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E AST O REGONIAN THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2019 FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS | FACEBOOK.COM/EOSPORTS B1 5A STATE PLAYOFFS Wilsonville derails Bucks in quarterfi nals Stifl ing defense shuts down Bucks attack Weather forces changes to sports schedules MCC soccer teams will play a jamboree Saturday at Kennison Field By BILLY GATES For the East Oregonian CORVALLIS — The No. 10 Pendleton Buckaroos met a jug- gernaut in the OSAA Class 5A boys basketball quarterfi nals Wednesday and fell 70-40 to No. 2 Wilsonville at Gill Coliseum. Wilsonville, the Northwest Oregon Conference champion and Class 5A’s most prolifi c offensive team, did work on both ends of the fl oor to take a 23-4 lead after the fi rst quarter, and after that it was pretty much over. “Credit to Wilsonville, they are probably the best coached team in 5A, or even the state of Oregon,” Bucks coach Zach Dong said. “It’s hard to simulate their defense in practice and be ready for that, but there’s nothing like it when you get out there.” Pendleton’s high-scoring senior guard Tyler Newsom fi n- ished with a game-high 21 points, but none of them came easy. Wilsonville sent defender after defender at him on the perime- ter and in the paint and held him in check for the better part of the game. “As Ty goes, we go. He’s our engine,” Dong said. “Wilsonville did a good job on him.” Newsom shot 6-for-14 from the fi eld and 7-for-9 from the foul line, and was the only Buck in double fi gures. Kason Broncheau fi nished with six points, and Tan- ner Sweek pulled down seven rebounds. Pendleton outscored Wilson- ville 18-15 in the fourth quar- ter, but by then the damage had been done. Wilsonville’s swarm- ing man-to-man defense held the Bucks to 3-of-19 shooting in the fi rst half and 13-for-41 for the game. Wilsonville shot 47 per- cent from the fi eld and outre- bounded Pendleton 38-19, 23-12 on the defensive glass. Wilsonville had four play- ers score in double fi gures, led by forward Keegan Shivers’ 14. Dakota Reber had 10 points Photo by GM Artman for the East Oregonian Play ball! Just not this week. The Mid-Columbia Con- ference athletic directors put their heads together on Wednesday and reworked the baseball, softball and boys soccer schedules because no one in the con- ference has any playable fi elds. “We are going to be able to get in all the confer- ence games, but there will be more doubleheaders,” Hermiston AD Larry Usher said of the baseball and soft- ball teams. Hermiston baseball coach Kevin Moore said he has 18 inches of snow on his fi eld. The same goes for the ball parks in the Tri-Cities. “It’s really hard to describe,” Moore said. “The kids are ready to play. But to be honest, we can still work on some fundamen- tals and get in the bullpen and get our pitchers’ arms in shape. Today, we have freez- ing rain. We can go out and work on our slides.” The Bulldogs were scheduled to host Pasco in an MCC baseball double- header Friday, but that has been moved. Hermiston will play its fi rst baseball games March 16 — weather permitting — hosting Ferris in a non- league doubleheader. Usher said the MCC website should refl ect the changes for all of the spring sports by Thursday afternoon. The Hermiston soc- cer team will host its MCC opponents in a jamboree See Bucks, Page B2 Senior guard Tyler Newsom, of Pendleton, goes up for a shot Wednesday against Wilsonville in the quarterfi nals of the Class 5A state tournament at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis. Wilsonville won 70-40. See Weather, Page B2 By ANNIE FOWLER East Oregonian Washington gets 15th win, holds off Oregon State 81-76 in OT By TIM BOOTH Associated Press SEATTLE — Noah Dickerson scored seven of his 22 points in overtime, David Crisp added a key 3-pointer with 48 seconds left in the extra session, and Washington held off Oregon State 81-76 on Wednesday night for its 15th conference victory. The Huskies (24-6, 15-2 Pac-12) have already wrapped up the regu- lar season conference title and No. 1 seed at the con- ference tournament next week in Las Vegas. But it was another uncomfortable night for the league champs, being forced to overtime for the fi rst time this season by the Beavers. Oregon State (17-12, 9-8) struggled to slow Dickerson most of the night and he car- ried Washington in the extra session, twice scoring over a defender and adding a dunk off a nice feed from Crisp. His basket with 1:42 left gave Washington a 74-69 lead, but Tres Tinkle answered with a 3-pointer to pull the Beavers within 74-72. Crisp hit fourth 3-pointer of the game from the wing to push the lead to fi ve and the Hus- kies escaped. Crisp fi nished with 22 points and Jaylen Nowell added 16. Dickerson also grabbed 17 rebounds. Tinkle led the Beavers with 31 points, one off his career-high, and scored 19 of the fi nal 22 points for Oregon State in regulation and overtime. Oregon State forward Tres Tinkle, right, looks to pass around the defense of Washington guard Matisse Thybulle (4) and forward Hameir Wright (13) during the fi rst half of an NCAA college basketball game on Wednesday in Seattle. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren SPORTS SHORTS Olympic slalom champion Hansdotter to retire STOCKHOLM (AP) — Olym- pic slalom champion Frida Hans- dotter will retire from Alpine ski- ing’s World Cup next week, ending a years-long rivalry with Mikaela Shiff rin. “It’s time for me to say good- bye to the world cup circuit and start a new chapter in life,” she said Wednesday on Instagram . AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta, File Hansdotter, 33, has been one of Shiff rin’s biggest rivals since the American star started dominating slalom in the 2012-13 season. She fi nished on the podium behind Shiff rin in three world championship races, then took the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic title when defending champion Shiff rin was fourth. Hansdotter won the sea- son-long World Cup slalom title and crystal trophy in 2016, when Shiff rin missed some races through injury. Though she has won just four World Cup races, she also counts 35 podium fi nishes. Her last race is March 16 in the World Cup fi nals meeting at Sol- deu, Andorra.
