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Riverhawks soar past Dawgs in MCC match
Wagner, Cadenas pick
up Hermiston’s two wins
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
HERMISTON — Chiawana
is every bit as good as its No. 1
ranking.
The Riverhawks won 12 of 14
matches Thursday night in hand-
ing Hermiston a 66-8 Mid-Colum-
CHIAWANA 66, HERMISTON 8
106 — Por Htoo (C), p. Caden Harris, :59. 113 — Davin Martinez (C), p. Oscar Kota, 5:04. 120 — Isa-
iah Medina (C), p. Gavin Doherty, 5:27. 126 — Nate Montelongo (C), d. Adrian Delgado, 8-6. 132
— Evan Sauceda (C), p. Hinter Dyer, 2:14. 138 — Jackson Salazar (C), d. Cole Abbott 8-4. *145 —
Lance Stover (C), p. Cesar Barraza, 3:16v. 152 — Robby Vaughn (C), p. Ethan Teel, 1:17. 160 — Dar-
ian Johnson (C), p. Gavin Tarvin, 2:46. 170 — Trevor Wagner (H) d. Riley Cissne, 12-8. 182 — Tyson
Stover (C), p. David Faaeteete, 2:15. 195 — Isaiah Anderson (C), p. Blake Betz, 2:50. 220 — Sam
Cadenas (H) tf. Cayetano Talavera, 17-1. 285 — JJ Rodriguez (C), p. Dustyn Coughlin, 6:31 (OT).
bia Conference loss at the Dawg
House.
“We wrestled them like they are
the 4A state champions,” Herm-
iston coach Kyle Larson said.
“We were timid. A number of the
matches, they were better than us,
but not like the score shows. We
have to move on.”
It was the first MCC dual of the
season for Chiawana, and coach
Jack Anderson liked what he saw
from his team.
“I’m excited for this team,”
Anderson said. “They have been
working their tails off. They love
the sport, and they love to com-
pete. It’s fun for us to come down
and compete against a storied pro-
See Wrestling, Page B2
B1
PREP ROUNDUP
Pirates clinch
last-second
win over Tigers
East Oregonian
UMATILLA — A last-second
3-pointer helped the Riverside boys
escape Mac-Hi and advance in the
winner’s bracket of the Columbia
River Clash.
On Thursday, Pirates junior
Francisco Barajas netted a trey
just before the final buzzer as Riv-
erside made off with a 44-43 win
over Mac-Hi in the first round of the
Umatilla-hosted tournament.
The 5-foot, 8-inch wing would
finish the contest off with a game-
high 14 points. Pirates senior guard
Cristian Rea followed with 13.
Mac-Hi was led by senior Mar-
cellus Brinkley and junior Hec-
tor Castillo, who each scored eight
points.
Riverside (3-0) will face Nixy-
aawii in the winner’s bracket Friday
at 4:30 p.m. while the Pioneers (2-1)
challenge Stanfield in a consolation
game at 2:30 p.m. at Clara Brownell
Middle School.
Boys hoops
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Nixyaawii’s Mick Schimmel and Dylan Abrahamson (13) apply pressure to Stanfield’s Sam Kerns during Thursday’s Columbia River Clash
game in Umatilla.
Mick Schimmel pours in 22 points in Golden
Eagles’ first-round win at the Columbia River Clash
By BRETT KANE
East Oregonian
MATILLA — When Stanfield
brought the size that Nixyaawii
didn’t have, the Golden Eagles
went outside the paint.
On Thursday afternoon, the 1A defending
boys basketball state champs from Nixyaawii
met up with the 2A Stanfield Tigers to open
the Umatilla-hosted Columbia River Clash
U
tournament. The Golden Eagles hit a com-
bined 12 3-pointers on the way to an efficient
63-41 win over the Tigers in nonleague play
to advance in the winner’s bracket.
“Stanfield was certainly stronger than
us in the paint,” Nixyaawii head coach
Shane Rivera said. “We need to work on our
rebounds against bigger bodies like that. We
came in shorthanded, but the kids put in a
good effort. They played hard today.”
Golden Eagles senior forward Mick
UMATILLA 48, FAITH
BIBLE 36 — The No. 1 ranked
Vikings remained undefeated fol-
lowing their fourth straight win
over the Falcons (0-4) of Hillsboro
Thursday in the Columbia River
Clash Tournament at Umatilla High
School.
Umatilla senior guard Andrew
Earl scored 20 points and sopho-
more guard Lynkin McLeod had
eight points and six rebounds to help
lead the Vikings to the victory.
Umatilla (4-0) will meet the No.
1 ranked Grant Union Prospectors
(4-0) in a 7:30 p.m. contest Friday at
Umatilla High School.
GRANT UNION 54, IRRI-
GON 42 — The Prospectors stayed
undefeated after escaping Irrigon in
a Columbia River Clash tournament
contest at Umatilla High School on
Thursday.
Irrigon trailed 38-22 after three
quarters, and embarked on a short
lived 20-16 fourth-quarter come-
back to narrow the final margin, but
the rally fell just short.
Junior Omar Madrigal scored
a career-best 21 points to lead the
Knights’ offense. Ryan Hussey and
Luis Flores each chipped in six
points.
The Knights (0-5) will try for
their first win against Faith Bible
in a consolation matchup Friday at
5:30 p.m. at Umatilla.
Girls hoops
Schimmel swiftly put his team out front early
in the first quarter, scoring 10 of Nixyaawii’s
12 points for the opening eight minutes. He
went 3-for-3 at the line and scored seven
points before four minutes had gone by.
The Tigers got two points at the line from
sophomore guard Jake Hergert early in the
quarter, but nearly four more minutes would
pass before they were allowed another basket.
MAC-HI 32, RIVERSIDE
25 — Sophomore forward Emma
Leber scored 11 points as the Pio-
neers rolled to their fourth straight
win of the season at Thursday’s first
round of the Columbia River Clash.
Riverside was led by senior
guard Bianca Avalos with
six points.
Mac-Hi (4-0) will play Nixy-
aawii in the second round Friday at
3 p.m. at Umatilla High School. Riv-
erside (1-3) plays Stanfield at 1 p.m.
See Clash, Page B2
See Prep roundup, Page B2
Ducks’ Cristobal takes Pac-12 Coach of the Year honors
By ANNE. M. PETERSON
Associated Press
With a big victory over Utah
for the Pac-12 championship, Ore-
gon coach Mario Cristobal has the
Ducks headed for the Rose Bowl.
Cristobal was named the AP’s
Pac-12 Coach of the Year by a
panel of journalists who cover the
league.
Cristobal, in his second season
as head coach, has righted a group
that has seen its share of turbulence
with three head coaches in the
past four years. The Ducks have
embraced his mantra of “trust,
belief and accountability.”
Oregon (11-2) stumbled out of
the gate against Auburn and a loss
against Arizona State down the
AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File
Oregon coach Mario Cristobal, right, celebrates with offensive lineman
Shane Lemieux (68) after Oregon defeated Utah 37-15 on Dec. 6, 2019, in
the Pac-12 Conference championship game in Santa Clara, Calif. Cristobal
was named The Associated Press Pac-12 Coach of the Year.
stretch eliminated the Ducks from
the College Football Playoff con-
versation, but the team is headed
to Pasadena for the first time since
2015 and the eighth time in pro-
gram history. They’ll face Wiscon-
sin on New Year’s Day.
The biggest surprise of the AP’s
All-Pac-12 team was the Offen-
sive Player of the Year, with voters
evenly split between Utah quarter-
back Tyler Huntley, Utah running
back Zack Moss and Oregon tackle
Penei Sewell, with all three receiv-
ing four first-place votes from the
12 voters.
Moss, who became Utah’s all-
time leading rusher this season,
leads the Pac-12 in rushing with
113.3 yards a game. He set school
records for career rushing touch-
downs with 38, career 100-yard
rushing games with 19 and career
touchdowns with 41.
Huntley, who like Moss was an
AP first-team selection, threw for
2,966 yards and 18 touchdowns,
and rushed for 257 yards and
another five scores.
Sewell was named winner of
this year’s Morris Trophy for top
offensive lineman in the Pac-12. He
earned conference Offensive Line-
man of the Week honors four times
this season.
California linebacker Evan
Weaver, who leads the nation with
a career-high 173 total tackles this
season, earned Defensive Player of
the Year honors while USC fresh-
man quarterback Kedon Slovis was
named Newcomer of the Year.