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PREP ROUNDUP
DAWGS LOSE TWO
By ANNIE FOWLER
STAFF WRITER
By ANNIE FOWLER
STAFF WRITER
F
or 11 minutes Friday
night,
Hermiston
hung with the best
team in the Mid-Co-
lumbia Conference.
But once Richland got
into the swing of things,
the Bulldogs found them-
selves in a whole heap of
trouble as the Bombers
rolled to an 86-59 victory
at the Dawg House.
“They are good,” Herm-
iston coach Casey Arstein
said. “We didn’t help our-
selves out with our shot
selection, and I’m a little
disappointed in our effort
on the boards. We have to
play better.”
Cole Northrop scored
a game-high 25 points
for the Bombers, who
improved to 7-0 in league
play and 9-2 overall.
“They played exactly
how we thought they
would,” Richland coach
Earl Streufert said of the
Bulldogs. “They had the
intensity in the first quar-
ter. We struggled defen-
sively to start, but the end
of the first and start of the
second, we played tough.”
The Bulldogs came
out and took control in
the first quarter as Jordan
Ramirez scored nine of his
13 points to give the Bull-
dogs a 19-15 lead.
Hermiston led 14-4 with
3:50 left in the first, but
five points from Northrop
helped close the gap.
With 41 seconds to play
in the quarter, Northrop
scored again to make it
16-13, but Cesar Ortiz
drilled a 3-pointer from
the left wing for a 19-13
lead.
Ryan Kriskovich scored
with two seconds left for a
four-point ball game.
The Bulldogs extended
their lead to 21-15 with a
bucket by Ryne Andreason
to open the second quar-
ter, but those would be
the only points Hermiston
would scored until Ortiz
hit a shot with 39 seconds
left.
In the middle, the
Bombers went on a scor-
ing spree. Northrop had 10
points and Garrett Streu-
fert four, as the Bombers
took a 35-23 lead at the
half.
“I thought we dug in in
the second and things got
better offensively,” coach
Streufert said.
The Bulldogs (8-2, 4-2)
fared no better in the third
quarter, where the Bomb-
ers went on a 31-16 run,
fueled by 13 points from
Dhaunye Guice, including
three 3-pointers.
“You have to be able
to withstand Richland’s
runs,” Arstein said. “When
they went on those two
runs, we couldn’t match
them. The second quar-
ter killed us, and giving
up 31 in the third. You are
not going to beat teams in
this league giving up 86
points.”
The teams played an
even fourth quarter, but
it was too late for the
Bulldogs.
Ortiz also had 13 points
for Hermiston, while
Andreason and Adrian
Mendez each added 10.
HERMISTON
AT
KAMIAKIN
After a hot start to the
Echo edges
out Ione
Boys basketball
ECHO 48, IONE 45 — The
Echo Cougars inched past Ione
for their first Big Sky League
win on Jan. 4.
When the score was tied at
38-38, Braden MacPherson
scored one at the line and Jon
Medrano hit one from the field
to pull Echo ahead once and for
all.
Devan Craig led the Cougars
with 17 points, and shot 4-4 at
the line.
Echo (1-4, 2-11) travels to
South Wasco County on Friday.
Ione (0-5, 1-11) hosts Arlington
on Tuesday.
KNAPPA 76, STANFIELD
34 — The Tigers dropped a non-
league road game to Knappa on
Jan. 4.
Rene Sanchez led Stanfield
(1-2, 4-10) with nine points.
“Honestly, we didn’t play
terrible; Knappa is just a super
athletic team,” said coach Devin
Bailey. “They’re going to com-
pete at the state level. This game
helped us gauge where we are
as a team.”
Stanfield will resume the
Blue Mountain Conference on
Friday at Union.
Girls basketball
IONE 52, ECHO 49 — Ione
remains undefeated in the Big
Sky League after escaping with
a home win over Echo on Jan. 4.
Jessica Medina posted 19
points to lead the Cardinals, and
Marie Chretien had 16. Rachel
McCarty scored a game-high 20
points for the Cougars.
Ione (4-0, 9-2) host Arling-
ton on Tuesday. Echo (3-1, 5-7)
travel to South Wasco County
on Friday.
STANFIELD 50, KNAPPA
48 — In a Jan. 4 nonleague road
game, the Tigers barely made
off with a win over Knappa.
Knappa led 28-25 at the half,
but Stanfield outscored them
11-10 in the third quarter and
14-10 in the fourth to take the
victory.
Kendra Hart scored a game-
high 26 points for the Tigers
(2-1, 8-6). They pick up the
Blue Mountain Conference
again on Friday at Union.
Kathy Aney/Staff photographer
Hermiston’s Andrew James drives past Richland’s Matthew Kump (30) on his way to the basketball Friday at the Dawg
House.
season, the Hermiston
Bulldogs have cooled off.
Winners of seven on a
row to open their first sea-
son in the Mid-Columbia
Conference, the Bulldogs
have dropped three con-
ference games in a row, the
latest being a 67-51 road
loss Saturday to Kamiakin.
“I don’t think we were
ready to play,” Hermiston
coach Casey Arstein said.
“I thought they didn’t play
with any energy. I was dis-
appointed in our attitude.
It was an ugly game to
coach and an ugly game to
watch.”
Steven
Westermeyer
had 19 points, and Mes-
siah Jones added 17 to lead
the Braves, who improved
to 4-3 in MCC play.
“We had good flow,
shared the ball and played
to our strengths,” Kami-
akin coach Brian Meneely
said. “We were able to
make some outside shots
and have balance in our
offense. Trey (Arland) and
Steve made some jumps
shots that opened things
up for us.”
The Bulldogs (8-3
overall, 4-3 MCC) were a
bit undersized compared
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Sergio Madrigal, of Hermiston, takes aim from the corner
during Friday’s game against the Richland Bombers at the
Dawg House.
to the Braves, who aver-
aged 6-foot-4 among their
starting five, but they were
able to match Kamiakin
point for point in the first
quarter.
Ryne Andreason scored
seven of his team-high 19
points in the first as the
teams were tied at 13.
Andreason poured in
nine points in the second
quarter, but the Bulldogs
would trail 32-30 at the
half as Jones and Wester-
meyer each had six points
to pace the Braves.
“I thought (Andreason)
was really good in the first
half,” Meneely said. “We
moved Messiah to him,
and tweaked some things
to make it harder on him.
They are a really good
team. Casey does a good
job of getting them to play
to their strengths. It will be
a battle the next time we
play.”
The Braves used two
separate six-point runs in
the third quarter, and got a
big 3-pointer from Arland
at the buzzer to take a
53-38 lead into the fourth
quarter. Arland finished
with 12 points.
Cesar Ortiz added
11 points, and Jordan
Ramirez 10 for the Bull-
dogs, who will host Walla
Walla on Tuesday.
“We have dug ourselves
a hole,” Arstein said. “We
can either dig ourselves
out or get buried.”
WRESTLING
Bulldogs place 2 at
Gut Check Invite
Hermiston had two wres-
tlers place at 220 pounds Satur-
day at the Gut Check Invite at
ShoWare Center in Kent.
Jon Lee finished sixth, drop-
ping the fifth/sixth placing
match 2-0 to Levi Kovacs of
Tahoma.
Sean
Stewart
finished
eighth, getting pinned in his
final match by Edan Cisnernos
of Forks in a time of 4:27.
The Bulldogs will return
to Mid-Columbia Conference
action Thursday at Hanford,
where they also will wrestle
Kamiakin.
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