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BOYS PREP ROUNDUP
Bucks rout North Salem
Hunter Padberg scored
a team-high 12 points for
the Cardinals, while Jacob
Shandy had nine points and
five assists, and Gary Walls
12 rebounds.
Ione/Arlington
plays
Wallowa at 1:30 p.m. Sat-
urday at Arlington High
School.
East Oregonian
MILWAUKIE — The
Buckaroos extended their
win streak to five after
defeating North Salem
60-42 in nonleague play at
Rex Putnam High School
on Friday.
The Bucks escaped the
first quarter with a close
11-9 lead, but held the
Vikings to just five points in
the second quarter to break
away for good.
“We started off slow
and sluggish,” Pendleton
head coach Zach Dong said.
“North Salem did a good
job of coming out and slow-
ing us down early.”
Despite the slow start,
senior guard Tanner Sweek
poured in 10 points in the
second quarter alone to help
Pendleton to a 38-14 lead at
the half. Senior guard Coo-
per Roberts scored 10 points
in the final quarter.
Senior guard Stockton
Hoffman led the way with
15 points, while Sweek fin-
ished with 14, and Roberts
13.
“We found a rhythm and
started pounding the ball
inside,” Dong said.
Pendleton (7-1) is back
in action next Friday and
will compete at the Holiday
Hoops Classic at Summit/
Mountain View. Their first
game will be against Bend
at 7:45 p.m.
HEPPNER
64,
ILLINIOS VALLEY 42
— Jayden Wilson scored a
game-high 18 points, and
Roy Collins added 17 points
and six rebounds to lead the
Mustangs past the Cougars
at the 2A Preview Tourna-
ment at the Pendleton Con-
vention Center.
Heppner led 28-22 at the
half, but broke the game
open in the second half with
a 36-20 run.
Mason Lehman chipped
in 11 points for the Mus-
tangs (4-4), while Gavin
Hanna-Robinson
hauled
down nine rebounds.
NAIA basketball
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Brock Hisler, of Heppner, passes the ball as Illinois Valley’s
Trevor Kitching defends during Friday’s Rocket Invitational
2A preview tournament at the Pendleton Convention Center.
Jhon Southammavong
led the Cougars (1-5) with
15 points and five rebounds,
while Tanner Jolley added
12 points.
Heppner will play Ger-
vais at 6:15 p.m. Saturday.
WHITE SWAN (Wash-
ington) 59, UMATILLA
44 — The Cougars led from
start to finish for a home
win over the Vikings (6-2).
Umatilla’s
Andrew
Earl scored 22 points and
grabbed seven rebounds. It
marked the fourth time this
season that Earl has scored
20 points or more. Oscar
Campos had a team-high 11
rebounds and seven points
for the Vikings.
GERVAIS
68,
WESTON-MCEWEN 50
— The TigerScots trailed
just 36-33 at the half, but a
22-11 run by the Cougars in
the fourth quarter allowed
them to pull away for the
win at the 2A Preview
Tournament at the Pendle-
ton Convention Center.
Blane Peal led W-M (1-7)
with 20 points, while Blair
Rudolph added 15. Michael
Toran had 16 points for the
Cougars (2-5).
W-M will play Myrtle
Point at 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
NIXYAAWII
69,
AMITY 59 — The defend-
ing Class 1A state cham-
pion Golden Eagles (5-2)
defeated the previously
unbeaten Warriors (5-1)
in a nonleague matchup
in the Toledo Invitational
Tournament.
Kristopher Picard, Tya-
sin Burns and Mick Schim-
mel combined to score 50
points to help lead Nixy-
aawii to a fifth consecutive
win.
Nixyaawii will face host
Toledo at 7 p.m. Saturday.
HELIX 39, BICKLE-
TON (Washington) 38 —
Bryce Fairchild’s free throw
with 2 seconds remain-
ing in the game helped
the Grizzlies (4-2) top the
Pirates at the Helix Holiday
Tournament.
The Grizzlies, who
have won three games in
a row, were led by Elijah
Sprenger’s 20 points. D’Art-
agnan Carlson added seven
points, while Logan Davis
and Fairchild each had five.
Griswold will play
Klickitat-Glenwood (Wash-
ington) at 3 p.m. Saturday.
JOSEPH 54, IONE/
ARLINGTON 47 —
The Eagles overcame an
11-point
fourth-quarter
deficit to hand the Cardi-
nals (4-1) their first loss of
the season.
Ione/Arlington led 44-33
midway through the fourth
quarter before Joseph ral-
lied for the win.
SOUTHERN
ORE-
GON 107, EASTERN
OREGON 96 (OT) —
The Raiders overcame a
15-point halftime deficit to
force overtime, where Tate
Hoffman took over with 12
of his 30 points to lead SOU
to a win over the Mountain-
eers at Lithia Motors Pavil-
ion in Ashland.
Teron Bradford’s tran-
sition 3-pointer tied the
score at 89-all with 13 sec-
onds left. The Raiders (8-3
overall, 2-1 Cascade Con-
ference) went 8-of-13 from
downtown in the second
half to get back in it. Aaron
Borich hit four of those,
scoring 18 of his 22 points
after halftime.
Max McCullough scored
20 and Jarek Schetzle had
18 for the Mountaineers
(7-5, 1-2), who had an 85-78
lead with three minutes to
go.
NWAC basketball
SKAGIT VALLEY 88,
BLUE MOUNTAIN 62
— Wes Persinger came off
the bench to score 15 points
and grab 10 rebounds, but it
wasn’t enough as the Tim-
berwolves fell to the Fight-
ing Cardinal at the Clacka-
mas Crossover Tournament
in Oregon City.
Josh Wilson added 14
points and eight assists for
BMCC (4-9), while Craig
Mueller had 12 points and
11 rebounds, and Dylan
Grogan (Stanfield) 10
rebounds.
Ajani Chappell had a
game-high 24 points and six
steals for undefeated Skagit
Valley (11-0).
Saturday, December 21, 2019
Girls roundup: Tejeda led
the Tigers with 15 points
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Classic in Turner.
“I have to figure out some-
way to put the ball in the
hoop,” Mac-Hi coach Chris
Bryant said. “We were 5-for-
19 from the free-throw line
in a five-point game. It’s dis-
appointing. We are trying to
learn how to win.”
Victoria Garcia led the
Pioneers with eight points,
while Emma Leber added
five. Faith Martin-Bail had
nine points for Dallas.
Mac-Hi will play Klamath
Union at 2:30 p.m. Saturday.
STANFIELD 40, RIV-
ERSIDE 22 — The Tigers
used a big second half to pull
away from the Pirates for a
nonleague win in Boadman.
Tied at 13-13 at the half,
Stanfield (7-1) went on a 27-9
run over the next two quar-
ters to run its win streak to
three games.
“They were scrappy and
aggressive,” Stanfield coach
Daniel Sharp said of River-
side. “It was close in the first
half.”
Nyah Tejeda led the Tigers
with 15 points, while Kendra
Hart had 13.
Cesi Garcia had eight
points to lead the Pirates (1-7).
The Tigers will play in the
Mac-Hi Tournament starting
Dec. 27.
“We’ve played six games
in 14 days,” Sharp said. “It
will be good for them to have
some time off.”
GERVAIS
52,
WESTON-MCEWEN 28
— The undefeated Cougars
(7-0) held the TigerScots (1-7)
to just two first-quarter points
to take control of the contest
from the outset at the 2A Pre-
view Tournament at the Pend-
leton Convention Center.
Weston-McEwen, which
only had six players avail-
able because of injuries and
illness, got 14 points from
Trinity Hearn. Bailey Munck
added seven rebounds.
W-M faces Myrtle Point
(2-6) at 1:15 p.m. Saturday.
WHITE SWAN (Wash-
ington) 79, UMATILLA
43 — The Cougars built a
24-10 lead after one quarter
en route to the lopsided home
win over the Vikings.
The Vikings (2-6), who
played without leading scorer
Taylor Durfey (injury), were
led Devina Monreal’s career-
high 21 points.
Umatilla
will
play
McLoughlin at 6 p.m. Dec. 27
at the Mac-Hi Tournament.
ECHO
58,
LYLE/
WISHRAM
(Washing-
ton) 27 — Rachel McCa-
rty and Faith McCarty each
had 19 points as the Cougars
rolled to a home over Lyle/
Wishram.
Echo (4-4) scored early
and often, taking a 27-10 lead
at the half. The Cougars’ larg-
est lead of the game was 34
points.
Faith McCarty shot 8-for-8
from the floor — including
3-for-3 from beyond the arc.
Lizzie Hawkins led Lyle/
Wishram with seven points.
HELIX 47, LONG
CREEK/UKIAH 28 — The
Grizzlies (4-2) led from start
to finish in posting a non-
league win over the Moun-
taineers (0-2) at the Helix
Holiday Tournament.
The Grizzlies were led by
Kaylee Cope with 11 points,
and Ryann Stahancyk with
10.
Helix continues tourna-
ment play at 2 p.m. Saturday
against Klickitat-Glenwood
(Washington).
IONE/ARLINGTON 44,
JOSEPH 42 — The Cardi-
nals (4-1) handed the previ-
ously undefeated Eagles (5-1)
their first loss of the season
with a come-from-behind
victory at Ione High School.
Ione, playing without
5-foot-11 senior post Tress-
lyn McCurry (illness), trailed
16-4 after the first quarter,
but was able to overcame the
deficit to get the win.
Larysa Burright, Jes-
sica Medina and Macken-
zie Heideman combined for
32 points for the Cardinals,
who play Wallowa at noon
Saturday at Arlington High
School.
Rockets: Madyson Moffit
led Pilot Rock with 12 points
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Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Rylee Bray, of Pilot Rock, passes the ball during Friday’s game against Myrtle Point at the
Rocket Invitational 2A Preview at the Pendleton Convention Center.
Blazers: Carter-Williams out
second half due to shoulder injury
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Orlando was hurt by
a slow start. Portland put
together a 14-0 run and led
31-13 after the first quarter.
The
long
scoring
drought prompted Vucevic
to throw a towel down
in frustration after being
subbed out.
The Magic got back
into the game with a 16-2
run. They trailed 57-44 at
halftime.
Orlando played without
Michael Carter-Williams
in the second half after he
departed with a left shoul-
der injury. The Magic
closed out a 1-3 road trip.
Tip-ins
Magic: One of the big-
gest surprises of the NBA
season has been the play of
Markelle Fultz, who was
selected by Philadelphia
with the No. 1 overall pick
in the 2017 draft. Fultz
struggled at the start of
his career with the 76ers,
but he has worked his into
the starting lineup for the
Magic. “He has an ability
to set a tone on both ends of
the floor on every posses-
sion,” coach Steve Clifford
said. “And I think that’s
what the best point guards
do. He’s in the paint, which
was one of our big weak-
nesses last year. When he’s
on the floor we’re much
more inside out and we
score off of his penetra-
tion.” Fultz had 10 points
and four assists in the loss.
Trail Blazers: Former
Blazers forward Al-Farouq
Aminu, who is rehabbing
his way back from a torn
meniscus, got a loud ova-
tion when he was shown
on the big screen during
the fourth quarter. Aminu
signed with Orlando in free
agency. “He was probably
our best post defender,”
Blazers coach Terry Stotts
said. “He guarded perime-
ter guys, he guarded cen-
ters. He was an exceptional
player in his role for us in
that, especially defen-
sively but also offensively
he developed into a very
important 3-point shooter
for us.”
Up next
Magic: Monday vs. Chi-
cago Bulls.
Trail
Blazers:
Sat-
urday
vs.
Minnesota
Timberwolves.
Weekly responded with a
basket to reclaim the lead,
but Moffit and Brewer each
posted two points for a brief
9-7 Rockets advantage. Bob-
cats senior Kayla Wheeler
managed a last-second basket
as the game was left even at
9-9 at the half.
“Our offensive plays
weren’t really working well
tonight,” Moffit said. “We
picked it up on the defensive
end coming into the second
half.”
Lambert opened the sec-
ond half with a bucket that
handed the lead back to the
Rockets, and Moffit did the
same after the Bobcats tied
the game again. Myrtle Point
got four straight points from
Brown and Leep that kept
them ahead for the rest of
the quarter. Lambert sunk a
last-second shot to help the
Rockets trail by just one point
at 19-18 at the buzzer.
“It was a back-and-forth
game for a while,” Perrine
said. “(Myrtle Point is) good
competition.”
Moffit strung together
five unanswered points in
the early minutes of the final
quarter to give Pilot Rock
its final advantage at 24-22,
but the Bobcats responded
by taking off on a 10-point
run from which the Rockets
couldn’t recover.
Bobcats junior Tayler
Thomas knocked down five
points to start the rally, and
Leep and Reynolds capped
off the run to put Myrtle
Point up 31-24 with 2:23 left
to play.
Lambert scored two con-
secutive shots in the final
two minutes to pull the Rock-
ets within three points, and
Thomas responded with
another basket to keep the
Bobcats out front. Pilot Rock
sophomore post hit two at
the line just before the final
buzzer, but the Rockets
could not manage another
comeback.
“It was a challenging
game, but it made us a better
team,” said Moffit, who led
the Rockets with 12 points.
“This game brought a lot of
confidence to our shooters.”
Lambert chipped in 10
points for the Rockets (3-4),
who will cap off their tour-
nament run with a 4:45 p.m.
game against East Linn
Christian Academy on
Saturday.