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A10 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2016 Herald Sports Follow sports on Twitter @HHeraldSports BULLDOGS SINK THEIR TEETH INTO FOURTH PLACE TROPHY AT STATE Bulldogs get Sportsmanship Award, Edmiston named to All-Tournament Second-Team By SAM BARBEE Staff Writer 7KH +HUPLVWRQ %XOOGRJV ¿Q- ished the 2015-16 campaign with a big win Saturday, beating Marist Catholic 65-36 to take fourth place in the OSAA 5A girls basketball state tournament. After a slow start in the ¿rst quarter, the Bulldogs outscored the Spartans 55-19 the rest of the way to an easy victory. Kynzee Padilla was a force inside, grabbing 12 rebounds and scoring 14 points, including go- ing 8-for-8 from the free throw line. Jansen Edmiston led the Bulldogs with 16 points, Sara Ramirez had 15 and Maddy Juul scored 14. It was the second double-digit win of the week for the Bulldogs at the Gill Coliseum tournament after beating Bend on Thursday to earn the spot in Saturday’s game. ³Sunday I reÀected. I think all the girls reÀected,´ head coach Steve Hoffert said. “They said, ‘You know, it was a pretty good year, wasn’t it, Coach?’ We did a lot of good things.´ Hermiston ran through a dif- ¿cult schedule, losing Must four games to some of the best teams in the state. One loss came to the third-place Corvallis Spartans in the ¿rst round of the state tour- nament. Another came to 5A run- ner-up Spring¿eld. A third came to 6A South Medford, a second seed in that tournament, and the fourth to Chaparral (AZ), who went 21-8 this season. “I know we didn’t end where we wanted to, but this season was the most enMoyable for me,´ Ed- miston said. “I didn’t want it to end, but it happened eventually ... After we lost the ¿rst game, we made the most of what we could.´ Though the anticipated return to the state championship game never materialized, Hoffert and his girls look back at the 2015-16 with fond memories. “You look back at our sched- ule, to come out with 24 wins is pretty amazing,´ Hoffert said. “... It’s one of those bitter-sweets. We sat around and we watched the state tournament. We Must felt we didn’t play our best game against Corvallis.´ Padilla, who had an impres- sive tournament in full, had argu- ably her best game of the sea- son on Saturday, recording the double-double in a key moment. Though she wasn’t recognized after the game, an unfortunate part of being a blue-collar play- er, Hoffert said, she gives great reason to once again be excited about next season. “She was outstanding,´ Hof- fert said of the Munior wing. “She had a pretty good state tourna- ment rebounding and defensive- ly. She did a great Mob.´ Hermiston found itself down 11-4 in the ¿rst quarter of Satur- day’s game after an Emma McK- enney 3-pointer, and the Spartans pushed the lead to 11 after two Claire Eagen layups. Hermiston closed the gap some by the end of the period, ¿nishing the initial stanza down 17-10. Marist had good success that frame scoring inside, re- cording 10 points in the paint to Hermiston’s four. Marist’s inside success was a function of a new defense Herm- iston tried. Instead of hedging and switching pick and rolls as usual, they tried to slip under the screens on ball, but struggled. It’s part of their normal defense, Hoffert said, but different enough they couldn’t quite ¿gure it out. See BULLDOGS, A11 STAFF PHOTO BY E.J. HARRIS Hermiston’s Kiana Heehn, Jansen Edmiston and Sara Ramirez receive the fourth place trophy after defeating Marist 64-36 in the 5A state basketball championships on Saturday at Gill Coliseum in Corvallis. Stats: One of the best teams in the tourney By SAM BARBEE Staff Writer As a team, the Hermiston Bull- dogs were largely in the top half of the tournament in terms of statistics. They were second in free throw percentage at 68 percent (43-63) and second in blocks with 15. Hermiston was third in scoring at 52.7 points per game, third in 3-point percentage (27 percent), third in scoring defense (36.7 ppg), third ¿eld goal defense (31 per- cent) and third in team defensive rebounding with 76 defensive re- bounds. Hermiston was fourth in ¿eld goal percentage (35 percent), fourth in rebound average (33.3), fourth in steals (25) and fourth in assists (32). Hermiston struggled with 3-point defense and free throw defense, ¿nishing seventh and eighth, respectively. Jansen Edmiston, named a sec- ond-team all-tournament perform- er, had a genuinely impressive three games. She was sixth in scoring (13.0 ppg), 6th in 3-point percent- age (33.3 percent), 5th in 3-pointers made (¿ve), third in assists (3.7), fourth in steals (2.7), fourth in offen- sive rebounds per game (2.7), sixth in blocks per game (1.3), fourth in minutes per game (30.7), second in free throw attempts per game (6.7). Her ¿nal line 13 ppg, 6.67 rpg, 3.67 apg, 2.67 spg, 1.33 bpg in nearly 31 minutes. Maddy Juul was third in blocks per game (1.3), fourth in free throws made per game (5.7) and ¿fth in ¿eld goal percentage (52.6). Juul’s ¿nal line 9.67 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 1.67 apg, 1.33 bpg, 1.33 spg. Kynzee Padilla led the tourna- ment in defensive rebounding with 7.0 per game and was second in total rebounding at 8.3 per game. She also led the tournament in free throw percentage, going a percent 10-10 from the line. Padilla’s ¿nal Hermiston’s Jansen Edmiston draws contact from Marist’s Lauren Eagan in the Bulldogs’ 64-36 win against the Spartans on Saturday in Corvallis. STAFF PHOTOS BY E.J. HARRIS Hermiston’s Rileigh Andreason grabs a rebound in front of Marist’s Kayley Elliot in the Bulldogs’ 64-36 win against the Spartans on Saturday in Corvallis. line 6 ppg, 9 rpg, 0.67 apg, 1 spg, 0.33 bpg. Sara Ramirez led the tourna- ment in 3-point attempts per game, launching 8.3 per game, and was also ¿fth in total ¿eld goal at- tempts at 11.3. Ramirez was sixth in 3-pointers made per game with 1.7. Ramirez’s ¿nal line 10 ppg, 4 rpg, 2.33 apg, 1 spg, 0.33 bpg. Rileigh Andreason’s ¿nal line 3.33 ppg, 3 rpg, 1.3 apg, 1 bpg, 0.33 spg. Reserve Hayden Meyers was second in ¿eld goal percentage at 60 percent. Hermiston’s Kynzee Padilla shoots the ball guarded by Marist’s Claire Eagan in the Bulldogs’ 64-36 win against the Spartans on Saturday in Corvallis. PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE Thursday, March 17 BASEBALL Stanfield vs. Union, 4 p.m. TENNIS Stanfield @ Riverside, 4:30 p.m. Umatilla vs. Helix, 4 p.m. TRACK AND FIELD Hermiston @ Pendleton, noon Umatilla @ Pendleton, noon Stanfield @ Pendleton, noon SOFTBALL Umatilla @ Heppner, 4:30 p.m. Echo vs. Union, 3 p.m. Friday, March 18 BASEBALL Hermiston vs. Central Catholic (DH), 2 p.m. Umatilla vs. Dufur (DH), 2 p.m. BOYS GOLF TENNIS Stanfield at Condon, 4 p.m. Saturday, March 19 BASEBALL LACROSSE Hermiston vs. Roosevelt (DH), noon Stanfield vs. DeSales (WA) (DH), 11 a.m. Hermiston vs. Ridgeview, 4 p.m. TENNIS Hermiston @ The Dalles, 10 a.m. Echo vs. Heppner, 10 a.m. SOFTBALL Hermiston vs Liberty (DH), 3 p.m. Hermiston @ Walla Walla Tournament (WA), 11 a.m. Monday, March 21 Tuesday, March 22 BOYS GOLF Hermiston @ Black Rock Creek (WA), 10 a.m. GIRLS GOLF Hermiston @ Portland Golf Course, TBD SOFTBALL Hermiston vs. Madison @ Rex Putnam, noon Hermiston vs. Franklin @ Rex Putnam, 4 p.m. Echo @ Riverside, TBD BASEBALL Stanfield vs. Weston-McEwen @ Irrigon, 10 a.m. LACROSSE Hermiston @ Central Valley, 5:30 p.m. SOFTBALL Hermiston vs. Aloha @ Rex Putnam, noon Hermiston vs. David Douglas @ Rex Putnam, 2 p.m.
