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SPORTS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2016 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS HERMISTON Little League Bulldogs shooters win state Hermiston captures inaugural Oregon clay target championship Pendleton 11/12’s stay alive with win over Hermiston East Oregonian HILLSBORO — The Hermiston High School athletic department will need to update its record books. On Saturday evening, Herm- iston’s clay target league team captured the fi rst-ever Oregon state championship at the Hills- boro Trap and Skeet Club. Herm- iston fi nished the tournament with 476 points, defeating second place Oregon City (451 points) and third place Echo (430 points). In the fi rst year of competition, the regular season was dominated by Hermiston as well, as the team fi nished in fi rst place in the fi ve- week season with 384 points and held a 100 point lead over Echo in the standings. See SHOOTING/2B East Oregonian Staff photo by E.J. Harris In this May 6, 2016 fi le photo, Hermiston senior Jesse Clark watches as his clay pigeon explode after hitting the mark during a practice session of the Hermiston High School shooting team. The team won the Oregon state championship on Saturday in Hillsboro. College World Series Chanticleers rally in eighth to even fi nal series Game 3 is tonight By ERIC OLSON Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — Connor Owings’ bloop RBI single sparked a three-run eighth inning, and Coastal Carolina beat Arizona 5-4 on Tuesday night to send the College World Series fi nals to a deciding Game 3. Mike Morrison was sensa- tional in his fi rst start of the season, helping the Chanticleers rebound from a 3-0 loss to the Wildcats in the opener. The teams meet again Wednesday night to decide the national championship. Owings was batting .125 (3 for 24) in the CWS when he stepped to the plate against Big inning boosts all-stars Game 2 Coastal Carolina Arizona 5 4 Cameron Ming in the eighth. The Big South player of the year fought off a high inside pitch, sending it into short left fi eld to drive in Anthony Marks from second base with the go-ahead run. After Zach Remillard chased Ming (3-3) with a double, G.K. Young followed with a two-run single off Alfonso Rivas to give the Chanticleers a three-run lead. Arizona (49-23) made it a one-run game in the bottom half after Bobby Holmes (7-2) walked See CWS/2B AP Photo/Ted Kirk Coastal Carolina’s Anthony Marks (29) scores on a Connor Owings single against Arizona in the eighth inning in Game 2 of the NCAA Men’s College World Series fi nals baseball game in Omaha, Neb., Tuesday, June 28, 2016. BURNS — Hermiston’s Chase Elliott homered twice, but it wasn’t enough to extend his team’s season as the Pendleton all-stars scored eight runs in the second inning and held on for a 16-8 win on Tuesday at the 11/12-year-old Little League District 3 baseball tournament. The loss eliminated Hermiston from the bracket. Half of Pendleton’s 12 hits in the game were doubles, and it scored the eventual game-winning run when Tucker Pace doubled off relief pitcher Fabian Rosales to drive in Mason Morris for a 9-4 lead. Fourteen of Pendleton’s runs were earned, and 11 players scored. Jack Monkman touched home plate three times, and Payton Lambert, Tyasin Burns and Jackson Davis each scored twice. Easton Corey (3 for 4, two RBI), Morris (2 for 3, RBI) and Kobe Fell (1 for 2, three RBI) led Pendleton’s hitters. Elliott was 3 for 4 with three RBI and three runs scored for Hermiston, which led 4-0 after its fi rst at-bat. Elliott hit a solo home run to lead off the game, and Hermiston added runs in the inning on a single by Rosales, a fi elding error and a sacrifi ce by Dial. Hermiston scored three more runs in the fourth but See LITTLE LEAGUE/2B College Basketball Winningest coach in D1 history Pat Summitt dead at 64 In this April 8, 2008, fi le photo, Tennessee coach Pat Summitt holds up the net after Tennes- see beat Stanford 64-48 to win its eighth national women’s basketball champi- onship, at the NCAA women’s basketball tournament Final Four in Tampa, Fla. AP Photo/Gerry Broome Legendary coach battled Alzheimer’s since 2011 By STEVE MEGARGEE Associated Press KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Pat Summitt, the winningest coach in Division I college basketball history who uplifted the women’s game from obscurity to national prominence during her 38-year career at Tennessee, died Tuesday morning. She was 64. With an icy glare on the side- lines, Summitt led the Lady Vols to eight national championships and prominence on a campus steeped in the traditions of the football-rich south until she retired in 2012. Her son, Tyler Summitt, issued a statement Tuesday morning saying his mother died peacefully at Sherrill Hill Senior Living in Knoxville surrounded by those who loved her most. “Since 2011, my mother has battled her toughest opponent, early onset dementia, ‘Alzhei- mer’s Type,’ and she did so with bravely fi erce determination just as she did with every opponent she ever faced,” Tyler Summitt said. “Even though it’s incredibly diffi cult to come to terms that she is no longer with us, we can all fi nd peace in knowing she no longer carries the heavy burden of this disease.” Summitt helped grow college women’s basketball as her Lady Vols dominated the sport in the late 1980s and 1990s, winning six titles in 12 years. Tennessee — the only school she coached — won NCAA titles in 1987, 1989, 1991, 1996-98 and 2007-08. Summitt had a career record of 1,098-208 in 38 seasons, plus 18 NCAA Final Four appearances. She announced in 2011 at age 59 that she’d been diagnosed with early onset dementia. She coached one more season before stepping down. At her retirement, Summitt’s eight national titles ranked behind the 10 won by former UCLA men’s coach John Wooden. UConn coach Geno Auriemma passed Summitt after she retired. When she stepped down, Summitt called her coaching career a “great ride.” Peyton Manning, who sought See SUMMITT/2B Sports shorts NFL defensive coaching legend Buddy Ryan dies at age 85 (AP) — Longtime NFL coach Buddy Ryan died on Tuesday morning at the age of 85. Ryan spent 26 years as a coach in the NFL, breaking into the league FACES in 1968 as the defensive line coach for the New York Jets. He also coached for the Minneosta Vikings, Chicago Bears, and Houston Oilers, as well as being the head coach for the Philadel- phia Eagles (1986-1990) and Arizona Cardinals (1994-1995). Ryan He is best remembered for the famed 46 defense during his tenure as defensive coordinator for Chicago from 1978-1985. Ryan has two sons currently in the NFL coaching circle, with Rex the head coach for Buffalo and Rob a defensive assistant for the Bills. “I’ve always been excited about the possible opportunity, but there’s quite a few different factors that would turn somebody away from going. It’s not just one, there’s quite a few factors.“ — Jordan Spieth Professional golfer on why he’s uncer- tain he should compete at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janiero. Spieth cit- ed the Zika virus, security and reports of violence as primary concerns. It is the fi rst time in 112 years that golf is included in the games but 10 eligi- ble players have already pulled out, including world No. 1 Jason Day. Rio Olympics to receive 6,755 hours of broadcast coverage STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — NBCUniversal’s TV and digital networks will show a record 6,755 hours of action during this summer’s Rio Olympics. The previous high was 5,535 hours from the 2012 London Games. The last Summer Games held in a time zone close to that of the U.S. was the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, when NBC was the only network airing events. It showed just 171 hours. There will be a total of 2,084 hours televised across 11 NBCU networks this August, including two specialty channels for basketball and soccer. Another 4,500 hours or so will be streamed live. This is the third straight Olympics that NBC will stream every event live. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1990 — Dave Stewart of the Oakland A’s pitches the fi rst of two no-hitters on this day, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 5-0. Fernando Valenzuela of the Los Angeles Dodgers duplicates Stewart’s feat, throwing a 6-0 no-hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals. 2007 — After 16 years in Europe, the NFL shuts down its developmental league. 2012 — The U.S. Anti- Doping Agency fi les formal charges against Lance Armstrong, accusing the seven- time Tour de France winner of using performance-enhancing drugs throughout the best years of his career. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com