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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2018
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DEFENDING THE DAWG HOUSE
Andreason leads the
way for Hermiston
with 23 points in
home win over
Lewiston
By ANNIE FOWLER
STAFF WRITER
H
ermiston doesn’t much like
to lose, no matter the sport.
When the Bulldogs were
trailing by three with one
quarter to play, they turned
on the jets to the tune of 31 points
in the fourth quarter to post a 72-63
victory over Lewiston in their sea-
son opener Friday at the Dawg
House.
“It definitely looked like our first
game,” Hermiston coach Casey
Arstein said. “We have a lot to work
on, but it was nice to come away
with the win.”
Cole Smith scored nine of his 13
points in the fourth quarter, while
Jordan Ramirez and Ryne Andrea-
son each had seven.
“They are good,” Lewiston coach
Jayson Ulrich said. “I told the guys
this doesn’t hurt us in the league
standings. This is why we play these
games, to help prepare us for league
play.”
Helping the Bulldogs in the fourth
quarter was their stellar shooting
at the free-throw line, where they
made 12 of 14 shots.
“When they started making their
free throws, they stretched out their
lead,” Ulrich said.
Andrew James scored seven of
his 12 points in the first quarter as
the Bulldogs took a 17-10 lead.
Lewiston (1-1) outscored Herm-
iston 14-13 in the second, but the
Bulldogs would take a 30-24 lead
into the locker room at the half.
Lewiston, which led 6-5 in the
first quarter, would not lead again
until the third quarter when George
Forsmann scored for a 39-38 Ben-
gals lead.
A 3-pointer by Andreason tied
the score at 41-41, but Lewiston
took the lead back with a 3 by Jace
McKarcher to make it 44-41.
Back-to-back baskets by Cole
Smith tied the score at 45-45 in the
fourth, and the Bulldogs used a 12-3
run over a span of 2:10 to take a
57-48 lead.
“When we got down, they guys
came together and bounced back,”
Arstein said. “We did a better job in
the second half.”
Andreason led the Bulldogs
with 23 points, while Smith had 13,
James 12 and Cesar Ortiz 11 — all
in the second half.
“It was pretty sloppy, but a win is
a win,” Andreason said. “I knew we
would have a push at the end.”
Donaven Santana hit a 3 with 9
seconds left in the game for the Ben-
gals, but his game-high 26 points
wasn’t enough to keep his team in
the game.
“We struggled shooting the ball,”
Ulrich said. “We got the looks we
wanted, they just didn’t fall tonight.”
Hermiston hosted La Grande
on Tuesday night, but the results
weren’t available by press time.
“It was pretty
sloppy, but a win
is a win. I knew
we would have a
push at the end.”
Ryne Andreason
——
Lewiston 10 14 20 19 - 63
Hermiston 17 13 11 31 - 72
LEWISTON - McKarcher 3, Lang 5, Johnson
4, Mullikin 8, Santana 26, Forsmann 6, Van
Boeyen 11.
HERMISTON - Andreason 23, Ortiz 11,
James 12, Smith 13, Davis 2, Ramirez 9,
Mendez 2.
ABOVE:
Hermiston’s
Jordan Ramirez
collides with
Lewiston’s
George Forsmann
in the Bulldogs’
72-63 win against
the Bengals.
RIGHT:
Hermiston’s
Andrew James
shoots the ball
over Lewiston’s
Donaven Santana.
STAFF PHOTO
BY E.J. HARRIS
PREP ROUNDUP
Umatilla beats Gervais, will host tourney this week
HERMISTON HERALD
The Umatilla boys and girls
basketball team traveled to Ver-
nonia in northwestern Oregon
on Friday and Saturday for a
tournament.
The boys opened Friday with a
narrow 57-56 loss to the hosts as
Vernonia hit a deep three-pointer
in the final seconds to down Uma-
tilla in the nonleague matchup.
“Vernonia got a lot of tough
shots on us. We were down the
whole game,” said Vikings coach
Scott Bow. Andrew Earl led with
18 points. Uriel Garcia had 16,
and Trent Durfey 15.
The boys closed out the tourna-
ment with a bang, crushing Ger-
vais 82-36 in a Saturday afternoon
game. Sebastian Garcia put up 25
points for the Vikings, Garcia had
18, and Luis Castro had 16.
The Umatilla girls dropped
their tournament opener 46-12 to
host Vernonia and on Saturday
lost to Gervais 51-16.
Umatilla will host the three-day
Columbia River Clash beginning
Thursday.
Stanfield
The Stanfield girls found their
groove Saturday at the Sherman
County Tournament in Moro,
topping the host Huskies 57-35.
Savannah Sharp was the top
scorer with 13 points, followed
by Alexis Shelby with nine, and
Kylee McClure with eight.
It was an improvement from
Friday night, when the Stanfield
girls couldn’t keep pace with the
Culver Bulldogs to open the tour-
nament, turning the ball over 30
times. Megan Wampler led Stan-
field with 5. Sharp and Aileen
Galarza each had 4.
The Stanfield boys found
redemption on Friday following
a Thursday loss, downing Cul-
ver 58-52 at the Sherman County
Tournament in Moro, then fell
to the host Huskies 56-40 on
Saturday.
The Tigers were on the road
Tuesday to play Nixyaawii.
See PREPS, A11
Hermiston takes fifth in wrestling
HERMISTON HERALD
The Hermiston Bulldogs fin-
ished fifth Saturday at the Tyrone
S. Woods Memorial Tournament
in Oregon City.
Isaac Lambert finished sec-
ond at 120 pounds for Hermis-
ton, getting pinned by Ryan Ball
of Camas in 5:22.
Adrian Delgado finished
third at 113 pounds, earning a
10-3 major decision over Ethan
Ritchie of Sherwood in the plac-
ing match.
At 160, Trevor Wagner was
third, topping Ryan Boucher of
Lakeridge 10-6.
Zayne Helfer finished third
at 106 pounds, pinning Anthony
Branch of Jefferson in 29 seconds
in his final match.
At 138 pounds, Jordan Frank-
lin placed fourth for the Bulldogs,
losing a 9-7 overtime match to
Henry Fillmore of Lake Oswego.
Greg Shipley was sixth at 132
pounds, getting pinned by Sage
Brown of Oregon City in 3:49 of
his final match.
Hermiston had two placers at
220, with Sean Stewart placing
fourth and Jonathan Lee finish-
ing fifth.
Stewart lost the third/fourth-
place match to Henry Schoenfeld
of Oregon City, getting pinned in
14 seconds.
Lee pinned Alex Kral of
Gresham in 3:59 in his final
match.
Hermiston will next wres-
tle Thursday at Chiawana High
School.