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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2015 Sports shorts Orange self-impose postseason ban SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse University announced Wednesday that it has instituted a self-imposed postseason ban for the current men’s basketball season as part of its case pending before the NCAA Committee on Infractions. The school initiated the case, which includes aca- demics, when it self-reported potential athletic department violations to the NCAA in 6FKRRORI¿FLDOVVDLG Wednesday none of the con- duct occurred after 2012 and no current student-athlete is involved. The ban also includes the ACC tournament. SPORTS 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS Prep Football Locals selected for Shrine All-Star Game East Oregonian Two locals were selected for the 63rd Annual East West Shrine All- Star Football Game when roster for the East Team was announced on Wednesday. Heppner offensive/defensive lineman John Propheter and Mac- Hi tight end/defensive end Jacob Podolski were among the initial 30 picks to repre- sent the eastern half of the state in the 4A-1A senior all-star game. Heppner wide re- ceiver/defensive back Jesse Corbin and Weston-McEwen offensive/defen- sive lineman Levi Papineau were named as alternates. The East West Shrine Game will be played on Aug. 1, 2015, in Baker City with proceeds ben- H¿WLQJ3RUWODQG6KULQHUV Hospital for Children. Athletes train for a week at Eastern Oregon University in La Grande and visit the hospital before playing the game. The East roster features a load- HG EDFN¿HOG WKDW LQFOXGHV 2QWDULR RB Ben Turner, Mazama RB Joey Lancaster, Phoenix QB Tristan Hay, Vale RB Andrew Weber, Burns QB Austin Feist, Dufur RB Nick Little and Adrian RB Chase Walker. The West roster will be an- nounced at a later date. PENDLETON Chancellor played Super Bowl with torn MCL RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Seattle Seahawks strong safety Kam Chancellor played in the Super Bowl with a torn medial collateral ligament in his FACES left knee, ac- cording to the team’s website. In a story on Seahawks.com posted Wednes- day, Chancellor said two days Chancellor before the loss to New England he was told he wasn’t going to play. Chancellor collided knees with a teammate in practice the Friday before the game and suffered a deep bone bruise. During the exam- ination, the torn MCL was revealed, Chancellor said in the story. &KDQFHOORUZDVEULHÀ\LQ the Seahawks locker room on Tuesday during locker cleanout, but a team em- ployee said he would not be speaking to the media. Chancellor had 10 tackles and was in for every defen- sive play of the game despite the injury. “I think the criticism they’ve gotten for the game is totally out of line and by a lot of people who I don’t think are anywhere near even qualifi ed to be commenting on it.“ — Bill Belichick New England Patriots coach defending Seattle’s decision to call a pass on second-and- goal from the 1-yard line with 26 seconds left in Super Bowl XLIX. The pass was intercepted by New England’s Malcolm Butler to preserve a 28-24 Patriots win. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1936 — Jay Berwanger, University of Chicago half- back and Heisman Trophy ZLQQHULVWKH¿UVWSOD\HUHYHU selected in the NFL Draft. The Philadelphia Eagles make the pick and eventually trade his rights to the Chicago Bears. 1997 — Scotty Bowman EHFRPHVWKH¿UVW1+/FRDFK to win 1,000 games as Detroit beats Pittsburgh 6-5 on Bren- dan Shanahan’s overtime goal. Bowman, the coach of six Stanley Cup champion teams, is 1,000-452-255 in regular-season games and 162-101 in the playoffs. 2014 — Memphis sets an NBA record with only one free throw attempt while winning on the road with a 79-76 victory over Atlanta. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com Staff photo by Kathy Aney Pendleton’s Tristan Holcomb wrestles Baker’s Logan Valentine in the 126-pound match Wednesday night in a non-conference wrestling dual at Pendleton’s Warberg Court. Holcomb won the match. Buckaroos limp to home win Injury riddled Pendleton takes dual over Baker appropriate homage of how quickly time passes if not for the reason for the night’s abbreviated action. With six Buckaroo wrestlers’ seasons shelved due to injury, the Buckaroos and Bulldogs only con- tested seven matches — each side By ERIK SKOPIL forfeiting three and double forfeit- East Oregonian ing another — as Pendleton would go on to take the dual 49-36 at War- For the three seniors who took berg Court. WR WKH KRPH PDW IRU WKH ¿QDO WLPH The injuries have come swift- Wednesday, the 30-minute dual ly. Pendleton lost three athletes in against Baker might have been an a 20-minute span at the Reser’s Tournament of Champions two weeks ago, two more at the Ore- gon Wrestling Classic the weekend before. All and all, six Bucks are done competing this winter. Just 15 of the team’s 25 varsity and junior varsity members are currently able to practice. “People just keep getting in- jured,” said senior Tristan Holcomb, ZKR RSHQHG WKH QLJKW ZLWK D ¿UVW round pin at 126 pounds. “It kind of sucks.” The Buckaroos were able to College Basketball Young passes 2,000 in Oregon win Albany Democrat-Herald EUGENE — Joseph Young has put the Ducks on his back with no hesitation. The squad’s leader in points, assists and minutes played, Young has done it all for the Oregon men’s basket- ball team. So when the Ducks need- ed a bucket in the clos- ing seconds of Wednes- Oregon day’s game against Wa s h i n g - ton, it’s no surprise Young was there to de- Washington liver. With the shot clock running down, Young drove into the paint and hit the JDPHZLQQLQJ ÀRDWHU WR SXW the Ducks up 76-74 with 23.8 seconds to play. Jalil Abdul-Bassit’s steal on the other end sealed a 78-74 Pac-12 Conference win for Oregon in front of a crowd of 5,866 at Matthew Knight Arena. It was a big victory for the Ducks (16-7, 6-4), who be- gan the day tied with Oregon State and UCLA for fourth in make due Wednesday. All three available seniors won their match- es — Pendleton won 5 of 7 overall. However, the roster turnover greatly impacts the team’s outlook going forward, namely at tonight’s War on 84 dual in Hermiston. “We’re keeping the best light on things for the kids and focusing on the end of the year for regionals and state,” Pendleton coach Fred Phil- lips said. “We know what we’ve got See BUCKAROOS/2B College Football :DOOHURI¿FLDO Ducks wait on Adams Associated Press The Oregon Ducks added an intriguing pros- pect at quarterback on national signing day, while still waiting on Vernon Adams to decide whether he stays at Eastern Washington or heads to Eugene. 7UDYLV :DOOHU PDGH LW RI¿ cial Wednesday, although he announced his decision back in December. He’s planning to be in school in time for spring football at Oregon, MRLQLQJ¿YHRWKHUHDUO\HQUROOHHV Waller, a 6-foot-3, 185-pound dual-threat, is See DUCKS/2B 78 Andersen’s scramble yields Beavers prospects 74 AP Photo/Chris Pietsch Oregon’s Joseph Young, right, shoots a 3-point shot over Washington’s Mike Anderson, left, and Shawn Kemp Jr., right, during the fi rst half of an NCAA college basketball game in Eugene on Wednesday. the Pac-12 standings. Washington (14-8, 3-7), now losers of four straight, ¿QGV LWVHOI DORQH LQ WK place. “Elgin (Cook) set the last screen, and that just really opened the drive for me to make the play,” Young said of his game-winner. “The screen gets me open, and coach wants me to make a play from there. And once I’m wide open, he said either NQRFN LW GRZQ RU ¿QG WKH roller.” Young’s game-high 32 points give the senior guard 2,002 for his college career. His 2,000th point was a long See OREGON/2B Associated Press From the moment he was named head coach at Oregon State, Gary Andersen was scrambling on the recruiting trail. Andersen came to the Beavers in mid-December after two sea- sons at Wisconsin. He replaced longtime Beavers coach Mike Ri- ley, who unexpectedly moved on to the top job at Nebraska. The new Oregon State coach has a daunting task ahead of him. Not only must Andersen pre- pare a quarterback to take over for Sean Mannion, KH¶VJRWWRULJKWDWHDPWKDW¿QLVKHGRYHUDOO See BEAVERS/2B
