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B2 SPORTS East Oregonian Hockey: Americans cash in on New Year’s Eve Continued from Page B1 at 6:58. Just 44 seconds later, Jarod Newell scored his first goal — and first point of the season — off an assist by Mitchell Brown. Kyle Olson, with a nice feed from AuCoin, scored at 17:45 to give the Ameri- cans a 3-0 lead. “Every line and every pairing played extremely well tonight,” Buchberger said. In the second period, the Chiefs had four power plays, but the only goals came at the other end, where AuCoin scored unassisted at 11:18, and again at 18:53 off a feed from Olson. Blake Stevenson fin- ished the scoring for Tri- City at 16:29 of the third, as the Americans scored their third short-handed goal of the game. The Chiefs got on the board with 30 seconds left in the game, as Spo- kane took advantage of a Tri-City turnover and Jake McGrew put the puck past Warm. There has never been a shutout in the New Year’s Eve game. AMERICANS 6, CHIEFS 1 Spokane 0 0 1 — 1 Tri-City 3 2 1 — 6 First — 1, TC, Bjorklund 1 (Bouchard), 6:58. 2, TC, Newell 1 (Brown, Bouch- ard), 7:42. 3, TC, Olson 9 (AuCoin), 17:45. Penalties — Smith, Spo (inter- ference), 4:33; Arbuzov, Spo (hooking), 18:51; Hyman, TC (closing hand on the puck), 19:31. Second — 4, TC, AuCoin 19, 11:18 (sh). 5, TC, AuCoin 20 (Olson), 18:53 (sh). Penalties — Toporowski, Sop (cross-checking), 1:56; Russell, Sop (cross-checking), 6:12; Brown, TC (slashing), 9:30; Hyman, TC (rough- ing), 14:02; Kalinichenko, TC (hold- ing), 17:48. Third — 6, TC, Stevenson 7 (Olson, Schliemann), 16:29 (sh). 7, Spo, McGrew 13 (Finley), 19:30. Penalties — Russell, Spo (roughing), 2:03; Olson, TC (roughing), 2:03; McGrew, Spo (board- ing), 3:35; Finley, Spo (unsportsman- like conduct), 15:31; Kalinichenko, TC (slashing, unsportsmanlike conduct), 15:31; Feist, Spo (roughing), 18:24; Kohle, TC (slashing), 18:24. Shots — Spo 6-3-13 — 22. TC 9-15- 11 — 35. Power plays — Spo 0-5. TC 0-5. Goalies — Spo, Brkin 14-7-1-1 (35 shots-29 saves). TC, Warm 18-13-1-0 (22-21). Referees — Bryan Bourdon and Troy Paterson. A — 6,051. NEW YEAR’S EVE HISTORY Tri-City leads New Year’s Eve series with Spokane 18-9-0-1 with 1 tie: 2018 | beat Spokane 6-1 (attendance 6,051) 2017 | beat Spokane 4-3 (6,011) 2016 | beat Spokane 3-1 (5,860) 2015 | lost to Spokane 5-2 (5,808) 2014 | lost to Spokane 10-2 (6,025) 2013 | lost to Spokane 4-2 (6,019) 2012 | beat Spokane 6-3 (6,098, record) 2011 | beat Spokane 4-1 (6,034) 2010 | lost to Spokane 5-1 (5,691, rescheduled for Feb. 21) 2009 | beat Spokane 5-2 (5,963) 2008 | beat Spokane 6-1 (6042) 2007 | beat Spokane 4-1 (5,963) 2006 | lost to Spokane 4-3, SO (5,917) 2005 | beat Spokane 6-3 (5,737) 2004 | lost to Spokane 3-1 (5,768) 2003 | 4-4 tie (5,757) 2002 | beat Spokane 8-1 (4,972) 2001 | lost to Spokane 6-2 (5,190) 2000 | lost to Spokane 6-4 (5,462) 1999 | beat Spokane 6-5 (OT) (5,058) 1998 | beat Spokane 5-3 (6,000) 1997 | lost to Spokane 5-3 (5,943) 1996 | beat Spokane 3-2 (5,842) 1995 | beat Spokane 5-1 (5,960) 1994 | beat Spokane 3-2 (OT) (5,917) 1993 | beat Spokane 6-2 (5,560) 1992 | beat Spokane 8-2 (5,502) 1991 | beat Spokane 9-6 (6,010) 1990 | lost to Spokane 6-5 (6,010) 1989 | won 8-4 in Portland Buckeyes: Meyer’s Rose Bowl finale Continued from Page B1 consecutive defeats in the Peach, Fiesta and Rose. This game could be Haskins’ farewell to Ohio State as well, if the soph- omore goes pro. The Heisman Trophy finalist threw his 50th TD pass of the season in the first half while picking away at the vaunted Washington sec- ondary minus injured Tay- lor Rapp, the second-team All-American safety. Berry caught a 1-yard TD pass just 14 seconds before halftime, putting the Buckeyes up 21-3. Gaskin became the fourth running back in NCAA history with four 1,200-yard seasons during the third quarter, but Ohio State increased its lead with J.K. Dobbins’ TD run. The Huskies finally scored their first offen- sive touchdown since the Apple Cup when Gas- kin threw a TD pass to Drew Sample with 12:17 to play. Meyer says his first Rose Bowl is the final game in his three-de- cade collegiate coach- ing career. After starting out as a graduate assis- tant at Ohio State in the 1980s, he has been a head coach since 2001, achiev- ing huge success at Bowl- ing Green, Utah and Flor- ida before his stellar run in Columbus. After this big finish in Pasadena, Meyer formally turns over the Ohio State program to Ryan Day, his 39-year-old co-offensive coordinator. These Buck- eyes are Meyer’s eighth team to finish with one loss or fewer in his 17 sea- sons as a head coach. Blazers: Lillard rallies Blazers in OT win, 113-108 Continued from Page B1 and a career-high 23 rebounds to help Portland to its fourth straight win over Sacramento. CJ McCollum added 16 points, and Mau- rice Harkless had 11 points and nine rebounds. Buddy Hield scored 27 points for Sacramento. Nemanja Bjelica added 14 points and 16 rebounds, and Bogdan Bogdanovic had 19 points. Lillard wasn’t much of a factor until late in the fourth quarter when he scored seven of Portland’s final nine points, includ- ing a layup with 15.5 sec- onds remaining to force overtime. The Blazers dominated after that while outscoring the Kings 10-5 in the over- time. Lillard made three free throws and a 20-foot jumper to spark Portland’s finish and erase an other- wise rough night shooting from its backcourt tandem of Lillard and McCollum. Lillard went 8 of 21 from the floor. McCollum shot 8 of 19. Wednesday, January 2, 2019 PREP ROUNDUP Irrigon’s Miranda-Walls wins Winter Cup title By ANNIE FOWLER East Oregonian Alex Miranda-Walls was an unknown going into the Winter Cup at Hanford High School. There are a few guys who will remem- ber the Irri- gon senior after he won the 170- pound title Saturday Miranda-Walls afternoon. Miran- da-Walls beat Ozius Harden of Reardan 3-2 in the cham- pionship match to improve to 18-0 on the season. “I love the bigger tourna- ments,” Miranda-Walls said. “The smaller ones, the tal- ent pool isn’t as good. There is quality here — all are a bunch of tough competitors. There is something about going up against kids from a school with 2,000 students. It’s great.” Miranda-Walls opened the tournament with a 26-second pin of Elijah Rodriguez of Richland, then recorded a 10-6 deci- sion over Easton Roylance of Othello to reach the title match. “The reason we come here is to run up against some different competition,” Knights coach Jason Dunten said. “Some found out they have some work to do. This is where we are going to get experience.” Pasco won the team title with 190 points, while Irri- gon was 15th with 58 points. Also placing for the Knights were Asher Hall (8th, 113 pounds), Kyler Shelton (7th, 132), Brady Harrington (8th, 182), Josue Aguilera (6th, 195) and Reece Sheller (8th, 220). Girls Winter Cup Hermiston finished 22nd on Friday in the girls por- tion of the tournament with 38 points. Sunnyside won the team title with 255 points. At 190 pounds, Jazmin Deike placed fourth for Hermiston. Deike was pinned by Kiona-Benton’s Nya Calzadillas in 1:44 in the third/fourth placing match. Amree Braithwaite fin- ished seventh at 145 for the Bulldogs, pinning Jaime Wilson of Tonasket in 3:54 in her final match. Girls basketball WESTON-MCEWEN 41, CONDON/WHEELER 26 — Katie Vescio scored a game-high 28 points to help the TigerScots to a vic- tory over the Knights at the Les Schwab Shootout at the Pendleton Convention Center. “We scored the first bas- ket and led the whole way,” W-M coach coach Mike Giusti said. “We led by 10 or 12, but they closed it to seven in the third quar- ter. Defensively, we played great. Offensively we were a little careless with the ball. We missed quite a few layups, otherwise we could have pulled away.” Trinity Hearn added six points for W-M, which returns to Blue Mountain Conference play Friday at Stanfield. Abby Colby led the Knights with 13 points. Boys basketball NIXYAAWII 90, ECHO 36 — The Golden Eagles jumped out to a 21-3 lead at the end of the first quar- ter and never looked back in beating the host Cougars at the Bouncin’ Cancer Tour- nament in Echo. Nixyaawii (10-1), which hit 13 3-pointers on the day, shot 50 percent from the floor. Mick Schimmel led the Golden Eagles with 22 points, while Quanah Picard added 19 points, including five 3-pointers. Devan Craig led Echo (1-10) with 15 points, while Charlie White added 10. CONDON/WHEELER 76, WESTON-MCEWEN 64 — Trailing 55-54 after three quarters, the Knights went on a 22-9 run in the fourth quarter to hand the TigerScots a loss at the Les Schwab Shootout at the Pendleton Convention Center. Hunter Winslow scored 10 of his game-high 33 points in the fourth quarter for the Knights. He also was 10 of 11 from the free-throw line for the game. Cooper Johnson added 28 points for the Knights — 16 of which came in the first half. Stockton Hoffman led W-M with 27 points, includ- ing six 3-pointers. He also had nine rebounds and five assists. Theo White added 15 points and seven rebounds for the TigerScots, and Blair Rudolph chipped in 11 points and three assists. BOWL GAMES Oregon holds on for 7-6 win over Michigan State in Redbox Bowl SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Justin Herbert shook off a sluggish day and threw a touchdown pass to Dillon Mitchell in the fourth quarter, and Oregon held on after Michigan State botched a field goal attempt to win 7-6 on Monday. Herbert passed for 166 yards and extended his streak of consecutive games with a touchdown pass to 28 on a day when the Ducks’ offense mostly sputtered. Oregon (9-4) crossed midfield only three times and couldn’t get into the end zone until Herbert found Mitchell in the right front of the end zone for a 28-yard touchdown. The Ducks’ defense held up from there but got some help from Michigan State’s special teams. Spartans quarterback Brian Lewerke completed 22 of 40 passes for 172 yards with one interception. It’s the third time in four games that Michigan State (7-6) has failed to score a touchdown. Running back LJ Scott ran for 84 yards on 24 car- ries, ending his injury-rid- dled season with the Spar- tans on a high note after being limited to five games. The senior running back declined to redshirt this year and declared for the NFL draft in early December. Matt Goghlin kicked a pair of 34-yard field goals but he also missed one from 50. It was Oregon’s first bowl victory since beating Florida State in the 2015 Rose Bowl. Orange Bowl No. 1 Alabama 45, No. 4 Oklahoma 34 MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa threw for 318 yards and four touchdowns and No. 1-ranked Alabama beat No. 4 Oklahoma 45-34 on Sat- urday night in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Orange Bowl. The high-scoring Sooners (12-2) reached the semifinal despite a porous defense that was no match for Alabama’s diverse attack, and the Crim- son Tide led 28-0 after only 17 minutes. Alabama (14-0) advanced to the national championship game for the fourth consec- utive season and will play Jan. 7 in Santa Clara, Cali- fornia against familiar foe Clemson, which beat Notre Dame 30-3 in the Cotton Bowl. Clemson, ranked No. 2, and Alabama will face off in the playoffs for the fourth year in a row, and have split two title games. Tagovailoa’s perfor- mance in the semifinal argued for a Florida recount in the Heisman Trophy vote. He finished as the runner-up to Oklahoma’s Kyler Mur- ray but won sweet consola- tion by completing 24 of 27 passes, with scores to four receivers. Cotton Bowl No. 2 Cemson 30, No. 3 Notre Dame 3 ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Trevor Lawrence threw for 327 yards and three touchdowns and Clemson beat Notre Dame to reach the championship game for the third time in four seasons on Saturday. Clemson’s overpower- ing and experienced defen- sive line, led by ends Clelin Ferrell and Austin Bryant, smothered Ian Book and the Fighting Irish, holding them to 248 yards to help the Tigers improve to 14-0. On offense, freshmen led the way. Lawrence, making his 10th career start, was 27 for 39 and did not throw an interception against a Notre Dame defense that had been one of the best on the coun- try. Freshman receiver Jus- tyn Ross had six catches for 148 yards and two long touchdowns. The Irish (12-1) hung around for a quarter, with the team’s exchanging field goals. But early in the sec- ond quarter, Notre Dame All-America cornerback Julian Love went out with what coach Brian Kelly said after the game was a head injury and Lawrence started taking apart the Irish secondary. SCOREBOARD LOCAL SLATE Thursday, Jan. 3 Boys Basketball Umatilla vs. Blanchet Catholic (at Salem), 11:30 a.m. Girls Basketball Umatilla at Salem Academy Tourney Boys Wrestling Redmond at Pendleton, 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4 Boys Basketball Pilot Rock at Union, 6 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Stanfield, 6 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at Ione, 7:30 p.m. Echo at Mitchell/Spray, 7:30 p.m. Joseph at Helix, 7:30 p.m. Powder Valley at Nixyaawii, 7:30 p.m. Riverside at Nyssa, 7:30 p.m. Irrigon at Vale, 7:30 p.m. Richland at Hermiston, 7:30 p.m. Umatilla at Salem Academy Tourney Girls Basketball Richland at Hermiston, 5:45 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at Ione, 6 p.m. Echo at Mitchell/Spray, 6 p.m. Joseph at Helix, 6 p.m. Powder Valley at Nixyaawii, 6 p.m. Irrigon at Vale, 6 p.m. Pilot Rock at Union, 7:30 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Stanfield, 7:30 p.m. Boys Wrestling Hermiston at Gut Check Invite (Seattle) Saturday, Jan. 5 Boys Basketball Mac-Hi at Baker, 3 p.m. Stanfield at Knappa, 3:30 p.m. Heppner at Weston-McEwen, 4 p.m. Enterprise at Pilot Rock, 4 p.m. Ione at Echo, 5:30 p.m. Helix at Elgin, 5:30 p.m. Wallowa at Nixyaawii, 5:30 p.m. Hermiston at Kamiakin, 7:30 p.m. Girls Basketball Stanfield at Knappa, 2 p.m. Ione at Echo, 4 p.m. Helix at Elgin, 4 p.m. Wallowa at Nixyaawii, 4 p.m. Baker at Mac-Hi, 4:30 p.m. Enterprise at Pilot Rock, 5:30 p.m. Heppner at Weston-McEwen, 5:30 p.m. Hermiston at Kamiakin, 5:45 p.m. Boys Wrestling Hermiston at Gut Check Invite (Seattle) BOWL GAME RESULTS Monday, Dec. 31 Military Bowl Annapolis, Md. Cincinnati 35, Virginia Tech 31 Sun Bowl El Paso, Texas Stanford 14, Pittsburgh 13 Redbox Bowl Santa Clara, Calif. Oregon 7, Michigan State 6 Liberty Bowl Memphis, Tenn. Oklahoma State 38, Missouri 33 Holiday Bowl San Diego Northwestern 31, Utah 20 Gator Bowl Jacksonville, Fla. Texas A&M 52, NC State 13 Tuesday, Jan. 1 Outback Bowl Tampa, Fla. Iowa 27, Mississippi State 22 Citrus Bowl Orlando, Fla. Kentucky 27, Penn State 24 Fiesta Bowl Glendale, Ariz. LSU 40, UCF 32 Rose Bowl Pasadena, Calif. Ohio State 28, Washington 23 Sugar Bowl New Orleans Texas 28, Georgia 21 NFL PLAYOFF GLANCE Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 5 Indianapolis at Houston, 1:35 p.m. (ESPN) Seattle at Dallas, 5:15 p.m. (FOX) Sunday, Jan. 6 L.A. Chargers at Baltimore, 10:05 a.m. (CBS) Philadelphia at Chicago, 1:40 p.m. (NBC) Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 12 Baltimore/Los Angeles Chargers/India- napolis at Kansas City, 1:35 p.m. (NBC) Chicago/Dallas/Seattle at L.A. Rams, 5:15 p.m. (FOX) Sunday, Jan. 13 Houston/Baltimore/Los Angeles Char- gers at New England, 10:05 a.m. (CBS) Dallas/Seattle/Philadelphia at New Orle- ans, 1:40 p.m. (FOX) Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 20 NFC TBD, 12:05 p.m. (FOX) AFC TBD, 3:40 p.m. (CBS) Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 27 At Orlando, Fla. AFC vs. NFC, 12 p.m. (ABC/ESPN) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 3 At Atlanta AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 3:30 p.m. (CBS) NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic W L Pct GB Toronto 28 11 .718 — Philadelphia 23 14 .622 4 Boston 21 15 .583 5½ Brooklyn 17 21 .447 10½ New York 9 29 .237 18½ Southeast W L Pct GB Charlotte 18 18 .500 — Miami 17 18 .486 ½ Orlando 16 20 .444 2 Washington 14 23 .378 4½ Atlanta 11 25 .306 7 Central W L Pct GB Milwaukee 26 10 .722 — Indiana 25 12 .676 1½ Detroit 16 19 .457 9½ Chicago 10 27 .270 16½ Cleveland 8 29 .216 18½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest W L Pct GB Houston 21 15 .583 — San Antonio 21 17 .553 1 Memphis 18 18 .500 3 Dallas 17 19 .472 4 New Orleans 17 21 .447 5 Northwest W L Pct GB Denver 24 11 .686 — Oklahoma City 23 13 .639 1½ Portland 22 16 .579 3½ Utah 18 20 .474 7½ Minnesota 17 20 .459 8 Pacific W L Pct GB Golden State 25 13 .658 — L.A. Clippers 21 15 .583 3 L.A. Lakers 21 16 .568 3½ Sacramento 19 18 .514 5½ Phoenix 9 29 .237 16 ——— Monday’s Games Indiana 116, Atlanta 108 Charlotte 125, Orlando 100 Houston 113, Memphis 101 San Antonio 120, Boston 111 New Orleans 123, Minnesota 114 Oklahoma City 122, Dallas 102 Golden State 132, Phoenix 109 Tuesday’s Games Toronto 122, Utah 116 Milwaukee 121, Detroit 98 Denver 115, New York 108 Portland 113, Sacramento 108, OT Wednesday’s Games Atlanta at Washington, 4 p.m. Dallas at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Miami at Cleveland, 4 p.m. New Orleans at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Detroit at Memphis, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Boston, 5 p.m. Orlando at Chicago, 5 p.m. Philadelphia at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m. NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 40 31 7 2 64 168 117 Toronto 39 26 11 2 54 144 109 Boston 40 22 14 4 48 114 105 Buffalo 40 21 13 6 48 115 115 Montreal 40 21 14 5 47 128 128 Florida 38 17 15 6 40 124 134 Detroit 41 15 19 7 37 115 140 Ottawa 40 15 21 4 34 126 159 Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 38 24 11 3 51 138 112 Columbus 39 23 13 3 49 129 119 Pittsburgh 39 21 12 6 48 133 115 N.Y. Islanders 38 21 13 4 46 114 102 N.Y. Rangers 38 17 14 7 41 111 123 Carolina 38 16 17 5 37 94 109 New Jersey 38 15 16 7 37 113 127 Philadelphia 39 15 19 5 35 111 140 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA Winnipeg 39 25 12 2 52 134 111 Nashville 41 24 15 2 50 124 104 Colorado 40 19 13 8 46 134 123 Dallas 40 20 16 4 44 108 106 Minnesota 38 18 17 3 39 110 108 Chicago 42 15 21 6 36 121 153 St. Louis 37 15 18 4 34 102 123 Pacific GP W L OT Pts GF GA Calgary 40 24 12 4 52 141 112 Vegas 43 24 15 4 52 130 115 San Jose 41 21 13 7 49 140 129 Anaheim 41 19 15 7 45 102 120 Vancouver 42 19 19 4 42 124 133 Edmonton 39 18 18 3 39 111 126 Arizona 39 17 20 2 36 100 112 Los Angeles 41 16 22 3 35 92 121 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs. Monday’s Games Nashville 6, Washington 3 New Jersey 4, Vancouver 0 Carolina 3, Philadelphia 1 Pittsburgh 3, Minnesota 2 N.Y. Islanders 3, Buffalo 1 N.Y. Rangers 2, St. Louis 1 Columbus 6, Ottawa 3 Florida 4, Detroit 3, SO Tampa Bay 2, Anaheim 1, OT Los Angeles 3, Colorado 2, OT Montreal 3, Dallas 2, OT Calgary 8, San Jose 5 Winnipeg 4, Edmonton 3 Tuesday’s Games Boston 4, Chicago 2 Nashville 4, Philadelphia 0 Vegas 2, Los Angeles 0 Wednesday’s Games Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Calgary at Detroit, 4 p.m. Vancouver at Ottawa, 4 p.m. New Jersey at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Edmonton at Arizona, 6:30 p.m. San Jose at Colorado, 6:30 p.m.
