2, J.
Sandoval, D. Vera, P. Holcomb.
UMATILLA — C. DeLoera 10, S. Cranston
9, U. Garcia 5, S. Garcia 5, K. Webb 5, T.
Durfey 4, M. Garcilazo 4, G. Armenta.
3-pointers — IHS 0, UHS 3. Free throws —
IHS 5-8, UHS 3-13. Fouls — IHS 16, UHS 9.
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HERMISTON: Led by one to start 4th
Continued from 1B
night.
Sunset was going to
stretch its lead to 19-12 after
the first eight minutes of
play, but Hermiston junior
Cesar Ortiz knocked down
his first three of the night to
cut the deficit to only two
possessions — Ortiz was
responsible for all three of
the team’s shots from behind
the arc.
In a game of runs, Sunset
took back the lead at the start
of the second quarter, but
again Ortiz hit a 3-pointer off
the corner to knot the score at
24 points apiece.
The crowd quickly fell
silent as sophomore Braeden
Sato traded three’s with Ortiz.
Sato finished with a game-
high 25 points for Sunset.
But yet again, Ortiz’s three
is good and after one more
lead change, the Bulldogs
managed to hold on to the five
point lead at the break.
Hermiston held on to that
advantage for more than half
of the third quarter, and were
up by as many as eight points.
But Sunset began chipping
away at its deficit, caught up
and then passed the Bulldogs
to enter the fourth quarter up
51-50.
“Things were going a little
smooth there,” Arstein said
of the third-quarter perfor-
mance. “We were kind of
getting anything we wanted
on offense as long as we took
care of the ball, and then
Jordan (Ramirez) goes out
and then (we) pick up some
stupid fouls — they go to
the free throw line, they back
door us a couple of times,
(it’s) a game of runs and they
definitely had more runs in
the second half.”
Ramirez’s hit the bench
bothered by a hamstring
injury, and with it Hermiston’s
first chance in three weeks at
a picking up a win — its last
was on Dec. 22.
“I thought it kind of hurt us
momentum wise when Jordan
went out,” Arstein said. “(We
weren’t) taking care of the
Herm-
iston’s
Thomas
Mc-
Cullough
grabs a
rebound
over
Sunset’s
Colby
King
(11) and
Mitchell
Scanlan
in the
Bulldogs’
76-61
loss
to the
Apollos
Friday in
Hermis-
ton.
Girls basketball
IONE 44, HORIZON
CHRISTIAN 36 — Back
at home after six long weeks
on the road, Ione picked up
its first win in six games.
Senior Maggie Flynn led the
Cardinals in 44-36 defeat
over Horizon Christian.
The Eagles (5-7) top
scorers, senior Alexis Ruiz
and sophomore Fionna
Columbia Basin Conference
opener, and the Mustangs
(9-3 overall, 1-0 CBC)
came out on top and the
Tigers (2-13, 0-1) troubles
continue.
Marsalis, dished out 15 and
12 points, respectively. But
the Cardinals (2-10) were
able to stop their efforts in
the fourth quarter, holding
Horizon Christian to only
four points.
“(It was a) solid fourth
quarter,” head coach Nathan
Heideman said. “(The
girls) gutted it out to hold
(Horizon Christian) off.”
LA GRANDE 53,
MAC-HI 24 — The
Mac-Hi Pioneers traveled to
La Grande to face the Tigers
for their second league
game of the year, and with
it came their second league
loss.
The Pioneers (2-14, 0-2)
are now riding an eight-
game skid after the loss.
NIXYAAWII
75,
HELIX 36 — At Helix,
Nixyaawii got off to a great
start with an early 32-13
lead after the first half. The
Eagles had an even better
second-half performance
to top the Helix Grizzlies
75-36 to remain perfect on
the season.
Senior Mary Stewart led
the Eagles (14-0 overall,
5-0 Old Oregon League)
with a game-high 30 points.
For the Grizzlies (9-6, 3-2),
senior Sadie Wilson was the
top point getter with 17 on
the night.
Boys basketball
NIXYAAWII
74,
HELIX 24 — At Helix,
he
Nixyaawii
Eagles
completely dominated the
Grizzlies on their home
court. The streaking Eagles
handed Helix a 74-24 loss
behind the efforts of sopho-
more Mick Shimmel.
Shimmel recorded a
game-high 17 points for
Nixyaawii and helped keep
the Eagles (12-2 overall,
5-0 Old Oregon League)
undefeated in league play.
For the Grizzlies (1-14,
0-5), junior Gavin Newtson
was the top scorer with 12
points.
IRRIGON
52,
UMATILLA 24 — At
Umatilla, Jada Burns scored
12 points and Taylor Davis
had 11 to lead the Irrigon
Knights (13-2 overall, 2-1
EOL) to a league win over
Umatilla on Friday night.
Lauryn Journot and
Nancy Ortiz each scored
seven points to lead the
Vikings (3-11, 0-1).
HEPPNER 58, STAN-
FIELD 40 — The visiting
Stanfield Tigers got off
to a slow start against the
Heppner Mustangs, and
from there never recovered
as the Mustangs won the
CBC opener.
Junior Trent Smith
was the top scorer in the
Columbia Basin Conference
opener for the Mustangs
(6-6 overall, 1-0 CBC). He
netted 15 points.
For the Tigers (7-9, 0-1),
junior Elias Esquivel led
with 12 points.
CULVER 38, PILOT
ROCK 33 — At Culver, the
home Bulldogs scored 14
points in the fourth quarter
to stun the Rockets in the
Columbia Basin Conference
opener on Friday night.
Kaitelyn Evans led the
Rockets (10-6 overall, 0-1
CBC) with 12 points and
Grace Austin added eight.
Irma Retano led the Bull-
dogs (10-5, 1-0) with 10
points.
PILOT ROCK 57,
CULVER 43 — At Culver,
Chris Weinke scored a
game-high 23 points and
Bryson Pierce added 19 as
Pilot Rock (10-6 overall,
1-0 CBC) started Columbia
Basin Conference play with
a win over Culver (4-13,
0-1) on Friday night.
HEPPNER 59, STAN-
FIELD 34 — Heppner
defended its home court
Friday by recovering from a
slow start to defeat Stanfield
59-34.
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Despite the loss, Arstein
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One was the effort of junior
Adrian Mendez.
Mendez played a key roll
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the second half.
Mendez single handily
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During Sunset’s 10-6 run
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After, Sunset went on its
last run of the night to cement
the final score.
———
SHS
19 13 19 25 — 76
HHS
15 22 13 11 — 61
SUNSET — B. Sato 25, N. Cizik 17, C. King
8, W. Reese 8, C. Newsom 8, A. Holst 5, E.
Tubby 3 S. Muhlheim 2.
HERMISTON — A. Mendez 22, C. Ortiz
14, R. Andreason 11, A. Earl 6, A. James 3,
J. Ramirez 3, T. McCullough 2.
3-pointers — SHS 6, HSH 3. Free throws
— SHS 16-18, HSH 14-22. Fouls — SHS 18,
HSH 21 (James fouled out).
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