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8A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2018 CONTACT US FOLLOW US facebook.com/ DailyAstorianSports Gary Henley | Sports Reporter ghenley@dailyastorian.com OSAA 3A BASEBALL Challengers shut out Warrenton The Daily Astorian MEDFORD — The Warrenton baseball program played its first state playoff game in seven years Thursday at U.S. Cellular Field in Medford, where Cascade Christian hosted the Warriors for a 3A first-round state playoff. A three-day stay, however, apparently took a lot out of the Warrenton bats, as Chal- lenger pitcher Kyle Reece tossed a two-hit shutout on his way to a 3-0 win. Cascade Christian advances to the quar- terfinals, where the Challengers will play Fri- day at Santiam Christian. After a co-cham- pionship in the Lewis & Clark League, the season comes to a close for Warrenton, 17-5 overall. It was the second straight loss for the Warriors, following an 11-game win streak. Cascade Christian scored a pair of early runs in Thursday’s playoff, which had been postponed Wednesday because of a thunder and lightning storm in the Medford area. The Challengers had runners at second and third with no outs in the bottom of the first, and took the early lead when Jadon Rullamas beat out an infield single to score Reece for a 1-0 lead. An RBI fielder’s choice by Declane Payne brought in Joel McLemore for a 2-0 advantage. The Challengers left the bases loaded in the second inning, and had stranded eight baserunners through four, as Warrenton starter Devin Jackson held Cascade Christian scoreless from the second through the fifth innings. Warrior freshman Duane Falls had a one- out triple to left in the fifth inning, but was stranded at third. The Challengers tacked on one insurance run in the bottom of the sixth, as McLemore reached safely on a squeeze bunt that scored Ryan Vidlak for a three-run advantage. Reece closed out the Warriors in order in the seventh to finish the shutout. Jackson allowed just three hits over five innings, with five strikeouts and four walks. Dalton Knight pitched the sixth, giving up two hits, and striking out three. “We just didn’t bring the sticks today,” said Warrenton coach Lennie Wolfe, who compared Reece to Clatskanie pitcher James Helmen. “On one of our better days, we might have done better,” he said. “They’re a very similar team to us.” The Warriors arrived Tuesday for the Wednesday game, but Wolfe and the War- riors didn’t make excuses for Thursday’s loss. They chose, instead, to look at the big picture — from a 1-17 record last season, to 17-5 this year. “Last year, we were the worst team in the state, at any level,” Wolfe said. “We had the worst record, gave up the most runs and scored the fewest.” The Warriors managed to turn things around, with better statistics in pitching, hit- ting and fielding. “It was good to see a return to old Warren- ton baseball,” Wolfe said. “A coach has a checklist of things he wants to accomplish going into a season, and very seldom can he check off every one of those things. I was able to check off every- thing on my list. Every player on our team experienced more wins than they’d ever had, in all sports combined. All the juniors, soph- omores and freshmen — they all surpassed that, by far.” Warrenton loses just two seniors, Caden Hans and Preston Miller. Lillard selected for All-NBA 1st team; James on record 12th NEW YORK — LeBron James was unanimously selected to the All-NBA first team for a record 12th time, while Houston’s James Harden also appeared on all 100 first- team ballots. They were joined Thursday on the first team by New Orleans’ Anthony Davis, Golden State’s Kevin Durant and Portland’s Damian Lillard. James passed Kobe Bryant and Karl Malone with the 12th first-team selection of his 15-year career. He also was a sec- ond-team selection twice. The second team was forwards Giannis Antetokounmpo of Milwaukee and LaMar- cus Aldridge of San Antonio, Philadel- phia center Joel Embiid, and guards Russell Westbrook of Oklahoma City and DeMar DeRozan of Toronto. Injury absences sent Golden State’s Ste- phen Curry tumbling to the third team, where he was joined in the backcourt by Indi- ana’s Victor Oladipo. Minnesota teammates Karl-Anthony Towns and Jimmy Butler, and Oklahoma City’s Paul George rounded out the third team. AP Photo/Eric Christian Smith The Rockets’ Trevor Ariza, left, is fouled by the Warriors’ Draymond Green during the final moments of Game 5 in Houston. Rockets move a win from Finals By KRISTIE RIEKEN Associated Press HOUSTON — The Houston Rock- ets are so full of physical defenders that Golden State coach Steve Kerr said many look like they could play football. And with three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year J.J. Watt watching from a courtside seat Thursday night, this team long known for its powerful offense relied again on its defense to beat the Warriors 98-94 and take a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference finals. “Both teams are playing their guys heavy minutes so shots will fall or not,” James Harden said. “But I think whoever NBA CONFERENCE FINALS EASTERN CONFERENCE: Game 6 • Boston Celtics at Cleveland Cavaliers • Tonight 5:30 p.m. TV: ESPN (Celtics lead series 3-2) WESTERN CONFERENCE: Game 6 • Houston Rockets at Golden State Warriors, Saturday 6 p.m.. • TV: TNT (Rockets lead series 3-2) can buckle down and get stops consecu- tively and create opportunities with their defense is going to win or have a chance at winning games. “The last two games, we’ve done that.” Indeed. The Rockets bounced back from an embarrassing 41-point loss in Game 3, when Golden State scored 126 points, to hold the Warriors to fewer than 100 points in two straight wins. Hous- ton’s stingy defense helped the Rockets come out on top on a night when Harden, the MVP front-runner, was 0 for 11 on 3-pointers. Critics of Mike D’Antoni’s teams often said they were too focused on offense and not good enough on defense. It looks like that’s changed now — against a team with four All-Stars in its starting lineup. “Ninety-four points for a team like that, the guys are trying to find a way and they did,” D’Antoni said. NFL players, coaches grapple with new anthem policy By TIM BOOTH Associated Press RENTON, Wash. — Seahawks coach Pete Carroll wanted to be talking about football mat- ters — Seattle’s recommitment to the run game, the addition of two new coordinators, almost anything to do with what happens between the lines. Instead, the league’s oldest coach has spent the past few days processing and discussing the league’s new mandate that players on the field stand for the national anthem. Carroll, his play- ers and those around the NFL are now trying to figure out how to tackle the polarizing topic in the locker room. “We’re going to have to deal with that,” Car- roll said. “I was kind of liking the way it was going and so now it’s kind of taken out of the control from the coach and the players and the locker room to a certain extent, so we’re going to have to deal with that. In time, we’ll figure it out.” Players from Seattle, Buffalo, Denver and New Orleans were among those grappling with how to move forward following the league’s announcement Wednesday of a new national anthem policy, which will fine teams if play- ers on the field are not standing for the anthem. Players wishing to continue demonstrations like the kneeling movement sparked by Colin Kaepernick to protest social injustice will be allowed to remain in the locker room during the anthem. Seattle’s Doug Baldwin had the most strik- ing comments, directed at both the league and President Donald Trump after his remarks to “Fox & Friends” on Thursday saying “maybe you shouldn’t be in the country” if you don’t stand for the anthem. “He’s an idiot. Plain and simple,” Baldwin said. Make time for you Life is hectic, especially when you’re a busy mom. The CMH Women’s Center now has after-hours appointments with our nurse midwives for prenatal and postpartum appointments. Annual exam appointments are available, too. SCOREBOARD PREP SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY Baseball — 2A/1A state playoff: Monroe at Knappa, 4:30 p.m. BASEBALL Cascade Christian 3, Warrenton 0 Warrenton 000 000 0—0 2 2 C.Christian 200 001 x—3 7 0 Jackson, Knight (6) and Morrow; Reece and Thomp- son. W: Reece. L: Jackson. RBI: CC, Payne, McLemore, Rullamas. 2B: CC, Reece, McLemore. 3B: War, Falls. HBP: CC, Vidlak. LOB: Warrenton 4, Cascade Christian 10. 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