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FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015 Sports shorts Eagles lure Murray away from rival PHILADELPHIA (AP) — DeMarco Murray got the money he wanted from his former team’s big- gest rival. The All- Pro running back agreed Thursday to D¿YH\HDUFRQWUDFWZLWK the Philadelphia Eagles. Murray’s deal was allegedly valued at $42 million, with $21 million guaranteed. The Eagles also con- ¿UPHGWKH\KDGUHDFKHG agreement on a three-year contract with former San Diego running back Ryan Mathews. The tandem joins Darren Sproles and Chris 3RONLQDFURZGHGEDFN¿HOG Murray helped the Cow- boys win the NFC East title last season while rushing for a franchise-record 1,845 yards. Judge denies request to strike gun testimony in Hernandez trial FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — The judge overseeing the murder trial of former New England Patriots FACES player Aaron Hernandez has denied a defense request to strike testimony from an employee RI¿UHDUPV Hernandez manufacturer Glock who said surveillance video showed Hernandez carrying a gun through his home less than 10 minutes after the killing. Hernandez lawyer James Sultan on Thursday asked for Wednesday’s testimony to be stricken, but Superior Court Judge Susan Garsh denied the request. Kyle Aspinwall’s testimony was the most conclusive to date that puts a weapon in Hernandez’s hand around the time of the slaying. “I was a little nervous to come out here. In the beginning, I was like, ‘What was I thinking?’ I kind of had to overcome that hurdle.“ — Serena Williams On ending a 14-year boycott of the BNP Paribus Open in Indian Wells, California, which begins play today. Williams, 33, began her boycott as a teenager after being booed on her way to the 2001 title. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1894 — J.L. Johnstone of England invents the starting gate for horse racing. 2010 — Oregon’s Ashton Eaton breaks Dan O’Brien’s 17-year-old world record in the indoor heptathlon. Eaton sets a mark of 6,499 points at the NCAA indoor track DQG ¿HOG FKDPSLRQVKLSV passing O’Brien’s record of 6,476. 2011 — Golden State ends Kevin Love’s consecu- tive double-doubles streak at 53 games with a 100-77 win over the Minnesota Timber- wolves. Love is limited to six points on 1-of-6 shoot- ing, ending the NBA’s lon- gest such streak since Elvin Hayes had double-doubles in 55 consecutive games in 1973-74. Love had 12 re- bounds. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com SPORTS 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS PENDLETON Pendleton’s Darian Lind- sey drives past Silver- ton’s Brooke McCarty in the Bucks’ 54-42 loss to the Foxes on Thursday in Corvallis. Foxes bump Bucks Pendleton eliminated from state bracket with loss to Silverton Staff photo by E.J. Harris Silverton 54 Pendleton 42 nament. Silverton (19-8) junior Alia Parsons VFRUHGVHYHQSRLQWVGXULQJD¿YHPLQXWH span to catalyze a 15-1 run that ended CORVALLIS — Fifth-seeded Silver- the Buckaroos (17-11) chances for vic- ton used a second half scoring surge to tory and a shot at would have been a bounce ninth-seeded Pendleton from its VFKRROEHVWIRXUWKSODFHVWDWH¿QLVK ¿UVWVWDWHJLUOVEDVNHWEDOOWRXUQDPHQWLQ “I think they jumped on the oppor- a decade Thursday at Gill Coliseum. tunity when they were able to take it,” The Buckaroos overcame a stagnant said Pendleton senior Darian Lindsey, offensive start to catch the Foxes by who scored 10 points in the loss. “We let halftime, but a Silverton counter-punch them hit some threes and after that we proved to be a knockout, leading the kind of went downhill. We didn’t push Foxes past Pendleton 54-42 in a conso- See BUCKS/2B lation game at the Class 5A state tour- By ERIK SKOPIL East Oregonian HERMISTON Bulldogs repay Spartans Hermiston advances WRVHFRQGVWDWH¿QDO in program history Hermiston’s Jansen Edmiston fi ghts for a rebound with Cor- vallis’ Ana Dursch- Smith and Stephanie Vallanc- ey-Martin- son in the Bulldogs’ 56-49 win against the Spartans on Thursday in Corvallis. By ERIK SKOPIL East Oregonian CORVALLIS — The Hermiston Bulldogs were assessed top-billing en- tering postseason play. Through two tournament games at Gill Coliseum they’ve yet to disappoint. 7KXUVGD\¶V VHPL¿QDO YLFWRU\ over No. 4 Corvallis sent the Bulldog play- ers into leaping cel- ebration and back to Hermiston the state championship game for the second time in school history. They’ll play sec- ond-seeded La Salle Prep with a state title Corvallis on the line tonight at 6:30 p.m. The Bull- dogs (24-3) and Fal- cons (26-1) have see- sawed back and forth all season as the state’s top team. Hermiston claimed the honor for good with a 61-57 win over La Salle Prep on Jan. 16. That victory had long been the feather in the Bulldogs’ cap, but Thursday’s tri- umph over Corvallis pulled “even”, said Hermiston junior guard Sara Ramirez. Corvallis ousted Hermiston from last \HDU¶V VHPL¿QDO JDPH E\ SRLQWV LQ what was the team’s largest loss over the past three seasons. Thursday’s tour- nament rematch was almost as much of QRQFRQWHVW DV WKH ¿UVW +HUPLVWRQ OHG for the game’s entirety and by as much DVSRLQWV7KH¿QDOPDUJLQZDVWKH closest the Spartans got in the second half. “It was payback,” Hermiston coach Steve Hoffert said. “They knocked us out last year and we felt we didn’t play well. We wanted a shot at Corvallis and See BULLDOGS/2B Staff photo by E.J. Harris 56 49 College Basketball Ducks press on at Pac-12 Tournament By JOHN MARSHALL Associated Press LAS VEGAS — Joseph Young scored 30 points, Elgin Cook added 20 and Oregon held on to beat Colorado 93-85 in the 3DF WRXUQDPHQW TXDUWHU¿QDOV Thursday night. Second-seeded Oregon (24- 8) broke out from a tight game with its pressure defense, creat- ing a string of turnovers to build an 18-point second-half lead. No. 10 seed Colorado (15- 17) made a late charge, but the Ducks held on to earn a spot in )ULGD\¶VVHPL¿QDOVDJDLQVW8WDK or Stanford. Jalil Abdul-Bassit added 15 points for Oregon, which scored 27 points off Colorado’s 13 turn- overs. Young, the Pac-12 player of the year, also had seven rebounds and four assists. Josh Scott had 16 points and Dominique Collier added 14 for the Buffaloes. Askia Booker had SRLQWV¿YHUHERXQGVDQG¿YH PENDLETON Linke signs with EOU By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian AP Photo/John Locher Oregon’s Elgin Cook, left, shoots over Colorado’s Dustin Thomas in the fi rst half of an NCAA college basketball game in the quarterfi nals of the Pac-12 conference tournament Thursday in Las Vegas. Among those wins was a 73- assists. The Ducks put themselves 60 victory over Colorado on Feb. inside the NCAA Tournament 18. The Buffaloes needed to win EXEEOHZLWKDVWURQJ¿QLVKWRWKH regular season, winning nine of See PAC-12/2B WKHLU¿QDOJDPHV Sierra Linke nearly gave up on vol- leyball following her senior season at Pasco High School. But when four-year colleges passed on the 5-foot-9 outside hitter, Blue Mountain Community Col- lege coach Dave Baty persuaded her to join his squad, which was coming off its second cham- pionship in three Linke seasons. “Her hope was that she could go (to a four-year school) and get every- thing paid for and go for her degree there,” Baty said. “It didn’t quite work out that way, but if you long road this, VKH¶OO SUREDEO\ WHOO \RX KHU ¿UVW WZR See LINKE/2B