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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 2018
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RUN TO
VICTORY
Eastern Oregon University
Knappa graduate Devin Lewis-Allen in the blocks for the Eastern Oregon University track team.
Knappa’s Lewis-Allen part of relay title
The Daily Astorian
P
ITTSBURG, Kan. — The Eastern Oregon Uni-
versity men’s distance medley relay team —
which includes a former Knappa Logger — won a
national title at the NAIA Indoor Track & Field Champi-
onships last Saturday in Pittsburg, Kansas.
The foursome of Michael Slagowski, Thomas Morrell
III, Dustin Zimmerly and Knappa High graduate Devin
Lewis-Allen won EOU’s first national title in a relay
event, making every second in the race count.
Down to the final leg of a thrilling 4,000-meter race,
Slagowski just outstretched a runner from Olivet Naza-
rene to win the race by .01 seconds.
The Mountaineers of Eastern Oregon took home the
national title with a program-record of 10 minutes, 0.45
seconds, while Olivet Nazarene took second at 10:00.46.
“What a way to finish the meet,” said EOU head coach
Ben Welch. “Those young men came into the meet ranked
10th with the goal of winning, stayed focused over three
days of hard racing and delivered.”
The Mountaineers enter the outdoor track and field sea-
son with the EOU Team Challenge 1 in Hermiston, March
17. Lewis-Allen is in his junior year at Eastern Oregon.
SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Dempsey’s late
goal lifts Sounders
past Chivas, 1-0
Eastern Oregon University
EOU’s winning distance medley relay squad, including Knappa’s Devin Lewis-Allen, lower right.
PAC-12 TOURNAMENT
Oregon State Beavers beat
Washington 69-66 in OT win
SEATTLE — Clint Dempsey
scored from straight in front of
the goal in the 78th minute, giv-
ing the Seattle Sounders a 1-0 vic-
tory over CD Chivas Guadalajara
on Wednesday night in the first leg
of the CONCACAF Champions
League quarterfinal series.
Defender Jordan McCrary
started the play that led to the goal
with a through ball down the right
wing side. Henry WIngo who had
just subbed in five minutes earlier,
caught up it and took it almost to
the end line. He crossed it into the
penalty area, Dempsey met it at
the penalty spot and drilled a hard
shot into the back left corner past
goalkeeper Rodolfo Cota.
By JOHN MARSHALL
Associated Press
AP Photo/Isaac Brekken
NBA reviewing
sexual assault
allegations
against Cuban
DALLAS — The NBA is
reviewing 2011 allegations of sex-
ual assault against Dallas Maver-
icks owner Mark Cuban and the
investigation that led to a deci-
sion by prosecutors not to pursue
the case.
League spokesman Mike Bass
said Wednesday the NBA was
looking into the matter, a day after
a weekly alternative newspaper
in Portland reported a woman’s
claim that Cuban put his hands
down her pants and touched her
inappropriately while they were
taking a photo at a Portland
nightclub.
“The NBA league office
is reviewing the 2011 allega-
tions against Mark Cuban and
the subsequent findings from the
Portland police investigation,”
Bass said.
— Associated Press
Washington’s Matisse Thybulle, left, and Jaylen Nowell, right,
and Oregon State’s Alfred Hollins reach for a loose ball during
Wednesday’s game in the first round of the Pac-12 men’s
tournament in Las Vegas.
LAS VEGAS — Oregon State had a pen-
chant for finding ways to lose instead of win for
most of the regular season. If the opposing team
hit a big shot or one of the Beavers missed a key
free throw, they would slump their shoulders
and watch the other team walk off with a victory.
With a chance to move on in the Pac-12 tour-
nament, Oregon State found a way to make the
big plays down the stretch.
Drew Eubanks scored 19 points, Ste-
phen Thompson Jr. added 14 and the Beavers
outlasted Washington 69-66 in overtime on
Wednesday night in the opening round of the
tournament.
“We said at halftime: ‘Guys, when we make
mistakes and we coach you and get after you,
you can’t drop your chins,’” Oregon State coach
Wayne Tinkle said. “That’s part of develop-
ing toughness and maturity. And I thought the
second half we really did that. That was the
difference.”
Oregon beats Washington State 64-62 in OT
By JOHN MARSHALL
Associated Press
LAS VEGAS — Payton Pritchard
scored on a runner late in over-
time and Kenny Wooten had a pair
of blocked shots in the final 13 sec-
onds, lifting Oregon to a 64-62 victory
over Washington State in the opening
round of the of the Pac-12 tournament
on Wednesday night.
Washington State (12-19) led by
three, but Troy Brown scored on a
hard drive and Pritchard put Ore-
gon (21-11) up 63-62 on his runner.
After Wooten blocked Malachi Fly-
nn’s drive, Pritchard missed two free
throws and Brown was fouled after
grabbing an offensive rebound.
Brown made 1 of 2 to give the
Ducks a final chance, but Wooten
swooped in to erase Milan Acquaah’s
drive just before the buzzer sounded.
Oregon moves on to play No. 3
seed Utah in Thursday’s quarterfinals.
Pritchard and MiKyle McIntosh
had 18 points each to help Oregon
rally from a dismal first half.
Flynn had 22 points and Robert
Franks added 16 for Washington State.
Oregon had a 20-win regular sea-
son and a winning record in the Pac-
12, yet still is considered a fringe
NCAA Tournament bubble team.
The Ducks need a good run in the
conference tournament, possibly all
the way to the title game.
The first step there was the sec-
ond game against Washington State in
six days. The Cougars won that game
78-76 behind a superb all-around
game by Flynn.
Oregon’s push didn’t get off to a
very good start. The Ducks missed
their first six shots and didn’t score in
the opening 5:15.
Mariners
bring back
44-year-old
Ichiro Suzuki
PEORIA, Ariz. — Ichiro Suzu-
ki’s wish was granted. He is back
in the familiar white and blue jer-
sey of the Seattle Mariners.
“Even in the offseason when I
would go back to Japan, I always
came back to Seattle. This was
my home ... has always been my
home,” the 44-year-old outfielder
said through a translator Wednes-
day after finalizing a $750,000,
one-year contract. “Somewhere
deep inside, I wanted to return and
wear this uniform again.”
Almost six years away, Suzuki
returned to help patch an inju-
ry-depleted outfield on the team
he played for from 2001-12. The
10-time All-Star can earn an addi-
tional $1.25 million in perfor-
mance bonuses based on plate
appearances: $200,000 each for
150 and each additional 50 through
350, and $250,000 for 400.
Suzuki earned the 2001 AL
Rookie of the Year and MVP, with
the Mariners and won a pair of
AL batting titles. He was traded
to the New York Yankees mid-
way through 2012, played parts
of three seasons with the Yankees,
then spent three seasons with
Miami.
He has a .312 average and
3,080 hits, not including the 1,278
hits he amassed in nine seasons
in Japan. Suzuki appeared in 136
games last year for the Miami
Marlins and hit .255 with a .318
on-base percentage.
— Associated Press
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
AP Photo/Isaac Brekken
Washington
State’s
Robert
Franks, left, tries to pass as he
falls to the court as Oregon’s
Elijah Brown defends during
Wednesday’s game in the first
round of the Pac-12 men’s tour-
nament in Las Vegas.
TODAY
Boys basketball — OSAA Class 4A
state tournament quarterfinals (at For-
est Grove High School):
Sisters vs. Banks, 1:30 p.m.
Valley Catholic vs. La Grande, 3:15
p.m.
Newport vs. Marshfield, 6:30 p.m.
Mazama vs. Seaside, 8:15 p.m.