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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2016
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DAWGS SUFFER LOSS IN CHAMPIONSHIP GAME OF HOME TOURNAMENT
Hermiston girls
start season 2-1,
following a loss at
home Saturday
Hermiston Herald
The Bulldogs suffered
their first loss of the season
going up against Lewiston
(ID) in the championship
game of the Oxford Suites
Holiday Classic at The
Dawghouse.
Hermiston (2-1) had
gone 15 games without
allowing more than 50
points going back to last
season, but saw that streak
end against a Lewiston (3-
1) team that was the tallest
and fastest the Bulldogs had
seen to that point.
“(Lewiston) came out ex-
actly as to be expected, and
I think the girls expected
them to be as good as they
were, but I don’t think they
realized how athletic Lew-
iston was,” said Hermiston
coach Juan Rodriguez.
The Bengals wasted no
time cluing them in, and
used steals and quick tran-
sition to race out to a 22-3
lead at the end of the first
quarter. The Bulldogs re-
sponded, and had pulled
within six by halftime with
the score at 27-21, but they
couldn’t match the Bengals
in the second half.
Maddy Juul led Hermis-
ton with 16 points.
“After the first quarter
we settled down and played
really well the rest of the
game,” Rodriguez said.
“Our half court defense was
‘A commitment to strong defense
helped set the tone for the Bulldogs
in the second half...’
actually really good against
them, it was when they
would get out in front of
us with turnovers and long
rebounds that we ran into
trouble and they got a lot of
easy baskets.”
HERMISTON 46, WIL-
SONVILLE 40 — Posts
Kynzee Padilla and Maddy
Juul came up big down the
stretch, and the Hermiston
girls basketball team ad-
vanced to the championship
of the Oxford Suites Holiday
Classic with a 46-40 win
over Wilsonville on Friday at
The Dawghouse.
Juul scored a game-high
15 points and Padilla pulled
down some key late re-
bounds to help close out the
Wildcats (0-1). Padilla fin-
ished with 12 boards to go
with six points.
Hermiston (2-0) coach
Juan Rodriguez said it was a
good day for his bigs to take
over as the Bulldogs’ out-
side touch was off for most
of the game.
“We knew there’d be
games like this when the
three’s wouldn’t be falling
and we’d need our posts to
come up big, and Maddy
and Kynzee did today,” Ro-
driguez said.
Rodriguez said Wilson-
ville’s defensive scheme was
giving the Bulldogs trouble
in the first half, and Hermis-
ton led 19-17 at halftime.
“They came out really
aggressive in a zone and we
had a little trouble handling
it at first,” Rodriguez said.
“We were getting the nor-
mal shots we like to take, we
just weren’t hitting them.”
A commitment to strong
defense helped set the tone
for the Bulldogs in the sec-
ond half, and the Bulldogs
shooters were able to get
into a little bit of a rhythm
on the other end as well.
Shaelynn Gilbert finished
with nine points, Jazlyn
Romero added seven and
Rileigh Andreason had six.
Teagan McNamee was
high-point for Wilsonville
with 10.
The Bulldogs will see
what Rodriguez said should
be their toughest opponent
of the young season today
when they face Lewiston
(ID) in the championship
game at 5:45 p.m.
“I thought they handled
tonight mentally really well,”
Rodriguez said. “I want to
see how they’ll respond
against a team that is as big
and athletic as Lewiston.”
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WHS
8 9
8 15 — 40
HHS
7 12 12 15 — 46
WILSONVILLE — T. McNamee 10, C.
Gutridge 9, M. Welberg 7, K. Hieb 5, S. By-
num 4, B. Morris 2, K. Trese 2, J. Classen
1, K. Burke.
HERMISTON — M. Juul 15, S. Gilbert 9,
J. Romero 7, K. Padilla 6, R. Andreason 6,
J. Thomas 2, R. Meyers 1, H. Meyers, H.
Thompson.
3-pointers — WHS 1; HHS 3. Free throws
— WHS 13-26; HHS 19-34. Fouls — WHS
26; HHS 19. Fouled out — T. McNamee, K.
Trese (WHS).
Bulldog boys stay unbeaten Worship
Hermiston Herald
Sometimes in the sports
it’s not about how a team
wins, it’s about just finding
a way to win.
That was a philosophy
the Hermiston Bulldogs
boys basketball team took
to heart this weekend, fin-
ishing off a perfect 2-0
record at the Aloha Tour-
nament with a gritty 51-44
win over the host Aloha on
Saturday afternoon. Herm-
iston started fast with a
12-3 lead after one quar-
ter, but then fell into a funk
that’s become a theme in
the team’s first three games
this season.
“We jumped out with
lots of energy but stum-
bled in the second quarter,
turned the ball over and
just got sloppy,” Hermiston
coach Casey Arstein said.
Hermiston (3-0) went to
halftime trailing Aloha 22-
18, but got a big boost from
Cesar Ortiz in the second
half to make a run. Ortiz, a
sophomore guard, sank five
3-pointers in the second
half and finished the game
with 18 points to lead the
Bulldogs.
“We really battled in the
second half, “Arstein said,
“and Ortiz off the bench
gave us a good spark. After
that we never looked back
and had a good second half
overall.”
Also scoring in dou-
ble figures for Hermiston
were two more sophomores
as Andrew James had 14
points and Jordan Ramirez
had 11 points. Those two
players also helped Herm-
iston’s second half push by
putting a lot of defensive
pressure on Aloha’s guards
and forced numerous turn-
overs in the Bulldogs’ fa-
vor, Arstein said.
Hermiston will hit the
road again next Tuesday
when they travel to Han-
ford (WA). Until then, Ar-
stein said the team will be
busy at practice.
“Winning two games on
the west side, I’ll take it,
but both games were real
sloppy,” he said. “We’ve
got a lot to work on in prac-
tice, that’s for sure.”
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HHS
12 6 17 16 — 51
AHS
3 19 15
6 — 44
HERMISTON — C. Ortiz 18, A. James 14,
J. Ramirez 11, C. Flores 6, X. Rambo 2, H.
Walls, K. Moss, T. McCullough.
ALOHA — E. Channel 15, B. Ling 7, T.
Hornbuckle 7, A. Lovincey 4, T. Dennis 4, J.
Donis 3, S. Genes-Pantin 2, J. Muth 2.
3-pointers — HHS 10, AHS 4. Free throws
— HHS 9-15, AHS 6-7. Fouls — HHS 11,
AHS 14.
HERMISTON
76,
WILSON 70, OT — At
Aloha, Andrew James’
shot with three seconds
left rimmed out to send the
game to overtime, but Jor-
dan Ramirez scored five
of his nine points in the
extra stanza to lift Hermis-
ton over Wilson in the first
round of the Aloha Tourna-
ment on Friday night.
Chance Flores poured in
a game-high 26 points for
the Bulldogs (2-0), Xavier
Rambo added 14 and James
finished with 12. Thomas
McCullough had just three
points, but made them at
key moments and grabbed
some big rebounds said
coach Casey Arstein.
The Bulldogs outscored
Wilson (0-1) 10-4 in over-
time after the game was
knotted at 66-all at the end
of regulation.
Hermiston went into
halftime down 35-26, but
made some key adjustments
to get their offense going in
the third quarter and scored
21 points in the frame.
“The second half we
spread them out a little bit
and started attacking the
basket with out passes,”
Arstein said. “Everybody
played their role, espe-
cially in the second half.
We fought back and kids
played hard.”
Max Lommen led Wil-
son with 22 points and
Maleek Elmi added 20.
Hermiston will play in
the tournament champion-
ship today against Aloha.
A game time had not been
announced at press time.
———
HHS
9 17 21 19 10 — 76
WHS
15 20 20 11 4 — 70
HERMISTON — C. Flores 26, X. Rambo
14, A. James 12, J. Ramirez 9, C. Ortiz 9,
H. Walls 3, T. McCullough 3, A. Earl.
WILSON — M. Lommen 22, M. Elmi 20,
J. Eichler 10, S. Palanuk 7, M. Hesse 4,
C. Butcher 3, Z. Lensch 2, D. Young 2, J.
Thompson, K. Woodland.
3-pointers — HHS 10, WHS 3. Free
throws — HHS 14-33; WHS 11-14. Fouls —
HHS 17, WHS 23. Fouled out — C. Butcher,
J. Eichler (WHS).
Bulldogs place third in Oregon City
Hermiston Herald
The Hermiston Bulldogs
wrestling team got a good
start to its 2016-17 season
on Saturday with a third
place finish at the Tyrone S.
Woods Memorial Tourna-
ment.
The Bulldogs scored
209.5 points with 16 com-
petitors for its finish, coming
in only behind No. 2 Beaver-
ton (230 points, 24 wrestlers)
and No. 1 North Medford
(263.5 points, 27 wrestlers).
Hermiston earned nine top-
five finishes at the meet, led
by champions Ruben Madri-
gal (106 pounds), CJ Hendon
(145 pounds) and Joey Guti-
errez (182 pounds). Round-
ing out the top finishers were
Alice Todryk No. 3 at 106
pounds, Augusta Blackhurst
No. 4 at 113 pounds, Gage
Shipley No. 3 at 120 pounds,
Jesus Rodriguez No. 3 at 132
pounds, Julio Leiva No. 3 at
182 pounds and Beau Blake
No. 2 at 285 pounds.
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Hermiston Bulldog Finishers
106 pounds — 1st) Ruben Madrigal def.
Matthew Pershing (Camas) by fall, 4:51
106 pounds — 3rd) Alice Todryk def.
Logan Bond (South Albany) by fall 1:33
113 pounds — 4th) Augusta Blackhurst
lost to Enrique Jaime (North Medford) by
fall, 1:23
120 pounds — 3rd) Gage Shipley def.
Clayton Wengert (Sherwood) by fall, 3:22
132 pounds — 3rd) Jesus Rodriguez def.
Kyle Moore (Camas) by SV-1, 13-11
145 pounds — 1st) CJ Hendon def. Juvoni
Penn-Harris (Grant) by MD 11-2
145 pounds — 7th) Wade Kirkpatrick def.
Cody Boylan (Beaverton) by fall 0:58
153 pounds — 9th Oscar Lopez def. Re-
ece Rambo (North Medford) by fall, 5:58
153 pounds — 20th) Gavin Tarvin lost to
Clay Lucas (Lake Oswego) by fall, 5:20
170 pounds — 11th) Zach Kirkpatrick def.
Colby Stoller (Camas) by fall, 3:08
182 pounds — 1st) Joey Gutierrez def.
Justin Geyer (North Medford) by 3-2
decision
182 pounds — 3rd) Julio Leiva def. Austin
Wimer (South Albany) by MD 8-0
220 pounds — 10th) Corey Mason lost to
Damarzhe Nelson (Jefferson) by fall, 2:59
220 pounds — 17th) Sean Stewart def.
Daniel Matzinger (Sherwood) by fall, 0:39
285 pounds — 2nd) Beau Blake lost to
Brian Barnes (McMinnville) by 6-1 decision
285 pounds — 17th Emilio Landin def.
Rory Sullivan (Madison) by fall 5:44
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IHS
6 20 4 11 — 41
W-M
12 12 6 13 — 43
IRRIGON — J. Burns 18, K. Wyant 9, L.
Mills 4, T. Davis 4, A. Zacarias 2, Gilman
2, Romero 2.
WESTON-MCEWEN — C. Quaempts 13,
S. Finifrock 9, A. Schroeder 8, A. Finifrock
4, B. Hillmick 3 S. von Borstel 2, A. Hill 2,
K. Vescio 2.
3-pointers — IHS 2, W-M 2. Free throws
— IHS 1-3, W-M 1-9. Fouls — IHS 12,
W-M 10.
UMATILLA 39, CHEMAWA 36 — At
Salem, Aleesha Watson scored 19 points
to pace the Vikings to their first win of
the season at the Beau Classic hosted by
Western Mennonite on Saturday afternoon.
Only two of her points came in the fourth
quarter, though, which began with the
Vikings trailing 28-27. Lauryn Jurnot scored
five of her eight points in the final stanza as
Umatilla (1-1) closed out the Braves (0-3).
Ayana Reyes added four of her eight
points in the fourth quarter for Umatilla,
which its season-opener on Friday 40-35 to
Colton. Watson had a double-double in that
game with 13 points and 12 rebounds, and
Jurnot had 11 points.
Umatilla will hold its home opener on
Thursday against Mac-Hi in the Columbia
River Clash at 5:30 p.m.
———
UHS
11 7
9 12 — 39
CHS
10 5 13
8 — 36
UMATILLA — A. Watson 19, L. Jurnot
8, A. Reyes 8, K. Lorence 2, C. Alvarez
2, C. Rodriguez, C. Macias, J. Ortega, A.
Maldonado.
CHEMAWA — M. Sanchez 10, N. Harvey
8, M. Lyons 7, A. Jackson 4, M. Underwood
4, A. Kinney 3.
3-pointers — UHS 5; CHS 2. Free throws
— UHS 6-16; CHS 4-6. Fouls — UHS 12;
CHS 15.
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PREP ROUNDUP
WESTON-McEWEN 43, IRRIGON 41 —
At Ione, the Weston-McEwen TigerScots
pulled out a close victory over the Irrigon
Knights 43-41 at the Ione Basketball Bonan-
za on Saturday afternoon.
“It was a very intense game,”
Weston-McEwen coach Eric Jensen said.
“It had the feeling of a district title game
almost.”
Chelsea Quaempts led the TigerScots
with 13 points and Sarah Finifrock pitched
in nine points. Jada Burns again led the
Knights in scoring with 18 points and Kylie
Wyant added nine points.
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Phone: (541) 376-8108
RIVERSIDE 45, MAC-HI 18 — At
Milton-Freewater, Faith Rosen scored 12
points, Lacey Mashos added 11 and the
Pirates beat the Pioneers for third place in
the McLoughlin Tournament on Saturday.
Abby Hernandez chipped in six points and
a team-high seven rebounds for Riverside
(2-1). Sydney Richwine paced Mac-Hi (0-2)
with nine points.
———
RHS
10 12
6 17 — 45
M-H
4 7
3
4 — 18
RIVERSIDE — F. Rosen 12, L. Mashos 11,
Br. Avalos 7, A. Caldera 6, A. Hernandez 6,
S. Wightman 2, C. Garcia 1, M. Hegar, Bi.
Avalos, E. Daltoso.
MAC-HI — S. Richwine 9, B. Jones 5, B.
Smiley 2, B. Hernandez 1, C. Holford 1,
M. Yensen, S. Earls, H. Hair, C. Flores, M.
Martinez.
3-pointers — RHS 2; M-H 0. Free throws
— RHS 11-22; M-H 8-16. Fouls — RHS 18;
M-H 21.
HEPPNER 37, WALLOWA 23 — At
Joseph, the Heppner Mustangs overcame
some shooting struggles to put away Wal-
lowa 37-23 at the Joseph Tournament on
Saturday afternoon, earning the Mustangs
win No. 1 on the year.
As a team, Heppner (1-1) shot just 21
percent from the floor (15-73) but it was
just enough to defeat a Wallowa team that
shot just 18 percent from the floor (7-39)
and turned the ball over 23 times.
Morgan Correa led Heppner with 11
points, Jacee Curring had nine points and
Madison Combe added eight points as
well.
It was a nice rebound from Heppner’s
season-opening loss on Friday night when
it fell 63-31 to Joseph. In that game, Rianne
Dompier was the Mustangs leading scorer
with eight points and added nine rebounds
and Jacee Currin had seven points.
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WHS
3 10
2
8 — 23
HHS
6 5 12 14 — 37
WALLOWA — J. Johnston 9, S. Nobles 5,
B. Johnston 2, A. Young 2, R. GOller 2, N.
Jones 2, G. Pendarvis 1.
HEPPNER — M. Correa 11, J. Currin 9,
K. Gray 8, M. Combe 5, N. Propheter 2, J.
McCullough 2.
3-pointers — WHS 0, HHS 3. Free throws
— WHS 5-9, HHS 4-9. Fouls — WHS 13,
HHS 21.
ECHO 42, CONDON/WHEELER 30 —
At Fossil, the Echo Cougars defensive
pressure caused a lotf of issues for the
Condon/Wheeler Knights in the second
half, as the Knights scored just five second
half points en route to a 42-30 Cougars
victory on Saturday.
“We just had a rough third quarter,”
Condon/Wheeler coach Jessica Logan
said. “They (Echo) put a lot of pressure
on us and we caved and weren’t able to
overcome it.”
Hannah McCarty led Echo (1-1) with 11
points and Ashley Terland led Condon/
Wheeler (0-2) with 10 points.
Echo will next take on Union in the Co-
lumbia River Clash at Umatilla on Thursday.
————
EHS
6 8 11 17 — 42
C/W
9 13
0
5 — 30
ECHO — H. McCarty 11, T. Swaggart 9,
M. Huff 8.
CONDON/WHEELER — A. Terland 10,
B. Jaeger 8, B. Dyer 5, K. Jaeger 5, A.
Carnine 2.
3-pointers — EHS 2, C/W 0. Free throws
— EHS 8-19, C/W 8-11.
SHERMAN 53, STANFIELD 47 — At
Sherman, the Stanfield Tigers finished up
play at the Sherman County tournament on
Saturday with a close loss to the Sherman
Huskies 53-47.
“We had a good run in the third quarter
and took the lead, but Sherman came out
and hit four 3s in the fourth quarter,” Stan-
field coach Daniel Sharp said. “That made it
real tough for us at the end.”
Kendra Hart led Stanfield (0-3) with 12
points and Brittin Braithwaite chipped in
11 points.
Stanfield next plays Grant Union at the
Columbia River Clash in Umatilla on Thurs-
day afternoon.
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STAN
5 12 19 11 — 47
SHERM
11 9 11 21 — 53
STANFIELD — K. Hart 12, B.
Braithwaite 11, N. Esquivel 8, A.
Carillo 5, S. Connell 4, S. Sharp 4, J.
Wallace 3.
SHERMAN — E. Hill 17, S. Lepinski
9, J. Barrett 8, A. Hill 7, K. Casper 4, L.
Grenvik 4.
3-pointers — STAN 3, SHERM 6. Free
throws — STAN 10-19, SHERM 8-21.
Fouls — STAN 33, SHERM 23.
PILOT ROCK 34, ECHO 23 — At
Fossil, the Rockets tried to coast after
opening the game on a 16-3 run and
nearly paid for it as both teams opened
their season at the Paul Humphreys
Tournament on Friday afternoon.
Echo (0-1) didn’t get any closer than
nine points in the fourth quarter, but
Pilot Rock (1-0) coach Butch Wilson
said it shouldn’t have been that close.
“As the game went on I think we just
kind of thought it was over,” he said.
“(Echo) out-hustled us in the whole
third quarter. In the fourth quarter we
switched some things up and got more
aggressive.”
Rachel Willingham paced Pilot Rock
with a game-high 10 points.
Devyn Tarvin’s eight points led Echo.
———
PRHS
16 6
5
7 — 34
EHS
3 2
8 10 — 23
PILOT ROCK — R. Willingham 10, J.
Wilson 7, K. Deist 6, S. Weinke 6, B.
Roe 5, R. Oates, G. Austin, K. Evans.
ECHO — D. Tarvin 8, H. McCarty 6,
L. Cox 4, M. Huff 3, T. Swaggart 2, L.
Wiggins, B. Milbrodt.
3-pointers — PRHS 1; EHS 1. Free
throws — PRHS 5-10; EHS 4-10. Fouls
— PRHS 9; EHS 12.
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CULVER 45, STANFIELD 31 — At Moro,
Culver pulled away from Stanfield
with a 16-6 third quarter and held
on to win their opening game at the
Sherman County Tournament on Friday
afternoon.
The Tigers (0-2) trailed just 19-16 at
halftime, but coach Daniel Sharp said
Culver’s aggressive inbound pressure
gave his younger players trouble.
Missed free throws were also an is-
sue for Stanfield, which 10-of-29 at the
line. Brittin Braithwaite led them with
eight points and Natalia Esquivel had
11 rebounds to go with six points.
Irma Retana paced Culver (1-1) with a
game-high 10 points.
SHS
CHS
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8
10
8
9
6
16
9 — 31
10 — 45
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