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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-
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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
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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
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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