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Burrow, LSU cap Heisman
season, beat Clemson for title
By RALPH D. RUSSO
AP College Football Writer
AP Photo/Gerald Herbert
LSU quarterback Joe Burrow, right, celebrates with wide receiver
Terrace Marshall Jr. after scoring against Clemson during the fi rst
half of Monday’s national championship game in New Orleans.
NEW ORLEANS — Joe Burrow
threw fi ve touchdown passes, ran for
another score and capped one of the
greatest seasons in college football
history by leading No. 1 LSU to a
42-25 victory against No. 3 Clemson
on Monday night to win the national
championship.
The small-town Ohio kid turned
Louisiana legend delivered the
Tigers (15-0) their fi rst national
title since 2007 and fourth overall,
breaking a few more records along
the way in what was already an his-
toric season. The fi ve TD passes
and 463 yards passing are the most
for a BCS or College Football Play-
off title game as are his six total
touchdowns.
He became the fi rst major college
quarterback to throw 60 touchdown
passes in a season as LSU snapped
defending national champion Clem-
son’s 29-game winning streak. For
the fi rst time in his college career,
Clemson star quarterback Trevor
Lawrence was on the losing team.
The Tigers (14-1) had won his fi rst
25 starts.
But on this night, Lawrence (18
for 37 for 234 yards) was no match
for Burrow — the Ohio State trans-
ferred who threw all of 16 TD passes
last season with LSU.
See Tigers, Page A9
PREP ROUNDUP
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Javon Curiel (0), of Echo, eyes the
basket during Saturday’s game,
making his way around a fallen
Sherman player.
Bulldogs
can’t keep up
with Braves
East Oregonian
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Hermiston’s Kendall Dowdy grabs a rebound during Saturday’s game against Kamiakin at the Dawg House.
Hermiston uses 21-4 fourth-quarter run
to make off with MCC home victory
By BRETT KANE
East Oregonian
ERMISTON — In the
Mid-Columbia Confer-
ence, any slack in your
team’s momentum can
cost you the game.
While the Hermiston girls experi-
enced that in brief lapses, it was what
derailed the visiting Kamiakin Braves on
Saturday night.
The Dawgs fought to hold onto a
10-point advantage throughout the con-
test, and an early fourth-quarter rally put
H
the game out of reach for good as Hermis-
ton cruised a 76-50 win.
It was the Bulldog’s fi rst win over
Kamiakin (2-10, 1-7 MCC) since they
joined the MCC.
“We wanted to come out strong, and
we did that,” said Hermiston senior Jazlyn
Romero, who poured in 16 points to lead
the Bulldogs. “But then we lagged a little
bit. You can’t afford those mental lapses
in the MCC. You never know — anyone
can win any game on any given night.”
Romero, sophomore Sydney Seavert,
and junior Kaylee Young opened play
with three consecutive treys for Hermis-
ton that helped it to a 9-2 lead.
Braves freshman Kathryn Hollen-
berg notched two unanswered baskets
that pulled them within fi ve points in
response, and sophomore Kylie Malloy
hit a basket to cut the defi cit to just three
with 4:36 left in the quarter.
Seavert sank another 3-pointer in the
fi nal minute to help keep the Dawgs up
22-16 at the buzzer.
Braves freshman Nikole Thomas,
who fi nished the game with 15 points,
got her team within three points again
See Dawgs, Page A9
Brosnan wins title, Mustangs second at Cougar Challenge
Irrigon gets titles
from Asher Hall
and Jacob Ayala
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
ECHO — Sophomore Conor
Brosnan won the 170-pound title,
and Heppner/Ione fi nished sec-
ond at the Cougar Challenge on
Saturday at Echo High School.
Grant Union won the team
title with 119.5 points, with the
Mustangs (67.5) a distant second,
and Imbler (67) third.
Brosnan
pinned
Ronny
Morello of Joseph/Wallowa at
5:11 of the championship match.
The Mustangs also got a sec-
ond-place fi nish from Brian Col-
lins at 120-126, Roen Waite at
113, and Jace Coe at 160. Saul
Lopez was third at 132, and
Edward Ellsworth fourth at 152.
Asher Hall of Irrigon won the
113-pound title, beating Waite by
technical fall, 17-2.
The Knights, who fi nished
sixth, also got a title from Jacob
Ayala at 132. Ayala earned an 8-2
decision over Grant Union’s Ben
Henry in the title match.
Irrigon’s Tim Standley was
third at 285, while Roberto Ayala
was fourth at 195, and Bradley
Dawson fi fth at 220.
Host Echo/Stanfi eld got sec-
ond-place fi nishes from Ethan
Piercy (138) and Isaiah Lemmon
(145).
In the girls portion of the tour-
nament, Echo’s Natalie Toombs
was third at 105-110, and Kaitlyn
Lemmon was third at 125-130.
Heppner/Ione’s
Suzanneah
Cason was fourth at 125-130, and
Irrigon’s Emalei Hendren was
second at 135.
Girls wrestling
Hermiston fi nished 36th in the
team standings Saturday at the
Kelso Girls Tournament.
The Bulldogs (65 points) did
not have anyone place in the top
eight at the event, which featured
wrestlers from 102 teams.
White River won the team title
with 197 points, while Hanford
(190.5) was a close second, and
Kennewick (163.5) third.
Marina Izaguirre Frasser fi n-
ished 4-2 at 100 pounds, and
earned 14 points for the Bulldogs.
At 190 pounds, Jazmin Deike
also was 4-2 and earned 13
points, while Amree Braithwaite
(140) went 3-2 and earned 12
points.
HERMISTON — The Bull-
dogs fell to an eight-game skid as
they dropped a 78-29 Mid-Colum-
bia Conference matchup against
Kamiakin in Hermiston on Satur-
day night.
Chase Elliott was the only Herm-
iston player to score in double dig-
its, fi nishing with 13 on the night.
The Bulldogs were held to just three
points in the fourth quarter — a
basket from Miguel Moreno and a
point at the line from Elliott.
The bottom-ranked Bulldogs
(2-10, 1-7 MCC) travel to Kenne-
wick on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
Boys basketball
MAC-HI 43, ONTARIO 42 —
The Pioneers opened Greater Ore-
gon League play with a last-second
road victory over the Tigers.
Mac-Hi held a 21-20 lead at the
half, but Ontario battled back for a
41-37 lead with just 25 seconds left
to play.
Marcellus Brinkley hit a
3-pointer to turn it into a one-point
game for the Pioneers, and Ontario
responded with a free throw for a
42-40 lead.
Mac-Hi’s Cristian Castillo hit a
buzzer-beating trey from the right
wing to steal the win.
Mac-Hi (7-7, 1-0 GOL) hosts
Corbett for nonleague game at
6 p.m. Thursday.
STANFIELD
58,
WESTON-MCEWEN 54 —
Blane Peal posted a game-high 22
points for the host TigerScots, but
the Tigers’ evenly distributed scor-
ing kept the game just out of reach
in Saturday’s Blue Mountain Con-
ference contest.
Rafael Orozco led the Tigers
with 19 points, while Uriel Carrillo
added 11, and Rene Sanchez 10.
Stanfi eld (7-7, 2-1 BMC) vis-
its Union at 7:30 p.m. Friday, while
Weston-McEwen (3-10, 0-2 BMC)
hosts Union at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
SHERMAN COUNTY 57,
ECHO 30 — The Cougars fell to
0-4 in Big Sky League after a home
loss to the Huskies.
Mason Murdock scored a team-
high 15 points and shot 7-of-8 from
the fi eld for Echo. Sherman Coun-
ty’s Wade Field was a perfect 7-for-7
See Prep roundup, Page A9