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B2 SPORTS East Oregonian Tuesday, January 21, 2020 Dawgs: Wagner pinned all four of his opponents Continued from Page B1 Staff photo by Ben Lonergan McLoughlin’s Daniela Angel (5) goes in for a layup. The McLoughlin Pioneers defeated the Weston-McEwen Ti- gerScots 40-30 at Weston-McEwen High School in Athena on Dec. 6, 2019. Mac-Hi: ‘I never go into a game believing we are going to lose’ Continued from Page B1 rebuilding process.” The Pioneers are rev- eling in their success this season. The girls who are seniors had only won four game games in the past three years. “It has been nice,” Bryant said of the wins. “I’m a realist, but I never go into a game believ- ing we are going to lose. I always think I can come up with a plan to make us competitive.” The Pioneers have six seniors on their roster, but it has been sophomores Emma Leber and Darby Rhoades who have been leading the way. Leber, a 6-foot-1 for- ward, is averaging nine points per game, while Rhoades, a 5-6 guard, is adding eight points a game. “We have pieces, if we put them all together we can be competitive,” Bry- ant said. “It’s a good start to see where we want to be. It’s a great time to be here, and next year could be even better.” Local Roundup: The Knights will host Burns on Friday Continued from Page B1 Omar Madrigal led Irri- gon (2-12, 0-3 EOL) with 10 points, with Tony Carillo added six. John Wolfe led Vale with 19 points. The Knights will host Burns at 7:30 p.m. Friday. NWAC men’s basketball SPOKANE (Washing- ton) 99, BLUE MOUN- TAIN 74 — Garrett White had a game-high 27 points and six rebounds to lead the Sasquatch past the Tim- berwolves in NWAC East action Monday at Spokane Falls Community College. BMCC (4-15, 0-6 East), which has lost nine in a row, trailed by 15 at the half and could not make up the dif- ference in the second half. Wes Persinger led BMCC with 16 points and eight rebounds, while Dylan Grogan (Stanfield) came off the bench to add 13 points and four rebounds. Craig Mueller added 11 points and 12 rebounds. Girls basketball BAKER 66, MAC-HI 28 — The Pioneers ended their Greater Oregon League drought last week against Ontario, but the host Bulldogs did not allow Mac-Hi to make it two wins in a row. “One of our starters was gone, and we got into foul trouble early,” Pioneers coach Chris Bryant said. “Baker is No. 2 in the state for a reason. We had a hard time not giving up the ball, which led to layups at the other end.” Darby Rhoades led Mac-Hi (8-9, 1-1 GOL) with nine points, while Emma Leber had seven. Sydney Younger led Baker with 16 points. The Pioneers will host DeSales at 6 p.m. Wednes- day in a nonleague game. VALE 52, IRRIGON 35 — The Knights kept the game close in the first half, but a 15-5 run by the host Vikings in the third quarter was too much to overcome in their Eastern Oregon League game on Monday afternoon. “We pulled within seven in the fourth quarter, but that’s as close as we got,” Irrigon coach Mike Royer said. JaLay Burns led the Knights (6-8, 0-3 EOL) with 14 points and five steals, while Princesa Chavez added 11 points and Alyssa Luna eight. The Knights will host Burns at 6 p.m. Friday. NWAC women’s basketball SPOKANE (Washing- ton) 70, BLUE MOUN- TAIN 46 — The Timber- wolves fell behind early and could not catch the Sas- quatch down the stretch in an NWAC East loss Mon- day at Spokane Falls Com- munity College. Jordan Fox had 13 points and six steals, and Brooke Wheeler 13 points and six rebounds for BMCC (2-15, 0-6 East), which has dropped its past six games. Alyia Munoz added eight rebounds, and Katie Skramstad four assists and three steals. Koyama Young had a game-high 22 points, seven rebounds and five assists for Spokane. second to Chiawana, which rolled up a whopping 439 points. The Riverhawks had 11 guys in the finals, and came away with six titles. “It was a great effort by all the guys,” said River- hawks coach Jack Ander- son, whose team also won the title last year. “I’m proud of the guys, not only the ones in the finals, but the ones in the consolation finals. Every win counted today. This was a tough tournament. We love com- ing here. The community is great, and there’s great competition.” The host Bulldogs had five in the finals, and Trevor Wagner (170) joined Cade- nas atop of the winner’s podium. Finishing second were Adrian Delgado (120), Daniel Faaeteete (182) and Jon Lee (220). “There were 11 teams with a mix of state champi- ons and team champions,” Hermiston coach Kyle Lar- son said. “We didn’t want to throw an awesome tourna- ment and not win anything. When Trevor steps on the mat, he wants to put on a show and get people to their feet. Sam and Jon make each other better. You know they will push each other to be better. Same with Sean (Stewart), who was fifth (at 220).” Cadenas beat Lee 8-6 in the championship bout, coming back from a 3-2 deficit in the second round. Lee won the 220 title last year. “It’s the excitement, and the adrenaline starts pump- ing,” Cadenas said of going into a match. “Everything closes down and it’s a one- on-one battle to the end. It’s fun.” Cadenas opened the tournament with a 15-sec- ond pin of Nick Lackey of College Place, Washington, and then pinned Othello’s Josue Solorio in the quar- terfinals in 5:03. In the semis, Cadenas beat Stewart 7-1 to advance to the finals. “I like seeing new faces, Staff photo by Kathy Aney Hermiston’s Sam Cadenas (in blue) and Jon Lee wrestle in the 220-pound championship match of Saturday’s Farm City In- vitational. Cadenas won 8-6. Staff photo by Kathy Aney Hermiston’s Daniel Faaeteete (in blue) gets pinned by Tyson Stover of Chiawana in the 182-pound championship match of Saturday’s Farm City Invitational. like the Othello kid,” Cade- nas said. “He was small, and that was tough for me. He was a good kid, and pretty strong.” Against Lee, Cadenas got the initial takedown, but Lee maneuvered an escape, and was awarded a point after two stalling calls on Cadenas to make it 2-2 after the first round. “That’s what they call, but I’m backing up to set up my shot,” said Cade- nas, who finished fourth last year. “I need to work on that.” Cadenas led 6-5 after the second round, got a key takedown with 49 seconds left in the third round, and then held on for the win. Wagner, who said he wasn’t feeling well at the start of the day, pinned all four of his opponents to improve to 19-5 on the season. In the the title match, he pinned Liddell Giles of Othello in 1:22. “I didn’t really feel great, but I battled through it,” Wagner said. “I didn’t know who that kid (Giles) was, but I treat every kid the same. We got to see a lot of kids we do see, and some from Idaho we don’t. It was good to be at home and sleep in our beds.” Wagner’s quickest pin on the day came in his first match against Irrigon’s Zachariah Koekemoer, which lasted just 42 seconds. Faaeteete trailed 9-0 to Chiawana’s Tyson Stover in the finals before Stover pinned him at 2:51 in the second round. Stover (27- 2) also won the 182 title last year. Delgado, who won the 113-pound title a year ago, suffered a 13-4 loss in the finals to Nathan Gregory of Deer Park, Washington, who won the Class 1A 113- pound state title last year. Gregory improved to 22-3 with the win over Delgado. Chiawana also got titles from Davian Martinez (113), Robby Vaughn (145), Riley Cissne (160), Isaiah Anderson (195) and Colby Blasdel. Anderson and Blasdel also won titles last year. Kamiakin’s Joey Chavez, who won the 152- pound title, also was named the tournament’s Outstand- ing Wrestler. Guillermo Ramirez- Diaz won the 126-pound title for Kamiakin, giving the Braves two champions. Also for Hermiston, Aiden Favorite (106) and Hunter Dyer (126) were third, Zayne Helfer (113) was fourth, and Jordan Franklin (145), Michael Ramirez (170), Jesse Vassey (195) and Jorge De La Torre (285) were fifth. For Irrigon, Jacob Ayala (132) placed fifth, while Roberto Ayala (182) was sixth. SCOREBOARD LOCAL SLATE TUESDAY, JAN. 21 Boys basketball Elgin at Helix, 5:30 p.m. Pasco at Hermiston, 7:30 p.m. Girls basketball Elgin at Helix, 4 p.m. Pasco at Hermiston, 5:45 p.m. Ione/Arlington at Pendleton JV, 7 p.m. Girls wrestling Riverside at Hood River Elks Memorial Tournament, 9:30 a.m. Hermiston at Grandview Invitational Wrestling Tournament, 10 a.m. Men’s basketball Big Bend at Blue Mountain, 4 p.m. Women’s basketball Big Bend at Blue Mountain, 2 p.m. AP TOP 25 POLL WEDNESDAY, JAN. 22 Boys basketball Ione/Arlington at Pendleton JV, 4 p.m. DeSales at Mac-Hi, 7:30 p.m. Men’s basketball Walla Walla at Blue Mountain, 7:30 p.m. Women’s basketball Walla Walla at Blue Mountain, 5:30 p.m. THURSDAY, JAN. 23 Boys wrestling Pasco at Hermiston, 7 p.m. Mac-Hi at Baker Three-Way, TBD Girls wrestling Pasco, Kamiakin at Hermiston, 6 p.m. FRIDAY, JAN. 24 Boys basketball Pendleton at Crook County, 6:30 p.m. Pilot Rock at Stanfield, 7:30 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at Echo, 7:30 p.m. Ione/Arlington at Horizon Christian, 7:30 p.m. Burns at Irrigon, 7:30 p.m. Mac-Hi at La Grande, 7:30 p.. Nixyaawii at Elgin, 7:30 p.m. Helix at Wallowa, 7:30 p.m. Vale at Riverside, 7:30 p.m. Nyssa at Umatilla, 7:30 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Union, 7:30 p.m. Southridge at Hermiston, 7:30 p.m. Girls basketball Ione/Arlington at Country Christian, 4:30 p.m. Southridge at Hermiston, 5:45 p.m. Pilot Rock at Stanfield, 6 p.m. Condon/Wheeler at Echo, 6 p.m. Burns at Irrigon, 6 p.m. Mac-Hi at La Grande, 6 p.m. Nixyaawii at Elgin, 6 p.m. Vale at Riverside, 6 p.m. Nyssa at Umatilla, 6 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Union, 6 p.m. Crook County at Pendleton, 6:30 p.m. SATURDAY, JAN. 25 Boys basketball Ione/Arlington at Condon/Wheeler, 3:30 p.m. Nyssa at Irrigon, 4:30 p.m. Vale at Umatilla, 4:30 p.m. Burns at Riverside, 4:30 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Pilot Rock, 5:30 p.m. Heppner at Stanfield, 5:30 p.m. Joseph at Nixyaawii, 5:30 p.m. Powder Valley at Helix, 5:30 p.m. Girls basketball Ione/Arlington at Condon/Wheeler, 2 p.m. Vale at Umatilla, 2 p.m. Burns at Riverside, 3 p.m. Nyssa at Irrigon, 3 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Pilot Rock, 4 p.m. Heppner at Stanfield, 4 p.m. Joseph at Nixyaawii, 4 p.m. Powder Valley at Helix, 4 p.m. Boys wrestling Riverside at Hood River Elks Memorial Tournament, 9:30 a.m. Post Falls (ID) at Hermiston, TBD The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first- place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 19, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking: Men Record Pts Prv 1. Baylor (33) 15-1 1591 2 2. Gonzaga (31) 20-1 1588 1 3. Kansas (1) 14-3 1470 6 4. San Diego St. 19-0 1422 7 5. Florida St. 16-2 1335 9 6. Louisville 15-3 1303 11 7. Dayton 16-2 1139 13 8. Duke 15-3 1065 3 9. Villanova 14-3 1055 14 10. Seton Hall 14-4 1034 18 11. Michigan St. 14-4 1004 15 12. Oregon 15-4 886 8 13. Butler 15-3 867 5 14. West Virginia 14-3 758 12 15. Kentucky 13-4 755 10 16. Auburn 15-2 637 4 17. Maryland 14-4 525 17 18. Texas Tech 12-5 399 23 19. Iowa 13-5 398 — 20. Memphis 14-3 394 22 21. Illinois 13-5 280 24 22. Arizona 13-5 225 — 23. Colorado 14-4 154 20 24. Rutgers 14-4 152 — 25. Houston 14-4 151 — Others receiving votes: Wichita St. 94, LSU 83, Michigan 73, N. Iowa 42, Ohio St. 36, Stanford 28, Wisconsin 28, Penn St. 24, Florida 21, Liberty 21, Arkansas 19, Creighton 13, Duquesne 13, Virginia 13, Purdue 9, ETSU 6, Indiana 6, Southern Cal 4, BYU 2, Marquette 2, Harvard 1. Women Record Pts Prv 1. South Carolina (22) 17-1 741 1 2. Baylor (6) 15-1 725 2 3. UConn 16-1 665 4 4. Oregon 15-2 658 6 5. Louisville (2) 18-1 641 5 6. Stanford 16-2 599 3 7. Oregon St. 16-2 545 8 8. N.C. State 17-1 530 9 9. Mississippi St. 16-2 504 10 10. UCLA 16-1 497 7 11. DePaul 17-2 425 14 12. Kentucky 15-3 378 11 13. Gonzaga 18-1 366 16 14. Florida St. 15-3 358 13 15. Texas A&M 15-3 345 12 16. Arizona St. 15-4 297 18 17. Indiana 14-4 221 15 18. Arizona 15-3 214 21 19. Iowa 15-3 186 22 20. Maryland 13-4 184 20 21. Arkansas 15-3 156 23 22. Northwestern 16-2 118 — 23. Tennessee 14-3 116 24 24. South Dakota 17-2 110 25 25. West Virginia 13-3 63 17 Others receiving votes: Missouri St. 42, Rutgers 31, Princeton 28, LSU 5, Florida Gulf Coast 2. NFL PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Sunday, Jan. 19 Kansas City 35, Tennessee 24 San Francisco 37, Green Bay 20 PRO BOWL Sunday, Jan. 26 At Orlando, Fla. AFC vs. NFC, 12 p.m. (ESPN) SUPER BOWL Sunday, Feb. 2 At Miami Gardens, Fla. Kansas City vs. San Francisco, 3:30 p.m. (FOX) NBA STANDINGS Tuesday’s Games L.A. Clippers at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Oklahoma City at Orlando, 4 p.m. Phila. at Toronto, 4 p.m. Sacramento at Detroit, 4 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at New York, 4:30 p.m. Memphis at Boston, 4:30 p.m. Washington at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Denver at Houston, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Chicago, 5 p.m. Indiana at Phoenix, 6 p.m. San Antonio at New Orleans, 6:30 p.m. Utah at Golden State, 7 p.m. Thursday’s Games Washington at Cleveland, 4 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Brooklyn, 5 p.m. Dallas at Portland, 7:30 p.m. NHL STANDINGS EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Toronto Boston Phila. Brooklyn New York W 29 28 29 18 12 L 14 14 16 24 32 Pct .674 .667 .644 .429 .273 GB — ½ 1 10½ 17½ Southeast Miami Orlando Washington Charlotte Atlanta W 30 21 14 15 10 L 13 23 28 30 34 Pct .698 .477 .333 .333 .227 GB — 9½ 15½ 16 20½ Central Milwaukee Indiana Detroit Chicago Cleveland W 39 28 16 16 12 L 6 16 28 29 32 Pct .867 .636 .364 .356 .273 GB — 10½ 22½ 23 26½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Dallas Houston Memphis San Antonio New Orleans W 27 26 20 19 17 L 15 16 23 23 27 Pct .643 .619 .465 .452 .386 GB — 1 7½ 8 11 Northwest Denver Utah Oklahoma City Portland Minnesota W 30 30 25 19 15 L 13 13 19 26 28 Pct .698 .698 .568 .422 .349 GB — — 5½ 12 15 Pacific W L Pct GB L.A. Lakers 34 9 .791 — L.A. Clippers 30 13 .698 4 Phoenix 18 25 .419 16 Sacramento 15 28 .349 19 Golden State 10 35 .222 25 ——— Sunday’s Games San Antonio 107, Miami 102 Indiana 115, Denver 107 Monday’s Games Washington 106, Detroit 100 Toronto 122, Atlanta 117 Phila. 117, Brooklyn 111 Milwaukee 111, Chicago 98 New Orleans 126, Memphis 116 New York 106, Cleveland 86 Oklahoma City 112, Houston 107 Orlando 106, Charlotte 83 Miami 118, Sacramento 113 (OT) Boston 139, L.A. Lakers 107 Denver 107, Minnesota 100 Utah 118, Indiana 88 San Antonio 120, Phoenix 118 Portland 129, Golden State 124 (OT) EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Boston Tampa Bay Florida Toronto Buffalo Montreal Ottawa Detroit GP 50 48 48 49 49 50 48 50 W 28 29 27 25 22 22 17 12 L OT Pts GF GA 10 12 68 166 133 15 4 62 175 137 16 5 59 179 160 17 7 57 176 165 20 7 51 145 152 21 7 51 155 157 23 8 42 130 163 34 4 28 107 195 Metropolitan GP W Washington 49 33 Pittsburgh 49 31 N.Y. Islanders 48 28 Columbus 50 26 Carolina 49 28 Phila. 49 26 N.Y. Rangers 47 23 New Jersey 48 17 L OT Pts GF GA 11 5 71 177 144 13 5 67 168 133 15 5 61 139 130 16 8 60 134 127 18 3 59 155 131 17 6 58 155 150 20 4 50 156 155 24 7 41 126 173 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA St. Louis 49 30 11 8 68 158 134 Colorado 49 28 15 6 62 179 143 Dallas 48 27 17 4 58 125 120 Winnipeg 49 25 20 4 54 148 152 Chicago 50 24 20 6 54 152 157 Nashville 47 22 18 7 51 156 154 Minnesota 49 22 21 6 50 152 164 Pacific GP W L OT Pts GF GA Vancouver 49 27 18 4 58 162 149 Edmonton 49 26 18 5 57 155 153 Calgary 50 26 19 5 57 135 147 Vegas 51 25 19 7 57 159 156 Arizona 51 26 20 5 57 146 138 San Jose 50 21 25 4 46 130 167 Anaheim 48 19 24 5 43 122 150 Los Angeles 50 18 27 5 41 125 158 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. ——— Monday’s Games Colorado 6, Detroit 3 Florida 5, Minnesota 4 Tuesday’s Games Vegas at Boston, 4 p.m. Winnipeg at Carolina, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m. Pittsburgh at Phila., 4:30 p.m. Florida at Chicago, 4:30 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Winnipeg at Columbus, 4:30 p.m. Detroit at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Thursday’s Games No games scheduled
