MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2019
BAKER CITY HERALD — 5A
CLASS 4A FOOTBALL SEMIFINALS
La Grande will
play for 4A title
BOISE STATE FOOTBALL
Broncos rout Utah State
focus showed up tonight.”
Jordan Love threw for
LOGAN, Utah — Boise
229 yards and a touchdown
State ran all over Utah
to lead the Aggies (6-5, 5-2),
State and right into another
who lost to Boise State for the
Mountain West Conference
fourth straight season.
championship game.
“They beat us in all three
George Holani rushed for
phases,” Utah State coach
a career-high 178 yards and
Gary Andersen said. “Our
two touchdowns, powering the challenge is to rally back and
20th-ranked Broncos to a 56- battle back, and see what we
21 victory Saturday night.
can do to fi nish this season
Jaylon Henderson threw for the right way.”
187 yards and three scores in
Holani averaged 11.1 yards
his second start as Boise State per carry to pace a Broncos
(10-1, 7-0 Mountain West)
rushing attack that churned
clinched a share of fi rst place out a season-best 297 yards
in the Mountain Division and on the ground. They averaged
a berth in its third consecu-
6.5 yards per carry.
tive conference title game.
“The running backs were
“They knew what was at
bouncing off our guys pretty
stake,” Broncos coach Bryan
good,” Andersen said.
Harsin said. “They knew the
Holani burned Utah State
team we were playing. They
for big gains starting in the
knew they had to be on the
fi rst quarter. The freshman
road. And I think their entire opened each of Boise State’s
preparation, mindset and
fi rst three drives with a run
By John Coon
Associated Press
exceeding 10 yards. His fi rst
carry turned into a 35-yard
gain, and he also scored on a
5-yard Statue of Liberty play
on his fi nal attempt of the
period.
It added up to 115 yards on
eight carries for Holani in the
fi rst quarter alone. That set
the tone for a game fi lled with
big plays by the Broncos.
“George had a big game,”
Henderson said. “He really
was almost like the backbone
on our offense tonight as far
as moving the ball. The kid
runs the ball hard.”
Boise State needed only
four plays to score on its open-
ing drive, when John High-
tower shedded tacklers on a
30-yard catch-and-run to put
the Broncos ahead 7-0.
Utah State evened the
score on a 7-yard grab by
Caleb Repp, but then the dam
burst and Boise State over-
whelmed the Aggies on both
sides of the ball.
Jalen Walker returned an
interception 15 yards with
5:14 left in the fi rst quarter
to put the Broncos ahead for
good. Holani followed with his
Statue of Liberty touchdown
late in the period — which he
set up with a 36-yard run a
play earlier.
Boise State kept it roll-
ing into the second quarter.
Holani and Robert Mahone
each scored on a 1-yard run,
and Khalil Shakir hauled in a
14-yard pass from Henderson
with 19 seconds left in the
half to make it 42-7.
Avery Williams added an
exclamation point by return-
ing a punt 74 yards early in
the third quarter to extend
Boise State’s lead to 49-7.
“We’re a spark team,” Wil-
liams said. “You get one spark
and eventually start a fi re.”
Penny’s career-best leads Seahawks
season.
“It’s been a big test,” Penny
PHILADELPHIA —
said about his backup role.
Rashaad Penny stayed
“Just staying poised, waiting
patient on the sideline, waited my turn and trying to prove
for an opportunity and made I can play but I know I got a
the most of it.
great running back in front of
Penny ran for a career-
me in Chris.”
best 129 yards, including a
The Seahawks (9-2) remain
58-yard touchdown, Russell
undefeated on the road in six
Wilson threw one TD pass
games.
and the Seattle Seahawks
Missing their top three
beat the Philadelphia Eagles wide receivers, leading rusher
17-9 Sunday.
and two Pro Bowl offensive
A 2018 fi rst-round pick,
linemen, the Eagles (5-6)
Penny has 158 fewer carries couldn’t do much on offense
than Chris Carson, who is
and hurt themselves with
closing in on 900 yards this
three turnovers inside Seattle
By Rob Maaddi
AP Pro Football Writer
territory and another near
midfi eld.
The Eagles didn’t have
wideouts DeSean Jackson,
Alshon Jeffery, Nelson Aghol-
or, running back Jordan How-
ard and right tackle Lane
Johnson from the start. Right
guard Brandon Brooks left
the game in the fi rst quarter.
Rookie fi rst-round pick Andre
Dillard made his fi rst career
start at right tackle after
playing the left side all season
and was benched at halftime.
“I thought we had a good
week of preparation, guys
were focused,” Eagles coach
Former BHS basketball
stars playing in college
Two members of Baker High School’s
history-making 2019 state championship
girls basketball team are continuing their
hoops careers at Mt. Hood Community Col-
lege in Gresham.
Rose Gwillim is a starter for the Saints,
and Jayme Ramos is a key contributor off the
bench.
In Mt. Hood’s 88-39 win over South Puget
Sound on Friday, Gwillim, a 5-foot-10 for-
ward, scored 12 points and topped the Saints
with 11 rebounds.
Raymos, a 5-foot-8 guard, scored a season-
high 7 points in 19 minutes of action.
In a 69-40 Mt. Hood win over Tacoma on
Saturday, Gwilliam scored a season-high 14
points and grabbed 10 rebounds.
In Mt. Hood’s season-opening 62-40 win
over Olympic on Nov. 16, Gwillim scored 11
points and led the Saints with 13 rebounds.
Ramos scored 1 point and grabbed 3 re-
bounds.
In the Saints’ 75-70 overtime win over
Peninsula College on Nov. 17, Gwillim scored
12 points and again led Mt. Hood with 14
rebounds. Ramos, who played 25 minutes,
tallied 4 points.
Two former Baker High School boys bas-
ketball players, and brothers, are important
members of the Northwest Christian Univer-
sity hoops squad this year.
Kaden Sand, a 2019 BHS graduate, and
his brother, Logan, a 2016 BHS grad, both
play for the Eugene school where their
father, BHS girls basketball coach Mat Sand,
starred.
In seven games for the Saints, who are 2-5
on the season, Kaden Sand is averaging 8.3
points per game, ranking fi fth on the team.
He’s also averaging 3.6 rebounds per game,
and has blocked six shots.
Logan Sand ranks sixth in scoring, at 7.8
points per game. He’s averaging 3.2 rebounds
per game.
BMS intramural hoops busy
The Baker Middle School
intramural boys basketball
teams had their fi rst action
Nov. 14 with a tournament-
style series of games featur-
ing four teams.
The teams were Coach
Jimmy Howerton’s White
team and Purple team and
Coach Bryan Dalke’s White
team and Purple team. Each
game was 20 minutes with a
running clock, and all shoot-
ing fouls were counted as 1
point for the shooting team.
Game 1
Dalke’s Purple team
defeated Howerton’s Purple
team 24-9. The scoring for
Dalke’s teams was 6 points
by Ethan Morgan and Caleb
Hills, 5 points by Colton Bir-
mingham, 3 points by Drake
Hetterley, and 2 points by
Brycen Martin.
The scoring for Howerton’s
team was led by Ernesto Lo-
pez Villalvazo’s 4 points and 2 Cleveland both scored 4
points by Alex Brown.
points and Patrick Bigler and
Bryley Garvin both scored 2
Game 2
points.
Howerton’s White team
The scoring for Howerton’s
defeated Dalke’s Purple team team was 4 points each from
19-13. Howerton’s team was Christopher Luna and Chris
led by Christopher Luna’s
Hendricksen, and 2 points by
6 points. Keagan Thornton
Alex Wise, Keagan Thornton,
had 4 points, Ernesto Lopez and Ernesto Lopez Villalvazo.
Villalvazo, Chris Hendriksen,
and Ashtyn Carter all scored Game 4
Dalke’s White team defeat-
2 points.
ed Howerton’s Purple team
The leading scorer for
11-9. The scoring for Dalke’s
Dalke’s team was Brycen
Martin with 6 points. Colton team was Izek Cleveland and
Patrick Bigler with 4 points
Birmingham chipped in 4
each.
points and Drake Hetterley
For Howerton’s team Alex
had 3 points.
Brown, Christopher Luna,
Game 3
and Ernesto Lopez Villalvazo
Dalke’s White team
all scored 2 points.
defeated Howerton’s White
“For the fi rst game of the
team 26-17. The leading
year both teams played great
scorers for Dalke’s team were and played real good as a
Brandon McCullough and
team,” Dalke said. “These
Kayden Garvin with 6 points boys are going to have a great
each, Zane Morgan and Izek year and a lot of fun.”
Doug Pederson said. “That
was no indication of the per-
formance today.”
The Seahawks were
without star defensive end
Jadeveon Clowney.
Philadelphia’s defense did
its best to keep it close, sack-
ing Wilson six times.
But Carson Wentz strug-
gled again and the offense
was awful.
By Ronald Bond
The (La Grande) Observer
The fog in Hermiston made it a bit tricky to see
Saturday night’s state semifi nal game.
One fact, though, was unmistakable — the La
Grande Tigers didn’t have any issues fi nding the end
zone.
Next up, the state championship game.
Nathan Reed rushed for 185 yards and three touch-
downs and caught a fourth, Parker Robinson threw
three touchdown passes, and the Tigers controlled
every facet of the game on the way to a 68-0 win over
The Dalles Riverhawks in the Class 4A semifi nals.
“This is everything,” said senior defensive back Josh
Zollman, who had an interception return for a touch-
down in the win. “I’ve been dreaming of this since
freshman year. This is everything to me. I’m so excited
I can’t think.”
La Grande will face the defending state champion
Banks Braves — who won Saturday’s other semifi nal
game over Marist, 56-31 — in next Saturday’s 4A
fi nal, which will be played at 6 p.m. in Hermiston.
The Tigers (11-0 overall) quickly made it apparent
it would be their night, forcing a 3-and-out on The
Dalles’ fi rst series and getting on the board shortly
after on a 42-yard TD reception by Payton Cooper for
a 7-0 lead.
The wave of blue and white kept coming nonstop as
the Tigers basically did whatever they wanted. Multi-
ple players found the end zone in the running game —
Reed scored on running plays of 1 and 29 yards in the
fi rst half and added a 62-yard run on the second play
of the third to make it 45-0, Robinson added a 56-yard
TD run in the fi rst half, and Brody MacMillan had a
61-yard touchdown run in the fourth. The Tigers also
struck through the air, as Robinson added a 46-yard
deep pass to Blaine Shaw and a 40-yarder to Reed on
a screen to help the Tigers build a 39-0 halftime lead.
“We’re so dangerous at running and passing, so
we keep defenses on their toes,” Reed said. “If they
start keying on the run game and slowing that down,
Parker will go and throw a touchdown and that will
open up the run game again. It’s super hard to stop
our dominant run game and dominant passing game.”
Even the defense and special teams got in on the
scoring act. Shaw returned a punt 57 yards for a
touchdown early in the third quarter, and Zollman
returned his interception 17 yards to make the score
61-0 midway through the third quarter.
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