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SPORTS WEEKEND, FEBRUARY 17-18, 2018 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS UMATILLA OSAA State Wrestling Only 18 locals remain after first day East Oregonian Staff photo by E.J. Harris The Irrigon Knights celebrate on after defeating Umatilla in a 53-48 double overtime win against the Vikings on Friday in Umatilla. NEW DISTRICT CHAMPS Irrigon defeats Umatilla in double OT Boys Basketball By ALEXIS MANSANAREZ East Oregonian UMATILLA — It takes unrelenting endurance to outlast your toughest competition, which is something the Irrigon boys basketball team focuses on every practice. “It’s 90 percent of what we do,” junior Keith Flemming said. “We don’t even touch the basketball during practice, we run.” The Knights have outran, outplayed and more often than not dominated their opponents. But when it came to league play, they were going to have to give a little more especially when it was time Staff photo by E.J. Harris Irrigon’s Patrick Bevington and Keith Fleming go for a rebound against Umatilla’s Kaden Webb in the Knights’ 53-48 double overtime win against Viking on Friday in Umatilla. to face Umatilla. The Vikings and Knights played twice during the regular season, and would meet again Friday for the Eastern Oregon League district championship. On the defending champs home court, Irrigon had to use the Irrigon Umatilla 53 48 endurance it has built up all season long to come away with a 53-48 double-overtime victory. Soon after tipoff in the second overtime period, the Knights (20-4 overall, 7-3 EOL) found them- selves down after Umatilla just banked one of its nine 3-pointers. Junior Uriel Garcia had attempted a three from the left corner earlier in the game with no luck, but this time it put the Vikings (20-6, 8-2) up but a single point, 48-47. The back-and-forth lead changes continued. Irrigon’s Johnny Phillips made both of his free throws in the bonus to give See IRRIGON/3B PORTLAND — Forty-three wrestlers spread across seven local teams made the trip to the OSAA State Championships that began on Friday, and after Day 1 only 18 remain in contention for spot on the podium. In Class 5A, the Hermiston Bulldogs sit in 10th place with 44.0 points after Day 1 and Pendleton is in 14th with 25.0 points, way off the pace of first place Dallas (106.0). The Bulldogs have only four of their 10 wrestlers still in the tournament, three of which still have a chance at the state championship. Joey Gutierrez, the No. 2 seed at 195 pounds, picked up a win by forfeit and a win by fall in just 57 seconds to move on to the semifi- nals where he faces No. 3 Avery Jaramillo of Thurston tomorrow. A.J. Tuia (145) picked up a win by fall and a 2-0 decision to move on to the semis, where he gets No. 1 Matthew Lee of Milwaukie. And Beau Blake (285) won by fall and by a 5-2 decision to advance to the semis and faces No. 1 Iosefa Polamalu from Sandy. Ruben Madrigal (106) dropped his quarterfinal match and moved into the consolation bracket, where he handed teammate Adrian Delgado his second loss with a fall at 3:58, keeping Madrigal alive. The Bulldogs were also at the wrong end of a big upset as No. 4 Sean Stewart (220) lost to unseeded Crayton Gillespie of Crater by fall at 5:31 in the first round, and then was eliminated with a loss by fall in consolation as well. Pendleton’s lone wrestler left is Alex Rendon, the No. 7 seed at 126 pounds. Rendon won his first round See WRESTLING/4B PENDLETON Bucks thump Riverhawks in home finale Win sets up league title game Tuesday night at Hermiston By ERIC SINGER East Oregonian PENDLETON — As a junior, Richard Scott and his 6-foot-5 frame was stuck on Pendleton’s junior varsity roster, blocked at the forward position on varsity by talented players such as Johnny Stuvland. He played some garbage time minutes on the varsity roster last season, but for the most part Scott quietly worked to develop his game and wait until his number was called. Scott’s time to shine finally came this season as a senior and he has not disappointed, as Scott is one of six Boys he’s become a force in the Basketball Buckaroo seniors that were paint for the Buckaroos this honored prior to their final season. home game on Friday night, On Friday night, Scott joining Shaw Jerome, Ryan played a key role for the The Dalles Russell, Dante Jackson, Buckaroos again. He scored Martin Gallegos and Greg 10 points, grabbed seven Lee. As a whole, the senior rebounds — three offensive class isn’t a flashy one with — and blocked two shots a lot of skill, but a cohesive as Pendleton defeated The Pendleton one full of guys that waited Dalles 69-53 in the Bucka- for their moment and have roos’ regular-season finale at helped the Buckaroos in Warberg Court. many ways in their four “This seasons’ been years. a blast,” Scott said with a smile “Richard, Dante, Martin, those after the game. “Even last season guys have really put in their time,” watching those guys work and Pendleton coach Kyle Tedder said, working under them and having “and when you have guys like Shaw them help develop my skill was and (Russell) who have started for big. But this year’s been a really two years, too, it’s awesome to see fun time getting a lot of minutes and See PENDLETON/3B helping my team.” 53 69 Staff photo by Kathy Aney Pendleton’s Greg Lee battles two Riverhawks for a rebound Fri- day at Warberg Court. Sports shorts Woods misses cut at Genesis Open LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tiger Woods waited 12 years to get back to Riviera and lasted only two days. Woods had three straight bogeys early on the back nine Friday and didn’t play well enough to make up for his misses. He had a 5-over 76 and missed the cut in the Genesis Open for the first time in nine appearances as a pro. He was at 6-over 148, one shot worse than his PGA Tour debut as a 16-year-old at Riviera. “I missed every tee shot left and I did not putt well, didn’t feel very good on the greens,” Woods said. “And Woods consequently, never made a run. I knew I had to make a run on that back nine, and I went the other way.” Patrick Cantlay ran off three straight birdies toward the end of his morning round, starting with a tap-in on the par-3 sixth when he missed a hole- in-one by a fraction of an inch, and shot a 69. He was tied with Graeme McDowell (66) at 7-under 135. “If you look at the starting grid from the Daytona 500 five years ago and you look at it today, it’s just amazing how much the image of NASCAR has changed ... I’d say four or five years ago, there was so many older veteran drivers that it was just very calm for a long period of the race, and I think that this year with the big youth movement, it has a potential to be more on edge for a longer period of time.” — Denny Hamlin NASCAR driver of the No. 11 car for Joe Gibbs Racing on the youth movement in NASCAR. No. 15 Oregon State outlasts No. 7 UCLA in overtime 67-64 CORVALLIS (AP) — Marie Gulich had 24 points, 12 rebounds and three blocks to lead No. 15 Oregon State to a 67-64 OT win over No. 7 UCLA on Friday. Katie McWilliams had 16 points and five rebounds, and Kat Tudor added 14 point and seven rebounds for the Beavers (20-6, 11-4). Jordin Canada had 21 points and five assists, and Monique Billings added 14 points and 12 rebounds for the Bruins (21-5, 12-3). Gulich made a lay-up at the 1:47 mark of the extra period to put the Beavers ahead 63-62. Billings was fouled on the next possession and sank both free throws for UCLA. UCLA’s Japreece Dean had her 3-pointer blocked by Taya Corosdale with 4 seconds remaining, and the Beavers called timeout with 1.3 seconds left. Tudor’s 3-pointer rimmed out before the buzzer. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1998 — The U.S. women’s hockey team wins the sport’s first-ever Olympic gold medal after a 3-1 victory over Canada. 2001 — Arnold Palmer, 71, becomes the first player to shoot his age in a PGA Tour event since Sam Snead 22 years ago. Palmer finishes the fourth round of the Bob Hope Classic with a 1-under 71. 2010 — Americans Lindsey Vonn and Julia Mancuso captures gold and silver, respectively, in the women’s Olympic downhill in Vancouver. It’s the first time since 1984 that the US captures the top two steps in a women’s alpine skiing event. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com
