SPORTS
8A — THE OBSERVER
Local sports
schedule
THURSDAY, MAY 6
PREP SOFTBALL
Baker/Powder Valley at La
Grande, 2 p.m.
FRIDAY, MAY 7
PREP BOYS TRACK AND
FIELD
La Grande Greater Oregon
League Invitational, La Grande
PREP BASEBALL
Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii/Ukiah at
Union/Cove, 3 p.m.
PREP SOFTBALL
Wallowa Valley at Pilot Rock/
Nixyaawii, 2 p.m.
PREP BOYS TENNIS
Baker/Powder Valley at La
Grande, 4 p.m.
Prep girls tennis
Baker/Powder Valley at La
Grande, TBD
COLLEGE TRACK AND
FIELD
EOU at Oregon Twilight meet in
Eugene
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Cascade Collegiate Conference
Championship, EOU vs. Corban
at Ashland, 9 a.m.
COLLEGE MEN’S
BASKETBALL
Southern Oregon at EOU, 6 p.m.
SATURDAY, MAY 8
PREP BASEBALL
Baker/Powder Valley at La
Grande, 11 a.m.
Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii/Ukiah at
Union/Cove, 11 a.m.
McLoughlin at Wallowa Valley,
1 p.m.
PREP SOFTBALL
La Grande at Pendleton, 11 a.m.
La Grande at Ridgeview
(Pendleton High School)
1:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, MAY 6, 2021
EOU in opening game
of CCC Championships
The Observer
ASHLAND — No.
5 Eastern Oregon Uni-
versity softball opens
the Cascade Confer-
ence Championships on
Friday morning, May 7,
in Ashland against No. 4
Corban University.
The winner that after-
noon goes on to face top
ranked Southern Oregon
University, and the losers
plays Saturday in an
elimination game.
The complete 40-team
National Association
of Intercollegiate Ath-
letics Championship
fi eld will be revealed
Tuesday, May 11, upon
the conclusion of con-
ference tournaments
across the country. The
10 opening round cham-
pions advance to the
NAIA World Series, set
for May 27 through June
2 in Columbus, Georgia.
Due to Jackson
County being in Oregon’s
“Extreme Risk” cate-
gory and under SOU pol-
icies, only 75 fans will be
allowed inside University
Field for each game.
For all non-SOU
games, seats will be
available on a fi rst-come,
fi rst-serve basis. For all
SOU games, there will
be 25 available for the
visiting team on a fi rst-
come, fi rst-serve basis
and 50 reserved for a
home team guest list.
Fans can watch the
games for free from the
areas outside of the large
main fence down the left-
and right-fi eld lines. Fans
must wear masks on SOU
property at all times.
The complete Cas-
cade Conference Cham-
pionships tournament
schedule is below:
FRIDAY, MAY 7
Game 1 at 9 a.m. — No.
4 Corban vs. No. 5 Eastern
Oregon.
Game 2 at 11:30 a.m. —
No. 3 Oregon Tech vs. No. 6
Warner Pacifi c.
Game 3 at 2 p.m. — No. 1
Southern Oregon vs. winner of
game 1.
Game 4 at 4:30 p.m. — No.
2 College of Idaho vs. winner
of game 2.
SATURDAY, MAY 8
Game 5 at 9 a.m. — Loser
of game 2 vs. loser of game 3
(loser eliminated).
Game 6 at 11:30 a.m. —
Loser of game 1 vs. loser of
game 4 (loser eliminated).
Game 7 at 2 p.m. —
Winner of game 3 vs. winner
of game 4.
Game 8 at 4:30 p.m. —
Winner of game 5 vs. winner
of game 6 (loser eliminated).
Ellen Morris Bishop/For the Wallowa County Chieftain
Wallowa Valley pitcher Flynn Nave slides into third just before the tag. He was ruled out on the steal attempt
in the fi rst game of a doubleheader at Enterprise’s Jensen Field on Saturday, May 1, 2021. Wallowa Valley won
that doubleheader and another Tuesday at home against Weston-McEwen.
Wallowa Valley defeats TigerScots
JOSEPH — Wal-
lowa Valley playing at
home bested the Weston-
McEwen TigerScots in a
pair of nonleague games,
12-2 and 10-0.
Weston-McEwen was
holding strong early in the
second game, trailing 4-2
after four innings.
Wallowa Valley hung
six runs on the board in
the fi fth to pull away.
Blane Peal and Willie
Cain hit doubles for the
TigerScots, while Ben
Hubbard added two
singles.
In the opener, Caden
Fent threw a complete
game three-hitter for Wal-
lowa Valley, striking out
fi ve.
Fent and Flynn Nave
each drove in two runs for
Wallowa Valley, which
invoked the 10-run rule in
the fi fth inning.
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SUNDAY, MAY 9
Game 9 at 11 a.m. — Loser
of game 7 vs. winner of game
8 (loser eliminated).
Game 10 at 1:30 p.m. —
Winner of game 7 vs. winner
of game 9 (championship).
Game 11 — 30 minutes after
completion of game 10 (if
necessary).
The win came on the
heels of Wallowa Valley
chalking up both wins in
a doubleheader Saturday,
May 1, sweeping Grant
Union 14-4 and 6-3.
In other prep base-
ball play, Baker/Powder
Valley defeated Ontario
on the road 18-1 and
5-1.
Baker improved to 6-4
overall.
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COLLEGE TRACK AND
FIELD
EOU at the Canis Latrans
Qualifi er and Multis in Caldwell,
Idaho
COLLEGE MEN’S
BASKETBALL
Southern Oregon at EOU, 3 p.m.
Google
deal with
WNBA
promotes
women’s
sports
By DOUG FEINBERG
AP Basketball Writer
NEW YORK — The
WNBA signed a multi-
year deal with Google on
Monday to be the pre-
senting partner for the
league’s playoff s, part of the
technology giant’s eff orts
to help champion women’s
sports.
Twenty-fi ve WNBA
games will be televised on
ABC and ESPN in cele-
bration of the league’s 25th
season, with Google as the
presenting sponsor. The
league will also have 40
games on CBS and CBS
Sports Network.
The WNBA will also
have 12 games streamed
on Twitter and 20 on
Facebook.
Google is the latest busi-
ness to join the league as a
“WNBA Changemaker,” a
program that Commissioner
Cathy Engelbert started last
year.
Changemakers are
intended to provide direct
support to the WNBA in its
ongoing business transfor-
mation across marketing,
branding and player and fan
experience. AT&T, Deloitte
U.S. and Nike were the fi rst
three companies to join the
program.
Google also will be an
associate partner for the
All-Star Game and the
inaugural WNBA Commis-
sioner’s Cup.
Other highlights of
the deal include Google
becoming the Offi cial
Trends and Fan Insights
partner of the WNBA, as
well as an offi cial mar-
keting partner and tech-
nology partner of the
league. Google also has
an agreement with ESPN
to present a weekly mon-
tage of the best women’s
sports highlights each
week on “SportsCenter”
beginning in May.
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