❲✁❡✞✁☎❡✟✠✱ ✡✟✆❝ ☛☞✱ ☛☞✌✍
❚ ✁ ✂✄☎✁✆✝✁✆
Ladycats roll in opener
Who are the upset
picks to watch for?
❇✼ →✾➣✿ ↔❀↕➙➣❀❁❁
❳◆❭ ♣❨▲ ●❍▲◗❞❖◆❨▲❣❖❣❞❢
❃❄❅ ➛❉❉➜➝➞❿❾❅➟ ➠❊❅❉❉
lead his team to a win. Mar-
❽➁q ➡⑤❦➁q ❻ ②❍♣✉❍▲◗ ❨ ♦❑❖▼▼❖ ◆❨● ❨ ●❍❩❍❞❨❏ ❪❞❨❢❖❏
perfect bracket has become
a nearly impossible act, the
❏❍▼❑❨❞ ❭❬ ❏❍❪❪❍▲◗ ❑❪ ❜❏❨♣✉ -
ets an annual rite of the
➢❥➁➁ ⑥❭❑❏▲❨❩❖▲▼✐
UMBC proved the point
in Markus Howard, but lost
❍▼● P▲❨❞ ❬❭❑❏ ❏❖◗❑❞❨❏⑨●❖❨●❭▲
◗❨❩❖● ❨▲❣ ❳❨● ❜❭❑▲♣❖❣
❬❏❭❩ ▼◆❖ ❸❍◗ ⑤❨●▼ ▼❭❑❏▲❨ -
ment by Seton Hall.
No. 11 Saint Mary’s vs.
❖❨❏❞❢ ❞❨●▼ ❢❖❨❏ ❜❢ ❜❖❨▼❍▲◗ ➢❭✐ ➄ ➡❍❞❞❨▲❭❧❨❵ q❭❑▼◆
➡❍❏◗❍▲❍❨ ▼❭ ❜❖♣❭❩❖ ▼◆❖ ❷❖◗❍❭▲✐ ⑥◆❖ ❦❨❖❞● ❪❏❭❧❖❣
P❏●▼ ➢❭✐ ⑦➄ ●❖❖❣ ▼❭ ▼❭❪❪❞❖ ❨ they can play with any-
No. 1 in tournament histo- ❭▲❖ ❜❢ ❜❖❨▼❍▲◗ ▼❭❪⑨❏❨▲✉❖❣
❏❢✐ ❽❭❢❭❞❨⑨❥◆❍♣❨◗❭ ❪❏❭❧❖❣ ❦❭▲➧❨◗❨ ❍▲ ▼◆❖ ➦❥❥ ▼❍▼❞❖
❍▼ ❞❨▼❖ ❜❢ ▼❨✉❍▲◗ q❍●▼❖❏ ➤❖❨▲ ◗❨❩❖✐ ⑥◆❖ ❣❖❬❖▲❣❍▲◗ ▲❨ -
❨❞❞ ▼◆❖ ❳❨❢ ▼❭ ▼◆❖ ③❍▲❨❞ tional champion Wildcats
③❭❑❏✐
❜❖♣❨❩❖ ▼◆❖ P❏●▼ ▼❖❨❩ ▼❭
No Retrievers or Ram- ❳❍▲ ▼◆❏❖❖ ●▼❏❨❍◗◆▼ ❸❍◗ ⑤❨●▼
blers in the bracket this
year, but as always, there
will be upsets.
keep an eye on:
titles, but had some shaky
moments early in the sea-
son.
No. 13 UC Irvine vs. No.
❹ ➃❨▲●❨● q▼❨▼❖❵ q❭❑▼◆ ❷❖ -
the second team to win four
champions, but senior for-
expect a lot of points either
way.
day.
➔❖❏❖ ❨❏❖ ❨ ❬❖❳ ◗❨❩❖● ▼❭
P❏●▼ ◗❨❩❖ ❍▼ ❳❖▲▼ ❪❏❖▼▼❢
➢❭✐ ⑦⑧ ➥❏❖◗❭▲ ❧●✐ ➢❭✐ ➂ ◗❍❭▲✐ ⑥◆❖ ➁▲▼❖❨▼❖❏● ❖▲▼❖❏
➦❍●♣❭▲●❍▲❵ q❭❑▼◆ ❷❖◗❍❭▲✐ ▼◆❖ ➢❥➁➁ ⑥❭❑❏▲❨❩❖▲▼ ❭▲
The Ducks are one of the ❨ ⑦➄⑨◗❨❩❖ ❳❍▲▲❍▲◗ ●▼❏❖❨✉
bracket’s hottest teams, ❨▲❣ ◆❨❧❖ ❳❭▲ ➒⑩ ◗❨❩❖●✐
P▲❣❍▲◗ ❨ ❞❨▼❖⑨●❖❨●❭▲ ❣❖ - The Wildcats were the
❬❖▲●❍❧❖ ◗❏❭❭❧❖ ▼❭ ❜❖♣❭❩❖ ♣❭⑨❸❍◗ ⑦⑧ ❏❖◗❑❞❨❏⑨●❖❨●❭▲
⑥◆❖ ❭④❖▲●❖❵ ❩❖❨▲ -
❳◆❍❞❖❵ ▼❭❭✉ ❭④ ❏❍◗◆▼ ❨❳❨❢
◗❨❩❖● ❍▲ ❬❭❑❏ ❣❨❢● ❨▼ ▼◆❖ ward Dean Wade was still
②❨♣⑨⑦⑧ ▼❭❑❏▲❨❩❖▲▼✐ ❶❭▲r▼ ❍▲ ❨ ❳❨❞✉❍▲◗ ❜❭❭▼ ❨● ❭❬ q❑▲ -
❘✎✏✑✒✓ ✔✎✏✓✴✕✖✗✘✙✚✗✛✜✗✛
❯✢✣✤✢✥✦✤✈✧➆s ✦★✩✩✣✧ ✪✩✧✢✢ ✫✧✩✣✈✧✬s ★ ✭✣✮✯❤ ✫✰✬✣✢✲ ✮❤✧ ✳★✫✵✯★✮s➆ ✶✣✢ ✤✈✧✬ ✷✢✮✧✬✭✬✣s✧✸✰✧s✫★✵✹
❇✼ ✽✾✿❀❁❂ ❇✾✿❂
❃❄❅ ❆❈❉❅❊❋❅❊
The Union/Cove Lady-
cats softball team scored
well.”
●❍■ ❏❑▲● ❍▲ ▼◆❖ P❏●▼ ❍▲▲❍▲◗ as Union/Cove scored six
to take control in its sea- ❏❑▲● ❍▲ ▼◆❖ P❏●▼ ❍▲▲❍▲◗ ❨▲❣
son opener on the way to ●❑❏◗❖❣ ❭❑▼ ▼❭ ❨ ⑦⑧⑨⑩ ❞❖❨❣
a 13-3 win over the Enter- ❨❬▼❖❏ ▼◆❏❖❖ ❍▲▲❍▲◗●✐
prise Outlaws Tuesday in
Union.
The Ladycats hit the ball
well and were advanta-
Coach Paul Phillips said.
“We made some mistakes
❍▲ ▼◆❖ ▼❭❪ ❭❬ ❫▼◆❖ P❬▼◆ ❍▲ -
errors to help boost the
➢❭✐ ⑦➄ ❦❨❏❣▲❖❏⑨➦❖❜❜
➢❭✐ ⑦⑧ ❼❑❏❏❨❢ q▼❨▼❖ ❧●✐ ❧●✐ ➢❭✐ ⑦ ➡❍❏◗❍▲❍❨❵ q❭❑▼◆
➢❭✐ ➂ ❼❨❏♦❑❖▼▼❖❵ ➦❖●▼ ❷❖ - ❷❖◗❍❭▲✐ q❑❏❖❞❢ ❍▼ ♣❨▲r▼
◗❍❭▲✐ ⑥◆❖ ❷❨♣❖❏● ◆❨❧❖ ➤❨ ◆❨❪❪❖▲ ❨◗❨❍▲➨ ➩❭❑ ▲❖❧❖❏
Morant, the type of player
❙❱▼ ❳❨● ❨ ◗❏❖❨▼ ◗❨❩❖ ❬❭❏ ◗❖❭❑● ❍▲ ▼◆❖ P❏●▼ ❍▲▲❍▲◗❵
us,” Union/Cove Head ❑●❍▲◗ ▼◆❏❖❖ ⑤▲▼❖❏❪❏❍●❖
Mariners win opener
over A’s in Tokyo
❬❨●▼ ●▼❨❏▼✐ ⑥❨❢❞❨❏ ❶❨◗◗❖▼▼❵
❳◆❭ P▲❍●◆❖❣ ❳❍▼◆ ❬❭❑❏
▲❍▲◗❴❵ ❜❑▼ ❭▼◆❖❏ ▼◆❨▲ ▼◆❨▼ ❷❸❱●❵ ◆❍▼ ❨ ▼❳❭⑨❏❑▲ ●❍▲◗❞❖
❳❖ ❪❞❨❢❖❣ ◗❏❖❨▼ ❜❨❞❞✐ ❥❨❞ - ▼❭ ❭❪❖▲ ▼◆❖ ●♣❭❏❍▲◗❵ ❨▲❣
❞❍❖ ❫❦❞❖▲▲❴ ▼◆❏❖❳ ❨ ◗❏❖❨▼ Kylie Marriott followed
◗❨❩❖ ❬❭❏ ❑● ❫❨▲❣❴ ❭❑❏ ❜❨▼● with a two-run double for
came alive.”
❨ ♦❑❍♣✉ ❹⑨⑩ ❞❖❨❣✐ ⑥❳❭ ❜❨▼ -
❦❞❖▲▲❵ ❭▲❖ ❭❬ P❧❖ ❬❏❖●◆ - ters later, Kaylee Lantis
men — three of whom
played Tuesday — on a
reached on an error, which
allowed two more runs to
that has no seniors, didn’t
seem to show any nerves in
Kylie Bruce’s RBI double
❇✼ ➫➭➯➲➣➯✿ ➳❀❂➯
Tim Beckham also
❃❄❅ ➛❉❉➜➝➞❿❾❅➟ ➠❊❅❉❉
homered as several Se-
⑥➥➃➩➥ ❻ ❱♣◆❍❏❭ q❑➧❑ - attle newcomers excelled.
❢❭❑▲◗ ♠▲❍❭▲♥❥❭❧❖ ●♦❑❨❣ ●♣❭❏❖ ❬❭❏ ❨ ●❍■⑨❏❑▲ ❖❣◗❖✐
◆❍◗◆❞❍◗◆▼❖❣ ❨ ▼◆❏❖❖⑨❏❑▲
◆❖❏ P❏●▼ ◆❍◗◆ ●♣◆❭❭❞ ●▼❨❏▼✐ ●❖♣❭▲❣ ❍▲▲❍▲◗ ❬❭❏ ❨ ❺⑨⑩
❙q◆❖r● ◗❭▼ ❬❭❑❏ ❪❍▼♣◆❖●❵ ❞❖❨❣❵ ❨▲❣ ❨▲ ❷❸❱ ●❍▲◗❞❖
❨▲❣ ●◆❖ ❳❨● ❳❭❏✉❍▲◗ ❨❞❞ ❜❢ ❶❨◗◗❖▼▼ ❻ ●❨▲❣❳❍♣◆❖❣
four of them. She did a
◗❏❖❨▼ ✇❭❜❵① ②◆❍❞❞❍❪● ●❨❍❣✐
“I think it was a really
◗❭❭❣ ▼❖❨❩ ❖④❭❏▼✐ ⑤❧❖❏❢ -
❘✎✏✑✒✓ ✔✎✏✓✴✕✖✗✘✙✚✗✛✜✗✛
between two bases-loaded ✷✢✮✧✬✭✬✣s✧➆s ✦✩★✣✬✧ ✺★✬✶✧✩✩ ✯❤★✬✲✧s ★ ✲✬✤✰✢✫ ✻★✩✩ ✫✰✬✣✢✲
hit batters — extended the ✮❤✧ t✰✮✩★✶s➆ ✲★❛✧ ✣✢ ❯✢✣✤✢✸✰✧s✫★✵✹
Glenn struck out three ❩❨❏◗❍▲ ▼❭ ⑦⑧ ❏❑▲● ❨❬▼❖❏
❭❬ ▼◆❖ P❏●▼ ❬❭❑❏ ❜❨▼▼❖❏● ●◆❖ three frames.
❬❨♣❖❣ ❨▲❣ P▲❍●◆❖❣ ❳❍▼◆
“I feel like our bats were
seven strikeouts while al- ❪❏❖▼▼❢ ◗❭❭❣❵① ❶❨◗◗❖▼▼ ●❨❍❣✐
❞❭❳❍▲◗ ✇❑●▼ ❭▲❖ ◆❍▼ ❍▲ ❬❭❑❏ “They kept us in it. Callie’s
❍▲▲❍▲◗●✐ ③❍❧❖ ❭❬ ▼◆❖ ❜❨▼▼❖❏● ❪❍▼♣◆❍▲◗ ❳❨● ❭▲ ❪❭❍▲▼ ▼❭ -
●◆❖ ●▼❏❑♣✉ ❭❑▼ ❳❖❏❖ ♣❨❑◗◆▼ ▲❍◗◆▼✐①
❞❭❭✉❍▲◗✐
Glenn, also a force at the
plate with two hits, tripled
and scored in the fourth
Glenn and Marriott scored
twice.
The Outlaws, who didn’t
collect a hit until the third
later and scored when
q❨❩❨▲▼◆❨
❼♣③❨❏❞❨▲❣
reached on an error before
▼◆❖ ❽❨❣❢♣❨▼● ◗❭▼ ▼◆❖ P▲❨❞
❍▲▲❍▲◗❵ P▲❨❞❞❢ ◗❭▼ ❭▲ ▼◆❖ ❭❑▼ ❬❭❏ ❨ P❧❖⑨❍▲▲❍▲◗ ❳❍▲✐
❜❭❨❏❣ ❍▲ ▼◆❖ P❬▼◆ ❳◆❖▲
Enterprise Head Coach
they scored three runs —
all with two outs. Claire
Gary Gassett said he was
“not unhappy” with the
way his team played, es-
③❨❏❳❖❞❞❵ ❳◆❭ ◆❨❣ ▼❳❭ ◆❍▼●❵
❭▲❖ ❩❨❣❖ ◗❏❖❨▼ ❪❞❨❢●❵ ❬❭❏ ♠▲❍❭▲♥❥❭❧❖r● P▲❨❞ ❏❑▲✐ reached on a triple and was ❪❖♣❍❨❞❞❢ ♣❭▲●❍❣❖❏❍▲◗ ▼◆❖
and no one had a bad
❶❨◗◗❖▼▼ P▲❍●◆❖❣ ❳❍▼◆ able to score from third on Outlaws had yet to step
◗❨❩❖❵① ❦❞❖▲▲ ●❨❍❣✐ ❙❱ ❨❩ two hits. Kaylin Nowak an error on the play. Ry- outdoors for practice with
pretty happy (with how I
and Harley Creech both
See Upsets / Page 8A
lin Kirkland followed with
❪❍▼♣◆❖❣❴✐ ❱ ▼◆❍▲✉ ❬❭❏ ❩❢ scored three times, and ❨▲ ❷❸❱ ●❍▲◗❞❖ ▼❳❭ ❜❨▼▼❖❏●
snowy
conditions
still
See Softball / Page 8A
ki drew the loudest ova-
tion back home in Japan
Khris Davis, who led the
started on the last day of
winter. No doubt, most
the second-oldest po-
sition player to start
an opener, only a few
❩❭▲▼◆● ❢❭❑▲◗❖❏ ▼◆❨▲ ➤❑ -
❩❨✇❭❏● ❳❍▼◆ ❹➑ ◆❭❩❖ ❏❑▲●
❨▲❣ ❶❭❩❍▲◗❭ q❨▲▼❨▲❨ last year, Stephen Piscotty
❣❖❞❍❧❖❏❖❣ ▼◆❖ ❜❍◗◗❖●▼ ◆❍▼❵ and Matt Chapman con-
❞❨❑▲♣◆❍▲◗ ❨ ◗❏❨▲❣ ●❞❨❩ ▲❖♣▼❖❣ ❬❭❏ ▼◆❖ ➁r●✐
that led the Seattle Mari-
➁ ❪❨♣✉❖❣ ♣❏❭❳❣ ❭❬
ners over the Oakland ❹➂❵➓➑➓ ❳❨● ❜❑➧➧❍▲◗ ❬❭❏
➁▼◆❞❖▼❍♣● ❺⑨➓ ➦❖❣▲❖● - its favorite star, send-
❣❨❢ ❍▲ ▼◆❖ ❼❨✇❭❏ ❽❖❨◗❑❖ ❍▲◗ ♣◆❖❖❏●❵ ♣◆❨▲▼● ❨▲❣
Baseball opener.
♣❨❩❖❏❨ ➸❨●◆❖● ❬❭❏ ❱♣◆❍❏❭
⑥◆❖ ◗❨❩❖ ❨▼ ▼◆❖ ⑥❭✉❢❭ ❜❭❑▲❣❍▲◗ ❨❞❞ ❨❏❭❑▲❣ ▼◆❖
Dome marked the earliest ❪❨❏✉✐ q❍◗▲● ❨▲❣ ❱♣◆❍❏❭
❭❪❖▲❍▲◗ ❣❨❢ ❖❧❖❏ ❻ ▼◆❖ ✇❖❏●❖❢● ❳❖❏❖ ❪❞❖▲▼❢❵ ▼❭❭✐
summer sport actually
➁▼ ❹➂❵ ❱♣◆❍❏❭ ❜❖♣❨❩❖
❬❨▲● ❍▲ ➢❭❏▼◆ ➁❩❖❏❍♣❨
were sound asleep when
➥❨✉❞❨▲❣r● ❼❍✉❖ ③❍❖❏●
▼◆❏❖❳ ▼◆❖ P❏●▼ ❪❍▼♣◆ ❨▼
➂➵➒➄ ❨✐❩✐ ⑤❶⑥ ❫➄➵➒➄ ❪✐❩✐
❞❭♣❨❞❴✐
➁ ❢❖❨❏ ❨❬▼❖❏ ▼◆❖ ❥❑❜●r
Ian Happ homered on the
very pitch of the season,
▼◆❖ ❜❨❞❞ ❨◗❨❍▲ ❳❨● ➸❢❍▲◗✐
❞❍❭ ③❏❨▲♣❭ ❳❨● ❬❭❏ ➁▼❞❨▲▼❨
❍▲ ⑧⑩⑩❹✐
❸❨▼▼❍▲◗ ▲❍▲▼◆ ❨▲❣ ❪❞❨❢ -
❍▲◗ ❏❍◗◆▼ P❖❞❣❵ ❱♣◆❍❏❭
popped up and worked
a walk his two times up.
➁❬▼❖❏ ▼❨✉❍▲◗ ◆❍● ❣❖❬❖▲●❍❧❖
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LHS softball takes down Pendleton; golf places third at The Dalles
❆❈❉❅❊❋❅❊ ❉❾❿➀➀
⑥◆❖ ❣❖❬❖▲❣❍▲◗ ❹➁ ●▼❨▼❖ ♣◆❨❩❪❍ -
❭▲ ❽❨ ❦❏❨▲❣❖ ⑥❍◗❖❏● ●❭❬▼❜❨❞❞ ▼❖❨❩
❭❪❖▲❖❣ ▼◆❖ ⑧⑩⑦❺ ❏❖◗❑❞❨❏ ●❖❨●❭▲
with a 7-1 road win over the Pendle-
▼❭▲ ❸❑♣✉❨❏❭❭●❻ ❞❨●▼ ❢❖❨❏r● ➂➁ ●▼❨▼❖
champs — Tuesday in Pendleton.
⑥◆❖ ⑥❍◗❖❏● ▲❖❧❖❏ ▼❏❨❍❞❖❣❵ ▼❨✉❍▲◗
❨ ⑧⑨⑩ P❏●▼⑨❍▲▲❍▲◗ ❞❖❨❣ ❭▲ ❨ ➃❨❏❨
❦❭❭❣❖❏◆❨❩ ❷❸❱ ●❍▲◗❞❖ ❨▲❣ ❨▲ ➁❞ -
❞❍❖ ❸❏❭♣✉ ❷❸❱ ◗❏❭❑▲❣❭❑▼✐ ➁▲ ➁❞❨❍▲❨
❥❨❏●❭▲ ❷❸❱ ●❍▲◗❞❖ ❍▲ ▼◆❖ ●❖♣❭▲❣ ❏❑▲●✐ ❸❏❭♣✉ ❪❍▼♣◆❖❣ ●❍■ ❍▲▲❍▲◗● ❬❭❏ son Tuesday.
made it 3-1, and Carson scored on ▼◆❖ ❳❍▲❵ ●◆❨✉❍▲◗ ❭④ ❨▲ ❖❨❏❞❢ ◆❭❩❖
❽❨ ❦❏❨▲❣❖ ●♣❭❏❖❣ ❹➂➑ ❪❭❍▲▼● ❨●
❨▲ ❖❏❏❭❏ ❍▲ ▼◆❖ ❬❭❑❏▼◆✐ ❷❸❱ ●❍▲◗❞❖● run to allow one run on four hits ❨ ▼❖❨❩❵ ▼❢❍▲◗ ❳❍▼◆ ◆❭●▼ ⑥◆❖ ❶❨❞❞❖●✐
by Jacie Howton and Jaiden Ha- and strike out seven batters.
②❖▲❣❞❖▼❭▲ ❳❨● ▼◆❖ ❳❍▲▲❍▲◗ ▼❖❨❩
❬❖❏ ◗❨❧❖ ❽❨ ❦❏❨▲❣❖ ❨ ➄⑨⑦ ❞❖❨❣ ❍▲ ▼◆❖
❽❨ ❦❏❨▲❣❖ ❫⑦⑨⑩ ❭❧❖❏❨❞❞❴ ▼❏❨❧❖❞● ▼❭ ❳❍▼◆ ❹⑦➒ ❪❭❍▲▼●✐
sixth, and Jayce Seavert capped the ❸❨▲✉● ③❏❍❣❨❢✐
Individually, Tori Bowen shot
●♣❭❏❍▲◗ ❳❍▼◆ ❨▲ ❷❸❱ ●❍▲◗❞❖ ❍▲ ▼◆❖ ➅➇➈➉➊ ➈➇➊➋➌ ➈➍➋➎ ➌➅➏➊➅➌
⑦⑩➓ ▼❭ ❞❖❨❣ ▼◆❖ ⑥❍◗❖❏●✐ ❼❭❏◗❨▲
seventh.
Tussey and Baylee McNeil fol-
➌➅➊➍➐➈
Carson and Gooderham both
⑥◆❖ ❽❨ ❦❏❨▲❣❖ ⑥❍◗❖❏● ◗❍❏❞● ◗❭❞❬ lowed close behind with rounds of
scored twice for La Grande, which team tied for third place at The ⑦⑦⑦ ❨▲❣ ⑦⑦⑧❵ ❏❖●❪❖♣▼❍❧❖❞❢❵ ❨▲❣ ➃❨▼❍❖
◆❨❣ ●❍■ ❣❍④❖❏❖▲▼ ❪❞❨❢❖❏● ❣❏❍❧❖ ❍▲ Dalles Invitational to open the sea- Williams rounded out La Grande’s
●♣❭❏❍▲◗ ❳❍▼◆ ⑦⑧➑✐
❙❱▼ ❬❖❞▼ ❧❖❏❢ ◗❭❭❣ ▼❭ ❨♣▼❑❨❞❞❢ ❪❞❨❢
◗❭❞❬ ❭❑▼●❍❣❖ ❨❬▼❖❏ ▼◆❏❖❖ ❳❖❖✉● ❭❬
❜❖❍▲◗ ❍▲●❍❣❖❵① ➔❖❨❣ ❥❭❨♣◆ ❥❨❞❞❢
Goss said. “We knew they would
be rusty, but they did well. They’ve
▲❖❧❖❏ ❪❞❨❢❖❣ ▼◆❍● ♣❭❑❏●❖✐ ③❭❏ ❭❑❏
P❏●▼ ▼❭❑❏▲❨❩❖▲▼ ❨▲❣ ❭▲❞❢ ❪❞❨❢❍▲◗
three holes this whole year, they did
fantastic.”
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