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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 2016 Philomath football misconduct case headed to DA’s offi ce Alleged incident occurred at Camp Rilea By BRAD FUQUA Gazette-Times A student misconduct investigation involving the Philomath High School foot- ball team and its July trip to Camp Rilea was scheduled to be forwarded late last week to the Benton County District Attorney’s Offi ce, an Oregon State Police public informa- tion offi cer said. “They have a meeting in the morning with the DA,” Oregon State Police Sgt. Kyle Hove said Thursday afternoon. “They will brief the DA on what they found out today.” Benton County District Attorney John Haroldson could not be reached for com- ments on possible charges that could be fi led. Hove said the case had been narrowed down only to an incident involving Philomath High School students. The investigation has been ongo- ing this week, including inter- views wrapping up Thursday. Law-enforcement sources and Philomath School Dis- trict offi cials have been quiet about any possible allegations involving the students. “We’re in a holding pat- tern until we hear from law enforcement,” Philomath School Board chair Tom Klip- fel said. “Then we’ll start our investigation.” Melissa Goff, Philomath superintendent of schools, said Thursday that the suspension of football-related activities had been extended to Aug. 12. The Oregon School Activities Association allows fall sports teams to begin practice Aug. 15. The Warriors participated in football scrimmages and drills at Camp Rilea for the eighth straight year. During the camp, players stayed overnight in the National Guard facility’s barracks. PHS took 35 players to the July 9-13 camp. Other fall sports at PHS had been suspended this week along with football but those sanctions were lifted. Goff said she could not share any infor- mation about the allegations that involve the PHS students. “First and last, our concern is student safety and students’ health and well-being,” Klipfel said, “and so that’s what we’re going to focus on through this process to address whatever this incident was and to pre- vent occurring elsewhere.” Goff said all overnight camps and the football camp that had been scheduled for Aug. 8-10 were canceled. AP Photo/Kathy Willens New York Yankees designated hitter Alex Rodriguez reacts after striking out in a baseball game against the Detroit Ti- gers at Yankee Stadium in New York in June. Rodriguez’s complicated relationship with the people of New York City comes to an end Friday when he plays his last game for the Yankees. A-Rod cost Yankees $317 million for one World Series title By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK — By the time Alex Rodriguez collects his last payment as a player from the Yankees next year, he will have received $317,368,852 from New York, according to a review of his contracts by The Associated Press. Luxury tax caused by his deal totaled an additional $132 million through this year, although the Yankees could have spent more money on other players had A-Rod not been on the roster. Was it worth it, given that the Yankees have won one World Series title during his years in pinstripes? “One individual is not responsible for winning only one world championship, because that’s part of the team effort,” general manager Brian Cashman said Wednesday. “He had a big piece of that success and in most cases more so than most.” New York acquired Rodri- guez from Texas in February 2004 for infi elder Alfonso Sori- ano and a player to be named, who turned out to be Joaquin Arias — an infi elder who drove in 95 runs over eight big league seasons. In all, Rodriguez will earn about $448 million as a player, including $119 million from Texas and about $12 million from Seattle. Heading into Friday night’s fi nale, the last game before New York releases him, the 41-year- old Rodriguez has hit .284 with 351 homers and 1,094 RBIs for the Yankees, helping them win their 27th Series title in 2009 but often failing in other postsea- sons. He won AL MVP awards in 2005 and 2007, raising his total to three. “The trade with Texas was a tremendous move,” Cash- man said. “We added one of the game’s greatest players at a discounted price because there were considerable offsets of sal- ary, and we got a lot of produc- tion from him for quite some time.” A-Rod cost the Yankees $61 million in salary from 2004-07 plus an additional $3.5 million in award bonuses. An additional $22 million he earned over those four seasons was paid by New York and reimbursed by the Rangers. Rodriguez opted out of the remainder of his deal to become a free agent, giving up $72 million in salary over three seasons. On Dec. 13, 2007 — the same day the Mitch- ell Report on drugs in base- ball was released — Rodri- guez fi nalized a $275 million, 10-year contract to remain with the Yankees. He was suspended by Major League Baseball for the entire 2014 season for violations of the sport’s drug agreement and labor contract, and an arbitrator cut his $25 million salary for that sea- son to $2,868,852, taking away 162/183rds of the total. Rodriguez’s Yankees con- tract pays him in monthly install- ments, and the last payment is due on Dec. 31, 2017. How- ever, he still will receive money from the Rangers; at the time of the trade, the $36 million in deferred money from the $252 million, 10-year deal he signed with Texas in December 2000 was converted to an assignment bonus, which accrues interest at a 2 percent annual rate. SPORTS 7A Gray skies and green water at the Rio de Janeiro Games By ARNIE STAPLETON AP Sports Writer RIO DE JANEIRO — Skies and pools both dark- ened Wednesday as the sun- splashed Olympics in Rio de Janeiro gave way to gray clouds and murky green waters. The Rio Games were drenched in rain and con- tinued questions about why the diving well and water polo pools look so much like neglected aquariums. The fi rst American male basketball player to appear in four Olympics, Carmelo Anthony passed LeBron James as the national team’s most prolifi c scorer. The U.S. men’s basketball team needed every one of his 31 points as they got their fi rst good test in fending off Aus- tralia 98-88. Katie Ledecky’s strong fi nal leg helped the U.S. women win the 4x200 free- style relay over silver medal- ist Australia. Brazil fi nally found its scoring touch in the men’s soccer tournament at the Olympics, the host country advancing to the quarterfi - nals by beating Denmark 4-0 and avoiding an embarrass- ing elimination in front of the home fans. Brazil plays Colombia in Sao Paulo on Saturday. The third day of the men’s water polo tournament began in green-tinged water, though not nearly as dark as the neighboring diving pool at the aquatics center. It was crystal blue the day before. Water quality has been a major issue surrounding the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, but in the ocean and lagoons, not pools. A decrease in the alka- line level in the diving well Tuesday afternoon led to the green color, organizing com- mittee spokesman Mario Andrada said. He added that the pool for water polo As of Thursday morning, Aug. 11 TOP 10 MEDAL WINNERS AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano Cyclist Ellen van Dijk of Netherlands rides along Pontal beach during the women’s individual time trial event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday. G S B 1. United States 11 11 10 2. China 10 6 3. Japan 6 1 11 4. Russia 4 7 4 5. Australia 6. 5 United Kingdom 3 3 4 5 6 7. Italy 3 6 3 8. South Korea 4 2 3 9. Hungary 5 1 1 10. Germany 4 2 9 1 AP AP Photo/Wong Maye-E Britain’s Jack Laugher and Chris Mears compete during the men’s synchronized 3-meter springboard diving fi- nal in the Maria Lenk Aquatic Center at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday. and synchronized swimming is being affected in the same way but “we expect the color to be back to blue very shortly.” Rio organizers insisted the athletes weren’t at risk in the green pools. They were on the waters and slippery roadways, though. Strong winds rattled palm trees along the coast and whipped up waves on the scenic lagoon where rowing was post- poned for a full day for the sec- ond time this week. With winds too blustery, rowers packed up their oars for the day as cyclists hit slick roads on skinny time- trial bikes unsuited to harsh weather conditions. Under dark skies, the cyclists faced lashing rain and wind on You name it, we’ve banked it. the time-trial course along Rio’s southern coast. The conditions might have cost Ellen van Dijk of the Netherlands a medal. She slid off the road and got tangled in weeds before fi nishing fourth. American Kristin Armstrong won the race. With the cooler weather, away went the bare skin and out came the full leggings and long- sleeve shirts in beach volleyball as temperatures dipped into the lower 60s after sunset, the cold- est night yet. Other highlights from Day 5 at the Rio Games: SWIMMING SHOCKER: Kazakhstan has its fi rst Olym- pic swimming medal, and it’s golden. Dmitriy Balandin pulled off a stunning upset in the men’s 200-meter breaststroke, win- ning from the eighth lane to put his central Asian country on the swimming medal stand for the fi rst time. Yosuhiro Koseki of Japan went out fast and was more than a second under world-record pace at the fi nal turn but faded to fi fth. Josh Prenot of the United States claimed silver and Anton Chup- kov of Russia landed the bronze. EBNER ELIMINATED: Nate Ebner, the safety for the New England Patriots who took a break from training camp to fulfi ll his Olympic dream, sprinted from almost halfway to score a try in the right cor- ner against Fiji to make it 24-19, piling the pressure on Madison Hughes. But the U.S. captain and goal kicker missed the con- version from out wide, leaving the margin at fi ve. Less than that and the Americans would have advanced. ROWING AT RISK: Twenty-two races, including the fi rst two medal races, were post- poned in the regatta but interna- tional rowing federation direc- tor Matt Smith said there’s still room on the schedule without having to resort to drastic mea- sures — even if competition is also called off Thursday. LIFE’S A BEACH: The American beach volleyball team of Jake Gibb and Casey Patter- son were eliminated from the Olympics on a tiebreaker. Experience is our strong suit. 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