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FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 2015 Sports shorts Mariners add SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres traded SPORTS 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS College Football ROSE BOWL RAMPAGE the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday in exchange for hard-throw- ing reliever Brandon Maurer. Smith was left without a after San Diego’s makeover that included the acquisitions of Matt Kemp, Justin Upton and Wil Myers. But Smith should have with Justin Ruggiano. The left-handed hitting Smith batted .266 with 12 homers and 48 RBIs last season. But against right-handed pitch- ing, Smith hit .270 with all 12 of his home runs and an .815 on-base plus slugging percentage. LeBron to miss two weeks with injuries CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James’ homecoming season has hit a hurdle. The Cavaliers superstar is expected to FACES miss at least the next two weeks with injuries to his left knee and back. The timing of the in- juries are anoth- er blow to the James Cavaliers, who have been jarred by a rash of medical issues and failed to live up to the enormous ex- pectations triggered by James re-signing as a free agent with Cleveland last summer. The team said Thursday that James has been diag- nosed with knee and back strains. He’ll be treated AP Photo/Jae C. Hong Oregon wide receiver Darren Carrington, front, scores under pressure by Florida State defensive back Trey Marshall during the second half of the Rose Bowl NCAA college football playoff semifi nal, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015, in Pasadena, Calif. Oregon advances to title game with rout By RALPH D. RUSSO Associated Press rehabilitation, training room treatments and rest,” and the Cavs projected he will miss two weeks. If he’s out for just that span, James will be back for a Jan. 15 game in Los Angeles against the Lakers. PASADENA, Calif. — Mar- cus Mariota and Oregon turned an avalanche of Florida State mistakes into a mountain of points and the Ducks rolled past the defending national champions West Coast trip on Jan. 9. nal into a Rose Bowl rout. Mariota and the second-seeded Ducks (13-1) scored six straight times they touched the ball in “Man, I don’t know this guy. I just now heard of him yesterday from this incident. He’s trying to get on the scene, I guess. We’ll see.“ — Golden Tate Detroit Lions WR in response to comments from Dallas Cowboys S Barry Church, who called Tate’s 2012 blind- side block on Dallas LB Sean Lee “the dirtiest shot I’ve ever seen” on a radio seg- ment in Dallas. Tate, then a member of the Seattle Seahawks, was fi ned $21,000 for the hit that came during a 27-7 Seattle win. Church said the Cowboys are still looking for revenge when they host the Lions on Sunday in the NFC wild-card round. touchdowns covering at least 21 yards and the last four coming af- ter Florida State turnovers. In the matchup of Heisman Trophy winners, Jameis Winston Oregon linebacker Justin Hol- lins, front left, forces a fumble by Florida State run- ning back Dalvin Cook during the second half of the Rose Bowl NCAA college foot- ball playoff semifi nal, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015, in Pasadena, Calif. ROSE BOWL #2 Oregon 59 #3 Florida St. 20 matched Mariota’s numbers, but the Seminoles were no match for the Ducks. The Pac-12 champi- ons will play the winner of the Alabama and Ohio State on Jan. 12 in Arlington, Texas. “It’s incredible. I’m so proud of these guys right here,” Mariota said. “We’ve got one more to take care of.” Third-seeded Florida State’s AP Photo/ Mark J. Terrill See ROSE/2B Buckeyes upend Crimson Tide Associated Press AP Photo/Bill Haber Ohio State players celebrates touchdown by running back Ezekiel Elliott in the second half of the Sugar Bowl NCAA college football playoff semifi nal game against Alabama, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015, in New Orleans. SUGAR BOWL NEW ORLEANS — Car- dale Jones came through again at the Sugar Bowl. Ezekiel Elliott ran all over mighty Al- abama. And Urban Meyer’s quest to turn Ohio State into SEC North is one victory away from a national championship. Jones turned in another savvy performance in his sec- ond college start and Elliott ran for 230 yards, leading the Buckeyes to a 42-35 up- #4 Ohio State #1 Alabama 42 35 set of top-ranked Alabama in the College Football Playoff cit, the Buckeyes (13-1) ad- vanced to play Oregon in the See SUGAR Bowl/2B Preps THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1986 — Eric Dickerson shatters the NFL playoff re- cord with a 248-yard rushing performance and two touch- downs to lead the Los Ange- les Rams to a 20-0 win over the Dallas Cowboys. 2002 — Michael Jordan becomes the fourth player in NBA history to score 30,000 points, reaching the milestone for the Washington Wizards in an 89-83 win over his old team, the Chicago Bulls. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com Umatilla drops close contest in Salem East Oregonian SALEM — The Umatilla girls basketball team overcame a slow start to catch Kennedy in the fourth quarter, but the No. 2 team in Class 2A was able to secure a 54-52 vic- round of the Salem Academy Tour- nament on Thursday. With about two minutes left the the game at 49-48, but the Trojans fore Umatilla knotted it at 50-50. “It was tied at 50-50 there for awhile, and unfortunately we missed a couple critical free throws,” said Umatilla coach Scott Bow. Kennedy broke the tie with a throws to ice the victory. They were the only two free throws the Trojans hit in the game. The Trojans’ Lakin Susee and the Vikings’ Aleesha Watson each scored a game-high 19 points, and Watson added nine rebounds. Umatilla’s Courtney Dohman chipped in 16 points and eight re- bounds and Sidney Webb added 11 points. The Vikings were 1 for 16 from three-point range. Umatilla will play Nixyaawii ing ever between the two Umatilla County schools. ——— KENNEDY 54, UMATILLA 52 KHS (8-1) 12 18 12 14 — 54 UHS (9-3) 5 16 16 14 — 52 KENNEDY — K. Frey 4. Lakin Susee 19, M. Brown 0, B. Pranger 0, H. Arritola 0, M. Grosjacques 10, H. Kloft 4, M. Jaeger 0, K. Conte 3, A. Frey 0, K. Ratliff 10. UMATILLA — M. Paz 2, K. Barajas 0, I. Campos 0, B. Campos 0, B. Chavez 0, S. Webb 11, K. Galbraith 4, C. Dohman 16, Aleesha Watson 19. 3-point fi eld goals — KHS 1, UHS 1. Free throws — KHS 2-6, UHS 21-27. Fouls — KHS 20, UHS 14. Fouled out — L. Susee (KHS). VALLEY CATHOLIC, 62 NIXYAAWII 42 — At Salem, the Golden Eagles out of their rhythm with an aggressive man-to-man See PREPS/2B
