SPORTS
THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2015
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Knappa Loggers take top
spots in league awards
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Baseball pitchers Homer Bailey, Kevin Brown, Matt Cain, Zack Greinke, Cole Hamels,
Mike Hampton, Felix Hernandez, Clayton Kershaw, Cliff Lee, Jon Lester, CC Sabathia
and Johan Santana. Max Scherzer and Jon Lester reported to spring training with new
teams, swelling the $100 million pitcher club to 16 members.
$100 million pitchers must
produce results quickly
of these in the game, and they
give you something that no one
else has,” said agent Scott Bo-
Max Scherzer and Jon ras, who negotiated the deals
Lester might as well have ne- for Kevin Brown, Barry Zito
on-green dollar signs stamped and Scherzer. “A lot of teams
all over their uniforms and have a lot of pitchers, but few
caps.
teams have a true No. 1.”
Their careers were rede-
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innings pitched are likely to of their deals, according to
dwindle with age.
STATS. During the remaining
Theo Epstein, the Chicago years, they fell to a 7-7 record
Cubs’ president of baseball and 4.43 ERA.
operations who signed Les-
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Is the roster candy worth
Justin Verlander was 124-
it to their teams? Or merely a 65 and 30 years old when he
status symbol?
signed his big deal with Detroit
“They are difference-mak- in March 2013. He is 28-24
ers. They are special talents. since, slowed by core muscle
Usually there are only 10 to 12 surgery before the 2014 season.
By RONALD BLUM
The Associated Press
“I don’t think that there’s
anyone that looks at long-term
contracts for pitchers that are
older and thinks that all of
them are going to be years of
investment that are at the high-
est rate,” Detroit Tigers presi-
dent Dave Dombrowski said.
“You expect some type of de-
cline and adjustment that takes
place.”
Pitchers and catchers start
workouts with the World Se-
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Giants on Thursday, and posi-
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er. Among the players making
fresh starts are Pablo Sando-
val and Hanley Ramirez with
Boston; Matt Kemp, Justin
Upton and James Shields with
San Diego; and David Robert-
son with the Chicago White
Sox.
And Alex Rodriguez re-
turns to the New York Yankees
at age 39 following his year-
long suspension.
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onship in franchise history,
Washington gave the 30-year-
old Scherzer a $210 million,
seven-year contract, $5 million
shy of the record for pitchers
set by the Los Angeles Dodg-
ers’ Clayton Kershaw.
Northwest League boys basket-
ball belonged to the Knappa Log-
gers this season, and so did the big
awards announced in last week’s
league tournament.
Knappa’s Chris Spencer was
named Coach of the Year, and se-
nior Tyson Burnard (backed by his
50-point performance in the seed-
ing game) earned Player of the Year
honors.
Logger seniors Justin Dragoo and
Andy Miller were selected to the sec-
ond team, and freshman Dale Takalo
was named honorable mention.
Knappa is preparing to host its
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26, 2011 (an 86-47 win over Yon-
calla).
Union (16-8 overall) will visit
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eight in Pendleton. Tickets are $6 for
adults, $4 for students.
The Northwest League girls
Player of the Year was Vernonia
senior Meghan Sullivan, and Bill
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Coach of the Year.
Knappa senior Shailei Wright
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Kacie Cameron was second team, Knappa senior Tyson Burnard tosses in two of his
and junior Chloe Little earned hon- 50 points in last week’s win over Vernonia. Burnard
was named the NWL Player of the Year.
orable mention.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SCHEDULE
FRIDAY
Boys Basketball — Crook Coun-
ty at Seaside, 7 p.m.; Union at
Knappa, 6 p.m.
Wrestling — OSAA State Tourna-
ment, Portland Memorial Coliseum,
All Day.
SATURDAY
Girls Basketball — Wahkiakum
at Ilwaco, 2 p.m., at WF West HS,
Chehalis
Wrestling — OSAA State Tourna-
ment, Portland Memorial Coliseum,
All Day.
BASKETBALL
HIGH SCHOOLS
Northwest All-League
Boys
Player of the Year: Tyson Bur-
nard, Knappa
Coach of the Year: Chris Spen-
cer, Knappa
First Team
Tyson Burnard, Sr., Knappa
Tom Chiang, Sr., Delphian
Brett Elder, Jr., Nestucca
DeMonte Malloy, So., City Chr.
Clay Sullivan, Fr., Vernonia
Cole Waibel, Sr., Gaston
Russell Walker, Sr., Faith Bible
Second Team
Justin Dragoo, Sr., Knappa
Brett Elliot, So., Vernonia
Max Halverson, So., NeahKahNie
Andy Miller, Sr., Knappa
Guillermo Pimienta, Sr., Nestucca
Honorable Mention
Tristan Adams, So., Vernonia
Jack Evans, Sr., City Christian
J.J. Gonzalez, Sr., Delphian
Cameron Hofer, Sr., Faith Bible
Brandon Luey, Sr., Faith Bible
Dale Takalo, Fr., Knappa
Quentin Tomak, Jr., Delphian
Keenan Wenrick, Sr., Nestucca
Sportsmanship: City Christian
Girls
Player of the Year: Meghan Sulli-
van, Vernonia
Coach of the Year: Bill Stephens,
Faith Bible
First Team
Meghan Sullivan, Sr., Vernonia
Sierra Falcon, Sr., Faith Bible
Julia Fletcher, Sr., Vernonia
Piper Lewellen, Sr., City Christian
Sue Traver, Sr., City Christian
Shailei Wright, Sr., Knappa
Second Team
Kacie Cameron, Sr., Knappa
Jaycie Endicott, Sr., Gaston
Alaina Holm, Jr., Neah-Kah-Nie
Mara Irving, Sr., Faith Bible
Kycie Richwine, Sr., Nestucca
Ma’Ca Veselkova, Jr., Vernonia
Honorable Mention
Monica Chatelain, Sr., Nestucca
Haylie Davis, Sr., Gaston
Traci Fleming, Sr., Faith Bible
Jessica Irving, So., Faith Bible
Annie Kelly, Sr., Neah-Kah-Nie
Chloe Little, Jr., Knappa
Lisa Paje, So., Vernonia
Annie Romig, Jr., Neah-Kah-Nie
Felicia Vong, Fr., City Christian
Sportsmanship: Nestucca
Blazers beat slumping Spurs
PORTLAND (AP) — Wes-
ley Matthews and the Port-
land Trail Blazers hope they
put their recent fourth-quarter
woes behind them Wednesday
night.
Matthews scored 31 points,
LaMarcus Aldridge had 11
points and 13 rebounds, and
Portland beat the slumping
San Antonio Spurs 111-95 for
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Star break.
The Trail Blazers are 25-4
when leading after three quar-
ters, but all four losses have
come in the past 10 games.
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Sunday, when Portland blew
a 13-point lead as Memphis
outscored the Blazers 34-15
during the fourth period.
Portland had an 81-71
lead heading into the fourth
quarter against the Spurs, and
the home crowd had reason
to gasp when San Antonio
opened the period with con-
secutive 3-pointers by Danny
Green and Tony Parker that
sliced the margin to four.
But in a matter of 3 min-
utes, Portland ended the dra-
ma by blitzing San Antonio
with a 14-2 run that made it
95-79.
“Tonight, everyone was
locked in,” Blazers guard Da-
mian Lillard said. “We know
how it felt ... last game against
Memphis when we played so
well to let it slip away. We
didn’t want that feeling again,
so everybody came out and
did whatever we needed to do
for our team to pull it out.”
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