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Bucks ground Riverhawks
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BOYS HOOPS
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Hermiston’s Andrew James shoots the
ball guarded by Hanford’s Garrett Horner
in the Bulldogs’ 58-52 loss to the Falcons
on Friday in Hermiston.
Dawgs lose
lead, key
game to
Hanford
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
Hermiston made sure it held Connor
Woodward in check Friday night, but
Hanford in turn used its entire arsenal
of weapons to sneak past the Bulldogs in
Mid-Columbia Conference action.
the Falcons used a 19-7 run in the
fourth quarter to overcome a six-point
deficit to start the fourth quarter and post
a 58-52 victory over the Bulldogs (12-5,
8-5 MCC) at the dawg House.
See Dawgs, Page B2
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Muriel Hoisington (34), of Pendleton, drives past two Riverhawks to the basket during Friday’s game against The Dalles.
By BRETT KANE
East Oregonian
F
riday night’s game left soph-
omore natalie neveau a little
shaken.
“I’m still a little nerve-wracked,”
the 5-foot-6 post said. “the dalles are
scrappy. they go after everything.”
the Bucks just scraped past the
dalles 40-34 to remain undefeated
in Intermountain Conference action.
the two teams kept within two points
of each other for the meat of the first
half before a couple of key runs in the
second gave Pendleton the edge.
“I expected us to win, no ques-
tion,” said Bucks coach Kevin Porter.
“But I told the girls that it would be a
dog fight the entire time. The Dalles
is tough every game. I knew we’d
have to grind it out.”
the score tied three times in
the first half alone before Neveau
and junior Sami Spriet scored four
straight points to take the first quar-
ter, 9-6.
Pendleton coughed up the lead in
the second quarter after riverhawks
junior Jenna Miller sank a 3-pointer
for a 14-11 dalles lead with 4:27 left
to go. the riverhawks stayed up front
for the next three minutes until Bucks
sophomore Josie Wilson closed the
half with a basket to put Pendleton
ahead 18-17.
It was in the second half that
neveau and senior Katie Bradt kicked
into high gear. neveau scored four
straight points and Bradt scored six
points in mid-quarter three to allow
the Bucks some distance. a 3-pointer
BOX SCORE
Hanford
13
12
14
19 — 58
Hermiston
16
12
17
7 — 52
HANFORD — Horner 9, DeVine 4, Woodward 16,
Sutey 2, Izquierdo 13, Milliken 9, VanderTop 10.
HERMISTON — Andreason 8, Ortiz 12, James 4,
Smith 6, Madrigal 3, Ramirez 15, Mendez 4.
GIRLS HOOPS
thomas leads
Hermiston to MCC
win over Hanford
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Josie Wilson (10), of Pendleton, goes up for a jump shot during Friday’s game
against The Dalles at Warberg Court.
GIRLS’ BOX SCORE
Pendleton
9
9
14
8 — 40
The Dalles
6
11
8
9 — 34
PENDLETON — Neveau 14, Bradt 11, Nirschl 6,
Spriet 5, Wilson 2, Hoisington 2
THE DALLES — Hoylman 16, Belanger 9, Miller
8, Salvatori 1
from Spriet also helped keep Pendle-
ton alive.
“Katie is one of our captains. She
took it upon herself tonight and rose
to the occasion,” Porter said. “that’s
what you look for in a senior leader.
and natalie never gets denied.”
although the Bucks led by eight
points going into the final quarter,
the dalles kept them on their toes,
coming within three points of the
lead with just 1:34 left to play.
Bradt and freshman Muriel
Hoisington missed their free throws
that would’ve lessened the tension,
but neveau came back once again to
save the day, grabbing an offensive
rebound to score, and put in another
point at the line for good measure to
close the game.
See Bucks, Page B2
Hermiston coach Juan rodriguez has
pleaded with his team all season to feed
the ball inside to 6-foot-4 post Jordan
thomas. Friday night, the Bulldogs did
just that.
Thomas finished with a game-high
21 points to lead Hermiston to a 52-43
Mid-Columbia Conference victory over
Hanford at the dawg House.
“It’s happening,” rodriguez said of
utilizing thomas more. “Other players
made some good plays too.”
Hermiston (7-10, 5-8 MCC), which
See Hermiston, Page B2
BOX SCORE
Hanford
4
7
11
12 — 43
Hermiston
16
10
11
15 — 52
HANFORD — Moran 13, Beattie 8, Robinson 2, Nel-
son 6, Davis 8, Harlow 2, Ellis 4.
HERMISTON — Young 2, Ray 7, Byrd 6, Stefani 5,
Hernandez 2, Romero 9, Thomas 21.