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Richland
routs Dawgs
in MCC tilt
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Hugo Hernandez, of Stanfield, chases down a loose ball as Pilot Rock’s Logan Weinke looks to steal during Saturday’s Blue Mountain
Conference game at Stanfield.
SHARP-SHOOTING TIGERS
CLAW PAST ROCKETS
Clutch 3-pointers
nail Blue Mountain
Conference win
By BRETT KANE
East Oregonian
To say that Hugo Hernan-
dez saved the Stanfield Tigers
on saturday might be an
understatement.
The Stanfield boys lagged
behind their Pilot rock vis-
itors for three quarters. It
looked like the game belonged
to the Rockets. But Stanfield’s
5-foot-9 senior guard opened
the final quarter with three
treys that dug the Tigers out of
their rut on the way to a 63-54
Blue Mountain Conference
victory.
“He really came in clutch
for us,” coach devin Bai-
ley said of Hernandez. “He’s
a great leader. Watching him
grow this year has been tre-
mendous. He went from hav-
ing no confidence, to shooting
seven to eight 3s a game.”
Stanfield forked over their
lead three times in the first
quarter before Pilot Rock man-
aged to keep their distance.
rockets junior forward Pay-
ton Thurmond hit four straight
points for an 11-point advan-
tage in quarter two, and Pilot
rock took a 38-25 lead into the
locker room.
“At first, we gave zero
effort,” Bailey said. “Pilot
rock wanted it more. you
could see it. at the half, I called
them (Stanfield) out on it.”
In the third quarter, Her-
nandez sunk a 3-pointer to pull
his team within eight points
of the rockets, but Pilot rock
still managed to stay ahead by
10 points going into the fourth.
When the clock started
counting down those final
eight minutes, Hernandez
knew something had to be
done. He kept the game outside
the paint and knocked down
two straight 3-pointers to bring
the Tigers’ deficit to 49-45.
Junior rene sanchez hit
a bucket of his own to bring
Stanfield within two points of
taking over, but rockets junior
See Stanfield, Page B2
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Savannah Sharp (10), of Stanfield, launches a shot out of range
of Pilot Rock’s Grace Austin during Saturday’s league matchup in
Stanfield.
Boley helps No. 5 Oregon defeat Washington
The Associated Press
seaTTLe — something about
playing the Washington Huskies
has brought out the best this sea-
son in Oregon’s erin Boley.
The sophomore forward scored
a career-high 31 points, tying a
school record with nine 3-point-
ers, to lead the no. 5 ducks to a
76-57 victory over Washington
on sunday. Boley has been at her
best this season in the two games
against Washington. she had 28
points and made eight 3-pointers
in the 84-71 victory over the Hus-
kies on Jan. 4.
“I don’t know what it is,” Boley
said. “every night it can be some-
one different for us. That what
makes us a really good offense is
we have so many different weap-
ons. every single player on this
team is unselfish and that’s what
will to keep us going in the long
run. It makes it really fun.”
Oregon (19-1, 8-0) has won 12
consecutive games and is the only
team left with an unbeaten confer-
ence record in the Pac-12. It’s the
best conference start ever for the
ducks. no. 6 stanford suffered its
first Pac-12 loss Sunday at Utah.
Hermiston coach Casey arstein
didn’t mince words saturday
night. His team did not get the job
done defensively against richland,
and it paid dearly.
The Bombers had three play-
ers score 20 or more points, and
they shot 80 percent from the free-
throw line, to cruise to a 96-57
Mid-Columbia Conference victory
over the Bulldogs in richland.
“defensively, that was one
of the worst games I have had to
watch,” arstein said. “I know
richland is good offensively, but
we didn’t help ourselves out. We
let them get too many transition
baskets. We got our butts kicked.”
richland (17-2 overall, 15-0
MCC) clinched its seventh consec-
utive MCC title, and have won 36
consecutive MCC games dating to
a Jan. 14, 2017, loss to Kamiakin.
“I thought we shared the ball
really well,” richland coach earl
streufert said. “We have been
working hard the last couple of
weeks making adjustments. We
had three with 20 or more and the
ball moved all night.”
Cole northrop scored nine of
his 20 points in the first quarter,
seven of which were free throws,
as the Bombers raced out to a
27-14 lead.
Hermiston’s only lead of the
game was 2-1 with a basket by
Cesar Ortiz. From there, the
Bombers drained three 3-pointers
and made 12 of 14 free throws.
The Bulldogs (12-6, 8-6) held
their own in the second quarter,
with Cole smith coming off the
bench to chip in six points, but
they could not make a dent in the
deficit from the first quarter.
“I thought offensively, our guys
attacked the rim,” arstein said.
“ryne (andreason) went to the
rim hard. Offensively, we were
in attack mode, but you have to
defend and make them earn every
basket.”
The third quarter got out of
hand, and the Bombers led by 30 at
one point — 73-43. andreason hit
a pair of free throws as the Bull-
dogs trailed 73-45 at the end of the
quarter.
In the fourth, Jacob Kreutz hit a
pair of baskets to give the Bombers
a 41-point lead with 3:52 to play.
Hermiston went on a 5-0 run
to make it 91-54, but the Bombers
just kept coming. Kirby robert-
son had the last word with a bas-
ket with just 9 seconds remaining.
“We didn’t make many mis-
takes,” streufert said. “I have been
fortunate to be blessed with a lot of
good players over the years.”
dhaunye Guice led the Bomb-
ers with 22 points — 10 in the sec-
ond quarter — while Cody Sand-
erson had 21.
Box Score
Hermiston 18 10 13 17 — 58
Richland 21 12 18 17 — 68
HERMISTON — Young 5, Ray 7, Byrd 2, Stefani 6,
Palzinski 5, Dowdy 3, Hernandez 10, Romero 8,
Thomas 12.
RICHLAND — Jor.Clark 11, Garza 15, Smith 2,
H.Pierce 4, Gall 11, Jay.Clark 11, Davis 2, G.Pierce 12.
AP Photo
Oregon’s
Sabrina
Ionescu, right,
drives upcourt
as Washing-
ton’s Khayla
Rooks defends
Sunday in
Seattle.
Oregon won,
76-57.