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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian SWEET: Zags, UCLA to rematch Continued from 1B The Atlantic Coast Con- ference and Pac-12 entered the round of 32 as the only leagues with three or more teams not to lose a game. The $&&LVZLWK9LUJLQLD¶V loss to Michigan State the only blemish. The Pac-12 is 7-1 following Oregon’s loss to top-seeded Wisconsin. Here are some story lines to watch as the Sweet 16 ap- proaches: REMATCH REPLAYS: Two of the eight games in the UHJLRQDO VHPL¿QDOV ZLOO EH rematches from the regular season. UCLA and Gonzaga met on Dec. 13 in Los Angeles, and the then-No. 9 Zags came away with an 87-74 victory. Kyle Wiltjer scored 24 points and Byron Wesley added 20 points for Gonza- ga. Bryce Alford scored 23 points and Isaac Hamilton added 18 for UCLA. Louisville and North Car- olina State met in an ACC game on Feb. 14 and the visiting Wolfpack prevailed 74-65. Cat Barber had 21 points for N.C. State, which held Louisville to 33 percent shooting and outscored the AP Photo/Elaine Thompson Cardinals 32-16 in the paint. “We got dominated at all Gonzaga players react to beating Iowa in an NCAA tournament college basket- ¿YH SRVLWLRQV WRQLJKW´ /RX- ball game in the Round of 32 in Seattle on Sunday. Gonzaga won 87-68. isville coach Rick Pitino said then. Chris Jones, who was dis- missed from the program last month, scored 20 points and By TIM BOOTH conference tourney. They were awarded Wayne Blackshear added 19 AP Sports Writer an at-large bid and a No. 11 seed, but had for then-No. 9 Louisville. to travel to Oregon State. Terry Rozier and Montrezl The Bulldogs rolled past No. 6 seed SEATTLE — Gonzaga left KeyArena Harrell, Louisville’s leading roaring and Gill Coliseum in silence al- George Washington in the opener, then scorers, combined for 14 stunned the host Beavers on Sunday. After most simultaneously Sunday. points. The Bulldogs are grabbing the spot- building a big lead, Oregon State pulled SWEET SEEDS: The light in both the men’s and women’s even with 3:30 left, only to see the Bull- West Regional will be the GRJVVFRUHWKH¿QDOO\SRLQWV NCAA Tournament. toughest of the four in the “We had success, but people would say “It’s unbelievable,” Gonzaga junior Sweet 16 if you believe the guard Elle Tinkle said. “Gonzaga is such we had success in certain situations,” said seeds. Fortier, who a special place. Top-seeded Wisconsin was promot- I think we’re will play No. 4 North Caro- ed after Kelly pretty spoiled as lina and second-seeded Ari- Graves left to both men’s and zona will face No. 6 Xavier take over at women’s pro- in Los Angeles, a total of 13 Oregon. “I’ve grams to have when the seedings are added. been very the support of The Midwest is second FRQ¿GHQW LQ our communi- with 16 (No. 1 Kentucky them all year ty ... and really YV1R:HVW9LUJLQLDDQG long and I people through- No. 3 Notre Dame vs. No. think they’ve out the country. 7 Wichita State), while the really learned Throughout this South is next with 19 (No. to enjoy our year, we haven’t 1 Duke vs. No. 5 Utah and new situation been on some ra- No. 2 Gonzaga vs. No. 11 and our new dars, but we just AP Photo/Timothy J. Gonzalez UCLA). coaching staff. wanted to prove Gonzaga’s Keani Albanez, right, fights Oregon The last of the regionals we are just as State’s Jamie Weisner for a rebound during Not that there is the East where third-seed- successful and Gonzaga’s 76-64 victory in a college basket- was anything ed Oklahoma meets No. 7 just as capable ball game in the second round of the NCAA wrong with Michigan State and No. 4 the old one.” of going far in tournament in Corvallis on Sunday. Louisville faces eighth-seed- Since 1999, the postseason.” ed North Carolina State, a While the second-seeded Gonzaga when the Gonzaga men began its run of total of 22. men ran past No. 7 seed Iowa in Seattle 17 straight NCAA appearances, the Bull- SPECIAL K: When the WRUHDFKWKHURXQGRIIRUWKH¿UVWWLPH dogs men and women both lead the way coaches shake hands before since 2009, the 11th-seeded Gonzaga with the most victories as a double-digit the Duke-Utah Sweet 16 women were pulling off one of the big- seed according to STATS. The Gonzaga game, it will be between two gest upsets of the women’s tournament, men have eight, most of those coming in men with a lot in common. knocking off No. 3 seed Oregon State on the infancy of the Bulldogs’ rise to nation- Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski al prominence. LWVKRPHÀRRU and Utah’s Larry Krystkowi- The Gonzaga women also have eight, The games both tipped right around ak probably lead the NCAA 4 p.m. PDT. And while the women were including Sunday’s upset, with most of in name typos. celebrating after their 76-64 win in Cor- those coming since 2009. The next clos- “I don’t know how many vallis, Oregon, the men were wrapping up est on the women’s side are Florida State, times two Polish coaches WKHLUYLFWRU\RYHU,RZD,W¶VWKH¿UVW BYU, Marist and Kansas who all have will go against one another, time in school history both programs have four. where both of us are called 7KLVWULSWRWKHUHJLRQDOVHPL¿QDOVZLOO advanced to the round of 16. Coach K, but he’s a good This season, Gonzaga and Duke are be the fourth since 2010 for the Gonzaga friend,” Krzyzewski said of the only schools to have both men’s and women. And just like in 2011, the Bull- Krystkowiak. “I had him on women’s teams advance to the Sweet 16. dogs get to go home. Gonzaga will make my Sirius XM show about a The Zags and Blue Devils could be joined the 2-mile trip from campus over to the month ago and, boy, he was by North Carolina and Louisville if their Spokane Arena where the regional will be really good — really good.” held. Gonzaga will face either No. 2 seed women’s teams win on Monday. SPARTY’S PARTY: Gonzaga advancing on the men’s side Tennessee or 10th-seeded Pittsburgh in Michigan State under Tom was expected. As the No. 2 seed in the WKHVHPL¿QDOVRQ6DWXUGD\ Izzo has become as familiar in The Gonzaga men have a little longer South Region, the Bulldogs had the ben- the Sweet 16 as the guys in a H¿WRISOD\LQJLQ6HDWWOH²MXVWIRXUKRXUV WULS7KH%XOOGRJVKDYHDPLOHÀLJKW school band wearing enough from campus and before a partisan crowd. to Houston and face No. 11 seed UCLA in face paint to cover a garage. “The support from the Zag nation to the round of 16 on Friday. The Spartans have “We have got a lot of help with the come out here and make this feel like a UHDFKHG WKH UHJLRQDO VHPL¿- home game has been great,” Byron Wes- administration, allowing us to grow, and nals for the seventh time in ley said. “Playing on the court at this level just the community and our donors and the last eight years. They will is something I’ve always dreamed of and everything,” men’s coach Mark Few said. face Oklahoma in Syracuse, “It takes a village, literally, to make this I’m just blessed to be here.” New York. The Gonzaga women faced a more happen. And then through it all, it just Izzo has a 13-1 record in GLI¿FXOWWDVN8QGHU¿UVW\HDUFRDFK/LVD comes down to having great players. It’s games in the round of 32. He Fortier, the Bulldogs missed out on the always, always been about the players was surprised a bit that this automatic bid from the West Coast Con- and being able to attract the best players, team won its second game to IHUHQFHDIWHUORVLQJLQWKHVHPL¿QDOVRIWKH and that’s what we got.” move on. Gonzaga double trouble DAWGS: Hermiston wins opener 2-1 bled home RJ Robles. But “That’s I guess getting Redmond came back for caught up in the game, but ¿YHLQWKHWRSRIWKHWKLUG it should just be a reaction highlighted by Hunter deal,” Hawkins said. “It’s Smith’s RBI triple. In the front end of the thinking about the game too doubleheader, Hermiston much, probably thinking about at-bats, and thinking squeaked out a 2-1 win be- about other things. You can hind a solid pitching per- only control the things you formance from Robles. Redmond got on the can control at that time. board early when Hunter And that’s a double play ball ... The baseball gods Smith tripled to deep right frown upon mistakes like and scored on a wild pitch. Hermiston answered an that.” The game wasn’t a total inning later, when Robles wash, though. Hermiston walked, Kyler Mikami WRRN D OHDG LQ WKH ¿UVW doubled then Mitch Brown when Dylan Caldwell dou- singled. The game would Continued from 1B EH D WLH XQWLO WKH ¿IWK when Chase Root reached on an error, moved to sec- ond an another error, and scored when Caldwell dou- EOHG GRZQ WKH ULJKW ¿HOG line with two strikes to take the 2-1 advantage. Robles threw 5.2 in- nings and threw more than 90 pitches, allowing just one hit — the lead-off tri- SOH²RQHUXQZDONHG¿YH and struck out six. Despite the win, Haw- NLQVZDVQ¶WVDWLV¿HG “It’s how you approach the game,” he said. “You keep battling and you keep your team close. We had some chances to get some timely (hits), and we didn’t again. Again, those are ap- poraches. I gotta put the kids, in practice, (in) those uncomfortable situations where they’re ready for the game.” Hermiston next takes WKH ¿HOG :HGQHVGD\ IRU D date at Kamiakin (WA). First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. ——— HERMISTON 2, REDMOND 1 RHS 100 000 0 — 112 HHS 010 010 0 — 240 WP: RJ Robles LP: Daulton Graham 2B: K. Mikami (HHS), D. Caldwell (HHS); 3B: H. Smith (RHS), C. Smith (HHS) Tuesday, March 24, 2015 Prep roundup ’Scots sweep at Riverside tournament East Oregonian BOARDMAN — The Weston-McEwen TigerScots IRXQG WKHLU ¿UVW ZLQV RI WKH season Monday and earned a trip to the championship game of the Riverside base- ball tournament. In their spring break open- er, the ’Scots (2-4) jumped out to a 14-0 lead over the Pi- lot Rock Rockets by the third LQQLQJDQGVHFXUHGD¿YHLQ- ning mercy rule win in the ¿IWK 9LQFH 5RII HQGHG WKH contest with a walk-off RBI single. Though Weston-McEwen coach Chet Sater described the last run as “eked out,” the TigerScot offense was any- thing but meager. Middle in- ¿HOGHUDQGUHOLHISLWFKHU%UHWW Speed was 2-for-4 with four RBIs in the game, and he, Roff and Shaw Broncheau all contributed doubles. The TigerScots then beat hosts Riverside 12-4, relying on the arm of senior Sutter Ball, who threw a complete game with 10 strikeouts and three walks. Ball allowed WKUHH UXQV LQ WKH ¿UVW WKUHH innings, but Sater said the defense settled in behind him after some early jitters and “decided they’d win one for him.” Speed was moved up to third in the lineup for the sec- ond game, and made good in the cleanup spot with two more hits and three RBI. Roff contributed a three-run double. The wins came on the heels of a sweep at home Sat- urday at the hands of Elgin. A rough sixth inning doomed the ’Scots in a 7-1 opening loss, and costly errors and walks led to a 9-5 loss in the nightcap, despite outhitting the visiting Huskies 9-2. Monday’s win puts :HVWRQ0F(ZHQLQWKH¿QDO game against league foe Irri- gon. ÀRRGJDWHV RSHQHG %\ WKH time the inning ended the ’Scots were up 12-1. Taylor Entze drove in three runs, including a nail- LQWKHFRI¿Q GRXEOH LQ WKH fourth, and Jessica Lambert pitched the complete game, striking out four with two walks and allowing just one earned run. If Lambert was good in the circle against Knappa, she was phenomenal against Riverside. Entze, a senior, started the second game with the EDOO EXW KDG WURXEOH ¿QGLQJ her footing in the wet con- ditions, Griggs said. In the third inning she handed it over to Lambert, a junior, ZKR SLWFKHG ¿YH LQQLQJV LQ relief, allowing just one hit and striking out nine. “That’s why you have two pitchers,” Griggs said. “If one needs help, the other picks her up.” Neither needed help at the plate, each driving in four runs with Lambert hitting a home run. The TigerScots will play Harrisburg on Tuesday in WKHWRXUQDPHQW¿QDOHZKLFK Griggs said will be a good test. WESTON-MCEWEN 12, KNAPPA 2 R H KNAPPA 100 01 — 2 3 WMHS 110 10 — 12 13 K. Cameron, M. Rogers (4) and Truax. Lambert and Peal. 2B — Keegan Shepard, Taylor Entze (WMHS). E 1 3 WESTON-MCEWEN 13, RIVERSIDE 3 R H E WMHS 320 230 3 — 13 12 1 RHS 120 000 0 — 3 3 6 Entze, Lambert (3) and Peal. Whiteman, Cullough and Hasbel. 2B — Entze (WMHS); Whiteman (River- side). HR —Lambert (WMHS). Golf The Hermiston boys golf team had its best day ever in Grandview, Washington In WKH ODVW ¿YH \HDUV WKH %XOO- GRJV¶EHVW¿QLVKZDVVHFRQG and they hever had any in- dividual break 80. Monday, Hermiston did both. The Bulldogs shot 25- WESTON-MCEWEN 16, PORTLAND over 313 as a team, claiming CHRISTIAN 6 R H E the team title. Paden LaCour- PCHS 000 51 — 6 1 6 siere, who battled windy con- WMHS 734 11 — 16 7 2 Sutter Ball, Lake Albert (3), Brett Speed ditions along the back nine, (4) and Cedric Hall. Duckett, Osborn, Rueck held on to even par, which and Benfield. W — Ball. L — Duckett 2B — Roff, Broncheau, Speed. ended up being the lowest score of the day. WESTON-MCEWEN 12, RIVERSIDE 4 R H E Hermiston head coach WMHS 020 431 2 — 12 8 4 Mike Frink said the condi- RHS 210 100 0 — 4 5 5 2B — Roff. No statistics available for tions started calm, but slowly Riverside. picked up until it made con- ditions on the back-nine very GLI¿FXOW La Coursiere was 2-under BOARDMAN — The Weston-McEwen TigerScots going into the back nine and turned small ball into a big had to work hard to keep his LQQLQJ DQG ZRQ WKH ¿UVW score from ballooning. “It was a good round, let’s game 12-2 against Knappa at the Riverside softball tourna- put it that way,” Frink said. .HHJDQ &UDIWRQ ¿QVLKHG ment, then slugged out a 13-3 win over Riverside later that third with a 4-over 76 and beat Zillah’s No. 1 player in afternoon. In the opener against a one-hole playoff for third Knappa, the ’Scots (4-0) held place. Zac Adams, made a 2-1 lead into the bottom ¿YH RQ KLV ¿UVW ¿YH KROHV of the fourth inning. Katy shot 1-under 35 on the back 6FKURHGHU UHDFKHG ¿UVW RQ D QLQH WR VDOYDJH D ¿IWKSODFH one-out walk, stole second 5-over 77. Hermiston’s next tourna- base then reached third on a “perfect” bunt by Isabelle ment is Friday, April 3 at Ea- Dillow, according to coach gle Crest/Ridge in Redmond. Jeff Griggs. Schroeder then The event is slated to start at scored on a pass ball and the 9 a.m. Baseball BLACKOUTS: FCC won’t reinforce policy Continued from 1B try,” said Sen. Richard Blu- menthal (D-Connecticut), “and it brings us one step closer to eliminating this anti-fan measure once and for all. This antiquated, an- ti-consumer rule has for too long served only to protect the NFL’s bottom line at the expense of sports fans. “I urge the FCC to take action to permanently re- move the rule so that sports fans have the opportunity to cheer on their favorite teams, regardless of where they are watching.” Last September, the FCC repealed its sport blackout rules, denying reinforce- ment of the league’s black- out policy. But the ruling did not affect the NFL’s ability to maintain the blackout policy through existing broadcast contracts. Blackouts have been a part of the NFL since the 1950s, when team own- ers believed showing local games would damage atten- dance. In 1973, the current league policy was put into action. The league said it will evaluate the impact of the suspension after the season. “The blackout issue has been one of those seen as a negative about the league,” said Marc Gan- is, president of Chica- go-based consulting firm SportsCorp. “The FCC says there shouldn’t be blackouts and the league says it would affect atten- dance. This is the perfect time, with no blackouts from last year, to test whether a no-blackout rule adversely affects the attendance at games.”