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SHOTS OF THE WEEK
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Pendleton’s Gauge Rueber (2) drives toward the basket Wednesday,
Jan. 19, 2022, during the first half of the Bucks’ loss to the La Grande
Tigers at Pendleton High School.
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Kathy Aney/East Oregonian
Pendleton’s Ben Jennings (3) goes up for a shot as Garrett Osborne (10), of Redmond, defends during an Intermountain
Conference game Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022, at Warberg Court, Pendleton. Redmond beat Pendleton 65-33.
Pendleton’s Chloe Taber (11) drives toward the basket Wednesday, Jan. 19,
2022, during the second half of the Pendleton Buckaroos game against
the La Grande Tigers at Pendleton High School. Pendleton lost 45-42.
EOU men’s wrestling climbs NAIA rankings
ON THE SLATE
Schedule subject to change
By DAVIS CARBAUGH
The Observer
La GrandE — the East-
ern Oregon university men’s
wrestling program improved
three spots in the latest national
association of Intercollegiate
athletics rankings, moving to
no. 17 in the nation. the team
received 48 votes in the most
recent poll, which was released
on thursday, Jan. 20.
the Mountaineers are
coming off a close, short-
handed loss in a dual with
Corban on Jan. 12 that ended
38-17. Prior to the defeat, the
Mountaineers earned victories
in their previous three January
duals.
three Eastern wrestlers
earned individual national
rankings. Keegan Mulhill (174)
Eastern Oregon University Athletics/Contributed Photo
Eastern Oregon University senior Noel Orozco, right, an All-Amer-
ican at 285 pounds, returns for the Mountaineers this season. The
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has ranked East-
ern in the No. 17 spot.
came in at no. 8, Kyle Knudt-
son (184) was ranked no. 5 and
noel Orozco (285) was slated at
no. 2. Orozco, a senior, is just
one spot behind Grand View’s
Greg Hagan for the top spot in
the heavyweight division.
Eastern is one of four
Cascade Collegiate Conference
schools that earned a spot in the
latest national rankings. Menlo
and Montana State-northern
earned the highest rankings —
the two teams tied at no. 8 with
78 votes. the Mountaineers
narrowly edged out Embry-rid-
dle, who earned 46 votes and a
no. 18 ranking in the poll.
up next on the slate for East-
ern, the Mountaineers will
travel to Marshall, Missouri, to
compete at the Missouri Valley
Invitational on Friday, Jan. 21,
and Saturday, Jan. 22.
EOu athletics cuts concessions amid COVId-19 rise
By DAVIS CARBAUGH
The Observer
La GrandE — In the
midst of a spike in the COVId-
19 pandemic, Eastern Oregon
university athletics announced
on Wednesday, Jan. 19, that it
will not offer concessions or
hospitality dining at home
sporting events.
according to the statement
from the university, Eastern is
exercising the precautionary
measures in order to ensure fans
are allowed at games for the
remainder of the academic year.
“as tough as this decision is for
us to make, it is the best possible
route we are going to take so that
we can still allow fans (at) games,”
director of athletics anji Weis-
senfluh said in a press release.
“We want to mitigate the spread
of COVId, and this option allows
our fans to still come and watch
the student-athletes compete.”
Eastern’s spectator policy
requires that all fans in atten-
dance wear masks during indoor
and outdoor events.
no outside food will be
permitted inside Quinn Coli-
seum, but fans will be allowed to
leave between games to eat if they
wish. Fans are required to keep
their tickets in order to reenter the
stadium.
Back-to-back home men’s
and women’s basketball games
against Oregon tech on Jan. 21
and Southern Oregon on Jan. 22
will be the first instances the new
policy is put into place.
SATURDAY, JAN. 22
Prep girls wrestling
Hermiston at Othello, 10 a.m.
Boys prep wrestling
Hermiston at Post Falls, TBD
Prep girls basketball
Umatilla at Vale, 2 p.m.
South Wasco County at Echo,
2 p.m.
Irrigon at Nyssa, 3 p.m.
Riverside at Burns, 3 p.m.
Hermiston at Hanford,
3:15 p.m.
Grant Union at Pilot Rock,
4 p.m.
Weston-McEwen at Union,
4 p.m.
Enterprise at Stanfield, 4 p.m.
Wallowa at Griswold, 4 p.m.
Lyle/Wishram at Ione/
Arlington, 4 p.m.
Prep boys basketball
Umatilla at Vale, 3:30 p.m.
South Wasco County at Echo,
3:30 p.m.
Irrigon at Nyssa, 4:30 p.m.
Riverside at Burns, 4:30 p.m.
Hermiston at Hanford, 5 p.m.
Grant Union at Pilot Rock,
5:30 p.m.
Enterprise at Stanfield,
5:30 p.m.
Wallowa at Griswold, 5:30 p.m.
Lyle/Wishram at Ione/
Arlington, 5:30 p.m.
Weston-McEwen at Union,
6 p.m.
College women’s basketball
Columbia Basin at Blue
Mountain, 2 p.m.
EOU vs. Southern Oregon,
3 p.m.
College men’s basketball
Columbia Basin at Blue
Mountain, 4 p.m.
EOU vs. Southern Oregon,
5 p.m.
TUESDAY, JAN. 25
Prep girls bowling
Walla Walla at Hermiston,
3 p.m.
Prep girls basketball
Kamiakin at Hermiston,
5:45 p.m.
Stanfield at McLoughlin,
6 p.m.
Umatilla at Irrigon, 6 p.m.
Condon at Echo, 6 p.m.
Ione/Arlington at Bickleton,
6 p.m.
Pendleton at La Grande, 6 p.m.
Prep boys basketball
Pendleton at La Grande,
7:30 p.m.
Kamiakin at Hermiston,
7:30 p.m.
Stanfield at McLoughlin,
7:30 p.m.
Umatilla at Irrigon, 7:30 p.m.
Condon at Echo, 7:30 p.m.
Ione/Arlington at Bickleton,
7:30 p.m.
Prep boys wrestling
Hermiston at Sunnyside,
7 p.m.
Prep girls wrestling
Hermiston at Sunnyside,
7 p.m.
College women’s basketball
EOU vs. College of Idaho,
5:30 p.m.
College men’s basketball
EOU vs. College of Idaho,
7:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 26
College women’s basketball
Yakima Valley at Blue
Mountain, 5:30 p.m.
College men’s basketball
Yakima Valley at Blue
Mountain, 7:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, JAN. 27
Prep girls wrestling
Kennewick at Hermiston,
6 p.m.
Prep boys wrestling
Kennewick at Hermiston,
7 p.m.
Prep girls basketball
Riverside at Umatilla, 6 p.m.
Nixyaawii at Powder Valley,
6 p.m.
Prep boys basketball
Riverside at Umatilla, 7:30 p.m.
Nixyaawii at Powder Valley,
7:30 p.m.