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Newspaper Page TextB2 SPORTS East Oregonian Saturday, January 4, 2020 Prep roundup: Rockets suffer season’s first loss Continued from Page B1 Staff photo by Kathy Aney Hermiston’s A.J. Ramos-Barron dishes off to a teammate as he is pressured by Southridge’s Eddie Marines (behind) and Tristan Smith (13) during Friday’s Mid-Columbia Con- ference game in Kennewick, Wash. Boys: ‘T hey battled and did not give up’ Continued from Page B1 In the second, Ruloph opened things up with a 3 from the left baseline for a 16-14 Hermiston lead, only to see Ryker Stevens step outside for a 3 of his own for a 17-16 Southridge lead. Sergio Madrigal drove the lane for a basket to give the Bulldogs an 18-17 advantage — their last of the game. From there, Smith scored seven points to help the Suns to a 28-22 lead at the half. Ruloph hit a 3, and Madrigal made one of two free throws to account for Hermiston’s four points in the third quarter as the Bulldogs fell behind 39-26 with one quarter to play. The Bulldogs went on an 18-15 run in the fourth quarter, getting five points each from Madrigal and Trent Pitney, but it would not be enough. “I appreciate them not giving up,” Preuninger said. “I’m proud of them — they battled and did not give up.” Ruloph added four rebounds to his 19 points, drawing praise from Preuninger. “Jaiden has been shoot- ing really well all year,” he said. “We just need some- one else to step up. For us to win, we have to win as a team.” A.J. Ramos-Barron added 10 points and four rebounds for the Bulldogs, while Madrigal had eight points. Smith scored 18 of his 28 points in the first half. He was the only Southridge player in double figures. “We put a lot of effort on stopping (Donavyn) Perry and Smith,” Preuninger said. “We did a good job on Perry (two points).” Hermiston will host Hanford on Saturday, while Southridge will play at Pasco. Nyah Tejeda posted a team-best 14 points to lead the Tigers (10-2), while Ken- dra Hart had 12 and Maggie Sharp 11. Stanfield will travel to Pilot Rock on Saturday for a 4 p.m. tip-off. SOUTH WASCO COUNTY 48, IONE/ ARLINGTON 46 — The Cardinals dropped their Big Sky League opener at home in overtime on Friday. Ione/Arlington led by four with one minute left in regular play, but the Red- sides held them off down the stretch. Hailey Heideman fin- ished with 11 points, six rebounds, and five steals. Jessica Medina posted 11 points and chipped in four steals. The Cardinals (6-3, 1-0 BSL) travel to Dufur on Sat- urday at 2 p.m. HELIX 46, MAC-HI (JV) 12 — The Grizzlies trailed 3-0 after the first quarter, then outscored Mac- Hi’s JV squad 46-9 across three quarters for a non- league road win on Friday. Kaylee Cope led Helix with 16 points, and Kyleen Stahancyk had eight. Mac- Hi’s Ivonne Lopez posted five points to lead the Pioneers. Helix (7-3) will host Riv- erside’s JV team on Satur- day at 1 p.m. ENTERPRISE 55, PILOT ROCK 22 — The Rockets were no match for Enterprise in Friday’s Blue Mountain Conference opener, suffering a road loss on Friday evening. Emily Lambert led the Rockets with eight points and 14 rebounds. Pilot Rock (4-7, 0-1 BMC) hosts Stan- field on Saturday at 4 p.m. RIVERVIEW (Wash- ington) 38, RIVER- SIDE 30 — The Pirates (1-11) dropped a close non- league game at home on Friday night. Staff photo by Ben Lonergan Heppner’s Jackson Lehman (11) puts up a shot against the Weston-McEwen TigerScots during a game in Athena Friday night. Jasmin Lopez led River- side with 11 points. “We were right there with them,” Riverside head coach Clair Costello said, “then we turned it over and missed a couple lay-ins. We weren’t physical enough. We got a little tired at the end.” The Pirates will host Lyle on Tuesday at 6 p.m. Boys hoops HEPPNER 56, WESTON-MCEWEN 44 — Jackson Lehman scored 15 points, and Mason Leh- man 10 as the Mustangs made off with a road win to ring in Blue Mountain Con- ference play on Friday. The TigerScots got a game-high 16 points from Blair Rudolph, and 12 from Blane Peal. Heppner (5-5, 1-0 BMC) hosts Irrigon on Saturday for a nonleague matchup at 5:30 p.m. Weston-McEwen (2-9, 0-1 BMC) will visit Imbler for a nonleague game at 5:30 p.m. GRANT UNION 65, STANFIELD 51 — The Tigers stayed close for three quarters, but could not match the offensive power of the Prospectors’ Tristan Morris, who poured in 26 points to defeat Stanfield in Friday’s Blue Mountain Conference opener at Grant Union. “We knew (about Mor- ris) coming in,” Stanfield head coach Devin Bailey said, “and we actually did really well against him. We had a lapse in the third quar- ter, and it went from a three- point game to a 10-point game real quick.” Rene Sanchez led Stan- field (5-7, 0-1 BMC) with 12 points, while Sam Kerns had 10, and Uriel Carrillo eight. The Tigers travel to Pilot Rock on Saturday for a 5:30 p.m. conference tip-off. ENTERPRISE 67, PILOT ROCK 64 — The Rockets saw their 10-game streak snap as they suffered a road loss to open Blue Mountain Conference action on Friday night. Austin Drake led Pilot Rock with 18 points in their season’s first loss. Payton Thurmond added 15. Pilot Rock (10-1, 0-1 BMC) will host Stanfield on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. NEWPORT 53, MAC-HI 51 — The Pio- neers opened the Roby’s Invitational with a narrow loss at Tillamook on Friday. Mac-Hi (6-5) will face Estacada on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in the final day of the tournament. DUFUR 60, ECHO 22 — The Cougars opened Big Sky League play with a home loss on Friday night. Mason Murdock and Cameron Skinner each had six points to lead Echo (0-10, 0-1 BSL). The Cougars will travel to South Wasco County on Saturday for a 3:30 p.m. BSL contest. OREGON EPISCO- PAL 57, UMATILLA 47 — Andrew Earl scored a team-high 25 points and grabbed five rebounds, but the Vikings could not escape Oregon Episcopal in the sec- ond day of Salem’s Crusader Classic New Year’s Invita- tional on Friday. Umatilla (6-6) will play St. Paul to close the tour- nament on Saturday at 10:30 a.m. RIVERVIEW (Wash- ington) 56, RIVERSIDE 37 — Riverview handed the Pirates a nonleague home loss on Friday night. Riverside got a team-best 11 points from Juan Reyna, and nine more from Johan Pena. The Pirates (8-4) host Lyle on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Girls: Hermiston to host Hanford on Saturday Continued from Page B1 AP Photo/Nick Wass Washington Wizards guard Isaiah Thomas (4) comes in contact with referee Marat Kogut, right, next to Portland Trail Blazers forward Carmelo Anthony, back, during the first half of an NBA basketball game on Friday in Washing- ton. Thomas was ejected from the game. Blazers: Next stop, Miami Continued from Page B1 Garrison Mathews added 18 points and Ish Smith scored 16 for the Wizards, who have lost four of five. Playing without Bradley Beal, Washingon’s top three scorers were reserves. Beal is day-to-day. He returned Wednesday against Orlando after missing two games with lower leg sore- ness and collided with the Magic’s Jonathan Isaac early on. Brooks said the collision aggravated Beal’s injury. McCollum started an 11-1 run in the third quar- ter with a jumper and then added a 3-pointer to make it 73-64. Whiteside scored four straight points on a tip-in and layup and, after a Washington free throw, Lil- lard hit two foul shots to put Portland up 79-65. McRae’s 3-pointer pulled Washington within 103-96 with 5:54 left, but Lillard answered with five quick points to make it 108-96. “We’re a young team,” McRae said. “We’re trying to figure out ways to win those games in the last five minutes of the game. You’ve got to get stops, you’ve got to be efficient on the offensive end.” Tip-ins Trail Blazers: Forward Mario Hezonja returned after missing four games because of lower back pain. … Lillard has scored at least 29 points in the teams’ last six matchups. … Whiteside has 26 double-doubles Wizards: Have 20 20-plus point games from bench, second-most in the NBA behind the Clippers (31). … Wizards bench has 17 games of 50 or more combined points. … Have 32 consecutive games of 100 or more points, fifth-longest streak in team history. ... Are 1-15 when they score less than 110 points. White out Whiteside recorded his first 20-point, 20-rebound game of the season as the team played its second game of 2020. “He has a knack around the basket,” coach Terry Stotts said. “As far as 20 rebounds, he goes after them. And he’s got a lot of length. ... His scoring a lot of times, he’s the beneficiary of passing but I thought he really went after some offensive rebounds and cre- ated some opportunities for himself.” Up next Trail Blazers: Continue road trip on Sunday when they visit the Miami Heat. Wizards: Host the Den- ver Nuggets on Saturday. picking off passes.” Romero finished the game with seven steals, eight points and five rebounds. The Bulldogs also hit 10 3-pointers on the night — four by Heideman and three by Young — to keep the Suns’ defense spread out. “A lot of it was dribble, drive, kick and 3,” Moss said. “You are squared up and ready to shoot.” The Bulldogs missed some easy baskets early in the game, but were able to ride the storm until they got on track. “We came out not per- fect, but then we were fine,” said Young, who also had six rebounds. “We started shooting better and getting steals. Our defensive inten- sity changed dramatically throughout the game, and I think we kind of scared them with the the press. They were trying to get rid of the ball.” Hermiston forced 29 Southridge turnovers, with 11 coming in the third quarter. “It was a good way to start a new decade,” Heide- man said. “We did a lot of conditioning over the break, worked on our press and pushed it hard. It showed tonight.” Jayden Ray added five points and a team-high 12 rebounds for the Bulldogs, while Alexis Kessell had eight rebounds and six points. Nadine French led South- ridge with nine points, while McKenna Crum added six. Hermiston will host Han- ford on Saturday. SCOREBOARD LOCAL SLATE ette (10-3), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Detroit Cleveland MONDAY, JAN. 13 SATURDAY, JAN. 4 Boys basketball Mac-Hi vs. Estacada (at Roby’s Invita- tional), 1:30 p.m. Riverside at Helix, 2:30 p.m. Echo at South Wasco County, 3:30 p.m. Ione/Arlington at Dufur, 3:30 p.m. Stanfield at Pilot Rock, 5:30 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Imbler, 5:30 p.m. Irrigon at Heppner, 5:30 p.m. Umatilla at Crusader Classic Tourna- ment, 7 p.m. Hanford at Hermiston, 7:30 p.m. Girls basketball Riverside (JV) at Helix, 1 p.m. Mac-Hi at Banks Girls Basketball Winter Shootout, 1 p.m. Echo at South Wasco County, 2 p.m. Ione/Arlington at Dufur, 2 p.m. Stanfield at Pilot Rock, 4 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Imbler, 4 p.m. Irrigon at Heppner, 4 p.m. Hanford at Hermiston, 5:45 p.m. Umatilla at Salem Academy Tourna- ment, 7 p.m. Boys wrestling Hermiston at Gut Check Invite TUESDAY, JAN. 7 Boys basketball Echo at Ione/Arlington, 7:30 p.m. College Place at Mac-Hi, 7:30 p.m. Lyle at Riverside, 7:30 p.m. Umatilla at Riverview, 7 p.m. Pendleton at La Grande, 7 p.m. Hermiston at Richland, 7:30 p.m. Girls basketball Riverview at Umatilla, 5:30 p.m. Hermiston at Richland, 5:45 p.m. Echo at Ione/Arlington, 6 p.m. College Place at Mac-Hi, 6 p.m. Nixyaawii at Lapwai (Idaho), 6:30 p.m. La Grande at Pendleton, 6:30 p.m. Girls wrestling Hermiston at Kennewick, 6 p.m. Boys swimming Hermiston at Walla Walla, 4 p.m. 2019-20 BOWL GAMES FRIDAY, JAN. 3 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Boise Ohio 30, Nevada 21 SATURDAY, JAN. 4 Armed Forces Bowl Fort Worth, Texas Southern Miss (7-5) vs. Tulane (6-6), 8:30 a.m. (ESPN) MONDAY, JAN. 6 Lendingtree Bowl Mobile, Ala. Miami (Ohio) (8-5) vs. Louisiana-Lafay- 12 10 23 24 .343 .294 18½ 20 WESTERN CONFERENCE College Football Championship New Orleans Clemson (14-0) vs. LSU (14-0), 5 p.m. (ESPN) NFL PLAYOFFS WILD-CARD PLAYOFFS Saturday, Jan. 4 Buffalo at Houston, 1:35 p.m. (ABC/ESPN) Tennessee at New England, 5:15 p.m. (CBS) Sunday, Jan. 5 Minnesota at New Orleans, 10:05 a.m. (FOX) Seattle at Philadelphia, 1:40 p.m. (NBC) DIVISIONAL PLAYOFFS Saturday, Jan. 11 Philadelphia, Seattle or Minnesota at San Francisco, 1:35 p.m. (NBC) Houston, Buffalo or Tennessee at Balti- more, 5:15 p.m (CBS) Sunday, Jan. 12 New England, Houston or Buffalo at Kan- sas City, 12:05 p.m. (CBS) New Orleans, Philadelphia or Seattle at Green Bay, 3:40 p.m. (FOX) CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Sunday, Jan. 19 AFC, 12:05 p.m. (CBS) NFC, 3:40 p.m. (FOX) PRO BOWL Sunday, Jan. 26 At Orlando, Fla. AFC vs. NFC, 12 p.m. (ESPN) SUPER BOWL Sunday, Feb. 2 At Miami Gardens, Fla. NFC champion vs. AFC champion, 3:30 p.m. (Fox) NBA STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Boston Toronto Phila. Brooklyn New York W 24 23 23 16 10 L 8 12 14 17 25 Pct .750 .657 .622 .485 .286 GB — 2½ 3½ 8½ 15½ Southeast Miami Orlando Charlotte Washington Atlanta W 25 16 14 10 7 L 10 19 23 24 28 Pct .714 .457 .378 .294 .200 GB — 9 12 14½ 18 Central Milwaukee Indiana Chicago W 31 22 13 L 5 13 22 Pct .861 .629 .371 GB — 8½ 17½ Southwest Houston Dallas San Antonio Memphis New Orleans W 24 22 14 13 11 L 11 12 19 22 23 Pct .686 .647 .424 .371 .324 GB — 1½ 9 11 12½ Northwest Denver Utah Oklahoma City Portland Minnesota W 24 22 19 15 13 L 10 12 15 21 21 Pct .706 .647 .559 .417 .382 GB — 2 5 10 11 Pacific W L Pct GB L.A. Lakers 27 7 .794 — L.A. Clippers 25 11 .694 3 Phoenix 14 21 .400 13½ Sacramento 13 22 .371 14½ Golden State 9 27 .250 19 ——— Friday’s Games Boston 109, Atlanta 106 Orlando 105, Miami 85 Portland 122, Washington 103 Houston 118, Phila. 108 Phoenix 120, New York 112 L.A. Lakers 123, New Orleans 113 Saturday’s Games Memphis at L.A. Clippers, 12:30 p.m. Toronto at Brooklyn, 3 p.m. Utah at Orlando, 4 p.m. Indiana at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m. Boston at Chicago, 5 p.m. Denver at Washington, 5 p.m. Charlotte at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Detroit at Golden State, 5:30 p.m. San Antonio at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m. New Orleans at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Sunday’s Games New York at L.A. Clippers, 12:30 p.m. Portland at Miami, 3 p.m. Minnesota at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m. Memphis at Phoenix, 5 p.m. Detroit at L.A. Lakers, 7 p.m. Monday’s Games Boston at Washington, 4 p.m. Brooklyn at Orlando, 4 p.m. Indiana at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Oklahoma City at Phila., 4 p.m. Denver at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Utah at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Chicago at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Milwaukee at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Golden State at Sacramento, 7 p.m. NHL STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Boston Toronto Tampa Bay GP W 42 24 42 23 39 22 L OT Pts 7 11 59 14 5 51 13 4 48 GF GA 139 107 152 135 139 121 Florida Buffalo Montreal Ottawa Detroit 40 42 41 41 42 21 14 18 17 18 17 16 20 10 29 Metropolitan GP W Washington 42 28 N.Y. Islanders 39 25 Pittsburgh 40 24 Carolina 41 24 Phila. 41 22 Columbus 41 19 N.Y. Rangers 40 19 New Jersey 40 15 5 7 6 5 3 47 43 42 37 23 145 137 124 133 132 133 114 138 90 161 L OT Pts GF GA 9 5 61 150 125 11 3 53 115 102 11 5 53 138 107 15 2 50 139 116 14 5 49 131 123 14 8 46 107 113 17 4 42 132 136 19 6 36 104 139 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA St. Louis 42 26 10 6 58 131 114 Colorado 41 24 13 4 52 151 122 Dallas 42 24 14 4 52 115 104 Winnipeg 41 22 16 3 47 128 126 Minnesota 41 19 17 5 43 126 137 Nashville 39 18 15 6 42 134 131 Chicago 42 18 18 6 42 123 139 Pacific GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vegas 44 23 15 6 52 139 129 Arizona 43 23 16 4 50 122 110 Vancouver 41 22 15 4 48 139 124 Edmonton 43 21 17 5 47 127 137 Calgary 43 21 17 5 47 118 130 San Jose 42 18 21 3 39 112 141 Los Angeles 42 17 21 4 38 109 132 Anaheim 41 16 20 5 37 105 128 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs. ——— Friday’s Games Washington 4, Carolina 3 Dallas 4, Detroit 1 Saturday’s Games Edmonton at Boston, 10 a.m. Florida at Buffalo, 10 a.m. San Jose at Columbus, 10 a.m. Winnipeg at Minnesota, 11 a.m. St. Louis at Vegas, 1 p.m. Pittsburgh at Montreal, 4 p.m. Colorado at New Jersey, 4 p.m. Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Toronto, 4 p.m. Phila. at Arizona, 5 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Nashville at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games San Jose at Washington, 9:30 a.m. Tampa Bay at Carolina, 2 p.m. Florida at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m. Calgary at Minnesota, 4 p.m. Detroit at Chicago, 4:30 p.m. Nashville at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Monday’s Games Winnipeg at Montreal, 4 p.m. Colorado at N.Y. Islanders, 4 p.m. Edmonton at Toronto, 4 p.m. Columbus at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.