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HERMISTON
Staff photo by Kathy Aney, File
Ryne Andreason leads Hermiston in scoring
at 20.22 points a game. The Bulldogs have
two tough games this week against Richland
and Kamiakin.
Big games on
tap for Dawgs
this weekend
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
Staff photo by Kathy Aney, File
Pendleton’s Kason Broncheau (23) drives to the basket past Ruben Onishchenko (1), of Putnam at Warberg Court on Friday, Dec. 14.
NEW TERRITORY
Pendleton
basketball teams
begin new league
next Friday
By BRETT KANE
East Oregonian
W
ith a new league just
around the corner, the
Bucks are in for some
surprises.
The Pendleton girls
basketball team took the
Columbia river Confer-
ence title the two previous
seasons. But this year they
join the Intermountain Con-
ference, which means a new
set of challengers.
League action tips off
Friday, Jan. 11, against
hood river Valley (2-10) at
home.
“We were the first team
to win the CrC that wasn’t
named ‘hermiston’ since
its inception,” said coach
Kevin Porter. “My goal is to
win the IMC — there’s no
question.”
The Buckaroo girls are
currently 3-8 for the pre-
season, and stand at no. 4
in the 5a IMC. Porter says
it’s been a tough road to the
league, but “that’s a good
thing.”
“you want to play teams
that challenge you and
help you get better for the
league,” Porter said. “at
times, we haven’t played
our best, but we’re a much
better team than the start of
the season — that’s what we
set out to accomplish.
“We’ve played basketball
better than I had expected at
this point in the season, but
at the same time we need
consistency. We gotta do
it on a night in, night out
basis.”
The girls will hit the road
to La Grande for one final
See Bucks, Page B2
Staff photo by Kathy Aney, File
Muriel Hoisington (34), of Pendleton, puts up a shot
as Putnam’s Sarah Rope attempts to block on Friday,
Nov. 30, at Warberg Court.
The hermiston boys will get their biggest
test of the season when the richland Bomb-
ers visit Friday night for a Mid-Columbia
Conference showdown.
The Bulldogs (8-1 overall, 4-1 MCC),
who are no. 5 in the MaxPreps 3a rankings,
have not seen the likes of the Bombers (8-2,
6-0) this season.
richland, which has won seven games in
a row, has four players scoring 12 points or
more a game, with Cole northrop averaging
23.8 points a night.
“We have our hands full,” hermiston
coach Casey arstein said. “They are the
real deal. They have height, one of the best
shooters in the league in Cole northrop, and
Cody sanderson is a good defender. They
are a team that gets points in a hurry.”
hermiston is no slouch when it comes to
putting the ball in the basket.
ryne andreason is averaging 20.22
points a game, while long-range threat Cesar
Ortiz is scoring 13.56 and Jordan ramirez
10.22.
“It will be interesting,” richland coach
Earl streufert said. “They have good fan
support. We are excited to play someone dif-
ferent. We played a really good nonleague
schedule against good teams from utah and
Jefferson of Portland. We have had it easy in
league so far. We have a lot of experience.
We are solid again this year, just smaller.”
The Bombers graduated 7-foot-4 riley
sorn, but Garrett streufert is 6-6, and
northrop is 6-4, as is Jack schuster, who is
offering 7.4 points and a handful of rebounds
a game.
“In a lot of ways, we are better than we
were last year,” said coach streufert, who
is in his 20th year with the Bombers. “We
are better defensively. dhaunye (Guice) has
really improved, Jack has come along and is
shooting 60 percent. They share the ball like
crazy and we play fast enough to get every-
one possessions. Good problems to have.”
Though the Bulldogs are ready to get
back to action, this weekend will be tough
with Cole smith injured and Blake davis out
See Dawgs, Page B2
sPOrTs BETTInG FOr duMMIEs
By WAYNE PARRY
Associated Press
aTLanTIC CITy, n.J.
— Wanna bet on sports?
First, make sure you
know what you’re doing —
and the odds against you.
seven u.s. states now
offer legal sports gambling,
and as many as 30 more will
consider jumping on board
in 2019.
so here are some of the
basics — as well as some
more esoteric aspects — of
betting on sports.
Pony up
The biggest difference
between placing a legal
sports bet with a casino or
racetrack or their online
affiliates and placing one
with an illegal bookmaker
or “bookie” is that with legal
betting, you have to put your
own money up first. Illegal
bookies will let you bet on
credit, the most appealing
aspect of their illicit busi-
ness and one that is expected
to allow them to continue
to operate, and perhaps still
thrive, in the brave new
world of sports betting.
say you want to bet $25
on a football game legally.
you have to hand the win-
dow clerk $25 and receive
a ticket confirming your bet.
In most cases, if you win,
you will get back your origi-
nal $25 stake plus your win-
nings, which won’t amount
exactly to another $25
because of ...
The vig
This is the vigorish,
also known commonly as
the “vig” or the “juice” —
the bookmaker’s cut of the
action. Oddsmakers try
to set betting lines as pre-
cisely as possible to attract
an equal amount wagered
on each team involved in a
particular game. They use
money from losing bets to
pay off people who make
winning bets, while keep-
ing a percentage for them-
selves. That percentage var-
ies, but usually is around 10
percent, so that a success-
ful $25 bet would earn you
a $22.50 profit.
How to bet
One of the most popu-
lar ways to bet on sports is
through the point spread.
If the seattle seahawks are
favored by 4 points against
the Minnesota Vikings,
seattle must win by 5 for
See Betting, Page B2
AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File
This Nov. 20, 2018, file photo, shows a scrolling video board
with basketball scores reflected in the ceiling of the new
sports book at Resorts Casino in Atlantic City, N.J.