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SPORTS Tuesday, January 23, 2018 East Oregonian Page 3B Pro Tennis No quarter a given: Djokovic, Thiem out; Chung, Sandgren in JOHN PYE Associated Press MELBOURNE, Australia — Six-time champion Novak Djokovic was stunned in straight sets by Hyeon Chung not long after Tennys Sandgren upset No. 5 Dominic Thiem at the Australian Open. The season-opening major often throws up unexpected results, but the back-to-back upsets Monday resulted in a longshot of a quarterfi nal: Chung, the fi rst Korean to reach the last eight at a Grand Slam, vs. Sandgren, the American who had never won a Grand Slam match or beaten a top 10 player until last week. Chung Sandgren The 58th-ranked Chung relentlessly attacked Djokovic — who is playing his fi rst tournament since Wimbledon because of an injured right elbow — in the 7-6 (4), 7-5, 7-6 (3) fourth- round win. Chung ripped 47 winners including a forehand on the slide and at full stretch that put him within two points of victory. Djokovic winced and grimaced throughout the match, particularly when stretching for backhands. He said he’d need to reassess the treatment for his elbow, but didn’t want his injuries to detract from Chung’s win “Amazing. Amazing performance,” said Djokovic, who was seeded 14th after his ranking slid in 2017 while he was off the tour. Chung was coming off a win over No. 4-seeded Alexander Zverev. Djokovic wasn’t even sure until the last minute that he’d be able to play at Melbourne Park, and then had three tough matches against Donald Young, Gael Monfi ls and No. 21 Albert Ramos-Vinolas. The 26-year-old Sand- gren, who entered the season’s opening major ranked 97th, missed a match point in the fourth set but held on for a 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (4), 6-7 (7), 6-3 win over Thiem. It followed up his earlier victory over 2014 champion Stan Wawrinka. Sandgren is only the second man in 20 years to reach the quarterfi nals on his debut at Melbourne Park. He converted half of his eight break-point chances, and fended off 10 of the 12 he faced against Thiem, and hit 63 winners against 38 unforced errors in the biggest win of his life. Defending champion Roger Federer had no real diffi culties in reaching the Australian Open quarterfi nals for the 14th time, accounting for Marton Fucsovics 6-4, 7-6 (3), 6-2. The 19-time major winner will renew a lengthy rivalry next against Tomas Berdych, who returned to the quarter- fi nals for the seventh time at Melbourne Park with a 6-1, 6-4, 6-4 win over Fabio Fognini. The win over Fucsovics was Federer’s fi rst day match of the 2018 tournament, and he joked about needing sunglasses and a towel for the beach but said really the only change was to set the alarm for a different time. Angelique Kerber, the only Grand Slam singles winner remaining in the women’s draw, was up earlier, and got a serious wakeup call. For a while it appeared former Australian and U.S. Open champion Kerber’s progression could unravel against No. 88 Hsieh Su-wei, a former top-ranked doubles player with a double-handed grip on both sides, until she regained momentum for a 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 win. That earned Kerber a quarterfi nal spot against U.S. Open fi nalist Madison Keys. Keys returned to the quarterfi nals here for the fi rst time in three years with a 6-3, 6-2 win over No. 8-seeded Caroline Garcia. ROUNDUP: Hermiston’s swim team earns fi rst place in Hood River Valley Continued from 1B the Pirates (9-9 overall, 1-3 Eastern Oregon League) up 14-10. They extended their lead before the half by holding the Hilanders (9-9, 2-2) to only seven points. Burns came out of the break scoring 20 points in the third quarter but then again were held to single digits in the fourth while Riverside put up 14 to reach the game-winning score. Leading Riverside was senior Felix Aparicio with 24 points. Three Hilanders shared a team-best perfor- mance for Burns. Senior Jacob Cawood, sophomore Dakota Ceja and junior Cade Tiller all scored nine points apiece. WESTON-MCEWEN 71, STANFIELD 60 — After losing to Pilot Rock at home Friday, Weston-McEwen went on the road to face Stanfi eld on Saturday and the TigerScots rebounded with a 71-60 over the host school. The Tigers (8-11 overall, 1-2 Columbia Basin Confer- ence) had a good game plan coming into the game, head coach Devin Bailey said, but dropped passes and missed lay-ins were what hurt the team in the end. Stanfi eld came out strong with a 19-14 lead after the fi rst quarter. The TigerScots (6-12, 1-2) then answered with 19 points of their own in the second. They fi nished netting 24 points in the fourth quarter to seal the victory. It was Weston-McEwen’s fi rst league win. Senior Brett Speed was its top scorer with a stunning 35 points. Fellow seniors Kevin Rodriguez pitched in 13 and Parker Munk notched nine points of his ow. Leading Stanfi eld was senior Brody Woods with 28 points, he also grabbed 13 rebounds for a double- double. Senior Blake Bailey followed with 10 points, and nine assists, and junior Hugo Hernandez scored seven. UMATILLA 50, VALE 42 — At home for the second straight game, Umatilla escaped with a 50-42 victory over Vale. The Umatilla Vikings (15-4 overall, 3-1 Eastern Oregon League) was just coming off a similar win Friday — defeating Vale 51-42 — while the Vale Vikings (5-13, 1-4) are hoping for a win to end their long road trip. she also notched fi ve steals and two assists. Leading Nyssa (8-8, 2-2) was sophomore Britain Hartley with nine points. GIRLS BASKETBALL IONE 60, SHERMAN 56 — It was a busy weekend for the Ione Cardinals. They took a trip to Condon on Friday where they secured a 12-point victory, and returned home to host Sherman on Saturday. Ione came away with a narrow 60-56 win over the visiting Huskies (7-8 overall, 5-2 Big Sky League). “It was a god team effort,” head coach Nathan Heideman said. The Cardinals (5-11, 4-2) used good communication and strong defensive effort to hold off the streaking Huskies. Ione was down 33-32 at the half and then came out of the break to hold Sherman to only six points in the third quarter. Leading the offensive efforts for the Cardinals was senior Maggie Flynn with a game-best 26 points. Junior Desiree Winslow was the top shooter for the Huskies with 19 points. IRRIGON 32, NYSSA 28 — The Irrigon girls basketball team had a quick turnaround this weekend. The Knights were coming off a 56-49 loss Friday, and hosted Nyssa for its second home game in as many days. However, Saturday’s outcome favored the Knights as they defeated the Bulldogs 32-28. “We fi nally caught Nyssa in the fourth quarter, hit a couple big shots, and made 7-of-10 free throws to pull out a big win for us,” head coach Mike Royer said. Senior Jada Burns led the Knights’ efforts, and scored a game-high 12 points. Fellow senior Taylor Davis was three points shy of a double- double, as she grabbed 12 rebounds and fi nished with seven points for Irrigon (14-3 overall, 3-2 Eastern Oregon League). To go along with Burns’ team-best shooting, RIVERSIDE 51, BURNS 48 — In Boardman, Riverside knocked off the No. 1 team in its league when the Pirates defeated the Burns Hilanders 51-48. Riverside (13-5 overall, 1-3 Eastern Oregon League) is in the second half of a four- game homestand and were entering Saturday’s game off a loss from the night before. But behind junior Brendy Avalos’ 12 points, the Pirates were able to earn their fi rst EOL win. Burns (11-7, 3-1) started slow, matching River- side’s nine points in the fi rst quarter. Both teams picked it up and hit double fi gures in the second with the Pirates have a 28-22 edge going into the half. They were able to hold on to their lead despite scoring only nine points in the third quarter. Senior Skylar Wightman HELIX 39, ECHO 38 — Helix’s early lead helped the Grizzlies when the game came down to the wire. They were up only 24-20 at halftime, and came out of the break scoring in single fi gures for the remaining two quarters. But Helix was able to hang on to its lead and defeat Echo 39-38. The Grizzlies (3-15 overall, 2-6 Old Oregon League) were led by freshman Eli Sprenger with 13 points. For the Cougars (7-12, 4-4), junior Devan Craig had a team-best eight points with seniors Zack Gehrke and Ty Mulder each fi nishing with seven. fi nished with 11 points and six assists for Riverside and junior Faith Rosen scored four points to go along with her 11 rebounds. Senior Oakley West led Burns with 15 points. HELIX 51, ECHO 33 — For the second consecutive day, Helix earned a victory over a league opponent. On Friday, the Grizzlies grinded out a 21-point win and Saturday at Echo, Helix defeated the Cougars 51-33. Senior Emma Fehren- backer led Helix’s (11-7 overall, 5-3 Old Oreogn League) efforts with 15 points, while senior Marti Huff was Echo’s (6-13, 1-7) top scorer with 13. ONTARIO 58, MAC-HI 32 — The Mac-Hi Pioneers struggles continue, as they dropped their 10th straight game 58-32 to Ontario (7-13 overall, 1-2 Greater Oregon League). Senior Brianna Hernandez was the Pioneers’ best shooter, scoring a team-high 10 points. Ontario senior Emily Jordan fi nished with a game-best 14 points. The Tigers broke away in the second half, and fi nished with 23 points alone in the fourth quarter. HEPPNER 54, PILOT ROCK 53 — The Heppner Mustangs handed the home team a one-point loss Saturday. Pilot Rock outscored the visitors in the fourth quarter, but Heppner’s early lead helped in the end as the Mustangs escaped with a 54-53 win. The Mustangs (11-4 overall, 3-1 Columbia Basin Conference) held a narrow 28-26 lead at the half, and came out of the break outscoring the Rockets (10-8, 0-3) 14-12 in the third quarter. Pilot Rock — which has yet to win a league game — scored its most points in the fi nal quarter, topping Heppner’s efforts 15-12, but it wasn’t even to come away with the win. Leading the Mustangs was junior Jacee Currin with 18 points. Freshman Sydney Wilson pitched in 12 and senior Morgan Correa had 10 of her own. For Pilot Rock, senior Kayla Deist ended the night with a team-best 17 points. Junior Grace Austin helped with 12 points, and senior Sara Weinke was the only other Rocket to fi nish in double digits with 10 points. SWIM HOOD RIVER — On Saturday, Pendleton and Hermiston joined eight other schools at the Hood River Valley Invitational. The Hermiston boys swim team ran away with fi rst place by more than a 20-point margin. The Bulldogs earned 147 points behind top fi nishes from Carson Wrathall and Ryan Barnard. The pair had top fi nishes in their individual races. Neither girls team cracked the top three with Pendleton fi nishing in fourth place with 72 points, and Hermiston only scoring 22 points which was good for ninth. Overall, Pendleton fell just outside the top three and fi nished in fourth place with 171 points. Hermiston followed in fi fth with 169 points. Barnard’s success came early in the 200-yard indi- vidual medley. He fi nished in 2:11.95, nearly six seconds faster than the rest of the fi eld. His top spot earned 14 points for the team. In his next event, the 100-yard butterfl y, he fi nished in second place (57.77). In the 100-yard freestyle, Wrathall added another 14 points to the team total when he fi nished in 51.71. Like Barnard, he also claimed second in another individual event. In the 100-yard breast- stroke, Wrathall fi nished seconds ahead of a Buckaroo and seconds out of fi rst place. He earned second in 1:06.06. The Bulldogs had two other top-three performances to help boost them above the competition. The 200-yard medley relay team consisting of Wrathall, Barnard, Seth Buck and Lane Stevenson fi nished second out of a fi eld of 10. The boys clocked 1:53.59, just 0.54 seconds shy of fi rst place. Hermiston’s boys relay teams continued to impress as the 200-yard freestyle with the same swimmers from the medley relay again earned the top spot. The Bulldogs edged out a third place Pendleton squad and second place La Grande to take fi rst in 1:38.50. For Pendleton, there were a number of top swimmers. Shane Miltenberger had the best individual fi nished for the Buckaroos. The senior claimed second place in the 200-yard freestyle in 2:03.47. In the individual events, fellow senior Ryan Headley rounded out the top three in the 100-yard breaststroke after fi nishing in 1:11.05. The 200-yard third-place freestyle relay team included Vitor Pedrosa, Tyler Sprat- ling, Headley and Milten- berger. The girls 200-yard free- style relay took second place by clocking 1:54.80. Making up the squad was Kyndra Nelson, Elisabeth House, Abby Williams and Landry Huth. Huth earned a third and fi fth place fi nish in her individual events. In the 100-yard backstroke she beat Hermiston’s Georgia Stevenson for fi fth (1:15.19) and in the same distance using the breaststroke, she edged out her competition by 0.27 seconds to claim third (1:19.07). The Buckaroos continued to show the most success when their relay teams were in the pool. Both the boys and girls 400-yard freestyle relay fi nished in the top three. 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