MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2019
BAKER CITY HERALD — 5A
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BAKER WRESTLING AT NYSSA TOURNEY
LSU’s Burrow wins Heisman Bulldogs take
4th at Calhoun
Trophy in landslide vote
Classic event
By Ralph D. Russo
AP College Football Writer
NEW YORK — Born into
a family of Cornhuskers and
raised in the Buckeye state,
Joe Burrow left his roots be-
hind and became a Heisman
Trophy winner at LSU.
The quarterback won the
Heisman on Saturday night
in a record-breaking landslide,
becoming the fi rst LSU player
to bring college football’s most
prestigious award back to
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 60
years.
Burrow received 2,608
points and 841 fi rst-place
votes, a record 90.7% of all
the fi rst-place votes available.
Burrow also set a record for
percentage of points available
received with 93.8, breaking
the mark of 91.6% set by Troy
Smith of Ohio State in 2006.
Burrow was named on 95.5%
of all ballots, breaking the re-
cord of 95.2% set by Oregon’s
Marcus Mariota in 2014.
Burrow’s margin of vic-
tory of 1,846 points broke the
record of 1,750 set by O.J.
Brian Ciancio / TNS
LSU quarterback Joe Burrow after winning the Heisman Memorial Trophy at the Mar-
riott Marquis Hotel in New York on Saturday.
Simpson of Southern Califor-
nia in 1968.
Oklahoma quarterback
Jalen Hurts was second with
762 points. Quarterback
Justin Fields of Ohio State
was third and defensive end
Chase Young of Ohio State
was fourth.
Burrow transferred last
year to LSU from Ohio State,
where he was a sparingly
used reserve. After fi nishing
strong for the Tigers in 2018,
he broke out this season, set-
ting a Southeastern Confer-
ence record with 48 touch-
down passes and leading
top-ranked LSU (13-0) to its
fi rst College Football Playoff
appearance.
EASTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY MEN’S BASKETBALL
Mounties explode for 75 points in
second half of romp over Pacific
half as they shot 31-for-37. For
the contest, EOU shot 70.8%
LA GRANDE — It didn’t
(51-for-72) and 78.6% (11-for-
matter who shot in the second 14) from the 3-point line. Both
half Saturday night for the
percentages are new program
Eastern Oregon University
records.
men’s basketball team — the
“It’s crazy,” McCullough
Mountaineers simply couldn’t said. “We lost a tough one
miss.
(Friday) night (101-91 loss to
Max McCullough scored
Whitman). Two home games
a career-high 41 points to
we lost in a row, so we wanted
lead fi ve Mounties in double
to come out and bring it. We
fi gures, and EOU shot 83.8% knew our shots would come
and scored 75 second-half
eventually. We hadn’t been
points to turn a close game at shooting it exceptionally well
halftime into a 127-90 rout of all year. We’ve just been kind
Pacifi c.
of waiting for it, and I think
“I didn’t know it was (more this was a good game to get
than) 80%, but I did tell
our shots rolling before we get
them everything’s gotta be in into the thick of league.”
the lane,” EOU head coach
McCullough in particular
Carlito Labarda Jr. said. “Ev- caught fi re. The junior guard
erything starts in the lane…
was 12-for-18 from the fl oor
(that) was what we wanted on and 9-for-12 from deep, becom-
our offense, and that was what ing the fi rst Mountaineer
we got. We got a lot of stand-
since Jordan May in Decem-
still 3s, and Max had a great
ber 2018 to net at least 40
night shooting.”
points in a game. He scored 24
The Mountaineers missed
of his points in the second half.
just six shots in the second
“I’ve had 39 a couple of
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times, but never had a 40-ball,
so it felt good,” McCullough
said. “I haven’t been shooting
it exceptionally well this year
from 3, especially. I’ve been
kind of down in a slump. I’ve
been waiting for this game.”
But he wasn’t alone in stuff-
ing the stat sheet Saturday.
He was joined in double
fi gures by Jarek Schetzle (19
points) Landon Jones (18)
Justin Jeske (12) and Jamal
Heckard (11), each of whom
shot at least 50% from the
fl oor. Jeske, in fact, was a
perfect 6-for-6, and Schetzle
was 9-for-11.
The only area EOU seem-
ingly struggled was at the
free-throw line, where it shot
just 70%. Eastern also com-
mitted 26 turnovers, but offset
that with 38 assists.
The contest, a rematch of
a wild 132-125 overtime win
by EOU on Nov. 15, seemed
as if it was destined to be
another barnburner. Pacifi c
and Eastern traded punches
throughout the fi rst half,
and the Boxers took a 50-45
lead in the fi nal minute on a
3-pointer by Davis Holly.
But a fi ve-point possession
by McCullough — he was
fouled after hitting a 3-pointer
and made the two ensuing
free throws — and a basket by
Jones in the closing moments
sent EOU into the half up
52-50.
Eastern’s blistering shoot-
ing quickly pushed the lead to
double fi gures as consecutive
fi eld goals by Schetzle capped
a 12-2 run to open the second
half.
NYSSA — Baker’s wrestling team had a memorable
fi rst visit to the Calhoun Classic, fi nishing fourth in
the varsity standings out of 21 teams in the two-day
tournament Friday and Saturday.
Baker coach Brandon Young said he decided to enter
the Calhoun Classic, rather than the Bulldogs’ tradi-
tional pre-Christmas tourney, the Muilenburg Memo-
rial at La Grande, because the Nyssa tourney has JV
and girls brackets as well as a varsity event.
Senior Johnny Niehaus at 132 pounds, and junior
Hon Rushton at 182, both team captains, won their
weight classes to lead Baker to the fourth-place fi nish.
“Johnny has been wrestling bigger boys at practice as
well as bumping up a weight class last week to look for
a challenge and to focus on his technique and not brute
strength,” Young said.
After winning his semifi nal match 18-10, Niehaus
pinned Ontario’s Kyle Wulf, who placed fi fth at the
state meet last year.
Young said Rushton’s growing confi dence was appar-
ent as he won all three of his matches.
“He has worked relentlessly in the offseason and has
pushed himself to the next level in wrestling,” Young
said. “He is going to be a handful for whoever he faces
this season. He is really starting to believe in himself
and it is amazing to see.”
Ian Feldmeier placed second at 160 pounds. Gauge
Bloomer was third at 170, and Baker had two fourth-
place fi nishers — sophomore Gavin Stone at 126
pounds and freshman Colt Cobb at 195 pounds.
The new Baker girls team, competing in its fi rst road
tournament, was led by junior Bailey Cole’s fi rst-place
fi nish at 190 pounds.
“Bailey only had one other girl in her weight class
and decided to challenge herself and asked for several
exhibition matches,” Young said. “That is pretty awe-
some to see how motivated she is to get better. She is
really pushing herself.”
Freshman Kaci Anderson placed fourth at 135
pounds, and sophomore Dakota Ballou was fourth at
155 pounds.
In the JV tournament, sophomore Adrian Allen
placed fourth at 170 pounds, and sophomore Connor
Jensen went 3-2 at 145 pounds.
“They have both really bought into wrestling and
training in the offseason by lifting and working out to
get into shape for wrestling,” Young said.
Baker’s varsity, JV and girls teams will all travel to
Boise High School on Tuesday.
The varsity wrestlers will then compete in the Best
of the West tournament Friday and Saturday at Pasco,
Washington.
The JV boys will compete Friday and Saturday at
the John Rysdam Memorial at Elgin, and the Baker
girls will compete in that tournament on Friday.
CALHOUN CLASSIC
Baker varsity results
113 pounds: Caleb Shaw 0-2; 120: Ryan Brown 0-2; 126: Gavin Stone 4-2 (4th); 126:
Isael Duran 1-2; 132: Johnny Niehaus 3-0 (1st); 145: Cade Lind 0-2; 145: Casey Vaughan
0-2; 145: Hector Dominguez Jr. 0-2; 152: Jake Eskew 2-2; 160: Ian Feldmeier 3-1 (2nd);
160: Seth Rushton 3-2; 170: Gauge Bloomer 3-1 (3rd); 182: MaHonri Rushton 3-0 (1st):
195: Colt Cobb 2-2 (4th); 220: Alex Ritter 1-2; 285: Jaden Martin 0-2
Baker girls results
115 pounds: Kayla Springer 0-2; 135: Kaci Anderson 3-2 (4th); 145: Riley Shaw 0-2; 155:
Dakota Ballou 1-2 (4th); 155: Julianna Sandberg 0-2; 190: Bailey Cole 1-0 (1st)
Baker junior varsity results
113 pounds: River Clark 0-2; 120: Troy Bennett 0-2; 132: Ryan Hansen 0-2; 138: Cody
Eskew 0-2; 145: Connor Jensen 3-2; 152: Jacob Mills 1-2; 170: Adrian Allen 3-2 (4th);
170: Jaden Clark 1-2; 170: Diesel Springer 0-2; 220: Eric Newman 0-2.
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