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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2015 Sports shorts NCAA not expected to discuss play pace The NCAA coordinator RIFROOHJHIRRWEDOORI¿FLDOV says he does not expect pace of play WREHDPDMRU topic when the rules committee PHHWVWKLVZHHN Rogers Redding said Monday the use of technology on the sideline ZLOOEHDIRFXVGXULQJ committee meetings Tuesday and Wednesday. Redding said the FRQYHUVDWLRQDERXWSDFHRI SOD\KDVEHHQ³PXWHG´ ³7KHUHKDVQ¶WEHHQDQ DZIXOORWRIFRQFHUQDERXW that this year,” Redding said. ³:H¶OOSUREDEO\WDONDERXW LWLQWKHPHHWLQJEXW,GRQ¶W anticipate any changes.” 7KH1&$$IRRWEDOOUXOHV committee does not usually VWLUXSFRQWURYHUV\EXWODVW year it made headlines and WDONUDGLRIRGGHUIRUZHHNV with its proposal aimed at slowing down the game and OLPLWLQJWKHQXPEHURISOD\V for safety reasons. SPORTS Ducks snap up record-setting QB SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — East- HUQ:DVKLQJWRQTXDUWHUEDFN9HUQRQ Adams, an FCS All-American, said Monday he will transfer to Oregon, ZKHUH KH ZLOO EH HOLJLEOH WR SOD\ next season and compete to replace Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota. “Oregon it is!” Adams posted on Twitter, with an Instagram of the Or- egon logo. $GDPVKDVEHHQDUHFRUGEUHDN ing, three-year starter at Eastern Washington and is on target to grad- uate in May with a degree in rec- reation management. NCAA rules allow players who have graduated to transfer to another school without having to sit out a season. 7KH'XFNVDUHORRNLQJWRUHSODFH Mariota, who declared for the NFL GUDIWDIWHUKLVMXQLRUVHDVRQJLYLQJ Adams a chance to start. $GDPV VDLG WKH PRYH ZDV EHVW for himself and his family. Oregon and Eastern Washington will open the 2015 season against each other on Sept. 5. Adams has passed for 10,438 Helfrich extends contract AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File In this Sept. 2014 fi le photo, Eastern Washington quarterback Ver- non Adams Jr. throws a pass against the Washington Huskies in Seattle. yards and 110 touchdowns, with 31 interceptions at EWU. He also helped the Eagles upset Pac-12 team Oregon State two seasons ago and QHDUO\EHDW:DVKLQJWRQODVW\HDU 2UHJRQRI¿FLDOVVDLGOLWWOHDERXW the transfer. Under the transfer rules, EWU had to sign off on the deal. “People were fainting. Everyone stepped over the other. My luck was I was the last on the pile.“ — Mahmoud, 27, A survivor of a stampede Sunday at an Egyptian soccer game that killed 22 people. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1952 — The Baltimore Bullets play the 48-minute JDPH ZLWKRXW PDNLQJ D VLQ JOH VXEVWLWXWLRQ DQG EHDW WKH Fort Wayne Pistons 82-77. 1968 — Peggy Fleming wins the women’s Olympic ¿JXUHVNDWLQJJROGPHGDOLQ *UHQREOH)UDQFH 1992 — Bonnie Blair EHFRPHV WKH ¿UVW ZRP an to successfully defend an Olympic gold medal in PHWHUVSHHGVNDWLQJDQG WKH¿UVW$PHULFDQZRPDQLQ any sport to win gold medals in consecutive Olympics. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com EUGENE (AP) — Coach 0DUN+HOIULFKKDVDJUHHGWR D¿YH\HDUFRQWUDFWH[WHQVLRQ WKDWZRXOGNHHSKLPDW2UHJRQ through the 2019 season. Helfrich last month wrapped up his second season with WKH'XFNVZKR¿QLVKHG DQGZHQWWRWKH¿UVW&ROOHJH )RRWEDOO3OD\RIIHYHQWXDOO\ falling to Ohio State in the national championship game. The contract guarantees Helfrich $17.5 million spread RYHU¿YH\HDUVZLWKDQDQQXDO average of $3.5 million. The GHDOLQFOXGHVLQFHQWLYHVIRUERWK WKHWHDP¶VRQ¿HOGSHUIRUPDQFH and academic success. Helfrich’s salary comes solely from athletic department funds. It also includes a one- year automatic rollover for any 11-win season that includes a YLFWRU\LQRQHRIWKHPDMRUERZO games. PILOT ROCK Rockets bounce back in strong second half Hall of Fame coach Smith dies Dean Smith accomplished so much on and off the court during his time as North Carolina’s coach, leaving a ODVWLQJLQÀXHQFHERWKRQWKH game and the world around him. preached FACES the He value of team play and turned the Tar Heels program into a family, LQVSLULQJ¿HUFH loyalty in Smith the countless players and coaches who came through Chapel Hill during Smith’s 36-year tenure there. Away IURPWKHEHQFK6PLWKWRRN stands on societal issues — PRVWQRWDEO\LQFLYLOULJKWV — that resonated in the once-segregated South The retired Hall of Fame coach died “peacefully” Saturday, his family said LQDVWDWHPHQWUHOHDVHGE\ the school Sunday. He had NHSWDORZHUSUR¿OHDPLG health issues in recent years, with his family saying in 2010 he had a condition that was causing him to lose the memory that was once XQVKDNDEOH But his legacy never wavered. It will include his “four corners” offense that slowed down games and ultimately lead to the DGRSWLRQRIWKHVKRWFORFN “point to the passer” in attempt to credit assisting SOD\HUVZHOFRPLQJEODFN players, shaping more than 50 NBA players — including Michael Jordan — and dozens of coaches and executives. 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS League-leading girls team returns to winning ways ry — and save for an 7-0 run WRFORVHWKHKDOIWKH5RFNHWV (11-6, 7-1 CBC) were un- Saturday offered Pilot DEOH WR FUHDWH DQ\ VHSDUDWLRQ 5RFN JLUOV FRDFK %XWFK:LO from the Bulldogs (10-10, 2-6 VRQDSHHNDWKLV\RXQJWHDP¶V CBC). In the third quarter the resolve. What he found a day after 5RFNHWV UHFDSWXUHG WKH DJ gressive style that WKH 5RFNHWV GURSSHG WKHLU¿UVWOHDJXHJDPH GIRLS HOOPS led them to an un- defeated 6-0 start ZDVDPL[HGEDJ LQ &ROXPELD %DVLQ 2QH EDG KDOI DQ Conference play. RWKHU JRRG EOHQGLQJ Culver struggled IRU D UHERXQG Pilot Rock WR DGYDQFH WKH EDOO victory over Cul- across the midcourt ver Saturday at Pilot line, turning it over 5RFN+LJK6FKRRO RQ ¿YH RI WKHLU ¿UVW “This whole sea- eight tries. Mean- VRQ KDV EHHQ NLQG RI Culver ZKLOH WKH 5RFNHWV DP\VWHU\EHFDXVHLW¶V got plenty accus- a completely different tomed to attempting team than I’ve had for and converting un- two years,” Wilson said. “Role players or fresh- contested layins on their way man that weren’t even here to a 14-2 second half start and LQ WKH SURJUDP DUH QRZ NH\ a 21-point lead. “The third quarter we came SOD\HUVDQGFRQWULEXWRUV “I honestly wasn’t sure RXW DQG LPPHGLDWHO\ MXPSHG on them,” Wilson said. “I what to expect (Saturday).” The opening 16 minutes OLNHG WKH ZD\ ZH SOD\HG WKH ORRNHGWR:LOVRQOLNHDUHUXQ whole second half. That’s of Friday’s 54-49 loss to Stan- the way we need to play the ¿HOG ,QLWLDWLQJ WKH KDOIFRXUW whole rest of the season.” ³2XU¿UVWKDOIZDVDOLWWOH offense resulted in miscues as often as success, Culver had UXVW\VWLOOEXWZHKDGDJRRG WKHLU SLFN RI HDV\ VKRWV ² See GIRLS BBALL/2B PDNLQJWKHPZDVDQRWKHUVWR By ERIK SKOPIL East Oregonian 45 29 Staff photo by Kathy Aney Rocket Kayla Diest (10) drives to the basket past Jazmin Ruiz, of Culver, during a conference game Saturday in Pilot Rock. MILTON-FREEWATER 0DF+LQDEVWKHLU¿UVW league win in two years MILTON-FREEWATER — Hunt- gel was particularly effective from deep. HU <HQVHQ VDQN D SDLU RI JDPHZLQQLQJ The senior hit 4 of 6 opportunities. He free throws with three seconds remaining led Mac-Hi with 18 points, six assists and 6DWXUGD\ DQG 0DF+L FHOHEUDWHG LWV ¿UVW four steals. Greater Oregon League victory in two ——— MAC-HI 51, ONTARIO 50 years. ONT (4-18) 18 15 9 8 — 50 BOYS HOOPS MAC (3-14) 18 12 12 9 — 51 7UDLOLQJ2QWDULRE\RQHSRLQW ONTARIO — Collins 14, Perrera 0, Majilla 2, Na- with 24 seconds remaining, the varro 0, Sanchez 0, Reyes 0, Monzo 0, Williams 4, John Hart 20, Reyes 8, Contreas 2. 3LRQHHUV KDG WKUHH ORRNV DW WKH MAC-HI — Sandberg 0, Alvarez 0, Zaragoza 8, Yensen 17, Perez 2, DeBord 4, Ng 0, Angel 18, ULP EHIRUH <HQVHQ ZDV ¿QDOO\ Mac-Hi Zitterkopf 2. fouled and converted two from 3-point fi eld goals — ONT 2, MAC 9. Free throws — ONT 6-10, MAC 6-11. Fouls — ONT the charity stripe to lift Mac-Hi 13, MAC 10. Fouled out — Williams (ONT), over the Tigers 51-50 in a rare Collins (ONT). league win. 7KHYLFWRU\EURNHDQJDPH PILOT ROCK 50, CUL- OHDJXH ORVLQJ VWUHDN IRU WKH 3LR VER 35 — $W 3LORW 5RFN Ontario neers (3-14, 1-3 GOL) and is only WKH 5RFNHWV &%& their second of the last four years. snapped their four-game losing 2QWKH¿QDOSRVVHVVLRQ&DUORV VWUHDN ZLWK D UXQDZD\ ZLQ RYHU $QJHO PLVVHG D MXPS VKRW EXW Bulldogs (2-19, 0-8 CBC). WKHEDOOERXQFHGRIIRID7LJHU 3LORW5RFNUHFHLYHGDJXWV\HIIRUWIURP *2/SOD\HUDQGRXWRIERXQGV$IWHUWKH center Justin Willingham. The 6-foot-5 VLGHVVZDSSHGWLPHRXWVWRVHWXSWKH¿QDO senior dislocated his shoulder in the sec- VKRWWKH3LRQHHUVJRW<HQVHQDJRRGORRN RQG TXDUWHU EXW UHWXUQHG IRU WKH VHFRQG RIIWKHLQERXQGVSOD\+HPLVVHGWKHVKRW KDOI WR KHOS SDFH WKH 5RFNHWV WR YLFWR EXWJRWKLVRZQUHERXQGDQGZDVIRXOHG U\ +H ¿QLVKHG ZLWK UHERXQGV DV WKH to set up the go-ahead foul shots. 5RFNHWVQHDUO\GRXEOHG&XOYHUXSRQWKH 7KH¿QDOERDUGJDYHWKHIRRWIRU ERDUGVWR ward an even 10 for the game to go along *XDUG 'LOORQ )ULW] ¿OOHG XS WKH VWDW with 17 points. sheet in the win, tallying nine points, eight The Pioneers connected on 9 of 23 See BOYS BBALL/2B three point tries to pace their offense. An- 51 50 Wrestling Bulldogs run away with another tourney win East Oregonian OREGON CITY — Near- ly every wrestler Hermiston SXWRQWKHPDWEURXJKWKRPH a medal from the Oregon City Invitational on Saturday, al- lowing the Bulldogs to run away with the team title in the last tournament of the regular season. Hermiston had 19 wrestlers SODFHLQWKHWRS¿YHLQFOXGLQJ four champions, and scored 304 team points to easily hold RII+RRG5LYHU9DOOH\LQVHF ond place with 223.5. 3HQGOHWRQ ¿QLVKHG VL[WK at the nine-team event with 123.5 points, two champs, and ¿YHWRS¿YHSODFHUV Hermiston’s champions ZHUH%URFN0F'RQRXJK SRXQGV%RE&ROHPDQ John-Henry Line (182) and Jesee Rodelo (220). Two-time VWDWHFKDPS6DP&ROEUD\GLG not wrestle. 0F'RQRXJK EHDW WHDP mate Julio Leiva 5-3 in the FKDPSLRQVKLSERXWDQG/HLYD was one of three Bulldogs to HDUQVLOYHU5REHUW5RGULJXH] DQG %HDX %ODNH were the other two. Coleman won his title with DPDMRUGHFLVLRQRYHU2U egon City’s Ethan Holt. In the VHPL¿QDOV KH GHIHDWHG 3HQG leton’s Terrel Platt 6-1 in a re- match of Thursday’s overtime ERXWDOVRZRQE\&ROHPDQ /LQHEHDW+RRG5LYHU9DO ley’s Steven Swafford 7-0 in his title match, and Rodelo HDUQHG JROG E\ D PDUJLQ RYHU2UHJRQ&LW\¶V0DFN&LY il. Placing third for Hermiston ZHUH-DFN0HDGV5RE ert Crane (138), Mitchell Lin- coln (182) and Brian Gutierrez (195). Fourth place Bulldogs ZHUH&-+HQGRQ-DFRE Dodge (145), Devin Bosner (152) and Kenny Bevan (170). ,Q¿IWKIRU++6LWZDV:DGH )LW]SDWULFN-RH\*XWLHU rez (138) and Emilio Landin (285). Pendleton’s champions ZHUH0RUJDQ+ROFRPE and Marcus Taylor (195). +ROFRPE EHDW (VWDFDGD¶V Justin Drury 6-3 for his title, and Taylor pinned Hood Riv- HU9DOOH\¶V0DUN5H\HVLQ seconds for his. 7ULVWDQ +ROFRPE SODFHG See WRESTLING/2B
