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E AST O REGONIAN Tuesday, February 11, 2020 FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS | FACEBOOK.COM/EOSPORTS B1 Heppner’s Lehman, PR’s Weinke sign with EOU football By ANNIE FOWLER East Oregonian HePPNer — Tim Camp is not a coach who likes to see talent go to waste. The eastern Oregon university football coach didn’t have to look far this year to find some of the top talent in the state — La Grande High school is just a couple of blocks down the street, and his son Lehman Weinke Walker Camp is part of a talented trio from Pendleton. Just a bit further down the road, Camp snapped up versatile Mason Lehman from Heppner, and Logan Weinke from Pilot rock. “My goal is to show the west side of the state that the east side kids can play,” Camp said. “I’m pretty danged excited.” Lehman said he has wanted to play college football since he was in the sixth grade, and that eOu has been his top choice since his freshman year. “I like the campus,” he said, “it’s a small place like I’m used to. I will get a chance to prove myself.” Lehman, who helped Heppner to a 13-0 record and the 2a state title, is a player who has a lot to offer. The 6-foot, 185-pound Lehman caught 33 passes for 612 yards and 11 touchdowns. He also had 51 tackles and returned eight punts for touchdowns. Lehman was a first-team pick in the blue Mountain Conference at wide receiver and defensive back. He earned the same honors on the 2a all-state teams. “you see how hard a worker he is, and that program is one of the best in Oregon,” Camp said. “I like to gauge whether he could be another guy at the 5a or 6a level, or if he would have stood out. He See Signing, Page B2 PREP ROUNDUP TigerScots find team growth in Grant Union rematch East Oregonian Staff photo by Ben Lonergan Blue Mountain’s Dedi Seme (13) looks to pass the ball under heavy coverage from a pair of defenders during Saturday after- noon’s game against the Wenatchee Valley Knights. TIMBERWOLVES FALL SHORT TO THIRD-RANKED KNIGHTS Blue Mountain men and women suffer NWAC losses to Wenatchee Valley By BRETT KANE East Oregonian P eNdLeTON — Wes Persinger knew that Wenatchee Valley was a good basketball team, but he wasn’t about to let the game go without a fight. The blue Mountain Community Col- lege sophomore point guard scored a game-high 22 points and hauled down a team-high nine rebounds, but a late second-half run by the Knights put the Timberwolves on the losing end of an 83-68 NWaC east home game on saturday afternoon. “They’re a great team,” said Pers- inger, a 6-foot-9 Pendleton native. “They have some great players. The whole game was kind of up and down for us. We didn’t have the energy and intensity that we needed.” blue Mountain sophomore shooting guard dedi seme tied the score twice in the early minutes of the first half, but that would be the closest the Timberwolves would come to taking the lead. Pers- inger pulled the Timberwolves within three points at 19-16 with 11:22 left, and capped off a brief six-point blue Moun- tain run with 1:18 to go as they trailed just 35-28 at halftime. It was the second half that posed the greater challenge for the Timberwolves. a 14-4 Knights run that spanned nearly four minutes began with 16:09 left to play, with Persinger being the only Timberwolf successful enough to find the net against the Knights during the streak. by the end of the run, the Knights were up by 23 points at 62-39. “We played well defensively,” blue Mountain coach doug baxter said, “but our offense struggled to keep up. We just couldn’t put up enough points on ’em.” seme pulled blue Mountain within 15 points at 75-60 with a basket as the clock ticked into the final five minutes, but Wenatchee Valley’s abdul abdullah and Nick Hopkins combined for a six- point run with 4:03 left to play that gave them a 21-point lead at 81-60. Persinger and freshman point guard Josh Wilson came together for six unan- swered points of their own in the last two minutes that cut the deficit to 13. “Our guys worked hard on our zone all week during practice,” Persinger said, “but (Wenatchee Valley) came By ANNIE FOWLER East Oregonian Cadenas sPOKaNe, Wash. — Herm- iston had two district champions, qualified eight for regionals, and finished second in the team stand- ings at the 3a district 8 wrestling tournament saturday at rogers High school. Junior Trevor Wagner (160 pounds) and sophomore sam Cadenas (220) won titles for the bulldogs, who will compete at the 3a region 4 Tournament on saturday, back at rogers High school. The top four from district advanced to regionals. The top Wagner four in each weight class from regionals will move on to the state tournament on Feb. 21-22 at the Tacoma dome. Mt. spokane won the district team title with 397 points, while Hermiston was second with 285.5, and southridge third with 273. The Bulldogs shuffled a few of their middle and heavyweight wrestlers into different weight classes at district, with good results. Wagner (28-7), who has wres- tled 170 most of the season, dropped to 160, where he pinned all three of his opponents, includ- ing southridge’s Jacob Tobery in 18 seconds in the championship match. Cadenas (32-7) stayed at his usual 220, posting two pins before earning an 11-4 decision over Tyler dallas of Mt. spokane in the title match. sophomore Jon Lee dropped from 220 to 195, where he placed second. He pinned his first oppo- nent, posted a 5-3 decision over Jordan searls of rogers in the semifinals, then dropped a 2-0 decision to Kamiakin’s Gilbert Marquez in the title bout. blake betz, Hermiston’s top guy at 195 all season, dropped to 182, where he placed third. He lost in the semis, then had to win two consolation matches to fin- ish third. In his final match, he recorded a 6-4 win over Isaac Girls basketball Giddings of Mt. spokane. Hermiston will send two to regionals at 285 — dustyn Coughlin and Jorge de La Torre, who finished third and fourth. Coughlin wrestled just one match over the weekend, a 47-second pin of Tibon Tibon of North Central to reach the third-place match. Coughlin picked up a bye and two forfeits. at 132, Hunter dyer made it to the semifinals before being send to the consolation side of the bracket. In the third-place match, he beat Xavier ruiz of southridge 6-2. avant Ortiz picked up the final berth to regionals at 152. In his final match, he was pinned by shawn Gegg of southridge in 3:53. ECHO 60, SHERMAN 32 — The Cougars downed the Huskies on the road to earn a big sky League win on saturday. echo’s sydney bracher and Faith McCarty both scored a game-high 14 points. sherman’s allie Marker and Jaelyn Justesen both chipped in a team-high 11 points. The Cougars (15-7, 8-2 bsL) will be on the road against Condon/Wheeler at 6 p.m. on Friday. IONE/ARLINGTON 45, MITCH- ELL/SPRAY 17 — The Cardinals wrapped up big sky League play with a win on senior night over the Loggers on saturday. Jessica Medina drove the win for Ione/arlington with a game-high 11 points on the night. Mitchell/spray was led by Maria Rey, who finished with a team-high 10 points. The Cardinals (13-8, 8-3 bsL) will be on the road against Crosshill Christian at 1 p.m. on saturday for a nonleague con- test that will close the regular season. ENTERPRISE 42, STANFIELD 39 — a late turnover by the Tigers led to a blue Mountain conference road loss against the Outlaws on saturday afternoon. Stanfield senior Nyah Tejeda led all scorers, despite the close loss, with a game-high 17 points. Enterprise’s Zari Bathke finished with a team-high 10 points. The Tigers (18-4, 8-2 bMC) will host union at 5 p.m. on Tuesday. NYSSA 51, IRRIGON 29 — The Knights trailed by six at the half, but were outscored 17-2 in the third quar- ter as they suffered an eastern Oregon League loss on saturday. Princesa Chavez had a team-high eight points for Irrigon, and JaLay burns had six. Irrigon (6-13, 0-8 eOL) travels to riverside on Tuesday at 6 p.m. See Wrestling, Page B2 See Roundup, Page B2 See Timberwolves, Page B2 Wagner, Cadenas win district titles for dawgs Hermiston will send eight to regional tournament aTHeNa — The last time the Weston-Mcewen girls faced the blue Mountain Conference’s fifth-ranked Grant union Prospectors, they lost by nearly 30 points. On saturday, they nearly matched them. The buzzer sounded just as Weston-Mcewen’s Trinity Hearn launched a shot from beyond the arc that would have forced overtime, but the ball bounced off the rim as Weston-Mcewen fell just short with a 39-36 home loss in conference action. “The girls improved their play,” Weston-Mcewen head coach Jeff Griggs said. “They led on and off during the game. Last time we played (Grant union), we lost by 26, so this was quite the turnaround.” The TigerScots led 15-9 after the first quarter, and 19-17 at the half, but the Prospectors tied things up at 24-24 at the end of the third and made off with the win in the final eight minutes. bailey Munck led Weston-Mcewen (2-19, 0-9 bMC) with 10 points, while Cloe davis had eight, and Hearn and ellie schiebner each had six. Hearn also shot 4-of-4 at the line and registered four assists and two steals. The bottom-ranked Tigerscots host Pilot rock on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
