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SATURDAY, JANUARY 10, 2015
SPORTS
TigerScots
trample
the Tigers
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The
Weston-McEwen
girls basketball started off its
Columbia Basin Conference
schedule with a 38-25 win
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Weston-McEwen
(7-4,
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ence) jumped out to an early
9-0 lead and led 11-2 after a
quarter of play. The Tiger-
Scots held a 19-6 advantage
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tried to mount a rally in the
third quarter, but it wasn’t
enough as Weston-McEwen’s
size and ball pressure over-
whelmed the Tigers.
“It was a physical game
in which neither team backed
down. I thought our girls real-
ly stayed composed,” WMHS
coach Amber Doremus said.
Madison Carlin led the Ti-
gerScots with nine points, and
Bailey Watson had seven for
the Tigers.
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longer to add to its win col-
umn, playing Pilot Rock on
Jan. 16.
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ECHO 62,
JOSEPH 46
At Echo, the Cougars (11-
2, 3-0 Old Oregon League)
broke out of their slump with
suffocating defense versus
the Eagles (3-7, 0-2 OOL)
Friday.
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games of the season Echo,
had lost its past two, but
35-forced Joseph turnovers
keyed an easy win.
“We didn’t like a our los-
ing streak, so we decided we
were going to play a little bet-
ter defense,” Echo coach JD
Brazil said.
Echo led 39-15 at the
half.
Leading scorers Elizabeth
McCarty and Kelsey Ranger
each fell prey to foul trouble,
but the Cougars received sol-
id contributions from several
reserves in the win, Brazil
said.
Ranger still managed to
lead the way with 17 points,
McCarty chipped in 13 and
bench player Taylor Swag-
gart added 10.
Echo travels to Nixyaawii
Saturday for a battle of league
unbeatens.
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PREP ROUNDUP
Girls Basketball
HERMISTON 47,
LA GRANDE 30
At La Grande, Hermiston (10-2) used its
deep bench and a few timely shots to put
away overmatched La Grande (7-5) Tues-
day night.
Coming off a blowout of Kennewick
in which the team netted 85 points and
a record 17 three-pointers, the baskets
weren’t as easy to come by Tuesday.
The Bulldogs scored just seven points
in the first quarter before a full court
press caused some turnovers and shots
began to fall. That spurred a 16-point
second quarter and a 23-10 halftime
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game, depending on their oppo-
nent and their tendencies.
“I’d probably say, as far as su-
perstitions, we do the exact same
thing every game,” head coach
Scott Bow said. “No matter what
— where we are or what we’re
doing. We’re in the locker room
at a set time. They’re sitting at a
set time. I walk in, and it’s quiet.
Everything is the exact same, no
matter where we go.”
“Home, on the road, it doesn’t
matter,” assistant coach Mike
Webb added. “Nothing changes.”
“In terms of supersitions,”
Bow said, “it’s a repetitive cycle
that I go through, that I put them
through. Pre-game’s the exact
same thing every time. In terms
of their interactions, it’s just their
body language. What they do be-
fore each game when they talk
about, like, if we play Nyssa what
they have to do. When they play
this team, they’ll do something a
little different. They know which
games are hard and which games
are lax, and it shows sometimes
in the locker room based on
what they’re doing or the moves
they’re doing.”
These things can vary, as Bow
pointed out.
The Echo boys, for instance,
have had multiple different hand-
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not entirely sure why.
Echo is basically
a small version of
the Kibbie Dome in
lead over La Grande.
“You go into La Grande, you know it
isn’t an easy place to play,” said coach
Steve Hoffert. “We struggled at time. But
hit those six three-(pointers) in timely
spots.”
Jansen Edmiston led the way with 12
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Edmiston scored 34 points in the lopsided
win over Kennewick on Saturday.
“We rotated a lot of bodies,” said Hof-
fert. “It’s good to know I can do that. I’m
not that worried when girls aren’t playing
well because we have such a good bench.”
The slate gets much tougher for Herm-
iston, as they host undefeated Sunnyside
(WA) next Tuesday, followed by a trip
to undefeated La Salle Prep later in the
week.
shakes and chest bumps in player
introductions. One night, against
Helix, they were elaborate, with
each player having his own greet-
ing and one even including two
starters.
“It was something we were
trying to do to get them to play
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Echo head coach Ben Campbell
said. “We told them to have fun to
get them to play with a little more
Hoffert said he hopes the hot shoot-
ing returns in time for those important
matchups.
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RIVERSIDE 25
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RIVERSIDE 44
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sive-minded win.
“We played pretty good defensively at
Bailey Watson and Melissa Banderas times. We didn’t at others. They got half
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Watson also chipped in 10 points to lead said.
Hunter Braithewaite paced the scoring
the team in scoring.
Riverside (5-3) couldn’t capitalize from with 20 points, while Milan Davchevski
the free throw line to keep them in the chipped in with 17 of his own, while bring-
ing down 14 rebounds.
game.
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a little tight before games. We
told them this is something you
only do at home. You don’t do it
on the road.”
Since then, they only do three
slaps and a shoulder bump, but
the purpose is still the same,
Campbell said: It gets the players
relaxed, focused on having fun,
rather than stressing about a bas-
ketball game.
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this season now that he is also the girls coach.
Moscow, Idaho. The
University of Idaho
Vandals play there, and
it’s the same shape: just
a series of arches in an
elongated manner to
create sort of half an
ellipse. It’s like Stanfield
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in that the stands are
minimal but always full.
It’s not like Stanfield in
that the baseline has the
smallest clearance I’ve
seen, but that creates
the environment. The
fans, media and the
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benches are right on top
of the action. You’re
not merely watching the
game; you’re part of
the game. Loose balls
are in danger of hitting
spectator’s feet. Every
seat is courtside. I think,
because of the shape,
Echo’s gym has been the
loudest so far. The sound
just bounces around
those arches and never
leaves. It’s fun.
Like I said, I’m weird,
and I think about these
things. Maybe soon I’ll
write about uniforms.
—Sam Barbee is the
sports reporter for the
Hermiston Herald and
can be reached at (541)
564-4542 or sbarbee@
hermistonherald.com
