SPORTS
Thursday, February 21, 2019
Chambers: Dark horse
emerges from the shadows
Continued from Page A8
He has worked incredibly
hard. He doesn’t miss any-
thing. He’s one of those
boys who makes coaching
worthwhile.”
Chambers wrestled at
132 pounds most of the
season, but with the weight
class stocked with a ton of
talented guys, the decision
was made to move him up
to 138.
“At the beginning of the
season, making 132 was a
rough cut,” Chambers said.
“As the season goes on, it
gets easier to cut weight.
It was stacked at 132. If I
would have been there, I
don’t know if I would have
made it to state.”
Chambers will wrestle
Jackson Godsey of Hill-
sboro in his fi rst match
at state, and he feels
good about his side of the
bracket.
“I defi nitely have a solid
shot at placing at state,”
Chambers said. “We have
been breaking the bracket
down. I can see myself on
the podium at state.”
Phillips doesn’t doubt
it.
“We are so excited for
him,” Phillips said. “Look
what he’s done so far.”
East Oregonian
Echo falls to SW Christian in 1A playoffs
From dogs to dentist
By BRETT KANE
East Oregonian
Chambers has logged
untold hours volunteer-
ing with the PAWS animal
shelter in Pendleton. When
it came time to complete
the work for his Eagle
Scout badge, he knew it
would be something to
benefi t the animals.
He designed and cre-
ated about 50 reusable ken-
nel tags, which are used to
list the animal’s name and
health history.
“They are weather
resistant and can be used
over and over,” Chambers
said.
Chambers said college
wrestling is not part of his
future plans. He knows he
will serve a mission for his
church, but isn’t sure if he
will go right out of high
school, or if he will attend
BYU-Idaho for a year fi rst.
When he returns from
his mission, he will com-
plete his undergradu-
ate work before hopefully
attending the Univer-
sity of Washington dental
program.
“The one thing I have
liked about wrestling, is it
teaches good work ethic,”
Chambers said. “When I
move on, I will know how
to work hard.”
Wednesday’s 1A state
playoff game was one played
in brief bursts.
The Echo girls (13-14,
10-4 BSL), fresh off last
week’s Big Sky League
championship loss to South
Wasco County, couldn’t
manage a recovery as they
were handed a 37-22 defeat
to end their season against
the visiting Southwest
Christian Wildcats.
“I wouldn’t say we came
out and played our game
tonight,” said coach Heather
Madison. “But I saw some
fl ashes of how we play when
we’re on top of things.”
The Wildcats, who are
No. 3 in the Valley 10 league,
held Echo to under 10 points
until the third quarter, when
they would put together nine
points to come within 12 of
the lead, but not enough to
keep their season alive.
Cougars junior Tylene
Skillman scored two at the
line to give Echo their only
lead with 5:18 left in the fi rst
quarter, but a 3-pointer from
Wildcats sophomore Rachel
Haas fl ipped the switch and
set the tempo for the rest of
the game.
Junior Rachel McCarty
knocked down three straight
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Echo’s Tylene Skillman attempts to pass to a teammate while
being triple-teamed during Wednesday’s game against the
Southwest Christian Wildcats.
points in the second quarter
to come within two points
of the lead, but the Wildcats
returned with a nine-point
run after four scoreless min-
utes to round out the half
with a 20-9 advantage.
If Southwest Christian
had one thing over the Cou-
gars, it was their height.
Blazers: Play Nets today
Continued from Page A8
it’s huge for us,” forward
Zach Collins said.
There are still 25
games left, but for the
past two years the Blazers
have mounted post-break
rallies.
Last year at this time,
Portland was 32-26, sit-
ting in sixth place in the
West, and also coming off
a victory over the War-
riors. The win touched off
a 13-game winning streak
that helped the team
secure the West’s third
seed for a fi fth straight
playoff appearance. The
team’s streak matched the
franchise record.
The previous season,
Portland lost three straight
games to go into the break
at 23-33, and an overtime
loss at Detroit shortly
thereafter put the Blaz-
ers 11 games under .500.
But Portland caught fi re
from there and went 13-3
in March. Damian Lil-
lard was named the con-
ference’s Player of the
Month, averaging 29.1
points in 16 games, and
Stotts was named Coach
of the Month.
Blazers coach Terry Stotts
said. “He’s a proven NBA
player. He can score,
he can rebound. He’s
played in big games. So it
shouldn’t be too diffi cult.”
Kanter will join a sec-
ond unit that, as it stands,
includes Jake Layman,
Seth Curry, Evan Turner
and another newcomer,
Rodney Hood.
Acquired at the trade
deadline in a deal with
Cleveland, Hood has
played in four games with
the Blazers, averaging
9.72 points a game.
The moves give Port-
land better depth as the
team heads into the criti-
cal part of the season. The
Blazers are 34-23 and in
fourth place in the West-
ern Conference. They’re
seven games back of fi rst-
place Golden State, the
team they bested by 22
points last week.
“To go into the All-Star
break and be confi dent
knowing that we beat one
of the best teams, if not
the best team in the NBA,
A9
Sophomores Kayla Mor-
gan and Emily Turner, both
6-foot-1 posts, nabbed eight
and seven rebounds, respec-
tively, and did their best to
beat the Cougars out of the
paint.
“We’ve never played a
team that tall before,” said
Cougars freshman point
guard Faith McCarty. “It
took a lot of getting used to,
but we put up a really good
fi ght. I’m proud of how we
handled them.”
McCarty fi nally got
her team into double dig-
its with a basket two min-
utes into quarter three. And
after three unanswered Cou-
gars points in the fi nal quar-
ter, four scoreless minutes
ticked away until the Wild-
cats fi nished the game with
a seven-point streak.
Only
four
Cougars
scored during the game,
with Rachel McCarty’s nine
points leading the pack.
Skillman chipped in seven,
and Faith McCarty fi ve.
“This was a good way to
end our season,” Madison
said. “We made it further
than I ever expected us to.
We made milestones from
our season’s beginning until
now. This is just the begin-
ning for us. We’ll have a
really strong girls basketball
team next year. This season
was a great foundation.”
Echo fi nished the year at
No. 2 in the Big Sky League
standings.
BOX SCORE
S’west Christian
9 11 10 7 — 37
Echo
6 3 9 4 — 22
SOUTHWEST CHRISTIAN — Haas 15,
Morgan 12, McGuire 4, Turner 4, Arzie 2
ECHO — McCarty 9, Skillman 7, McCarty
5, Harwood 1
SCOREBOARD
LOCAL SLATE
Cleveland
THURSDAY, FEB. 21
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Girls Basketball
Hood River Valley at Pendleton, 6:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, FEB. 22
Men’s Basketball
Big Bend at Blue Mountain, 7:30 p.m.
Women’s Basketball
Big Bend at Blue Mountain, 5:30 p.m.
Boys Basketball
Umatilla at Sutherlin, 5:30 p.m.
Kennedy at Heppner, 6 p.m.
Nixyaawii vs. St. Paul (at Pendleton High
School), 6 p.m.
Boys Wrestling
Pendleton, Irrigon, Heppner/Ione, Echo/
Stanfi eld, Riverside at State Wrestling
(Portland), 9 a.m.
SATURDAY, FEB. 23
Boys Basketball
Pendleton vs. Ridgeview/The Dalles win-
ner (at BMCC)
Boys Wrestling
Pendleton, Irrigon, Heppner/Ione, Echo/
Stanfi eld, Riverside at State Wrestling
(Portland), 9 a.m.
Girls Basketball
Santiam at Heppner, 2 p.m.
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic
Toronto
Boston
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
New York
Southeast
Charlotte
Miami
Orlando
Washington
Atlanta
Central
Milwaukee
Indiana
Detroit
Chicago
W
43
37
37
30
11
W
27
26
27
24
19
W
43
38
26
14
L
16
21
21
29
47
L
30
30
32
34
39
L
14
20
30
44
Pct
.729
.638
.638
.508
.190
Pct
.474
.464
.458
.414
.328
Pct
.754
.655
.464
.241
GB
—
5½
5½
13
31½
GB
—
½
1
3½
8½
GB
—
5½
16½
29½
12
46
.207
31½
Southwest
W
L
Pct GB
Houston
33 24 .579
—
San Antonio
33 26 .559
1
Dallas
26 31 .456
7
New Orleans
26 33 .441
8
Memphis
23 36 .390
11
Northwest
W
L
Pct GB
Denver
39 18 .684
—
Oklahoma City 37 20 .649
2
Portland
34 23 .596
5
Utah
32 25 .561
7
Minnesota
27 30 .474
12
Pacifi c
W
L
Pct GB
Golden State
41 16 .719
—
L.A. Clippers
32 27 .542
10
Sacramento
30 27 .526
11
L.A. Lakers
28 29 .491
13
Phoenix
11 48 .186
31
Tuesday’s Games
No games scheduled.
Wednesday’s Games
No games scheduled.
Thursday’s Games
Miami at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
Phoenix at Cleveland, 4 p.m.
Portland at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.
Boston at Milwaukee, 5 p.m.
Houston at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.
Sacramento at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Chicago at Orlando, 4 p.m.
New Orleans at Indiana, 4 p.m.
San Antonio at Toronto, 4 p.m.
Washington at Charlotte, 4 p.m.
Detroit at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.
Minnesota at New York, 4:30 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 5 p.m.
Denver at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
Utah at Oklahoma City, 6:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Portland at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.
Brooklyn at Charlotte, 4 p.m.
Indiana at Washington, 4 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 4 p.m.
Memphis at Cleveland, 4 p.m.
Phoenix at Atlanta, 4 p.m.
Detroit at Miami, 4:30 p.m.
Boston at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Sacramento at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m.
Houston at Golden State, 5:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m.
Dallas at Utah, 7 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Orlando at Toronto, 12:30 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Denver, 2 p.m.
San Antonio at New York, 4:30 p.m.
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Tampa Bay
61 46 11 4 96 242 162
Boston
60 35 17 8 78 181 155
Toronto
59 36 19 4 76 208 167
Montreal
60 32 21 7 71 179 176
Buff alo
59 28 24 7 63 170 185
Florida
58 26 24 8 60 181 199
Detroit
61 23 29 9 55 172 204
Ottawa
59 22 32 5 49 186 219
Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts GF GA
N.Y. Islanders 59 35 18 6 76 171 142
Washington 60 33 20 7 73 202 191
Pittsburgh
60 32 21 7 71 210 187
Columbus
59 33 23 3 69 188 180
Carolina
60 31 23 6 68 174 167
Philadelphia 60 28 25 7 63 178 201
N.Y. Rangers 59 26 25 8 60 172 195
New Jersey
60 23 29 8 54 176 208
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Winnipeg
60 36 20 4 76 203 178
Nashville
62 35 22 5 75 191 163
St. Louis
59 32 22 5 69 177 164
Dallas
59 29 25 5 63 148 154
Colorado
60 25 24 11 61 196 193
Chicago
61 26 26 9 61 205 227
Minnesota 60 27 27 6 60 164 180
Pacifi c
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Calgary
60 37 16 7 81 221 178
San Jose
60 35 17 8 78 219 190
Vegas
61 32 25 4 68 180 172
Arizona
60 27 28 5 59 157 174
Vancouver 60 26 27 7 59 170 188
Anaheim
60 24 27 9 57 137 187
Edmonton 59 24 29 6 54 165 198
Los Angeles 59 23 30 6 52 143 182
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for
overtime loss. Top three teams in each
division and two wild cards per confer-
ence advance to playoff s.
Tuesday’s Games
Florida 4, Buff alo 2
Tampa Bay 5, Philadelphia 2
Pittsburgh 4, New Jersey 3
N.Y. Rangers 2, Carolina 1
Montreal 3, Columbus 2
St. Louis 3, Toronto 2, OT
Anaheim 4, Minnesota 0
Nashville 5, Dallas 3
Arizona 3, Edmonton 2, SO
Wednesday’s Games
Chicago 5, Detroit 4, OT
Colorado 7, Winnipeg 1
Calgary 4, N.Y. Islanders 2
Boston at Vegas, 7 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Washington at Toronto, 4 p.m.
Ottawa at New Jersey, 4 p.m.
Carolina at Florida, 4 p.m.
San Jose at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.
Minnesota at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m.
Buff alo at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Nashville, 5 p.m.
St. Louis at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Edmonton, 6 p.m.
Arizona at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Columbus at Ottawa, 4 p.m.
Minnesota at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.
Colorado at Chicago, 4:30 p.m.
Anaheim at Calgary, 6 p.m.
Winnipeg at Vegas, 7 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 10 a.m.
Washington at Buff alo, 10 a.m.
Boston at St. Louis, 1 p.m.
Carolina at Dallas, 2 p.m.
Los Angeles at Florida, 2 p.m.
San Jose at Columbus, 2 p.m.
Colorado at Nashville, 2:30 p.m.
Montreal at Toronto, 4 p.m.
Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia at Philadel-
phia, Pa., 5 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Anaheim at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
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