STANFIELD – The Tigers overcame a big first quarter deficit, rallying

to take the Blue Mountain Conference win 68-63 over the TigerScots

Friday and preserving their place atop the league standings.

Casey Irving led the Tigers (12-7, 10-1 BMC) with 21 points and 10

rebounds. Matt Ellis and Tyler Hawkins added 11 points each while Matt

Dunlap scored 10 points.

    The TigerScots (5-15, 3-8 BMC) took a

17-5 lead at the end of the first period and looked to be in control,

but the Tigers came back with a 23-10 second quarter to lead by one

(28-27) at the half.

With a 27-14 run in the third quarter, the Tigers took their largest

lead of the game, but the TigerScots were not rolling over.

    “They started bombing 3-pointers in the

fourth and made it interesting,” Stanfield coach Daniel Sharp said.

    Weston-McEwen ended up with five buckets

from beyond the arc but fell short in the end.

Jacob Cain led the TigerScots with 14 points, Miles Thul had 13, Shae

Nelson put in 12 and Brian Duke added 11 points.

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WMHS   

       

 17   

10    14   

22    –    63

STANFIELD   

5    23   

27    13   

–    68

    WESTON-McEWEN

(5-15, 3-8) – Jacob Cain 14, Thul 13, Nelson 12, Duke 11,

Sohappy 3, Huntsman 3, Davidson 2, Clark 5.

    STANFIELD

(12-7, 10-1) – Casey Irving 21, Ellis 11, Hawkins 11,

Dunlap 10, Griffin 5, Ibarra 6, Esquivel 3, Watson 1, Blackburn.

    3-point

field goals – Weston-McEwen 5, Stanfield 1. Free throws –

Weston-McEwen 8-14, Stanfield 17-38. Fouls –

Weston-McEwen 23, Stanfield 7. Fouled

out – Blackburn (Stanfield).

 

PILOT ROCK 75, ELGIN 53 –

In Elgin, the Rockets (15-4, 9-2 Blue Mountain Confrence) outshot the

Huskies (2-18, 1-10 BMC) for a 10-point lead by the half, and never

looked back.

    The biggest benefactors from the hot

shooting night were Chance Bandy and Tyrel Graham, who scored a

combined 41 points against Elgin. The two also collected double-doubles

for the Rockets as Bandy dished out 11 assists and Graham hauled in 12

rebounds.

    The Rockets will next face Enterprise

today in Pilot Rock.

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PILOT

ROCK       

21    21   

14    19   

–    75

ELGIN   

       

       

18    14   

 17     

8    –    53

    PILOT

ROCK (15-4, 9-2 BMC) – Tyrel Graham 21, Bandy 20, Mitchell

11, Byrnes 7, Grosjaques 6, Lazinka 6, Snodgrass 4, Hascall, Norquist,

Mascall, Cutler

    ELGIN

(2-18, 1-10 BMC) – Kyle Miller 16, Hardy 9, Whitemann 8,

Predmore 7, Moore 7, Burgess 4, Stone 2

    3-point

field goals – Pilot Rock 7, Elgin 2. Free throws – Pilot

Rock 8-20, Elgin 7-12. Fouls

– Pilot Rock 10, Elgin 20.

UNION 58, HEPPNER 57 –

In Heppner, a last-ditched three-point shot from the Bobcats’ (11-9,

7-4 BMC) Kaden Titus was the difference in this BMC battle.

    The Mustangs (13-6, 8-3 BMC) had been

flat all game, according to coach Forrest McKinnis, and it finally bit

them in the fourth quarter in which they were outscored 23-16.

    Nacho Elguezabal led Heppner with 18

points and Lane Bailey finished with 12, but McKinnis noted that when

the team travels to Weston-McEwen today, they will have to come out

with much better energy.

—

UNION   

       

    9   

13    13   

23    –    58

HEPPNER   

    15   

13    13   

16    –    57

    UNION

(11-9, 7-4 BMC) – Brian Savely 20, O’Brien 16, K. Langford

7, B. Savely 6, Titus 5, Kimball 4

    HEPPNER

(13-6, 8-3 BMC) – Nacho Elguezabal 18, Bailey 12,

Huddleston 11, Rauch 6, Lien 5, Van Cleave 5, Eckman, Britt

    3-point

field goals – Union 4, Heppner 3. Free throws – Union

8-13, Heppner 10-19. Fouls

– Union 14, Heppner 18.

RIVERSIDE 45, UMATILLA 42

– In Boardman, the Pirates (11-8, 3-3 Eastern Oregon

League) avenged two earlier defeats to the rival Vikings (12-7, 3-3

EOL) with a tremendous defensive effort and some timely free throws

down the stretch.

    “The kids were pumped up today,”

Riverside coach Clair Costello said. “They pretty much did what I told

them and they came away with a win.”

    Defense was the key for the Pirates

Friday, as they held Umatilla to just 42 points and Calen Morelli put

the clamps on Steven Williams, allowing nine to the Vikings’ leading

scorer.

—

UMATILLA   

    8   

6    9   

  19   

–    42

RIVERSIDE   

    9   

8    10   

18    –    45

    UMATILLA

(12-7, 3-3 EOL) – Nathan Creason 15, Williams 9, Bursell

6, Navarette 4, Russell 3, Bieren 3, Johnstone 2, Stice

    RIVERSIDE

(11-8, 3-3 EOL) – Jose Barajas 12, Norling 10, Doherty 8,

Morelli 8, VanGorder 5, Simpson 2, Hendricks, Martinez, Armstrong

    3-point

field goals – Umatilla 1, Riverside 2. Free throws –

Umatilla 14-23, Riverside 5-11. Fouls

– Umatilla 15, Riverside 21. Fouled out – Barajas

(Riverside).

IONE 55, NIXYAAWII 38 –

In Mission, despite a game-high 19 points from Shawn Simpson, the

Golden Eagles (8-12, 4-8 Big Sky Conference-East) couldn’t find the key

to cracking one of the top teams in the BSC-E as the Cardinals (12-8,

8-4 BSC-E) maintained firm hold on second place with the win Friday.

    Alan Rietmann led the cardinals with 11

while Kip Krebs and Paul Hams each added 10.

    “(Ione) is just a balanced attack,”

Nixyaawii coach Aaron Noisey said. “It seemed like everybody on their

team scored.”

—

IONE   

       

       

14    9   

18    14   

–    55

NIXYAAWII   

    6   

10    14   

8    –    38

   

IONE (12-8, 8-4 BSC-E) – Alan Rietmann 11, P. Hams 10,

Krebs 10, M. Hams 7, Morter 6, Fowler 6, Archer 5.

   

NIXYAAWII (8-12, 4-8 BSC-E) – Shawn Simpson 19, Case 10,

Ball 3, Van Pelt 2, Crawford 2, Sampson 2.

    3-point

field goals – Ione 4, Nixyaawii 2. Free throws – Ione

9-17, Nixyaawii 6-11. Fouls

– Ione 13, Nixyaawii 14. Fouled out – Sampson

(Nixyaawii). Technicals –

Simpson (Nixyaawii).

ECHO 69, HELIX 40 –

In Helix, the Cougars kept the Grizzlies from getting their first win

of the season with the Big Sky Conference East victory.

    Andy McFarlane led the Cougars (8-11,

6-6 BSC) with 20 points, aided by Dustin and Devin Christensen with 15

and 12 points, respectively.

    Garrett Swaggart paced the Grizzlies

(0-20, 0-12 BSC) with 16 points.

    “Our pressure defense was the key to our

victory,” Echo coach Aaron Shepard said. “From the tip-off we came out

and executed our game plan.”

—

ECHO   

18    18   

16    17   

–    69

HELIX   

4     

 9   

16    11   

–    40

    ECHO

(8-11, 6-6) – Dustin Christensen 15, Andy McFarlane 20,

Devin Christensen 12, Munoz 9, Ramos 9, McCallum 2, Danner 2, Colgrove,

Harris, Marcum, Ibarra, Eby.

    HELIX

(0-20, 0-12) – Garrett Swaggart 16, Raymond 5, L. Swaggart

2, Rogers 1, Dorgan 2, Young 4, Bushman 2, Allen 1, Zimmerman 7, Rohde,

Clark.

    3-point

field goals – Echo 7, Helix 1. Free throws – Echo

14-24, Helix 13-20. Fouls

– Echo 18, Helix 20. Technicals

– Devin Christensen, bench (Echo).

Girls’

Basketball

UNION 39, HEPPNER 31 –

In Heppner, the Bobcats kept their Blue Mountain Conference record

perfect after the matchup of the top two programs in the league.

    Shoshoni Walker paced the Bobcats (18-2,

11-0 BMC) with 15 points in the largely defensive battle. Neither team

scored more than 11 points in any quarter.

    The Mustangs (12-7, 7-4 BMC) were down

28-24 going into the final period and would not get any closer.

    Kristen Van Cleave led the Mustangs with

11 points while Megan Orr added 10 points.

    “It was a defensive battle,” Heppner

coach Mark Dowdy said. “We turned the corner defensively but fell short

on offense.”

—

UNION   

       

  6   

11    11   

11    –    39

HEPPNER   

    7   

  6   

11     

7    –    31

    UNION

(18-2, 11-0) – Shoshoni Walker 15, Anderson 8, Stratton 5,

Reynolds 4, Williams 2, Poe 5, Longwell, Graves.

    HEPPNER

(12-7, 7-4) – Kristen Van Cleave 11, Orr 10, Kempas 4,

Kilkenny 2, Betsinger 2, Hughes, Doherty, McElligott, Price.

    3-point

field goals – Union 3, Heppner 2. Free throws – Union

18-26, Heppner 7-16. Fouls

– Union 14, Heppner 20. Fouled out – Orr

(Heppner).

NIXYAAWII 74, IONE 37 –

In Mission, the Golden Eagles stay atop the Big Sky Conference East

with the win over the Cardinals.

    Suzette White Owl led the Eagles (19-1,

11-1 BSC) with 13 points. Charidy Edgmand had 12 points while Mariah

Watchman and Chelsey Minthorn had 11 points each.

    The Eagles jumped out to a 22-7 lead

after one quarter and were up 43-17 at the half.

    “We were shooting well from the outside

and pretty much overwhelmed them,” Nixyaawii coach Jeremy Maddern said.

    Beth Morter led the Cardinals with 10

points.

—

IONE   

     

       

     

7    10   

 9   

11    –    37

NIXYAAWII   

    22   

21    21   

10    –    74

    IONE

(7-13, 4-8) – Beth Morter 10, Heagy 3, Vandever 2,

Camarillo 4, Rietmann 4, Palmateer 6, Svetich 5, E. Rietmann 3.

    NIXYAAWII

(19-1, 11-1) – Suzette White Owl 13, Watchman 11, C.

Minthorn 11, Edgmand 12, Ganuelas 2, Withers 9, Kash Kash 4, Perry 3,

Miller 3, V. Minthorn 2, Begay 4.

    3-point

field goals – Ione 3, Nixyaawii 3. Free throws – Ione

10-20, Nixyaawii 9-22. Fouls

– Ione 18, Nixyaawii 14.

HELIX 67, ECHO 33 –

In Helix, Kylee Rogers scored 23 points, leading the Grizzlies to the

Big Sky Conference East victory.

    The Grizzlies (14-6, 10-2 BSC) came out

shooting, leading 24-6 after one quarter and did not let up after that.

    Ashley Gregerson paced the Cougars

(3-14, 3-8 BSC) with eight points. Britney Smith added 13 points to the

Helix effort.

    “We got off to an extremely fast start,”

Helix coach Randy McKone said. “Kylee Rogers shot the ball real well

tonight.”

—

ECHO   

       

6    12   

8   

   7   

–    33

HELIX   

    24   

19    11   

13    –    67

    ECHO

(3-14, 3-8) – Ashley Gregerson 8, T. Tarvin 5, Swaggart

2, Hoover 3, Reese 2, Ferge 2, McAuslan 1, Larramende 2, Jordan 4, R.

Tarvin 2, Hilliard 2.

    HELIX

(14-6, 10-2) – Kylee Rogers 23, Smith 13, Terjeson 4, Ely

5, Schroeder 3, McNary 2, Hack 9, McMurray 8.

   

3-point field goals  – Echo 1, Helix 4. Free throws – Echo

12-23, Helix 9-24. Fouls

– Echo 22, Helix 20.

ARLINGTON 38, CASCADE

LOCKS 17 – In Cascade Locks, the Honkers picked up their

second Big Sky Conference victory Friday.

    Ashley Weatherall led the Honkers (3-15,

2-9 BSC) with 12 points.

    “We did a little half-court trap and

tired them out in the second half,” Arlington coach Kevin Ball said.

The Honkers kept Cascade Locks (2-14, 1-11 BSC) scoreless in the third

period.

—

ARLINGTON   

    8   

11    8   

11    –    38

CLHS   

       

       

  5     

4    0   

  8   

–    17

    ARLINGTON

(3-15, 2-9) – Ashley Weatherall 12, J. Mundy 6, Evans 6,

M. Evans 6, Jones 2, N. Weatherall 4, T. Mundy 2, J. Weatherall, Bailey.

    CASCADE

LOCKS (2-14, 1-11) – Mikayla Ryan 6, Rutherford 3, Mohr 4,

Stratton 4, Harbaugh, Hudson, Jenkins, Cantwell.

    3-point

field goals – Arlington 2, Cascade Locks 0. Free throws –

Arlington 6-18, Cascade Locks 7-29. Fouls

– Arlington 26, Cascade Locks 19. Fouled out – T.

Mundy (Arlington), Ryan, Cantwell (Cascade Locks).

UMATILLA 57, RIVERSIDE 22

– In Boardman, the Vikings (7-11, 2-4 EOL) scored 36

points to the Pirates’ (1-18, 0-6 EOL) 10 in the first half and won

going away to complete the sweep of their rivals.

    Ashley Borden and Kassie Kennedy led the

Vikings with 12 points each and three players total finished in double

figures.

    Cimrey McLaughlin finished as the

leading scorer for Riverside with 10.

—

UMATILLA   

    17   

19    8   

13    –    57

RIVERSIDE   

   

 4     

 6   

4     

8    –    22

    UMATILLA

(7-11, 2-4 EOL) – Kassie Kennedy 12, Ashley Borden 12, J.

Vandever 10, Castanon 6, A. Vandever 5, Harris 4, Mendoza 3, Perez 2,

Hurford 2, Hodges 1

    RIVERSIDE

(1-18, 0-6 EOL) – Cimrey McLaughlin 10, McCullough 9,

Velasquez 2, Jo. Mittlesdorf 1

    Free

throws – Umatilla 12-24, Riverside 2-16. Fouls – Umatilla 18,

Riverside 18. Fouled out

– Borden (Umatilla).

ELGIN 43, PILOT?ROCK?39 –

In Elgin, the Huskies (10-10, 6-5 Blue Mountain Conference) hit 16 of

30 from the charity stripe to beat the Rockets (11-8, 4-7 BMC) in

conferecne action Friday.

WESTON-MCEWEN 45,

STANFIELD?35 – In Stanfield, the TigerScots (12-8, 6-5

Blue Mountain Conferecne) picked up a league win over the Tigers (4-14,

3-8 BMC) Friday.