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PREP ROUNDUP
Pioneers
advance
in GOL
districts after
Ontario win
East Oregonian
after being postponed twice, the
Mac-Hi boys were finally able to kick
off their Greater Oregon League districts
run, and it was worth the wait.
The Pioneers came away with an easy
68-31 victory over their Ontario visitors
on Thursday night.
“We got off to a slow start,” said
coach Jordan Poynor. “It was a tough first
quarter.”
The game was tied at 4-4 for the
opening four minutes before Mac-Hi put
it away 11-4. They took a 25-11 advan-
tage at the half, and scored 43 points in
the second half while Ontario managed
just 20.
Junior guard dareagan Stephens
posted 18 points to lead Mac-Hi, and
senior forward Zach Hodgen and junior
guard alexis Pio each added 10.
The No. 3 Pioneers (14-8, 3-3 GOL)
travel to La Grande to challenge the No.
2 Tigers on Friday to continue forward
in the district tournament. Tip-off is at
5:30 p.m.
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Pendleton swimmer Landry Huth will compete at the state championships this weekend in the 200-yard freestyle, 100-yard
breaststroke and two relays.
SWIMMING TO STATE
Girls hoops
COVE 49, NIXYAAWII 48 — The
Golden eagles ended their season with a
heartbreaker at baker City High School.
Nixyaawii dropped the first round
of the Old Oregon League districts on
Thursday night, finishing at No. 5 of 9 in
the standings.
Coach Jeremy Maddern said the game
was “back and forth” the entire time.
Nixyaawii held a six-point lead at half-
time, and the game slipped away from
them in the third quarter as Cove out-
scored them 19-10.
Nixyaawii chipped away at the lead
in the fourth quarter, but couldn’t quite
recover.
“i’m happy we got to go to districts,”
Maddern said. “That was important for
this young team. We made tremendous
progress that will only help us for next
year.”
Senior post ermia butler posted a
double-double with 15 points and 11
rebounds to lead the Golden eagles (12-
11, 5-7 OOL). Junior guards Lark Moses
and Tristalynn Melton followed with 12
points each.
PHS swimmer Landry Huth takes her record-setting skills to beaverton this weekend
By BRETT KANE
East Oregonian
F
or her last year on the Pendle-
ton High School swim team,
Landry Huth wants to leave
behind a legacy.
The team will travel to beaverton
to compete in the 5a state champion-
ships, with preliminaries starting on
Friday afternoon. Huth, a three-time
district champion, has gone every
year since she was a freshman.
And for her final year, she has a
lot to tackle.
“i’ve gone all four years,” said
Huth, 17, of the upcoming competi-
tion. “But this will be the first time
i’ll be competing in four events.”
This weekend, the PHS senior will
compete in the 200 medley relay, 200
freestyle, and 200 freestyle relay,
and the 100 breaststroke, where she’s
the No. 7 seed.
and when she swam at the inter-
mountain Conference district swim-
ming championships in Hood river
last Friday, she took home four
medals — gold in the 200 free-
style (2:12.84), the 100 breaststroke
(1:13.52), and the 200 free relay
(1:50.50), and silver in the 200 relay
medley (2:01.68).
as if four district championship
medals weren’t enough for her senior
year, Huth also broke a record older
than her at a district meet in baker
City earlier this season.
Kristie Scofield previously set the
record for the women’s 100 breast-
stroke back in 1996, clocking in at
1:12.49. Huth finished at 1:12.40.
“Going into that meet, breaking
that record was the only thing on
No love for Dawgs
on Valentine’s Day
By BRETT KANE
East Oregonian
Hermiston-Kennewick game
rescheduled for 6 p.m. Friday
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
Mother Nature broke the Hermiston bulldogs’
hearts on Valentine’s day.
inclement weather and unsafe road conditions
closed schools in Hermiston and Kennewick on
Thursday, therefore canceling the bulldogs’ dis-
trict 8 playoff game against the Lions for the fourth
time.
The teams will try to get their game played at
6 p.m. Friday in Hermiston.
See Dawgs, Page B2
Staff photo by E.J. Harris, File
Hermiston’s Jordan Ramirez splits
Pasco defenders Moises Cuevas (32)
and Nicholas Gutierrez during their
December game in Hermiston.
if the snow holds off,
the third time will be the
charm.
Pendleton’s
basket-
ball teams were originally
scheduled for rematches
with Hood river Valley
on Tuesday, but the win-
try weather had different
plans.
both the boys and
girls games were pushed
to Wednesday, and then
Thursday. but when the
snow refused to let up, the
bucks had to reschedule
again and are now set to
host the eagles on Monday.
and even then, things
seem uncertain.
“it’s completely up in
the air right now,” said
Pendleton girls head coach
Kevin Porter. “There are
a whole lot of scenarios
going around right now
to salvage the rest of this
league season.”
right now, the inter-
mountain
Conference’s
athletic directors are decid-
ing between two options:
play the season out (if the
roads are drivable), or end
the regular season with
SPORTS SHORTS
Alliance had conversation with Kaepernick
a person with knowledge of the con-
versation tells The associated Press that
the new alliance of american Football
spoke with Colin Kaepernick during its
development about joining the league.
but Kaepernick wanted $20 million or
more to consider playing with the league
See Huth, Page B2
bucks scheduled to take on
Hood river Valley on Monday
DISTRICT 8 HOOPS
By BARRY WILNER
AP Pro Football Writer
my mind,” Huth said. “and i want to
break it again.”
She’ll get the chance to do just
that this weekend. although Pend-
leton went to state last season, they
haven’t placed a swimmer in the final
round since 2017. This year, they’re
the No. 2 seed in the conference, and
coach Tony Nelson thinks they stand
a good chance of finishing strong.
“Judging by the times we’ve
posted this year, i think we’ll do a
lot better,” Nelson said. “We have
a really strong women’s team.
Landry’s our fastest breakstroker,
and she heads our relay teams. She
keeps everyone centered and work-
ing hard. it’s nice to have her leader-
ship. She understands the magnitude
of our situation.”
that had its debut last weekend.
The person spoke on condition of ano-
nymity Thursday because neither side has
publicly acknowledged such talks.
The alliance says its mission is to pro-
vide opportunities for players not in the
NFL to continue their careers, with a
possibility they could entice NFL teams
to sign them once the aaF season con-
cludes at the end of april. The league
also approached Tim Tebow, who said
he wanted to continue pursuing his base-
ball career. Tebow currently is in the New
york Mets’ spring training camp.
a message from the aP to Kaeper-
nick’s representatives was not imme-
diately answered.
AP Photo/Steven Senne, File
Colin Kaepernick
a district tournament. a
decision will be reached
today.
Porter said his team has
practiced just three times
since the first snow fell,
and were forced to cancel
plenty more. it’s been eight
days since either Pendleton
varsity team has last played
a game.
and that doesn’t bode
well for their Friday night
intermountain Conference
matchups against red-
mond, which, as of Thurs-
day evening, has yet to be
See Bucks, Page B2