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College Football
CFP, NCAA will
reimburse athletes’
families for travel
Grasu anchors Oregon’s O-line
IRVING, Texas (AP) —
The College Football Playoff
said it will help pay for the
parents and guardians of
Ohio State and Oregon play-
ers to travel to the national
championship game in North
Texas on Monday.
The
NCAA
granted a
waiver to
the College
Football
Playoff to
provide a reimbursement of
up to $1,250 per parent or
guardian that will cover ho-
tel accommodations, travel
and meals.
The NCAA also an-
nounced it will provide a
similar reimbursement to
the families of athletes who
compete in the men’s and
women’s basketball Final
Fours.
The NCAA will pay up to
$3,000 total in travel, hotel
and meal expenses for fam-
ily members of student-ath-
letes who compete in the
Final Four. The NCAA will
pay up to $4,000 for each
of the student-athletes who
compete in championship
games.
Senior guides
Ducks through
season of adversity
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
EUGENE — Oregon center
apartment lease ran out, so he’s
staying in a hotel while the Ducks
prepare for the national champion-
ship.
Kidding aside, living out of a
cause it means he gets to play in one
more game with the Ducks.
While quarterback Marcus Mar-
iota is the unquestioned leader of
victory over Cormier, a pre-
viously unbeaten contender,
was his eighth consecutive
title defense since winning
the belt in March 2011.
UFC President Dana
White says he is proud of
Jones for deciding to enter a
drug treatment facility.
AP Photo/Dean Hare,
File
the team, Grasu is its anchor. Both
players decided last year at about
this time that they would return for
another season at Oregon.
Asked this week about what it
would feel like to win next Monday
— Terrell Suggs
Baltimore Ravens line-
man on Tom Brady’s
favorable comments
regarding Suggs. He
and the New England
Patriots quarterback
have a rocky history
that includes numerous
barbs at one another in
interviews. Brady called
Suggs “phenomenal” on
Tuesday. The Ravens and
Patriots square off in the
playoffs on Saturday.
But then left tackle Tyler John-
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the 10th-ranked 4A La Grande Tigers 51-44 behind Dillon
Zimmerly’s 18 points and Keegan Crafton’s 12.
“It feels nice,” McElligott said after the win. “I’m proud
things we need to work on.”
The win gives the Bulldogs (3-8) a little bit of bragging
rights over the neighbor to the south, as well.
“Especially playing against these guys,” Zimmerly said.
“We’ve been playing them since we were
Boys
Hoops
the last time.”
After making all three 3-point attempts
Hermiston
second, La Grande cooled considerably
La Grande
iston’s perimeter defense tightened up,
forcing Tiger shooters to put it on the deck
instead of taking wide open threes.
“It’s kind of been our problem other
games, too — teams making 3s,” Zim-
merly said about the Bulldogs’ 3-point
defense. “So, we’re working on closing
out better.”
51
44
edge. .
The Bulldogs mounted a charge in the second quarter by
iston within a point at 15-14 and tied it at 17 momenuts later.
“I wouldn’t call it smoother,” McElligott said of the sec-
ond-quarter offense. “When we came back, Z (Zimmerly) hit
a big 3 in a scattered court. We did run some sets well and
got Keegan some good looks on lobs, but we got a long ways
to go.”
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Hermiston’s Keegan Crafton shoots the ball over La Grande’s Andrew Kevan
(40) and Drew Hively in the Bulldogs’ 51-44 win against the Tigers on Tuesday
in Hermiston.
Prep Basketball
MLB
Stout frontcourt leads Bucks
McGlothlan, Williams
propel Pendleton to win
East Oregonian
PENDLETON — Against an undersized
Baker squad, the Pendleton girls basketball
team took advantage of its size, feeding its
posts for plethora of easy looks at the bas-
ket Tuesday.
Baker Bulldogs at Warberg Court which
found 11 players in the score column, in-
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then used a 24-point third quarter to put the
straight victory, an NBA re-
cord.
1992 — Pitchers Tom
Seaver and Rollie Fingers are
because he’s quick and agile despite
his size.
Going into the season, it looked
like Oregon’s offensive line —
which helped Oregon lead the Pac-
12 in rushing, scoring and total
offense last season — would be a
By SAM BARBEE
EO Media Group
of Fame. Seaver receives the
highest percentage of votes
in baseball history.
1972 — The Los Ange-
les Lakers defeat the Atlanta
shy of 300 pounds, is considered
one of the best players at his posi-
tion in the nation and a top pros-
pect at center for the NFL draft this
11-point run to pull out win
“Offensively we moved the ball really
well,” Pendleton coach Michelle Gomez
said. “We didn’t hesitate to get it to the open
person.”
Post players Kristin Williams and Kalan
McGlothlan were especially effective, scor-
ing 10 points apiece with all of their bas-
kets coming in the paint. Williams, a senior,
also blocked six shots, while McGlothlan, a
freshman grabbed eight rebounds.
Junior Shelby Greb led Pendleton (8-5)
scorers with 11 points.
The Buckaroos (8-5) bounded out to a
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takes.”
Bulldogs claw back, down Tigers
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“Did they record
him? I’d love to
see his face [when
he said it].”
night when the Ducks face Ohio
State for the title, Grasu said that he
honestly hadn’t considered it yet.
“I’m not thinking about what it
would feel like if we win a nation-
about what I’ve got to do to get this
team in the best position to win,”
HERMISTON
UFC Champion
Jon Jones entering
drug treatment
LOS ANGELES (AP)
— UFC light heavyweight
champion Jon Jones has
entered drug treatment, the
mixed martial arts promo-
tion says.
The UFC announced
Tuesday that Jones failed a
random drug
FACES test last month.
The Nevada
Athletic Com-
mission says
Jones tested
positive for the
main metabo-
Jones
lite of cocaine,
according to
Yahoo Sports. Benzoylec-
gonine is not banned by the
commission for out-of-com-
petition use, so Jones wasn’t
penalized or suspended.
Jones defeated Daniel
Cormier by unanimous
decision at UFC 182 in Las
Vegas last Saturday night.
The 27-year-old Jones
(21-1) is considered the
world’s best pound-for-
While
quarterback
Marcus
Mariota is
the unques-
tioned leader
of the team,
Oregon cen-
ter Hroniss
Grasu is its
anchor.
game on ice.
Baker’s Brie Sand led all scorers with 17
points.
Pendleton hosts Lebanon on Saturday at
4 p.m.
———
PENDLETON 69, BAKER 36
BHS (4-8)
8 12
6 10 — 36
PHS (8-5) 11 19 24 15 — 69
BAKER — Bruce 6, Flanagan 4, Huggins 4, Sand 17, Lemmon
2, Phillips 2, Lehnan 1.
PENDLETON — D. Clem 2, S. Greb 11, D. Lindsay 7, F. Dick 8,
H. Greb 3, K. Sperl 7, K. Williams 10, L. Taylor 4, M. Bodmer 5, C.
Hoffman 2, K. McGlothlan 10, H. Thompson 0.
3-point fi eld goals — BHS 0, PHS 4. Free throws — BHS
12-20, PHS 9-17. Fouls — BHS 10, PHS 20. Fouled out — H.
Greb (PHS)
HERMISTON 47, LA GRANDE 30
—
its deep bench and a few timely shots to put
away overmatched La Grande (7-5) Tues-
day night.
Coming off a blowout of Kennewick in
which the team netted 85 points and a re-
cord 17 three-pointers, the baskets weren’t
as easy to come by Tuesday.
caused some turnovers and shots began to
fall. That spurred a 16-point second quarter
and a 23-10 halftime lead over La Grande.
“You go into La Grande, you know it
isn’t an easy place to play,” said coach
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AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File
Randy Johnson pumps his fi sts after throw-
ing out the fi rst pitch during ceremonies com-
memorating the 10th anniversary of Johnson’s
perfect game last year in Phoenix.
Big Unit headlines
By RONALD BLUM
Associated press
NEW YORK (AP) — Randy Johnson, Pedro
Martinez and John Smoltz dominated in an era of of-
fense, each in their own way.
The 6-foot-10 Big Unit became the tallest of 215
5-foot-11 Martinez the shortest pitcher picked for
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