WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2016
Defense keys
Dawgs victory
Hermiston pulls
away in second half
to beat The Dalles
With their shots not
falling, the Hermiston
girls basketball team was
able to lean on great team
defense to survive their
Columbia River Confer-
ence opener at The Dalles
on FridayT
The Bulldogs didn’t
allow the Riverhawks to
score in double digits in
any quarter and pulled
away in the second half
for a 44-32 winT
“It was a very good
hard-fought battle,” said
Hermiston coach Steve
HoffertT “Defensively we
did a great job on themT
They only had a few open
shots the entire game and
we did a great job of get-
ting a hand in the shoot-
er’s face, switching and
helpingT”
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scorers with 17 points
for Hermiston (13-3, 1-0
CRC) and Jansen Ed-
miston added nine as the
Bulldogs won their fourth
in a rowT
No player reached dou-
ble digits for The Dalles
(8-7, 0-1)T
Hermiston holds its
league home opener Fri-
day when it hosts Hood
River at 7 pTmT
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HHS (13-3, 1-0) 8 12 13 11 —
44
TD (8-7, 0-1) 7 9
8
8 — 32
HERMISTON — S. Ramirez 17, J.
Edmiston 9, K. Padilla 8, M. Juul 7, H,
Meyers 2, K. Heehn 1, S. Gilbert, R.
Andreason.
THE DALLES — B. McCall 9, K.
Holyman 7, L. Cimmiyotti 7, I. Telles 5, J.
Thomasian 2, S. Watson 2, J. Bonham.
3-pointers — HHS 4, TD 3. Free throws
— HHS 8-11, TD 3-5. Fouls — HHS 10,
TD 13.
WESTON-MCEW-
EN 41, STANFIELD 23
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ing the TigerScots even in
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Columbia Basin Confer-
ence game the “turnover
bug” caught the Tigers,
said coach Daniel SharpT
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than 30 turnovers and
didn’t help themselves
with 28 fouls on defenseT
Chelsea Quaempts led
Weston-McEwen
(8-8,
5-0) with 12 points and
the TigerScots led 20-9 at
halftimeT
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pointsT
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W-M (8-8, 5-0) 6 14
9 12 — 41
SHS (6-9, 2-3) 6 3
3 11 — 23
WESTON-MCEWEN — C. Quaempts
12, A. Hill 8, S. Finifrock 8, A. Finifrock 5,
B. Hillmick 4, A. Schroeder 2, J. Lambert
1, S. von Borstel 1, M. Muilenburg, A.
Broncheau, K. Vescio, M. Aby.
STANFIELD — Y. Chavez 8, G. Chavez 7,
M. Griffin 4, C. Curiel 2, M. Banderas 2,
A. Lemmon, N. Esquivel, S. Connell, A.
Carrillo, C. Hopper.
3-pointers — W-M 0, SHS 3. Free
throws — W-M 19-40, SHS 6-12. Fouls
— W-M 13, SHS 28.
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Large halftime lead
helps Heppner
topple Pilot Rock
HEPPNER 57, PILOT
ROCK 41 — At Pilot
Rock, the Mustangs built a
large lead by halftime and
were able to make it stick
when the Rockets surged
after the breakT
Heppner (15-1, 5-0
CBC) led 28-11 headed into
the locker rooms in their
Columbia Basin Confer-
ence game, and held Pilot
Rock (7-12, 1-4) off with
a 32-18 advantage on the
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goal shooting for the gameT
Weston Putman and CTJT
Kindle paced Heppner with
16 points each and Patrick
Collins added 10 points and
eight reboundsT
Tracker Denny and
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scored nine to lead Pilot
Rock, which shot 36 per-
cent for the gameT Chris
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six rebounds, four assists
and three stealsT
Both teams are off for a
week with Pilot Rock host-
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hosting Irrigon FridayT
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HHS (15-1, 5-0) 14 14 17 12 — 57
PR (7-12, 1-4) 5 6 15 15 — 41
HEPPNER — W. Putman 16, C. Kindle
16, P. Collins 10, L. Grieb 9, C. Hedman 6,
J. Lindsay, K. Clark, K. Murray, K. Currin.
(19-44)
PILOT ROCK — T. Denny 9, G. McCall
9, B. Pierce 7, I. Winter 6, C. Weinke 5, B.
Postma 2, R. Lankford 2, D. Hasher 1, P.
Roe. (18-50)
3-pointers — HHS 2-11, PR 2-12. Free
throws — HHS 17-23, PR 3-6. Fouls —
HHS 10, PR 15.
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67,
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full-court press eventually
got the better of the Tiger-
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away with a 17-8 run in
the third quarter on Friday
in Columbia Basin Confer-
ence actionT
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scorers with 21 points for
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and every player that en-
tered the game scored at
least one basketT
Brett Speed netted 16 to
lead Weston-McEwen (6-
9, 2-3), which was able to
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tough man defense accord-
ing to Tigers coach Victor
BarosT
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W-M (6-9, 2-3) 11 12
8 20 — 51
SHS (12-3, 4-1) 19 16 17 15 — 67
WESTON-MCEWEN — B. Speed 16, S.
Broncheau 9, S. Mikesell 7, K. Rodriguez 5,
X. Bailey 5, K. Scott 5, J. Patrick 4, E. Reger,
J. West, A. Finifrock.
STANFIELD — D. Grogan 21, J. Carrillo
9, B. Woods 9, R. Bailey 8, T. Monkus 8,
T. Flores 5, L. Moreno 3, J. Garcia 2, A.
Nunez 2.
3-pointers — W-M 5, SHS 4. Free throws
— W-M 10-15, SHS 19-27. Fouls — W-M
18, SHS 14. Fouled out — S. Mikesell (W-
M), B. Woods (SHS).
PINE EAGLE 60,
HELIX 51 — At Helix,
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hold a halftime lead on
Friday night as Pine Ea-
gle rode a big second half
from Nathan McCall to
earn the victoryT
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led Pine Eagle 25-24 at
halftime, but came out a
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ter offensivelyT And for
Pine Eagle, McCall scored
15 of his game-high 31
points in the quarter to put
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Helix tried to make a
comeback in the fourth
quarter, but Pine Eagle
hung on in the endT
Justin Williams had a
solid game for Helix, scor-
ing a team-high 24 points
and grabbing 10 rebounds
— seven offensiveT
Helix next plays today
at Echo at 5:30 pTmT
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PECS (2-12, 1-5) 9 15 24 12 —
60
GHS (2-14, 0-6) 14 11 13 13 — 51
PINE EAGLE — N. McCall 31, C. Marks
17, L. Seggerman 6, N. Seggerman 2, C.
Waker 2, T. Gulick 2.
HELIX — J. Williams 24, J. Shaw 12, B.
Cope 7, T. Fehrenbacker 6, T. Wilson 2.
3-pointers — PECS 3, GHS 2. Free
throws — PECS 13-25, GHS 9-15. Fouls —
PECS 18, GHS 19. Fouled out — N. McCall
(PECS).
NIXYAAWII 68, JO-
SEPH 49 — At Joseph, the
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extended its season-high
win streak to 10 games with
a win over Joseph on Friday
nightT
No details were report-
edT
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lowa today at 5:30 pTmT
Irrigon 68, CULVER
24 — At Culver, the Irrigon
Knights got back on the
winning track with a blow-
out win over Culver on Fri-
day nightT
No details were report-
edT
Irrigon (12-5, 3-2 CBC)
next plays Friday at Hep-
pner at 6 pTmT
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by calling (541) 966-0838
or by email at sports@eas-
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SPORTS
BULLDOGS START CRC WITH BLOWOUT
Hermiston scores
season-high 78
points in rout
By SAM BARBEE
Staff Writer
Despite having the
fourth-most total points en-
tering Friday’s Columbia
River Conference opener
against The Dalles, Herm-
iston boys basketball coach
wanted to see more scoring
from his bunch of BulldogsT
Friday night, he got his
wishT Hermiston exploded
for 34 third-quarter points
behind 19 of 23 points from
Chance Flores and eight
3-pointers made in total,
and the Bulldogs set a sea-
son-high in points in a 78-
44 drubbing of the River-
hawks at The Dawghouse,
eclipsing the previous sea-
son-high of 74 totaled in
back-to-back games — on
back-to-back days — in
early DecemberT
“I think that’s what we’re
capable of doing,” Ego said
of the scoring outburstT
Ego has said on sever-
al different occasions he
thinks Flores is his team’s
best shooterT The junior,
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half with three fouls, erupt-
ed in the third quarterT
Flores was on the bench
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quarter when he picked up
two fouls within 19 seconds
of each other, and picked
up his third just 40 seconds
into the second quarter,
forcing him to the benchT
“Oh, I don’t know if it
was a problem for us be-
cause he had some kids
come in and play pretty
well,” Ego said of Flores’
foul troubleT “Hunter Walls
came in and played wellT
Preston Peterson played
well tonight at times, par-
ticularly defensively and
helped us get defensive
stopsT”
But in the third, he
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3-pointers that quarter and
helped turn a 12-point half-
time lead into a 35-point
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periodT As a team, Herm-
iston shot 75 percent (12-
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percent (8-11) from the
3-point lineT
“(The basket) just kept
getting bigger and bigger
as it went,” Flores said of
his monster third quarterT
“They just were falling to-
night and it felt good, so I
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It wasn’t always so easy,
thoughT
Hermiston limped to a
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6-16 shooting, and start-
ed to stretch it toward the
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STAFF PHOTO BY KATHY ANEY
The Dawgs’ Preston Peterson (35) shoots under pressure from William Justesen (25) and Colin
Noonan (2), of The Dalles, during Friday’s Columbia River Conference game in Hermiston.
STAFF PHOTO BY KATHY ANEY
The Dawgs’ Austin Naillon (10) goes up for a shot as Colin
Noonan (2), of The Dalles, defends during Friday’s Columbia
River Conference game in Hermiston.
21-20 with 2:50 on the
clock, Hermiston began a
12-2 run that lasted the rest
of the quarter and put the
Bulldogs up 33-22 at the
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biggest contribution during
the run, scoring eight
points on two 3-pointers
after missing on all his
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“Everything was in and
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With the convincing
win, Flores said there is
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also reason to temper the
optimismT
“We can’t look at this
game and think, ‘Next time
we play ‘em, we’re gonna
do it again,’” he saidT “We
gotta be humble about itT”
Ego agreedT
“You just gotta remem-
ber we have to go to their
house, and that’s a tough
place to play, Ego saidT
“We just have to make sure
we come out with the same
kind of effort we had hereT”
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T-D (3-12, 0-1) 13 ———
9 10 12 — 44
HHS (8-8, 1-0) 16 17 34
9 — 78
THE DALLES — C. Noonan 23, J. Miller
11, B. Belanger 4, D. Murr 2, W. Just-
esen 2, E. Flores 2, D. Seufalemua, O.
Fernandez, P. Ayala, H. Lee, D. Arellano.
HERMISTON — C. Flores 23, D. Neal
14, C. Ortiz 12, A. Naillon 10, H. Walls 7,
P. Peterson 6, A. James 5, J. Garcia 1, T.
McCullough 1, P. Wicks.
3-pointers — T-D 3, HHS 12. Free throws
— T-D 7-8, HHS 9-17. Fouls — T-D 17, HHS
14.
Buckaroos take 2nd at Hood River
The Pendleton Buckaroos
kept its solid 2015-16 season
going as the boys and girls
swim teams each turned in
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Hood River meet on Satur-
dayT
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with 129 points, just behind
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And on the boys side, Pend-
leton garnered 153 points and
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The Hermiston Bulldogs
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girls competition with 18
points and eighth place in the
boys with 36 pointsT
Jon Jennings had a big
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place in the 50 yard freestyle
with a time of 22T53 and lat-
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yard backstroke with a time
of 57T81T
Jennings also anchored
Pendleton’s 200 yard free-
style relay team that also in-
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Banister and Dylan Clemons
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time of 1:34T72T
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er was Sidney Tovee, who
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in the 200 yard freestyle race
with a time of 2:29T09T
Girls 200 Yard Medley Relay
6) Pendleton — O. Broker, T. Barfuss, T.
Armstrong, A. Williams — 4:55.27
9) Hermiston — H. Walker, J. Vogt, C.
Lambert, A. Vogt — 5:07.74
PREP SCHEDULE
Thursday, January 28
Saturday, January 30
BOYS BASKETBALL
BOYS BASKETBALL
Hermiston @ Hood River Valley,
7 p.m.
Umatilla @ Nyssa,
Echo vs. Joseph, 5:30 p.m.
WRESTLING
Hermiston @ The Dalles, 6 p.m.
Friday, January 29
BOYS BASKETBALL
Umatilla @ Vale,
Echo vs. Pine Eagle @
Halfway, 7:30 p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Umatilla @ Nyssa,
Echo vs. Joseph, 4 p.m.
SWIMMING
Hermiston @ La Grande, noon
WRESTLING
Echo @ Heppner, 9 a.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Hermiston vs. Hood River
Valley, 7 p.m.
Umatilla @ Vale,
Echo vs. Pine Eagle @ Halfway,
6 p.m.
WRESTLING
Echo vs. Bonanza, 6 p.m.
7) Pendleton — A. Williams, O. Broker, K.
Tolwi, K. Driskel — 2:25.84
10) Pendleton — J. Shulze, M. Lee, K. Utter,
T. Barfuss — 2:29.84
11) Hermiston — S. Tovey, J. Vogt, A.
Gispert-Tello, A. Vogt — 2:31.68
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle
5) Hermiston — Sidney Tovey, 2:29.09
8) Pendleton — Tiffany Armstrong, 2:37.34
9) Pendleton — Olivia Broker, 2:37.37
Girls 200 Yard IM
6) Pendleton — Bethan Van Cleave, 2:42.10
9) Hermiston — Jailee Vogt, 2:53.25
Tuesday, February 2
BOYS BASKETBALL
Hermiston vs. Pendleton, 5:45
p.m.
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Hermiston vs. Pendleton, 7:30
p.m.
Girls 100 Yard Freestyle
3) Pendleton — Sam Schmitz, 1:01.87
8) Pendleton — Landry Huth, 1:05.24
10) Pendleton — Jennifer Schulze, 1:06.97
Girls 500 Yard Freestyle
6) Hermiston — Andrea Gispert-Tello, 7:01.81
7) Hermiston — Sydnee Harvey, 7:18.96
Girls 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
4) Pendleton — J. Schulze, L. Huth, B. Van
Cleave, S. Schmitz — 1:57.75
Girls 50 Yard Freestyle
6) Pendleton — Sam Schmitz, 27.87
13) Pendleton — Jennifer Schulze, 29.90
13) Hermiston — Sidney Tovey, 29.90
Girls 100 Yard Breaststroke
4) Pendleton — Landry Huth, 1:22.34
5) Pendleton — Olivia Broker, 1:22.71
6) Pendleton — MaKayla Lee, 1:22.78
10) Hermiston — Andrea Gispert-Tello,
1:28.96
Girls 100 Yard Butterfly
3) Pendleton — Abby Williams, 1:21.18
4) Pendleton — Bethany Van Cleave, 1:22.16
Girls 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
2) Pendleton — J. Schulze, L. Huth, B. Van
Cleave, S. Schmitz — 4:22.08
Boys 200 Yard Medley Relay
6) Pendleton — R. Headley, A. Richerson, TJ
O’Hanlon, H. Frazier — 2:01.58
7) Hermiston — R. Barnard, J. Snell, L.
Stevenson, C. Wrathall — 2:04.16
8) Pendleton — A. Porter, N. Johnson, T.
Pearson, P. Cahill — 2:09.12
10) Hermiston — R. Wiley, J. Jorgenson, K.
Mikimi, R. Stewart — 2:17.46
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle
2) Pendleton — Lukas Johnson, 1:57.72
7) Pendleton — Matthew Larsen, 2:17.08
8) Pendleton — Asa Richerson, 2:19.44
9) Pendleton — Shane Miltenberger, 2:21.01
10) Hermiston — Jacob Snell, 2:21.44
Boys 200 Yard IM
6) Hermiston — Ryan Barnard, 2:22.06
10) Pendleton — Avery Madril, 2:35.65
Boys 50 Yard Freestyle
1) Pendleton — Jon Jennings, 22.53
4) Pendleton — Dylan Clemons, 22.88
8) Hermiston — Ryan Barnard, 25.78
9) Hermiston — Carson Wrathall, 25.96
10) Pendleton — Grant Banister, 26.01
Boys 100 Yard Butterfly
6) Hermiston — Jacob Snell, 1:04.01
Boys 100 Yard Freestyle
2) Pendleton — Lukas Johnson, 52.44
8) Pendleton — Grant Banister, 57.24
Boys 500 Yard Freestyle
4) Pendleton — Matthew Larsen, 6:15.72
7) Hermiston — Ryan Wiley, 7:00.40
Boys 200 Yard Freestyle Relay
1) Pendleton — L. Johnson, G. Banister, D.
Clemons, J. Jennings — 1:34.72
7) Pendleton — S. Miltenberger, M. Larsen,
R. Headley, TJ O’Hanlon — 1:49.31
9) Pendleton — N. Bylenga, A. Richerson, R.
Lacey, A. Madril — 1:52.65
10) Hermiston — C. Jorgensen, D. Gossler,
J. Jorgensen, E. White — 1:55.09
Boys 100 Yard Backstroke
1) Pendleton — Jon Jennings, 57.81
Boys 100 Yard Breaststroke
2) Pendleton — Dylan Clemons, 1:10.44
8) Pendleton — Asa Richerson, 1:15.75
9) Pendleton — TJ O’Hanlon, 1:16.16
Boys 400 Yard Freestyle Relay
2) Pendleton — L. Johnson, G. Banister, D.
Clemons, J. Jennings — 3:33.27
6) Hermiston — J. Snell, R. Stewart, C.
Wrathall, R. Barnard — 3:58.65