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TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2015 Sports shorts Weisner lifts No. 9 Beavers over UW CORVALLIS (AP) — Jamie Weisner felt the best way for her to help Oregon State was to score, especially with Washington’s defense swarming Beavers center Ruth Hamblin with weak-side help. “That opened up the outside for me to hit open shots,” Weisner said. The junior guard scored 26 points, shooting 6-of- 9 on 3-pointers, and No. 9 Oregon State held off Washington 75-67 Monday night. Hamblin added 19 points, 10 rebounds and four blocks for the Beavers (16-1, 6-0 Pac-12), who only have lost at Tennessee this season. Nationals reel in WASHINGTON (AP) — In a surprising move to upgrade an already imposing rotation, the Washington Nationals agreed to a seven- year contract with 2013 AL Cy Young winner FACES Award Max Scherzer that will pay him $210 million total with a record $50 million signing bonus, Scherzer according to a person familiar with the negotiations. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because no deal had been announced. Scherzer, a 30-year-old right-handed starter, became a free agent after spending the Detroit Tigers. He turned down an offer from Detroit last March that would have paid him $144 million from 2015-20. He was 18-5 with a 3.15 ERA in 2014, a year after going 21-3 with a 2.90 ERA and being voted the best pitcher in the American League. SPORTS NBA Trail Blazers snap losing streak 1891 — The International basketball game. Peach bas- kets are used, but it isn’t until 1905 that the baskets’ bot- toms are removed. 1980 — President Carter announces the U.S. will not participate in the Summer Olympics in Moscow to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan the previous month. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard, middle, drives the key through Sacramento Kings guard Darren Colli- son, right, and Ben McLemore during the second half of an NBA bas- ketball game in Portland on Monday. By NICK DASCHEL Associated Press PORTLAND — Damian Lillard scored 22 points, in- cluding the go-ahead basket with 1:20 remaining, and the Portland Trail Blazers ended a three-game losing streak Mon- day night with a 98-94 win over the Sacramento Kings. Lillard had six points during rally the Trail Blazers (31-11) from an 11-point, second-half Portland 98 Sacramento 94 scored 17 for Portland. Blazers forward LaMarcus Aldridge left in the second quar- ter with a left hand injury and did not return. The status of Al- points, was unknown. Aldridge leads Portland with averages of 23.5 points and 10.4 rebounds See BLAZERS/2B AP Photo/Don Ryan NFL RIGHT: Seattle Seahawks’ Ricardo Lockette celebrates after during overtime of the NFL football NFC Champion- ship game against the Green Bay Packers Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, in Seattle. The Seahawks won 28-22 to advance to Super Bowl XLIX. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren BELOW: Seattle Sea- hawks’ Rus- sell Wilson cries after overtime of the NFL football NFC Champion- ship game against the Green Bay Packers Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, in Seattle. AP Photo/David J. Phillip “Having coached on three Super Bowl teams and 11 playoff teams, Gary knows what it will take to deliver another world championship to Denver.“ — John Elway Denver Broncos general manager after hiring Gary Kubiak as the team’s next head coach on Monday. Kubiak was Elway’s backup quar- terback from 1983-91 and served as Denver’s offensive coordina- tor from 1995-2005. Kubiak went 63-66 in eight seasons as head coach of the Houston Texans, including 2-2 in the playoffs. He was Baltimore’s offensive coordinator this season. 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS Unlikely comeback sends Seahawks back to Super Bowl By TIM BOOTH Associated Press RENTON, Wash. — A day later, it was still hard to fathom how the Seattle Sea- hawks are headed for their second straight Super Bowl. Even for those directly involved in Se- attle’s stunning comeback to win the NFC title. “A little bit,” said wide receiver Jermaine Kearse, who caught the winning 35-yard touchdown in overtime of Seattle’s 28-22 win over Green Bay. STANFIELD over Heppner By ERIK SKOPIL East Oregonian STANFIELD — Tiger guard Erik Galarza took one dribble and went glass from three-point range on the second-ranked Heppner Saturday night. With the left elbow make Galar- za issued the Mustangs a second half perimeter shooting challenge, a handily on its way to a 51-46 come- High School. mates Hunter Braithewaite and Tony Flores followed Galarza’s lead, draining threes on the Tigers next two possessions, and less than two minutes into the half the Mustang (10-3, 1-2 CBC) nine-point halftime edge was down to three points. “If you come out of halftime banking in a three, everybody’s get- ting hyped up,” Braithewaite said. “Especially when you’re down.” twice more in the third quarter to whittle the Heppner lead down to one point at the end of the period. The fourth quarter belonged to the Tigers. Two Elvis Lockwood free throws gave the Tigers a 43-42 Mustangs managed just four fourth period points. See TIGERS/2B “But the type of guys that we have in our locker room is a bunch of different stories of different paths of how people got to where they got. “You think about all the undrafted guys, you think about the guys that were drafted in the late rounds and rose to the occasion. I feel like our team story is full of adver- sity and pushing through it and that’s what showed.” Just how the Seahawks rallied to stun the Packers was still being comprehended on Monday while Seattle began preparations See COMEBACK/3B C.J. Kindle (24), of Heppner, goes up for a shot against the Tigers Saturday evening in Stanfi eld. Staff photo by Kathy Aney
