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Columbia Christian tops Powder boys
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There will be a new Class 1A boys basketball champion Saturday at Baker High School. Last year’s champion, Powder Valley, was defeated 76-51 by Columbia Christian in the quarterfinals Thursday evening. Thursday’s other quarterfinal winners were Wallowa 64-56 over Umpqua Valley Christian, Damascus Christian 69-63 over Nixyaawii, and Mohawk 86-62 over Ione. Nixyaawii played UVC and Powder Valley met Ione this morning in consolation semifinal action.
Columbia Christian avenged a quarterfinal loss to the Badgers from a year ago. A 16-0 Knights run from the 1:02 mark of the first quarter to the 4:14 mark of the second quarter broke the game open. Powder Valley actually scored the first two points of the game before action started when it was discovered that the wrong player had been entered in the official scorebook as one of the five starters for Columbia Christian. No. 24 Brock Mueller had been listed as the starter, but it was actually No. 20 Braden Mueller. Braden Mueller then made Powder pay. Mueller scored 14 points in the first half to help the Knights post a 35-18 halftime lead. The Knights jumped out to a 7-2 lead before Powder Valley rallied. Six points from Trenton Dixon and a three-point basket by Peter Colton helped Powder Valley take an 11-10 lead with 1:19 left in the first quarter. That’s when Columbia Christian went on its streak. A three-point play by Michael Hickman and a basket by Mueller gave the Knights a 15-11 lead at the break. Johnny Stefan scored five points, Hickman four and Levi McDonald two as the Knights increased their lead to 26-11 midway through the second period. Mueller led Columbia Christian with 25 points. McDonald and Hickman each added 15 points. Hickman had a dozen rebounds, and Stefan 10. Dixon led Powder Valley with 28 points and 12 rebounds. Colton added 11 points and eight boards.
Powder Valley 11 7 20 13 — 51 Columbia Christian (76) — J. Stefan 4 1-1 9, Br. Mueller, Poole 2 3-5 8, McDonald 6 3-4 15, Hickman 7 1-1 15, Arnett, Hanna, Bra. Mueller 9 3-4 25, R. Stefan 1 0-0 2, Alcatraz 1 0-0 2. Totals 30 11-15 76. Powder Valley (51) — G. Kandle, Dixon 12 2-2 28, Allen 1 0-0 3, B. Kandle 2 2-2 7, Colton 4 1-2 11, J. Akers 1 0-0 2, Reed, Weems, S. Akers, Townsend, Benites. Totals 20 5-6 51. Three-point goals — Poole, Bra. Mueller 4, Dixon 2, Allen, B. Kandle, Colton 2. Fouled out — none. Total fouls — Columbia Christian 7, Powder Valley 16. Technicals — Columbia Christian bench.
Top-ranked Wallowa took the lead for good, 42-40, with just under a minute left in the third quarter. Mark Jamerson gave the Cougars the lead after receiving a pass from Tyler Harshfield. UVC managed to get back to within three points on Tyler Smith’s three-pointer with 6:23 left in the game. But, Wallowa answered when Jake Johnson hit a three-pointer of his own a minute later. UVC could no closer than five after that. Johnson led four Cougars in double figures with 20 points. Ronald Gladden added 13, Harshfield 12 and Ian Parks 11. Jamerson added 18 rebounds. Dominic Rocco topped Umpqua Valley Christian with 19 points. Austin Stone added 14 and Smith 13 points and 10 rebounds.
Umpqua Valley Ch. 14 11 15 16 — 56 Wallowa (64) — Harshfield 3 3-4 12, Jamerson 3 0-0 7, Gladden 6 1-1 13, Parks 5 1-2 11, Johnson 8 2-4 20, Chrisman, McDaniel 0 1-1 1. Totals 25 8-12 64. UVC (56) — Rocco 7 2-4 19, Stone 5 0-0 14, Medak, Smith 5 0-0 13, Claughton 0 1-2 1, Schultz 1 2-2 5, Barnhart 2 0-0 4. Totals 20 5-8 56. Three-point goals — Harshfield 3, Jamerson, Johnson 2, Rocco 3, Stone 4, Smith 3, Schultz. Fouled out — none. Total fouls — Wallowa 10, UVC 14. Technicals — none.
Damascus Christian combined a fast break and three-point shooting with a controlled slow down offense to hold Nixyaawii off. After the teams deadlocked 24-24 at the end of the first quarter, Damascus Christian built a 6-point second-quarter lead. Nixyaawii answered to pull within 39-37 at halftime. Neither team scored much in the third period that ended with Damascus Christian still up 44-42. Four points by Michael Gunderson, and two by Eric Rauch boosted Damascus Christian up 50-42 with 6:15 left in the game. Nixyaawii got no closer than three points the rest of the way. Gunderson led Damascus Christian with 22 points and 11 rebounds. Bobby Waldie added 17 points, and Rauch 14. Shawn Simpson led Nixyaawii with 23 points. Isaiah Case added 22 points, and Anthony Bonifer 12.
Nixyaawii 24 13 5 21 — 63 Damascus Christian (69) — Rauch 4 4-4 14, Waldie 8 0-0 17, R. Gunderson 1 4-5 7, Young 3 1-5 7, M. Gunderson 7 8-12 22, VanVactor, Clark. Totals 24 17-26 69. Nixyaawii (63) — Bonifer 6 0-0 12, Simpson 9 0-2 23, Crawford 2 0-0 4, Case 6 5-9 22, Picard 1 0-2 2, McKay, Sampson. Totals 24 5-13 63. Three-point goals — Rauch 2, Waldie, R. Gunderson, Simpson 5, Case 5. Fouled out — R. Gunderson, Picard. Total fouls — Damascus Christian 12, Nixyaawii 18. Technicals — none.
Mohawk, last year’s runnerup, led from start to finish. The Indians led by just two points with 3:12 left in the first quarter, but increased the margin to 23-14 at the break. C.J. Vian led Mohawk with 27 points. Tanner Hanes added 17, Cord Wilkins 14, Anthony Wallace 12, and Kelly Chaney 11. Matt Hams led Ione with 24 points. Zac Orem added 17.
Mohawk 23 28 21 14 — 86 Ione (62) — Hams 11 2-2 24, Ramos 0 2-2 2, Orem 7 3-3 17, Collins 2 2-2 6, T. Rietmann 2 0-2 4, Stillman, E. Rietmann 1 0-0 2, Jessen 1 0-1 2, Fetterhoff 1 0-0 2, A. Rietmann, Juarez 0 1-2 1, LaRue 1 0-0 2. Totals 26 10-14 62. Mohawk (86) — Wallace 5 2-3 12, C. Vian 11 2-8 27, Wilkins 6 2-2 14, Tuyls, Hanes 6 1-2 17, Burmester, Johnson, T. Vian 1 1-3 4, Traxle 0 1-2 1, Berry, Chaney 4 2-2 11, Baker. Totals 33 11-21 86. Three-point goals — C. Vian 3, Hanes 4, T. Vian, Chaney. Fouled out — none. Total fouls — Ione 19, Mohawk 17. Technicals — none. |
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