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ECHO 44, WALLOWA
35 — At Echo, the Echo
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Cougars in the Old Oregon
League standings on Satur-
day.
Michael Thompson and
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10 points to lead fourth-
place Echo (5-12, 3-3 OOL)
and the pair combined for
12 rebounds.
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in the posts and outscored
Wallowa (3-10, 2-3) 24-14
inside the key.
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lowa with 15 points.
Echo hosts Helix on Sat-
urday, Jan. 23 at 5:30 p.m.
for its next game.
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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
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straight game on the season
with a loss to Joseph on Sat-
urday.
Helix will next host Pine
“Joseph put a lot of
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half,” said Helix coach Ben p.m.
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Maney, “but the boys came
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out and played much better
JHS (8-6, 4-1) 23 14 13
8 — 58
HELIX
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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
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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).
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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.
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STANFIELD 66, IRRI-
GON 60 — At Irrigon, the
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possession of second place
in the Columbia Basin Con-
ference by pulling out a win
against Irrigon on Saturday.
No details were reported.
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CBC) next plays at Umatilla
at 7 p.m., while Irrigon (11-
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at 4:30 p.m.
ECHO 55, WALLOWA
12 — At Echo, a big second
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halftime lead as they pulled
away for an Old Oregon
League rout on Saturday.
Echo (8-9, 2-4 OOL)
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were led by Hannah Mc-
Carty (19 points, 7 steals),
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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.
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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,
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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
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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.
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Cynthia Curiel added nine
points.
Irrigon (6-9, 2-2 CBC)
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Friday at 6 p.m. and Stan-
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Umatilla on Tuesday at 6
p.m.
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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.
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By SAM BARBEE
Staff Writer
Though the Umatilla Vi-
kings girls basketball scored
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quarter Saturday against Vale
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don’t tell them it was a slow
start.
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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
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kings 36-25 at The Pit despite
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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
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6, 2-1) in the Eastern Oregon
League and has won four
straight games.
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any footholds early on. They
combined to shoot 5-18 in the
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ond quarter. Umatilla shot 15
percent in that half and Vale
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ing the ball and not allowing
either offense to be comfort-
able or get good looks.
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third quarter.
“We’re usually a second
half team,” Webb said.
Aleesha Watson hit a
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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
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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
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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
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round of EOL play unscathed.
Webb said her team wants to
go undefeated in EOL play.
“We want it,” she said
simply.
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man Sebastian Garcia, soph-
omore Seth Cranston and
freshman Trent Durfey in an
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(8-9, 1-2) was yet to score 40
points in EOL play and hadn’t
scored 40 since a 40-29 win
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make a chance,” Lete said.
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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.
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3-pointers — VHS 0, UHS 3. Free throws
— VHS 3-12, UHS 15-24. Fouls — VHS 20,
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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)
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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
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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
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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-
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comfortable lead, and Kaden
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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-
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“I was nice to see Kaden,”
Lete said. “I wouldn’t say
Kaden’s had a rough year,
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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
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Vikings cut the lead to three
when Derek Hiatt scored two
points, but Simmons scored
on the ensuing possession
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and it was quickly 10 when
Simmons got another basket.
Umatilla had multiple
chances to put Vale away
from the free throw line,
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throws down the stretch the
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least unlocked.
But Umatilla’s defense
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Vikings east without a win
west of the Blue Mountains.
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Lete said. “It’s good to get it
under our belt. I’m happy for
the boys.”
Umatilla heads to Stan-
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ble-header on Tuesday. The
girls tip at 5:30 p.m. and the
boys tip at 7 p.m.
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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-
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begins at 7 p.m. Items are still being se-
cured and donated, but they are expected
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tured Seahawks and Ducks tickets plus oth-
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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-
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Angels and can contact the church at
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a fundraiser for the church’s building
fund.
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