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Saturday, March 21, 2015
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Prep Baseball
Yensen gem lifts Mac-Hi in opener Dawgs
sweep
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per by Keaton Smith in the sixth
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plate.
Hunter Sater took the mound
with bases loaded and one out for
Weston-McEwen, and struck out
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followed with a two-RBI single.
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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
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Union on Thursday. The TigerScots
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ning in that one.
“We played a lot better today,”
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MILTON-FREEWATER
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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.”
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coach Chet Sater of his young ros-
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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.
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2B — Jacob Chaney (Mac-Hi).
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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-
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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
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team to lose to a No. 14 seed in the
NCAA women’s basketball tournament.
Beavers coach Scott Rueck looked
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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
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during a key sec-
ond-half run to lead
the Beavers past S Dakota St.
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opening round of the
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early in the second half before taking
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NCAA Tournament.
Though the 6-foot-6 Hamblin led
the second-half comeback, scoring
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game’s momentum.
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That means we’re not enforcing
our will,” Rueck said. “We got two
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State”s Jamie
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tested by a
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State defend-
er during the
first half of
a women’s
college bas-
ketball game
in the first
round of the
NCAA tourna-
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vallis, Ore., on
Friday, March
20, 2015.
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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.
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South Dakota State had built a sev-
en-point lead. Oregon State ran off 11
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lead, although the Jackrabbits rallied
to lead 34-32 at halftime.
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half, found our rhythm and found our
identity on defense,” said Hamblin,
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the year who had seven rebounds and
four blocked shots against the Jack-
rabbits.
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her season high for points. Ali Gib-
son added 16 points for Oregon State,
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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.
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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
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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.
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“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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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rookie to do it since Antoine Walk-
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“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.
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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
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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-
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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.
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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,
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Mariners
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miles per
hour in the
dugout.”
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ed: “After
Texas
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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
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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 —
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two walks in four-plus innings.
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before being pulled after
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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.”
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