SPORTS
Saturday, March 23, 2019
SCOREBOARD
BULLDOG INVITE
KENNISON FIELD, HERMISTON
BOYS
100M — 1. Jared Mcalvey, Wa-Hi,
11.23; 2. Garrett Walchli, Hermiston,
11.42; 3. Asa Farrell, Dufur, 11.45; 4.
Cole Kortge, Dufur, 11.66; 5. Deryk
Anderson, Hermiston, 11.69; 6. Will
Thompson, Prosser, 11.72; 7. Johan
Peña, Riverside, 11.75; T-8. Case Rein-
muth, Prosser, 11.78; Donovan Wil-
son, Hermiston, 11.78.
200M — 1. Tanner Masterson, Dufur,
23.56; 2. Garrett Walchli, Hermis-
ton, 23.66; 3. Haden Wegner, Wa-Hi,
24.08; 4. Thomas Reagan, Hermiston,
24.45; 5. Josiah Wik, Wa-Hi, 24.58; 6.
Brady Kinney, Wa-Hi, 24.79; 7. Johan
Peña, Riverside, 24.82; 8. Paul Hudak,
Prosser, 24.92.
400M — 1. Mason Lehman, Heppner,
55.57; 2. Arrik Russell, Umatilla, 55.83;
3. Brady Kinney, Wa-Hi, 56.43; 4. Jose
Sanchez Torres, Riverside, 58.11; 5.
Jackson Lehman, Heppner, 58.28; 6.
Reuben Hoffer, Wa-Hi, 59.24; 7. Gar-
rett Goss, Burns, 59.34; 8. Kaden
Swift, Prosser, 59.37.
800M — 1. Tim Stevens, Cove,
2:00.62; 2. Emmett Klus, Burns,
2:00.76; 3. Hunter Nichols, Hep-
pner, 2:01.85; 4. Freddy Mendoza,
Hermiston, 2:04.62; 5. Gavin Newt-
son, Helix, 2:08.07; 6. Keldan Swant,
Wa-Hi, 2:09.93; 7. JP Friedrichsen,
Burns, 2:10.26; 8. Trent Smith, Hep-
pner, 2:10.37.
1600M — 1. Justin Roosma, WWVA,
4:20.69; 2. Tim Stevens, Cove, 4:26.46;
3. Cooper Cortinas, Wa-Hi, 4:27.30;
4. Cannon Angotti, Wa-Hi, 4:27.94; 5.
Hunter Nichols, Heppner, 4:34.97; 6.
Emmett Klus, Burns, 4:39.16; 7. Trevor
Antonucci, Heppner, 4:48.76; 8. Fried-
rich Stelzer, Dufur, 4:52.89.
3200M — 1. Trevor Antonucci, Hep-
pner, 10:28.14; 2. Angel Benites Vera,
Hermiston, 10:38.02; 3. Sisay Hurty,
Stanfield-Echo, 10:40.03; 4. Calvin
Bates, Burns, 10:40.53; 5. Gregory
Anderson, Hermiston, 10:52.80; 6.
Martin Heredia, Hermiston, 10:54.76;
7. Jack Silveira, Cove, 11:09.42; 8.
Andrew Lackey, Union, 11:11.15.
110H — 1. Jared Mcalvey, Wa-Hi,
14.65; 2. Levi VerMulm, Prosser, 17.05;
3. Keyan Warren, Wa-Hi, 17.41; 4.
Reilly Williams, Prosser, 17.64; 5. Jake
Wallace, Heppner, 18.22; 6. Saber
Harp, Pilot Rock, 18.33; 7. Derek
McBride, Hermiston, 18.81; 8. Marco
Landeros, Riverside, 19.47.
300H — 1. Jared Mcalvey, Wa-Hi,
39.08; 2. Levi VerMulm, Prosser, 42.84;
3. Reilly Williams, Prosser, 43.68; 4.
Saber Harp, Pilot Rock, 43.70; 5. Zane
Taylor, Burns, 44.13; 6. Braden Hisaw,
Wa-Hi, 45.83; 7. Derek McBride, Herm-
iston, 46.75; 8. Jose Alaniz, Umatilla,
47.33.
4x100 RELAY — 1. Hermiston
(Thomas Reagan, Donovan Wil-
son, Benjamin Wicks, Garrett Wal-
chli), 45.72; 2. Walla Walla A (Josiah
Wik, Ryan Moore, Mason Eack-
er-Rude, Jesse Easley), 45.85; 3. Walla
Walla B (Adan Escobar, Haden Weg-
ner, Brady Kinney, Colby Turner),
47.53; 4. Walla Walla C (Keyan Warren,
Grady Lemma, Braden Hisaw, Sea-
mus Hall), 48.20; 5. Riverside (Ricky
Davila, Gerardo Lopez, Cristian Rea,
Johan Peña), 48.75; 6. Weston-McE-
wen (Hadden Ball, Blair Rudolph, The-
odore White, Kelen McGill), 48.89;
7. Imbler (Jayce Burnette, Brendan
Colwell, Devin Colwell, Calvin Mar-
tin), 50.24; 8. Ione (Colt Parker, Ced-
rick Dayandante, Tony Villegas, Seth
Thomas), 51.74.
4x400 RELAY — 1. Burns (Zane Tay-
lor, JP Friedrichsen, Garrett Goss,
Emmett Klus), 3:44.41; 2. Heppner
(Mason Lehman, Jayden Wilson,
Trent Smith, Hunter Nichols), 3:44.45;
3. Walla Walla A (Ryan Moore, Eli-
jah Franssen, Jared Mcalvey, Wren
Chapin), 3:46.00; 4. Hermiston
(Anthony Duron, Simon Headings,
Gregory Anderson, Freddy Mendoza),
3:47.49; 5. Dufur (Abraham Kilby, Cole
Kortge, Tanner Masterson, Asa Far-
rell), 3:49.56; 6. Umatilla (Jose Ala-
niz, Julian Gutierrez, Arrik Russell,
Zayne Troeger), 3:49.96; 7. Walla Walla
B (Peter Prudente, Cooper Cortinas,
Blaz Rietz, Cannon Angotti), 3:50.44;
8. Walla Walla C (Keldan Swant,
Mason Eacker-Rude, Keyan Warren,
Josiah Wik), 3:55.02.
SHOT PUT — 1. Patrick Utschinski,
Wa-Hi, 52-8; 2. Derek Howard, Hep-
pner, 47-3; 3. Jahmal Mangarero,
Wa-Hi, 46-3; 4. Sam Carlson, Helix,
42-3; 5. Chase Bradshaw, Hermis-
ton, 41-3; 6. Sean Stewart, Hermis-
ton, 40-11; 7. Mario Sanchez, Stan-
field-Echo, 40-6; 8. Rene Sanchez,
Stanfield-Echo, 40-1.
DISCUS — 1. Patrick Utschinski,
Wa-Hi, 137-7; 2. Sam Carlson, Helix,
126-4; 3. Derek Howard, Heppner,
123-9; 4. Chase Bradshaw, Hermiston,
123-4; 5. Mark Quinnonez, Umatilla,
117-10; 6. Jahmal Mangarero, Wa-Hi,
117-4; 7. Tyler Neissl, Wa-Hi, 115-3;
T-8. Griffin Nash, Union, 110-2; Sean
Stewart, Hermiston, 110-2.
JAVELIN — 1. Jahmal Mangarero,
Wa-Hi, 157-7; 2. Devin Craig, Stan-
field-Echo, 142-9; 3. Anthony Ibarra,
Umatilla, 139-10; T-4. Derek Gimlin,
Glenwood, 131-7; Jake Wallace, Hep-
pner, 131-7; 6. Calvin Martin, Imbler,
131-4; 7. Christian Haskell, Pilot Rock,
130-10; 8. Michael Cornia, Wa-Hi,
128-10.
HIGH JUMP — 1. Mason Eacker-Rude,
Wa-Hi, 6-2; 2. Haden Hicks, Prosser,
5-10; 2. Oliver Davis, Prosser, 5-10;
4. Julian Gutierrez, Umatilla, 5-08; 5.
Zane Taylor, Burns, 5-06; 6. Levi Ver-
Mulm, Prosser, 5-6; T-7. Robert Wat-
son, Wa-Hi, 5-6; Reginald Byrd, Wa-Hi,
5-6; Erik Muro, Wa-Hi, 5-6.
POLE VAULT — 1. Anthony Ibarra,
Umatilla, 11-6; 2. Duly Morris, Glen-
wood, 11-0; 3. Wren Chapin, Wa-Hi,
11-0; 4. Dash Sirmon, Wa-Hi, 10-6; 5.
Wyatt Bloom, Wa-Hi, 10-0; 9. Seth
Buck, Hermiston, 9-6; 6. Erik Muro,
Wa-Hi, 9-0; 7. Tyler Johnson, Wa-Hi,
8-6; 8. Garrett Goss, Burns, 8-0.
LONG JUMP — 1. Josiah Wik, Wa-Hi,
20-2; 2. Will Thompson, Prosser,
20-1.5; 3. Julian Gutierrez, Umatilla,
19-7.5; 4. Garrett Wheeler, Prosser,
18-6; 4. Case Reinmuth, Prosser, 18-6;
4. Kevan Bren, Glenwood, 18-6; 7.
Jayden Wilson, Heppner, 18-4.5; 8.
Ricky Davila, Riverside, 18-1.
TRIPLE JUMP — 1. Ryan Moore,
Wa-Hi, 39-10; 2. Haden Hicks, Prosser,
39-9; 3. Wren Chapin, Wa-Hi, 39-7; 4.
Donovan Wilson, Hermiston, 37-10.5;
5. Will Thompson, Prosser, 37-9; 6.
Case Reinmuth, Prosser, 37-8; T-7.
Keagan Brown, Stanfield-Echo, 37-4;
T-7. Blair Rudolph, Weston-McEwen,
37-4.
GIRLS
100M — 1. MaKaylee Young, Herm-
iston, 12.99; 2. Patty Burres, Umatilla,
13.03; 3. Scout Reagan, Hermiston,
13.10; 4. Emily Moon, Prosser, 13.34;
5. Hannah Payne, Riverside, 13.43;
6. Kamryn Aldred, Hermiston, 13.46;
7. Chelsy Lemmon, Stanfield-Echo,
13.73; 8. Sayge Root, Burns, 13.84.
200M — 1. Elsa Torres, Hermiston,
27.34; 2. Emily Moon, Prosser, 28.15; 3.
Patty Burres, Umatilla, 28.42; 4. Hailey
Heideman, Ione, 29.06; 5. Sayge Root,
Burns, 29.50; 6. Sydney Patton, Wa-Hi,
29.52; 7. Chelsy Lemmon, Stan-
field-Echo, 29.73; 8. Kamryn Aldred,
Hermiston, 29.78.
400M — 1. Kaitlyn Wright, Burns,
1:03.47; 2. Hailey Heideman, Ione,
1:03.88; 3. Sariah Hepworth, Wa-Hi,
1:04.83; 4. Abigail Sharon, Hermiston,
1:06.06; 5. Madelyn Nichols, Heppner,
1:06.49; 6. Sayge Root, Burns, 1:06.53;
7. Ellie Scheibner, Weston-McEwen,
1:07.00; 8. Annabelle Johnson, Burns,
1:07.32.
800M — 1. Ella Nelson, Wa-Hi,
2:24.34; 2. Mckenzi Hoyt, Burns,
2:29.74; 3. Abriel O’Reilly, Union,
2:34.84; 4. Amanda Nygard, Herm-
iston, 2:35.06; 5. Madelyn Nichols,
Heppner, 2:35.76; 6. Hannah Christ-
man, Helix, 2:36.91; 7. Katie Vescio,
Weston-McEwen, 2:40.97; 8. Audrey
Wells, Union, 2:42.10.
1600M — 1. Riley Morris, Burns,
5:35.63; 2. Alicyn Hoke, Burns, 5:53.53;
3. Cydney Sanchez, Hermiston,
5:54.40; 4. Kaylee Cope, Helix, 5:57.11;
5. Olivia Winn, Burns, 6:03.21; 6.
Mackenzie Heideman, Ione, 6:03.31; 7.
Addison Taylor, Wa-Hi, 6:08.17; 8. Bai-
ley Munck, Weston-McEwen, 6:14.91.
3200M — 1. Alicyn Hoke, Burns,
13:06.39; 2. Olivia Winn, Burns,
13:07.89; 3. Audrey Wells, Union,
13:10.00; 4. Eleanor Ernst, Hermis-
ton, 13:42.18; 5. Alexia Serna, Herm-
iston, 13:54.00; 6. Bailey Munck,
Weston-McEwen, 14:00.73; 7. Madi-
son Anderholm, Hermiston, 14:12.62;
8. Elizabeth Humberstad, Prosser,
14:24.70.
100H — 1. Madison Wilson, Herm-
iston, 15.44; 2. Madi Knight, Wa-Hi,
Mendoza happy with
ESPN, Mets role
By RONALD BLUM
AP Baseball Writer
NEW YORK — Jes-
sica Mendoza has heard the
ribbing.
An ESPN “Sunday Night
Baseball” analyst since
2015, she added a part-time
role last month as a New
York Mets baseball opera-
tions adviser.
“OK, you work for the
Mets, we can’t talk to you
anymore,” she recalled
hearing from teams during
her spring training rounds,
quickly adding “in a joking
way.”
She’s not worried that
wearing two hats will lead
to less inside info for her
two ears. In an era when
players and clubs treat
the tiniest tidbit as a state
secret, Mendoza already
felt teams were hesitant to
provide her intelligence in
her pundit role because they
knew “information they
would give me as a member
from ESPN was about to go
on air.” She doesn’t expect
that to change with the new
job title.
Mendoza spoke Thurs-
day during a conference
call with booth-mate Alex
Rodriguez to promote the
30th anniversary of ESPN’s
Sunday night broadcasts,
which also include play-by-
play man Matt Vasgersian.
Mark Gross, ESPN
senior vice president of pro-
AP Photo/File
In this May 29, 2009, file pho-
to, USA softball player Jessica
Mendoza poses for a photo in
the ESPN broadcast booth at
the Women’s College World
Series in Oklahoma City.
duction and remote events,
expressed confidence in
Mendoza’s
impartiality.
She will continue to broad-
cast games involving the
Mets.
“We’re not looking to
fool anybody. We’re not
looking to trick the view-
ers into anything,” he said.
“We’ll be upfront with
viewers off the top of the
game, letting people know,
and we will let the viewers
decide ultimately if this is
something that they’re on
board with.”
Rodriguez has been a
New York Yankees adviser
since his retirement, among
several players to work as
broadcasters while retain-
ing a part-time role with a
team.
“Alex’s commentary last
year on a Yankee game was
no different than if it was
on any other game,” Gross
said.
16.25; 3. Eliana Coburn, Wa-Hi, 16.80;
4. Natalia VerMulm, Prosser, 17.91;
5. Annabelle Johnson, Burns, 18.11;
6. Jennifer Huntsman, Wa-Hi, 18.14;
7. Talia Billingsley, Wa-Hi, 18.88; 8.
Nahaleigh Schuster, Glenwood, 19.50.
300H — 1. Madi Knight, Wa-Hi, 48.31;
2. Eliana Coburn, Wa-Hi, 49.50; 3.
Natalia VerMulm, Prosser, 51.74; 4.
Abigail Cardenas, Umatilla, 52.14; 5.
Jennifer Huntsman, Wa-Hi, 54.01; 6.
Bryce Thul, Weston-McEwen, 54.39; 7.
Talia Billingsley, Wa-Hi, 55.20; 8. Kait-
lyn Wright, Burns, 55.66.
4x100 RELAY — 1. Hermiston
A (Madison Wilson, Elsa Torres,
MaKaylee Young, Scout Reagan),
50.13; 2. Umatilla (Yaretczty Car-
illo, Taylor Durfey, Abigail Carde-
nas, Patty Burres), 54.17; 3. Walla
Walla (Sydney Patton, Gianna Smith,
Emilia Rojas, Talia Billingsley), 54.67;
4. Hermiston B (Kamryn Aldred, Abi-
gail Sharon, Hermelinda Ledesma,
Dayanara Ramirez), 55.02; 5. Riverside
(Hannah Payne, Lupita Silva, Bianca
Avalos, Marisol Pacheco), 55.40; 6.
Weston-McEwen) Keree Graves, Katie
Vescio, Bryce Thul, Ellie Scheibner),
56.23; 7. Prosser (Gabriella Olivarez,
Abby Finn, Ericka Rodriguez, Grace
Roberts), 56.65; 8. Cove (Rachel Baird,
Allie Best, Austin Kendall, Ava Petre-
dis), 56.94.
4x400 RELAY — 1. Burns (Kaitlyn
Wright, Annabelle Johnson, Sayge
Root, Mckenzi Hoyt), 4:26.21; 2. Herm-
iston (Scout Reagan, Amanda Nygard,
Elsa Torres, Madison Wilson), 4:31.69;
3. Walla Walla (Jennifer Huntsman,
Madi Knight, Emoree Lash, Morgan
Sucharda), 4:32.33; 4. Walla Walla A
(Eliana Coburn, Sariah Hepworth,
Emilia Rojas, Riley Blake), 4:34.48;
5. Walla Walla B (Sydney Patton,
Talia Billingsley, Gianna Smith, Alli-
son Guizar), 4:45.69; 6. Umatilla (Jac-
queline Brown, Martha Earl, Abigail
Cardenas, Elizabeth Burres), 4:51.79;
7. Hermiston B (MaKaylee Young,
Kamryn Aldred, Dayanara Ramirez,
Abigail Sharon), 4:53.18; 8. Heppner
(Hailey Holmgren, Madelyn Nich-
ols, Julianna Teeman, Hannah Finch),
4:55.24.
SHOT PUT — 1. Paige Palzinski,
Hermiston, 38-8; 2. Abby Rodri-
guez, Prosser, 37-6; 3. Kendall Dowdy,
Hermiston, 34-4; 4. Hannah Gilmore,
Wa-Hi, 33-10; 5. Taylor Durfey, Uma-
tilla, 32-11; 6. Taryn Bohanan, Wa-Hi,
32-4; 7. Jazlyn Romero, Hermiston,
31-10; 8. Karyssa Olivares, Wa-Hi, 31-9.
DISCUS — 1. Jazlyn Romero, Hermis-
ton, 110-9; 2. Sheridan Deike, Herm-
iston, 108-10; 3. Hannah Gilmore,
Wa-Hi, 106-1; 4. Jazmin Deike, Herm-
iston, 100-5; 5. Chantal Lemus, Uma-
tilla, 98-6; 6. Karyssa Olivares, Wa-Hi,
98-1; 7. Kinley Troh, Glenwood, 94-2;
8. Emily Lambert, Pilot Rock, 94-1.
JAVELIN — 1. Sheridan Deike, Herm-
iston, 116-10; 2. Lexie Cox, Stan-
field-Echo, 114-1; 3. Mykiah Over-
ton, Cove, 103-02; 4. Noelani Helm,
Wa-Hi, 103-0; 5. Allie Best, Cove, 93-8;
6. Karyssa Olivares, Wa-Hi, 92-2; 7.
Taryn Bohanan, Wa-Hi, 91-8; 8. Rachel
McCarty, Stanfield-Echo, 89-6.
HIGH JUMP — 1. Noelani Helm,
Wa-Hi, 5-0; 2. Eliana Coburn, Wa-Hi,
5-0; 3. Rebecca Reynolds, Stan-
field-Echo, 4-8; 4. Allie Best, Cove,
4-8; 4. Kierstin White, Dufur, 4-8; 6.
Austin Kendall, Cove, 4-8; 7. Sarah
Knop, Ione, 4-6; 8. Isabelle Gardea,
Wa-Hi, 4-6.
POLE VAULT — 1. Natalia Ver-
Mulm, Prosser, 8-0; 2. Morgan
Sucharda, Wa-Hi, 8-0; 3. Katie Vescio,
Weston-McEwen, 7-6; 4. Erin Coston,
Imbler, 7-6; 5. Emoree Lash, Wa-Hi,
7-0; 6. Layne Padelford, Prosser, 7-0;
7. Reagan Fulton, Burns, 6-6; 8. Kait-
lyn Lemmon, Stanfield-Echo, 6-6.
LONG JUMP — 1. Madi Knight,
Wa-Hi, 16-10; 2. Sophia Pettit, Cove,
15-11.50; 3. MaKaylee Young, Herm-
iston, 15-6.50; 4. Hailey Heide-
man, Ione, 15-5.50; 5. Bryce Thul,
Weston-McEwen, 15-1; 6. Ellie Scheib-
ner, Weston-McEwen, 14-11; 7. Paige
Palzinski, Hermiston, 14-6; 8. Sydney
Patton, Wa-Hi, 14-4.50.
TRIPLE JUMP — 1. Noelani Helm,
Wa-Hi, 32-6; 2. Paige Palzinski, Herm-
iston, 31-4; 3. Isabelle Gardea, Wa-Hi,
31-3.50; 4. Madeline Jacobson,
Wa-Hi, 30-9.50; 5. Chantal Lemus,
Umatilla, 30-6; 6. Tristin Gonzalez,
Weston-McEwen, 28-10; 7. Charli
King, Weston-McEwen, 28-3; 8. Han-
nah Finch, Heppner, 28-0.
East Oregonian
B3
Boise State faces challenge in
Oregon State to open NCAAs
By ANNE M.
PETERSON
Associated Press
There’s
something
somewhat
encouraging
Boise State can point to
when it comes to facing
Oregon State in its open-
ing game of the NCAA
Tournament: The Broncos
beat Washington 73-69 in
December at the Husky
Classic in Seattle.
Washington is the team
that eliminated Oregon
State 68-67 in the quar-
terfinals of the Pac-12
tournament two weeks
ago in Las Vegas — after
the Beavers beat the Hus-
kies twice in the regular
season.
Thir teenth-seeded
Boise State (28-4) gets its
shot at No. 4 seed Oregon
State (24-7) on Saturday
at Gill Coliseum in Cor-
vallis, a first step in the
Albany Regional.
The Broncos are mak-
ing their third straight
appearance in the tour-
nament and sixth overall.
Boise State has won the
past three Mountain West
Conference tournaments,
including a 68-51 victory
over Wyoming in the title
game this season. It was
also the team’s second
straight Mountain West
double, capturing both the
regular-season and con-
ference tournament titles.
Broncos coach Gordy
Presnell has been in Boise
since 2006, and he said this
year’s Broncos are special.
But history isn’t necessar-
ily on Boise State’s side
as they’ve never won an
NCAA Tournament game.
“It’s a great group. It’s a
great group to be around.
I’ve coached for about 32
years. It’s the closest knit
group as I’ve ever been
around,” Presnell said.
This is Oregon State’s
sixth straight visit to the
NCAA Tournament. The
Beavers have been to the
Sweet 16 for three consec-
utive seasons, including
a run to the Final Four in
2016.
There
were
few
nail-biting moments over
whether Oregon State
would host, but then the
women’s bracket leaked
early.
Sophomore guard Des-
tiny Slocomb, who is aver-
aging 16 points a game
this season, said it matters
to be playing in front of
the home crowd.
AP Photo/John Locher, File
In this March 8, 2019, file photo, Oregon State’s Madison
Washington, left, celebrates with teammates during the
second half of an NCAA college basketball game against Or-
egon State at the Pac-12 women’s tournament in Las Vegas.
“They back us like no
other. Excited that we can
play another two games,
especially for our seniors
in Gill and hopefully send
them out the right way.”
Slocomb said.
Fifth-seeded Gonzaga
(28-4) faces No. 12 Little
Rock (21-10) in the early
game Saturday.
Scouting the Zags:
Gonzaga was shaken in
the West Coast Confer-
ence tournament, los-
ing senior starter Laura
Stockton and reserve
guard Jill Townsend to
season-ending
injuries.
Then, in the fourth quar-
ter of the team’s 82-68 loss
to BYU in the tournament
final, coach Lisa Fortier
left to join her brother in
the hospital. He later died
of complications from
muscular dystrophy.
“We had a lot of peo-
ple reaching out after
the injuries on Monday
and that was a hard time
for our team, and then it
was all put in perspec-
tive with what happened
on Tuesday with it being
very public and me being
called from the game
during actual play,” Fort-
ier said. “Spokane in gen-
eral is a great community
who rallies around people
and they rally around our
teams. That’s what makes
this place special.”
Gonzaga dropped to
No. 16 in the final AP poll.
But the fifth seed is the
highest in school history
and the selection commit-
tee kept the Bulldogs close
to home.
Jessie Loera will likely
take over at point guard in
for Stockton, the daugh-
ter of Zags great John
Stockton.
Scouting Little Rock:
Little Rock won the Sun
Belt title game over South
Alabama 57-56 for its sec-
ond straight conference
tournament title.
The Trojans have been
to the NCAA Tournament
six times since 2010, and
they’ve won twice, includ-
ing an upset of Texas
A&M in the tournament
opener in 2015.
Little Rock is led by
twin senior forwards
Ronjanae and Raeyana
DeGray. Ronjanae is aver-
aging 14.6 points and 6.9
rebounds while Raeyana
averages seven points and
5.4 rebounds.
All in the family:
Boise State junior guard
Braydey Hodgins was
named Mountain West
tournament MVP after
averaging 23.3 points per
game over the three wins
— including a tourna-
ment-record 37 points in
the quarterfinals against
Nevada. She’s averaging
13.4 points per game for
the season.
Turns out she’s not the
only talent in the fam-
ily. Older sister Haley fin-
ished her career at Eastern
Washington in 2016 as the
school’s all-time leading
scorer, until sister Delaney
surpassed her the next
year. Mom Karen Hodgins
played at Washington and
still ranks in the school’s
top-10 in scoring.
Looking ahead: The
winners of Saturday’s
games will play Monday
for a chance to advance
to the Sweet 16 in Albany,
New York.
The Beavers join eight
other teams — UConn,
South Carolina, Notre
Dame, Baylor, Stanford,
Texas, UCLA and Mis-
sissippi State — that have
made the Sweet 16 field for
in the last three seasons.