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By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
Staff photo by Ben Lonergan
Bucks escape
Redmond’s
physicality for
IMC victory
East Oregonian
REDMOND — The Pendleton
boys overcame redmond’s sturdy
defense and improved to a three-
game win streak as they took
home a 68-57 Intermountain Con-
ference over the Panthers on Tues-
day night.
“This was a hard-fought game,”
Pendleton head coach Zach Dong
said. “Even though we won by 11,
we were in a dog fight the whole
game. redmond is a good squad.
They play tough, physical defense
and make it hard for you to run
your offense.”
dakota Sams led the bucks
with 23 points, including eight in
Pendleton’s 19-point first quar-
ter. Jonathan begay and Stockton
Hoffman each added 12.
“Dakota shot the ball well,”
dong said. “He couldn’t miss,
especially at the beginning of the
game. Kason broncheau came off
an injury and gave us a huge boost
at the point guard position. Tanner
Sweek was tasked with guarding
their best player. He was physical
with him and didn’t make any-
thing easy. (Hoffman) had some
timely buckets for us down the
stretch to stifle any runs that red-
mond tried to make.”
The league’s top-ranked buck-
aroos (14-4, 3-1 IMC) return home
to host ridgeview on Friday.
Game time is at 6:30 p.m.
Boys hoops
NIXYAAWII 83, POWDER
VALLEY 72 — Tyasin burns
scored 17 points in the fourth quar-
ter to help lead the Golden Eagles
to an Old Oregon League road win
over the badgers on Tuesday night.
burns finished the night with
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Dawgs make quick work of Braves
Hermiston’s ray
celebrates birthday
with game-high
12 points
Echo’s Lily Wallis (35) makes a
break past Pilot Rock’s Madyson
Moffit (1) en route to the basket.
The Echo Cougars defeated the Pi-
lot Rock Rockets 61-18 in Echo on
Tuesday night.
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KEnnEWICK, Wash. —
After two close games that went
down to the wire, the Hermiston
girls basketball team had a little
fun Tuesday night.
Jayden Ray scored a game-high
12 points on her 17th birthday as
the bulldogs celebrated a 63-39
Mid-Columbia Conference road
win over Kamiakin.
“It was so nice to see them play
as a team, and confident,” Herm-
iston coach Maloree Moss said.
“We played a lot of girls, and we
were on the same page and willing
to work.”
Ray scored all off her points in
the first three quarters as the bull-
dogs (12-7, 9-6 MCC) enjoyed a
47-29 lead.
“It was a good win, especially
after the last two were so close,”
said Ray, who also had seven
rebounds. “After the half, we kept
the high intensity and got the job
done. It was really nice to have a
smooth basketball game.”
Kamiakin (4-15, 3-12 MCC),
which long ruled the roost in
the MCC, suffered its fifth loss
in a row.
“We have some youth and inex-
perience,” braves coach Lane
Schumacher said. “We’ve taken
some lumps this year. Hermiston
does a really nice job of running
their offense, and they have some
nice shooters. When they get by
you, you have to be out on them.
They hurt us.”
The bulldogs opened the game
with an 11-8 lead after the first
quarter, but extended their lead to
26-19 at the half.
A 21-10 run in the third, bol-
stered by seven points by Kate-
lyn Heideman, and six by Kaylee
young, put Hermiston up 47-29.
In the fourth, Madison Feigum
hit a pair of 3-pointers, and young
and Mia Hernandez each had one
as the bulldogs cruised to victory.
“They played hard and recog-
nized what we were doing defen-
sively and offensively,” Moss said
of her team. “We pushed the ball
and got transition points, which
was nice.”
bailey young young came off
the bench to score 10 points and
haul down 10 rebounds, while
Jazlyn Romero had eight points,
seven rebounds and and handful
of assists. Kaylee young added 11
points, and Heideman nine.
“It’s nice to have someone like
her to dish the ball,” Ray said of
Romero.
Kathryn Hollenberg led the
braves with 11 points, while Lind-
sey benham added 10.
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BUCKS BLOW
THROUGH PANTHERS
Taber adds 15 points
and four 3-pointers to
massive home victory
By BRETT KANE
East Oregonian
EndLETOn — Last week, the
Pendleton girls suffered one of
their season’s toughest losses.
On Tuesday, they recouped for
one of their season’s biggest wins.
The buckaroos eclipsed their red-
mond visitors by 20 points in the first
quarter alone, and never allowed more
than nine points per quarter, including a
combined eight points in the second half,
as they rolled to an easy 74-25 Inter-
mountain Conference victory over the
Panthers on Warberg Court.
“Last Friday was an anomaly,” Pend-
leton head coach Kevin Porter said. “It
has nothing to do with winning or losing
— it’s how you play. Tonight, we made a
concerted effort to play basketball, and
play it our way. We did that tonight.”
Pendleton’s biggest quarter of the
night came early as they opened the first
quarter with a 12-4 run that spanned two
and a half minutes. Redmond got early
baskets from sophomore post Skyla
Gonzales and senior forward Ellie Cor-
win, but the bucks capped off the quar-
ter with a 13-point run to take a 20-point
advantage. Sophomore Muriel Hoising-
ton contributed six points and an assist
to the streak.
“We wanted to be the press,” Porter
said. “We wanted to be the team who’s
bringing the attack, and control the
tempo of the game, just like any team
would want to.”
Staff photo by Ben Lonergan
Pendleton sophomore Chloe Taber
sunk her first of four 3-pointers of the Pendleton’s Daisy Jenness (24) looks to take a shot under heavy coverage from a
night in the opening seconds of quarter pair of Panthers defenders. The Pendleton Buckaroos defeated the Redmond Pan-
two, and the Panthers were held scoreless thers 74-25 at Pendleton High School on Tuesday night.
for nearly five minutes. The bucks ended
a basket with three minutes left, and
up 41-17 at the half.
BOX SCORE
“We came out strong,” Taber said. “It Gonzales got two at the line in the quar-
was a pretty big lead. We just worked ter’s last three minutes.
PENDLETON — 29 12 15 18 — 74
Gonzales and freshman post Emily
hard. We never took a break.”
REDMOND — 9 8 4 4 — 25
Taber added another trey to Pendle- Snyder were the only two Panthers to
Pendleton — Taber 15, Jenness 13,
ton’s 12-point run that opened the third score in the final eight minutes. Taber
Wilson 13, Hoisington 10, Cooley 8,
quarter. redmond was once again held ended the game with her fourth and final
Neveau 7, Spriet 6, Youncs 2
away from the hoop for the first five 3-pointer with 39 seconds left to play.
Redmond — Gonzales 7, Reinemer
minutes. Panthers sophomore forward
6, Heikkila 6, McConnell 4, Snyder 2
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Alyssa McConnell snapped the run with
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Hermiston’s Deike headed to EOU to wrestle
Deike is the second
area wrestler EOU has
signed in the past week
By ANNIE FOWLER
East Oregonian
HERMISTON — Not long ago,
Jazmin Deike thought about giving up
wrestling.
She missed a tournament and a cou-
ple of practices before she returned to
the wrestling room.
Tuesday, the Hermiston senior
signed a letter of intent to wrestle at
Eastern Oregon University.
“I needed to refocus myself men-
tally,” Deike said of the brief hiatus. “I
decided where I wanted to go (to col-
lege) and what I wanted to study. It had
an impact. I came back better than ever.
Things fell into place, and I knew where
I stood with the team.”
The EOU program, under the direc-
tion of first-year coach Michael Ayala,
is in its fourth season.
Deike is the second area wrestler the
Mountaineers have signed in the past
week. Echo/Stanfield’s Katelyn Lem-
mon signed with EOU last Thursday.
“What set them apart was their cul-
ture and how they define their team,”
Deike said of EOU. “I want to be part
of something that is going to grow. I’m
really excited. I’m sure Eastern has
some 170 and 190 girls and I won’t have
to wrestle (coach Andy) Hall.”
The Hermiston girls program,
coached by Hall, is just in its sec-
ond year, but Deike has talents that go
beyond two years of work.
“Jazmin has been a hard worker,”
Hall said. “She’s at every practice and
every workout. She had a little hiccup
along the way, but she’s back.”
Deike is just in her second year of the
sport, but it’s one she has grown to love.
“Last year, I was completely infatu-
ated with it,” she said. “It was my first
year, and it was a lot of trial and error.
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Staff photo by Annie Fowler
Hermiston’s Jazmin Deike, shown here with coach Andy
Hall, signed a letter of intent on Tuesday to wrestle at
Eastern Oregon University.