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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A7 SPORTS Heppner secures win in Stanfields first post season game BY SAM BARBEE HERMISTON HERALD 0RQGD\PDUNHGWKH¿UVW time since 2009 that the 6WDQ¿HOG 7LJHUV JLUOV EDV- ketball team played a post- season basketball game. Unfortunately for Dan- iel Sharp’s bunch, a big second-quarter run by the Heppner Mustangs proved to be too much, as Heppner went on to win 47-32 in a 2A Columbia Basin Con- ference district tie-breaker behind 14 points from Kelli Wilson. As the Columbia Basin Conference district tourna- PHQW FRQWLQXHV 6WDQ¿HOG plays Culver at 6 p.m. to- day at Armand Larive Mid- dle School. 1R 6WDQ¿HOG 7LJHU UH- FRUGHGGRXEOH¿JXUHSRLQWV LQ WKH ORVV 0DGGLH *ULI¿Q OHG6WDQ¿HOGZLWK Heppner dominated from the free-throw line throughout the game, sink- ing 21 of 30 attempts from the charity stripe, while 6WDQ¿HOGZHQWMXVWIRU Sharp said that was a prod- XFW RI 6WDQ¿HOG¶V ODFN RI aggressiveness offensively. “Our girls were tim- id and scared and worried about getting blocked or something in there,” Sharp said. “That hurts us. We don’t attack as much or as we should.” The Mustangs began to break open a close game LQ WKH ¿UVW TXDUWHU ZKHQ while up 7-4, they went on a 6-2 run to take a 13-6 lead after a quarter. 6WDQ¿HOG EHJDQ SUHVV- ing in the second quarter to good success, forcing Hep- pner into some turnovers to keep the game relatively close. “I started panicking, honestly,” guard Wilson said. “I wasn’t ready for them to be that good at pressuring us, but once I SAM BARBEE PHOTO Heppner’s Maddie Lindsay (20) drives against Stan- ÀeOd’s NataOia EsTXiveO (4) as MXstang .eOOy :iOsRn () tries tR get Rpen dXring tKe seFRnd KaOI RI Heppner’s 47-32 tie-EreaNer Zin Rver tKe Tigers MRnday at ArPand Larive MiddOe SFKRRO in HerPistRn his team isn’t facing any pressure to win. He said the Tigers have already done more this year than in past years. “We just gotta go play,” SAM BARBEE PHOTO he said. “There’s nothing StanÀeOd’s AsKOee O’NeiOO (Fenter) tries tR PaNe a pass aFrRss we can do. We are what we tKe Oane as Heppner’s -essiFa .ePNin (22) deIends dXring are right now. A lot of the tKe Àrst KaOI RI Heppner’s 47-32 tie-EreaNer Zin Rver StanÀeOd work we need to do is stuff MRnday at ArPand Larive MiddOe SFKRRO in HerPistRn that happens in the off-sea- son. You can’t dramatically ¿JXUHG RXW WR MXVW JHW WKH run capped by a pair of free ¿[ DQ\WKLQJ LPPHGLDWHO\ ball to the post, we would throws from Maddie Lind- but you can get after it and reverse it, and it led to lay- say to take a commanding go hard all the time. I don’t ins.” OHDGZLWKOHIW know if we’ve complete- 6WDQ¿HOG ZDQWHG WR VWD\ 6WDQ¿HOG VKRZHG ¿JKW ly bought into that all the in the full-court press, but down the stretch in the time. We have moments of the Tigers couldn’t get any WKLUG ZKHQ 0DGGLH *ULI¿Q it.” baskets. Heppner, on the hit three pointers on two of ——— other hand, grabbed re- three possessions to close HEPPNER 47, bounds and quickly got the Heppner’s lead to 14 at 38- STANFIELD 32 outlet pass to a guard who 24, but more Heppner free 6 6 12 pushed the tempo and got throws moved the count SHS 8 32 layups or fouls on the other back to 41-24 after three HHS 13 8 18 8 47 end. quarters. — C. Curiel 5, M. Grif¿n 8, A. Lemmon 6WDQ¿HOGSOD\HGWRXJKLQ 6WDQ¿HOG FRXOGQ¶W JHW Stan¿eld 0, A. O’Neill 2, M. Banderas 0, B. Watson 0, the second quarter, holding anything going in the G. Chavez 0, Y. Chavez 2, B. Braithwaite 2, S. 2, C. Hopper 6, N. Esquivel 0. the high-octane Mustangs fourth, committing seven Connell Heppner — K. Wilson 14, K. Lindsay 2, M. Gibbs WRMXVWRQH¿HOGJRDOLQWKH WXUQRYHUV LQ WKH ¿QDO SHUL- 1, R. Dampier 0, R. Wizner 0, K. Gray 1, R. ¿QDO¿YHPLQXWHVRISOD\ od, including four straight Kollman 0, P. Grieb 4, M. Linday 12, J. Kempkin 13, M. Correa 0. Heppner, however, kept while down 44-27. 3-point ¿eld goals — Stan¿eld 3, Heppner 0. the pressure up in the third Looking ahead to to- Free throws — Stan¿eld 1-5, Heppner 21-30. TXDUHU DQG ZHQW RQ D night’s matchup, Sharp said Fouls — Stan¿eld 19, Heppner 12. BY SAM BARBEE HERMISTON HERALD The Hermiston swim team strug- gled at districts on Saturday, but Sid- ney Tovey was a lone bright spot. The freshman placed fourth in the girls 200-yard freestyle, fourth in the girls 100-yard freestyle and was the anchor in Hermiston’s third-place ¿QLVK LQ WKH JLUOV \DUG IUHHVW\OH relay. Overall, Hood River Valley won WKH GLVWULFW PHHW LQ WKH ¿QDO HYHQW — the boys 400-yard freestyle relay — and edged Pendleton by just three SRLQWV 7KH 'DOOHV ZDV a distant third with 171 points, and +HUPLVWRQ ¿QLVKHG IRXUWK ZLWK points. 7KH WKLUGSODFH ¿QLVK LQ WKH JLUOV \DUGUHOD\ZDVWKHKLJKHVW¿QLVK for a Bulldog at this year’s district meet, but the Bulldogs had several IRXUWKSODFH¿QLVKHV Tovey, senior Yessica Roman and junior Jacob Snell each recorded IRXUWKSODFH ¿QLVKHV HDUQLQJ ¿YH points each for Hermiston. In Tovey’s events, the freshman ¿QLVKHGWKH¿QDOVUDFHRIWKH\DUG freesytle in 2 minutes, 27.12 seconds, 19 seconds behind race winner Alli- son Burke of Hood River Valley. In WKH\DUGIUHHVW\OH7RYH\¿QLVKHG continued from page A6 videos of participants riding the winding trails around the vineyards and through the desert. Various mountain biking sites have small write-ups and lodg- ing information pertaining to the Red to Red. The race itself starts in Echo at the corner of Main and South Dupont Streets in Echo and heads west toward WKH WUDLOV DQG ¿QLVKHV RQ Bridge Street in Echo. Riders can select one of three course OHQJWKV PLOHV PLOHV or 36 miles. It’s a sanctioned Oregon Bicycle Racing As- VRFLDWLRQUDFHDQGLVWKH¿UVW mountain bike race of the 2%5$VODWH The track takes riders out west of town, through rolling desert hills and along cliff faces overlook- ing the Umatilla River the half with Irrigon up 39-22. Then the storm be- gan. Sort of. Grogan had five points in the first minute BY SAM BARBEE of the second half. With HERMISTON HERALD 4:02, though, Irrigon led The top-ranked Ir- by 19, the largest lead rigon Knights blew a of the night. Then, Stan- big second-half lead, field pushed for a come- but held on to down the back in earnest. Grogan converted Stanfield Tigers 67-63 in the regular season fi- an and-one then got a nale at Irrigon Saturday. bucket the next posses- Stanfield’s Dylan sion to cut the lead to Grogan led all scorers 48-34 with 2:39 on the with 24 points — in- clock. Tony Flores hit cluding a near-half court a 3 with 1:42 left to get shot at the final buzz- Stanfield within 11, and, er — and Irrigon’s An- after an Irrigon timeout, thony Landeros had 21 Ryan Bailey was fouled points. With the win, and made both, bringing Irrigon sealed the top Stanfield within nine seed in the 2A Colum- at 48-39. Landeros and bia Basin Conference Grogan traded baskets district tournament, and to settle the third-quar- Stanfield claims the tie- WHUFRXQWDW Irrigon pushed the breaker with Heppner with more points scored. lead back to 12 with the Basically the entire help of a pair of Land- second half was a storm eros 3-pointers to start the fourth quarter. Then for the Knights. After dominating the Stanfield embarked on first half to the tune of a 6-0 run to close the a 39-22 lead that saw deficit to five, the small- 11 Stanfield turnovers, est it had been since the the Tigers battled back end of the first period. throughout the entirety Minutes later Flores hit of the second half. Stan- his third 3 to pull Stan- field outscored Irrigon field within four at 60- 41-28 but couldn’t fin- 6WDQILHOG ZRXOG QRW ish off the comeback on get any closer, howev- er. Irrigon missed just the road. “I thought defensive- one free throw down the ly we weren’t as (good stretch, and the Tigers at) making them do only got one bucket to things they didn’t want go in the final minute to do,” Stanfield head not counting Grogan’s coach Daniel Sharp said. heave at the buzzer. The district tour- “They were 39 or 38 at halftime. That’s a lot. nament starts on Fri- They were just playing day, with all the games played at the Pendleton well.” )RU 6WDQ¿HOG Convention Center. ——— 7-3), though, the mood was chipper after a loss. IRRIGON 67, “We just went out to STANFIELD 63 have fun,” Grogan said. 10 12 19 22 63 “This game (didn’t) SHS IHS 16 23 11 17 67 matter. We just wanted Stanfield — L. Moreno 0, R. Bailey 6, J. Carrillo 0, E. Galarza 7, A. Nunez 0, E. to win and have fun.” 2, T. Flores 9, H. Braithwaite 19, Early on, Irrigon was Lockwood D. Grogan 24, T. Monkus 0, A. Montes 0, jumping passing lanes S. Allan 0, M. Davchevski 5. — X. Rambo 0, A. Romero 11, and converting those Irrigon A. Timpy 5, S. Verley 0, A. Landeros 21, into layups like the F. Vera 15, R. Reynolds 4, A. Rice 0, H. Knights have done all White 0, Z. Rice 11, O. Romero 0. field goals — Stanfield 8, Irrigon 7. year. Stanfield, though, 3-point Free throws — Stanfield 11-14, Irrigon 11- did lead early on when 14. Fouls — Stanfield 18, Irrigon 17. Grogan’s 2-point- er gave the Tigers an HDUO\ HGJH 6WDQ- field again led in the same quarter when Eric Galarza’s jumper went down with two minutes IRRIGON 39, left to give the Tigers a STANFIELD 34 10-9 lead. At Irrigon, a big sec- That was last time ond half propelled the Stanfield was on top. AJ Timpy hit a 3 then Lady Knights past the made two free throws Lady Tigers 39-34 Friday on the next possession, night in both teams’ reg- then Landeros got two XODUVHDVRQ¿QDOH%DLOH\ off a turnover to close Watson led the Tigers the 7-0 run that ended with 11 points. ——— the first quarter. The Knights didn’t stop IRRIGON 39, there. They opened the 34 second quarter on a 13-0 SHS STANFIELD 4 9 10 11 34 run that lasted just more IHS 4 7 13 15 39 than two minutes and Stanfield — C. Curiel 2, M. Griffin 0, A. O’Neill 0, M. Banderas 0, B. Watson 11, G. pushed Stanfield back Chavez 3, Y. Chavez 6, B. Braithwaite 6, S. Connell 2, c. Hopper 0, N. Esquivel 3. on its heels. — K. Gilman 2, A. Ayala 2, H. Vera Their lead fluctuated Irrigon 0, K. McLoughlin 9, T. Davis 4, J. Burns between 10 and as many 14, L. Mills 0, D. Roybal 2, B. Aguilera 5, DV XQWLO ,UULJRQ¶V C. Case 1. field goals — Stanfield 2, Irrigon 1. Fredy Vera hit a 3-point- 3-point Free throws — Stanfield 8-20, Irrigon 12- er with 1:23 left to end 22. Fouls — Stanfield 19, Irrigon 20. Grogan scores 24 in loss Hermiston struggles at district swim meet RACE: Irrigon holds on to beat Tigers nine seconds back of Dhani Freeland of Hood River with a 1:04.01 effort. In the 400-yard freestyle relay, Tov- ey teamed up with freshman Hannah Walker, senior Roman and sophomore &DUOD0HGHOWRUHFRUGDWLPH a minute and a half behind race win- ners Caitlyn Fick, Burke, Courtney Castaneda and Freeland from Hood River Valley. 6QHOO¶V IRXUWKSODFH ¿QLVK FDPH in the boys 100-yard backstroke, ZKHQ WKH MXQLRU ¿QLVKHG ZLWK D WLPH RI QLQH VHFRQGV EHKLQG 7KH Dalles’ Ben Feil. Roman’s fourth-place came in the girls 200-yard individual medley with a 3:09.70 mark, about a minute be- hind Hood River Valley Kyle Webb. Other Hermiston results: Girls 200-yard medley relay: Ti- ana Lum, Cailyn Lambert, Lindsey McAllister, Rylee Hancock, seventh, 3:01.16 Girls 200-yard medley relay: Lau- ra Dewey, Gisselle Galaviz, Breckyn Mecham, Ashland Oswald, eighth, 3:13.74 Boys 200-yard medley relay: Jus- tin Black, Carson Wrathall, Zachary 0F$OOLVWHU &DOHE -RUJHQVRQ ¿IWK 2:36.97 Boys 200-yard medley relay: Mi- chael Storagee, Nick Wag, Jose Ro- PDQ%RQ9RVL[WK before heading back into Echo. The trails are about three and a half miles from town, and the race doesn’t formally start until the trails are reached. ³,W¶VDGLI¿FXOWFRXUVHEXW LW¶VGH¿QLWHO\VRPHWKLQJDQ\ ability level would be able to do,” Myers said. The mountain bike race isn’t the only event at the Red to Red. A special addi- Boys 200-yard freestyle: Nick Wang, eighth, 3:11.96 %R\V \DUG IUHHVW\OH -DFRE Snell, sixth, 26.70 *LUOV \DUG EXWWHUÀ\ /LQGVH\ McAllister, seventh, 1:48.67 Boys 100-yard freestyle: Luke Clupny, eighth, 1:01.98 *LUOV \DUG IUHHVW\OH +DQQDK :DONHU¿IWK Girls 200-yard freestyle relay: Hannah Walker, Yessica Roman, Car- OD0HGHO6LGQH\7RYH\¿IWK Girls 200-yard freestyle relay: Lyd- ia Scott, Ashland Oswald, Breckyn Mecham, Rebecca Carr, seventh, Boys 200-yard freestyle relay: Zachary McAllister, Luke Clupny, Ryan Stewart, Jacob Snell, sixth, Boys 100-yard backstroke: Ryan 6WHZDUWGLVTXDOL¿HG Boys 100-yard backstroke: Nick Wang, eighth, 1:24.38 Girls 400-yard freestyle relay: Re- becca Carr, Cailyn Lambert, Tiana /XP/\GLD6FRWW¿IWK Boys 400-yard freestyle relay: Luke Clupny, Jose Roman, Ryan 6WHZDUW-DFRE6QHOO¿IWK Boys 400-yard freestyle relay: Justin Blake, Caleb Jorgenson, Irvin Morales, Michael Storagee, sixth, tion is the Poker Ride/Run. It started a few years after the original Red to Red when the Myers’ noticed people were staying an extra night and camping. “There’s a lot of people who stay and camp out after the race and want to ride,” Myers said. “So, we thought, why don’t we use another thing to raise funds.” Those funds raised go to IF YOU GO WHAT: Echo Red to Red Mountain Bike Race/Poker Ride/Run WHEN: 11 a.m. Feb. 28, 8:30 a.m. March 1 WHERE: Race begins at corner of Main and Dupont Streets in downtown Echo HOW: Prospective racers may register at EchoRed2Red.com or at Echo Bike and Board in Stanfield. To pre-register, prices are $40 for adults and $15 for riders ages 10-18. Riders younger than 10 are not permitted. Pre-registered racers get free lunch and are entered into raffles. The Poker Ride/Run costs $20 at pre-registration, and break- fast and more raffles are included. The final day for pre-registration is Monday. Prices after pre-registration are still $15 for juniors, but $45 for adults. various organizations around the area. Proceeds from the mountain bike race go to Echo Kiwanis’ scholarship. The local Mason Lodge makes lunch and donates those proceeds to its Bikes for Books program. The Poker Ride/Run’s proceeds go to the Echo Food Pantry. During the Poker Ride/ Run, a rider — or, this year, a runner too — gets a card when they start at the Echo trail heads. The rider has to traverse at least 4.6 miles where they can pick up three more cards at var- ious locations and, once they have those three cards, makes the ride back into town where they are greet- HGZLWKWKHLU¿IWKDQG¿QDO card. The top three hands get payouts. The event ex- panded from just a ride to a ride and run this year after Echo Bike and Board start- ing selling running gear re- cently. GIRLS BASKETBALL