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SPORTS
East Oregonian
5A STATE WRESTLING
PREP ROUNDUP
Bucks put 3
in semifinals
Henderson,
Patterson and
Rendon still in
line for a state title
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
The Pendleton wres-
tling team sent 14 men
to state. After the first
day of action Friday, five
advanced to Saturday,
including three in the
semifinals.
Alex Rendon (126
pounds), Aiden Patter-
son (170) and Aiden Hen-
derson (195) are the three
Bucks still alive on the
championship side of
the bracket, while Chris
Chambers (138) and Isaac
Urbina (160) are fighting
to stay alive in the conso-
lation bracket.
“We are really happy
for those guys in the
semis,” Pendleton coach
Fred Phillips said. “We
expected to see them get
there when we saw their
draws. It’s nice that they
went out there and got it
done.”
The Bucks are eighth
in the team race with 49
points. Crook County
leads with 94 points,
while Dallas is a close
second with 90.5.
Rendon (48-4), who
finished second at state
last year, pinned Mat-
thew Bolanos of Crater in
1:11, then followed with
a pin of Danny Patter-
son of Eagle Point in 1:26
to punch his ticket to the
semifinals.
Rendon will wres-
tle Hunter Eveland of
Crescent Valley in the
semifinals.
Patterson (23-10) also
pinned his first two oppo-
nents — Wyatt Miller of
Wilsonville in 1:21, and
Josh Sitzer of Eagle Point
in 4:29.
Patterson will take on
top-seeded Ein Carlos of
North Salem in the semis.
Henderson
(33-17)
had a 3-0 lead over Cen-
tral’s Corbin Sedlacek
before pinning him early
in the third round. He fol-
lowed with a 4-3 decision
over Peter Foulke of Mil-
waukie, getting a take-
down with 16 seconds left
in the match.
Henderson gets top-
seeded
Avery
Jara-
millo of Thurston in the
semifinals.
Chris Chambers, who
won the Intermountain
Conference district title
at 138, won his opening
match with a pin of Jack-
son Godsey of Hillsboro
in 5:56.
After a loss in the
quarterfinals, Chambers
rallied with a 6-5 decision
over James Depas of Dal-
las, using a reversal with
58 seconds remaining in
the third round to take the
lead.
“That was a great
match,” Phillips said.
“I think he will end up
going for third/fourth
tomorrow.”
Urbina, a sophomore,
got rid of his state jitters
with a pin of Rachawn
Lee of St. Helens in 2:17.
He lost a 2-0 quarterfinal
match to Clayton Elrod of
Redmond, then recorded
a 15-3 major decision over
Logan Crowder of Crater.
“He has been ranked as
high as No. 3 this year,”
Phillips said of Urbina. “I
gave him a good chance
to beat (Elrod) and reach
the semifinals. His last
match was a big win, and
that kid was tough.”
Collin Primus (106),
Kellen Hanson (113),
Gabe Browning (113),
Caleb Tremper (120),
Blake Davis (145), Shawn
Yeager (152), Kirk Lis-
com (182), Jacob Griffin
(220) and Travis McGee
(285) did not make it past
the first day.
“This is a great group,”
Phillips said. “We only
have about three kids
who identify as wrestlers
first. Most of the rest are
football players first. I’m
happy they had a success-
ful season.”
Nixyaawii’s
Moses Moses
shoots a
jumper over
St. Paul’s Justin
Herberger in
the Golden
Eagles’ 73-54
win against the
Buckaroos on
Friday in
Pendleton.
Heppner ends season with playoff loss to Kennedy
East Oregonian
The end has arrived for
the Heppner boys.
The Blue Mountain Con-
ference’s No. 1 team fell
56-38 to Kennedy in the first
round of the 2A playoffs on
Friday night.
“The kids played hard,”
said coach Jeremy Rosen-
balm. “They came out and
played great in the first half.
They executed well and
stuck to the game plan.”
Kennedy’s 16-3 run in
the third quarter put the
game out of reach.
Tyler Carter posted 14
points and a 60 percent
shooting accuracy from the
field to lead the Mustangs.
Dakota Howard sunk nine,
and Trent Smith had seven.
“I couldn’t be more
proud — they came out and
fought,” Rosenbalm said.
“Unfortunately, the outcome
wasn’t what we wanted,
but that’s how it goes in
sports sometimes — some
teams have to end their
season early.”
The Mustangs (18-8, 11-1
BMC) were ranked 14th
overall in the 2A division.
Boys hoops
SUTHERLIN
59,
UMATILLA 39 — The
Vikings missed out on a trip
to the 3A state tournament
after dropping their play-in
game to Sutherlin on Friday.
“It was a tough game,”
said coach Scott Bow. “We
played pretty well for three
quarters, but then we made
17 fouls and gave (Sutherlin)
26 free throws to lose the
game in the fourth.”
Andrew Earl scored 14
points, and Uriel Garcia had
12 to lead Umatilla (19-8,
6-4 EOL). They ended as
the No. 2 seed in the East-
ern Oregon League, and No.
8 in the 3A division.
“The kids played hard all
the way through,” Bow said
of his team’s season. “But
it wasn’t the greatest way
to end on a situation like
tonight.”
Bucks: ‘It’s all about you on the mat’
Continued from Page B1
everybody is pretty good
about knowing what is
going on,” Patterson said.
“Wrestling is completely
different. You are on your
own, that’s why it is such
a hard sport. You have to
bend them (opponents)
against their will. The kids
on basketball court, they
don’t know what hard work
is.”
Patterson, who was a
first-team all-state running
back, has signed to play
football at Western Oregon
University. Wrestling in col-
lege was never a thought.
“There are some kids out
there who are just wrestlers,”
Patterson. “Wrestling in col-
lege is death. Those guys are
crazy. It’s not for me.”
Yeager, who finished
third at 152 pounds at the
Intermountain Conference
finals, is making his first trip
to state.
“I broke my leg in four
spots playing football last
year and didn’t get to wres-
tle at all,” Yeager said. “It’s
been a crazy senior year.
We have been looking for-
ward to it since we were lit-
tle kids.”
While football is Yea-
ger’s preferred sport (he has
signed to play at Eastern
Oregon University), he has
wrestled since he was a lit-
tle boy. He likes both sports.
“Wrestling is one-on-
one,” he said. “It’s all about
you on the mat.”
Yeager opened state
against Jacob Jones of Dal-
las. He and Jones already
have tangled this year.
“He worked me pretty
good at the (Oregon) Clas-
sic,” Yeager said before
state. “It’s not a good draw
for me. But I’m excited for it.
Anything can happen at any
time.”
Jones came out on top
again, pinning Yeager in
1:52.
Though he won’t win
a state title, Yeager said
he takes his role as a team
leader seriously.
“We are seniors,” he said.
“We have to set the tone.
If we don’t work hard, the
freshmen will think they
don’t have to. I’m a team
leader, and I take that to
heart.”
Liscom is the most
squared away of the trio.
He has accepted an appoint-
ment to the Naval Academy
and will report in June.
He was a first-team all-
state linebacker, and placed
third at the IMC district
tournament at 182 pounds.
Liscom went 1-2 at state
last year, and even though
he lost his first match Friday
to Trevor Fulton of Ashland
12-2, he has high hopes of
staying alive a little longer
this year.
“I think I can place at
state if I wrestle exceedingly
well,” he said.
If not, he hopes his lead-
ership will inspire his
teammates.
“Growing up, I was never
the tallest, the strongest or
the most athletic,” Liscom
said. “I have achieved what
I have through hard work. If
you give it your all, you can
achieve whatever you want
to.”
Liscom has no plans to
play spring sports, so this
weekend is his last with Pat-
terson and Yeager.
“We have been really
close and have had a lot of
fun,” Liscom said. “They
are both great people and
I love them. They are both
insane athletes and they
work super hard. They push
the underclassmen and have
had a big influence on those
around them.”
Not matter the outcome
this weekend for Patterson,
Yeager and Liscom, Phillips
said he has enjoyed the ride.
“This is their final
go-round together,” said
Phillips, who also is an assis-
tant football coach. “They
are neat kids and I’m glad I
got the opportunity to work
with them for four years.
I have coached those kids
nine months of the year, for
five or six days a week. They
are the type of kids you want
to have.”
Irrigon: Two from Mac-Hi won their first-round matches
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At 285, Kaleb Kendrick
received a bye in the first
round, then posted an 8-1
decision over Tristan Scott
of Warrenton.
Kendrick will face Jor-
dan Mode of Willamina/
Falls City in the semifinals.
Mode beat Kendrick earlier
this season.
“He’s going to have to
come out on fire,” Dunten
said of his big man.
The
Knights’
Alex
Miranda-Walls, who was
39-2 going into the tourna-
ment, ran into three-time
state champion Dax Ben-
nett in his first match at 170
pounds. Bennett posted a
12-4 decision to send Miran-
da-Walls to the consolation
half of the bracket.
Miranda-Walls then reg-
istered a 7-2 decision over
Harlen Gunderson of Burns.
He can finish as high as
third.
Gabriel Romero (113),
Brady Harrington (182),
Josue Aguilar (195) and
Reece Sheller (220) all are
still alive and can place as
high as third.
Romero won his first
match 11-7, then was pinned
by Moses Mercier of Willa-
mina/Falls City in the quar-
terfinals. He rebounded with
a pin of Jimmy Huffman of
Burns to stay alive.
Harrington, who received
a first-round bye, lost his
first match by a 6-3 decision.
He then posted a 12-3 major
decision over Trace Prosser
of Burns.
Aguilar, who was pinned
in his first match, won his
second-round consolation
match by fall, pinning Roy
Rendon of Nyssa in 3:23.
Sheller also was pinned
in his first match, but
rebounded with a 30-second
pin of Yahir Paz of Vale.
The Knights, who took a
school-record nine to state,
saw Jacob Ayala (126) go
0-2.
4A Tournament
Mac-Hi took five men
to state, but just two, Kiez
White (120) and Patton
Wright (195) won their first-
round matches.
Wright advanced to the
quarterfinals with a 26-sec-
ond pin of Mikey Montgom-
ery of Elmira, but a loss in
the quarterfinals sent him to
the consolation side of the
bracket.
Wright beat Tieson O’Ha-
gen of Tillamook 7-5, and is
the only Pioneer to advance
to Saturday.
White registered a 15-0
technical fall over Keegan
Fox of Sweet Home, but he
lost in the quarterfinals, then
dropped his first consolation
match to finish his stay.
Isaac Wood (113) and
Rafael Pereyda (182) lost
their first matches by fall,
while Alex Doherty (285)
lost a 4-1 decision to Bryer
Moore of Junction City.
Wood won his first conso-
lation match, then dropped a
16-0 decision to Zane Shad-
rick of Junction City.
Pereyda and Doherty both
lost their second matches by
fall and were eliminated.
2A/1A Tournament
Heppner’s Trevor Anto-
nucci (113) and Carson Bros-
nan advanced to the second
day of action after winning
their consolation matches.
Antonucci lost his open-
ing match 12-5, but came
back to pin Tony Flores of
Coquille in 1 minute to say
alive.
Brosnan was pinned in his
first match, but lived to wres-
tle another day with a pin of
Hepner Forster of Vernonia
in a time of 3:46.
Echo’s Mychael Pointer
also finished 1-1 on the day.
He lost his opening match to
No. 1 seed Brody Davison of
Santiam, getting pinned in
5:16. He pinned Craig Puck-
ett of North Lake in 4 min-
utes to continue his fight for
a medal.
SCOREBOARD
Staff photo
by E.J. Harris
LOCAL SLATE
SATURDAY, FEB. 23
Eagles: Start run for
title at Baker High
Continued from Page B1
Burns
grabbed
a
rebound off the Bucks’
glass to push Nixyaawii
out to a 33-point lead in
quarter three, but St. Paul
senior post Rawley Koch
knocked down a pair of
treys in response. Moses
hit a basket with 0:20 left to
help his team to a 30-point
advantage.
St. Paul outscored the
Golden Eagles 23-8 in the
final eight minutes, bol-
stered by eight- and nine-
point runs to close the
game. They had reduced
their deficit from 30 to just
19 at the buzzer.
“It’s the postseason
— we should be going
full throttle all the way
through,” said junior guard
Mick Schimmel. “(St.
Paul) switched up their
Saturday, February 23, 2019
Nixyaawii 20 29 16 8 — 73
St. Paul
4 14 13 23 — 54
NIXYAAWII — Moses 18, Schim-
mel 13, Moses 12, Burns 11, Sigo
10, Picard 5, Ortega 2, Bron-
son 2
ST. PAUL — Jackson 17, Koch 13,
Herberger 8, Diaz 5, Overfield 4,
Crawford 3, Scott 2, Curtis 2
defense, and that threw us
off.”
Following
Moses,
Schimmel
posted
13
points, and sophomore
post Magi Moses added
12.
With Friday’s win
under their belt, the
Golden Eagles (25-2, 12-0)
will travel to Baker High
School on Wednesday,
Feb. 27 to start their run
for the state title. Round
one of the 1A tournament
tips off at 3:15 p.m. against
Horizon Christian.
Boys Basketball
Pendleton vs. The Dalles (at BMCC), 4
p.m.
Girls Basketball
Santiam at Heppner, 2 p.m.
Pendleton at Ridgeview, 2:30 p.m.
Boys Wrestling
Pendleton, Irrigon, Heppner/Ione, Echo/
Stanfield, Riverside at State Wrestling
(Portland), 9 a.m.
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27
Boys Basketball
Nixyaawii at 1A State Tournament (at
Baker), 3:25 p.m.
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic
Toronto
Philadelphia
Boston
Brooklyn
New York
Southeast
Charlotte
Miami
Orlando
Washington
Atlanta
Central
Milwaukee
Indiana
Detroit
Chicago
Cleveland
W
44
38
37
30
11
W
28
26
27
24
19
W
44
39
27
15
13
L
16
21
22
30
48
L
30
31
33
35
40
L
14
20
30
44
46
Pct
.733
.644
.627
.500
.186
Pct
.483
.456
.450
.407
.322
Pct
.759
.661
.474
.254
.220
GB
—
5½
6½
14
32½
GB
—
1½
2
4½
9½
GB
—
5½
16½
29½
31½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest
Houston
San Antonio
Dallas
New Orleans
Memphis
Northwest
Denver
Oklahoma City
W
33
33
26
26
23
W
40
37
L
25
27
32
34
37
L
18
20
Pct
.569
.550
.448
.433
.383
Pct
.690
.649
GB
—
1
7
8
11
GB
—
2½
Portland
35 23 .603
Utah
32 25 .561
Minnesota
28 30 .483
Pacific
W
L
Pct
Golden State
42 16 .724
L.A. Clippers
33 27 .550
Sacramento
30 28 .517
L.A. Lakers
29 29 .500
Phoenix
11 49
.183
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Thursday’s Games
Cleveland 111, Phoenix 98
Philadelphia 106, Miami 102
Portland 113, Brooklyn 99
Milwaukee 98, Boston 97
Golden State 125, Sacramento 123
L.A. Lakers 111, Houston 106
Friday’s Games
Charlotte 123, Washington 110
Chicago 110, Orlando 109
Indiana 126, New Orleans 111
Toronto 120, San Antonio 117
Detroit 125, Atlanta 122
Minnesota 115, New York 104
L.A. Clippers 112, Memphis 106
Denver 114, Dallas 104
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.
Monday’s Games
Golden State at Charlotte, 4 p.m.
Indiana at Detroit, 4 p.m.
Portland at Cleveland, 4 p.m.
Phoenix at Miami, 4:30 p.m.
5
7½
12
GB
—
10
12
13
32
San Antonio at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Houston, 5 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Memphis, 5 p.m.
Milwaukee at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Philadelphia at New Orleans, 5 p.m.
Sacramento at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Dallas at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Tampa Bay
62 47 11 4 98 244 163
Boston
61 36 17 8 80 184 157
Toronto
60 36 20 4 76 210 170
Montreal
61 33 21 7 73 184 177
Buffalo
60 28 24 8 64 171 187
Florida
59 26 25 8 60 184 203
Detroit
62 23 30 9 55 174 207
Ottawa
61 22 34 5 49 186 226
Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts GF GA
N.Y. Islanders 60 35 18 7 77 174 146
Washington 61 34 20 7 75 205 193
Columbus
60 34 23 3 71 191 180
Pittsburgh
61 32 22 7 71 210 191
Carolina
61 32 23 6 70 178 170
Philadelphia 61 28 26 7 63 179 206
N.Y. Rangers 60 26 26 8 60 173 199
New Jersey
61 24 29 8 56 180 208
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Nashville
63 36 22 5 77 193 164
Winnipeg
60 36 20 4 76 203 178
St. Louis
60 32 23 5 69 179 169
Dallas
60 30 25 5 65 153 156
Minnesota 62 29 27 6 64 171 183
Colorado
61 26 24 11 63 201 196
Chicago
62 26 27 9 61 208 232
Pacific
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Calgary
61 38 16 7 83 223 179
San Jose
61 36 17 8 80 223 190
Vegas
62 32 25 5 69 182 175
Arizona
61 28 28 5 61 160 176
Vancouver 61 26 27 8 60 172 191
Anaheim
61 24 28 9 57 138 189
Edmonton 60 25 29 6 56 169 201
Los Angeles 60 23 31 6 52 144 184
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 playoffs.
Thursday’s Games
Washington 3, Toronto 2
New Jersey 4, Ottawa 0
Carolina 4, Florida 3
San Jose 4, Pittsburgh 0
Minnesota 4, N.Y. Rangers 1
Tampa Bay 2, Buffalo 1, SO
Montreal 5, Philadelphia 1
Nashville 2, Los Angeles 1
Dallas 5, St. Louis 2
Edmonton 4, N.Y. Islanders 3, OT
Arizona 3, Vancouver 2, OT
Friday’s Games
Columbus 3, Ottawa 0
Minnesota 3, Detroit 2
Colorado 5, Chicago 3
Calgary 2, Anaheim 1
Winnipeg at Vegas, 7 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 10 a.m.
Washington at Buffalo, 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.
Sunday’s Games
N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 9:30 a.m.
San Jose at Detroit, 12 p.m.
Dallas at Chicago, 12 p.m.
St. Louis at Minnesota, 4 p.m.
Calgary at Ottawa, 4 p.m.
Winnipeg at Arizona, 6 p.m.
Monday’s Games
Buffalo at Toronto, 4 p.m.
Montreal at New Jersey, 4 p.m.
Los Angeles at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m.
Edmonton at Nashville, 5 p.m.
Florida at Colorado, 6 p.m.
Anaheim at Vancouver, 7 p.m.