WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 2015
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SPORTS
Heppner secures win in Stanfields first post season game
BY SAM BARBEE
HERMISTON HERALD
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time since 2009 that the
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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
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Heppner
dominated
from the free-throw line
throughout the game, sink-
ing 21 of 30 attempts from
the charity stripe, while
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Sharp said that was a prod-
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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.”
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break open a close game
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while up 7-4, they went on
a 6-2 run to take a 13-6 lead
after a quarter.
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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
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his team isn’t facing any
pressure to win. He said the
Tigers have already done
more this year than in past
years.
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ball to the post, we would throws from Maddie Lind- but you can get after it and
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other hand, grabbed re- three possessions to close
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bounds and quickly got the Heppner’s lead to 14 at 38-
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quarters.
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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.
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the pressure up in the third
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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
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relay.
Overall, Hood River Valley won
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— the boys 400-yard freestyle relay
— and edged Pendleton by just three
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a distant third with 171 points, and
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points.
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for a Bulldog at this year’s district
meet, but the Bulldogs had several
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Tovey, senior Yessica Roman and
junior Jacob Snell each recorded
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points each for Hermiston.
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freesytle in 2 minutes, 27.12 seconds,
19 seconds behind race winner Alli-
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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
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Bridge Street in Echo. Riders
can select one of three course
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or 36 miles. It’s a sanctioned
Oregon Bicycle Racing As-
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mountain bike race of the
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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.”
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7-3), though, the mood
was chipper after a loss.
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“We just went out to
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have fun,” Grogan said.
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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
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field again led in the
same quarter when Eric
Galarza’s jumper went
down with two minutes
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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.
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the first quarter. The
Knights didn’t stop
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there. They opened the
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second quarter on a 13-0 SHS STANFIELD
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run that lasted just more IHS
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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,
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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
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a minute and a half behind race win-
ners Caitlyn Fick, Burke, Courtney
Castaneda and Freeland from Hood
River Valley.
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in the boys 100-yard backstroke,
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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
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2:36.97
Boys 200-yard medley relay: Mi-
chael Storagee, Nick Wag, Jose Ro-
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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.
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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
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Snell, sixth, 26.70
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McAllister, seventh, 1:48.67
Boys 100-yard freestyle: Luke
Clupny, eighth, 1:01.98
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Girls 200-yard freestyle relay:
Hannah Walker, Yessica Roman, Car-
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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
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Boys 100-yard backstroke: Nick
Wang, eighth, 1:24.38
Girls 400-yard freestyle relay: Re-
becca Carr, Cailyn Lambert, Tiana
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Boys 400-yard freestyle relay:
Luke Clupny, Jose Roman, Ryan
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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-
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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.
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