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DAWGS TAKE DOWN
WA-HI IN MCC DUAL
By BRETT KANE
East Oregonian
It took some fi ghting, but the Irrigon
girls withstood Umatilla’s pressure to
send them packing 44-39 in an Eastern
Oregon League matchup on Thursday
night.
The Knights sprinted out to a 15-2
lead at the end of the fi rst quarter, but the
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narrowly
Irrigon
Umatilla
escaped
44
39
with the
win.
The last time the two teams clashed,
Irrigon won by 12 points.
“Umatilla has improved so much,”
said Knights coach Mike Royer. “They’re
starting to play with confi dence, and
they’re learning how to win.”
Freshman JaLay Burns ignited the
Knights’ mighty fi rst quarter run, knock-
ing down eight points including two
3-pointers.
But despite the strong start, the
Knights stumbled to let Umatilla top
them 11-4 in the second quarter. Senior
Alexandra Ford took care of seven of
those points. The Knights were out front
19-13 at halftime.
“I think the fi rst quarter got to our
heads,” said Burns, a 5-foot-2 point guard.
“We were getting tired towards halftime.
I remember looking at the scoreboard
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Adrian Delgado, of Hermiston (top), wrestles Walla Walla’s Ruben Lozano on Thursday in the 113-pound weight class. Delgado pinned Lozano.
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
n the fi nal night of Mid-Co-
lumbia Conference wrestling,
the Hermiston Bulldogs put on
a show for their fans.
The Bulldogs (3-5 MCC) won their
fi rst six matches, and took advantage
of four forfeits in the upper weights
to cruise to a 61-18 victory Thursday
night over visiting Walla Walla (1-7).
“It’s fun to fi nish our league duals
with a win,” Hermiston coach Kyle
Larson said. “Not only did we win, but
in a lot of those matches we got bonus
points. We like it when we push the
pace and try to pin a guy when it is
14-0 instead of getting a technical fall.”
Blue Devils coach Jacob Butenhoff
did not like giving away four matches.
He said he simply does not have the
men to fi ll the weight classes.
“We are in that rebuilding phase,”
he said. “We are struggling to fi ll the
lineup. The guys we do have get out
and scrap. We are young and green,
and don’t realize we are in trouble until
it’s too late.”
It was senior night for the Bulldogs,
who got wins from Gage Shipley at 132
and Isaac Lambert at 120. Om Pakdee
was not as fortunate, but the exchange
student from Thailand still had a smile
on his face after the match.
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Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Trevor Wagner, of Hermiston (top), wrestles Walla Walla’s Jesse Easley in the
160-pound weight class on Thursday. Wagner won by decision.
MATCH RESULTS
Team scores — Hermiston 61, Walla Walla 18. 106 — Zayne Helfer (H) p. John-Mark Whitaker, 1:30. 113 —
Adrian Delgado (H) d. Ruben Lozano, 5-2. 120 — Isaac Lambert (H) p. Bernardo Bautista, 3:10. 126 — Hunter
Dyer (H) p. Tanner Bollinger, :57. 132 — Gage Shipley (H) p. Camrin Henzel, 4:36. 138 — Jordan Franklin (H) tf.
Emilio Sardina, 17-2. 145 — Tanner Siller (WW) p. Brock Remmer, 2:46. 152 — Alejandro Mata (WW) p. Om Pak-
dee, 3:22. 160 — Trevor Wagner (H) tf. Jesse Easley, 16-0. 170 — Michael Ramirez (H) won by forfeit. 182 —
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Blake Betz (H) won by forfeit. 195 — Stanley Scott (H) won by forfeit. 220 — Jon Lee (H) won by forfeit. 285 —
Irrigon’s JaLay Burns shoots the ball over
Umatilla’s Patricia Burres in the Knights’
44-39 win against the Vikings on Thurs-
day in Irrigon.
Jerry Corona (WW) p. Dustyn Coughlin, 3:58.
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COLLEGE HOOPS
Washington holds off Oregon Oregon State eases past
Ducks’ late rally for 61-56 win Washington State 90-77
EUGENE (AP) — Jaylen
Nowell scored 20 points,
capped by three free throws
with 1.6 seconds left, and
Washington weathered a furi-
ous Oregon rally to escape
61-56 on Thursday night.
Nowell was fouled on a
desperation 3-point try after
Payton Pritchard lost the ball
as the Ducks were trying to
set up for a fi nal shot with the
score at 56-56. Pritchard then
hit Nowell on the arm as he
rose to shoot from about 30
feet.
Oregon’s last posses-
sion ended with Paul White
throwing the length of the
court out of bounds, and
Matisse Thybulle added two
more free throws for the fi nal
points.
David Crisp added 18
points and Noah Dickerson
11 for the Huskies (15-4, 6-0
Pac-12), who won their eighth
consecutive game. It’s also
Washington’s best start in
AP Photo/Thomas Boyd
PAC-12
Oregon forward Francis
Okoro (33) pulls down a re-
bound against Washington
during the fi rst half of an
NCAA college basketball
game on Thursday in Eugene.
Washington
Oregon
61
56
conference play in 35 years.
Louis King had 19 points
to lead the Ducks (11-8, 2-4),
and Miles Norris added 10
off the bench. Oregon lost a
fourth home game in Mat-
thew Knight Arena for the
fi rst time since it opened in
2011.
CORVALLIS
(AP)
— Stephen Thompson
Jr. had 22 points, with
four
3-pointers,
six
rebounds
and
seven
assists as Oregon State
defeated
Washington
State 90-77 on Thursday
night.
Tres Tinkle had 21
points and four steals and
Ethan Thompson added
20 points and six assists
for the Beavers (12-6, 4-2
Pac-12).
C.J. Elleby scored 21
points, all in the second
half, and Robert Franks
Jr. had 20 points and eight
rebounds for the Cougars
(8-11, 1-5).
Oregon State shot 52
percent and 10 for 27 on
3-pointers, while Wash-
ington State shot 50
percent and 12 for 28
from long range. But the
Beavers
outrebounded
AP Photo/Amanda Loman
Oregon State’s Zach Reichle guards Washington State’s
Robert Franks Jr. during Thursday’s game in Corvallis.
the Cougars 39-24 and
grabbed 15 offensive
boards.
Oregon State led 52-36
at the break.
Kylor Kelley fi nished
with 10 points, seven
rebounds and three blocks
for Oregon State.
PAC-12
Oregon St.
Wash. St.
90
77