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SPORTS 4A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, JUNE 11, 2015 ‘Jon G’ Memorial doubleheader Saturday The Daily Astorian SEASIDE — The first annual Jon Gizdavich Me- morial Alumni Baseball Doubleheader is scheduled for Saturday at Broadway Field. As of Tuesday, some 30 Seaside High School alum- ni will be taking part in the doubleheader that honors the former Gull, who died Jan. 30, 2013, after a car ac- cident in Corvallis. Registrations are still being accepted for the Sat- urday games, which are SCOREBOARD SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY Junior State Baseball — Neah-Kah-Nie at Knappa, 6 p.m. FRIDAY Junior State Baseball — Neah-Kah-Nie at Seaside, 4 p.m. SATURDAY Baseball — Jon Gizdavich Memorial Alumni Doubleheader, Broadway Field, 1 p.m. SUNDAY Junior State Baseball — Wilson at Astoria Ford (2), 2 p.m.; Astoria Ford B at Nehalem (2), 2 p.m. scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. There is a $30 playing fee, and donations can be made out to Seaside High School (memo: Jon G Scholarship). All proceeds will go to the Jon Gizdav- ich Scholarship Fund, with the first scholarship to be awarded next year. Commemorative “Jon G” baseball T-shirts will also be available for those who par- ticipate, and shirts will also be for sale at the field to ben- efit the scholarship fund. Gizdavich — “JoNo,” as he was known to teammates — was just a few months away from earning a bach- elor of science in public health at Oregon State Uni- versity when he died. OSU awarded the degree to his mother, Terry Gizda- vich, in a special ceremony. Dailiy Astorian File Jon Gizdavich, right, watches Astoria’s Jordan Poyer round the bases in a summer 2006 game. Gamesmanship in full bloom in Stanley Cup Final The Associated Press AP Photo/Michael Conroy Cleveland Cavaliers forward LeBron James answers a question during a press conference for basket- ball’s NBA Finals in Cleveland, Wednesday. Down 2-1 to Cavs, Warriors face ‘urgent’ NBA Finals Game 4 wants to go down 3-1.” LeBron James has scored CLEVELAND — The 40 or more in two of the Golden State Warriors hav- three games while playing en’t lost three straight games more than 47 minutes per all season, and doing so now game for an undermanned would force them to make team. He appeared exhaust- the greatest comeback in ed Wednesday, though that NBA Finals history. will be worth it if he can de- Teams with a 3-1 lead are OLYHUWKH&DYDOLHUVWKHLU¿UVW LQ WKH ¿QDOV DFFRUGLQJ NBA title. to information provided to the “You just try to give ev- league by Elias. So the War- erything that you have to riors don’t have to be remind- your teammates and live ed of the importance of Game with the results,” James said. 4 against Cleveland tonight. “For me, I just try to put it all “I think we all know it’s on the line to a point where really urgent,” guard Klay win, lose or draw, you’re sat- Thompson said. “No one LV¿HGZLWKWKHRXWFRPH´ The Associated Press CHICAGO — Goalten- der Ben Bishop participat- ed in Tampa Bay’s morning skate, and was missing when the Lightning warmed up for Game 4. The Chicago Black- hawks hid their completely different lines until the game started. The race is on between coaches Jon Cooper of the Lightning and Joel Quenne- ville of the Blackhawks for every little inch in one of the tightest Stanley Cup Finals in decades. “Whether it’s the element of surprise, I mean, we expect- ed the other goalie in the net tonight, too,” Quenneville said with a grin. “So I guess it’s 50- 50.” The Blackhawks used 24 saves from Corey Crawford to edge the Lightning 2-1 for a series-tying victory in Game 4 on Wednesday night. Jona- than Toews and Brandon Saad scored, and Chicago survived a big push by Tampa Bay in WKH ¿QDO PRPHQWV ZKLOH LP- proving 8-2 at home in the playoffs. Slugging away at each oth- er for 12 periods, the Black- AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh Tampa Bay Lightning’s Alex Killorn, top, scores past Chicago Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford during the second period in Game 4 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final Wednesday in Chicago. The Blackhawks won 2-1 to tie the series 2-2. hawks and Lightning have have been decided by one goal been tied or separated by one IRUWKH¿UVWWLPHVLQFH0RQWUH- goal for the entire series. The al swept St. Louis in 1968. ¿UVW IRXU JDPHV RI WKH ¿QDO “We could have won every game so far, and that’s what you want to give yourself the chance to do,” Lightning de- fenseman Anton Stralman said. “You don’t want to come back into the dressing room and say ‘Man, we let this one slip.’ We don’t have that feel- ing right now. We played some good hockey. Sometimes you play well and you don’t get the results you want.” Alex Killorn scored for Tampa Bay in Game 4, and An- drei Vasilevskiy made 17 saves while subbing for the banged- up Bishop. Captain Steven Stamkos had an assist for his ¿UVW SRLQW VLQFH *DPH RI WKH (DVWHUQ &RQIHUHQFH ¿QDOV against the New York Rangers. Tampa Bay said Bishop is day to day with an undisclosed injury. He appeared to be deal- ing with some sort of groin or leg problem while making 36 saves in a gutsy performance in Tampa Bay’s 3-2 victory on Monday night. Game 5 is Sat- urday in Florida and Game 6 is in Chicago on Monday. “Bish is going to play again in this series, there’s no question,” Cooper said. “I just don’t know which game.” I N G S O O N M C O Bergerson Tile & Stone u h e a d a t e j u l y 2 8 - g v s a e t 1 s t e n i b a C d an for in form a tion go to: cla tsopfa irgrou n d s.com SOLID SURFACE COUNTER TOP S ALE Free kitchen sin k a nd free upgra ded crescent edge W ITH K ITCH E N IN STAL L FREE QUOTES VISIT OUR SHOWROOM www.bergersontile.com 1033 Marine Dr. | Astoria 503-325-7767
