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Newspaper Page TextWEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2016 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A9 SPORTS (FKR SXOOV HYHQ LQ 22/ ECHO 44, WALLOWA 35 — At Echo, the Echo &RXJDUV ¿QLVKHG VWURQJ WR MXPS SDVW WKH :DOORZD Cougars in the Old Oregon League standings on Satur- day. Michael Thompson and &DUORV &KDYH] HDFK VFRUHG 10 points to lead fourth- place Echo (5-12, 3-3 OOL) and the pair combined for 12 rebounds. (FKRIRXQGLWVDGYDQWDJH in the posts and outscored Wallowa (3-10, 2-3) 24-14 inside the key. 7UDYLV +LDJD OHG :DO- lowa with 15 points. Echo hosts Helix on Sat- urday, Jan. 23 at 5:30 p.m. for its next game. ——— WHS (3-10, 2-3) 10 9 8 8 — 35 EHS (5-12, 3-3) 15 5 9 15 — 44 WALLOWA — T. Hiaga 15, C. Nobles 8, C. Hafer 6, K. Frye 4, N. Allen 2, G. Burns. (11-42) ECHO — C. Chavez 10, M. Thompson 10, B. Gibbs 7, B. Mofﬁt 6, C. Medrano 5, J. Dorn 4, C. Caldera 2, H. Gerkhe, Z. Gerkhe, D. Craig, T. Mulder. (16-44) 3-pointers — WHS 2-6, EHS 3-11. Free throws — WHS 11-13, EHS 9-16. Fouls — WHS 11, EHS 13. JOSEPH 58, HELIX 26 — At Joseph, the Helix *UL]]OLHVGURSSHGWKHLU¿IWK straight game on the season with a loss to Joseph on Sat- urday. Helix will next host Pine “Joseph put a lot of SUHVVXUH RQ XV LQ WKH ¿UVW Eagle on Friday at 7:30 half,” said Helix coach Ben p.m. ——— Maney, “but the boys came GHS (2-13, 0-5) 4 4 8 10 — 26 out and played much better JHS (8-6, 4-1) 23 14 13 8 — 58 HELIX — J. Williams 6, J. Shaw 5, B. Cope in the second half.” 5, C. Christman 4, T. Fehrenbacker 4, C. Marks 2, G. Newtson, T. Wilson. Justin Williams was the — C. DeLury 17, A. Borgerding Grizzlies’ high-scorer with 13, JOSEPH T. Homan 8, T. VanWinkle 7, J. Chrisman 6, C. Murray 5, W. Smith 2. six points, while Jonathan 3-pointers — GHS 0, JHS 3. Free throws Shaw and Bradee Cope each — GHS 4-16, JHS 11-23. Fouls — GHS 19, JHS 16. Fouled out — J. Williams (GHS). DGGHG¿YHSRLQWV PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE (Liberty HS), 9 a.m. Wednesday, January 20 GIRLS BASKETBALL Echo vs. Joseph, 4 p.m. Thursday, January 21 Echo @ Parma (ID), TBD Saturday, January 23 BOYS BASKETBALL Umatilla vs. Riverside, 7:30 p.m. BOYS BASKETBALL Echo vs. Helix, 4 p.m. GIRLS BASKETBALL GIRLS BASKETBALL Umatilla vs. Riverside, 6 p.m. Echo vs. Helix, 5:30 p.m. Friday, January 22 Hermiston @ Hood River, 11 a.m. %LJ¿UVWKDOI OHDGV(FKR SDVW :DOORZD STANFIELD 66, IRRI- GON 60 — At Irrigon, the 6WDQ¿HOG 7LJHUV WRRN VROH possession of second place in the Columbia Basin Con- ference by pulling out a win against Irrigon on Saturday. No details were reported. 6WDQ¿HOG CBC) next plays at Umatilla at 7 p.m., while Irrigon (11- ZLOOWUDYHOWR&XOYHU at 4:30 p.m. ECHO 55, WALLOWA 12 — At Echo, a big second TXDUWHU JDYH (FKR D halftime lead as they pulled away for an Old Oregon League rout on Saturday. Echo (8-9, 2-4 OOL) ¿QLVKHG ZLWK VWHDOV DQG were led by Hannah Mc- Carty (19 points, 7 steals), 'HY\Q7DUYLQSRLQWV steals) and Taylor Swaggart (12 points, 7 steals). No player scored more than three points for Wal- lowa (1-13, 0-5). Echo’s next game is Tuesday against Hermiston JV at 7 p.m. ——— DUFUR 63, IONE 33 — At Dufur, the Ione Cardi- nals suffered their 10th loss of the season in a loss to Du- fur on Saturday. No details were reported. Ione (2-10, 1-3 BSL) will next host Mitchell/Spray on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. SWIMMING BOYS BASKETBALL Hermiston vs. The Dalles, 7 p.m. Stanfield vs. Weston-McEwen, 4:30 p.m. GIRLS BASKETBALL Hermiston @ The Dalles, 7 p.m. Stanfield vs. Weston-McEwen, 6 p.m. WRESTLING Hermiston @ Reser’s, 9 a.m. Echo @ Parma (ID), TBD Tuesday, January 26 BOYS BASKETBALL Stanfield vs. Sherman Co., 7:30 p.m. WRESTLING Hermiston @ Reser’s Tournament of Champions GIRLS BASKETBALL Stanfield vs. Sherman Co., 6 p.m. CONDON/WHEELER 45, MITCHELL/SPRAY 42 — At Mitchell, the Condon/Wheeler Knights earned their second league win of the season with a three point win against Mitchell/Spray on Saturday. No details were reported. Condon/Wheeler (6-7, %6/QH[WWUDYHOVWR$U- lington on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. WHS (1-13, 0-5) 4 2 2 4 — 12 EHS (8-9, 2-4) 8 17 20 10 — 55 WALLOWA — B. Johnston 3, R. Goller 3, C. Poudereux 2, R. Ferre 2, G. Pendarvis 2, M. Hulse, M. Jones, K. Diggins, S. Nobles, B. Phelps, J. Scott, J. Lee. (5-27) ECHO — H. McCarty 19, D. Tavin 16, T. Swaggart 12, E. Parks 5, L. Wiggins 3, S. Stone. (24-50) 3-pointers — WHS 0-2, EHS 2-6. Free throws — WHS 2-6, EHS 5-15. Fouls — WHS 13, EHS 13. IRRIGON 48, STAN- FIELD 36 — At Irrigon, Jada Burns knocked in a game-high 18 points lead the Irrigon Knights RYHUWKH6WDQILHOG7LJHUV in league play on Satur- day. With those 18 points, Burns also added three re- bounds, three assists and two steals. Beatriz Aguilera netted 10 points for Irrigon to round out the double-digit scorers. <D]]PLQ &KDYH] OHG 6WDQ¿HOGZLWKSRLQWVDQG Cynthia Curiel added nine points. Irrigon (6-9, 2-2 CBC) ZLOOQH[WWUDYHOWR&XOYHURQ Friday at 6 p.m. and Stan- ¿HOG ZLOO KRVW Umatilla on Tuesday at 6 p.m. ——— STAN (6-7, 2-2) 10 2 10 14 — 36 IHS (6-9, 2-2) 11 18 8 11 — 48 STANFIELD — Y. Chavez 12, C. Curiel 9, C. Hopper 5, B. Braithwaite 4, M. Grifﬁn 3, A. Lemmon, S. Connel, A. Carillo, M. Banderas, G. Chavez. IRRIGON — J. Burns 18, B. Aguilera 10, T. Davis 6, K. McLaughlin 5, L. Mills 4, A. Zacarias 2, L. Ramirez 2, N. Romero 1, B. Rice. 3-pointers — STAN 4, IHS 1. Free throws — STAN 8-16, IHS 19-32. 80$7,//$ 6:((36 9$/( $7 7+( 3,7 By SAM BARBEE Staff Writer Though the Umatilla Vi- kings girls basketball scored RQO\ VL[ SRLQWV LQ WKH ¿UVW quarter Saturday against Vale DQG MXVW LQ WKH ¿UVW KDOI don’t tell them it was a slow start. ³,W ZDV MXVW WZR JUHDW teams going at it,” senior Sid- ney Webb said. In all, the blue and or- ange-clad Vikings used an ex- ceedingly rare six-point play in the third quarter to down WKH EODFN DQG VLOYHUFODG9L- kings 36-25 at The Pit despite KDYLQJ QR VFRUHUV LQ GRXEOH ¿JXUHV Vale’s Alisa Burkhardt led all scorers with 10 points, and Aleesha Watson led Umatil- la with eight. With the win, Umatilla (13-4, 3-0) takes a RQHJDPHOHDGRYHU9DOH 6, 2-1) in the Eastern Oregon League and has won four straight games. 1HLWKHU WHDP FRXOG ¿QG any footholds early on. They combined to shoot 5-18 in the ¿UVWTXDUWHUDQGQHLWKHUWHDP PDGHD¿HOGJRDOLQWKHVHF- ond quarter. Umatilla shot 15 percent in that half and Vale VKRW MXVW SHUFHQW %RWK WHDPV ZHUH KHDYLO\ SUHVVXU- ing the ball and not allowing either offense to be comfort- able or get good looks. Then Umatilla’s offense ¿QDOO\JRWLQWRDJURRYHLQWKH third quarter. “We’re usually a second half team,” Webb said. Aleesha Watson hit a SRLQWHU ² WKH ¿UVW RI WKH game — with 5:52 on the clock, and two minutes later Gaby Contreras hit a 3-point- er to put Umatilla up 16-11. A foul was called on the play on Vale away from the ball, counting the basket and keep- ing possession with Umatilla. Off the in-bounds, Webb hit a SRLQWHU SURYLGLQJ WKH UDUH VL[SRLQWSOD\JLYLQJ8PDWLO- la its big lead at that stage at HLJKWSRLQWVDQGMXPSVWDUWLQJ the offense. “Once you get us going, it’s usually there,” Webb said. Vale came back. Abby Hamilton scored four points and Amanda Trenkel scored two, but the lead was eight KHDGHG LQWR WKH ¿QDO SHULRG where Umatilla started to pull away. The eight-point lead bal- looned to 12 when Brenda Campos scored with 5:37 re- maining in the game and 13 when Watson made two free throws with 13.7 seconds left, and Vale couldn’t shrink the lead under eight points. With two more contests against Vale, Umatilla isn’t assuming anything. But this ZLQ JRW LW WKURXJK WKH ¿UVW round of EOL play unscathed. Webb said her team wants to go undefeated in EOL play. “We want it,” she said simply. ——— man Sebastian Garcia, soph- omore Seth Cranston and freshman Trent Durfey in an HIIRUW WR LPSURYH WKH RIIHQ- VLYH SURGXFWLRQ 8PDWLOOD (8-9, 1-2) was yet to score 40 points in EOL play and hadn’t scored 40 since a 40-29 win RYHU0DF+LWZRZHHNVDJR ³:H ZHUH MXVW WU\LQJ WR make a chance,” Lete said. ³:H MXVW ZHUHQ¶W SURGXFLQJ We hadn’t had any offen- VLYH SURGXFWLRQ :H VFRUHG 30-something points the last VHS (10-6, 2-1) 7 2 8 8 — 25 FRXSOH RI JDPHV DQG MXVW UHS (13-4, 3-0) 6 4 15 11 — 36 VALE — A. Burkhardt 10, A. Trenkel 6, K. went with some younger kids Weber 4, A. Hamilton 4, B. Boiurasa 1, D. Johnson, M. Gonzalez, G. Reever, H. Dearing. to kinda send a message to the UMATILLA — A. Watson 8, C. Dohman 7, older kids that, ‘Hey, you’re S. Webb 7, G. Contreras 5, B. Campos 4, T. Coffey 3, M. Paz 2, L. Journot, G. Lemus. MRE¶VRQWKHOLQH¶NLQGDWKLQJ 3-pointers — VHS 0, UHS 3. Free throws — VHS 3-12, UHS 15-24. Fouls — VHS 20, ³,MXVWZDQWHGWRVHHWKHP UHS 17. Fouled out — D. Johnson (VHS), K. respond, and I thought they Weber (VHS). responded well today.” With the Umatilla starters on the bench, Vale (2-12, 0-3) Desperate for a win, the MXPSHG WR D TXLFN OHDG Umatilla boys basketball EXWDUXQWRFORVHWKH¿UVW WHDP ¿QDOO\ JRW LW GRZQLQJ quarter got the home Vikings the Vale Vikings 47-38 Satur- in front 8-6 heading into the second period. day night at The Pit. There, Umatilla built a six- Umatilla head coach Der- rek Lete used a different start- point lead when Coria hit a LQJ OLQHXS 6DWXUGD\ OHDYLQJ 3-pointer two and a half min- the seniors on the bench. Juan utes into the frame at 16-10. Coria, Aaron Simmons and Vale, though, roared back. Cody Towers had four Tristen Sanguino came off WKH EHQFK LQ IDYRU RI IUHVK- Boys Basketball points and Zach Jacobs had four, and Brock Mattos had two as Vale pushed ahead 20-19 despite another Coria 3-pointer. Vale would go into the locker room for halftime up 22-21. Umatilla did enough of- IHQVLYHO\ WR EXLOG D KDOIZD\ comfortable lead, and Kaden :HEEFDXJKW¿UH Down 24-23 with around three minutes left in the third quarter, Webb showed why there is a cause for optimism. He scored 12 straight points for the Vikings capped by a layup, and suddenly the Umatilla was up 35-26 head- LQJLQWRWKH¿QDOSHULRG “I was nice to see Kaden,” Lete said. “I wouldn’t say Kaden’s had a rough year, EXWKHKDVQ¶WOLYHGXSWRHY- eryone’s expectations. I think LW ZDV NLQG RI D FRQ¿GHQFH thing. I think he’s been press- ing on himself and he’s got high expectations as we all do for him. It was nice to see him get some shots to drop and get up some points.” There, Umatilla tried to take the air out of the ball and kill the clock, but Vale didn’t PDNH LW HDV\ 7KH YLVLWLQJ Vikings cut the lead to three when Derek Hiatt scored two points, but Simmons scored on the ensuing possession SXVKLQJWKHOHDGEDFNWR¿YH and it was quickly 10 when Simmons got another basket. Umatilla had multiple chances to put Vale away from the free throw line, EXW PLVVHG ¿YH RI HLJKW IUHH throws down the stretch the OHDYHWKHGRRULIQRWRSHQDW least unlocked. But Umatilla’s defense KHOG ¿UP DQG VHQW WKH 9DOH Vikings east without a win west of the Blue Mountains. ³*UHDW ¿UVW OHDJXH ZLQ´ Lete said. “It’s good to get it under our belt. I’m happy for the boys.” Umatilla heads to Stan- ¿HOG IRU D QRQOHDJXH GRX- ble-header on Tuesday. The girls tip at 5:30 p.m. and the boys tip at 7 p.m. ——— VHS (2-12, 0-3) 6 16 4 12 — 38 UHS (8-9, 1-2) 8 13 14 12 — 47 VALE — C. Towers 10, Z. Jacobs 8, D. Hiatt 8, B. Mattos 6, J. Buckholtz 4, G. Bahena 2, W. Carlson, J. Jernstetten, G. Harris, J. DeLong, R. Gomez, S. McLaughlin. UMATILLA — K. Webb 14, J. Coria 11, T. Sanguino 9, J. Ramirez 2, T. Durfey 2, S. Cranston 2, G. Armenta 1, J. Tejada, S. Garcia, J. Maret. 3-pointers — VHS 0, UHS 6. Free throws — VHS 3-7, UHS 5-13. Fouls — VHS 17, UHS 13. SPORTS IN BRIEF Hermiston Booster Club Steak Feed scheduled Harlem Globetrotters perform Jan. 21 The Hermiston Booster Club’s annual steak feed and primary fundraiser is sched- uled for March 5 at 5:30 p.m. at the Herm- iston Conference Center. Tickets for the dinner are $40 with a si- OHQWDXFWLRQUDIÀHDQGOLYHDXFWLRQZKLFK begins at 7 p.m. Items are still being se- cured and donated, but they are expected WREHVLPLODUWRODVW\HDU¶VHYHQWZKLFKIHD- tured Seahawks and Ducks tickets plus oth- HUHQWLFLQJSRVVLELOLWLHV7RUHVHUYHDVHDW contact Paul Barnett at 541-567-5215. Hermiston resident Mark Gomolski is organizing a group with Our Lady of Angels Catholic church to attend the game and maybe meet a few of the Glo- EHWURWWHUVWKHPVHOYHV 3URVSHFWLYH SDUWLFLSDQWV GR QRW KDYH WR EH PHPEHUV RI 2XU /DG\ RI Angels and can contact the church at RUYLVLWWKHEXLOGLQJDW :+HUPLVWRQ$YH7KHSURMHFWLV a fundraiser for the church’s building fund. Eastern Oregon REFINANCE YOUR HOME Forum 2 . 50 % for up to 15 years “Agriculture in Oregon Today” s start st t ar rt saving s with a low rate & NO LOAN FEE! * Speaker: Katy Coba, Director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture Tuesday, February 9 th , 2016 at 7:00 p.m. BMCC, Rm ST-200, 2411 NW Carden Ave., Pendleton 705 SW Emigrant Ave • Pendl Pendleton le • 541.276.4876 9 2 5 S E 4 th S t • H e r m i s t o n • 5 4 1 . 5 6 7 . 8 0 7 7 For more information please call Karen at 541-966-3177. Need not be member to attend. 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