TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 2015
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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.
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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.
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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.
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“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