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Hermiston S PORTS Power Rankings: A6 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2016 January Edition D espite a harrowing up the colley and the OSAA drive with constant ranking. )irst-year coach Vic- reminders of the icy tor Baros’ style is working conditions strewn aEout the for the Tigers; an up-tempo, freeway, I’m Eack on the east three point-oriented attack side after a week-long vacation. designed to take advantage of Stan¿eld’s relative lack I hope everyone’s of size and athletic aEil- holidays were as fun ity. Irrigon (8-3, 4th) is (and safe, of course) as still good, though, and mine, Eut now it’s time Heppner (10-1, 5th) to jump Eack into the has players all over the local winter sports scene place, so the ColumEia with the January edition Basin Conference is of my monthly power Sam proEaEly a three-horse rankings. race Eetween the Ti- Here’s DecemEer’s Barbee FROM THE gers, Knights and Mus- Eefore the season started: SIDELINES tangs. Circle Jan. 9 and 1. Hermiston Wrestling; 2. Hermiston girls EasketEall; 16 on your calendars for the 3. Stan¿eld Eoys EasketEall; 4. ¿rst meetings Eetween these Echo girls EasketEall; 5. 8ma- schools as the ¿rst real litmus tilla girls EasketEall; HonoraEle test for the Tigers. Mention: Stan¿eld girls Eas- ketEall. 4. Umatilla girls And now, the ¿rst power basketball 10-4 rankings of the new year. 1. Hermiston girls basketball, 10-3 (8th OSAA) At 10-3, the Bulldogs have played the most games in 5A (13) and have the second-most wins to top-ranked South Salem, which is 11-1. After playing in two top-tier tourna- ments — the Nike Tournament of Champions in Phoenix and the Nike Interstate Shootout in Lake Oswego — the Bulldogs have the third-Eest RPI, Eut just the 15th-Eest colley ranking Eecause of the numEer of out- of-state teams they’ve played. That’s why they’re eighth. But one loss is to Spring¿eld, a 5A school in a 44-39 decision in Eoth schools’ ¿nal game at Lake Oswego, and Hermiston took two more losses to Oregon City — the second-ranked 6A squad — and Chaparral (AZ), which is 10-5 with consider- aEly more size than Hermiston. As the Bulldogs play more in- state schools — especially with league play quickly approach- ing — expect that ranking to shrink and expect the Bull- dogs to again Ee a top seed at March’s state tournament. 2. Hermiston wrestling 8nder ¿rst-year coach Kyle Larson, the Bulldogs have steadily improved. A dual loss to Post )alls (ID) sparked a second-place ¿nish at the heavily-attended Tri-State Tournament in Couer d’Alene and a dual win over Kuna (ID) which Eested the Bulldogs the last two seasons in Hermis- ton. Most recently, Hermiston held its own at The Clash, a match play-style tournament with Erackets of dual meets. Hermiston ¿nished ¿fth there against some of the Eest high school teams in the country, with the dominance of sec- ond-ranked 195-pounder Sam ColEray leading the charge, as usual. With a couple Eig tour- naments still to attend — Gut Check Challenge in Bremer- ton, Washington, Reser’s Tour- nament of Champions and the Oregon Classic — the Bull- dogs can still stake their claim as a top — or the top — team in Oregon. 6WDQÀHOGER\V basketball, 6-1 (17th OSAA) After taking most of the holidays off, Stan¿eld is sort of lagging Eehind the rest of the 2A ¿eld despite just the one loss, a 54-52 game to 8nion that saw the Tigers shoot very poorly. But if we take a closer look at what goes into the rankings, you’ll see Stan¿eld’s 17th spot sort of lies. They have the Eest RPI in the 2A ranks, which means they’ve faced the tough- est schedule in their seven games. However, their colley ranking, which measures the Tigers directly against fellow 2A opponents, is 30th. That’s the largest spread in the state. )or some context, top- ranked ImEler (9-0) has the second-Eest RPI and the Eest colley, so Stan¿eld isn’t that far Eehind. They just are yet to play enough 2A teams to (12th OSAA) The Vikings are sort of in the same place as the Stan¿eld Eoys team: they’ve got a good RPI (8th), Eut the colley rank- ing is lacking (18th) despite a concerted effort to improve it from last year. Back-to-Eack losses to Salem Academy and Creswell have hurt it, Eut the Vikings will start league play soon and 8matilla is the top- ranked team from the Eastern Oregon League with Nyssa 14th, Vale 15th and River- side at 34th. Leading scorer Aleesha Watson has had a lid on the Eucket all year despite getting good looks and the Vi- kings are still 10-4. 6WDQÀHOGJLUOV basketball 4-3 (20th OSAA) Another team with a good RPI (9) and a not-so-good colley (29). A three-point win (38-35) over Tri-Cities Prep already shows improve- ment from last year’s team that stepped into relevance for the ¿rst time in years, mayEe a decade, even. The Jaguars Eeat the Tigers Ey 19 last season, so hurdling that Earrier this early in the sea- son is a good sign. It’ll take some time for the Tigers to Euild the program-wide skills and Eelief that already marks some of the more consistent- ly successful programs in the area, Eut you can already see the foundation Eeing laid. Stan¿eld is one of two teams aEove the water in the CBC, the other Eeing Pilot Rock at 9-5, so it’s feasiEle — at least now in the ¿rst week of January — to make the state tournament. That would Ee a huge achievement for Dan- iel Sharp and Co., Eut you can’t count out Heppner, Weston-McEwen and River- side, either. Honorable Mention: +HUPLVWRQER\V basketball (6-6, 25th) Wanna know something weird" Hermiston has a Eet- ter record than rival Pendle- ton, Eut the Bucks (4-5) are ranked 19 spots higher than the Bulldogs. NumEers, man. I don’t understand them. That said, I like what Dave Ego has done with the Bull- dogs. Through 12 games last year, Hermiston was just 2-10 and struggling to ¿g- ure itself out. This season, the Bulldogs appear to have a Eetter idea of what they want to do and are doing a Eetter joE of doing that. Austin Naillon is running an aggressive fast-Ereaking offense. Chance )lores is providing scoring and tough defense. Andrew James has Eeen a pleasant surprise as a freshman, landing in the starting lineup after just one game. Brok Palmer and Tre Neal have Eeen solid at the Elock, and Hunter Walls and Dayshawn Neal add min- utes, as well. At 6-6, Herm- iston has the Eest record in the CRC, and the three War-on-84 meetings will most likely determine who wins the league. Don’t miss those. HERMISTONHERALD.COM Vikings cruise after slow start Umatilla girls take down Mac-Hi By SAM BARBEE Staff Writer All season long, the 8matilla Vikings girls EasketEall team has strug- gled with slow starts. Monday night while host- ing the Mac-Hi Pioneers, it was no different. The Vikings scored just seven points and led Ey one after the ¿rst quar- ter, Eut turned it on in the second and third to propel a 54-30 home win in their ¿nal game Eefore the start of league play. Sidney WeEE led the way with 14 points and four assists, and Aleesha Watson with 10 points, nine reEounds and ¿ve as- sists. )or Mac-Hi, Brittney ErE led the way with nine points and three steals. “We usually do have a slow start,´ WeEE said, “Eut in the second half we come Eack. I don’t know why we do that, Eut we do. It’s something that needs to change Eecause against Eetter teams (it’s a proElem).´ The slow start was mainly due to turnovers. 8matilla (10-4) commit- STAFF PHOTO BY SAM BARBEE 8PDWLOODVHQLRUJXDUG6LGQH\:HEEULJKWORRNVWRSDVV ZKLOHGHIHQGHGE\0DF+L·V%URRNH6PLOH\GXULQJWKH 9LNLQJV·KRPHZLQ0RQGD\QLJKW ted seven in that ¿rst quar- ter, allowing the Pioneers (7-5) to hang around. 8matilla didn’t shoot well that quarter, either, going 3 of 12 from the ¿eld, 1 of 6 from 3-point range and 0 for 2 from the free throw line. The Vikings Eene¿t- ed from a Mac-Hi team that did largely the same thing — six turnovers, 3-of-15 shooting, 0 for 4 from the charity stripe. Things changed quick- ly in the second quarter, though. Two Brenda Campos free throws to opened the quarter’s scoring to put 8matilla up 9-6, then Alee- sha Watson hit a runner two minutes later and GaEy Contreras was good for two points on the next pos- session, and 8matilla never really looked Eack. Already up 15-11, an 11-2 Vikings run all Eut put the game out of reach for the Pioneers. 8matilla led 26-13 at halftime and continued to Euild its lead in the third quarter and WeEE 3-point- er extend the Viking lead to 36-15 midway through the period. The game, which took only 40 minutes of real time to play the ¿rst half, Eogged down signi¿cant- ly in the second half due to more fouls and timeouts. As a result, the turnovers were cut down some, Eut were still at alarmingly high rates for Eoth sides. Mac-Hi ¿nished with 20, while 8matilla had 21. “I feel like we did good things,´ WeEE said. “There’s Ead things and there’s good things. Bad things help you learn from your mistakes.” 8matilla held its larg- est lead at 44-18 after three quarters, and a 7-0 Pioneers run midway through the fourth was too little, too late. But Mac-Hi coach Brooke Garton was happy to see the effort it required. NotaEle for 8matilla’s defensive efforts were the scoreless nights of Pio- neers Sam Tveidt and AEi Biggs, who had comEined for 25 points Mac-Hi’s last time out. 8matilla’s next game is Thursday when it visits Riverside for a 6 p.m. tip. Mac-Hi, meanwhile, is right Eack at it today when it hosts DeSales (WA) from Walla Walla. In other action, the 8matilla Eoys topped Mac-Hi 40-29. Go to HermistonHerald.com to ¿nd out more. ——— M-H (7-5) 6 7 5 12 — 30 UHS (10-4) 7 19 18 10 — 54 MAC-HI — B. Erb 9, S. Carter 8, S. Richwine 6, M. Yensen, S. Tveidt, A. Biggs, B. Jones, K. Crisman, B. Smiley, B. Hernandez. UMATILLA — S. Webb 14, M. Paz 12, A. Watson 10, C. Dohman 8, G. Contreras 4, T. Coffey 2, B. Campos 2, G. Lemus 2. 3-pointers — M-H 0, UHS 4. Free throws — M-H 6-17, UHS 6-10. Fouls — M-H 11, UHS 12. Moss rewarded for big games Deadline nears for adult league signups EOU guards named CCC Player of the Week The registration deadline for adult volleyEall and EasketEall leagues through Hermiston Parks and Recreation is Thursday. The registration fee is $145 per team for volleyEall and $415 for EasketEall. Coaches must reg- ister the team’s players. Limited space is availaEle in Eoth leagues, though late-comers can put their name on a waiting list. )or more information, visit www.hermistonrecreation.com. To register, call 541-667-5018 or stop Ey the recreation of¿ce, 180 N.E. Second St., Hermiston. A triple-douEle and an out- standing fourth-quarter per- formance helped senior guard Maloree Moss garner Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC) Red Lion Player of the Week honors, the league announced on Monday afternoon. On Dec. 30 Moss tallied 10 points, 10 reEounds, and 10 as- sists to lead the Mountaineers past Northwest, 79-64. A short time later, the Hermiston native recorded nine of her team-high 14 points in the fourth quarter to lift EO8 over Evergreen, 70-55, on New Year’s Eve. On the season, Moss is averag- ing 5.4 points, 3.7 reEounds, and 3.2 assists per contest. EO8 has won eight of its last 10 games and sits in a three-way tie for second place in the CCC. The Mountaineers return to the hardwood on )riday against Warner Paci¿c College. Tipoff in Portland is set for 5:30 p.m. %XOOGRJV¿QLVKVWURQJDW7KH&ODVK After two wire-to-wire duals the Hermiston Bulldogs put a choke hold on the ¿fth-place round roEin Saturday at The Clash XIV in Roch- ester, Minnesota. The Bulldogs¶ ¿rst two duals weren’t clinched until the very end of their wins over Jefferson City (MO), 40-29, and Prior Lake (MN), -. But a run on pins put the ¿- nal opponent, Hastings (MN), away early in a 55-15 thumping. After losing its ¿rst dual in )ri- day’s Eracketed round, Hermiston ¿nished on ¿ve straight wins and 220-pounder Sam ColEray and 138-pounder C.J. Hendon left Min- nesota unscathed with perfect 6-0 records at The Clash. Many Bulldogs did more than tread water in the land of 1,000 lakes and Bulldogs Valen Wyse (152), BoE Coleman (182) and Andy Wag- ner (126) went 5-1 with Adrian Tuia (132), Beau Blake (285) and Liam Tarvin (120) going 4-2. Blake got Hermiston started on Sat- urday with a ¿rst-round pin over Jef- ferson City’s Ryan Mohlman in 1:32, and the Bulldogs threatened to run away with the win early when RuEen Madrigal and Isaiah Aguilar followed with pins of their own to make it 18-0. The teams traded the next six Eouts, Eut where Hermiston earned decisions, Jefferson City picked up pins and maMor decisions Eefore Eack-to-Eack wins cut the de¿cit to just four points. Logan Moriarty pinned Brock McDonough in 1:41 in the 170-pound match to make it 30-26, Eut Coleman got those points right Eack with a third-round pin (5:10) on Rashaun Woods to make it 36-26 with two Eouts to go. Jefferson City 195-pounder Ja- len Martin would earn his team a victory in the next match, Eut Ey avoiding the pin in a 5-1 decision, Hermiston’s John-Henry Line se- cured his team’s victory Ey giving up just three points. Not that it would have mattered, though, Eecause ColEray never let his opponent score in a 10-0 major PREP SCHEDULE Thursday, January 7 GIRLS BASKETBALL Umatilla @ Riverside, 6 p.m. BOYS BASKETBALL Umatilla @ Riverside, 7:30 p.m. WRESTLING Echo vs. Irrigon @ Stanfield, 5 p.m. Friday, January 8 WRESTLING Hermiston @ Gut Check Challenge @ Bremerton (WA), 9 a.m. BOYS BASKETBALL Stanfield vs. Pilot Rock, 4:30 p.m. Echo @ Joseph, 7:30 p.m. GIRLS BASKETBALL Stanfield vs. Pilot Rock, 6 p.m. Echo @ Joseph, 6 p.m. Saturday, January 9 p.m. Stanfield @ Heppner, 5:30 p.m. Echo vs. Nixyaawii, 5:30 p.m. GIRLS BASKETBALL Stanfield @ Heppner, 4 p.m. Echo vs. Nixyaawii, 5:30 p.m. WRESTLING Hermiston @ Gut Check Challenge, 9 a.m. Echo @ Riverside Rumble, 9 a.m. Swimming Hermiston @ The Dalles @ Hood River, 11 a.m. BOYS BASKETBALL Hermiston vs. Summit, 3:15 decision to ¿nish off Jefferson City. Hermiston also needed until the pen- ultimate Eout in the Prior Lake dual to make victory a mathematical certainty. The Minnesota school opened the dual on two straight wins, and although the Bulldogs took the next four, regained the lead with a three- win streak that was capped Ey a 3-2 win Ey Ian O’Connor over Hermis- ton 160-pounder Joey Gutierrez to make it 15-13 with ¿ve weights to contend. McDonough and Coleman ended Prior Lake’s victory streak with ma- jor decisions to put Hermiston Eack on top 21-15, Eut Sam Brunkow gave his team a shot with a 5-2 win over Line. ColEray did the honors for Herm- iston this time, though, and scored another major decision, 11-3, over Collin O’Brien that made it 25-18. Blake capped the win with the only pin of the dual in 1:39 over Alex Nopola. After getting just six wins Ey pin in their ¿rst two dual on Sat- urday, the Bulldogs tallied eight against Hastings. A ¿ve-pin rally in the middle weights erased any hope Hastings had for a rally and McDonough made the win of¿cial with a 3:06 pin over Kyle Erickson that made it 43-3 with ¿ve weights Tuesday, January 12 GIRLS BASKETBALL Hermiston @ Sunnyside, 5:45 p.m. Stanfield @ Echo, 6 p.m. BOYS BASKETBALL Hermiston @ Sunnyside, 7:30 p.m. Stanfield @ Echo, 7:30 p.m. to contend. Hermiston’s next action will oc- cur at the Gut Check Tournament at the Kitsap County )airgrounds in Bremerton, Washington on Jan. 8-9. ——— Hermiston 40, Jefferson City 29 285, B. Blake (H) pins R. Mohlman, 1:32 (6-0) 106, R. Madrigal (H) pins G. Butel, 1:44 (12-0) 113, I. Aguilar (H) pins S. Martin, 1:57 (18-0) 120, P. Kuster (J) pins L. Tarvin, :34 (18-6) 126, A. Wagner (H) def. C. Mayberry, 7-2 (21-6) 132, T. Irwin (J) def. A. Tuia, MD 14-4 (21-10) 138, C. Hendon (H) def. Z. Hurley, 6-3 (24-10) 145, G. Dewitt (J) pins W. Sharkey, 2:45 (24-16) 152, V. Wyse (H) pins D. Barnes, 2:52 (30-16) 160, J. Brune (J) def. Joey Gutierrez, MD 12-2 (30-20) 170, L. Moriarty (J) pins B. McDonough, 1:41 (30-26) 182, B. Coleman (H) pins R. Woods, 5:10 (36-26) 195, J. Martin (J) def. J. Line, 5-1 (36-29) 220, S. Colbray (H) def. T. Sage, MD 10-0 (40-29) Hermiston 31, Prior Lake 18 106, C. Raney (P) def. R. Madrigal, 12-8 (0-3) 113, C. LeMair (P) def. I. Aguilar, 6-1 (0-6) 120, L. Tarvin (H) def. V. Mosher, 8-1 (3-6) 126, A. Wagner (H) def. T. Smith, 5-2 (6-6) 132, A. Tuia (H) def. A. Hanson, 3-1 (9-6) 138, C. Hendon (H) def. W. Benson, MD 10-2 (13-6) 145, G. Charbonneau (P) def. W. Sharkey, 8-7 (13-9) 152, K. O’Neil (P) def. V. Wyse, 9-7 (13-12) 160, I, O’Connor (P) def. J. Gutierrez, 3-2 (13-15) 170, B. McDonough (H) def. K. Kaisersatt, MD 15-7 (17-15) 182, B. Coleman (H) def. C. Sund, MD 11-3 (21-15) 195, S. Brunkow (P) def. J. Line, 5-2 (21-18) 220, S. Colbray (H) def. C. O’Brien, MD 11-3 (25-18) 285, B. Blake (H) pins A. Nopola, 1:39 (31-18) Hermiston 55, Hastings 15 113, C. Mader (HA) def. I. Aguilar, 6-4 (0-3) 120, L. Tarvin (HE) pins D. Edwards, 1:39 (6-3) 126, A. Wagner (HE) pins J. Schill, :56 (12-3) 132, A. Tuia (HE) def. L. Wilson, MD 14-1 (16-3) 138, C. Hendon (HE) def. S. Kopp, 10-5 (19-3) 145, W. Sharkey (HE) pins M. Wilson, 1:19 (25-3) 152, V. Wyse (HE) pins A. O’Connor, 1:24 (31-3) 160, D. Bosner (HE) pins C. Leflay, 1:11 (37-3) 170, B. McDonough (HE) pins K. Erickson, 3:06 (43-3) 182, B. Coleman (HE) pins B. Wasvick, 1:39 (49-3) 195, J. Miser (HA) def. J. Line, 4-3 (49-6) 220, S. Colbray (HE) pins D. Guck, :29 (55-6) 285, J. Schichel (HA) def. B. Blake, 3-1 (55-9) 106, M. Myers (HA) win by forfeit (55-15)
