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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, MAY 17, 2018
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Athletes of the Week
SOPHIE
LONG
Astoria
RAFI
SIBONY
Seaside
Photos by Gary Henley/The Daily Astorian
he Lady Fishermen won another league title May 12, picking up big
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points from a freshman runner. Sophie Long won the 800 meters in a per-
sonal best time 2:21.68, and also ran a leg on the winning 400-meter relay
he Seaside boys own the 800 meters at the state level. Brett Willyard won
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the event in 2013, and Jackson Januik was the champion from 2015-17.
This year’s hope is Rafi Sibony. The senior won the 800 league title May 12,
squad. Long is ranked third in the state in the 800, and could play a big role in
helping Astoria in its quest for a state title this weekend. Runners from Astoria
have now won three of the last four Cowapa League 800-meter titles (Kaylee
Mitchell won in 2015 and ‘16).
and is ranked sixth in the state. His 2:00.05 ranks him seventh in Seaside his-
tory. He is also in the final season of his final sport. Sibony is said to be the
only athlete in the history of the school to letter in four sports (cross country,
soccer, basketball, track) all four years.
SPORTS
IN BRIEF
Fallout
underway
in Nassar
scandal
Rockets rout
Warriors, 127-105
HOUSTON — James Harden
and Eric Gordon each scored 27
points to lead a balanced attack
and the Houston Rockets routed
the Golden State Warriors 127-
105 to even the Western Confer-
ence finals at one game apiece.
The Rockets didn’t trail after
the first quarter and led by dou-
ble digits for most of the night.
They head to Oakland, California
for Game 3 on Sunday night feel-
ing much better after rebounding
from a deflating 119-106 loss in
the series opener.
Associated Press
DETROIT — Michigan State
University’s
announcement
Wednesday that it agreed to pay
$500 million to settle claims from
more than 300 women and girls
who said they were assaulted by
former sports doctor Larry Nassar
is seen as a step toward providing
closure for those victims.
But it hardly ends the fallout
and investigations into the worst
sex-abuse case in sports history.
Here’s where things stand:
Bucks agree to
hire Budenholzer
as coach
WHERE’S LARRY?
The central figure, Nassar,
54, pleaded guilty to molesting
women and girls under the guise
of treatment and was caught with
child pornography. He is serving
three prison sentences that will
likely keep him locked up for life.
Federal Bureau of Prison
records say he is at a prison in
Tucson, Arizona.
INVESTIGATE,
INVESTIGATE
Among the investigations that
have been launched are ones by
the U.S. Education Department
and Michigan Attorney General’s
office, which are looking into how
Michigan State University han-
dled allegations of sexual assault
against Nassar.
CONGRESS
Congress, which has ultimate
oversight of the U.S. Olympic
team via the Ted Stevens Ama-
teur Sports Act, is getting more
involved.
In January, it passed a bill that
makes members of amateur sports
organizations, including those
that run Olympic sports, manda-
tory reporters of sexual abuse,
and requires the organizations to
implement standard protections
for athletes.
SCOREBOARD
PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE
TODAY
Baseball — Lewis & Clark League
playoff: Clatskanie at Warrenton, 5 p.m.
Softball — Lewis & Clark League
playoff: Warrenton at Clatskanie, 5 p.m.
Track — OSAA State meet, 3A/2A/1A,
Hayward Field, Eugene
FRIDAY
Baseball — Astoria at Rainier, 4:30
p.m.; Kennedy at Knappa, 4:30 p.m.
Softball — 4A regional play-in: Astoria
at Elmira, 4 p.m.
Track — OSAA State meet (all class-
es), Hayward Field, Eugene
SATURDAY
Track — OSAA State meet, 6A/5A/4A,
Hayward Field, Eugene
AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
Texas Rangers pitcher Bartolo Colon throws against the Seattle Mariners during the first inning in Seattle.
44-year-old Colon dominant
as Rangers handle Mariners
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
SEATTLE — The line drive off
the bat of Seattle’s Jean Segura was
estimated at 101 mph. As much as
Texas starter Bartolo Colon tried to
get his glove up and shift his body,
there was no way he could avoid
being struck.
After Colon picked up the loose
ball and threw Segura out at first
base, he laughed as the Rangers staff
rushed to check on him.
“The important thing is we won
the game and I was able to get the
out,” Colon said through an inter-
preter. “He got me on the side. It was
not in the middle. And I have a big
belly so I can (handle) it.”
All kidding aside, Colon put
together arguably his best perfor-
mance of the season on Wednes-
day, allowing four hits in 7 2/3 shut-
out innings and giving the Rangers
a 5-1 win over the Mariners. On the
cusp of his 45th birthday, Colon (2-1)
was excellent spotting his fastball and
using his breaking pitches to keep
Seattle off balance, a night after the
Mariners scored nine runs.
“Everything was working. My
curve, my fastball, my slider —
everything was working,” Colon said.
It was the second time this season
he pitched into the eighth, the pre-
vious against Houston when he was
perfect through seven innings. Colon
struck out two and threw 71 of 96
pitches for strikes.
“It’s unbelievable. He’s not trick-
ing you. He just executes and gets the
job done,” Seattle’s Kyle Seager said.
UP NEXT: MARINERS
Today, 7:10 p.m. in Seattle
TV: RTNW RADIO: 1490 AM
LHP Marco Gonzales (3-3)
makes his ninth start of the
season as the Mariners open a
series against Detroit. Gonzales
has thrown six innings in each of
his last four starts, but took the
loss in his last outing also against
the Tigers.
Offense was scarce for both teams.
The Rangers took advantage of two
key mistakes by Seattle in the ninth
inning to earn a split of the brief
series.
Delino DeShields gave Texas the
lead with a two-out RBI double in
the eighth inning that scored Isiah
Kiner-Falefa. The Rangers added
four more in the ninth, all after Ryon
Healy’s two-out error and two runs
scoring on a wacky strikeout.
Ronald Guzman struck out swing-
ing with the bases loaded and two
outs, but catcher David Freitas
couldn’t handle the pitch from Marc
Rzepczynski. Jurickson Profar scored
from third on the passed ball and Kin-
er-Falefa from second after Freitas
made an unnecessary throw trying to
get Guzman at first base.
The Rangers added two more runs
— one due to the hustle of Shin-Soo
Choo reaching on an infield hit — to
cap the sloppy inning by Seattle.
“I threw a slider and (Freitas) was
thinking fastball. I’ll just say that. We
got crossed up and it ended up getting
by him and cost us two runs,” Rzep-
czynski said.
Seager’s homer in the ninth was
the extent of Seattle’s offense. The
Mariners threatened in the eighth after
Colon was lifted, but Jose Leclerc got
Segura to pop out on the first pitch
with runners on second and third.
Seattle starter Christian Bergman
didn’t allow a hit until Kiner-Falefa
reached on an infielder grounder in
the fifth inning. Bergman allowed two
hits in seven shutout innings making
a spot start after being recalled from
Triple-A. He was lifted to start the
eighth inning after striking out five
and throwing 90 pitches.
James Pazos (1-1) was tagged
with the loss after giving up two hits
opening the eighth. It was his first run
allowed since April 7.
POSITION SWITCH
Seattle manager Scott Servais said
there’s a chance Dee Gordon could be
moved to second base sometime this
weekend. Gordon played center field
again Wednesday but did pregame
work for a second straight day at his
old position.
ROSTER MOVE
To clear a spot for Bergman on the
25-man roster, right-handed reliever
Eric Goeddel was designated for
assignment by the Mariners. He is out
of minor league options.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Mariners: Nelson Cruz was sore a
day after getting hit by a pitch on his
right foot and leaving a game early.
Servais expects it will be a few days
before Cruz is back in the lineup but
didn’t believe a DL stint was needed.
MILWAUKEE — A person
familiar with the search tells The
Associated Press that the Milwau-
kee Bucks have reached an agree-
ment with Mike Budenholzer to
become the team’s next coach.
The 2015 NBA Coach of the
Year will replace Joe Prunty, the
former assistant who went 21-16 in
the regular season after replacing
the fired Jason Kidd in late January.
Harden, James,
Davis finalists for
NBA MVP award
NEW YORK — Houston’s
James Harden, Cleveland’s LeB-
ron James and Anthony Davis of
New Orleans are the finalists for
the NBA’s MVP award.
Harden, who led the league
in scoring, has twice been a run-
ner-up for the award, including
last year when Russell Westbrook
won. James has won the MVP
award four times.
The winners will be announced
on June 25 in Santa Monica, Cal-
ifornia during the NBA Awards
show.
Misfits no more,
Knights 2 wins
from Cup final
LAS VEGAS — Jonathan
Marchessault scored two goals
— including an empty-netter in
the closing seconds — to lead the
Vegas Golden Knights to a 4-2
victory over the Winnipeg Jets in
Game 3 of the Western Confer-
ence final.
Vegas took a 2-1 series lead
and is now two wins from advanc-
ing to the Stanley Cup final. The
Golden Knights improved to 5-1
at home in the playoffs, and host
Game 4 on Friday night.
James Neal and Alex Tuch also
scored for Vegas, while Marc-An-
dre Fleury stopped 33 shots.
— Associated Press