MADRAS – The Pendleton girls’ basketball team picked up right where

Hermiston left off Friday and ran over the Madras White Buffalos 61-32

Saturday.

    The win, which the team was expecting,

leads the Buckaroos (14-7, 6-5 IMC) into the season’s most significant

homestand where they will battle Mountain View, Bend and Hermiston for

as high as second place in the league, depending on other games.

    “They’re ready for that homestand,”

coach Ryan Sams said. “It’s a huge weekend where we can lock up a

playoff spot, and they’re two games we should win.”

    Lynette Minthorn posted monster numbers

Saturday, scoring 20 points in the first half and 24 total as the Bucks

emptied the bench on the Buffalos (1-20, 0-10 IMC).

    Alexis Doutre played a strong second

scorer with 14 points, and Shanna Treloar distributed 12 assists.

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PENDLETON   

    17   

16    15   

13    –    61

MADRAS   

       

    7   

 2   

12    11   

–    32

    PENDLETON – Jenny

Beamer 9, Kristen Hoeft 3, Shanna Treloar 5, Alexis Doutre 14, Corlissa

Koeler 3, Kelly Demineaux 3, Lynette Minthorn 24, Jessica Sanchez,

Rachel Treloar, Stephanie Breshears, Kelsey Swearingen, Shasta Vogler,

Cree Enright, Makayla McKay, Gracie Moore.

   

MADRAS –

Graybeal 7, Ahern 9, Gutierrez, Wahnetah 4, Leutwiler 8, Olney 2,

Suppah 2, Danzuka, Smith.

    3-point field goals –

Pendleton 2, Madras 1.

Free throws – Pendleton 9-18, Madras 1-4. Fouls – Pendleton 6,

Madras 11.

CONDON-WHEELER 48,

SHERMAN 38 – In Fossil, the Knights (18-5, 11-4 Big Sky)

ended the regular season on a high note and beat the Huskies (14-10,

11-5 Big Sky) in a game that forced Sherman into a tie for second in

the Big Sky-West with Dufur.

    The Knights’ offense ran through Megan

Greenfield, who posted an impressive 26 points and 18 rebounds.

    “Our game plan was to keep them from

penetrating on defense and get the ball inside on offense,” coach Jenny

Deluca said. “We did both pretty well.”

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SHERMAN   

       

       

   

 7   

8    10   

13    –    38

CONDON-WHEELER   

    13   

12    8   

15    –    48

    SHERMAN (14-10, 11-5 Big Sky) –

Bailey Nogel 16, Funkhouser 7, J. VonBorstel 2, Simantel 1, Sharp, C.

VonBorstel 6, Buzman 2, K. Cunningham 2, Coleman 2.

   

CONDON-WHEELER (18-5,

11-4 Big Sky) – Megan Greenfield 26, Fitzsimmons, Moore 2,

Hankins 7, Kennedy, Wagenaar 2, Heidy 4, Kayser 2.

    3-point field goals –

Sherman 2, Condon-Wheeler 0. Free

throws – Sherman 6-18, Condon-Wheeler 10-23. Fouls – Sherman 22,

Condon-Wheeler 16. Fouled

out – J. VonBorstel (Sherman).

NIXYAAWII 48, SOUTH WASCO

36 – In Mission, the battle of the best from the Big Sky

East and West favored the Golden Eagles (23-1, 15-1 BSC), who finished

regular season play with a win over the Redsides (16-7, 12-4 BSC).

    Both teams will enter this weekend’s

district tournament as top seeds, and Nixyaawii coach Jeremy Maddern

said the win gives his girls a nice advantage.

    “It could have been a preview of the

district championship,” he said.

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SOUTH

WASCO       

11    11   

   7   

7    –    36

NIXYAAWII   

       

   14   

10    14   

10    –    48

   

SOUTH WASCO (16-7, 12-4

Big Sky) – Megan Farrow 10, O’Neal 8, Bridget 2, Alsup 5,

Pierce 2, Hauser 9, Harris.

   

NIXYAAWII (23-1, 15-1 Big

Sky) – Mariah Watchman 14, Cheridy Edgmand 14, Guaneles 7,

Withers 4, WhiteOwl 7, Minthorn 2, Kash Kash, Begay, Miller, B.

Minthorn.

   

3-point field goals –

South Wasco 0, Nixyaawii 1. Free

throws – South Wasco 15-30, Nixyaawii 9-18. Fouls – South Wasco

14, Nixyaawii 23. Fouled

out – Kash Kash (Nixyaawii).

ELGIN 53, IRRIGON 33 –

In Elgin, the Huskies (11-12, 7-7 BMC) earned a trip to the district

tournament with a win over the Knights (3-18, 0-14 BMC).

    Teresa Witherspoon led the way for Elgin

with 17 points – nine in the first quarter – but Irrigon coach Jake

McElligott said he was glad to see his girls stay tough and outscore

the opposition in the second half.

    Elgin will play Pilot Rock Tuesday for

the fourth seed in the conference.

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ELGIN   

   

  20   

14    6   

13    –    53

IRRIGON   

    2   

8    10   

13    –    33

   

ELGIN (11-12, 7-7 Blue

Mountain) – Teresa Witherspoon 17, Burgess 4, Enitch 2,

Plummer 7, Ludwig 11, Silver 2, McClune 3, Perez 3, Campbell 2, Knapp

2, Robin, Gwentert.

   

IRRIGON (3-18, 0-14 Blue

Mountain) – Yara Torres 9, Angulo 7, Coffman 8, Smith 4,

Wright 3, Taylor 2, Wagner, Tolar, Hendricks.

   

3-point field goals –

Elgin 2, Irrigon 3. Free

throws – Elgin 8-12, Irrigon 2-9. Fouls – Elgin 14,

Irrigon 16.

UMATILLA 58, NYSSA 41 –

In Umatilla, Ashley Borden went off for a season-high 30 points on

senior night for the Vikings (8-11, 3-4 Eastern Oregon League) to keep

them alive for a playoff spot.

    According to coach Cindy Roxbury the

Vikings gained a lot of confidence from their narrow loss to Vale

Friday.

—

NYSSA   

       

  5   

16     

5    15   

–    41

UMATILLA   

   

 8   

21    17   

12    –    58

   

NYSSA (9-10, 3-5 EOL) –

S. Froerer 15, Escovedo 7, Flagstaff 5, Booth 5, Ramos 3, Wilson 2,

Armerta 2, Bittenger 2.

   

UMATILLA (8-11, 3-4 EOL) –

Ashley Borden 30, J. Vandever 11, A. Vandever 7, Kennedy 6, Hurford 2,

Castanon 2.

   

3-point field goals –

Nyssa 7, Umatilla 0. Free

throws – Nyssa 1-5, Umatilla 16-29. Fouls – Nyssa 21,

Umatilla 14. Fouled out –

Froerer, Bittenger (Nyssa).

HELIX 56, CASCADE LOCKS

21 – In Helix, Kylee Rogers scored 17 and Addie Terjeson

added 14 to lead the Grizzlies (17-7, 13-3 Big Sky Conference-East)

Saturday in their season finale.

Helix overwhelmed the Pirates (2-18, 1-15 BSC-W) from the get-go,

leading 31-6 at the half.

The win sets up a meeting with Sherman County in the first round of the

BSC district tournament next week.

—

CASCADE

LOCKS    2   

  4   

 2   

 13   

–    21

HELIX   

       

       

 13   

18    15   

10    –    56

   

CASCADE LOCKS (2-18, 1-15

BSC-W) – Leah Stratton 6, Rutherford 5, Mohr 4, Harbaugh

2, Ryan 2, Cantwell 2.

   

HELIX (17-7, 13-3 BSC-E) –

Kylee Rogers 17, Terjeson 14, Smith 8, McMurray 8, Schroeder 4, Hack 3,

Talley 2.

    3-point field goals –

Cascade Locks 1, Helix 3. Free

throws – Cascade Locks 4-20, Helix 9-25. Fouls – Cascade

Locks 19, Helix 21. Fouled

out – Harbaugh (Cascade Locks). Technicals – Bench

(Cascade Locks).

Boys’ basketball

UMATILLA 59, NYSSA 39 –

In Umatilla, the Vikings (14-7, 5-3 EOL) moved into second place in the

Eastern Oregon League with a shot at first this coming weekend.

    Umatilla coach Tony Villanueva

attributed holding Nyssa (9-15, 3-6 EOL) to just 11 first-half points

to the victory, but said Steve Williams’ 20 points of his own were nice

as well.

    “Right now we’re really clicking on all

cylinders,” the coach said.

—

NYSSA   

       

   6   

5    13   

11    –    39

UMATILLA   

    17   

8    12   

22    –    59

    NYSSA – Eric Jensen

12, Fiscarelli 2, Glenn 11, Leos 9, Thornley 3, Martinez 2, Trinidad,

DeAnda, Spear.

   

UMATILLA –

Steve Williams 20, Russell 12, T. Pankey 3, Bieren 2, Navarette 12,

Johnston 6, Bursell 2, K. Pankey 2, Stice, Campos, Bedolla.

   

3-point field goals –

Nyssa 2-14, Umatilla 2-11. Free

throws – Nyssa 9-9, Umatilla 11-15. Fouls – Nyssa 14,

Umatilla 15. Technicals –

Coach (Nyssa).

SOUTH WASCO COUNTY 41,

NIXYAAWII 38 – In Mission, the Golden Eagles (10-14, 6-10

Big Sky) had a chance to lock up a trip to the Big Sky district

tournament but came up just short against the Big Sky-West’s third seed

Redsides (15-8, 11-5 Big Sky).

    The Eagles led the way into the final

minute of the game but turned the ball over three times and couldn’t

hit a last-second 3-pointer to send it into overtime.

    Shawn Simpson led Nixyaawii with 12

points and Casey Johnson paced South Wasco with 14.

Nixyaawii will play Echo Tuesday in Pendleton to determine the

BSC-E’s  third seed.

—

SOUTH

WASCO        

6    10   

15    10   

–    41

NIXYAAWII   

     

     

9    15   

  7     

7    –    38

    SOUTH WASCO (15-8, 11-5 Big Sky)

– Casey Johnson 14, Larlee 12, Warnock 9, Burgell 6,

Teoltino, Larsen, C. Johnson, Dove.

   

NIXYAAWII (10-14, 6-10

Big Sky) – Shawn Simpson 12, VanPelt 8, Case 8, Ball 5,

Robinson 4, Sterling 1.

   

3-point field goals –

South Wasco 1, Nixyaawii 4. Free

throws – South Wasco 2-4, Nixyaawii 6-10. Fouls – South Wasco

13, Nixyaawii 7.

DUFUR 59, ECHO 54 –

In Dufur, the Cougars (8-15, 6-10 BSC) missed their chance to lock down

a district tournament spot and fell to the Rangers (11-11, 9-7 BSC).

    Echo missed 20 free throws, hitting just

19 of 39 in the close game where 43 total fouls were committed.

Brothers Dustin and Devin Christensen both fouled out for Echo, though

Dustin led the team with 16 points.

    Micah Danner scored a career-high 11

points for the Cougars.

—

ECHO   

     

10    15   

12    17   

–    54

DUFUR   

    11   

13    22   

13    –    59

   

ECHO (8-15, 6-10 Big Sky)

– Dustin Christensen 16, Danner 11, Devin Christensen 9,

McFarlane 8, Sabotta 6, Ramos 4, McCallum, Munoz.

   

DUFUR (11-11, 9-7 Big

Sky) – Matt Hammel 22, M. Meanes 12, Frishman 8, Begay 7,

Young 6, Tibbets 2, L. Meanes 2, Trujaillo, Holland, Sutton, Demiel.

   

3-point field goals –

Echo 2, Dufur 2. Free

throws – Echo 19-39, Dufur 17-27. Fouls – Echo 22,

Dufur 21. Fouled out –

Christensen, Christensen (Echo), Hammel (Dufur).

IONE 67, ARLINGTON 60 –

In Arlington, Ethan Weiser put up a career best 28 points for the

Honkers (4-12, 8-15 BSC) to lead the game, but Arlington’s season ended

in a loss to the Cardinals (16-8, 12-4 BSC) who tied for first with

Condon-Wheeler.

    Sherman beat Condon-Wheeler 57-55.

    Paul Hams led the Cardinals with 19

points, but couldn’t keep up with junior Weiser who Arlington coach Ted

Proctor said, “couldn’t miss.”

—

IONE   

       

   

   19   

17    15   

16    –    67

ARLINGTON   

    16   

15    11   

18    –    60

    IONE – Paul Hams

19, Krebs 14, Morter 9, M. Hams 4, A. Rietmann 15, Archer 3, Peterson

2, T. Rietmann 1, Fowler, Ramos, Jessen.

   

ARLINGTON –

Ethan Weiser 28, Evans 2, Gabbey 6, Ball 17, Millett 7, Shane, Lopez,

Reed.

    3-point field goals –

Ione 3, Arlington 2. Free

throws – Ione 8-16, Arlington 6-11. Fouls – Ione 14,

Arlington 9. Fouled out –

Evans (Arlington).

IRRIGON 65, ELGIN 53 –

In Elgin, the Knights (5-16, 4-10 BMC) wrapped up their season with a

decisive victory over the Huskies (2-21, 1-13 BMC).

    Though Irrigon coach Abel Burnett felt

the team could have made a stronger run at the district tournament, he

said the win “put a good end to the season.”

    Jamie McKoon scored a game-high 19

points and Brandon Nunn backed him up with 17.

—

ELGIN   

       

21    10   

10    12   

–    53

IRRIGON   

    16   

14    15   

20    –    65

   

ELGIN (2-21, 1-13 BMC) –

Clint Predmore 12, Dalton Moore 12, Whiteman 4, Burgess 7, Hardy 9, K.

Miller 9, Stone, C. Miller, Hallgarth, Ludwig, Page.

   

IRRIGON (5-16, 4-10 Blue

Mountain) – Jamie McKoon 19, Nunn 17, Burnett 6, Hottel 8,

White 8, Leslie 1, Munoz 6.

   

3-point field goals –

Elgin 3, Irrigon 4. Free

throws – Elgin 4-14, Irrigon 15-24. Fouls – Elgin 19,

Irrigon 13. Fouled out –

Burgess, Predmore (Elgin).

CASCADE LOCKS 67, HELIX

37 – In Helix, a long season came to its end for the Helix

Grizzlies (0-24, 0-16) Saturday.

    Garrett Swaggart had another top-notch

performance in the losing effort with 16 points and 11 rebounds, both

team highs.

—

CASCADE

LOCKS       

18    17   

18    14   

–    67

HELIX   

       

       

       

6    12   

12     

7    –    37

   

CASCADE LOCKS (7-15,

4-12) – Daniel Nolan 23, Harbaugh 20, Prowett 11, Ryan 6,

J, Nolan 4, Muilenburg 3, Williams, Larsen, Rush, Sampson, Russell,

Quinton.

   

HELIX (0-24, 0-16) –

Garrett Swaggart 16, L. Swaggart 10, Rogers 3, Rohde 3, Zimmerman 2,

Sims 2, Young 1, Clark, Dorigan, Bushman, Allen.

   

3-point field goals –

Cacade Locks 6, Helix 4. Free

throws – Cascade Locks 9-12, Helix 3-5. Fouls – Cascade

Locks 8, Helix 10.