ONTARIO — Kyrael Davis ran for 164 yards and four touchdowns to help Pendleton to a 59-26 Greater Oregon League win Friday over Ontario.

“It was a much-need win for the program,” Pendleton coach Erik Davis said. “We have been in a couple close ones, and a couple of not so close ones. This is one we circled as a must win. It was nice for our kids to have some success, especially on the road.”

The Bucks dominated the game from the start, leading 33-0 at the half.

“Ontario came out and ran the ball pretty efficiently and scored in the third,” Davis said. “In the fourth, we buckled down. Our goal is to play four quarters and I think we played three.”

Pendleton (1-5 overall, 1-1 EOL) amassed 561 yards of offense, with 253 coming through the air. Cole Sazue completed 9 of 10 passes for 204 yards and one touchdown, while Tucker Kuza was 7 of 8 for 49 yards and two touchdowns. Kuza also ran for 21 yards and one touchdown.

Jubal Hoisington was on the receiving end of nine passes for 200 yards and two touchdowns. Aaden Hernandez also had a touchdown pass.

“Jubal is a matchup problem for other teams,” Davis said. “He made some big catches in the middle of the field on third down.”

Tanner Morgan added 77 yards rushing on nine carries.

“It was great to see the run game get going,” Davis said. “The guys up front blocked really, really well. I thought they did a great job.”

Defensively, Colt McQuinn led the way with 18 tackles, while Vance Phillips had 14.

“This is a good win for us,” Davis said. “We needed this to keep that positivity. This team does work hard. I give high praise to our kids for sticking with it after a 0-5 start. They deserve this. We’re going to see if we can’t finish out the three last three games with a win streak. We are looking forward to a really good Burns team next week.”

Cross country

Ian Garlitz finished fourth overall and led Union to the boys team title at the Baker Invite at Quail Ridge Golf Course in Baker City.

Garlitz turned in a time of 17:34.80, with teammate Bryce Burton sixth (18:05.40). Jacob Baxter (9th, 18:28.70), Corban McNeil (11th, 18:51.60) and Chase Burton (12th, 19:02.20) rounded out the top five for the Bobcats.

Union won the title with 37 points, with Nyssa second (41) and Burns a distant third (95). Weston-McEwen was sixth (148).

Julio Santana of Nyssa won the race with a time of 16:59.80, 22 seconds ahead of the next runner.

Arden Shaul led the TigerScots with a 13th-place finish (19:11.80). Also contributing to the scoring for Weston-McEwen were Tyler Smith (24th, 20:18.90), Tristan Gillum (30th, 20:59.40), Grant Waldher (63ed, 25:07.90) and Hunter Bissonette (67th, 26:41.90).

Elgin, which did not have a complete team, was led by Graysen Rysdam, who was 38th with a time of 21:39.60. Imbler’s Kolt Alam finished 47th (22:44).

Imbler’s Piper Braseth won the girls’ race with a time of 20:42.40, and Weston-McEwen’s Evelyn Hodgson was second (21:54.60), but it would be Union that would go home with the team title as it placed its top five runners in the top 12 and finish with 33 points.

Imbler was third with 85 points, while Weston-McEwen was fourth with 100.

Gia Savage led Union, placing fourth with a time of 22:48.20. She was followed by Kallin Culver (5th, 23:12.30), Brynn Weishaar (7th, 23:55.70), Gabby Savage (10th, 24:50.80) and Katelyn Matthews (12th, 25:51.10).

Also scoring for Imbler were Maggie Sheahan (17th, 26:26.50), Kelsey Hays (25th, 27:32.20), Vanessa Ritter (29th, 28:22.70) and Kaylee Walsh (40th, 32:12).

Joining Hodgson across the finish line for the TigerScots were Stella Wolf (27th, 28:11.80), Alethea Bond (31st, 29:10.40), Ashlyn Hoehna (32nd, 29:23.30) and TownsLee Fuller (42nd, 34:09.40).

Rockets split OOL matches

WALLOWA — Pilot Rock opened their day with a 25-11, 25-15, 25-13 Old Oregon League road win Saturday over Wallowa, but had to settle for a split after dropping a 25-11, 25-9, 25-17 to Joseph.

“These girls played good and hard today,” Pilot Rock coach Shelby Journot said. “I’ve said it before, but I’ll say it again, I am so proud with the fight they gave all the way until the end of the day. We did a lot of great things and continue to improve each day.”

In the match against the Cougars, the Rockets (6-12 overall, 3-5 OOL) had 14 service aces as a team, while Gracee Hemphill had nine kills, nine digs and two blocks, Stevee Osborn five kills and three aces, Jada Deist four kills, eight digs and four aces, Kessa Litfin 12 digs, 21 assists, three aces and three blocks, Abigail Bensel four kills and three aces, and Abbigail Johnson 14 digs.

In the match against the Eagles, Johnson had 33 digs, while Hemphill had three kills, 11 digs and three blocks, Litfin three kills and nine assists, Osborn five kills, Ana Zampieri Montagua 17 digs, and Haylee Lawhead 14 digs.