✽✟ ➋✠✡ ❖☛✄ ☞❱ ☞ four-year ❲ ✁✂ ✄✁❆❨✱ ☎❆❨ ✆✱ ✝✞✶✾ SPORTS Enterprise boys punch ticket to state tourney Nuggets dismantle Blazers, lead series ❇ ø ùúúûü ýþÿÿú ✁ ü ✂ ✂ ü ✄ úû ❇ ☎ û ❇☎✆☎❇✝ þ ✞✞✟ ✠☎ ✡ ☛☞✌✍ ✥✝ ✞ þ ✠✂ ✇✞ þ ✄ ü ✡☎ ÿ ❇ ú ✆ üÿþ ✞✞ þ 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 ❾❿➀ ➁➂➃➄➅ ➆❿➇➅➁➈ ➅❾➁ ➅➁➉➊ ➅➃ ➉ ➅➋➃➌ 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 ÙÚ ÛÜÝÞß àáâãäßáåÝ æç❸ è❷❷éêë❼❻❸ì í❹❸❷❷ 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 — Released Isaiah — Signed yone Gray ed RB Darrin d LB Xavier — Signed CB Darrius Shep- — Re-signed ar contract. TS - Signed aived P McGloster. S — Signed er to a three- yan Delaire. ➉➐ ➁➂➁➝➅ ➃➐ ➃➒➄ ➣➄➃➒↔↕ ð young team going through ➩➫➭➭➯ ➲➳➵➵ ➸➺➳➻➳ ➼➽➾ ➚➪ ➶➹➪➘➴➾ ➷➬➹➮➱ ➷✃➮❐ ❒➾➪❮ ❒✃✃❰ ➱➾Ï✃➘➴ ➪❒ ❒➽➾ ➴➬➱❒➹➬Ï❒ ❒✃Ð➹➘➪❮➾➘❒ ❒✃ ➾➪➹➘ ➬❒➱ ❒➽➬➹➴ ➱❒➹➪➬➷➽❒ ➱❒➪❒➾ Ñ➾➹❒➽Ò ➉➆➆ ➅❾❿➀ ➇➃➄ ➅❾➁ ➓➄➀➅ ➅❿➊➁ ➉➐➈ when you can look to a four- ➅❿➊➁ ð➆➆➌ñ➅➉➄ ➋❿➅❾ ➨➟ ↔➆➉➍➃➂ ÓÔÕÖ× Continued from Page 6A Meanwhile, the ➑❿➣➁➄➀ ➠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 ÖØ× Continued from Page 6A Long had a two-stroke lead over Bell entering the ➓➐➉➆ ➄➃➒➐➈➔ →➒➅ ➅❾➁ ➑❿➣➁➄ ➀➁➐❿➃➄➔ ❿➐ ➓➐➉➆ ➅❾➁ ↔➄➁↔ 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 ✿❀❁ ❁✼❚❂ ❃✽❄❅ ❂❀❇❇❅❚✽❂ ❅❄❂❁ ❉●❍❏❑ ◆❖P◗ ❘❯❱❳ ❩❬❬ ➤➟➨ ➉➐➈ ➉ ➎➟➅❾➌↔➆➉➝➁ ➓➐➌ 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 ➓➐❿➀❾➁➀ ➛➉➜➁➄➔ ÷ øí ùñíúõð ❉❊❋ 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- ôíñõöíñð ❲✼❚❅✽ 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 ëìíîïìðñòó ❈✼✽❈✾ 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. 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