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Helix basketball teams to host cake raffle to aid Joseph after gym fire
By BRETT KANE
East Oregonian
HELiX — When Joseph
Charter School’s gym caught
fire on Jan. 16, leaving the
Eagles without a home court
for the remainder of the year,
Helix School District Super-
intendent Darrick Cope knew
something had to be done to
help their fellow league mates.
“My mom graduated from
Joseph in 1961,” he said. “Her
picture is on the wall. I have
an attachment to that school
for that reason. I have a spot
in my heart for Joseph. That
could have easily been us. It
could happen to anyone.”
In response, the Griz-
zlies will be hosting a cake
raffle during their boys and
girls basketball home games
against Powder Valley on
Saturday. At the start of each
varsity game, Cope said, the
Grizzlies will also be “passing
the hat” to solicit additional
donations. Donations will also
be accepted at the gate.
“Imbler and Elgin were
doing the same thing — using
their gate money and passing
the hat in the bleachers to buy
back student backpacks and
supplies. We decided to do the
same thing. We knew we had
to do something.”
The Helix Booster Club
will be matching the total dol-
lar amount raised at the event.
The Grizzlies will host Joseph
for an Old Oregon League
game on Friday, Jan. 31, where
the Helix School District will
present a check to Joseph
superintendent and girls bas-
ketball coach Lance Homan.
“We’ve
done
raffles
before,” Cope said. “When it’s
for a cause, I think people will
be likely to buy tickets to help
out. It’s an opportunity for
people to donate to the general
fund.”
The fire, which started
during the school’s lunch
break on Jan. 16, caused sig-
nificant damage to the gym.
Firefighters were able to con-
trol the blaze in about 45 min-
utes, but the area still suffered
damage from the flames,
smoke, and water.
The cakes that will be raf-
fled off on Saturday were
baked by members of the
Helix community.
“We’re all in this together,”
Cope said. “(Joseph) won’t
have any home games for the
rest of the season now. That’s
going to affect the kids. How
do you go back to normal?
There was definitely some
trauma there.”
The girls varsity game tips
off at 4 p.m. Saturday, with
the boys to follow at 5:30 p.m.
Photo contributed by Lance Homan
Dirty water covers the inside of the Joseph Charter School’s
gymnasium, which a fire scorched on Jan. 16.
AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
Seattle Mariners General Manager
Jerry Dipoto speaks on Thursday in
Seattle during the Seattle Mariners
annual news conference before the
start of Spring Training.
Mariners
expect Mitch
Haniger to miss
start of season
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
SEATTLE — This was already
going to be a year where the Seattle
Mariners would be relying heavily on
young players and some of their top
prospects right from the beginning of
the season.
Now the Mariners expect to be
without one of their few veterans —
likely for the first month.
Outfielder Mitch Haniger is
expected to miss the start of the regu-
lar season and likely needs to undergo
core muscle surgery, general manager
Jerry Dipoto said Thursday.
Haniger suffered the injury during
one of his offseason workouts earlier
this week. Dipoto said the latest set-
back is tied to Haniger’s injury issues
from last season.
“I was expecting him to show up
for the first day of spring training
ready to go but that does not appear
to be the case,” Dipoto said.
Haniger missed the final 3½
months of the season after suffering a
ruptured testicle and then experienc-
ing back and core issues during his
recovery. Haniger was limited to 63
games and batted .220 with 15 hom-
ers and 32 RBIs.
A year earlier, Haniger was an All-
Star after hitting .285 with 26 homers
and 93 RBIs and an OPS of .859.
Dipoto said the hope is that
Staff photo by Ben Lonergan
Hermiston’s Adrian Delgado grapples with Pasco’s Eric Correa to win the 126-pound matchup during Thursday night’s
matchup at Hermiston High School.
PASCO WINS FINAL MATCH
TO SLIP PAST HERMISTON
Dawgs had a
33-25 lead with
two matches
remaining
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
ERMISTON — In a back-
and-forth match that came
down to the final bout,
Pasco had the edge in the
lower weights that helped it to a 35-33
Mid-Columbia Conference win over
Hermiston.
“It was a dog fight, you could say,”
Pasco coach Jay Covington said. “Pen-
ciling it out, I knew it would be close.
Their 145-pounder (Jordan Frank-
lin) got after it, and we had guys at
120 and 220 that were wrestling their
H
PASCO 35, HERMISTON 33
106 — Aiden Favorite (H) tf. Mariah Hinojosa, 18-3. 113 — Nate Tovar (Pas) p.
Zayne Helfer, 2:40. 120 — Victor Godinez (Pas) md. Gavin Doherty, 10-0. *126 —
Adrian Delgado (H) p. Eric Correa, 4:35. 132 — Eduardo Manzo (Pas) p. Hunter
Dyer, 1:25. 138 — Miguel Hinojosa (Pas) p. Isaac Montes, :57. 145 — Jordan Frank-
lin (H) md. Devin Fromm, 15-4. 152 — Jacob LeDuc (Pas) d. Emmanuel Carrillo,
5-0. 160 — Isaiah Gonzalez (Pas) md. Jaxson Gribskov, 15-3. 170 — Trevor Wagner
(H) d. Travis Thorn, 10-8 (OT). 182 — Daniel Faaeteete (H) p. Nathaniel Torres, 3:06.
195 — Blake Betz (H) d. Eduardo Aguilar, 8-3. 220 — Sam Cadenas (H) p. Jacob
Perez, 3:37. 285 — Damian Silva (Pas) p. Dustyn Coughlin, 2:56.
first varsity matches. Some of the guys
are upset they didn’t do better, but we
knew it would be tough.”
Though the match was a big
improvement from last year’s 57-12
thrashing by Pasco, Hermiston coach
Kyle Larson said there still is a lot of
work to be done.
“We did all right, but not good
enough,” Larson said. “When you give
up 24 points in pins, you aren’t going
to win many matches. We just have to
be tougher, more disciplined and con-
sistent. The reason Hermiston wres-
tling has the history and the culture it
does is because we don’t accept getting
beat by three points.”
Hermiston led 33-31 heading into
the final match of the night at 120
pounds, where Pasco’s Victor Godinez
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Herbert, other Senior Bowl players hope staying put pays off
By JOHN ZENOR
Associated Press
MOBILE, Ala. — A year ago,
Oregon quarterback Justin Her-
bert decided to stick around for
his senior season instead of turn-
ing pro. Wisconsin linebacker
Zack Baun didn’t really have much
choice.
Both had impressive final col-
lege seasons, including a head-
to-head Rose Bowl matchup, and
believe they’re more NFL-ready
now. They’re among the partici-
pants in Saturday’s Senior Bowl
game for senior NFL prospects
and some junior graduates.
Some of them, including Baun,
have only recently emerged as
legitimate prospects. Others like
South Carolina defensive tackle
Javon Kinlaw and Michigan State
defensive end Kenny Willekes
stayed in college for one more sea-
son largely because of injuries.
Ditto for Alabama linebacker Ter-
rell Lewis.
“I wanted to be a better leader,
a better teammate, a better quar-
terback,” said Herbert, who would
also have been a likely first-round
draft pick last year. “All these
things that I felt like I accom-
plished this year.”
He did turn in perhaps his best
season with 3,471 yards, 32 touch-
downs and six interceptions. Her-
bert is one of the top quarterbacks
in an upcoming draft where LSU
Heisman Trophy winner Joe Bur-
row is the likely No. 1 pick and
some of the 99 underclassmen
granted eligibility by the NFL are
among the most coveted prospects.
Alabama quarterback Tua
Tagovailoa is one of them and a
potential top-5 pick.
Lewis, Arizona State run-
ning back Eno Benjamin, Texas
A&M wide receiver Quartney
Davis and Utah State quarter-
back Jordan Love are among the
juniors in the Senior Bowl who
have already graduated. Lewis, a
fourth-year junior, and Love are
widely regarded as potential first-
round picks.
AP Photo/Butch Dill
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Oregon’s Justin Herbert of the South squad runs drills during practice
for the Senior Bowl college football game on Wednesday in Mobile, Ala.