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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2015 Sports shorts Cardinals slip in UDQNLQJVDIWHUORVV LOUISVILLE, Ky. — 7KH/RXLVYLOOH&DUGLQDOV women’s basketball team dropped four spots to No. 8 in both the AP Top 25 and USA Today &RDFKHV3ROO this week after losing LWV¿UVW$W ODQWLF&RDVW &RQIHUHQFH game of the season. 7KHWKHQ1R&DUGLQDOV fell behind then No. 17 Flor- ida State 21-1 and couldn’t UHFRYHULQDORVVODVW Thursday in Tallahassee, Florida. Jude Schimmel, of Mis- sion, had 10 of her 14 points LQWKH¿UVWKDOIWROHDGWKH FRPHEDFNHIIRUWDQGWKH&DU GLQDOV$&&ZHUH GRZQMXVWDWKDOIWLPH Schimmel added eight re- bounds and four assists. 7KH&DUGLQDOVERXQFHG back to beat Miami 68-55 with Schimmel contributing three points, three rebounds and four assists. 7KH&DUGLQDOV¶)HE game at Duke will be broad- cast on ESPN2 at 4 p.m. Yankees consider VWLI¿QJ$5RG NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Yankees are thinking about not making a $6 million payment to Alex Rodriguez if he hits six home runs and ties Willie Mays at 660 for fourth place on the career list. Rodriguez signed a $275 million, 10- FACES year contract with the team in December 2007 and a separate marketing agreement that called for Rodriguez $6 million SD\PHQWVIRUXSWR¿YH milestone accomplishments designated by the Yankees nd thought to be related to home run milestones. The Yankees are thinking of letting any accomplishment pass without declaring it a milestone. Rodriguez returns to the team next month after a season-long drug suspension and has three seasons and $61 million in guaranteed money remaining in his contract. “I know what happened to the sport of cycling from 1990 to 2005. I saw its growth, I saw its expansion. I know what happened to the industry ... do all those people want to, do we want to take it away? I don’t think anybody says yes.“ — Lance Armstrong Banned cyclist to BBC Sport explaining why he would again choose to use performance enhancing drugs if he was allowed to go back to 1995 and make the decision over. The interview was part of an upcoming documentary. 7+,6'$7(,1632576 1901 — The American League is founded. The league plans for a 140-game schedule, set player rosters at 14 and recognizes the Play- HUV 3URWHFWLYH $VVRFLDWLRQ the players’ union. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com SPORTS 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS Super Bowl Media Day Beast Mode shows Lynch speaks to media, could still face discipline By ROB MAADDI Associated Press 3+2(1,;²0DUVKDZQ/\QFKVPLOHGSROLWHO\ZDYHG DWWKHFURZGDQGDQVZHUHGHYHU\TXHVWLRQWKHVDPH ³,¶PKHUHVR,GRQ¶WJHW¿QHG´WKH6HDWWOH6HDKDZNV¶ VWDU UXQQLQJ EDFN FRQVWDQWO\ UHSHDWHG IRU ¿YH PLQXWHV EHIRUHOHDYLQJWKHSRGLXPDW0HGLD'D\RQ7XHVGD\,W¶V not clear if his plan will work. See MEDIA DAY/3B “I’m here so I don’t get fi ned.” — Marshawn Lynch, Seahawks running back to reporters at Tuesday’s Super Bowl XLIX media day. Lynch repeated vari- ations of the response 29 times in a fi ve minute interview session. AP Photo/Charlie Riedel Seattle Seahawks’ Marshawn Lynch, right, talks to teammate Brandon Mebane as he makes his way out off the fl oor at the beginning of media day for NFL Su- per Bowl XLIX football game Tuesday in Phoenix. PENDLETON 3HUVLQJHUHOHYDWHV%XFNV Senior center nets 29 points LQYLFWRU\ Pendleton’s Wes Pers- inger puts up a shot over La Grande’s Zack Jacobs in the Bucks’ 58-50 win against the Tigers on Tuesday in Pendleton. By ERIK SKOPIL East Oregonian Upon Pendleton coach Bri- an Broaddus’ howling instruction Buckaroo center Wes Persinger planted himself at the block and waited for the rock. His teammates found him there time and time again, leading to a career-best 29 points and a needed ERXQFHEDFN YLFWRU\ RYHU La Grande in a nonleague contest DW :DUEHUJ &RXUW 7XHVGD\HYHQLQJ Boys “He found Hoops where guys weren’t and let us get him the ball DQG KH VFRUHG´ Pendleton said guard Kai Quinn, who was credited with as- sists on four of KLV PDGH ¿HOG La Grande goals. “Most of the shots were wide open, my team- PDWHVZHUHFUHDWLQJVSDFHIRUPH´ Persinger said. “I didn’t really do much. I just set up at the block, they’d get me wide open... it kept ZRUNLQJVRZHNHSWUXQQLQJLW´ Persinger made 12 of 20 attempt- HG ¿HOG JRDOV FUDVKHG WKH JODVV hard for 19 rebounds and defended the tin to the tune of three blocked shots. The win snapped last week’s two-game losing streak with Fri- GD\¶V URDG &ROXPELD 5LYHU &RQ ference match-up with The Dalles lingering. 3HUVLQJHU VHL]HG ¿UP FRQWURO in the second half when he netted 21 of his 29 points including two old-fashioned three-point plays ear- O\LQWKHWKLUGTXDUWHUWRKHOSH[WHQG WKH %XFNV OHDG WR GRXEOH ¿JXUHV +HVFRUHGWKH%XFNV¿QDO points. “We didn’t really actually start SOD\LQJ DV D WHDP XQWLO KDOIWLPH´ Persinger said. “We had a big talk at halftime about how we needed to play together and we needed to do differently to come out and compete LQWKHVHFRQGKDOI´ Still, Broaddus felt he was un- Staff photo by E.J. Harris 58 50 Stanfi eld’s Cynthia Curiel (3) drives the lane as Ione’s Rachel Hol- land waits during the second half of Stanfi eld’s 42-36 win Tuesday night in Stanfi eld. Sam Barbee photo derutilized, especially with Isaiah &UDQIRUG²WKH7LJHUVVWDUW ing center — held out with illness. La Grande star guard Jake Powell — who had 18 points in the team’s ¿UVWPHHWLQJ²ZDVDOVRVLGHOLQHG “Really the only one that could stop Wes was Wes or our guards JHWWLQJLWWRKLP´KHVDLG³,WKLQN he had 29 and 19 and probably FRXOG¶YHKDGDQG´¶ That wasn’t the aspect of the %XFNDURRV YLFWRU\ WKDW ERWKHUHG Broaddus. Just when it looked like Pendleton was pulling away with a 15-point lead in the fourth period, WKH\DOORZHG/D*UDQGHWRFRQYHUW VL[FRQVHFXWLYH¿HOGJRDOV²WXUQ ing the double digit edge into a VHYHQSRLQW PDUJLQ ZLWK D PLQXWH remaining. “With them on the road and PLVVLQJWZRJX\VLWVKRXOG¶YHEHHQ RU LQVWHDG RI HLJKW´ KH said. “We’re content to win when LW¶VRQHRUWZRRU¿YHZKHQDJRRG team that’s used to winning — like an Irrigon — they’re going to put the hammer down and beat you by LI WKH\ FDQ:H MXVW GRQ¶W KDYH that killer instinct. “We can be really good and we FDQEHUHDOO\EDG´ Broaddus isn’t the only who See BUCKS/2B Preps 7LJHUVKROGRII&DUGLQDOV EO Media Group STANFIELD — The Stan- ¿HOG 7LJHUV DYRLGHG GLVDVWHU RQ Tuesday by holding off the Ione &DUGLQDOVIRUDQRQOHDJXH girls basketball win. 3DVW 7LJHUV WHDPV PD\ KDYH IROGHG ZKHQ WKH &DUGLQDOV surged into the lead on a 19-10 IRXUWKTXDUWHU UXQ EXW WUDLOLQJ ZLWK OHIW WR SOD\ WKH 7LJHUVPDGHDPRYHRIWKHLURZQ A pair of free throw makes by Bailey Watson and a long two-pointer by Ashlee O’Neil WLHGWKHJDPHDWDOODQGWKHQ <D]]PLQ &KDYH] EDQNHG LQ D SRLQWHU WR SXW 6WDQ¿HOG up for good with three min- utes and change showing on the Girls Basketball Stanfi eld 42 Ione 36 clock. ³7KDWVHYHQSRLQWVZLQJZDV huge, and it happened lightning TXLFN´ VDLG ¿UVW\HDU 6WDQ¿HOG coach Daniel Sharp. “It shows what they can do when they’re PDNLQJVRPHVKRWV´ The Tigers extended their JDPHFOLQFKLQJUXQWRZLWK DGGHGSRLQWVIURP&KDYH]:DW VRQDQG0DGGLH*ULI¿Q 6WDQ¿HOG DOVR OHQJWKHQHG LWV See PREPS/2B
