SPORTS THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2015 9A Poyer football, Astoria Ford baseball camps coming The Daily Astorian The second annual Jordan Poyer Football Camp is 1-5 p.m. June 28 at Columbia Me- morial Field. The Astoria High School graduate, former Oregon State All-American and cur- rent member of the Cleveland Browns, along with the Astoria High School football coach- ing staff, will be conducting a one-day camp for any child entering kindergarten through eighth grade next fall. The cost of the camp is $40. Instruction will include individual techniques of all offensive, defensive and spe- cial team positions; recom- mended nutritional training; off-season and in-season training; the importance of goal-setting; and the impor- tance of team-building. Preregistration is pre- IHUUHG E\ ¿OOLQJ RXW DQ DX- thorization form,available at Astoria High School, and returning it to school, 1001 West Marine Drive, to the attention of Howard Rub by June 12. Checks should be made payable to Astoria Football – Jordan Poyer Camp. If preregistration is not possible, campers may regis- ter the day of the camp from noon to 12:45 p.m. Campers should wear cloth shorts and T-shirts, and pref- erably a rubber molded pair of shoes (metal cleats are not allowed). Daily Astorian File Poyer signed autographs and posed for pictures with fans in last year’s camp. SCOREBOARD PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Baseball — 4A Quarterfinal: Astoria at Hidden Valley, 5 p.m.; 2A Quarterfinal: Dufur at Knap- pa, 4 p.m. Softball — 2A Quarterfinal: Knappa at Pilot Rock, 4 p.m. Daily Astorian File Jordan Poyer’s annual Astoria football camp is scheduled for June 28 at CMH Field. For more information, contact coach Rub at 503- 325-3911, ext. 317, at hrub@ astoria.k12.or.us. All participants will re- ceive a T-shirt and can take one photo with Poyer. The camp is for any play- er in the Lower Columbia re- gion, age 8-15. Players from Washington and all surround- ing schools in the Astoria area are welcome. Astoria Ford’s Baseball Summer Day Camp is 6 to Astoria Ford Baseball 8:30 p.m. July 19. Camp in July The next three days, the 7KH ¿UVW $VWRULD )RUG ages split up with 8-12 year Baseball Summer Day Camp olds at camp 9:30-11:30 a.m. will take place July19-22 at and 13-15 year olds from 1-3 CMH Field. p.m. The camp is to improve the skills and baseball IQ’s of all participants, and encourage young people to play baseball. The camp will be run by Astoria High School coach Dave Gasser and his staff. Small groups of players will be coached by current and for- mer Astoria baseball players. The cost is $100 for the week. It includes camp T-shirts and some surprises during competitive drills. To hold a spot and make sure the camp is staffed prop- erly, an RSVP is required. All checks will be made out to “Astoria Ford Junior Base- ball.” Coaches from youth teams can collect registration forms and make a $20 deposit to register players in advance. Parents can contact coach Gasser directly at 503-758- 2195, and send the registra- tion form and $20 deposit to 249 W. Exchange St. Forms will be available through players’ leagues or can be sent electronically or by mail. /oFal oI¿Fial Konored North Coast basketball RI¿FLDO0DUWLQ%XHZDVFKR- sen by the Oregon Athletic Coaches Association as one RI WZR DWKOHWLF RI¿FLDOV IRU 2015. Bue was honored at a ban- quet at Autzen Stadium in Eu- gene Saturday. Pharoah’s trainer grows into racing’s grateful elder statesman The Associated Press AP Photo/Tony Dejak Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James poses for a selfie with fans after the Cavaliers defeated the Atlanta Hawks 118-88 in Game 4 of the NBA basketball Eastern Conference finals for a sweep Tuesday in Cleveland. And now, we wait: Cavs, Warriors get time to rest “We decided a few years ago that it was important to Golden State coach Steve lock in a start date given the Kerr was chatting with assis- global nature of the NBA, tant Luke Walton a few min- with TV and digital partners utes before what became the and 215 countries and territo- Warriors’ clinching victory in ries airing the games,” league the Western Conference Fi- spokesman Michael Wade nals, and a realization popped said Thursday. “While it’s into his head. rare for our teams to have a “You know what we do week off prior to The Finals, now?” Kerr asked, somewhat the time allows for both teams rhetorically. “We wait.” to rest up and get healthy.” Now, we all wait. And just about everyone The NBA Finals won’t needs the rest. start until June 4, meaning Start with LeBron James, both the Cleveland Cavaliers who has made playing and the Warriors will have through aches and pains at more than a full week to rest, this time of year an annu- recover, scout and plan for al occurrence. The athletic Game 1 of the title matchup. trainer who has worked in It’s the same sort of break that tandem with him for years, Golden State had to deal with Mike Mancias, is basically EHWZHHQ WKH ¿UVW DQG VHFRQG around James more than any- rounds, and for Cleveland, one else as the playoffs go these mini-vacations are now deeper, tending to whatever the norm — the Cavs also is ailing the four-time MVP. had layoffs of about a week “I will, as a leader, have following their wins in each our guys ready,” James said. of their opening two series. Cleveland guard Ky- So both teams were off rie Irving has been playing Thursday. through pain in both legs, At the Cavaliers’ complex and this break will determine in Independence, Ohio, some basically if he reverts to his players arrived for treatment, usual form or if he’ll still be but nary a basketball was limping his way through the bouncing in the facility — ¿QDOV that resumes on Friday. The Golden State’s Klay Warriors planned to also take Thompson developed concus- WKH GD\ DQG UHYHO LQ D ¿YH sion-like symptoms after the game ousting of the Houston FRQFOXVLRQRIWKH:HVW¿QDOV Rockets in the West title se- so the time off will surely be ries. welcomed there as he works .HUUVDLGDIWHUWKH:HVW¿- his way back through the nals that he had not given any league’s protocols for such thought to Cleveland. matters. And Andre Iguodala “There’s plenty of time to was shaken up late in Game get to Cleveland,” Kerr said. 5 against Houston, so he also Not that’s necessarily a can use a little extra rest. good thing. Golden State guard and It’s unprecedented in the league’s reigning MVP league history for both con- Stephen Curry took a nasty ference champions to be sit- spill against Houston and was ting around for so long before playing with a sleeve to pro- the NBA Finals. There’s in- tect his elbow in the clincher. stances of one Finals-bound “We’ve got to take a week team having longer breaks, off to get ready,” Curry said, but not both in the same year. “and get our minds right and There has been so-called our game plan right for how “move-up dates” for The Fi- we’re going to beat Cleve- nals in the past, but no more. land.” The Associated Press ARCADIA, Calif. — Bob Baffert came blasting into thoroughbred racing in Southern California talking smack. Wearing a cowboy hat and boots, he had already conquered the quarter horse world and was ready to take aim at the bigger money and prestige offered by training regally-bred thoroughbreds. It wasn’t long before he piled up 11 wins in Triple Crown races — two behind leader D. Wayne Lukas — and ditched his big hat but kept the boots. Baffert’s quick success rubbed rival trainers the wrong way in a business rife with jealousy. But after a heart attack and the death of close family members, the \HDUROG%DIIHUWKDV¿QDOO\ grown into the premature cap of white hair that has been his trademark for years. “When you start out, you’re hungry and you’re am- bitious. Ambitious can give you an edge that people don’t like,” said Baffert, who will WU\ IRU WKH ¿UVW7ULSOH &URZQ since 1978 when American Pharoah runs in the Belmont Stakes next Saturday. “Now I’m still hungry, but not am- bitious to the way where I’m easier to deal with.” ,n tKe spotligKt In the beginning, Baffert thrived in the spotlight. He was quick with a quip and ÀLS ZLWK KLV DWWLWXGH :LQ- ning back-to-back Kentucky Derbies with horses that had shots at winning the Triple Crown in 1997 and 1998 will turn someone’s head. He won a third Derby in 2002 before War Emblem stumbled out of the starting gate at the Bel- mont and lost his Triple try. “I thought I was so smart,” he said. Then life kicked Baffert in the behind. His mother died in 2011, and he survived a heart attack in Dubai and the death of his father within a six-month span the following year. Then, seven horses in his barn at now-closed Holly- wood Park died for inconclu- sive reasons. The heart attack prompt- ed diet and lifestyle changes (cheeseburgers were out and chicken was in), but losing his parents was life-chang- ing. During TV interviews, he would play to them watching back home in Nogales, Ariz., pulling son Bode into the shot so Ellie could see her young grandson. “Now there’s nobody out there,” he said, sitting track- side on a recent quiet morning at Santa Anita. AP Photo/Garry Jones, File Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert walks American Pharoah around the stakes barn at Pimlico Race Course in Balti- more May 13. 4uarter Korse world Bill Sr. loved horses and racing, but with seven kids he was duty-bound to his ranch. Nicknamed “The Chief,” he got Bob interested in the sport, and his son took it from there, starting out as a jockey in the braggadocious world of quarter horses, where pickups and those big cowboy hats were the signature style. “Everything starts out, ‘I’ll tell you what, I’m going to kick your (rear).’ We’re going to the OK corral with guns blazing,”’ Baffert said, mimicking a drawl. “The thoroughbred world isn’t that way. It’s more of a gentle- man’s skill; we’re going to take 10 paces and turn around and shoot each other.” Baffert has trained for Ahmed Zayat, who owns American Pharoah, since 2007. They’ve built trust and a bond that makes it easy for their families to spend time together away from the track. Zayat noticed a change in Baffert’s hard- charging ways after his heart attack and surgery to insert three stents. “He’s more content. He doesn’t have to get every- thing done perfect,” the Egyptian-born businessman said. “His demeanor is tell- ing me that ‘I’m happy to have a second chance and now I’m going to try to en- joy it and try not to stress myself.”’ COMING IN MAY OUR 8TH ANNUAL Reserve Your coastal Advertising Space Today! 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