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SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2015
SPORTS
Umatilla boys race past Riverside
coming in the second half,
and Webb hit two 3-point-
ers in the second quarter to
provide a needed lift for the
Vikings (8-8, 2-0).
“That was probably the
BY SAM BARBEE
excitement
of the night,
HERMISTON HERALD
the energy of the night,”
Leading by six at the Lete said of Webb’s sec-
half, the Umatilla boys ar- ond-quarter spurt. “That’s
rived to the court 10 sec- GH¿QLWHO\ ZKDW ZH QHHGHG
onds before the start of the to get things going. That’s
third quarter. Viking head what he needed. That’s
coach Derrek Lete was al- what the team needed.”
ready at his bench. His ad-
For Riverside, the story
dress was short and sweet was much different. The
and appeared to be effec- Pirates (5-10, 0-2) com-
tive.
mitted 27 turnovers in
The Vikings went on to the game and were forced
outscore the Riverside Pi- into using a largely inex-
rates 14-4 in the third quar- perienced back court af-
ter and win their second ter sophomore guard Noe
Eastern Oregon League Madrigal was tagged with
game in as many tries, 56- VRPHHDUO\IRXOVLQWKH¿UVW
38, Thursday night in The half.
Pit.
“The guards have to get
Despite the 18-point stronger,” Riverside head
win, Lete was not thrilled coach Clair Costello said.
with his team’s perfor- “They’re young, inexpe-
mance.
rienced. They didn’t have
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play up to our potential,” starting out the season. We
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whole night. Our bench was didn’t play very big.”
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Umatilla’s lack of in-
there.”
tensity was on full display
Sophomore
Jesus LQWKH¿UVWTXDUWHU7KH9L-
Ramirez and freshman kings were whistled for
Kaden Webb drove the nine fouls in the frame and
Vikings. Ramirez had 12 turned over the ball eight
points, with eight of them times. Just 13 shots in total
Third quarter paces
Umatilla blowout
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ter, which ended in a 9-7 Pi-
rate lead. Six of those nine
points came from the free-
throw line.
Umatilla came back in
the second quarter but still
struggled to maintain pos-
session of the ball, and the
same went for Riverside.
Webb came into the game
and hit a 3 with 5:12 on
the clock, and two posses-
sions later he hit another 3
to give the Vikings a 17-13
lead, which was their big-
gest lead of the game up to
that point.
“Good thing we had
some younger kids, some
sophomores, some fresh-
men that really stepped up
and decided to play,” Lete
said.
Umatilla went into the
locker room with the 23-
17 lead, and broke it open
in the third behind more
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enough offense. Eric Gar-
cia hit a 3 right out of the
gate to give Umatilla 26-17
lead, and the Vikings never
looked back.
“Overall, (I’m) really
disappointed, though,” Lete
said. “I’m glad we got the
win.”
The Vikings’ next con-
test is Saturday, when they
host Vale at 7:30 p.m.
SAM BARBEE PHOTO
Riverside’s Juan Villa (30) drives through Umatilla’s Edgar Morales (32) and Dany Ayala during
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Vikings reject Pirates on home court
forced 22 Riverside (7-8,
0-2 EOL) turnovers, but the
added looks resulted in just
With Eastern Oregon
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League play hitting full
The Umatilla offense
stride, Umatilla coach Scott
never found its rhythm,
Bow has begun to recog-
shooting just 17 of 50 on
nize trends from his fourth-
the night and 1 of 9 from
ranked Vikings.
three-point range.
For the second consecu-
The two EOL league
tive contest, the team’s ac-
wins provide two of the
tive defense wreaked hav-
team’s three lowest scoring
oc, pressing the youthful
outputs in wins this season.
Riverside Pirate backcourt
The 37-point average in
into giveaway after give-
those games marks a stark
away — 38 total for the
contrast from the squad
game — in a 42-27 victory
that averaged 57 points per
Thursday at Umatilla High
win in its run through non-
School.
league play.
“Umatilla is fourth in
“We had a lot of shots
state for a reason,” River-
that kids normally hit that
side coach Kevin Gilbert-
didn’t go down for us,”
son said. “They play hard.
Bow said. “The last two
Those girls hustle.”
games have been the same
The hustle and clamp
way — the same style —
down mimicked the Vi-
we played well defensively
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down in Nyssa, we played
Nyssa Saturday, when they
well defensively tonight,
held the Bulldogs to a mea-
but we just couldn’t con-
sly 21 points.
vert.
STAFF PHOTO BY KATHY ANEY
The other developing
“We’ve got to do what
habits don’t have Bow quite Kasandra Galbraith (24) and Aleesha Watson (40), of Umatilla,
we’ve got to do to win these
battle the Pirates’ Kassidy McCullough for a loose ball Thurs-
as encouraged, however.
games and hopefully at the
“We’re struggling to put day in Umatilla.
end of the season we’ll be
the ball in the hoop,” Bow
peaking — back to the way
conceded. “I think we’ve hoop.
us and challenge us and we started the season.”
had a lot more possessions
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Junior center Court-
and better looks than other were just going to start run- them.”
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teams, but we’ve just strug- ning away in the beginning,
In the opening half quarter points appeared to
gled to put the ball in the and they were there to stop Umatilla (13-3, 2-0 EOL) have the Vikings headed in
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WATSON:
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It’s a lifestyle,” Zimmerly
said Thursday. “It won’t end
when you get out of high
school or college.”
Zimmerly and McCann
are two of The Eastern Or-
egon Family Taekwondo
center’s regular students that
have attended since the dojo
opened in 2009. They were
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Zimmerly said she was
familiar with Watson and his
wife, Lorry, and wanted to
give their dojo a try because
they wanted to help out the
Watsons.
Zimmerly and McCann
like it for separate reasons.
Zimmerly sees the way
Watson interacts with the
children — he is fun and
stern, but playful and serious
— and she trusts his ability to
teach them correctly.
“He’s not like other (teach-
ers),” Zimmerly said after
their class Thursday. “They
seem to be a little too aggres-
sive (with children).”
McCann said she likes ev-
erything about the martial art.
“I like doing all the stuff,”
McCann said. “I like mov-
ing up belts, doing forms.
(Watson’s) always funny. He
teaches us a lot.”
Watson said his playful
attitude with the students
stems from an experience he
had when he was introducing
martial arts to his oldest son,
Tyler, who’s now 26 and lives
in The Dalles.
He started by taking Tyler
to a karate dojo when he was
5 in Pendleton but quickly
decided that wasn’t the best
place for his son. The in-
structor was too intense for a
5-year-old, Watson said, and
he wasn’t comfortable with
putting his young son through
that level of aggression.
So, when he opened
EO Family in 2009, he
made it child-focused with
an emphasis on fun, re-
spect and proper technique.
“I enjoy the kids,” he said. “I
wish I had more adults, but
that’s alright. I think it’s real-
ly all about the kids. I always
try to make it fun. I try to be
strict, and they know how far
(they can go), and they know
respect.”
Wednesday’s class had
just a handful of students,
and Watson’s voice echoed
through the dojo. Thursday,
however, had a full dojo. Stu-
dents from orange belts to
blue belts were learning and
practicing techniques. All but
two were children.
Because Watson is so chil-
dren-focused, he has them
bring in their report cards and
progress reports from school.
When they bring the cards for
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patch to go over their heart,
to show everyone that their
focus should be on not just
taekwondo, but on life out-
side the dojo as well. When
the report cards are good, he
rewards them a red star to
go around their collars and
sleeves.
By placing an emphasis
on doing the right thing inside
and outside of the dojo, Wat-
son said he is trying to instill
concepts that are larger than
just learning how to punch,
kick and block.
“Respect is my No. 1 rule,
and you have to follow that,”
Watson said. “I’m hoping that
I’m teaching that to these kids
and it’ll be in their mind, so
when they grow up, they’ll
know what respect is.”
One student who has ben-
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of respect is 10-year-old or-
ange belt JP Phillips. Accord-
ing to Watson and Phillips’
grandmother, Juanita, Phillips
struggled with anger issues
growing up. He lashed out
at his grandparents and had
trouble focusing at school.
Watson’s approach to keep
the mood light while being
strict at the same time has re-
ally helped Phillips, they said.
He’s doing better in school
because of taekwondo. His
behavior at home has im-
proved. Even Phillips himself
has seen an improvement.
“My grandma said it’s af-
fecting my focus,” Phillips
said after class Thursday.
“My focus on my work at
school and at home.”
Watson’s family-focused
emphasis is also present in
lessons. He ended Thursday’s
session with a couple rounds
of “Mr. Watson Says,” a va-
ration of “Simon Says,” to
teach discipline and hones-
ty. The dozen or so children
loved it, and the winners were
rewarded with candy of their
choice.
Watson reinforces the life
lessons he teaches students in
other ways. Before a student
can graduate from an orange
belt to a green belt, he has him
or her write an essay about a
quality, such as respect or in-
tegrity. He said students can’t
truly know what those quali-
ties are until they can describe
it in their own words.
Phillips had to write an es-
say on respect.
“We always talk about
respect all the time,” Watson
said.
For more information
about the Eastern Oregon
Family Taekwondo, call 541-
667-9872.
the right direction, but she
only scored twice more on
the night. The remainder of
the normally potent scorers
never got going.
And still the Vikings
built a 22-12 halftime lead.
The margin never dipped
below 10 in the second half.
“We lost, but it’s a win,”
Gilbertson said. “It’s a mor-
al win. We’re building. We
just want to keep building.”
The Pirates start two
sophomores and two fresh-
men, and while the team
never truly challenged the
Vikings on the scoreboard,
they “battled” throughout,
Gilbertson said.
“Our ranking doesn’t
show the heart our girls
have,” he said of his
team’s 27th positioning in
Class 3A out of 39 teams.
“Overall, I can’t com-
plain.”
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a game-high 12 points and
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game all year”, according
to Bow.
“They have a 5-11 girl
that’s a beast,” Gilbertson
said of Dohman.
Sophomore
forward
Aleesha Watson added 11
points in the win for the
Vikings.
Lacey Mashos led Riv-
erside with eight points.
Both sides play again
on Saturday. Umatilla
hosts Vale, while River-
side will play Nyssa at
home.
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