FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 2015
Sports shorts
$20,000 for
NEW YORK (AP)
Seahawks running back
Marshawn Lynch $20,000
for making an obscene
gesture during last Sunday’s
NFC championship game,
a person with knowledge of
Press on Thursday.
The league did not spec-
ify what the
was in
FACES gesture
the win over
Green Bay. The
person spoke
on condition
of anonymity
because the
Lynch
been publicly
announced.
Lynch has a history of
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HERMISTON
Hermiston’s
Sara Ramirez
drives during
the Bulldogs
victory over
Milwaukie
earlier this
season.
Hermiston
grabbed
the state’s
top-ranking
with a win
over then No.
1 La Salle
Prep last
Friday.
Spotlight aimed on
top-rated Bulldogs
Hermiston poised
for fifth consecutive
CRC league crown
losing on full display for the Hermiston
girls basketball team. Sure, the Bull-
dogs had lost twice prior, but none had
been in the imploding fashion of the 55-
49 loss.
Hermiston (12-3) led throughout the
Staff photo by E.J.
Harris
By ERIK SKOPIL
East Oregonian
sank them. The loss was biting, and po-
Light bulb moments are common-
place in team sports.
Timing is everything. Set early
enough in the season, they can provide a
catalyst for the season’s remainder. Too
what could’ve been.
Last Tuesday’s home loss to Sun-
nyside (WA) put the visceral reality of
nior guard Jansen Edmiston, it might’ve
been necessary.
“Something clicked in our heads or
something,” the team’s leading scorer
said, “We don’t like losing, we hopeful-
ly aren’t going to lose again this year.”
“We don’t want to have that feeling
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mostly for not talking to the
media as required under his
contract. He also was told
before last Sunday’s game
he could not wear gold shoes
because they were a viola-
MILTON-FREEWATER
dress code, and that he could
be ejected from the game if
he wore them.
Most recently, Lynch was
popriate gesture in Seattle’s
win over Arizona on Dec.
21.
Aldridge needs
thumb surgery;
out 6-8 weeks
PORTLAND (AP)
— Trail Blazers forward
LaMarcus Aldridge says
he tore a ligament in his
left thumb that will require
surgery.
Aldridge
FACES said he could
be out six to
eight weeks.
He spoke be-
fore Portland’s
game against
the Boston
Celtics on
Aldridge
Thursday night.
Aldridge
hurt his thumb in the second
quarter of the Blazers’ 98-95
victory over the Sacramento
Kings on Monday night.
The 6-foot-11 power
forward had X-rays imme-
diately following the injury
but they were inconclusive.
An MRI early Thursday
revealed the tear.
A three-time All-Star, Al-
dridge leads the Blazers (31-
11) with averages of 23.5
points and 10.4 rebounds per
game.
“This isn’t ISIS,
this isn’t, you
know, no one’s
dying.”
— Tom Brady
New Engalnd Patriots
quarterback on the
controversy surrounding
the 11 defl ated football
used in the AFC Cham-
pionship football game
last weekend. Brady and
Patriots head coach Bill
Belichick failed to offer
explanations for “De-
fl ategate” on Thursday
at individual press con-
ferences. Brady said he
has yet to be contacted
by the NFL regarding an
investigation.
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Mac-Hi’s Alyx Shaw, in black, executes a double arm bar Baker’s Dylan Feldmeier on his way to victory in the 160-pound weight class
Thursday in Milton-Freewater.
Pioneers pin Bulldogs
Mac-Hi wins GOL
dual over Baker
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
er for six minutes to
Shaw, who is usu-
Wrestl i ng
earn a 13-5 decision,
ally a 152-pounder,
and it was just that
was announced as
kind of a night for the
receiving a win by
Mac-HI
Baker
Mac-Hi Pioneers.
forfeit during the pre-
Mac-Hi won ev-
match face-off. But
ery match it expect-
once the dual began,
ed to, and then some
Baker realized it had
it didn’t even expect wrestle on
its way to a 47-30 win over Baker weights and make the match more
on Thursday in a Greater Oregon competitive.
League dual.
The result was some confusion,
47
Wrestling up a weight class and
on short notice, Mac-Hi junior Alyx
Shaw wasn’t deterred.
The
160-pounder-for-a-day
toyed with Baker’s Dylan Feldmei-
30
HERMISTON
Wrestl i ng
Hermiston
77
The Dalles
6
Sam Barbee photo
Hermiston’s Sam Colbray (right) holds position on third-
ranked Joe Linebarger from The Dalles during a 5A Columbia
River Conference match on Thursday.
the MVP award as their West
team wins 124-108.
1975 — Ralph Kiner is
elected to the Baseball Hall
Hermiston pounds The Dalles
year of eligibility.
1988 —
the Australian Open with a
6-1, 7-6 victory over Chris
Evert.
for Shaun Williams who was away at a
conference, said the team has been deal-
ing with some illnesses, mostly colds —
including Sam Colbray and Liam Tarvin.
Despite that, Tovey said the energy level
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By SAM BARBEE
EO Medie Group
The score might say that Hermiston
cruised to an easy Columbia River Con-
ference dual meet wrestling win over The
Dalles on Thursday night, but the Bulldogs
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NBA
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1959 — In the NBA All-
Star game in Detroit, St.
Louis’ Bob Pettit and Elgin
Baylor of Minneapolis be-
but Mac-Hi coach Beau Chester
said those impromptu switches are
part of what makes duals fun.
“They kind of did some switch-
ing around to try to make it more
interesting but luckily these guys
were out there and ready to wres-
tle,” he said. “That’s what you can
do in the dual, so it’s kind of the
fun thing that you can do in duals.
Luckily we had the extra kids.”
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Blazers beat by
buzzer beater
Evan Turner lifts Celtics over
Porltand with last second three
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
PORTLAND — Evan Turner hit a 3-pointer with
1.9 seconds left and the Boston Celtics overcame the
shorthanded Portland Trail Blazers
90-89 on Thursday night.
Avery Bradley had 18 points
to lead the Celtics, who snapped
Boston
a three-game losing streak. Jared
Sullinger added 17 points and nine
rebounds.
Damian Lillard had 21 points
and seven assists to lead the Blaz-
90
Portland
89
six as they struggle with injuries to
their front line.
Wesley Matthews missed one
of a pair of free throws to give the Blazers the edge,
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