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A10 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2016 Herald Sports Follow sports on Twitter @HHeraldSports Bailey leads Tigers past Irrigon Stanfield junior scores 19 to power Stanfield to sweep of Knights By SAM BARBEE Staff Writer Ryan Bailey is going to re- member this game for a long time. 7he 6tan¿elG MXnior Fom- ing off the benFh on 6enior 1ight in 6tan¿elG sForeG Soints haG a foXr-Soint Slay anG a FlXtFh three-Soint Slay in oYertime to leaG the 7igers to a - Zin 6atXrGay night anG a sZeeS of the ,rrigon .nights. :ith the Zin the 7igers - - NeeS SaFe Zith +eSSner Zho beat &Xl- Yer 6atXrGay. 'ylan *rogan aGGeG Soints for 6tan¿elG. $Xs- tin RiFe leG ,rrigon Zith Soints anG ;aYier Rambo SitFheG in Zith . Bailey saiG he Zasn¶t sXre of the staNes entering 6atXr- Gay¶s game. ³:e NneZ Foming in Ze ZanteG to get reaGy for Gis- triFts anG state anG Zere MXst gonna Slay as harG as Ze FoXlG´ he saiG. ³...,t¶s big. ,t giYes Xs a lot of Fon¿GenFe. :e SlayeG great tonight. (Y- eryone steSSeG XS from one to ZhateYer. (Yeryone SlayeG harG. ,t Zas aZesome.´ 6tan¿elG FoaFh 9iF- tor Baros NneZ the staNes thoXgh. ³:e NneZ that it Zas gon- na be a toXgh game´ he saiG. ³:e NneZ that if Ze GiGn¶t Fome oXt on toS Ze FoXlG still have a possibility to see them at GistriFts. :e Zere MXst glaG to go the e[tra TXarter anG Fome oXt anG play oXr game.´ ,rrigon - - FoaFh 0itFh 7hompson maGe him- self Xnavailable for Fomment. Bailey¶s ¿rst big shot Fame in the ¿rst TXarter Zith the A look at high school basketball playoff scenarios he last ZeeN of high sFhool basNetball has given Xs some Flose Falls some fXn anG some Xne[peFteGness that ¿gXres to maNe the ne[t feZ ZeeNs of aFtion interesting. $fter 6tan¿elG beat ,rrigon 6atXrGay night , got a message on TZitter asNing aboXt the &olXmbia Basin &onferenFe stanGings anG Zho ZoXlG get Zhat seeG. That got me thinNing. 6o let¶s rXn throXgh some playoff sFenarios in some of the more FXrioXs leagXes aroXnG the area. )irst let¶s start Zith the &B& boys sinFe that¶s Zhere the most intrigXe resiGes. $top the leagXe are +eppner - - anG 6tan¿elG - - thoXgh the 0Xstangs have alreaGy sZept the Tigers this season Zith a -point Zin at home -an. anG a one-point Zin on the roaG -an. . BXt 6tan¿elG hasn¶t gone aZay obvioXsly. The Tigers thoXgh have a toXgher ¿nal game than the 0Xstangs Zhen they travel to $thena to faFe the :eston-0F(Zen Tiger6Fots - - this )riGay. 'on¶t be fooleG by the reForG hovering aroXnG . thoXgh. :eston Fan play. The Tiger6Fots are perhaps Sam playing their best ball of the year Barbee Zith a - Zin over +eppner not FROM THE SIDELINES too long ago. So what will happen? Who will be seeGeG where? /et¶s thinN it throXgh. )irst let¶s assXme +eppner wins anG Stan¿elG wins. That woXlG pXt the 0Xstangs anG Tigers at - for &B& play giving +eppner the top seeG anG Stan¿elG the 1o. seeG with ,rrigon at 1o. assXming the .nights beat the &Xlver BXllGogs )riGay night. 1ow if +eppner loses anG Stan¿elG wins that woXlG pXt the Tigers a game Xp on the 0Xstangs anG Stan¿elG woXlG be 1o. with +eppner 1o. Gespite beating Stan¿elG twiFe. ,f both teams lose anG ¿nish Xp at - it worNs the same as if they both won. ,f ,rrigon wins as well anG we have a three-way tie at - +eppner is 1o. Stan¿elG is 1o. anG ,rrigon is 1o. baseG on heaG-to-heaG matFhXps. 2n the sXrfaFe it looNs NinGa FompliFateG bXt if we thinN it oXt it gets simpler. Stan¿elG rightly isn¶t taNing Weston- 0F(wen lightly. Ryan Bailey tolG me after the - overtime win SatXrGay night that they have a lot of Fon¿GenFe anG they shoXlG. BXt heaG FoaFh 9iFtor Baros who has saiG all season neither he nor his team has taNen any &B& opponent lightly ² is being FarefXl with what he says anG how mXFh emotion he Farries into Stan¿elG¶s ¿nal regXlar season game. +e¶s even-NeeleG on the siGeline anG after games anG that Falmness seems GiffXseG into his team. There is rarely any paniF in the Tigers even when Gown anG that boGes well with a possible FhanFe to walN away )riGay night FonferenFe Fhampions. There really isn¶t any more intrigXe in any other leagXes not as mXFh as in the boys &B&. 3enGleton has sat Gown in the Griver¶s seat anG pXlleG the seatbelt aFross its lap with a - reForG in the &olXmbia Basin &onferenFe anG a three-game leaG on The 'alles anG +ermiston. The BXllGog girls have Gone the same anG the 8matilla girls have FlinFheG an (astern 2regon /eagXe Fhampionship with a two-game leaG over 9ale anG one to play. The ¿rst loFal GistriFt basNetball toXrnament $ 2lG 2regon /eagXe GistriFt toXrney starts )eb. in BaNer. — Sam Barbee is a sports reporter for the Hermiston Herald and East Oregonian based out of Hermiston. He can be reached by email at sbarbee@hermistonherald.com or on Twitter @ SamBarbee1. Follow Herald Sports @HHerald- Sports. T 7igers GoZn -. 6tan¿elG haGn¶t maGe a ¿elG goal sinFe its ¿rst try of the game Zhile ,rrigon¶s offense ÀoZeG anG got gooG looNs. $Xstin RiFe hit tZo -pointers in the stretFh anG )reGy 9era anG ;avier Rambo Zere FaXsing havoF Griving the lane. $fter Rambo maGe an aF- robatiF layXp Zith on the FloFN 6tan¿elG Fame GoZn anG foXnG Bailey on the Zing Zho laXnFheG a over 'aniel 9era Zho foXleG the MXnior as the net rippeG for three points. Bailey hit the free throZ FXt- ting the .night leaG to foXr at -. 6tan¿elG aGGeG a free throZ to enG the ¿rst TXarter GoZn -. ³,t MXst feels gooG , FoXlG Fome throXgh for my team´ Bailey saiG. ³, strXggleG in the earlier games bXt it felt gooG to Fome throXgh. :e playeG so harG. ,t MXst feels so gooG to Zin this game.´ See TIGERS, A11 STAFF PHOTOS BY SAM BARBEE $ERYH6WDQÀHOGMXQLRU'\ODQ *URJDQVKRRWVRYHU ,UULJRQ·V)UHG\9HUDHDUO\LQ WKH7LJHUV·RYHUWLPHZLQ 6DWXUGD\QLJKWLQ6WDQÀHOG 5LJKW6WDQÀHOGMXQLRU 5\DQ%DLOH\GULEEOHV DURXQG,UULJRQ·V)UHG\9HUD GXULQJWKHÀUVWKDOIRI 6WDQÀHOG·VRYHUWLPH ZLQ6DWXUGD\QLJKWLQ 6WDQÀHOG NEAL INKS WITH EASTERN WASHINGTON Tre Neal signs as defensive tackle for 2010 FCS national champ Eagles By SAM BARBEE Staff Writer To say it was a Fertainty woXlGn¶t be aF- FXrate. +ope is a better worG bXt even so liNely woXlG probably be the best ¿t. Two years after a tall anG lanNy ² yet strong anG e[plosive ² Tre 1eal trans- ferreG from eight-man football at $ ,one to the -man game at $ +ermiston he has signeG a 1ational /etter of ,ntent to play football at )ootball &hampionship SXbGi- vision )&S (astern Washington 8niver- sity. 1eal listeG as a -foot- -poXnG Gefensive taFNle Moins a -man reFrXiting Flass. 1eal is one of two reFrXits from 2r- egon the other is rXnning baFN -ason Tally from -esXit +igh in 3ortlanG. ³, love the atmosphere the family atmo- sphere´ he saiG. ³They Gon¶t MXst preaFh it. ,t¶s aFtXal liNe these gXys are brothers in arms Xp there. , love the FoaFhing staff. , love &oaFh BeaX BalGwin &oaFh -osh )etter they¶re all great. /ove the faFilities. The tXrf , love the reG tXrf. 2verall , MXst feel liNe it¶s the best ¿t.´ 1eal saiG (astern ¿rst approaFheG him in the spring towarG the enG of traFN sea- son. /inebaFNers FoaFh anG pro liaison )et- ter who saw 1eal worN oXt anG passeG the then-MXnior onto Gefensive line FoaFh Brian StraGley µWho loveG )etter for it´ 1eal laXgheG. 1eal tooN an Xnof¿Fial visit in 2Ftober to watFh the (agles play Weber State anG visiteG again reFently this an of¿Fial. +e FommitteG while on FampXs in &heney Washington aboXt a two anG a half-hoXr Grive from +ermiston Xp +ighway . &heney is aboXt miles soXthwest of STAFF PHOTO BY SAM BARBEE +HUPLVWRQVHQLRU7UH1HDOULJKWVPLOHVZLWK%XOOGRJVKHDGIRRWEDOOFRDFK'DYLG )DDHWHHWHDIWHUWKHIRRWSRXQGGHIHQVLYHOLQHPDQVLJQHGD1DWLRQDO/HWWHURI ,QWHQW:HGQHVGD\WRSOD\IRRWEDOODW(DVWHUQ:DVKLQJWRQ8QLYHUVLW\ SpoNane. ³, Nnew they all want to Fome to the games anG stXff´ 1eal saiG. ³,¶m happy that this worNeG oXt.´ ³0y best frienG lives in SpoNane´ Tre¶s mother +eather saiG. ³She¶s real Flose so we¶ll always have sort of a watFhfXl eye one way or the other if , Fan be there or not. BXt ,¶m so glaG it¶s gonna be Flose beFaXse ,¶m gonna try to get Xp there as mXFh as , Fan.´ $ hXge bene¿t to 1eal in the reFrXiting proFess was heaG FoaFh 'aviG )aaeteete who playeG Follegiately for the 8niversity of 2regon in the early s. Being it was his ¿rst year at the helm )aaeteete wasn¶t sXper involveG in the physiFal aFts of worN- ing as 1eal¶s representative to Folleges. ,n- Bulldogs trounce Riverhawks Matches season- high in points By SAM BARBEE Staff Writer The last time the Hermis- ton girls faFeG off against The 'alles the RiverhawNs gave the BXllGogs all they FoXlG hanGle in a - win that was Floser than the sFore woXlG in- GiFate. SinFe then heaG FoaFh Steve Hoffert has been preaFh- ing ¿nish teams early Gon¶t give them a reason to hang aroXnG with The 'alles as the Fatalyst. $fter a tight ¿rst TXarter Hermiston oXtsForeG The 'alles - the rest of the way to Flaim an easy - win )riGay night in the 'aw- ghoXse. Sara Ramire] leG all sForers with points 0aGGy -XXl haG anG -ansen (Gmis- ton haG . $s it¶s Gone in its previ- oXs three leagXe games 1o. Hermiston - - start- eG in a fXll-FoXrt press. BXt it GiGn¶t have the same effeFtive- ness as it GiG in the previoXs two leagXe oXtings. With TXiFN anG patient gXarGs the River- hawNs - - broNe the press more easily than HooG River or 3enGleton FoXlG man- age anG got some easy bXFN- ets early. 2n top of that The Dalles is a notably fast-starting team. ³They¶re a hot-starting team´ Hoffert saiG. ³They¶re aggressive. They¶re physiFal. They rXn their sets really well. <oX have to play well that ¿rst TXarter. ,f not yoX¶re going to be Gown.´ That was apparent )riGay night when The Dalles shot perFent from the ¿elG per- Fent from -point range anG perFent from the free throw line to ¿nish the ¿rst perioG tieG at . ³, Gon¶t minG being tieG. , Gon¶t minG it being Flose´ Hoffert saiG. ³BeFaXse , Nnow that ¿rst TXarter is MXst a sXrviv- al TXarter with The Dalles.´ ,liana Telles sForeG eight points that TXarter only matFheG by Ramire]¶s eight. BXt The Dalles FoXlGn¶t Neep paFe. 3artial- See BULLDOGS, A11 steaG it was more of )aaeteete¶s e[perienF- es anG aGviFe for someone aboXt to embarN on a similar path. ³(very Gay is a time management les- son for Tre´ )aaeteete saiG with a smile. ³That being saiG he¶s Ge¿nitely grown a lot as a player sinFe he¶s been here anG he¶s Ge¿nitely grown a lot as a hXman being. +e¶s a very passionate gXy aboXt the game of football anG very Faring aboXt the family he¶s leaving here at +ermiston.´ That growth as a player starteG with a positional Fhange. )aaeteete FaXght his ¿rst glimpse of 1eal then -foot- poXnGs fresh off a growth spXrt anG )aaeteete Fon- vinFeG him to Fome oXt for spring football. See NEAL, A11 Hermiston dominates on the road in Oregon City Bulldogs takes No. 1 spot, while Pendleton finishes No. 3 The Hermiston BXll- Gogs wrestling team rolleG into 2regon &ity on SatXr- Gay anG heaGeG home a big winner as seven BXllGogs earneG ¿rst plaFe ¿nishes to leaG the team to a ¿rst plaFe ¿nish as well at the 2regon &ity ,nvite. Hermiston¶s seven Fham- pions were /iam Tarvin poXnGs $nGy Wagner poXnGs &- HenGon poXnGs BroFN 0F- DonoXgh poXnGs Bob &oleman poXnGs Sam &olbray poXnGs anG BeaX BlaNe poXnGs. To go with those seven ¿rst plaFe ¿nishes Herm- iston wrestlers also earneG foXr seFonG plaFe ¿nishes with ,saiah $gXilar poXnGs Will SharNey poXnGs 9alen Wyse poXnGs anG -Xlio /eiva poXnGs. $s a team Hermiston garnereG . points for the 1o. ¿nish with a Fomfortable FXshion over the No. 2 team of North 0arion whiFh ¿nisheG with 224.5 points. The 3enGleton BXFNa- roos also pXt forth a strong performanFe at 2regon &ity with a thirG plaFe team ¿n- ish with 2 points. The BXFNaroos were leG by Fhampions /ane (vens at poXnGs anG 0organ HolFomb at 45 poXnGs as well as seFonG plaFe ¿nish- es by 0arFXs Taylor at 5 poXnGs anG -aFob BanNs at 25 poXnGs. ²² OREGON CITY INVITE 106 POUNDS 1) Lane Evens (P) pins Cristian Ramirez (North Marion), 3:39 3) Ruben Madrigal, Hermiston 5) Caleb Temper, Pendleton 6) Chris Chambers, Pendleton 113 POUNDS 1) Liam Tarvin (Hermiston) pins Kyle McConkey (North Marion), 1:34 6) Gage Shipley, Hermiston 120 POUNDS 2) Isaiah Aguilar, Hermiston lost on 4-2 dec. to Jahzriel Peak (Parkrose) 6) Jesus Rodriguez, Hermiston 126 POUNDS 1) Andy Wagner (Hermiston) def. Brandon Gibson (North Marion) by 10-2 maj. dec. 3) Alex Rendon, Pendleton 132 POUNDS 4) Brendon Bedolla, Pendleton 138 POUNDS 1) CJ Hendon (Hermiston) def. Tony Richter (Ore. City) by 17-4 maj. dec. See WRESTLING, A11
