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Baker boys,
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EASTERN OREGON UNIVERSITY MEN’S BASKETBALL
Ronald Bond/The (La Grande) Observer
Kaden Sand, a Baker High School graduate, in action
Friday against Eastern Oregon University.
Ronald Bond/The (La Grande) Observer
Baker High School graduate Logan Sand drives to the
basket Friday against Eastern Oregon University.
Sand brothers, both BHS grads, help
NW Christian beat Mountaineers
By Ronald Bond
The (La Grande) Observer
LA GRANDE — The
Eastern Oregon University
men’s basketball team split
its fi rst homestand of the new
decade Friday and Saturday,
rebounding from a 109-99
loss to Northwest Christian
Friday to earn a 93-78 win
over Corban Saturday in a
pair of Cascade Collegiate
Conference games at Quinn
Coliseum.
EOU was done in Friday
by struggles on the defensive
end, as the Beacons shot 53%
for the game and 56% in the
second half. Eastern head
coach Carlito Labarda Jr. said
the team was giving up too
many drives to the rim.
“We just couldn’t contain
them, and we couldn’t contain
the dribble, plain and simple,”
he said. “They took us to the
rim, they manhandled us go-
ing to the rim, and they did a
great job.”
EOU, which trailed 49-45 at
the half, used a 10-0 run over
the span of about two minutes
to take a 62-57 lead — its
largest of the second half —
on a fi eld goal by Landon
Jones and a 3-point play by
Jarek Schetzle.
NCU eventually took the
lead for good, 74-72, on a
Malik Corey fi eld goal with 12
minutes to play.
Jones, who had 21 of his
team-high 28 points in the
second half for EOU, almost
single-handedly kept the
Mountaineers in the game for
a large stretch of the second
half.
“I just knew we needed
somebody to try and keep us
in it. We got a few stops in a
row, (and) I thought we had
the momentum. I was kind of
in attack mode thinking they
hadn’t stopped me for a few
possessions, so I was going to
keep going,” he said.
Jones scored 13 straight
EOU points, the last of which
was a fi eld goal with 9:32 to
play to pull Eastern within a
point at 81-80, and a basket
by Max McCullough with
4:03 to play kept EOU within
striking distance at 94-90.
But then the Beacons put
the game away. Former Baker
High School standout Kaden
Sand had an uncontested
dunk for a six-point lead, and
his brother and fellow BHS
grad, Logan Sand, followed
with a pair of corner 3-point-
ers for a 102-90 advantage
with less than two minutes
to go.
A Josh Brown layup and
a Jamal Heckard 3-pointer
helped EOU get within 105-
99 in the fi nal minute, but
Eastern didn’t score again.
“Coach was preaching all
week defense and rebounding,
and it’s hard to win when they
get so many layups uncon-
tested,” Jones said.
Jones added 14 rebounds
for the Mountaineers, who
shot 45% on the night but
were just 7-for-20 from 3-point
range, 3-of-11 in the second
half. Schetzle added 18 points
while battling foul trouble
most of the night. Heckard (14
points), McCullough (13) and
Zane Wright (10) were also in
double fi gures for EOU.
Ernest Ugoagu had 33
points to lead the Beacons.
Logan Sand and Kaden Sand
had 16 and 13 points, respec-
tively.
Eastern ended its three-
game losing streak with an
important 93-78 win Satur-
day night over Corban, shak-
ing off a nine-point second-
half defi cit with an 11-0 run,
and later using an 11-3 run to
take the lead for good.
Corban took a 53-44 lead
with 15:28 to play on a Beau
Roggenbach fi eld goal, but
the Mountaineers responded
with the next 11 points to go
ahead 55-53 on a McCullough
3-pointer. The teams battled
Sands key cogs
for the Beacons
Freshman Kaden Sand
and his brother, Logan, a
freshman transfer from
EOU, are key members
of the Northwest
Christian squad this
year. Kaden is averaging
11.3 points per game,
third on the team, and is
the leading rebounder at
5.5 per game. Logan is
averaging 8.9 points per
game.
Boys
Caleb Shaw, 113 pounds, 0-3 record; Gavin Stone, 120,
4-2; Isael Duran, 120, 1-3; Johnny Niehaus, 126, 5-2; Hector
Dominguez, 138, 0-3; Jake Eskew, 145, 4-2; Casey Vaughan,
145, 2-2; Ian Feldmeier, 152, 3-3; Seth Rushton, 152, 1-2;
Gauge Bloomer, 160, 3-2; MaHonri Rushton, 182, 6-2; Alex
Ritter, 195, 1-2; Colt Cobb, 195, 0-3; Jaden Martin, 285, 4-2
Girls
to a 62-62 tie before the
Mountaineers took control.
McCullough had fi ve points
during the key run, which
ended with Eastern ahead 73-
65, then had consecutive fi eld
goals to give the Mountain-
eers their fi rst double-digit
lead of the game at 84-73 with
3:15 to go.
McCullough fi nished with
a game-high 29 points and
shot 67% for the game a night
after shooting just 25%. Jones
added 21 points, Heckard
had 16, and both Schetzle
and Brown scored 10 points.
Schetzle also had 11 re-
bounds, and Heckard has six
assists and four steals.
NFL PLAYOFFS WILD CARD ROUND
Seahawks down Eagles to advance
By Rob Maaddi
AP Pro Football Writer
PHILADELPHIA — Jade-
veon Clowney knocked out
Carson Wentz. Then, Rus-
sell Wilson and the Seattle
Seahawks knocked off the
Philadelphia Eagles.
Wilson threw a 53-yard
touchdown pass to DK
Metcalf, Marshawn Lynch
had a rushing score and the
Seahawks beat the Eagles
17-9 in the wild-card round of
the NFC playoffs on Sunday
night.
“To come back here, back
East, it’s a long ways, we were
able to do it, pull through,”
Wilson said. “We’ve been road
warriors and it’s exciting.
We’ve got a great defense, too.”
Making his fi rst career
playoff start, Wentz lasted
two series before exiting
with a head injury following
a helmet-to-helmet hit from
Clowney.
Nick Foles wasn’t around to
rescue Philadelphia this time.
“I didn’t intend to hurt him.
I hope he’s OK,” Clowney said.
Referee Shawn Smith told
a pool reporter: “He was a
runner and he did not give
himself up. We saw incidental
helmet contact, and in our
judgment, we didn’t rule it a
foul.”
Forty-year-old Josh Mc-
Cown stepped in, becoming
the oldest quarterback to
make his playoff debut. But
he couldn’t lead the Eagles
(9-8) into the end zone.
The Seahawks (12-5) lost
three of their fi nal four games,
including a 26-21 defeat at
home against San Francisco
in Week 17 that cost them the
NFC West title.
But they traveled to
Philadelphia for the second
time in six weeks and became
NAMPA, Idaho — Baker’s varsity wrestling team
fi nished 24th out of 79 teams at the Rollie Lane Invita-
tional Friday and Saturday, and coach Brandon Young
was impressed by the Bulldogs’ performance.
Based on Baker’s results at the Nampa tournament,
Young thinks this year’s team can surpass the 2019
squad’s school-best 4th place fi nish at the state tourna-
ment.
“It’s exciting to see the level we’re competing at,”
Young said.
MaHonri Rushton, wrestling at 182 pounds, fi nished
5th at Rollie Lane to pace the Bulldogs.
In the championship quarterfi nals Rushton was tied
at 1 with Remington Winmill of Wendell, Idaho, the
eventual champion in the weight class.
Winmill secured a takedown in the fi nal 10 seconds to
win 3-1.
After winning two consolation matches, in the conso-
lation semifi nal Rushton lost another close match, 5-3,
to Kyle Knudtson of Crook County, the defending Class
5A state champion.
Young said Rushton will have a chance to avenge that
loss at the Resers Tournament of Champions in late
January.
Johnny Niehaus advanced to the heartbreak round at
126 pounds but lost to Ryeker Andersen of Century one
match short of the consolation semifi nals.
Young said Niehaus has “shown a ton of growth since
last season and is looking to be one of the top contenders
in 4A for the state of Oregon.”
Young said several other Baker wrestlers improved on
their 2019 performance at Rollie Lane, one of the larger
tournaments in the region, including Gavin Stone, Jake
Eskew, Seth Rushton and Ian Feldmeier.
Baker’s new girls team fi nished 14th out of 52 teams,
led by Bailey Cole, who fi nished 2nd at 170 pounds.
“Every week she gets better and better,” Young said of
Cole. “She has a growth mindset and it is really going to
pay off.”
Kaci Anderson advanced to the semifi nals at 130
pounds before settling for 6th place.
Baker’s boys, ranked 4th in the state, will travel to La
Grande Wednesday for a dual against the 2nd-ranked
Tigers starting at 5 p.m.
Baker results from Nampa:
the third team to win on the
road this weekend, improving
to 8-1 away from home this
season.
Wilson threw for 325 yards
and led the team with 45
yards rushing. Metcalf had
seven catches for 160 yards.
Seattle will travel to Green
Bay to take on the Packers in
a divisional round game this
Sunday at 3:40 p.m.
McKay Anderson, 116, 1-2; Kayla Springer, 116, 0-2; Kaci
Anderson, 130, 2-3; Cassie Pettit, 130, 1-2; Rebecca Daniels,
143, 0-2; Julianna Sandberg, 155, 0-2; Shayna Ruby, 155,
0-2; Bailey Cole, 170, 2-1
Heat tops Blazers
By Tim Reynolds
AP Basketball Writer
MIAMI — James Johnson scored on his fi rst posses-
sion in more than a month. Dragic either scored or got
somebody else points pretty much every time the ball
was in his hands.
As often is the case for Miami, bench guys came up
big.
Dragic had 29 points and 13 assists, Bam Adebayo
added 20 points on 9-for-10 shooting and the Heat —
without Jimmy Butler — never trailed in a 122-111
victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Sunday night.
Dragic tied a career best with seven 3-pointers. Der-
rick Jones Jr. scored 19 points for the Heat, who got 14
from Kendrick Nunn and 12 in 22 minutes from little-
used Johnson -- who was called upon largely because
Miami was without Butler.
It was Johnson’s fi rst minutes since Nov. 27.
“I’ve been in every situation that this league can
offer, honestly,” Johnson said. “I know for sure it can be
worse.”
Tyler Herro scored 11 points for Miami, as did Mey-
ers Leonard in his fi rst game against his former team.
Damian Lillard led Portland with 34 points and 12
assists. Former Heat
center Hassan Whi-
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