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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Friday, December 21, 2018
PREP ROUNDUP
Ione girls win Big Sky opener over Sherman, 51-20
East Oregonian
The Ione Cardinals
opened Big Sky Confer-
ence play on Thursday
with a resounding 51-20
home win over the Sher-
man Huskies.
Coach Nathan Heide-
man said Ione got in foul
trouble early, but the girls
on the bench filled in admi-
rably as starters had to sit
for much of the first half.
“We were trying to
press, but were getting
pretty handsy,” he said.
Mackenzie Heideman
led the Cardinals (4-2)
with 15 points and Jessica
Medina scored 14.
Ione will travel to Dufur
on Saturday to play the
winless Rangers, but coach
Heideman said their record
doesn’t do them justice.
“They’re one of the
toughest teams in our
league,” he said, “and
they’ve been playing some
really good teams.”
ECHO
52, WAL-
LOWA 37 — Freshman
Faith McCarty poured in
a game-high 19 points to
help the Cougars to a non-
league win over Wallowa.
“We have improved
every week and every
game,” Echo coach Heather
Madison said. “I think we
are right on track.”
Wallowa came out and
scored the first couple of
baskets of the game, but
after Madison called a tim-
eout her team got back on
track.
“The girls brought it
together and things fell
into place,” Madison said.
“They did a lot of things
well tonight.”
Tylene Skillman added
15 points, and Rachel
McCarty 13.
The Cougars will host
Dufur in Big Sky League
game on Friday.
RIVERSIDE
32,
KIONA-BENTON
13
— Megan Hagar scored
eight of her 10 points in
the fourth quarter to help
the Pirates to a nonleague
home win over the Bears.
“We had to play good
defense because I bet we
shot 5 percent,” Riverside
coach Clair Costello said.
Hegar also had eight
rebounds, while Brendy
Avalos chipped in nine
points.
WESTON-MCEWEN
45, IMBLER 20 — Katie
Vescio posted a game-high
24 points to lead the Tiger-
Scots to their third straight
win. Weston-McEwen sent
Imbler packing in a non-
league home match.
Coach Mike Giusti says
the game really got going
in the second half.
“We shot 6-33 in the
first half. We got really
good shots, we just weren’t
making them,” Giusti said.
“We found the net better in
the second — that was the
biggest difference.”
The TigerScots (3-6)
travel to Enterprise on
Saturday to begin play
in the Blue Mountain
Conference.
Boys
RIVERSIDE 48, KIO-
NA-BENTON 29 — Cris-
tian Rea had a team-high
14 points for the Pirates in
a nonleague win over the
visiting Bears.
“They boys played
really well today,” River-
side coach Clair Costello
said. “We didn’t score a lot
of points, but we played
really good defense.”
Mario Madrigal added
eight points and eight
rebounds for the Pirates,
while Johan Pena had six
points and handed out eight
assists.
WESTON-MCE-
WEN 52, IMBLER 46 —
Stockton Hoffman sunk
26 points to lead the way
for the TigerScots’ second
victory in a home match
against Imbler.
“We had a nine-point
lead in the fourth quarter,
but we had some mental
lapses in our defense, and
(Imbler) came back,” said
coach Brian Pickard.
Weston-McEwen (2-7)
opens league play against
Enterprise on Saturday.
“Our league is fairly
evenly matched,” Pickard
said. “Anyone could beat
anybody on any night.”
SHERMAN 73, IONE
35 — Sherman handed
Ione their sixth straight
loss in a Cardinals-hosted
league game on Thursday.
Sherman outscored the
Cardinals 25-9 in the first
quarter and 20-5 in the sec-
ond to take control of the
game early on.
Taylor Rollins scored
11 points and hit eight
rebounds for Ione (1-6).
They’ll travel to Dufur on
Saturday.
WALLOWA
45,
ECHO 36 — The Cou-
gars fell to 0-8 on the sea-
son with a nonleague home
loss to Wallowa.
WRESTLING
Irrigon crowned six
champions and won the
team title Wednesday at the
inaugural County Cham-
pionships at Echo High
School.
The Knights rolled up
165 points, 31 more than
runner-up Riverside. Hep-
pner was third, followed
by Hermiston, Pendleton
and Echo/Stanfield.
Asher Hall of Irrigon
beat Trevor Kirkpatrick
6-4 in overtime for the
113-pound title, and Kyler
Shelton followed at 132,
pinning Christian Reyes of
Riverside in 2:32.
Irrigon’s Alex Miran-
da-Walls beat teammate
Brady Harrington 10-2 in
the 182-pound title match,
and Cristian Michaels
pinned Hermiston’s Sam-
son Koekmoer in 1:23.
The Knights continued
their tear through the upper
weights as Reece Sheller
pinned Hermiston’s Sam-
uel Cadenas in 3:22 at
220, and Kaleb Kendrick
pinned Pendleton’s Travis
McGee in 2:53.
Riverside had four
champions in Abraham
Silva (120), who improved
to 13-1, Fernando Ortega
(126), Ethan Snyder (138)
and Jacob Harris (145).
Host Echo got a title
from Mychael Pointer at
152 with a pin of River-
side’s Jose Puerta in 2:27.
Jace Cole of Heppner
won at 160 with a 7-3 deci-
sion over Echo/Stanfield’s
Caden Fisher.
Pendleton’s lone win
came at 170, where Josh
Whaley earned a 14-4
major
decision
over
Roberto Ayala of Irrigon.
There were no matches
at 106 pounds.
The Knights will host
Mac-Hi in a nonleague
dual at 6 p.m. Friday.
Marshall beats South Florida 38-20
By MARK DIDTLER
Associated Press
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Pendleton’s Uliyana Guerrero (5) drives to the basket as
Maria Reardon (3), of St. Helens, defends during Thursday’s
game at Warberg Court.
Bucks: Bradt and
Cooley each had 12 pts.
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more Lions points in the
third, but Pendleton kept
rolling as junior Carissa
Cooley hit two 3-point-
ers and scored 7 of her 12
points on the night in the
quarter. Nirschl and senior
Hunter Blake also put up
big points for the Bucks
to help give their team a
50-27 lead at the end of
three.
The Lions outscored
Pendleton 17-16 in the
fourth.
Porter used the final
quarter to give his bench
players time on the court.
“We led by over 20
points — it was a game
where a lot of kids get a
lot of action,” Porter said.
“This game helped our
team get better.”
Nirschl followed Bradt
and Cooley with nine
points, and Guerrero had
eight for the Bucks (3-5).
“I tell the girls this every
game: ‘If you take care of
the ball, you put yourself
in a position to win,’” said
Porter. “We were able to
dictate the game.”
Pendleton travels to
Summit for a three-day
holiday tourney starting
Thursday, Dec. 27.
PENDLETON 21 11 18 16 — 66
ST. HELENS 11 10 6 17 — 44
Pendleton — Bradt 12, Cool-
ey 12, Nirschl 9, Guerrero 8,
Blake 6, Lee 5, Hoisington 5,
Wilson 4, Neveau 3, Scott 2
St. Helens — Holm 22,
Carreras 6, Paullus 6, Lee 5,
Blazek 3, Barley 2
Ducks: Ionescu gets 13th
triple-double, sets record
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a special agroup of play-
ers who obviously are
extremely talented. With
their maturity level, they
know what’s at stake in
every game, regardless
of the opponent, and that
makes my job and our
whole coaching staff’s job
pretty easy.”
Hebard, who came in
ranked fifth nationally in
shooting accuracy at 69.0
percent, was 7 for 7 in the
first half. Satou Sabally
added 19 points and eight
rebounds for the Ducks, and
Erin Boley had 11 points.
Haley Jones led the Fal-
cons (4-7) with eight points
and Riley Snyder had
seven.
“I didn’t think the score
reflected as many good
things as we did,” said
Air Force coach Chris
Gobrecht, who started two
freshmen and two sopho-
mores. “I thought we had
some great, great looks
and just got some tough
bounces.
“I’m disappointed in the
score, (but) I’m not neces-
sarily disappointed in our
level of play. We’re just so
young.”
Air Force stayed close
midway through the sec-
ond quarter before Ore-
gon closed out the half on a
17-4 run to lead 37-22.
TAMPA, Fla. — Isaiah
Green completed 17 of 25
passes for 221 yards, Keion
Davis ran for two touch-
downs and Marshall beat
South Florida 38-20 in the
Gasparilla Bowl on Thurs-
day night.
Green also had a touch-
down run in the first quar-
ter, while Davis’ second TD
— from 16 yards out — put
the Thundering Herd (9-4)
ahead 38-20 with 6 1/2 min-
utes to play.
Davis had 94 yards on 14
carries, while Brenden Knox
gained 93 yards on 12 rushes
— all during the first half.
Blake Barnett, slowed by
shoulder and ankle injuries,
replaced Chris Oladokun
for South Florida 10 min-
utes into the game and com-
pleted 11 of 23 passes for
212 yards. Barnett, a transfer
from Arizona State who also
started one game for Ala-
bama in 2016, sat out two
of the Bulls’ previous three
games.
USF (7-6) lost the bowl
game played on its regu-
AP Photo/Chris O’Meara
Marshall quarterback Isaiah Green throws a pass during the
first half of the Gasparilla Bowl NCAA college football game
against South Florida on Thursday in Tampa, Fla.
lar-season home field to end
the season by losing six in a
row after a 7-0 start.
Green scored on an
10-yard dash and Anthony
Anderson had a one-yard TD
run over a 37-second span as
Marshall took a 14-0 lead
with 4:43 left in the first.
The second score was set up
by Darius Hodge’s fumble
recovery and 29-yard return
after Barnett couldn’t handle
a high snap.
After USF wide receiver
Tyre McCants took a direct
snap and threw a 38-yard
touchdown pass to Randall
St. Felix, the Thundering
Herd went up 21-7 during
the final minute of the first
on Knox’s eight-yard TD
run.
Marshall has outscored
its opponent 101-39 in the
first quarter this season.
Davis’ 5-yard run made it
28-7 with 90 seconds left in
the second.
USF got to 28-10 on
Coby Weiss’ 22-yard field
goal four seconds before
halftime.
South Florida settled for
a 31-yard field goal by Weiss
on a second-half opening
14-play drive.
Marshall countered with
Justin Rohrwasser’s 28-yard
field before Barnett con-
nected on a 33-yard scoring
pass with St. Felix that cut
the Bulls deficit to 31-20 late
in the third.
Doc Holliday is 6-0 in
bowl games as Marshall’s
head coach.
Up next
Marshall: Green will be
back next season to anchor
a promising offense as the
Thundering Herd try to win
eight or more games for the
fifth time in six years.
South Florida: Barnett
returns in 2019 and being
healthy could be key in
the Bulls’ bid for their first
American Athletic Confer-
ence championship.
SCOREBOARD
Friday, Dec. 21
Boys Basketball
Klickitat (WA) at Helix, 3:30 p.m.
Stanfield at Pilot Rock, 6 p.m.
Grant Union at Heppner, 6 p.m.
Mac-Hi at Cascade, 7 p.m.
Dufur at Echo, 7:30 p.m.
Yakima Tribal School at Nixyaawii,
7:30 p.m.
Hermiston at Hanford, 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Trout Lake (WA), Long Creek/Ukiah at
Helix, 2 p.m.
Mac-Hi at Cascade, 5:30 p.m.
Hermiston at Hanford, 5:45 p.m.
Dufur at Echo, 6 p.m.
Yakima Tribal School at Nixyaawii, 6 p.m.
Stanfield at Pilot Rock, 7:30 p.m.
Grant Union at Heppner, 7:30 p.m.
Boys Wrestling
Hermiston at Best of the West Invite
Girls Wrestling
Hermiston at Columbia Burbank Invite,
10 a.m.
Saturday, Dec. 22
Boys Basketball
Helix Holiday Tourney, 3:30 p.m.
Pilot Rock at Grant Union, 4 p.m.
Heppner at Stanfield, 4 p.m.
Weston-McEwen at Enterprise, 4 p.m.
Riverview (WA) at Umatilla, 4:30 p.m.
Ione at Dufur, 5:30 p.m.
Mac-Hi at Cascade Holiday Classic, 7 p.m.
Sunnyside at Hermiston, 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Helix Holiday Tourney, 2 p.m.
Echo at Joseph, 2:30 p.m.
Riverview (WA) at Umatilla, 3 p.m.
Ione at Dufur, 4 p.m.
Pilot Rock at Grant Union, 5:30 p.m.
Heppner at Stanfield, 5:30 p.m.
Sunnyside at Hermiston, 5:45 p.m.
Mac-Hi at Cascade Holiday Classic
Weston-McEwen at Enterprise, 5:30 p.m.
Girls Wrestling
Hermiston at Sunnyside Tournament,
9 a.m.
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic
W
L
Pct GB
Toronto
24
9
.727
—
Philadelphia
21
12
.636
3
Boston
18
12
.600
4½
Brooklyn
15
18
.455
9
New York
9
24
.273
15
Southeast
W
L
Pct GB
Charlotte
15
15
.500
—
Orlando
14
16
.467
1
Miami
14
16
.467
1
Washington
12
20
.375
4
Atlanta
7
23
.233
8
Central
W
L
Pct GB
Milwaukee
21
9
.700
—
Indiana
20
12
.625
2
Detroit
15
14
.517
5½
Cleveland
8
24
.250
14
Chicago
7
25
.219
15
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest
W
L
Pct GB
San Antonio
17 15 .531
—
Memphis
16 15 .516
½
Houston
16 15 .516
½
Dallas
15 15 .500
1
New Orleans
15 17 .469
2
Northwest
W
L
Pct GB
Denver
21
9 .700
—
Oklahoma City 20 10 .667
1
Portland
18 13 .581 3½
Utah
15 17 .469
7
Minnesota
14 17 .452 7½
Pacific
W
L
Pct GB
Golden State
21 11 .656
—
L.A. Lakers
18 13 .581 2½
L.A. Clippers
18 13 .581 2½
Sacramento
16 15 .516 4½
Phoenix
8 24 .250
13
———
Thursday’s Games
Miami 101, Houston 99
L.A. Clippers 125, Dallas 121
Friday’s Games
Cleveland at Toronto, 4 p.m.
Detroit at Charlotte, 4 p.m.
Atlanta at New York, 4:30 p.m.
Indiana at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Boston, 5 p.m.
Orlando at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Minnesota at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m.
Memphis at Sacramento, 7 p.m.
Utah at Portland, 7 p.m.
New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Denver at L.A. Clippers, 2 p.m.
Phoenix at Washington, 4 p.m.
Toronto at Philadelphia, 4:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Miami, 5 p.m.
San Antonio at Houston, 5 p.m.
Dallas at Golden State, 5:30 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Utah, 6 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Atlanta at Detroit, 1 p.m.
Washington at Indiana, 2 p.m.
Charlotte at Boston, 3 p.m.
Chicago at Cleveland, 3 p.m.
Miami at Orlando, 3 p.m.
New Orleans at Sacramento, 3 p.m.
Phoenix at Brooklyn, 3 p.m.
Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Golden State, 5:30 p.m.
Dallas at Portland, 6 p.m.
Memphis at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m.
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Tampa Bay
36 27 7 2 56 148 103
Toronto
35 23 10 2 48 130 96
Buffalo
35 20 10 5 45 107 103
Boston
35 19 12 4 42 97 89
Montreal
36 18 13 5 41 111 114
Detroit
36 15 16 5 35 104 119
Ottawa
35 15 16 4 34 116 135
Florida
33 13 14 6 32 107 121
Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 33 20 10 3 43 123 102
Columbus
34 19 12 3 41 110 106
Pittsburgh
35 17 12 6 40 116 110
N.Y. Islanders 34 17 13 4 38 98 97
N.Y. Rangers 33 15 13 5 35 97 107
Carolina
33 14 14 5 33 85 97
Philadelphia 33 14 15 4 32 98 119
New Jersey 33 11 15 7 29 97 120
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Winnipeg
35 23 10 2 48 127 101
Nashville
36 22 12 2 46 109 90
Colorado
35 19 10 6 44 124 107
Dallas
35 17 15 3 37 96 98
Minnesota 34 17 15 2 36 102 97
St. Louis
33 13 16 4 30 93 113
Chicago
37 12 19 6 30 106 138
Pacific
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Calgary
36 22 11 3 47 126 100
San Jose
36 19 12 5 43 119 108
Anaheim
37 19 13 5 43 95 106
Vegas
37 20 15 2 42 111 104
Edmonton 35 18 14 3 39 99 105
Vancouver 38 17 17 4 38 117 124
Arizona
34 14 18 2 30 83 94
Los Angeles 35 12 20 3 27 79 107
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for
overtime loss. Top three teams in each
division and two wild cards per confer-
ence advance to playoffs.<
Thursday’s Games
Pittsburgh 2, Minnesota 1
Detroit 4, Carolina 1
Boston 3, Anaheim 1
Columbus 2, New Jersey 1
Toronto 6, Florida 1
Philadelphia 2, Nashville 1
Chicago 5, Dallas 2
Montreal 2, Arizona 1
Tampa Bay 5, Calgary 4, SO
Vancouver 5, St. Louis 1
Vegas 4, N.Y. Islanders 2
Winnipeg 5, San Jose 3
Friday’s Games
Buffalo at Washington, 4 p.m.
Ottawa at New Jersey, 4 p.m.
Chicago at Colorado, 6 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Nashville at Boston, 10 a.m.
Columbus at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.
Florida at Detroit, 11 a.m.
St. Louis at Calgary, 1 p.m.
Montreal at Vegas, 1 p.m.
Los Angeles at San Jose, 1 p.m.
Colorado at Arizona, 4 p.m.
Anaheim at Buffalo, 4 p.m.
Washington at Ottawa, 4 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Carolina, 4 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Toronto, 4 p.m.
Dallas at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Winnipeg at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Columbus at New Jersey, 9:30 a.m.
Boston at Carolina, 2 p.m.
Florida at Chicago, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m.
Detroit at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Dallas, 5 p.m.
Los Angeles at Vegas, 5 p.m.
Arizona at San Jose, 5 p.m.
NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL
Thursday
1. Kansas (10-0) did not play. Next: at No.
18 Arizona State, Saturday.
2. Duke (11-1) beat No. 12 Texas Tech
69-58. Next: vs. Clemson, Saturday,
Jan. 5.
3. Tennessee (9-1) beat Samford 83-70.
Next: vs. Wake Forest, Saturday.
4. Michigan (11-0) did not play. Next: vs.
Air Force, Saturday.
5. Virginia (10-0) beat South Carolina
69-52. Next: vs. William & Mary, Saturday.
6. Nevada (11-0) did not play. Next: vs.
Akron, Saturday.
7. Auburn (9-2) lost to N.C. State 78-71.
Next: vs. Murray State, Saturday.
8. Gonzaga (10-2) did not play. Next: vs.
Denver, Friday.
9. North Carolina (8-2) did not play. Next:
vs. No. 19 Kentucky, Saturday.
10. Michigan State (9-2) did not play.
Next: vs. Oakland, Friday.
11. Florida State (10-1) beat North Florida
95-81. Next: vs. Saint Louis, Saturday.
12. Texas Tech (10-1) lost to No. 2 Duke
69-58. Next: vs. Texas-Rio Grande Valley,
Friday, Dec. 28.
13. Virginia Tech (10-1) beat N.C. A&T
82-60. Next: vs. Maryland-Eastern Shore,
Friday, Dec. 28.
14. Buffalo (11-0) did not play. Next: at
No. 20 Marquette, Friday.
15. Ohio State (10-1) did not play. Next:
vs. UCLA, Saturday.
16. Wisconsin (9-2) did not play. Next: vs.
Grambling State, Saturday.
17. Mississippi State (10-1) beat Wofford
98-87. Next: vs. Wright State, Saturday.
18. Arizona State (8-2) did not play. Next:
vs. No. 1 Kansas, Saturday.
19. Kentucky (8-2) did not play. Next: vs.
No. 9 North Carolina, Saturday.
20. Marquette (9-2) did not play. Next: vs.
No. 14 Buffalo, Friday.
21. Houston (11-0) beat Utah State 60-50.
Next: vs. Coppin State, Sunday.
22. Indiana (10-2) beat Central Arkansas
86-53. Next: vs. Jacksonville, Saturday.
23. Iowa (9-2) did not play. Next: vs.
Savannah State, Saturday.
24. Furman (12-0) did not play. Next: at
LSU, Friday.
25. Nebraska (9-2) did not play. Next: vs.
Cal State Fullerton, Saturday.