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SPORTS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2016 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A11 Bulldogs clinch second place Grizzlies claim spot Hermiston’s big second half too much for Hood River EO Media Group The Hermiston boys basketball team will join its War on 84 rivals in the playoffs this season after a 69-46 win in Hood River clinched the second spot in the Columbia River Con- ference. Chance Flores led all scorers with 21 points, 'ayshawn 1eal added 25, and Tre 1eal had “a basket full of rebounds,” accord- ing to head coach 'ave Ego in his return from a broken ¿nger. “It was nice to have Tre back,” Ego said. “He gave us a presence inside.” 1eal also shot 6-9 from the free throw line. Hermiston didn’t play well defensively in the ¿rst half and a game Ego called “a mirror” of their last outing against The 'alles last week. But they turned up the defense in the second half and out- scored the Eagles by 19 points. Hermiston concludes its regular season with a home game against Pend- leton on Tuesday at 7 p.m. ——— HHS (12-11, 5-3) 16 17 22 14 — 69 HRV (3-17, 2-6) 15 15 10 6 — 46 HERMISTON — C. Flores 21, D. Neal 15, A. James 11, T. Neal 8, A. Naillon 7 H. Walls 6, J. Garcia 1, P. Wicks, P. Peterson, C. Schwirse. HOOD RIVER — N. Noteboom 19, D. Buckley 15, P. Kennedy 7, T. Stinzi 4, R. Mosqueda 1, Z. Moore, T. Fulk, S. Fults, I. Enriquez, A. Roberts, Z. Ellsworth. 3-pointers — HHS 8, HRV 3. Free throws — HHS 23-32, HRV 11-15. Fouls — HHS STAFF PHOTOS BY E.J. HARRIS +HUPLVWRQ·V0DGG\-XXOÀJKWVIRUDUHERXQGFRQWHVWHGE\+RRG5LYHU·V0DUOLH%ORRPVWHUDQG.DVVLG\'DYLGVRQLQWKH %XOOGRJV·ZLQDJDLQVWWKH(DJOHVRQ)ULGD\LQ+HUPLVWRQ GIRLS in state tournament EO Media Group The Helix Grizzlies clinched a spot in the state tournament as they held off a late charge from the Echo Cougars in an Old Oregon League consolation game for a 45-42 win on Saturday afternoon. The Grizzlies (17-9) pulled out the win with its inside game, as posts Sadie Wilson and Paden Flerchinger each scored 12 points to lead the team. Both players also dominated the rebounding battle, as Wilson ¿nished with 17 rebounds and Flerchinger had 8 and as a team, Helix out-rebounded Echo 45-22. Helix shot 48 percent (20-41) from the Àoor, and held Echo to just 28 percent shooting (16-56). Echo (13-14) led Helix 17-13 after the ¿rst Tuarter, but the Grizzlies responded to outscore Echo 12-3 in the second Tuarter to head into the break with a 25-20 lead. The Grizzlies kept motoring in the third Tuarter to lead 38-26 after three. But the Cougars made a run in the fourth Tuarter, out- scoring Helix 16-7 behind 6-15 shooting (40 percent) but it just was not enough to overtake the Grizzlies. The Grizzlies now await the tournament scheduling, as Echo ends the season falling just short of the post- season. ——— EHS (13-14) 17 3 6 16 — 42 GHS (17-9) 13 12 13 7 — 45 ECHO — K. Ranger 20, T. Swaggart 10, H. McCarty 6, D. Tarvin 5, L. Cox 1, E. Parks, S. Stone. HELIX — S. Wilson 12, P. Flerchinger 12, C. Bennett 9, M. Tullis 8, E. Fehrenbacker 2, M. Mize 2, H. Christman, B. Newtson. 3-pointers — EHS 5, GHS 2. Free throws — EHS 5-12, GHS 3-5. Fouls — EHS 14, GHS 10. %R\V%DVNHWEDOO POW'ER VALLEY 65, ECHO 49 — At Baker City, the Echo Cougars fell short of a third-place ¿nish at the Old Oregon League district tournament with a loss to Powder Valley on Saturday afternoon. Michael Thompson led the Cougars (9-17) with 18 points on 7-12 shooting and hit two 3-pointers, as well as turning in 11 total re- bounds in the game. Carlos Chavez added 11 points for Echo, while Brock Mof¿t had seven points and 13 re- bounds. Echo shot well in the game, hitting 17-47 to- tal shots (36 percent), but could not keep up with Powder Valley for four full Tuarters. The Badgers (17- 6) outscored Echo in ev- ery Tuarter, and attempted 24 more ¿eld goals with the help of a whopping 23 offensive rebounds. Over- all, Powder Valley out-re- bounded Echo 52-40. The Cougars end the season with a fourth place ¿nish in the league. ——— EHS (9-17) 14 17 12 6 — 49 PV (17-6) 18 25 15 7 — 65 ECHO — M. Thompson 18, C. Chavez 11, C. Medrano 7, B. Moffit 7, B. Gibbs 3, Z. Gerkhe, J. Dorn, D. Craig, T. Mulder. POWDER VALLEY — T. Eubanks 13, I. Colton 10, C. Browne 10, G. McGinn 9, S. Dixon 7, C. Day 6, H. Davis 6, O. Benites 2, J. Zink 2, B. Zink, D. Smith, M. Baldwin. 3-pointers — EHS 4, PV 7. Free throws — EHS 11-21, PV 8-23. Fouls — EHS 21, PV 21. Fouled out — S. Dixon (PV). continued from Page A10 “We take pride in that,” Hoffert said of the defen- sive effort. In fact, Hermiston did just about everything it wanted to do. Turnovers and smother- ing defense? Check. (f¿cient offense? 'ou- ble check. Hermiston shot 77 per- cent from the Àoor in the ¿rst Tuarter, mostly off layups. The Bulldogs were also 3-3 from 3-point range that frame. The one blem- ish is a 1 of 5 from the free throw line. For the game, Hermis- ton shot 60 percent (37 of 6 from the ¿eld, 55 per- cent (10 of 18) from deep, but just 3-11 from the free throw line. Edmiston said free throws, and making the right basketball decision, were two little things they must work on moving for- ward. “The little things, we could’ve tuned those up a little bit,” she said. “(Like) lay-ins and free throws. Our extra little passes, we need to make the right de- cision when we get into the paint.” It’s an interesting place the Bulldogs have found themselves with one regu- lar season game to play — at home against Pendleton on Tuesday. The Bulldogs haven’t had a result inside 10 points since beating Sunnyside (WA) 63-62 on Jan. 12, and Hermiston’s average margin of victo- ry in 2016 is a whopping 26.54 points. Perhaps all those blow- out victories will soften the Bulldogs with the state tournament approaching. Edmiston said it pro- vides motivation in close games. Hoffert said the blowouts are evidence of success. “I don’t think it’s a bad thing because we’re try- WRESTLING +HUPLVWRQ·V-DQVHQ(GPLVWRQSDVVHVWKHSDVVLQIURQWRI+RRG5LYHU·V1RKHD%DLOH\LQWKH %XOOGRJV·ZLQDJDLQVWWKH(DJOHVRQ)ULGD\LQ+HUPLVWRQ Whatever the large margins mean, Hermiston (ranked ¿fth by the OSAA) has to this point done ex- actly what it intended. Hoffert and his players set their sights high before the season and knew an ap- pearance in the state cham- pionship game was attain- able. With it less than a month away, the Bulldogs has begun preparing them- selves mentally to get back to the pinnacle of Oregon 5A girls basketball. “Right now we shouldn’t be focusing on the future, but we need to,” Edmiston said. “We already know we clinched the conference champion- ship, and now we need to think about the playoffs.” Hermiston ¿nishes its CRC slate Tuesday night when it hosts Pendleton at 5:15 p.m. ——— +HUPLVWRQ·V6DUD5DPLUH]VKRRWVWKHEDOOLQIURQWRI+RRG 5LYHU·V$EE\:DONHULQWKH%XOOGRJV·ZLQDJDLQVWWKH (DJOHVRQ)ULGD\LQ+HUPLVWRQ ing to put ourselves in a position where we’re in a playoff game,” he said. “This is how we need to play when we get someone down. You have to put your foot on them and hold them down.” Mustangs, Knights dominate All-CBC teams By ERIC SINGER Staff Writer The Heppner Mus- tangs and Irrigon Knights battled on Sat- urday afternoon for the CBC crown, prov- ing their worth as the conference’s two best teams. ——— CBC All-League Team Player of the Year: Fredy Vera, senior, Irrigon Coach of the Year: Jeremy Rosenbalm, Heppner First-team Patrick Collins, senior, Heppner Dylan Grogan, junior, Stanfield C.J. Kindle, senior, Heppner Logan Grieb, junior, Heppner Shaw Broncheau, junior, Weston-McE- wen Second-team Hayden White, junior, Irrigon Brett Speed, sophomore, Weston-McEwen Austin Rice, junior, Irrigon Ryan Bailey, junior, Stanfield Honorable mention Xavier Rambo, junior, Irrigon Bryson Pierce, Pilot Rock Weston Putman, Heppner Brody Woods, Stanfield Shyler Mikesell, Weston-McEwen Chris Weinke, Pilot Rock Tony Flores, Stanfield T. Bogart, Culver HRV (3-17, 0-7) 2 12 10 14 — 38 HHS (19-3, 7-0) 32 13 18 24 — 87 HOOD RIVER VALLEY — M. Bloomster 17, N. Bailey 6, K. Davidson 4, M. Malone 3, E. Cutis 2, N. Lopez 2, L. Orr 2, J. Lara 2, A. Walker, M. Vallejo. HERMISTON — J. Edmiston 19, S. Ramirez 16, K. Heehn 13, M. Juul 10, H. Thompson 7, C. Wheeler 6, R. Andreason 5, J. Thomas 5, H. Meyers 4, K. Padilla 2. 3-pointers — HRV 0, HHS 10. Free throws — HRV 10-17, HHS 3-11. Fouls — HRV 9, HHS 11. continued from Page A10 C.J. Hendon (138), Valen Wyse (152), Brock Mc- 'onough (170), Bob Cole- man (182), and Sam Col- bray (195). Colbray and Coleman each won their champion- ship matches with pins, as Colbray pinned Summit’s Jacob Thompson at the 3:20 mark and Coleman pinned Hood River’s Os- car Villegas just 31 seconds into the match. Hermiston also earned two second-place ¿nishes with Joey Gutierrez at 160 pounds and Beau Blake at 285, ¿ve third place ¿n- ishes with Jesus Rodri- guez (120 pounds), 'evin Bosner (160), Julio Leiva (170), Kenny Brevan (182), and John-Henry Line (195). Will Sharkey rounded out Hermiston’s state Tual- i¿ers with a 10-6 decision over Ridgeview’s Julio Os- orio to earn a fourth place ¿nish at 145 pounds. All- in-all, Hermiston Tuali¿ed 16 wrestlers for the state tournament on its Tuest for a 10th state championship. Isaiah Aguilar (sixth, 120 pounds), Oscar Lopez (sixth, 145 pounds), and Corey Mason (¿fth, 220 pounds) just missed the cut for state Tuali¿cation for Hermiston. In Pendleton’s sixth- place ¿nish, the Bucks placed just six wrestlers and Tuali¿ed four for the state tournament. At 145 pounds, Morgan Holcomb moved to 30-1 on the year with a ¿rst- place ¿nish after pinning Redmond’s 'ayton Wood- ward just 50 seconds into the match. The Bucks’ next highest ¿nisher was Alex Rendon at 126 pounds; he turned in a third-place ¿n- ish following a 5-0 deci- sion over Redmond’s Wyatt Goss. Lane Evens ¿nished fourth at 106 pounds and Scott Chambers was fourth at 138 pounds to round out the state Tuali¿ers for the Bucks. Marcus Taylor (220 pounds) and Jacob Banks (285) just missed the cut with ¿fth-place ¿nishes. The state tournament will take place on Feb. 26- 27 at the Veterans Memori- al Coliseum in Portland. ——— 5A Special District 4 Placers 106 pounds 4) Lane Evens (Pendleton) loses to Trae Bolken (Redmond) by TF 15-0 113 pounds 1) Liam Tarvin (Hermiston) def. Noah Wachsmuth (Hood River) by 11-5 dec. 120 pounds 3) Jesus Rodriguez (Hermiston) def. Jack McEathron (Redmond) by 11-7 dec. 6) Isaiah Aguilar (Hermiston) loses to Quinton McCoy (Summit) with injury 126 pounds 1) Andy Wagner (Hermiston) def. Jason Shaner (Hood River) by 7-6 dec. 3) Alex Rendon (Pendleton) def. Wyatt Goss (Redmond) by 5-0 dec. 132 pounds 1) Adrian Tuia (Hermiston) def. Thomas Brown (Summit) by 3-1 dec. 138 pounds 1) C.J. Hendon (Hermiston) def. Matthew McCain (Redmond) by 7-4 dec. 4) Scott Chambers (Pendleton) loses to Chance Beutler (Bend) by 13-7 dec. 145 pounds 1) Morgan Holcomb (Pendleton) pins Dayton Woodward (Redmond), 0:50 4) Will Sharkey (Hermiston) loses to Julio Osorio (Ridgeview) by 10-6 dec. 6) Oscar Lopez (Hermiston) loses to Tami- one Dunnigan (Redmond) by 8-6 dec. 152 pounds 1) Valen Wyse (Hermiston) def. Grant Leiphart (Summit) by 8-3 dec. 160 pounds 2) Joey Gutierrez (Hermiston) pinned by Mitchell Willet (Redmond), 2:40 3) Devin Bosner (Hermiston) pins Hunter Smith (Redmond), 2:29 170 pounds 1) Brock McDonough (Hermiston) def. Jacob Dupuis (Bend) by 9-4 dec. 3) Julio Leiva (Hermiston) def. Humberto Ruiz (Bend) by 7-3 dec. 182 pounds 1) Bob Coleman (Hermiston) pins Oscar Villegas (Hood River), 0:31 3) Kenny Brevan (Hermiston) pins Trystan Fisher (Hood River), 2:38 195 pounds 1) Sam Colbray (Hermiston) pins Jacob Thompson (Summit), 3:20 3) John-Henry Line (Hermiston) def. Austin Hill (Redmond) by 6-4 dec. 5) Marcus Taylor (Pendleton) pins Jason Soto (Bend), 0:43 220 pounds 5) Corey Mason (Hermiston) pins Damian Garcia (Ridgeview), 2:40 285 pounds 2) Beau Blake (Hermiston) pinned by Jacob Brauchler (Redmond), 1:14 5) Jacob Banks (Pendleton) pins Justin Wilson (Hood River), 5:05 37 TH ANNUAL HERMISTON SPORTS BOOSTERS STEAK FEED & AUCTION PREP SCHEDULE Friday, February 26 WRESTLING Hermiston @ State @ Memorial Coliseum, TBA Girls Basketball Umatilla vs. Blanchet Catholic, 6 p.m. Saturday, February 27 WRESTLING Hermiston @ State @ Memorial Coliseum, TBA Saturday, March 5th • 5:30pm Auction starts at 7:00pm Hermiston Community Center FOR TABLE RESERVATIONS, $ 40 on per pers call Paul 541-567-5215 or formore info., call Joe 541-571-4478 Everyone 21 years & over welcome. All proceeds will assist Hermiston High School boys and girl athletic programs. This ad generously donated by THREE MILE CANYON FARMS a proud community supporter HERMISTONSPORTSBOOSTERS . 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