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B2 SPORTS East Oregonian Tuesday, December 24, 2019 Mustangs: Open league play at Weston-McEwen on Jan. 3 Continued from Page B1 Staff photo by Kathy Aney ZaBrena Masterson (10), of Heppner, prepares to shoot as Gervais defenders Araceli Vasquez (1) and Katie Hanson (20) try to stop her during Saturday’s championship game at the Rocket Invitational 2A Preview Tournament. Prep roundup: Goad scores season-best 24 against Wallowa Continued from Page B1 win at the Pendleton Conven- tion Center. Emily Lambert had a dou- ble-double with 18 points and 12 rebounds, and Madison Lunzmann added 10 points and 10 rebounds. The Rockets (4-4) will face Pine Eagle at 1 p.m. Dec. 27 to open Echo’s Bouncin’ Cancer Tournament. WHITE SALMON (WA) 46, RIVERSIDE 33 — The Pirates (1-8) dropped their seventh consecutive game with a road loss to the Bruins. Riverside’s Megan Hegar fi nished with a double-dou- ble, scoring 10 points and grabbing 10 rebounds, while Cinthya Diaz added seven points, and Jasmin Lopez fi ve steals. Riverside will host Kio- na-Benton (Wash.) on Dec. 27. KLAMATH UNION 64, MAC-HI 48 — Daniela Angel had 11 points, and Vic- toria Garcia 10, but the Pio- neers dropped their Cascade Holiday Classic game to the Pelicans. Mac-Hi (4-4) hosts Uma- tilla on Dec. 27 at the Mac-Hi Tournament. IRRIGON 70, LIB- ERTY CHRISTIAN (WA) 56 — JaLay Burns scored a team-high 25 points, and the Knights withstood the Patri- ots’ Emma Reed, who poured in 46 points, as Irrigon held on for the nonleague win. “We shot the ball well and did what we could to slow down Emma Reed,” Irri- gon coach Mike Royer said. “She’s a very talented guard that can score from anywhere on the court.” Princesa Chavez scored 19 points — including fi ve treys— and Burns also posted eight steals and fi ve assists. Alyssa Luna grabbed eight rebounds. Irrigon (5-4) faces Day- ton/Waitsburg (Wash.) at noon Dec. 27 at the Mac-Hi Tournament. GERVAIS 61, HEP- PNER 18 — Heppner’s four- game win streak came to an end after fi nishing the Rocket Invitational 2A Preview with a loss to the undefeated Cougars. The Mustangs (6-2) open Blue Mountain Con- ference play Jan. 3 at Weston-McEwen. Boys hoops LEWISTON 55, HERMISTON 42 — Herm- iston held a 22-17 lead at the half, but let Lewiston (Idaho) run wild with a 22-5 rally in the third quarter that put the game out of reach in non- league play on Saturday. Sergio Madrigal had 12 points to lead the Bulldogs (2-5, 1-2 MCC), while Jaiden Ruloph had 10. Hermiston travels to Southridge on Jan. 3 for an MCC contest. HELIX 52, KLICKI- TAT/GLENWOOD (WA) 40 — The Grizzlies (5-2) captured their fourth straight nonleague victory to close the Helix Holiday Tournament. Helix built a 17-5 lead after the fi rst quarter and main- tained a double-digit mar- gin throughout the contest to get the win. Elijah Sprenger scored 22 points for Helix, while Logan Davis added 15. Helix will play Ione/ Arlington on Dec. 27 to open Echo’s Bouncin’ Cancer Tournament. PILOT ROCK 40, EAST LINN CHRISTIAN ACADEMY 35 — The Rockets remained undefeated with a win over the Eagles to close the Rocket Invitational 2A Preview at the Pendleton Convention Center. Tanner Corwin had 13 points and eight rebounds to lead the Rockets, while Tel Thacker had 11 points and four rebounds, and Pay- ton Thurmond 10 points and nine rebounds. Pilot Rock, which improved to 8-0 on the sea- son, meets Pine Eagle on Dec. 27 at Echo’s Bouncin’ Cancer Tournament. RIVERSIDE 61, WHITE SALMON (WA) 38 — The Pirates led 16-8 at the end of the fi rst quarter, and 30-17 at the half on the way to a nonleague road win over the Bruins. Cristian Rea led the Pirates with 21 points, 13 steals, fi ve rebounds and fi ve assists. Juan Reyna added 10 points, and Johan Pena fi ve assists. Riverside (7-2) will travel to Kiona-Benton (Wash.), on Dec. 27. IONE/ARLINGTON 61, WALLOWA 43 — Wesley Goad had a season-high 24 points to help the Cardinals topple visiting Wallowa. Jace Troutman added 18 points in the blowout. Ione/Arlington (5-1) plays Helix on Dec. 27 to open Echo’s Bouncin’ Cancer Tournament. MAC-HI 56, CASCADE 47 — The Pioneers trailed 21-20 in the fi rst quarter, but rallied for a 15-5 second quar- ter as they escaped the host Challengers to close the Cas- cade Holiday Classic. Mac-Hi (6-2) hosts Uma- tilla on Dec. 27 at the Mac-Hi Tournament. LIBERTY CHRIS- TIAN (WA) 70, IRRIGON 44 — The Knights suffered their third consecutive loss after dropping a home game to the Patriots. Irrigon (1-8) will play Dayton/Waitsburg (Wash.) on Dec. 27 at the Mac-Hi Tournament. TOLEDO 87, NIXY- AAWII 52 — The Golden Eagles dropped a nonleague game to the host Boomers to fi nish play at the Toledo Invi- tational, breaking a fi ve-game winning streak. Nixyaawii (5-3) hosts Enterprise on Dec. 27 at 6:30 p.m. to open the Nixy- aawii Winter Classic. Beast Mode: Not offi cially retired Continued from Page B1 the loss of Carson, who fi n- ished the year with a career- high 1,230 yards and 4.4 yards per attempt. Lynch may not be the only reunion for Seattle. Former running back Robert Turbin posted a picture from the Seahawks locker room on social media late Monday. There was no confi rmation from the team that Turbin has signed, but he had been in for a workout with the team last week. Turbin played for Seat- tle from 2012-14 and was Lynch’s backup. “Happy to be back home,” Turbin wrote on Instagram. Lynch visited Seattle’s facility earlier this month but the team said it was simply to see some friends. The team had to report the visit to the league because Lynch has not offi cially fi led retirement papers and could be signed by any team. Carroll said general man- ager John Schneider had been in contact with Lynch’s representatives on the off- chance there was a need down the road. “John is always on the options and in astute fash- ion he’s been connected with this one just in case for a long enough time that we’ve had some runway for it. He’s had plenty of time to be working and get ready in case something came up and I’m anxious to see him when we get him here,” Car- roll said. “There is a lot of history here that is great his- tory and there was nobody that ever amplifi ed the kind of mentality and toughness we like to play with, so if we get a chance to get the beast back on the fi eld we’ll see how that works out.” seconds to leave Gervais up 15-13 at the half. “We didn’t value the bas- ketball very much,” Rosen- balm said. “I didn’t feel like we were good at any aspect of the game.” Collins helped Heppner even the score once again at 19-all midway through quarter three, and senior guard Casey Fletcher hit a jump shot for a 22-all game with 1:10 left. Collins fol- lowed with a free throw that gave Heppner a 23-22 lead, but Studer answered back with a bucket in the fi nal 20 seconds that left Gervais ahead 24-23. “Our coach said it, we were off,” Heppner senior Mason Lehman said. “It was rough around the edges. We were mentally tired. We weren’t ready to come out and play. (Gervais) came out with energy right off the bat. They were getting hyped. We just didn’t match that.” Mason Lehman gave the Mustangs their game’s fi nal advantage at 27-26 1-1/2 minutes into the fi nal quar- ter, but the Cougars quickly put together a four-point run that kept the game out of reach for good. Heppner trailed by just two points with 22 seconds left to play, but Gervais’ Daniel Hernandez scored three points at the free- throw line to seal the win. “Credit to my team — even though we weren’t at our best today, we still had some chances down the stretch,” Rosenbalm said. “That’s promising. We just didn’t take advantage of (those chances).” Jackson Lehman posted a team-high seven points for the Mustangs (3-5), while Hisler and Mason Leh- man each had six. Heppner will open Blue Mountain Conference play Jan. 3 at Weston-McEwen. Staff photo by Kathy Aney Heppner’s Brock Hisler (23) goes to the hoop during Sat- urday’s championship game against Gervais at the Rocket Invitational 2A Preview Tournament at the Pendleton Con- vention Center. Staff photo by Kathy Aney Heppner’s Kannon Wilkins (2) goes after a loose ball during Saturday’s championship game against Gervais at the Rocket Invitational 2A Preview Tournament at the Pendleton Convention Center. 501 South Main Street Pendleton (541) 276-7411 We Our Ambassadors! The Ambassadors are the social arm of the Chamber: A very special thank you goes out to 2019 President Bob McMillan and all volunteers on the Chamber Ambassador Committee for an excellent year and job well done! Chamber Ambassadors Around our Communities: Ribbon Cutting @ Affordable Family Eyewear Grand Opening, Hermiston OR | December Gathering @ Mac's Bar & Grill HAVE YOU NOMINATED? December 27th! CALLING ALL TABLE DECORATING ENTHUSIASTS! TODAY W W W . P E N D L E T O N C H A M B E R . 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