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East Oregonian
Saturday, December 14, 2019
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once in the first quarter
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and Tejeda and sophomore
Alexis Shelby combined
for three points at the line
to stay ahead 8-3.
“They played pretty
solid defense,” Stanfield
head coach Daniel Sharp
said of the Pioneers. “We
kind of manned up and got
some better looks going
forward.”
The Pioneers used a
brief four-point run to pull
within two points to open
the second quarter. They
would come within two
points twice more before
Tejeda hit a jump shot and
subsequent free throw to
give the Tigers a little dis-
tance, and help them to a
21-15 advantage at the half.
“We started looking to
our posts more,” Tejeda
said. “We’re going to get
better throughout the sea-
son, once we get things
rolling.”
Mac-Hi matched Stan-
field in scoring in the third
quarter at 7-7, bolstered
by three early points from
sophomore forward Emma
Leber. Sophomore forward
Kadence Brown notched
the game’s only 3-pointer
with 6:15 left to play in the
fourth quarter, and the Pio-
neers would pull within five
points of a tied game two
times, but Stanfield pulled
together a critical scoring
run in the final two minutes
to stay ahead for good.
Senior Savannah Sharp
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Darby Rhoads, of Mac-Hi, drives into the key during Friday’s
game against Stanfield at the Columbia River Clash in Uma-
tilla.
hit three free throws in
the last two minutes, and
Shelby posted one more
basket with 1:05 left to go
as the Tigers escaped the
Pioneers to advance to the
Clash’s final round.
“We have a deep team,”
coach Sharp said. “I feel
pretty comfortable putting
a bunch of bodies in there.
This was a good game for
us. (Mac-Hi) forced us to
play smart. That helps us.”
Sharp and Shelby fol-
lowed Tejeda in scoring
with eight points each.
Sharp went 4-for-6 at the
line. The Pioneers got
seven points from Leber
and six from senior center
Victoria Garcia.
Stanfield (5-0) will play
Faith Bible in the Colum-
bia River Clash’s champi-
onship round Saturday at
4:30 p.m. at Umatilla High
School.
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Savannah Sharp, of Stanfield, attempts to drive to the hoop past Mac-Hi’s Victoria Garcia (21)
at Friday’s Columbia River Clash in Umatilla.
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the second half, kept turn-
overs down and moved the
ball better to get easier bas-
kets. I like how my young
team is progressing.”
Bianca Avalos led Riv-
erside (1-4) with 10 points,
while Cesi Garcia added
nine.
ELGIN 58, PILOT
ROCK 22 — The Huskies
remain undefeated (4-0) fol-
lowing their win over the
host Rockets (2-2).
Rockets
sophomore
Emily Lambert recorded
a double-double with 15
points and 17 rebounds.
The Rockets are on the
road Saturday to face Cove
at 4 p.m.
JORDAN VALLEY 41,
ECHO 26 — The Cougars
(1-3) suffered their second
straight defeat at the Badger
Tournament at Powder Val-
ley High School.
Sophomore guard Faith
McCarty scored 15 points
to lead the Cougars.
Echo will have an oppor-
tunity to take home a Bad-
ger Tournament win at
10 a.m. Saturday in the final
round against the winless
Imbler Panthers.
GRANT UNION 38,
UMATILLA 37 — The
Vikings fell by just one
point in a heartbreaking
overtime battle against
the Prospectors in the sec-
ond round of the Columbia
River Clash Tournament at
Umatilla High School.
The game was knotted
at 31-31 at the end of regu-
lation. The Prospectors then
outscored the Vikings 7-6 in
overtime to pull out a close
victory.
Umatilla’s Taylor Durfey
scored a team-high 18
points and Devina Mon-
real had 12, including two
3-pointers.
FAITH BIBLE 62,
IRRIGON 36 — The
Knights fell in the sec-
ond round of the win-
ner’s bracket during Fri-
day’s nonleague matchup at
the Columbia River Clash
Tournament at Umatilla
High School.
JaLay Burns had 17
points, eight rebounds, and
four steals, and Princesa
Chavez added 10 points and
four rebounds. Alyssa Luna
followed with eight points
and eight rebounds.
“They were a very ath-
letic team,” Irrigon head
coach Mike Royer said of
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Wyatt Gilmore (12), of Mac-Hi, and Stanfield’s Ricky Carrillo
(1) go after a rebound Friday during the Columbia River Clash
in Umatilla.
Boys hoops
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Stanfield’s Hobtamu Hurty goes up for a shot past Dareagan
Stephens, of Mac-Hi, Friday during the Columbia River Clash
in Umatilla.
Faith Bible. “We were two
steps behind all night.”
Irrigon (2-3) will vie for
third place against Mac-Hi
at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
PORTLAND CHRIS-
TIAN 34, HEPPNER 29
— The Mustangs suffered
their first loss in a close
nonleague road matchup.
Heppner (2-1) trailed by
just one point at halftime,
and tied the game at 20-20
in the third quarter. Port-
land Christian’s 14-9 run in
the fourth put the game out
of reach.
Sydney Wilson led the
Mustangs with 12 points
and 13 rebounds.
Heppner travels to Dufur
at 1:30 p.m. Saturday for
another nonleague contest.
ION E/A R LI NGTON
52, DAYVILLE-MONU-
MENT 18 — The Cardinals
(2-1) had a strong overall
performance in a blowout
win over the Tigers (1-1) at
the Snowball Tournament at
Arlington High School.
Jessica Medina led the
Cardinals with 13 points,
while Mackenzie Heide-
man had eight points, five
steals and three assists.
Hailey Heideman added
eight rebounds, and Faviola
Juarez five steals.
Ione/Arlington will play
Klickitat/Glenwood (Wash-
ington) at 2 p.m. Saturday
in Arlington.
HELIX 37, CONDON/
WHEELER 35 — Kaylee
Cope scored 11 points as the
Grizzlies edged past Con-
don/Wheeler at the Arling-
ton Snowball Tournament
on Friday.
Helix (2-1) will face
Klickitat/Glenwood for the
first of two meetings this
season at 1 p.m. Saturday
for the tournament’s final
round.
Girls wrestling
Hermiston dominated the
middle and upper weights,
but Chiawana did all the
damage it needed to in the
first seven matches en route
to a 42-36 Mid-Columbia
Conference win Thursday
in Hermiston.
The Bulldogs forfeited at
130 pounds, making the dif-
ference in the match.
Every match of the night
was won by fall.
Talia Borrego started the
Bulldogs’ run of six con-
secutive wins with a pin of
Angelica Sanchez at 135,
and Jazmin Deike finished
things off with a pin of Liz-
eth Jauregui at 190.
NIXYAAWII 72, RIV-
ERSIDE 36 — The Golden
Eagles (3-2) captured their
third consecutive victory
with a blowout win Friday
over the Riverside Pirates
in the second round of the
Umatilla-hosted Columbia
River Clash.
The Golden Eagles built
a 19-12 first-quarter lead,
then took control of the
contest by outscoring the
Pirates 18-6 in the second.
Mick Schimmel poured
in 22 points to lead the way,
and freshman Shane Rivera
finished with a career-
best 21 points to drive the
Golden Eagles’ offense.
Tyasin Burns added 16
points, while Moses Moses
grabbed 10 rebounds.
Juan Reyna led Riverside
with seven points, and Cris-
tian Rea and Ramon Mon-
tes each had five. Rea also
added five assists, and Brian
Franco had seven rebounds.
Nixyaawii will play
Umatilla for the Clash title
at 6 p.m. Saturday at Uma-
tilla High School.
PENDLETON 75, PUT-
NAM 48 — Dakota Sams
scored 18 points, and Stock-
ton Hoffman and Kason
Broncheau each added 11
as the Bucks rolled to their
third straight nonleague
victory.
“We swung the ball well
and hit the open guy, even
if it meant making the extra
pass,” Pendleton head coach
Zach Dong said. “Dakota
started off red hot.”
Sams posted 16 of his 18
points in the first quarter
to help bury the Kingsmen
early. Pendleton held their
hosts to just six points in the
third quarter.
“That is huge,” Dong
said. “We preach to the
guys not to let up, and that
the first three minutes of the
second (half) are the most
important.”
Pendleton (5-1) hosts
Lewiston on Tuesday at
5:30 p.m. for their season’s
first home showing.
UMATILLA
49,
GRANT UNION 46 —
The Vikings remain unde-
feated on the season as they
escaped with a victory over
the Prospectors in the sec-
ond round of the Columbia
River Clash.
Andrew Earl led the
Vikings (5-0) with 16
points, six rebounds, and
five assists. Ty Cranston had
a team-best 12 rebounds,
and Chris Self had six
steals.
MAC-HI 63, STAN-
FIELD 60 — Dareagan Ste-
phens posted 24 points, and
Marcellus Brinkley added
15 as the Pioneers defeated
the Tigers in a consolation
matchup at the Columbia
River Clash Tournament in
Umatilla.
Stanfield had three play-
ers in double figure scor-
ing. Uriel Carrillo led with
12, while Rene Sanchez and
Hobbs Hurty each chipped
in 10. Nine of Stanfield’s
10 players contributed to its
scoring.
Mac-Hi (3-1) will play
for the tournament’s con-
solation championship at
Umatilla High School at
noon Saturday. Stanfield
will play for seventh place
at noon at Clara Brownell
Middle School.
PILOT ROCK 56,
ELGIN 43 — The Rockets
remain unbeaten after Fri-
day’s nonleague home win.
Payton Thurmond and
Tel Thacker combined for
30 points for Pilot Rock.
Thacker had 14 points
and seven rebounds, and
Thacker finished with 16
points and 14 rebounds.
Pilot Rock (4-0) are
on the road Saturday at
5:30 p.m. to face Cove.
KENNEDY
77,
W ESTON-MCEW EN
52 — Theo White had 19
points and 13 reounds, but
his efforts weren’t enough
as the TigerScots fell to the
host Trojans at the Kennedy
Classic.
Kennedy jumped out to
a 23-12 lead after the first
quarter, and had a com-
manding 49-24 lead at the
half.
Ben Hubbard added 13
rebounds for W-M (0-5),
while Blane Peal chipped in
11 points.
Luke Hall scored 16 of
his game-high 22 points in
the first half for the Trojans
(2-1), while Bruce Beyer
added 20 points.
JORDAN VALLEY 58,
ECHO 20 — Jace Grenke
had 13 points, and Blaise
Warn and Trevor Fillmore
each added 10 as the Mus-
tangs ran away with a non-
league win over the Cougars
at the Badger Tournament at
Powder Valley High School.
The Cougars (0-4) trailed
13-2 after the first quarter,
and were held scoreless in
the fourth.
Mason Murdock led
Echo with seven points,
while Juan Curiel had five.
ION E/A R LI NGTON
79,
DAYVILLE/MON-
UMENT 43 — Hunter
Padberg led the Cardinals
with 23 points and seven
rebounds, and Jace Trout-
man finished with 14 points
and eight rebounds, but it
was not enough to save Ione/
Arlington from Friday’s
home loss at the Arlington
Snowball Tournament.
Ione/Arlington
(3-0)
hosts The Dalles JV squad
at 5:30 p.m. Saturday for the
final day of the tournament.
IRRIGON 64, FAITH
BIBLE — The Knights
(1-5) picked up their first
win of the season, beat-
ing the Falcons (0-5) at the
Columbia River Clash in
Umatilla.