The Observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1968-current, May 08, 2019, Page 9, Image 9

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four-year
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SPORTS
Enterprise boys punch ticket to state tourney Nuggets dismantle
Blazers, lead series
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⑩❶❷❸❹❺❸❹ ❷❻❼❽❽
Harrod, who was edged only by
Heppner’s Kellen Grant who shot
161, opened with a score of 83 Mon-
day and followed with a score of 86
Tuesday. The senior was the lone
Outlaw to break 100 both days, and
Boone Harrod shot a two-day
score of 169 to take second overall
and lead the Enterprise Outlaws
Alan
boys golf team to third place at the
3A/2A/1A Special District 3 Tourna-
ucumán ment Monday and Tuesday in Pend-
of targeted
leton and a berth in next week’s state
tournament in Creswell.
“I’m honestly pretty blown away
Kevin with how the team did this season,”
head coach Kyle Crawford said. “I
José Ureña wasn’t quite sure what to expect.
Boone stepped up as the leader and
laced LHP
L, retroactive shot his best two rounds of the sea-
act of RHP
son. As a team we’re stoked to go to
— Reinstated Emerald Valley next week and see
-day IL. Pur-
ilson what we can do there.”
on money
election in
for M Justin
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day total of 823 — 416 Monday and
407 Tuesday — to give the Outlaws
third place. “Boone has stepped up
so much as a senior. I always knew
he was capable of shooting the num-
bers he did, but he has blossomed,”
Crawford said.
Tyler Gray was the most consis-
tent Outlaw aside from Harrod,
opening with a score of 106 Mon-
day and following with 108 Tues-
day for a two-day score of 214,
which placed him in 17th. Jacob
Amaro finished one stroke behind
Gray in 18th with a score of 215.
Amaro carded a 113 in the opening
round, but improved to a score of
102 in the final round.
Zion Mark, who shot a 114 Mon-
day and followed with a score of 111,
had an overall total of 225 for 26th
to round out Enterprise’s top four.
Alex Albanez, Enterprise’s No. 5,
rebounded from a score of 141 Mon-
➈➉➍ ➅➃ ➀❾➃➃➅ ➎➎➏ ➃➐ ➑➒➁➀➈➉➍ ➉➐➈ ➓➐➌
ish at 256.
Enterprise travels to Creswell for
the state tournament Monday and
Tuesday.
Reinstated
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DENVER — Nikola Jokic
scored 25 points and tied a
➅➁➉➊ ↔➆➉➍➃➂ ❾❿➣❾ ➋❿➅❾ ➎➨
rebounds, and Paul Millsap
injected some experience
into a series dominated by
youth, sparking the Nug-
gets’ 124-98 blowout of the
Portland Trail Blazers on
Tuesday night that gave
Denver a 3-2 lead in the
best-of-seven series.
The Nuggets can secure
➅❾➁❿➄ ➓➄➀➅ ➅➄❿↔ ➅➃ ➅❾➁ î➁➀➅➌
ern Conference Finals in a
decade with a win in Game
6 on Thursday night in Port-
land.
Millsap scored 19 of his
reassuring. He is kind of
the calm for our team and I
think that has a tremendous
impact for all of our young
players.”
The Nuggets never trailed
and stretched a six-point
lead after one quarter to 18
at the half and 28 heading
into the fourth quarter. They
led by as many as 31 before a
parade of backups gave the
starters some much-needed
breathers.
Damian Lillard led Port-
land with 22 points but again
struggled from the arc, going
2 of 9 on 3-pointers.
ò➃➊❿➐➣ ➃➂ ➉ ➄➁➀➃➒➐➈❿➐➣
(PCL). Op-
➤ï ↔➃❿➐➅➀ ❿➐ ➅❾➁ ➓➄➀➅ ❾➉➆➇ ➃➇
Game 4 win that followed
that epic quadruple-over-
time loss, the Nuggets were
quired RHP
➅❾➁ ➓➄➀➅ ➆➃↔➀❿➈➁➈ ➣➉➊➁ ❿➐
➇➃➝➒➀➁➈ ➉➐➈ ➁➦➝❿➁➐➅ ó➒➀➅ ➉➀
a series that was so evenly
matched coming in that
Denver held a cumula-
tive scoring advantage of
464-462.
“Thirteen-year vet, a lot of
games under his belt and he
is stepping up when he need
him to step up,” Denver
coach Michael Malone said.
“I think the best thing about
Paul Millsap: He’s true to
himself; he never tries to
be something he’s not. And
he’s not a rah-rah guy. He’s
not a guy that’s going to be
screaming and yelling.
“But I think his calm na-
ture, his calm nature, has
Malone promised when he
said Denver wouldn’t dare
let up and exhale at home
after reclaiming the home-
court advantage.
Millsap came out hot,
scoring a dozen points in
ransferred
60-day IL.
n the 10-Day
walt from
Justin Wil-
ioned RHP
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Isaiah
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ed RB Darrin
d LB Xavier
— Signed CB
Darrius Shep-
— Re-signed
ar contract.
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er to a three-
yan Delaire.
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young team going through
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when you can look to a four-
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Meanwhile,
the
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➠➄➉➐➈➁
La
➓➐❿➀❾➁➈
second overall behind
Heppner to earn a berth to
the state tournament for
the third year in a row.
“They pulled through.
They fought hard in this
district tournament, and
Pendleton Country Club
↔➆➉➍➁➈
↔➄➁➅➅➍
➈❿➦➝➒➆➅➔➙
head coach Cally Goss
said. “I felt they played
fantastic and handled the
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Continued from Page 6A
Long had a two-stroke
lead over Bell entering the
➓➐➉➆ ➄➃➒➐➈➔ →➒➅ ➅❾➁ ➑❿➣➁➄
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➓➐➉➆
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round on his home course,
shot the low round of the
tournament to edge the
defending two-time dis-
trict champion.
“It was really cool to go
out my senior year and
win individually and as a
team,” Bell said. “I’m ec-
static right now to be able
➅➃ ↔➒➆➆ ❿➅ ➃➂ ➉➇➅➁➄ →➁❿➐➣ →➁➌
❾❿➐➈ ➅❾➁ ➓➄➀➅ ➈➉➍↕➙
Bell’s score helped La
Grande reach the team
title with a two-day score
of 707, which included a
pressure extremely well.”
The Tigers turned in
an overall score of 805
after shooting a total of
405 Monday and follow-
ing with a score of 400
Tuesday.
➧➁↔↔➐➁➄ ➓➐❿➀❾➁➈ ➋❿➅❾ ➉
score of 753.
Individually, LHS junior
Katie Williams led the Ti-
gers, placing third with a
score of 180. Williams was
the lone Tiger to break 100
each day, opening with a
score of 93 on Monday,
then improving to a total of
round of 349 Monday and
a score of 358 Tuesday.
“(It was) a really good
district. I’m so happy that
everything went so well,”
Evans said. “It was nice
to see them show their
ability.”
➉
➅➃↔➌➓➞➁
➇➃➒➄➅❾
➓➐❿➀❾➁➈
➅➃↔➌➎➟
➓➐➌
ish on its way to the top
spot in the district. Fresh-
man Tristen Shepherd
posted a two-day score of
177, including an opening
round of 87 and a second-
day score of 90, to place
fourth overall. Junior Cruz
ôíñõöíñð
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ish. Tori Bowen rounded
out the Tigers scoring
with a 216 after posting a
105 on Monday and a 111
Tuesday.
Suto as an individu-
al, and LHS as a team,
will compete at the
4A/3A/2A/1A state tour-
nament Monday and
Tuesday in Redmond.
Anton Evans rounded
stroke behind Shepherd
➃➒➅ ➅❾➁ ➑❿➣➁➄➀➥ ➅➃↔ ➓➞➁ →➍
➓➐❿➀❾➁➈
❿➐ ➓➇➅❾ ➋❿➅❾ ➎➡➢➔ ➄➁→➃➒➐➈➌
➁➂➃➄➅ ➋❿➅❾ ➉ ➀➝➃➄➁ ➃➇ ➎➟➤
➈❿➅❿➃➐➉➆
➉➐➈
➋❾❿➝❾
Morgan Tussey, who
opened with a round of
107 on Monday, followed
with a score of 102 Tues-
day for a two-day score of
➃➐➁
➠➉➆➆➁➣➃➀
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third was the highlight of
her career.”
Baylee McNeil placed
seventh with a total score of
200 and was a model of con-
sistency, as the senior had a
score of 100 both days.
second as a team, had a
score of 736 — 370 Mon-
day and 366 Tuesday.
La Grande had three ad-
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❲✼❚❅✽
➓➞➁➔ ➉➐➈ ➇➃➄ ❾➁➄ ➅➃ ➣➁➅ ❿➐➅➃
ing from a 93 on Monday
to shoot 85 on Tuesday.
Bradon McCall rounded
out the top four on La
Grande with a total of
186. The senior opened
strong with a round of 84
to lead the team — and sit
in second overall — after
Monday, then followed the
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❈✼✽❈✾
87 Tuesday, which was the
third-best round of the day.
“Really thrilled for Katie
and how well she played
both days,” Goss said.
“She was just consistent
throughout the whole dis-
trict tournament.... Her
goal was to get in the top
Tuesday.
“The team has made
huge improvements over
the course of the year. It’s
been fun to watch them
grow,” Bell said.
shoot 208, posting scores
of 104 both days.
The Tigers wrap up the
season Monday and Tues-
day at the Class 4A state
championship
tourna-
ment in Creswell.
“I think it’s going to be
huge,” Ron Evans said of
what the district title will
do for team morale headed
to state. “They didn’t play
well down there (at the last
tournament in Creswell)
and still shot a 385. I think
they’re going to have a lot
➃➇ ➝➃➐➓➈➁➐➝➁ ➣➃❿➐➣ ➈➃➋➐
there again.”
games under his belt, that’s
➅❾➁ ➓➄➀➅ ô➒➉➄➅➁➄↕ õ➒➀➅ →➁➌
fore halftime, he gathered a
behind-the-back pass from
Jamal Murray (18 points)
and swished a 3-pointer
while being knocked to the
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His subsequent free
throw gave him a four-
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points as the Nuggets took
a 20-point lead. Lillard, who
had 18 points at the break,
scored an uncontested bas-
ket just before the end of the
half to pull the Trail Blazers
to 65-47 heading into the
locker room.
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