WEEKEND, MARCH 7-8, 2015
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NCAA suspends
Jim Boeheim for
Syracuse violations
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP)
— The NCAA denounced
one of the country’s most
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programs Friday, suspending
Syracuse coach Jim
Boeheim for nine conference
games next
year and
outlining a
decade-long
series of
violations
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academic misconduct,
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policy failures.
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saying the school lost
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fundamental core values of
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violations concerned
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SPORTS
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One win from knighthood
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any other club, I
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have. But I didn’t
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thought, ‘Why
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After heaving the club into
the middle of a lake at the
Cadillac Championship
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Irrigon Adrian Romero shoots the ball over Regis’ Blake Minten in
the Knights’ 74-43 win against the Rams on Friday in Pendleton.
PENDLETON
Buckaroos in rare air
tion. The Spartan offense from that
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Four trips down with nada to show
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Pendleton on the other hand
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went to work. Kai Quinn drove to
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the rim and draw a foul
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storm, the Buckaroos quest
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Pendleton
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The Buckaroos are Corval-
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Smith made free throws
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Corvallis
state title.
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jacked up,” said senior Wes
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sea of Buckaroos supporters.
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full advantage of it, too,” sopho- good stops, good composure, good
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struggles. Corvallis entered winners
That’s where the last three teams of 9 of 10 games in the Mid-Wil-
have fallen short. No Buckaroo team lamette Conference — one of the
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of 16.
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change their fortune. Corvallis guard to-eye with four Spartans.
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er of the night to give the Spartans a
Simmons in the Bucks’ 63-57 win against the Spartans on Friday
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57-55 lead with 3:11 left in regula-
PHS heads to quarters,
fourth time in 45 years
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THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1951 — Ezzard Charles
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decision over Jersey Joe
Walcott to retain the world
heavyweight title in Detroit.
1954 — The Minneap-
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was named Irrigon’s Moda Health
Player of the Game.
One player who wasn’t hitting his
Once again proving the whole to shot in warm-ups was senior Antho-
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of Regis.
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But after Ryan Reynolds opened
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the scoring with an inside
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state tournament since the
collision with Regis’ Wyatt
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Irrigon
Keudell limited Landeros
cations in 2007.
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The defending state
the most of his time on the
champions made four of
court with a game-high 15
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points on 5-of-7 shooting
quarter, which was punctu-
(3-of-4 from three).
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Regis
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fade-away three-pointer that
Thompson said Landeros
rattled in with :03 left in the
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frame.
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and the No. 1 Knights took a 21-10 he left for good midway through the
lead into the second quarter. Both third quarter.
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their shooting percentage and con-
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gle-game tournament records.
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shooting (4 for 7 from three) and
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
Jets to acquire
Brandon Marshall
from Chicago
NEW YORK (AP) —
Brandon Marshall is on the
move, heading from the
Chicago Bears to the New
York Jets.
A person familiar with
the deal told The Associated
Press that the Jets agreed to
the star
FACES acquire
wide receiver
on Friday,
pending a
physical exam.
The trade,
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Jets general
Marshall
manager Mike
Maccagnan, is
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according to the person who
spoke to the AP on condition
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neither team had announced
the deal. The trade cannot
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headline-making day for
Maccagnan, who earlier
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Davis Harris to a three-year
contract.
Marshall, who turns 31
on March 23, has played the
last three seasons with the
Bears. He dealt with injuries
and had 61 catches last
season, his lowest total since
his rookie year with Denver
in 2006, for 721 yards and
eight touchdowns.
The Bears will save $7.7
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and also create nearly $4
million in salary cap space.
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Nixyaawii reaches
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Nixyaawii fans cheer after the Golden Eagles upset top-ranked
Horizon Christian to put the team into the state fi nals.
BAKER — Top-seeded Horizon
Christian appeared well-positioned
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Nixyaawii shut that idea down in
a hurry.
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and cruised to a 65-47 thumping up-
set Friday.
The statement win gains Nixy-
aawii entrance into Saturday’s state
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fending champion Country Christian
where the Golden Eagles will play for
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en Eagles entered Friday supremely
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and we were in the Big Sky (League)
with them, so we’ve seen them for
years,” said coach Shane Rivera.
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