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A8 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2015 SPORTS (FKRJLUOVVOLGHE\1L[\DDZLLLQQDLOELWHU At Mission, the Echo girls basketball team slipped SDVWWKH1L[\DDZLL*ROGHQ(DJOHVGHVSLWHWKUHH Cougars fouling out. )RXOV SODJXHG ERWK WHDPV ZKLFK DFFXPXODWHG WRWDO RQ WKH QLJKW 1L[\DDZLL¶V OHDGLQJ VFRUHU &KDU- lotte Barkley scored 22 points and hit four 3s, al- though she got into foul trouble. Cougar leading scor- er Elizabeth McCarty, who finished with 16 points, also spent some time on the bench. Half of McCarty’s came from the free-throw line. “It was definitely one of those games where the depth of our bench is what allowed us to carry it,” Echo head coach JD Brazil said. (FKR ZDV GRZQ E\ DV PDQ\ DV SRLQWV LQ WKH second quarter but went into halftime down just two. Kelsey Ranger hit two 3-pointers late to help “ice things,” before she fouled out, Brazil said. Ranger ILQLVKHGZLWKSRLQWV Beth Millbroot and Hattie Reese had significant and productive minutes with McCarty and her sister, Hannah, on the bench in foul trouble. The win put Echo is sole possession of first place in the Old Oregon League with an overall record of DQGDOHDJXHUHFRUGRI1L[\DDZLLLVDQG UMATILLA 74, NYSSA 65 The Umatilla boys basketball team started off league 2-1. 7KH &RXJDUV ZLOO QH[W SOD\ 3RZGHU 9DOOH\ DW SOD\RQDKLJKQRWHGRZQLQJWKH1\VVD%XOOGRJV Saturday in Nyssa. p.m. Friday at home. 7KH ZLQ SXOOV WKH9LNLQJV WR RQ WKH VHDVRQ DQG 1-0 in Eastern Oregon League play. Umatilla is tied ZLWK9DOHZKREHDW5LYHUVLGHLQLWVOHDJXHRSHQHUEXW sits two and a half games ahead in terms of their overall records. NIXYAAWII 62, ECHO 33 The Umatilla boys and girls host Riverside on Thurs- The Echo boys basketball team wasn’t able to continue GD\LQDSDLURI(2/PDWFKXSV7KHJLUOVWLSRIIDW its brief two-game winning streak, dropping a league affair p.m., and the boys square off at 7 p.m. WR1L[\DDZLL6DWXUGD\LQ0LVVLRQ The 33 points were the fewest Echo has scored all sea- VRQDQGFDPHRQWKHKHHOVRIWKH&RXJDUV¶SRLQWRXW- burst a day earlier against Joseph. 7KH (FKR6WDQ¿HOG ZUHVWOLQJ SURJUDP KDG D VHF- $IWHUDVWDUWWKH&RXJDUVKDYHZRQ¿YHRIHLJKWDQG are 6-7 (2-2 Old Oregon League) on the year. The Cou- RQGSODFH¿QLVKHUDWWKH5LYHUVLGH7RXUQDPHQW6DWXUGD\ .\OH5DQJHUDIUHVKPDQDWSRXQGVZDVSLQQHG JDUVDUHWLHGZLWK3RZGHU9DOOH\ZKRWKH\KDYHEHDWHQ DQG:DOORZDIRUVHFRQGSODFH1L[\DDZLLLVWLHG seconds into the third round of the championship bout. It ZDVWKHKLJKHVWSODFLQJIRUDQ(FKR6WDQ¿HOGZUHVWOHUVR with Pine Eagle atop the OOL with identical records. 7KH&RXJDUVQH[WSOD\3RZGHU9DOOH\)ULGD\DWKRPH far in the young program. No further details were reported. Tip-off is set for 7:30 p.m. BOYS BASKETBALL WRESTLING BULLDOGS: continued from page A1 two offensive rebounds in KLV¿UVWVWDUWRIWKHVHDVRQ Naillon picked off a lazy pass and laid it up at the other end to give Hermis- ton a lead, and, early on, the Bulldogs were trying to put WKH*UL]]OLHVDZD\ 7KH KXQJU\ *UL]]OLHV kept coming back, howev- HU 6XQQ\VLGH¶V 1LFR 9DOOH scored with 32 seconds left LQ WKH ¿UVW TXDUWHU WR JLYH his team a 12-10 edge in a quarter that saw a com- bined shooting effort of 11 RI DQG QR SRLQWHUV RU free throws made. Early into the second, 6XQQ\VLGHEXLOWD¿YHSRLQW lead, but a Keegan Crafton DQGD&KDVH.QXW]ÀRDWHU WLHG LW DW ZLWK MXVW PRUH WKDQVL[PLQXWHVWRSOD\ Sunnyside again built a four-point lead, but a Knutz 3 and a Zimmerly basket sandwiched around a Herm- iston timeout gave the Bull- dogs a 21-20 lead with just less than two minutes left. 6XQQ\VLGH PDGH LWV QH[W WZR VKRWV ² LWV ¿QDO WZR shots of the half — while Hermiston languished from WKH ¿HOG PDNLQJ MXVW RQH RI LWV QH[W IRXU 6XQQ\VLGH ZDV XS DW WKH KDOI ³*RLQJ LQWR KDOIWLPH WKH\ got that one-point lead, and they’re gonna see that light ADJUSTING: continued from page A1 FRDFKHVDQGRI¿FLDOV “Anything that’s being called now, should have been called all along,” Sim- mons said. She said the goal is for the game in Hermiston, Ashland and Astoria to be called the same way. Therefore, when teams from all over the state, or, more broadly, from across the country, play each other, nobody has a greater advantage than anybody else. She said, if one team plays in a league or re- gion or state where the hand-check rule is ap- plied forcefully, they have an advantage over teams where close attention isn’t given to that rule. For the officials, she said, it’s good practice to know what must be whis- tled, so when they get to a similar situation, they’re not guessing. They know what they are seeing and know what they have to eliminate. “Hopefully coaches will get tired of the calls and they’ll be eliminat- ed, not because officials stop calling it, but be- cause the kids are play- ing it right.” Teams in the area have made the adjustment without too much trou- ble. Fouls are down, and game times are neat and tidy again. Teams are no Hermiston’s Cole Smith (32) looks for a teammate to pass to as Sunnyside’s Angel Galarza (center) and Miguel Prieto (32) defend during the second half of Sunnyside’s 47-45 win Tuesday night in Hermiston. Hermiston’s Cole Smith (32) lays one up as Sunnyside’s Arturo Pala (3) looks on during the Àrst half of Sun- nyside’s 47-45 win Tuesday night in Hermiston. at the end of the tunnel get- ting bigger, and they’re gon- na play harder,” McElligott said. “That’s what they did.” The two teams traded baskets in the third quarter, and neither team was able to gain control of the game. :LWK +HUPLVWRQ XS its biggest lead of the game, Sanchez hit his only 3 of the game to give Sunnyside DOHDG$QWKRQ\+HU- rera followed with a layup with 1:22 left to put Sunny- side back up three. Sunnyside never trailed in the fourth, but Hermiston tried to make it interesting. last week and a tough nine-point loss to a good Summit team on the road. “We didn’t play well enough to win tonight,” McElligott said. “They gave us opportunities at the end, missing one-and-ones. ... We had a lot of empty possessions. We didn’t play real well defensively. We JRW NLOOHG RQ EDOOV 7KH\ZHUHWKH¿UVWRQHVWR the balls, (while) we were left standing around while they were getting loose balls. We fought our way back, but didn’t play well enough to win.” SAM BARBEE PHOTOS longer being whistled for RUIRXOVDQGLWKDVD lot to do with both coach- es and adjustments made by officials. Hermiston girls basket- ball coach Steve Hoffert said he did not make any real adjustments to the way he coaches his team. He said his program has always focused on foot- work and the age-old ad- age of “defend with your feet, not with your hands.” Hermiston boys coach Jake McElligott said the hand-check rule is a good idea in theory, but it hasn’t been applied even- ly throughout the state. “It seems to be hit or miss where we go,” he said. “When we went two tournaments in Portland, they didn’t really call (the hand-check) at all. In Summit, they didn’t re- ally call it at all. It’ll be interesting to see when we go into league. I think it’s different with each association, each league. I think they call it a little tighter here than they do on the other side.” Hoffert said he is most concerned that hand- check fouls are being called consistently. “As long as we know the H[SHFWDWLRQV , GRQ¶W KDYH a problem,” he said. “It’s tough for kids to not know ZKDW WR H[SHFW DQG WKH good kids and good teams adjust. It’s part of the game. ,I\RXNQRZZKDWWRH[SHFW not many adjustments need to be made.” DUCKS: continued from page A1 my internal struggle to support the Ducks, but I’ve been coming around. I still get to hate them on a given Saturday in the fall, but, 8S &KDQFH )ORUHV and Crafton had baskets to cut the lead down to one in WKH¿QDOPLQXWH+HUPLVWRQ kept fouling with Sunny- side in the bonus to force free throws, and Sunnyside kept obliging the come- back attempt by missing. 7KH *UL]]OLHV PLVVHG IRXU RI WKHLU ¿YH IUHHWKURZ DW- WHPSWV LQ WKDW ¿QDO PLQXWH to give Hermiston a shot, but the Bulldogs turned it over twice, letting the win VOLSWKURXJKWKHLU¿QJHUV The loss is especial- ly disappointing after a KRPH ZLQ RYHU /D *UDQGH SAM BARBEE PHOTO In this photo, Weston-McEwen’s Matison Aby’s defense is considered legal under the new National Federation of High School Associaton’s hand-check rule because her hands are up and she is using her entire body to shield StanÀeld’s Cynthia Curiel, not her hands. NFHS hand-check rule adopted in Oregon “The following acts constitute a foul when committed against a ball handler/dribbler: a. Placing two hands on the player. b. Placing an extended arm bar on the player. c. Placing and keeping a hand on the player. d. Contacting the player more than once with the same hand or alternating hands. Rationale: Rather than continuing to make hand-checking a point of emphasis year after year, simply add a brand new rule that requires a personal foul be called any time this type of contact occurs on a player holding or dribbling the ball outside of the lane area. The NFHS game needs this type of illegal contact on the perimeter ball handlers and dribblers eliminated.” other than that, they are another team in the Pac-12. Indeed, they are a rival, and, indeed, their success hurts, but there’s more to life than hating a school and its football team. At a certain level, we are all the same: football fans from an under- appreciated league and region. We should support each other UHJDUGOHVVRIRXUDI¿OLDWLRQVH[FHSWRI course, on those given Saturdays. Then, it’s on. —Sam Barbee is the sports reporter for the Hermiston Herald and can be reached at (541) 564-4542 or sbarbee@ hermistonherald.com SAM BARBEE PHOTO Each table at Nookies Restaurant and Brewery in Hermis- ton had Oregon Ducks and Rose Bowl logos on them. CHEERING: ing the orange and black of their school, openly cheered continued from page A1 for Oregon. The state of Or- egon was represented — not Around Hermiston, the the University of Oregon. support for the University And that, to many peo- of Oregon was everywhere ple, was what mattered. 0RQGD\ ³*R 'XFNV´ RU “Once the Civil War’s similar phrases were com- over, it’s all Oregon,” Hap- mon on business reader S\ 9DOOH\ 2UHJRQ UHVLGHQW boards in town. Hermiston Lynden Jones said from his wasn’t the only small town table at Nookies. “It’s Pac- in the United States rallying 12 all the way.” around their college team of Oregon State fan and Corvallis resident Brad choice. Oregon, Ohio, a town Bennett said he was an hon- about the size of Hermiston orary Duck fan for the night. “They’re not playing in northwest Ohio, changed its name for a day. Two each other,” he said of OSU men, who admitted not to and the Ducks. “So, when be Ohio State fans but who they don’t play, I’m all wanted to create a bit of green and yellow. Not many Ohio pride, successfully pe- orange sweatshirts will say titioned to change the name that.” -DVRQ %DURQ D 9DQFRX- of the town for a day, and, Monday, the town went by ver, Washington, resident, “Buckeyes by the bay, City said he wasn’t even an Or- egon fan but was happy to of Duckhunters. In the Northwest, Herm- see the Ducks in the cham- iston might have been quiet, pionship game. When it came to the im- but local bars were writhing SDFW WKDW QDWLRQDO H[SRVXUH with energy. Nookies Restaurant and has on the State of Oregon, Brewery in Hermiston was many patrons were in agree- UHDG\ IRU WKH JDPH *UHHQ ment: It is a good thing. Baron said just appear- and yellow ribbons hung from the basketball hoop ing in the national cham- over the front door. Each pionship game will help WDEOHKDGÀDJVHPEOD]RQHG Oregon football’s recruiting with the University of Or- and give the college more egon’s logo and the Rose H[SRVXUH “It’s pretty huge,” Bowl logo. Staff wore Ore- gon gear, and the game was Hermiston resident Roger on each and every television Bounds agreed. “We are in the building. The place in a very small state. It’ll was absolutely packed un- be good for the University til halftime, when the game of Oregon system because appeared to be getting away it’ll attract more and better students. Just the success from the Ducks. The crowd was com- of the football program has prised mostly Oregon fans, affected enrollment.” Bounds’ statement with a few Oregon State fans and a lone Ohio State about enrollment increas- IDQWKURZQLQ:LWKH[FHS- es are accurate. Since the tion of the Buckeyes fan, IDOO RI WKH IDOO HQ- most of the spectators’ al- rollment at the University legiance was to the state of of Oregon has increased Oregon as a whole. Oregon by more than 3,000 stu- State fans, even while wear- dents.
