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SPORTS
East Oregonian
PREP ROUNDUP
Pendleton rolls
through The
Dalles, Ridgeview
for league wins
By BRETT KANE
East Oregonian
Pendleton made easy
work of The Dalles and
Ridgeview for two more
Intermountain
Confer-
ence wrestling wins on
Wednesday.
PENDLETON
70,
THE DALLES 9 — The
Bucks won six of their
eight matches against the
host Riverhawks.
At 113 pounds, Pendle-
ton’s Kellen Hanson won
by fall over Angel Ore-
gon. At 138 pounds, Chris
Chambers won 12-2 over
Andrew Richman. At 145,
Matthew Robertson won
by fall over Austin Greene.
At 170, Isaac Urbina won
by fall against Opaph Sila-
path. And at 182, Kirk Lis-
com won by fall over Mari-
cio Carrera.
JR Scott of The Dalles
won by fall over Pendle-
ton’s Aiden Henderson,
at 195 pounds. The Riv-
erhawks’ Steven Pres-
ton also won 4-3 over the
Bucks’ Shawn Yeager at
160 pounds.
The Dalles forfeited
matches at the 116, 120,
126, 132, 220, and 285-
pound categories due to
“illness and injuries,” said
Bucks coach Fred Phillips.
PENDLETON
60,
RIDGEVIEW 12 — Alex
Rendon (132) won by fall
over the Ravens’ Danny
Cornejo. Blake Davis (152)
won 9-4 against Ethyne
Reid. Shawn Yeager (160)
returned to claim a victory
by fall over Carson Woods.
Aiden Patterson (195) won
2-0 over Logan Shenk.
At 145, Daniel Jara-
millo of Ridgeview won
by fall over Pendleton’s
Matthew Robertson, and
at 220, the Ravens’ Joseph
Martin won by fall over the
Bucks’ Jacob Griffin.
Ridgeview forfeited the
106, 113, 120, 126, 138,
and 285-pound matchups.
Phillips said the duals
served as good learning
experiences for his team.
“I’m happy we won, but
we didn’t warm up prop-
erly. A couple kids came
out a little flat and slow,”
he said. “But they kind of
need to see what happens
when you don’t warm up
right.”
The Bucks will hit the
road to Wilsonville on Sat-
urday to compete in the
Colton Holly Memorial
Tournament.
“It was nice to go out
and get a couple of league
wins before that final sea-
son push,” said Phillips.
Boys hoops
RIVERSIDE
45,
IRRIGON 43 — Fran-
cisco Barajas had 21 points
with five 3-pointers to lead
Riverside to their first East-
ern Oregon League victory
on Thursday night.
“It was a battle,”
said Pirates coach Clair
Costello. “Irrigon plays
real good defense.”
Costello said Johan
Pena had a “fantas-
tic game,” scoring six of
his eight total points in
the fourth quarter alone.
Pena’s free throws in the
final minutes of the game
also secured the Pirates’
win.
Riverside (6-9, 1-1
EOL) play Pilot Rock in a
nonleague game on Thurs-
day. Irrigon (6-10, 0-3
EOL) will host Burns on
Friday, Jan. 18, to continue
in league play.
Girls hoops
RIVERSIDE 26, IRRI-
GON 25 — The Pirates
took home their first East-
ern Oregon League win
after claiming the game in
the last three seconds over
Irrigon on Thursday.
When Riverside was
down 25-24, Estrella Dal-
toso stole the ball from Irri-
gon’s possession and hit a
bucket to take the win.
Faith Rosen sunk 10
points, and Daltoso seven
for the Pirates (8-6, 1-1
EOL).
“It set basketball back
a few years, but any time
we can beat Irrigon in Irri-
gon, it’s great,” said Pirates
coach Clair Costello. “We
played hard the whole
game.”
Ana Zacharias and
JaLay Burns each scored
seven points for the
Knights (10-5, 1-2 EOL).
“Free throwing was one
of our issues on offense,”
said Irrigon coach Mike
Royer. “We hit only 4 of 13
from the line.”
Riverside will travel to
Pilot Rock on Tuesday for
a nonleague contest. Mean-
while, Irrigon will face La
Grande on the road.
Timbers, All-Star
defender Liam
Ridgewell part ways
PORTLAND (AP) —
The Portland Timbers and
defender Liam Ridgewell
have mutually parted
ways.
Ridgewell played for
the Timbers for five sea-
sons and made 97 appear-
ances, all starts. The two-
time All-Star was on the
Portland team that won
the MLS Cup in 2015 and
appeared in 13 overall
postseason games.
Portland team owner
Merritt Paulson called
Ridgewell “one of the
most important and influ-
ential signings in Timbers
history.”
The 34-year-old from
England had six goals over
his career in Portland and
was known for rolling on the
field after scoring, a move
fans called the “Ridgy Roll.”
Ridgewell thanked the
Timbers and the fans in a
statement but did not indi-
cate what he plans to do
next, saying only he’s
excited about the next chap-
ter in his career.
The Timbers went to the
MLS Cup final last season
but fell to Atlanta 2-0.
Friday, January 11, 2019
Oregon State QB
Luton granted sixth
year of eligibility
CORVALLIS (AP) —
Oregon State quarterback
Jake Luton has been granted a
sixth year of eligibility by the
NCAA.
Luton has started in just
nine games for the Beavers
since his first season in 2017
because of injuries. That year
he missed eight games with a
spine injury, then last season
he missed all or parts of seven
games with an ankle sprain.
NCAA rules allow play-
ers who have redshirted in
their first year to be granted an
extension if they play in four
games or less in a season, as
Luton did in 2017.
In his time with the Bea-
vers, the 6-foot-7 junior col-
lege transfer has passed
for 2,513 yards and 14
touchdowns.
He earned Pac-12 Player of
the Week honors last season
following a come-from behind
overtime victory over Colo-
rado that snapped a 22-game
losing streak on the road.
Ducks: Team adapting to
loss of star freshman Bol
Continued from Page B1
and was down 76-68 with
45 seconds to go in regu-
lation when Hands made a
3-pointer and a 3-point play
to cut the deficit to two. The
Bruins outscored Oregon
12-4 to finish regulation at
80-80.
Chris Smith tied the
score with 0.7 seconds
left with a rebound bas-
ket off Hands’ intentional
miss from the foul line, but
Smith missed his free throw
and the Ducks rebounded to
force overtime.
Kris Wilkes had 14 points
for UCLA and Jalen Hill had
10 points and 10 rebounds
off the bench. The Bruins
saw their 23 turnovers con-
verted into 32 points by the
Ducks, who had 13 steals.
Freshman Louis King
scored a season-high 22
points and 10 rebounds for
Oregon (9-6, 0-2), and Vic-
tor Bailey Jr. had 20 points.
Paul White added 16 points.
UCLA made 10 of its first
11 shots to lead 22-17 but
then went 1 for its next 14
to trail by 11 points with two
minutes left in the half. Even
worse, the Bruins struggled
to handle the ball against
Oregon’s half-court pressure
and surrendered 19 points
off 14 turnovers spread
among seven players. Nine
came on steals by the Ducks.
Oregon went ahead
behind Bailey’s nine points
during a 14-2 run for a 39-28
lead. Kris Wilkes, who had
six of his seven turnovers in
the first half, hit a 3 at the
buzzer to cut the deficit to
39-32.
Big picture
UCLA overcame sloppy
ball-handling and an inabil-
ity to keep its transition
game rolling for a remark-
able comeback victory. For
the third game in a row, the
Bruins had five players score
in double figures.
Oregon put together its
first impressive opening half
against a Power 5 team since
its win over Syracuse in
mid-November and showed
that it’s adapting to the loss
of star freshman Bol Bol,
despite losing at home for
the third time this season.
Up next
UCLA: At Oregon State
on Sunday night.
Oregon: Hosts USC on
Sunday night.
AP Photo/Amanda Loman
Oregon State’s Stephen Thompson, Jr. dribbles past
Southern California’s Jonah Mathews during Thursday’s
game in Corvallis.
Thompson scores
34, Oregon St tops
USC 79-74 in OT
By KYLE ODEGARD
Associated Press
CORVALLIS — Ste-
phen Thompson Jr. scored
a career-high 34 points
with five 3-pointers and 10
rebounds as short-handed
Oregon State beat Southern
California 79-74 in over-
time on Thursday night.
Ethan
Thompson
added 13 points and Gli-
gorije Rakocevic had 10
points for the Beavers (10-
4, 2-0 Pac-12).
Bennie Boatwright had
a career-high 37 points
with four 3-pointers and
eight rebounds and Jonah
Mathews added 13 points
off the bench for the Tro-
jans (9-7, 2-1).
In overtime, Boatwright
sank a pull-up jumper with
1:30 left to put the Trojans
up 74-72. Ethan Thompson
responded with a 3-pointer
and the Beavers went on to
claim the win.
Huskies: Made concerted effort
to feed Dickerson on the post
Continued from Page B1
Utah’s six-game winning
streak in the series.
Following his season
high of 23 against Washing-
ton State last week, Crisp
had a no-hesitation release
even when closely guarded.
Utah led 15-13 before Crisp
buried four straight 3s. Since
Pac-12 play began, the Hus-
kies have suddenly found
their touch from beyond the
arc, hitting 41 percent.
Jaylen Nowell and Noah
Dickerson, Washington’s
leading scorers, had a com-
bined two points at half-
time and yet the Huskies led
38-30.
The Huskies made a
concerted effort to feed
Dickerson on the post and
he responded with seven
straight points to open the
second half and Washington
led by 15.
A rare Utah 3-pointer by
Sedrick Barefield got the
Utes back within 47-42, but
the Huskies ratcheted up
the pressure once again and
went on a 12-0 run, capped
by Carter’s jumper to make
it 59-42.
Up next
Washington continues
their mountain swing at
Colorado Saturday night.
Utah hosts Washington
State on Saturday night.
SCOREBOARD
LOCAL SLATE
NFL
FRIDAY, JAN. 11
WILD-CARD PLAYOFFS
Boys Basketball
Weston-McEwen at Pilot Rock, 6 p.m.
Enterprise at Heppner, 6 p.m.
Stanfield at Union, 6 p.m.
La Grande at Mac-Hi, 6 p.m.
Umatilla at Burns, 6:30 p.m.
Pendleton at Hood River Valley, 6:30 p.m.
Ione at Mitchell/Spray, 7:30 p.m.
Echo at South Wasco County, 7:30 p.m.
Imbler at Helix, 7:30 p.m.
Nixyaawii at Cove, 7:30 p.m.
Kennewick at Hermiston, 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Umatilla at Burns, 5 p.m.
Kennewick at Hermiston, 5:45 p.m.
Ione at Mitchell/Spray, 6 p.m.
Echo at South Wasco County, 6 p.m.
Nixyaawii at Cove, 6 p.m.
Helix at Imbler, 6 p.m.
Weston-McEwen at Pilot Rock, 7:30 p.m.
Stanfield at Union, 7:30 p.m.
Enterprise at Heppner, 7:30 p.m.
La Grande at Mac-Hi, 7:30 p.m.
Hood River Valley at Pendleton, 6:30
p.m.
Girls Wrestling
Hermiston at Othello, 5 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 5
Indianapolis 21, Houston 7
Dallas 24, Seattle 22
Sunday, Jan. 6
L.A. Chargers 23, Baltimore 17
Philadelphia 16, Chicago 15
SATURDAY, JAN. 12
Boys Basketball
Horizon Christian at Ione, 3 p.m.
Union at Heppner, 4 p.m.
Grant Union at Weston-McEwen, 4 p.m.
Enterprise at Stanfield, 4 p.m.
Nixyaawii at Helix, 5:30 p.m.
Condon/Wheeler at Echo, 5:30 p.m.
Hermiston at Chiawana, 7:30 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Condon/Wheeler at Echo, 4 p.m.
Nixyaawii at Helix, 4 p.m.
Union at Heppner, 5:30 p.m.
Enterprise at Stanfield, 5:30 p.m.
Grant Union at Weston-McEwen, 5:30
p.m.
Men’s Basketball
Wenatchee Valley at Blue Mountain,
4 p.m.
Women’s Basketball
Wenatchee Valley at Blue Mountain,
2 p.m.
Boys Wrestling
Farm City Invitational (Hermiston)
Pendleton at Colton Holly Memorial
Tournament, Wilsonville, 10:30 a.m.
Girls Wrestling
Hermiston at Othello, 10 a.m.
DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS
Saturday, Jan. 12
Indianapolis at Kansas City,
1:35 p.m. (NBC)
Dallas at L.A. Rams, 5:15 p.m. (FOX)
Sunday, Jan. 13
Los Angeles Chargers at New England,
10:05 a.m. (CBS)
Philadelphia at New Orleans,
1:40 p.m. (FOX)
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic
Toronto
Philadelphia
Boston
Brooklyn
New York
Southeast
Miami
Charlotte
Orlando
Washington
Atlanta
Central
Milwaukee
Indiana
Detroit
Chicago
Cleveland
W
31
27
25
21
10
W
20
19
17
17
12
W
29
27
17
10
8
L
12
15
16
22
31
L
20
21
24
25
29
L
11
14
23
31
34
Pct
.721
.643
.610
.488
.244
Pct
.500
.475
.415
.405
.293
Pct
.725
.659
.425
.244
.190
GB
—
3½
5
10
20
GB
—
1
3½
4
8½
GB
—
2½
12
19½
22
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest
San Antonio
Houston
New Orleans
Memphis
Dallas
Northwest
Denver
Oklahoma City
Portland
Utah
Minnesota
Pacific
Golden State
L.A. Clippers
L.A. Lakers
Sacramento
W
25
23
20
19
19
W
28
25
25
21
20
W
27
24
23
21
L
18
17
22
22
22
L
12
16
17
21
21
L
14
17
19
21
Pct
.581
.575
.476
.463
.463
Pct
.700
.610
.595
.500
.488
Pct
.659
.585
.548
.500
GB
—
½
4½
5
5
GB
—
3½
4
8
8½
GB
—
3
4½
6½
Phoenix
10 33 .233
18
———
Thursday’s Games
Miami 115, Boston 99
Denver 121, L.A. Clippers 100
San Antonio 154, Oklahoma City 147,
2OT
Sacramento 112, Detroit 102
Friday’s Games
Atlanta at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
Milwaukee at Washington, 4 p.m.
Brooklyn at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.
Indiana at New York, 4:30 p.m.
Cleveland at Houston, 5 p.m.
Dallas at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Charlotte at Portland, 7 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Utah, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Detroit at L.A. Clippers, 12:30 p.m.
Memphis at Miami, 2 p.m.
Boston at Orlando, 4 p.m.
New Orleans at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.
Denver at Phoenix, 6 p.m.
Charlotte at Sacramento, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Utah, 7 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Philadelphia at New York, 10 a.m.
Toronto at Washington, 10 a.m.
Milwaukee at Atlanta, 12:30 p.m.
Houston at Orlando, 3 p.m.
Golden State at Dallas, 4 p.m.
Portland at Denver, 5 p.m.
Cleveland at L.A. Lakers, 6:30 p.m.
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Tampa Bay
44 34 8 2 70 183 125
Toronto
43 28 13 2 58 156 119
Boston
44 25 15 4 54 128 114
Buffalo
43 23 14 6 52 125 121
Montreal
45 23 17 5 51 135 139
Florida
42 17 17 8 42 134 151
Ottawa
45 17 23 5 39 142 174
Detroit
45 16 22 7 39 126 154
Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 43 27 12 4 58 153 126
Pittsburgh
43 24 13 6 54 152 123
Columbus
43 25 15 3 53 139 133
N.Y. Islanders 42 24 14 4 52 128 114
Carolina
43 20 18 5 45 113 124
N.Y. Rangers 43 17 19 7 41 119 149
New Jersey
43 16 20 7 39 125 146
Philadelphia 44 16 22 6 38 121 157
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central
Nashville
46 27 15 4 58 142 116
Winnipeg 43 27 14 2 56 148 123
Dallas
45 23 18 4 50 120 119
Colorado
44 20 16 8 48 151 141
Minnesota 43 22 18 3 47 122 120
St. Louis
42 18 20 4 40 118 133
Chicago
46 16 22 8 40 134 167
Pacific
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Calgary
45 28 13 4 60 162 129
San Jose
46 26 13 7 59 163 140
Vegas
47 27 16 4 58 142 124
Anaheim
44 19 17 8 46 105 129
Edmonton 44 21 20 3 45 124 141
Vancouver 46 20 21 5 45 131 147
Arizona
43 19 21 3 41 112 121
Los Angeles 45 17 25 3 37 100 134
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
Columbus 4, Nashville 3, OT
N.Y. Islanders 4, N.Y. Rangers 3
Washington 4, Boston 2
Toronto 4, New Jersey 2
Philadelphia 2, Dallas 1
Tampa Bay 3, Carolina 1
St. Louis 4, Montreal 1
Minnesota 3, Winnipeg 2
Edmonton 4, Florida 3, SO
Arizona 4, Vancouver 3, OT
San Jose 3, Vegas 2
Ottawa 4, Los Angeles 1
Friday’s Games
Buffalo at Carolina, 4:30 p.m.
Detroit at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.
Florida at Calgary, 6 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Anaheim, 7 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Philadelphia at New Jersey, 10 a.m.
N.Y. Rangers at N.Y. Islanders, 10 a.m.
Boston at Toronto, 4 p.m.
Columbus at Washington, 4 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 4 p.m.
Colorado at Montreal, 4 p.m.
Detroit at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Vegas at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Dallas, 6 p.m.
Arizona at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Ottawa at San Jose, 7 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Nashville at Carolina, 9:30 a.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Columbus, 3 p.m.
Anaheim at Winnipeg, 3 p.m.
Florida at Vancouver, 4 p.m.
Tampa Bay at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m.
Arizona at Calgary, 6:30 p.m.
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Wrestling: ‘We are hitting our stride. Our arrow is pointing up right now’
Continued from Page B1
that way. Across the board,
we have to go back to the
room and put in the time.”
The Bulldogs led 27-6
through 138 pounds, get-
ting pins from Zayne Helfer
(106), Adrian Delgado
(113), Gage Shipley (126)
and Broc Remmer (138).
From there, the Falcons
won six of the next eight
matches.
Hayden Henry’s third-
round pin of Blake Betz at
182 pound pulled the Fal-
cons into a 30-30 tie with
the Bulldogs.
Hanford’s
Michael
Bishop pinned Stanley
Scott in 17 seconds at 195
to give Hanford the lead for
good.
“You have to put up a
fight,” Larson said. “You
can’t let a guy just roll you
and pin you.”
Hermiston’s
Dustyn
Coughlin earned a 3-0
decision over Casey Mod-
drell at 285, but the match
already was out of reach.
Kamiakin and Hermis-
ton traded matches early
on, with Delgado open-
ing the match with a pin of
Blake Lanman at 113.
Back-to-back wins by
the Braves at 120 and 126
gave them an 8-6 lead, but
Jordan Franklin got it back
for the Bulldogs with a 5-1
decision over Ryan Plumb
at 132.
Kamiakin won the next
three matches by fall, led
by Austin Almaguer with a
pin of Remmer at 138.
Trevor Wagner stopped
the onslaught with a pin of
Dylan Slover at 160, but a
forfeit at 170 and pins by
Gibby Marquez (182) and
Jacob Olson (195) put the
match away.
Coughlin went 2-0 on
the night, beating Kami-
akin’s Jaxin McCallum
13-3.
“We found our stride
about 120,” Braves coach
Jordan Anderson said.
“They are a tough team and
they are well coached. We
are hitting our stride. Our
arrow is pointing up right
now.”
Hermiston will host the
Farm City Tournament on
Saturday. Action begins at
10 a.m.