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SPORTS
East Oregonian
PREP ROUNDUP
Stanfield boys
escape Echo in
second half for
nonleague win
East Oregonian
Stanfield may have taken home the win on Tuesday,
but coach Devin Bailey wasn’t satisfied after the 53-42
victory over Echo.
“I don’t know if it was because it was a school night, or
what,” Bailey said. “We came out slow. It was not a very
good win.”
The Tigers were down eight at the half, but took the
third quarter 11-3 and the fourth 20-9 to pull away from
the Cougars.
Hugo Hernandez and Mario Sanchez each posted 13
points to lead Stanfield (7-12, 4-4 BMC).
Devan Craig and Jon Medrano each had 10 for Echo
(2-18, 1-11 BSL).
Stanfield hosts Union on Friday in Blue Mountain
Conference play, and Echo welcomes Mitchell/Spray for
a Big Sky League game.
Boys hoops
ARLIGNTON 58, IONE 52 — The hosting Arling-
ton Honkers pushed past Ione for a Big Sky League vic-
tory on Tuesday.
Hunter Padberg had a team-high 24 points and a 6 for
6 performance at the line for the Cardinals.
Ione (2-18, 1-12 BSL) travels to Condon/Wheeler on
Friday.
MAC-HI 59, TOUCHET 35 — Alexis Pio posted 13
points to lead Mac-Hi in a nonleague victory on Touchet’s
court.
Pio also knocked down three 3-pointers and shot 5 of
5 at the free-throw line.
Hector Castillo followed with 10 points and a 3-for-3
performance at the line. Alexis Perez chipped in nine.
The Pioneers (12-7, 2-2 GOL) have just two games left
in the regular season.
They’ll hit the road to La Grande on Saturday for a
Greater Oregon League matchup.
Girls hoops
STANFIELD 43, ECHO 34 — Stanfield got the best
of Echo in Tuesday’s nonleague contest, but it was close
the entire way.
“It was two or three baskets most of the game,” said
Echo coach Heather Madison.
“It was a really good game. We had two starters fouled
out in the early fourth quarter, and Charlie Harwood and
Maddie Owen (freshmen) came off the bench and did
great.”
Kendra Hart led Stanfield with 14 points, and Faith
McCarty added 14 of her own for Echo.
The Tigers (10-10, 3-5 BMC) pick up Blue Mountain
Conference play again on Friday against Union.
The Cougars (9-11, 7-3 BSL) will host Mitchell/Spray
in a Big Sky League contest.
TOUCHET 48, MAC-HI 39 — Mac-Hi dropped
a nonleague game to Washington’s Touchet Indians on
Tuesday night.
The Pioneers (1-19, 0-4 GOL) pick up the Greater Ore-
gon League on Saturday in La Grande.
IONE 44, ARLINGTON 23 — The Ione girls are
back on the winning track after taking down their Arling-
ton hosts on Tuesday night.
The Cardinals (15-3, 10-1 BSL) travel to Condon/
Wheeler on Friday for more Big Sky League action.
Valentine’s Massacre
coming to Big River Golf
East Oregonian
The Valentine’s Mas-
sacre competition is com-
ing to Umatilla’s Big River
Golf course.
Signups come with a
warning: “We are setting
up the course as difficult
as possible. This tourna-
ment is not for the faint of
heart.”
Handicaps will be used
for the 18-hole stroke play.
Entry fees are $25 for
annual course members,
and $35 for non-members.
Big River encourages
participants to list teams
they’d like to play with
when registering.
If players do not have a
team, they will be matched
with other individuals.
Individual scores will be
used.
The deadline for sig-
nups is Wednesday, Feb.
6.
Email or call Big River
to register at 541-922-
3006, or megan@golfbi-
griver.com.
The competition tees
off at 9 a.m. on Saturday,
Feb. 9.
Lexie: Signs with WVC
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the Class 1A all-state third
team as an outside hitter.
“That says a lot for her
since we didn’t make it
past the first round,” Scott
said.
The Cougars also got to
play this season in Echo’s
new gymnasium.
“I’m just excited we got
to use it before I left,” Cox
said. “I got to play sports
in it, and I get to graduate
in it.”
Cox will only play vol-
leyball in the new gym, as
she opted to skip basket-
ball this year to play club
volleyball with Eastern
Heat, which has players
from Pilot Rock, Hermis-
ton, Riverside, Irrigon and
Stanfield.
Cox said she is excited
to leave her small commu-
nity for new adventures.
“I’ve lived in Echo my
whole life,” Cox said. “I’m
excited to get out of the
house, excited to be some-
where I know, and to expe-
rience new things.”
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Pendleton: Bucks win in overtime
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quarter, but Tigers junior guard Jacie
Howton hit a 3-pointer to pull La
Grande ahead for a while.
Collman dropped another trey in
the fourth for a seven-point Tigers lead
and a Bucks timeout.
Senior Katie Bradt knocked down
two straight buckets after the break to
come within three points of the Tigers,
and Neveau hit one of her own with
1:13 left to play to trail by just two.
Then, it was all up to Hoisington.
“I pulled her aside after her first
shot and told her, ‘You were made for
these moments,’” Porter said.
She then sent the game into over-
time to a roaring crowd, and posted
five more points to make sure her team
stayed ahead down the stretch.
“She can get to the rim any time
she wants, and she’s long on defense,”
Porter said of Hoisington. “As the sea-
son progresses, she’s getting more
comfortable in her role on the team.
She’s like a quarterback — she calls
out plays and reads defense. It’s a big
responsibility for a freshman.”
Pendleton (6-10, 3-0 IMC) resumes
Intermountain Conference play on Fri-
day at Redmond.
Boys hoops
Even with two key players missing
from the starting lineup, the Pendleton
boys pulled through on Tuesday night.
Although senior guard Cam Sand-
ford was out with an injured ankle and
Dakota Sams hurt his hamstrings, the
Bucks took down La Grande on the
road 67-49 in a nonleague matchup.
Pendleton held the Tigers to just
five points in the first quarter, but La
Grande made a 19-12 run to tie the
game 24-24 at halftime. The Bucks
regrouped and took care of the third
quarter with a 24-9 domination to put
the game away.
“We switched things up in the sec-
ond half and played the best team
defense we’ve had all year,” coach
Zach Dong said.
Senior guard Tyler Newsom poured
in a game-high 26 points to lead the
way, and Kason Broncheau posted 14.
“Kason stepped up and filled in for
Cam and Dakota,” Dong said. “He chal-
lenged (La Grande) and controlled their
tempo. (Redmond O’Hanlon) had some
big buckets for us, too, and Chauncey
Sams had a great game defensively —
he had a bunch of steals.”
The Bucks (11-5, 2-1 IMC) return
home to face Redmond on Friday in
Intermountain Conference action.
Boys’ Box Score
Pendleton 12 12 24 19 — 67
La Grande 5 19 9 16 — 49
PENDLETON — Newsom 26, Broncheau 14, Sweek 11,
O’Hanlon 9, Sams 5, Roberts 2
LA GRANDE — Tsiatsos 20, Myer 10, Youngblood 9,
Chandler 6, Wiggins 4
Girls’ Box Score
Pendleton 17 6 7 10 13 — 53
La Grande 7 16 11 6 7 — 47
PENDLETON — Neveau 16, Hoisington 10, Bradt 9,
Nirschl 8, Wilson 3, Blake 3, Spriet 2, Scott 2
LA GRANDE — Collman 24, Dunlap 7, Howton 7, Neer 4,
Reagan 3, Chamberlain 2
GIRLS HOOPS
Kamiakin fends off feisty Bulldogs
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
The first time Hermiston played
Kamiakin in Mid-Columbia Confer-
ence play, the Braves ran away with a
62-26 victory.
The Bulldogs were not going to let
that happen again.
Jordan Thomas had 20 points, and
Jazlyn Romero 11 as Hermiston hung
tough with Kamiakin the entire game
before falling 47-41.
“They didn’t play a great game,
but that helped us a little,” Hermiston
coach Juan Rodriguez said of Kami-
akin. “A lot of things I wanted to see us
improve on, we did. Where we strug-
gled was turning the ball over and they
got some shots.”
Kamiakin (18-1 overall, 14-1 MCC)
already has secured the top seed to
regionals, while Hermiston (7-12, 5-10)
will be the third seed. Kennewick is
No. 2.
The Braves, behind nine points
from Alexa Hazel, took a 17-11 lead at
the end of the first quarter.
The Bulldogs turned to Thomas
in the second. She scored eight of her
game-high 20 points in the quarter as
the Bulldogs went on a 12-4 run to
enjoy a 23-21 lead at the half.
“We came out and executed our
game plan,”Rodriguez said. “We did a
good job of establishing Jordan in the
first half.”
While the 6-foot-4 Thomas was
a threat on offense, she also created
problems for the Braves on defense.
“With her in the middle at 6-4, that
can make you second-guess going in
there,” Kamiakin coach Lane Schum-
acher said. “Usually, we can kick it out
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
and hit shots, but they weren’t there
tonight. We are fortunate to get the win Hermiston’s Jordan Thomas shoots the ball guarded by Kamiakin’s Symone Brown
(3) and Regan Clark in the Bulldogs’ 47-41 loss to the Braves on Tuesday in Herm-
on a poor shooting night.”
It was Kamiakin with a 10-4 run in iston.
the third quarter as the Braves retook
Hazel led the Braves with 17 points,
the lead 31-27 heading into the fourth. within 43-39 with 28 seconds to play.
The Braves led by 11 points with
Kamiakin made 4 of 6 free throws while Symone Brown added 12 and
4:32 to play in the game as Oumou the final 26 seconds of game to hold on Toure 11.
Toure grabbed an offensive rebound for the win.
Box Score
and put the ball in the basket.
“In the second half, they did not Kamiakin 17 4 10 17 — 47
Hermiston climbed back into the fold,” Schumacher said of Hermis- Hermiston 11 12 4 14 — 41
— Brown 12, Reg.Clark 7, Ry.Clark 1, Hazel
game with five consecutive free throws ton. “They were always just a couple KAMIAKIN
17, Toure 11.
to pull within 40-34, and a three-point of possessions away. Hats off to them, HERMISTON — Ray 4, Byrd 2, Stefani 1, Hernandez 3,
Romero 11, Thomas 20
play by Thomas had the Bulldogs they battled all night.”
Hermiston: Andreason scores 15 in the win
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I was feeling it. Andrew
(James) drove it in, kicked it
out, and bam. We had a good
practice on Monday and the
crowd got into it for us.”
Andreason, who scored
15 points, hit a bucket with
40 seconds left for a 63-58
lead, only to see Messiah
Jones convert a three-point
play at the other end to make
it 63-61.
Andreason made two
free throws with 23 seconds
remaining, and two more
with 13 seconds left to put
the game out of reach, 67-61.
“I was a little nervous, but
I was confident,” Andreason
said of the free throws. “You
have to block everything out
— just you and the hoop.”
Trey Arland drained a
3-pointer from the left base-
line with 6 seconds left, but
the Braves ran out of time.
“It was a game of runs
and mismatches,” said
Arstein, whose team could
not match the height of the
Braves. “They are huge and
we are small. We knew they
were going to try and pound
it inside. We handled the
game well. We pushed the
tempo. Eight guys played
hard together and never
gave up on plays. They stuck
together.”
The Braves got 11 points
from 6-foot-8 Kyson Rose
in the first half, and the 6-6
Jones chipped in 19 points
on the night as Kamiakin
was able to get some easy
baskets inside. Rose fin-
ished with 18 points.
Jones scored six of his
points in the first quarter
as the Braves led 20-15. Of
Hermiston’s 15 points, 10
belonged to James, who fin-
ished the game with 12.
Ramirez had 10 of his
points in the second quar-
ter as the teams were tied at
35-35 at the half.
Steven Westermeyer hit
two threes in the second
quarter for Kamiakin and
finished with 14 points.
BOX SCORE
Kamiakin 20 15 12 17 — 64
Hermiston 15 20 15 17 — 67
KAMIAKIN — Westermeyer 14, Jones 19,
Nichols 4, Arland 9, Rose 18.
HERMISTON — Andreason 15, Ortiz 3,
James 12, Smith 13, Davis 2, Madrigal 2,
Ramirez 19, Mendez 1.
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Hermiston’s Cole Smith draws contact from Kamiakin’s
Kyson Rose in the Bulldogs’ 67-64 win against the Braves on
Tuesday in Hermiston.