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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2016
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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
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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.