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SPORTS WEEKEND, JANUARY 31-FEBRUARY 1, 2015 Sports shorts Cousins to replace Kobe Bryant in All-Star game NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has selected Sacramento Kings cen- ter DeMarcus Cousins to replace injured Lakers star Kobe Bryant on the Western Conference team. FACES All-Star The com- missioner’s decision Friday sends Cousins to the All-Star game for the ¿ rst time in Cousins his ¿ ve-year career. He becomes Sacramento’s ¿ rst All-Star since Brad Miller and Peja Stojakovic in 2004. Silver’s selection leaves Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard as the game’s biggest snub. Lillard was an All-Star last year and had made a strong case to go again this season. Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr, who is leading the West, will decide who replaces Bryant in the starting lineup. Kerr will choose from a roster that includes Houston’s James Harden and Warriors guard Klay Thompson. Super Bowl XLIX Legion of Boom will deliver win By TIM BOOTH Associated Press PHOENIX — The sideshow is over, which means Marshawn Lynch can go back to not talking and this realization can become obvious again: The Seattle Seahawks are still the best defensive team in football. And as we saw in last year’s Su- per Bowl, defense still usually wins. “We’ve got a lot of big-name guys, but you would never know because they work like they’re just average players,” Seattle linebacker Bruce Irvin said. “They never let the starting get to their head and I think that’s the big- gest difference. Guys always come to work ready to work. I think that separates us from a lot of teams that we practice our tails off. We bust our butts during the week so when Sun- day comes it’s much easier.” Therein lays the challenge in Se- attle’s attempt on Sunday to become the ¿ rst team in a decade to win See SUPER BOWL/3B Seattle Seahawks’ Richard Sherman puts his helmet on during a team practice for NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015, in Tempe, Ariz. The Seahawks play the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX on Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015. PENDLETON Buckaroos hang on Pendleton’s Marlene Bodmer puts up a shot guarded by The Dalles’ Brooke McCall in the Bucks’ 61-59 win against the Riverhawks on Friday in Pendleton. Woods posts 82, highest score as pro SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Tiger Woods never looked more lost on the golf course Friday on his way to an 82, the worst score of his career. Woods hit wedges fat and thin, but never close. He hit a tee shot in water and FACES the another into a desert bush. And when he missed a 10- foot par putt on his ¿ nal hole at the TPC Scotts- Woods dale, he had an 11-over 82 and was headed home. This might have been more painful than getting his tooth knocked out last week in Italy. His previous worst score was an 81 in the third round at 0uir¿ eld in the 2002 British Open, in 40 mph wind and rain. There was a light drizzle in the Valley of the Sun, and Woods hit a low point. Staff photo by E.J. Harris — Billy Williams Former Chicago Cubs teammate of the recently deceased Ernie Banks at Mr. Cub’s visitation Friday. A 1977 MLB Hall of Fame Inductee, Banks died of a heart attack at the age of 83 on Jan. 23. A memorial service will be held Saturday, which would’ve marked his 84th birthday. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1993 — The Dallas Cow- boys win the Super Bowl, beating Buffalo 52-17 and giving the Bills their third straight loss in the title game, a league record. 1999 — John Elway gets his second straight Super Bowl ring, leading the Den- ver Broncos to a 34-19 vic- tory over the Atlanta Falcons. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com PENDLETON Hawks stop sick Bucks East Oregonian THE DALLES — The Pendleton Buckaroos simply faced too many obstacles in Friday’s Columbia River Con- ference loss Boys Hoops to The Dalles. With most of the team battlinJ À u- The Dalles like symp- toms the Bucks fell behind early and never re- covered in a Pendleton 60-41 defeat. First-year Pendleton coach Brian Broaddus said his team never gave up, but a disparity in per- sonal fouls helped the home team hold on. ³We Zere de¿ nitely not the more aggressive team to- night,” Broaddus said. “We had sick kids that could hard- ly move and (the referees) es- tablished really quick how it was going to be.” The Dalles (2-15, 1-1 CRC) went 21 for 35 at the charity stripe and Pendleton (10-7, 0-2) saw starters Kai Quinn, Wes Persinger and Ca- den Smith all foul out. The Dalles led 20-2 after one quarter and won at home for the ¿ rst time this season. Sonny Green led Pendleton with 11 points and Coby Con- lee paced The Dalles with 14. ——— 61 40 Girls Hoops Pendleton “People not only here in Chicago but people around the world recognize the type of individual he was. It’s beginning to sink in now — I’ve lost a great friend, you’ve lost a great friend.” 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS 61 The Dalles 59 Pendleton ekes out win over The Dalles By ERIK SKOPIL East Oregonian From her vantage point near halfcourt Pendleton senior Mar- lene Bodmer could tell Iliana Tell- es’ go-ahead three-point try would not ¿ nd the net. Still Telles’ shot, and the game’s ¿ nal 30 seconds were far too close for comfort for the Buckaroos, who escaped with a 61-59 over The Dalles in a Columbia River Conference league tilt at Warberg Court Friday. With 1:41 left in regulation, Pendleton (12-5, 2-0 CRC) held a comfortable 10-point advantage over The Dalles (8-8, 0-2 CRC). A slew of Buckaroo turnovers and Riverhawk three-point strikes changed that in a hurry. Twice the Riverhawks had tries See BUCKAROOS/2B THE DALLES 60, PENDLETON 41 PHS (10-7) 2 10 12 17 — 41 TDHS (2-15) 20 14 10 20 — 60 PENDLETON — Sonny Green 11, C. Smith 9, W. Persinger 8, K. Quinn 4, J. Bradt 4, T. Hancock 3, Q. Cockburn 1, M. Foreman, W. Morris, D. Roe. THE DALLES — Coby Conlee 14, C. Noonan 12, S. Douthit 9, D. Wilson 8, T. byers 6, C. Walker 5, A. Esiquio 3, D. Murr 2. 3-point fi eld goals — PHS 5, TDHS 1. Free throws — PHS 12-18, TDHS 21-35. Fouls — PHS 29, TDHS 15. Fouled out — Quinn, Persinger, Smith (PHS); Noonan (TDHS). HERMISTON Bulldogs power to head of conference Hermiston last unbeaten CRC team By SAM BARBEE EO Media Group After a quarter of play Friday, the demons that have plagued the Hermiston boys basketball team were once again on dis- play. Turnovers and contested shots played right in to Hood River Valley players’ hands, who would take the steals or the re- bounds and turn them into points at the other end. The Eagles didn’t shoot par- ticularly well that quarter, but Hermiston couldn’t get out of its own way. Then, in the second quarter, Boys Hoops Hermiston 69 Hood River 55 the Bulldogs took control, ¿ n- ishing the ¿ rst half up 33-25 and riding that lead to a 69-55 win over their Columbia River Con- ference foes in the Dawghouse. “It de¿ nitely gives everyone con¿ dence,” Hermiston senior Keegan Crafton said. “Every- body needs con¿ dence, and that’s what we’re getting from this game.” Crafton scored 20 points and was active on the boards all See BULLDOGS/2B Hermiston’s Cole Smith (32) spins past Hood River Valley’s Zak Ells- worth (right) and Scottie Ziegner on the way to the basket during the fi rst half of their Colum- bia River Conference basketball game Friday night in the Dawghouse. Sam Barbee photo
