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SPORTS Saturday, March 21, 2015 East Oregonian Page 3B ECHO Prep Baseball Yensen gem lifts Mac-Hi in opener Dawgs sweep Echo Invite per by Keaton Smith in the sixth WKDW SXW WKHLU ¿UVW UXQV DFURVV WKH plate. Hunter Sater took the mound with bases loaded and one out for Weston-McEwen, and struck out WKH¿UVWEDWWHUKHIDFHG%XW6PLWK followed with a two-RBI single. :LWK UXQQHUV QRZ RQ ¿UVW DQG third, Garcia called for a delayed steal and Weston-McEwen made its only two errors in the game with overthrows of second and third base that allowed the tying and winning run to score. The TigerScots dropped to 0-2 DIWHU RSHQLQJ ZLWK D ORVV WR Union on Thursday. The TigerScots ZHUH WUDLOLQJ DIWHU WKH ¿UVW LQ- ning in that one. “We played a lot better today,” East Oregonian MILTON-FREEWATER — Hunter Yensen tossed a com- plete-game one-hitter and the Mac-Hi Pioneers opened their season with a 4-3 win over the Weston-McEwen TigerScots. Yensen only needed 81 pitch- es and struck out 13 batters while walking only two. Mac-Hi coach Mike Garcia said his own team’s four hits in support is something he wants to nip in the bud this season. “(Yensen) did his job, but I think we tend to rely on that a little bit too much and put everything in his hands,” Garcia said. Jacob Chaney hit a double for the Pioneers (1-0), but it was a gap- Prep Tennis Vikings take two from TigerScots East Oregonian ATHENA — The Umatil- la Vikings earned dual wins on Friday by defeating the Weston-McEwen TigerScots in boys and girls tennis ac- tion. The girls eked out a 3-2 victory in a closely contested match while the boys rolled to a 4-1 win. The girls split their sin- gles matches with Umatil- la’s Sydney Webb beating Weston’s Amanda Kidd 8-3 in the No. 1 slot, and the Ti- gerScots’ Emmaline Irvine getting her team on the board with an 8-5 win over Brenda Coria at No. 2. The doubles matches were even closer, with the largest win coming by just three points. Weston’s Becky Taylor and Johanna Albert won the match-up of No. 1’s 8-6. Over on the boys’ courts, Ramiro Rubio and Alejandro Madrigal tore through the top two singles matches for Umatilla, each winning 8-0. Elian and Giovani Armen- ta won at No. 1 doubles for the Vikings, holding off Da- vid Froese and Curtis Papin- eau 8-6. Weston-McEwen coach Troy Olson said it was a good season opener for his team, all things considered. “Obviously we have a pretty young team and a lot of them played well, so I’m excited,” he said. “We still need to improve but we have a bright future.” ——— VDLG ¿UVW\HDU :HVWRQ0F(ZHQ coach Chet Sater of his young ros- WHU³,WZDVGH¿QLWHO\¿UVWJDPHMLW- ters (Thursday), and we really gave (Mac-Hi) a game (Friday).” The TigerScots host Elgin for a doubleheader today at 1 p.m. Mac- Hi’s next game is Tuesday at Waits- burg/Prescott, Wash. ——— MAC-HI 4, WESTON-MCEWEN 3 R H E WM 000 120 0 — 3 1 2 MH 000 004 X — 4 4 2 Sutter Ball, Israel Green (4), Hunter Sater (6) and Cedric Hall, Vince Roff (6). Hunter Yensen and Keaton Smith. W — Yensen. L — Sater. 2B — Jacob Chaney (Mac-Hi). ORTING 5, STANFIELD 2 — At Ephrata, Wash., the Tigers fell behind 2-0 in the second inning and never caught Orting as they fell in their season opener on Fri- ORTING (WA) 5, STANFIELD 2 R H E OHS 020 011 1 — 5 8 3 SHS 001 010 0 — 2 3 2 Ernie Prong, Wilkins (7) and Taylor. Dylan Grogan, Klay Jenson (5) and Steven Allan, D. Grogan (5). W — Prong. L — Grogan. S — Wilkins. 2B — Jenson (Stanfield. 3B — Lambert (Orting). College Women’s Basketball Beavers run past Jackrabbits By NICK DASCHEL Associated Press CORVALLIS — The shots weren’t IDOOLQJ DQG 2UHJRQ 6WDWH EULHÀ\ IRXQG LWVHOI LQ GDQJHU RI EHFRPLQJ WKH ¿UVW team to lose to a No. 14 seed in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament. Beavers coach Scott Rueck looked DWWKH¿UVWKDOIER[VFRUHDQGLPPHGL- ately saw the problem: defense. Third-seeded Or- egon State turned up the defensive pres- sure after halftime, as Sydney Wiese Oregon St. scored 23 points and Ruth Hamblin VFRUHG RI KHU during a key sec- ond-half run to lead the Beavers past S Dakota St. South Dakota State )ULGD\ LQ WKH opening round of the Spokane Regional. 2UHJRQ 6WDWH WUDLOHG E\ VHYHQSRLQWVLQWKH¿UVWKDOIDQGIRXU early in the second half before taking FRQWURORILWV¿UVWKRPHJDPHLQWKH NCAA Tournament. Though the 6-foot-6 Hamblin led the second-half comeback, scoring ¿YH OD\XSV GXULQJ D UXQ WKDW ZLSHGRXWDGH¿FLWLWZDV2U- egon State’s defense that changed the game’s momentum. “They had four turnovers in the ¿UVWKDOILQSUREDEO\SRVVHVVLRQV That means we’re not enforcing our will,” Rueck said. “We got two Oregon State”s Jamie Weisner has her shot con- tested by a South Dakota State defend- er during the first half of a women’s college bas- ketball game in the first round of the NCAA tourna- ment. in Cor- vallis, Ore., on Friday, March 20, 2015. 74 62 AP Photo/Timothy J. Gonzalez turnovers right away to set the tone, and that turned into transition points. Once we got into rhythm, everybody got a little more aggressive and it feels right.” South Dakota State (24-9) com- mitted eight turnovers and shot 1 of 9 from 3-point range during the second half. The Beavers’ defensive surge actu- DOO\VWDUWHGODWHLQWKH¿UVWKDOIDIWHU South Dakota State had built a sev- en-point lead. Oregon State ran off 11 FRQVHFXWLYHSRLQWVWREULHÀ\WDNHWKH lead, although the Jackrabbits rallied to lead 34-32 at halftime. “I think we started to get some WUDFWLRQ GHIHQVLYHO\ ODWH LQ WKH ¿UVW half, found our rhythm and found our identity on defense,” said Hamblin, WKH 3DFL¿F¶V GHIHQVLYH SOD\HU RI the year who had seven rebounds and four blocked shots against the Jack- rabbits. :LHVH KLW ¿YH SRLQWHUV DQG WLHG her season high for points. Ali Gib- son added 16 points for Oregon State, ZKLFKHDUQHGLWV¿UVW3DFFKDPSL- onship this season. The Beavers, led by Deven Hunter’s 12 rebounds, out- rebounded South Dakota State 38-31. Macy Miller and Megan Way- tashek scored 14 points each for South Dakota State. Louisville faces tough road have to bounce your way. Hope- fully we’ll take advantage of that.” Louisville (25-6) lost just one TAMPA, Fla. — Every wom- en’s college basketball team’s goal game at home this season, and this season was to make it to Tam- they’ve lost only one game to an pa, site of the women’s Final Four. unranked opponent all season. 7KLUGVHHGHG /RXLVYLOOH ¿QGV Beat the Cougars on Saturday itself here two weeks earlier than night, and they’ll then have to face they might have hoped, sent on either USF, which went 12-2 on its the road because its home arena is KRPHÀRRURU1RVHHG/68 The Bulls have an elite scorer hosting men’s tournament games. That leaves the Cardinals with in guard Courtney Williams, who’s a tough path just to get to the averaging 20.2 points, while for- Sweet 16, beginning Saturday at ward Alicia Jenkins averages 12.9 the Sun Dome — home of No. 6 points and 11.6 rebounds per game. /68 KDV UHDFKHG WKH VHHG6RXWK)ORULGD “I think it’s an advantage for Sweet 16 in each of the last two sea- us, not to have to play them at sons. The Tigers opened the season home,” said Jeff Judkins, coach 2-4, with leading scorer Danielle of 14th-seeded BYU, which won Ballard missing 14 games due to a two games last year as a No. 12 violation of team rules. They have seed and has a shot at another sur- ERXQFHG EDFN WKURXJK D GLI¿FXOW prise run. “I feel bad that they’ve SEC schedule, with wins against had a great season and they want- top-15 Mississippi State, Kentucky ed to host, but sometimes things and Texas A&M. Associated Press Boys UMATILLA 4, WESTON-MCEWEN 1 Singles Ramiro Rubio (U) def. Caleb Olson 8-0 Alejandro Madrigal (U) def. Kellen Fairchild 8-0 John Cogswell (W) def. Joel Escamilla 9-7 Doubles Elian Armenta/Giovani Armenta (U) def. David Froese/Curtis Papineau 8-6 Junior Garcia/Edgar Madrigal (U) def. Robbie Davidson/Dylan Eddens 8-1 Girls UMATILLA 3, WESTON-MCEWEN 2 Singles Sydney Webb (U) def. Amanda Kidd 8-3 Emmaline Irvine (W) def. Brenda Coria 8-5 Doubles Becky Taylor/Johanna Albert (W) def. Kairy Escobedo/Natalie Armenta 8-6 Alejandra Munoz/Espy Garcia (U) def. Lacey Kuehn/Mary Bageon 9-7 Fatima Sanchez/Brenda Coria (U) def. Krysta Cahert/ Christina Swafford 8-5 day. 6WDQ¿HOG VKRZHG D OLWWOH UXVW on the bats and only came away with three hits, but trailed only 3-2 headed into the sixth inning. “Pitching and defense kind of NHSWXVLQWKHJDPH´VDLG6WDQ¿HOG coach Bryan Johnson. “Offen- sively we had a few chances with runners on base but the bats were rusty — lots of pop-ups and not very many hard-hit balls.” The Tigers will continue out-of- state play today with two games in Cashmere, Wash. ——— AP Photo/Chuck Burton Louisville’s Jude Schimmel (22) shoots between Florida State defenders during the semifinals of the Atlantic Coast Con- ference women’s tournament in Greens- boro, N.C., Saturday, March 7, 2015. NBA Payton’s triple-double helps Magic end six-game losing streak By KYLE HIGHTOWER Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. — In what has been an otherwise forgettable year in Orlando, rookie Elfrid Payton is doing his best to give Magic fans some hope for the future. Payton had 22 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, and the Magic snapped Orlando a six-game losing streak with 111- 104 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers on Friday night. Portland The triple-dou- ble was the second straight for Payton. +HEHFDPHWKH¿UVW Magic player to post consecutive WULSOHGRXEOHV DQG WKH ¿UVW 1%$ rookie to do it since Antoine Walk- HUZLWKWKH%RVWRQ&HOWLFVLQ “I was trying to set the tone early, (and) had a couple open looks,” said Payton, who had only one turnover. “The ball kind of fell off the rim and I was able to get the put back. Just Rookie Orlando Magic guard Alfrid Payton shoots the ball while guarded by Portland Trail Blazers center Robin Lopez (42) and Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard (0) during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Orlando, Fla., Friday. 111 104 AP Photo/Willie J. Allen Jr. got it going early.” Victor Oladipo and Nik Vucevic each added 22 points. Orlando led by as many as 13 before the Blazers fought back to take an 86-83 lead early in the fourth quarter. But the Magic responded with a 20-8 spurt to help close out the win. “I do see a different spirit (in Payton), an aggressiveness that is QHZLQWKHODVWIRXURU¿YHJDPHV´ Magic interim coach James Borrego said. “There’s something different in his eye right now, and he makes us a very dangerous team when he’s in that mode.” LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 31 points and 10 rebounds. Da- mian Lillard added 18 for the Blaz- ers, who have lost three straight, with matchups against Western Conference front-runners Memphis and Golden State up next. It was the second-consecutive 30-point game for Aldridge, who had 34 in the Blazers’ loss to at Mi- ami on Wednesday. It’s adding to a head-scratching trend for a team that has lost all three games during its current skid by single-digits, and continues to slip in the late-season push for play- off season. Blazers coach Terry Stotts shrugged off the idea that the season is at all slipping away. “No. We lost three in a row. We played a very good game against Miami (108-104 loss on Wednes- day). Slipping away, I think that’s a little extreme,” he said. Portland played the second half without Chris Kaman, who sat with a right shoulder strain. They got by without him as they fought their way back into the game. MILESTONE WATCH By grabbing his 10th rebound with two seconds remaining in the third quarter, Aldridge surpassed Clyde Drexler to become the fran- chise’s all-time leading rebounder with 5,340. Drexler’s previous mark was 5,339. East Oregonian The Hermiston Bulldogs brought back both team ti- tles and both individual wins from the Echo Hills Invita- tional on Friday. Led by medalist Madison Welch, the Bulldogs girls shot a 356 that put them ahead of Heppner in the team standings. The Mustangs were led by third medalist Sophie Grant with an 85. For the boys, Jared Thack- HUWRRN¿UVWZLWKDWKDWOHG the Bulldogs JV to a winning score of 366. Heppner was second with a 380, and Nixyaawii’s Tiya- po Farrow tied for third indi- vidually with an 86. ——— Echo Hills Invitational Boys team scores — 1, Hermiston JV 366; 2, Heppner 380; 3, Wallowa 403; 4, Pendleton JV 407; 5, Enterprise 475. Girls team scores — 1, Hermiston 356; 2, Heppner 397; 3, Pendleton JV 531. Boys medalists — 1, Jared Thacker, Hermiston, 78; 2, Kayden Mecham, Herm- iston, 85; T3, Tiyapo Farrow, Nixyaawii, 86; T3, Karl Wellens, Wallowa, 86; T5, Cade Gorham, Imbler, 87; T5, Ira Ashley, Nixyaawii, 87. Girls medalists — 1, Madison Welch, Hermiston, 76; 2, Saige Smith, Hermiston, 84; 3, Sophie Grant, Heppner, 85; 4, Lynd- see Anderson, Hermiston, 97; 5, Amanda Rea, Heppner, 98. Hermiston Boys JV — Brandon Cox 109; Kayden Mecham 85; Jared Thacker 78; Ty Knutz 94. Echo Boys — Brock Moffit 89; Dustin Goldie 108; Ian Faulkner 130. Heppner Boys — Logan Grieb 89; Jesse Corbin 93; John Propheter 97; Ross Cuts- forth 101; Brian Rill 107. Pendleton Boys JV — Trevor Reyes 103; Sawyer Powell 112; Kyle Curtis 97; Blake Kannier 95; Blake Frostad 113; Seth Wood 124; Luke Lovercheck 122. Nixyaawii Boys — Tiyapo Farrow 86; Elijah Bevis 106; Ira Ashley 87. Pendleton Girls JV — Britney Bahrns 120; Cameron Snook 114; Deshon Dick 132; Alyssa Treloar 165. Hermiston Girls — Madison Welch 76; Saige Smith 84; Brittanee Hayden 99; Lynd- see Anderson 97; Makenzie Lind 136. Heppner Girls — Sophie Grant 85; Amanda Rea 98; Paige Grieb 99; Emily Rea 115; Riane Dompier 195. Nixyaawii Girls — Kaitlynn Melton 145; Alyssa Farrow 143; Shandiin Horton 150. MLB Zunino homers twice, Mariners tie By ALAN ESKEW Associated Press SURPRISE, Ariz. — Der- ek Holland pitched three scoreless innings in his spring training debut, but Mike Zunino homered twice as the Seattle Mariners and a Texas Rangers split squad played to a 4-4 tie Friday. Holland, who had been restricted to one inning in a B’ game because of a sore shoulder, threw 32 pitches, giving up two hits and walk- ing one. “I was en fuego ready to get out there. I’m not kid- ding,” said Holland, VD\LQJ ¿UH in Spanish. Mariners “I was 100 miles per hour in the dugout.” He add- ed: “After Texas WKDW ¿UVW inning was over, every- thing came back to normal. I had to settle myself big time.” Zunino homered off Rangers relievers Jon Ed- wards, a solo shot in the fourth with two strikes, and Spencer Patton with a run- ner aboard in the sixth. Alex -DFNVRQ WKH 0DULQHUV¶ ¿UVW round pick in the 2014 draft, homered in the eighth. “I feel like I’m night and day better,” Zunino said when hitting with two strikes. “I feel like I know what I want to accomplish with two strikes.” Mitch Moreland hit a two- run homer for the Rangers in the seventh. Mariners left-hander Roe- nis Elias allowed two runs — RQHHDUQHG²RQ¿YHKLWVDQG two walks in four-plus innings. (OLDV WKUHZ SLWFKHV before being pulled after ZDONLQJWZRLQWKH¿IWK³,Q WKH ¿IWK LQQLQJ , ORVW P\ control,” Elias said through an translator. “I tried to do a little more than I should be. I adjusted and got it back in a bullpen session.” 4 4
