Posted: Saturday, December 15, 2007 12:00 am
Girls basketball
West Albany droppped its first game of the season to No. 3 Hermiston in Friday's opener of the Sherwood Yuletide Shootout.
Hermiston won 68-37.
After starting the game with a 6-0 lead, West surrendered 17 consecutive points to finish the first quarter and they continued to struggle with 28 turnovers.
Deijonae Slade led the Bulldogs with 11 points.
"We definitely have got a ways to go," said West Albany coach Craig Swanson. "Hermiston's a good team and they took advantage of our mistakes, but we've got a chance to regroup and I'm confident that we will."
West Albany (6-1) plays the loser of the Sherwood and The Dalles contest at 1:30 p.m. today.
Hermiston 68, West Albany 37
West Albany 6 11 6 14 - 37
Hermiston 17 15 21 15 - 68
West Albany (37)- D.J. Slade 11, Grady 7, Lepman 4, Martin 5, Johnston, Sitton 5, Erik Jamison 1, Silsby, Lukins, Hortch 1, Kastrava 3.
Hermiston (68)- Hannah Whitsit 16, McCloud 4, Web, Pedra 1, Von Arx 4, J. Schimmel 6, S. Schimmel 10, Stacona 6, Rowan 2, Davis 2, Royer 8, Koombs 6, Cobb 3.
Century 56, South Albany 44
Tiffany Bartlett scored 10 points and Amy Trower tallied five assists and five steals as South Albany played tough against the Jaguars but could not pull out a victory.
The bench kept the Rebels in the game.
"Chloe Mitchell and Taylor Mangan were great sparks off the bench in the second quarter," said Rebels coach Phil Smith.
South Albany (0-7) hosts Churchill on Tuesday.
Century 56, South Albany 44
South Albany 3 19 8 14 - 41
Century 19 14 14 9 -56
South Albany (44) - Tiffany Bartlett 10, Mitchell 6, Prince 5, Weber 4, Trower 4, Dixon 3, Lehman 3, Mangan 3, Schneider 2, Sherman 1, Schwartzendruber, Betherds.
Century (56) - Brittany Edwards 24, Martin 11, Neal 9, Gibbs-Brown 5, Baxter 3, James 3, Piller 1, Loftus, Green, Pingleton, McNealy.
Sisters 39, Sweet Home 35
The Huskies could not find their first win of the season, but they stayed close in a loss to visiting Sisters.
"When we can compete with Sisters then that is a good night," said Huskies coach Dave Goetz.
Jenny Hamn scored 16 for Sweet Home. She was the only player on either team in double figures.
Sweet Home (0-6) plays today at Gladstone.
Sisters 39, Sweet Home 35
Sisters 8 12 9 10 -39
Sweet Home 8 11 10 6 - 35
Sisters (39) - Taylor Kellum 8, McKenzie Williams 8, Palmer 6, Ruettgers 4, Kaiser 4, Huber 3, Allen 3, Jimenez, 2, Neadors 1, Powell.
Sweet Home (35) - Jenny Hamn 16, Niemi 9, Danielson 4, Cole 2, McCartin 2, Thompson 2, Polly, Davis, Westfall 0
ELCA 46, Blanchet 44
The Eagles survived a lean fourth quarter with strong second and third quarters to win by two over host Blanchet.
Shauna Detweiler scored a game-high 14 points to go with 11 rebounds.
"We picked-up a big win tonight," said Eagles coach T.J. Garber. "We did a lot of things right in the third and fourth which allowed us to hold on."
East Linn Christian (4-2, 2-0) will host Monroe tonight to open its new A.R.C. gymnasium in a rescheduled game.
ELCS 46, Blanchet 44
East Linn Christian 8 13 21 4 - 46
Blanchet 13 6 13 12 - 44
East Linn Christian (46)- Detweiler 14, Bates 11, Whitehead 11, Patton 7, Koos 2, E. Barreto, Roth.
Blanchet (44)- K. Belleque 11, Rabb 10, Counts 8, Boehmer 4, Cain 4, R. Belleque 2, Clemens 2, Breshears 2, Falk, Miller.
Boys basketball
Hermiston 76, West Albany 66
Despite four players reaching double-figures in scoring, West Albany could not overcome a 25-9 first quarter deficit as they lost their sixth straight game to start the season.
Jesse Strickland led the way for the Bulldogs with 13 points while adding four assists.
"Hermiston got off to a great start," said West coach Todd Zimmermann. "I did see some real positive things, though, and I saw what we are capable of doing the rest of the season."
West Albany (0-6) will play the loser of the Sherwood versus The Dalles in the Sherwood Tournament at 3:15 today.
Hermiston 76, West Albany 66
Hermiston 25 23 17 11 - 76
West Albany 9 20 20 17 - 66
Hermiston (76)- Allbee 25, Irwin 17, Meeks 15, Ortiz 8, Ross 6, Baldock 4, Humphrey 1, Rodriguez, Thompson.
West Albany (66)- Jesse Strickland 13, Herrera 12, Foss 10, Berreras 10, Pigg 8, Nova 5, O'Brien 3, Kelly 3, J.T. McCarger 2, Avery.
Century 67, South Albany 50
The Rebel offense struggled in a loss against the Jaguars.
Erik Van Kuelen scored 22 to lead the Rebels.
South Albany (3-2) continues play at the Century tournament today.
Century 67, South Albany 50
South Albany 9 13 16 12 - 50
Century 20 6 23 18 - 67
South Albany (50) - Erik Van Kuelen 22, W. Bartz 8, Corbin 7, Wallace 3, Knight 3, Hacek 2, Fawver 2, Woolard 1, Hardenbrook 1, Boehme.
Century (67) - Cameron McCaffrey 24, Butcher 17, Tapscott 16, Garlington 8, Kong 2, Kotzian, Sheldon, Phosovang, Caudle, Miller, Epling, Cannon, Cummings.
Sisters 59, Sweet Home 42
Gabe Kauffman and Colton Emmert scored 30 points combined, but it was not enough to lift the Huskies over the Outlaws.
Kauffman led the Huskies with 18.
Sweet Home (3-3) hosts Gladstone today.
Sisters 59, Sweet Home 42
Sweet Home 11 9 11 11 - 42
Sisters 12 16 14 17 - 59
Sweet Home (42) - Gabe Kauffman 18, Emmert 12, Graville 9, Olsen 2, Marchbanks 1, Riggs, Moyer, Hay.
Sisters (59) - Ketchum 17, Hasscomp 11, Jackson 10, Lange 8, Hodges 7, Purvis 3, Moon 1, Reeve, Miller.
Blanchet 77,
East Linn Christian 65
It was a tale of two halves for the Eagles and host Blanchet as the Kruesi brothers, Michael and Kyle, combined for 50 of East Linn's 65 points.
Blanchet's Pascal Heinrics made seven 3-pointers on his way to 29 total points while they missed only seven total shots in the half to outscore the Eagles 48-29.
"We shot well in the first half and they just shot well in the second half," said East Linn coach Jim Hill.
"We're a team that has to force teams to shoot from the perimeter and they just happened to put them in."
East Linn Christian (2-4, 1-1) will host Monroe tonight in their new Activities Recourse Center tonight at 5:30 p.m.
Blanchet 77,
East Linn Christian 65
East Linn Christian 16 20 12 17 - 65
Blanchet 18 11 21 27 - 77
East Linn Christian (65)- M. Kruesi 27, K. Kruesi 23, Whitehead 9, Shaeffer 4, Nelson 2, Moore, Van Essen, Dowding.
Blanchet (77)- Pascal Heinrics 29, Holobek 6, Cantlnwine 2, Goss 1, Urban 6, Goodman 19, Gianella 2, Espinoza 12, Gries, Sanders.