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PREP ROUNDUP
The Stanfield Tigers girls
basketball team had a big
reason to smile on Satur-
day as the team earned its
first win of the season 35-
21 over Ione in their home
opener.
“It’s really nice to finally
get the first win,” Stanfield
coach Daniel Sharp said.
“The girls did a good job of
getting to the line and they
hit some good shots, and it
helped out a lot.”
Kendra Hart led Stan-
field (1-6) with 10 points,
and Brittin Braithwaite
chipped in nine points and
11 rebounds. For Ione (0-4)
Maggie Flynn led with six
points and Morgan Orem
had four.
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IHS
9 7
1
4 — 21
SHS
11 12
2 10 — 35
IONE — M. Flynn 6, M. Orem 4, A. Medi-
na 3, I. Sandford 3, K. Bass 2, A. McDaniel
2, K. Gilbert 1.
STANFIELD — K. Hart 10, B. Braithwaite
9, A. Lemmon 5, C. Neasham 5, N. Esquivel
4, S. Sharp 2.
3-pointers — IHS 0, SHS 0. Free throws
— IHS 9-22, SHS 13-24. Fouls — IHS 21,
SHS 20.
Girls Basketball
LIBERTY
CHRIS-
TIAN (WA) 54, IRRI-
GON 51 — At Richland,
Washington, the Irrigon
Knights lost a heartbreaker
as Liberty Christian’s Kar-
lee Souve nailed a 3-point-
er at the buzzer to hand the
Knights a 54-51 loss on
Monday night.
It was the ninth 3-point-
er of the game for Liber-
ty Christian, and boosted
Souve’s scoring totals to
17 points for the night. Ali-
ya Munoz led Irrigon (4-3)
with 15 points, and Jada
Burns added 12 points, four
steals and three assists.
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IHS
12 13 11 15 — 51
LC
11 15 15 13 — 54
IRRIGON — A. Munoz 15, J. Burns 12, T.
Davis 10, B. Rice 6, C. Case 4, N. Romero
2, L. Mills 2.
LIBERTY CHRISTIAN — Souve 17,
Goodwin 16, Bush 12, Steele 4, Erlenbush
3, Richards 2.
ECHO 37, HEPPNER
34 — At Heppner, the Echo
Cougars scored 22 points
in the fourth quarter to fin-
ish off a come-from-behind
win over Heppner 37-34 on
Monday night.
Devyn Tarvin led Echo
(5-2) with nine points, while
Marti Huff, Hannah Mc-
Carty, and Taylor Swaggart
each chipped in eight points
apiece. For Heppner (2-4),
Jacee Currin led with 13
points and Madison Combe
had eight.
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EHS
7 2
6 22 — 37
HHS
8 9 10
7 — 34
ECHO — D. Tarvin 9, M. Huff 8, H.
McCarty 8, T. Swaggart 8, B. Milbrodt 2, R.
McCarty 2.
HEPPNER — J. Currin 13, M. Combe 8,
M. Correa 6, R. Dompier 5, K. Gray 2.
3-pointers — EHS 4, HHS 0. Free throws
— EHS 7-15, HHS 6-12. Fouls — EHS 14,
HHS 15.
Boys Basketball
STANFIELD 97, IONE
46 — At Stanfield, the Ti-
gers got to play in front of
home fans for the first time
on Saturday night and put
on a show, defeating the
Ione Cardinals, 97-46, in the
home opener.
“It was an exciting game
from the start,” Stanfield
coach Jason Sperr said. “We
got out to a 30-0 lead and
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2016
SPORTS
pulled off the press pretty
early, but the guys still kept
playing hard.”
All 14 players on the
varsity team got significant
playing time in the game,
and five players finished in
double figure scoring led
by Tony Flores with 15 and
Dylan Grogan with 13. For
Ione (1-4), Wyatt McNary
had a huge game in the post
as he scored a game-high 25
points, while Austin Carter
added 11.
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IHS
4 12
8 22 — 46
SHS
35 25 24 13 — 97
IONE — W. McNary 25, A. Carter 11, T.
Carter 6, C. Hollis 2, J. Verduzco 2.
STANFIELD — T. Flores 15, D. Grogan 13,
R. Bailey 10, T. Monkus 10, B. Woods 10, D.
Allan 9, A. Gomez 7, E. Angel 7, J. Garcia 6,
N. Sanchez 6, J. Galarza 3, E. Esquivez 1.
3-pointers — IHS 0, SHS 11. Free throws
— IHS 10-16, SHS 12-20.
HEPPNER
56,
GRANT UNION 42 —
At John Day, the Heppner
Mustangs earned a solid
non-league win on Saturday
night by traveling south to
beat the Grant Union Pros-
pectors 56-42.
“We won on the de-
fensive end of the floor
again,” Heppner coach
Jeremy Rosenbalm said.
“Grant Union is always a
tough place to play, and I’m
pleased with how the boys
responded after a long trip
in the snow and how the de-
fensive effort and intensity
was there.
“That’s really where the
difference came from in the
game.”
UMATILLA 74, IONE
51 — Seth Cranston scored
a game-high 26 points and
added 10 steals and eight
rebounds as the Umatilla
Vikings were able to shake
off some rust and take down
the Ione Cardinals 74-51 on
Monday night.
“(Seth) just brought us
energy,” Umatilla coach
Derek Lete said. “You could
tell us not being in the gym
for four days had an effect.
We came out flat, lacked
intensity on defense and the
effort just wasn’t there.
“But Seth came with en-
ergy and brought just what
we needed.”
For Ione (1-4), Austin
Carter led with 22 points
while Wyatt McNary had
13.
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IHS
10 14 10 17 — 51
UHS
13 22 19 20 — 74
IONE — A. Carter 22, W. McNary 13, H.
Padberg 6, H. Aguilar 5, J. Verduzco 2, T.
Epperson 2, D. McElligott 1.
UMATILLA — S. Cranston 26, K. Webb
11, M. Garcilazo 8, J. Garcia 7, T. Morris 5,
J. Maret 5, S. Garcia 4, S. Hartung 4, G.
Armenta 4.
3-pointers — IHS 2, UHS 6. Free throws
— IHS 11-22, UHS 12-17. Fouls — IHS 16,
UHS 20. Fouled out — T. Morris (UHS).
IRRIGON 51, LIBER-
TY CHRISTIAN (WA)
46 — At Richland, Wash-
ington, the Irrigon Knights
snapped a two-game losing
streak with a solid win on
the road over Liberty Chris-
tian on Monday night.
Johnny Philips led Irri-
gon (3-3) with 15 points,
while Hayden White had 12
and Eric Carillo had 11.
————
IHS
18 13 14
6 — 51
LC
9 16
7 14 — 46
IRRIGON — J. Philips 15, H. White 12, E.
Carillo 11, O. Vera 2, D. Vera 2, A. Gomez 2.
3-pointers — IHS 2, LC 3. Free throws —
IHS 9-15, LC 4-9. Fouls — IHS 10, LC 15.
Line, Neal grab all-state honors
By ERIC SINGER
Staff writer
If you watched any
Hermiston football games
this season, there were two
players that stood out —
Dayshawn Neal on offense
and John-Henry Line on de-
fense.
It seems that other Class
5A coaches felt the same
way, as both players were
selected to the all-state team
this week with Line a first
team selection at defensive
line and Neal a second team
selection at wide receiver.
“I’m pretty happy,” Line
said. “To see all of the hard
work pay off and to get no-
ticed by other coaches is a
great feeling.”
“It means a lot,” Neal
added. “Gotta give a shout
out to my coaches, team-
mates, everyone who sup-
ported me really.”
Line’s selection follows
us his first team all-league
and Co-Defensive Player
of the Year honor for Spe-
cial District 1 this season.
His road to success is owed
to a meeting between Line
and the Hermiston coach-
es, as he was moved from
his middle linebacker spot
to defensive end following
Hermiston’s Week 1 game
against Union (WA).
“It was all about find-
ing the right position for
me,” he said. “The coach-
es thought I could go up
against some bigger guys,
and it worked out.”
The move more than
worked out for Hermis-
ton and Line, as the 6-1,
225-pound senior went on
to rack up 99 total tackles,
22.5 tackles-for-loss, 15.5
sacks, and seven more quar-
terback pressures on the
season — all team highs.
Aside from the statistics,
he was also a leader of a
fierce Bulldog defense that
allowed an average of just
10.2 points per game over
the final five regular season
games. During that stretch,
Hermiston went 4-1 as a
team to secure a playoff
spot for the sixth straight
season.
Line says he owes it all
to his coaches.
“They believed in me
and taught me everything
on how to play end,” he
said. “And having Coach
(David) Faaeteete be a Di-
vision I lineman at Oregon
when he played, it really
helped a lot.”
After playing quarter-
back for half a season in
2015, Neal switched back
to his natural position at
wide receiver and shined
from the start. In Hermis-
ton’s opener against Union,
Neal caught 12 passes for
212 yards and three touch-
downs, and instantly be-
came the go-to target for
quarterback Andrew James.
For the season, Neal
finished with 51 catch-
es for 911 yards and 12
touchdowns, which are all
team-highs. Neal’s totals
also placed him high in the
Class 5A leaderboards, fin-
ishing second in catches,
tied for second in yardage,
and tied for third in touch-
downs.
Neal said he wasn’t sur-
prised at his breakout sea-
son, and that he got a feel-
ing that he could be in for
a special season during the
summer workout sessions.
“During summer when
we were playing 7-on-7
games and tournaments,”
he said, “I knew if Andrew
and I could keep the chem-
istry between us and me
make him trust throwing
the ball to me, we could do
something special.”
Now Neal and James
have an entire offseason to
continue to develop chem-
istry to make Hermiston an
even better team next sea-
son, and to also help Neal
achieve a new goal.
“I’m honored (for second
team),” he says, “but at the
same time that sets a new
goal for me for next season,
gotta get that first team.”
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Class 5A All-State Football
First team
Quarterback — John Bledsoe, sr.,
Summit.
Running back — Tanner Earhart, sr., Dal-
las; Nathaniel Maddox, sr., Lebanon.
Wide receiver — Harrison Steiger, sr.,
Wilsonville; Nicky Weinberg, sr., Ashland;
Peter Mason, sr., Central.
Tight end — Grant Tobias, sr., Summit.
Offensive Line — Owen Baker, sr.,
Crater; Marlon Tuipulotu, sr., Central; Cody
Janssen, sr., Dallas; Dustin Gubbels, sr., Sil-
verton; Corbin Anderson, soph., Lebanon.
Kicker — Austin Kness, jr., Wilsonville.
Defensive line — Marlon Tuipulotu, sr.,
Central; JT Gill, sr., Crater; John-Henry
Line, sr., Hermiston; Jakob Cripe, sr.,
Lebanon.
Linebacker — Cooger Smith, sr., Red-
mond; Iosefa Polamalu, jr., Sandy; Ty Miller,
sr., Lebanon; Nick Ah Sam, sr., Springfield.
Defensive back — Cole Sipos, sr.,
Lebanon; Nicky Weinberg, sr., Ashland;
Peter Mason, sr., Central; Talanoa Hufanga,
jr., Crescent Valley; Tharren Blood, sr.,
Wilsonville.
Punter — Kyle Cornett, sr., Summit.
Second team
Quarterback — Ty Hargis, sr., Lebanon.
Running back — Dawson Ruhl, sr.,
Summit; Roy Williams, jr., Corvallis; Connor
Morton, sr., Thurston.
Wide receiver — Dayshawn Neal, jr.,
Hermiston; Ben Graziani, jr., Summit.
Tight end — TJ Dimick, jr., Dallas.
Offensive line — Noah Klein, sr., Moun-
tain View; Mario Nonato, sr., Redmond;
Brayden Garver, sr., St. Helens; Zach Gad-
bois, sr., St. Helens; Tanner Gilchrist, sr.,
Redmond; Wynn Nevin, sr., Eagle Point.
Kicker — Chad Andrews, jr., Ashland.
Defensive line — Draco Bynum, jr.,
Wilsonville; Cade Caudill, sr., Dallas; Colin
Walker, sr., Silverton; Jayden Priester, sr.,
Sandy.
Linebacker — Kaden Floyd, sr., Wilson-
ville; Tanner Sallee, sr., Lebanon; Lance
Cline, sr., Silverton; Jacob Collins, sr.,
Dallas; Grant Tobias, sr., Summit.
Defensive back — Kyle Cornett, sr.,
Summit; Dom Rocha, sr., Wilsonville; Reow
Jackson, jr., Marist; Ryan Stanley, sr., Bend;
Gabe Poulin, sr., Sandy
Punter — Austin Haskett, sr., Silverton.
Honorable mention
Quarterback — Nick McCoy, sr., La Salle
Prep; Talanoa Hufanga, jr., Crescent Valley;
Connor Neville, sr., Wilsonville.
Running back — Haidon Allen, sr., St.
Helens; Chaise Carmony, sr., Sandy; Daniel
Bazan, sr., Bend; Sam Jackson, sr., Chur-
chill; Sage Roundtree, sr., Hillsboro.
Wide receiver — Parker Cardwell, sr.,
La Salle Prep; Myles Terry, sr., St. Helens;
Spencer Clements, jr., Silverton.
Tight end — McKane Ellis, sr., Ashland;
Nick Parise, sr., La Salle Prep.
Offensive line — Elijah Cohrs, jr., Sandy;
Troy Boyd, jr., Ashland; TJ Brewster, jr., San-
dy; Dillon Holliday, sr., Sandy; Kyle Rodden,
sr., Ashland; Marco Brewer, jr., Corvallis;
Brock Metternich, sr., Bend; Noah Turnbull,
jr., Summit; Leonard Hunter, sr., Eagle
Point; Nick Carbone, sr., La Salle Prep; Zach
Redelings, sr., Redmond.
Kicker — Tyler Lindsey, sr., Bend; Oswal-
do Ramirez, jr., South Albany.
Defensive line — John Ale, sr., Crater;
Colton Albertson, sr., St. Helens; Matt
Allen, sr., Redmond; McKane Ellis, sr.,
Ashland; Taylor Lawler, sr., Eagle Point; Cian
Marderos, jr., Summit.
Linebacker — Spencer Klein, sr., Moun-
tain View; Kaleb Wyngarden, sr., Bend.
Defensive back — Kobe Garcia, jr., Silver-
ton; Tucker Mosley, sr., St. Helens; Connor
Morton, sr., Thurston.
Punter — Chad Andrews, jr., Ashland;
Parker Cardwell, sr., La Salle Prep.
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Contact Eric at (541)
966-0839.
Hermiston places eighth at Tri-State tournament
The Hermiston Bull-
dogs wrestling team spent
the weekend at North Idaho
College taking part in the
45th Annual Tri-State Tour-
nament where the team fin-
ished tied for eighth place
out of 60 teams.
The Bulldogs racked up
116 points to finish dead
even with Lake Stevens
(Washington) for eighth
place. Havre (Montana) won
the tournament with 184
points.
In the tournament, Herm-
iston had just three wrestlers
that earned spots on the po-
dium out of 15 total compet-
itors. Valen Wyse was the
high finisher, taking second
place at 170 pounds after
he was disqualified in the
championship match, hand-
ing Wyse his first loss of the
season.
At 145 pounds, CJ Hen-
don (9-3) finished sixth after
losing to Ryden Fu of Taho-
ma by a 5-1 decision, and
Joey Gutierrez (11-2) took
fourth place at 182 pounds
following a loss by fall to
Winston Scott of East Valley
(WA) at 3:18.
Hermiston next heads to
the Best of the West Tour-
nament in Pasco (WA) on
Wednesday afternoon.
MAC-HI CHRISTMAS
TOURNAMENT — At Mil-
ton-Freewater, the Mac-Hi
Pioneers and Irrigon Knights
both turned in top-3 team fin-
ishes, while Hermiston’s JV
finished sixth and Heppner
finished eighth on Saturday.
Mac-Hi finished second
with 197.5 points and Irrigon
was third with 162 points.
Kamiakin (Washington) won
the tournament with 230.5
points, while Hermiston had
94.5 and Heppner had 67.
Irrigon coach Jason Dunt-
en said he was thrilled with
his team’s third place finish.
“At this tournament last
year we took seventh and
we’ve come a long ways
now,” Dunten said. “The
kids are really coming along
and actually showing great
signs of improvement.”
Irrigon did not have any
champions in the tourna-
ment, but did finish with 14
placers on the day and five
top-3 finishes. Silvestre Ol-
guin-Vasquez was second at
132 pounds, Manny Guti-
errez third at 138 pounds,
Jose Romero second at 145
pounds, Josue Aguilera third
at 152 pounds, and Alex
Walls third at 160 pounds.
Heppner’s day was high-
lighted by Cord Flynn’s
championship at 220 pounds,
when he pinned Southridge’s
Atsamaz Pliev at the 3:30
mark of the match, keeping
his season record at a per-
fect 8-0. Heppner nearly had
two championships on the
day, though, but Trevor An-
tonucci came up short at 113
pounds as he lost to Tanner
Bushman by pin at 1:42 to
settle for second place.
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Irrigon Placers
106 — Alexus Williams, 4th
126 — Luis Cardenas, 6th
132 — Silvestre Olguin-Vasquez, 2nd
138 — Manny Gutierrez, 3rd; Michael
Fuzi, 5th
145 — Jose Romero, 2nd; Damon Sawyer
5th
152 — Josue Aguilera, 3rd
160 — Alex Walls, 3rd; Adrian Gutierrez, 6th
170 — Colby Krogh, 4th; Franco Sanchez,
6th
182 — Christian Michaels, 4th
195 — Kevin Murgia, 4th
220 — Tucker McAllister, 5th
Heppner Placers
113 — Trevor Antonucci, 2nd
126 — Leo Waite, 4th
220 — Cord Flynn, 1st (def. Atsamaz Pliev
(Southridge) by fall, 3:30
HERMISTON Placers
106 — Isaac Lambert, 2nd
120 — Augustus Blackhurst, 6th
132 — Clemente Cardenas, 6th
138 — Jadon Estes, 4th
170 — Zach Kirkpatrick, 5th
220 — Sean Stewart, 6th
285 — Cody Wizner, 2nd; Garrett Hills, 4th
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Local slate
PREP BOYS BASKETBALL
Today
Umatilla at Pilot Rock, 4:30 p.m.
Hermiston vs. TBD (at Crescent Valley
Tournament), TBD
Thursday’s Games
Nixyaawii at Umatilla, 7:30 p.m.
PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL
Today’s Games
Umatilla at Pilot Rock, 3 p.m.
De La Salle North Catholic vs. Stanfield
(at Toledo Beach Bash), 8 a.m.
Thursday’s Games
Nixyaawii at Umatilla, 6 p.m.
PREP WRESTLING
Today
Hermiston at Best of West (at Pasco,
WA), 10 a.m.
Thursday
Hermiston at Best of West (at Pasco,
WA), 10 a.m.
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