SPORTS
WEEKEND, JANUARY 31-FEBRUARY 1, 2015
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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
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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
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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