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FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2015 Sports shorts Fight could draw up to $99.95 pay- per-view price LAS VEGAS (AP) — Don’t expect much change back from a $100 bill to watch the Floyd Mayweath- HU-U0DQQ\3DFTXLDR¿JKW at home. The two cable networks EURDGFDVWLQJWKH¿JKWVDLG Thursday the suggested retail price for the May 2 pay-per- view will be $89.95. Many, though, will end up pay- ing $99.95 because of a surcharge for KLJKGH¿QLWLRQWDFNHGRQ by many cable and satellite providers. Like almost everything HOVHDERXWWKH¿JKWWKHSD\ per-view price is a record for boxing. The previous highest was the $64.95/$74.95 FKDUJHGIRUWKH¿JKW between Mayweather and Canelo Alvarez. The welterweight title XQL¿FDWLRQ¿JKWZLOOEHWHOH vised by HBO and Show- time. Depending on how the pay-per-view does, May- weather could earn some $180 million and Pacquiao $120 million. SPORTS PENDLETON Hillmick signs with upstart EOU Former PHS standout joins inaugural men’s soccer program East Oregonian Former Pendleton standout goalkeeper Jordan Hillmick signed documents Thurs- day to further his collegiate soccer playing career. Hillmick, who graduated from PHS in 2012, joined a 25-player Eastern Oregon signing class that will act as the foun- GDWLRQ IRU WKH VFKRRO¶V ¿UVWHYHU VRFFHU team. Hillmick owns multiple Buckaroo defensive records, including saves in a game (27 versus Parkrose in 2011) and saves for a season (198 in 2011). After the record-setting career, he signed an agreement to play at Walla Walla Uni- Jordan Hillmick of Pendleton signs to join the Eastern Oregon Uni- versity men’s soccer team on Thursday in La Grande. Contributed photo cour- tesy of EOU See HILLMICK/2B Clash concludes in Pendleton BASKETBALL Oregon 96 Idaho 54 MAIN PHO- TO: Tavin Headings, of Hermiston, shoots the ball guarded by Erin Ramsey, of Lapwai, Idaho, on Thursday in the Clash at the Border All-Star Show- case at BMCC in Pendleton. Headings scored 22 points for the Oregon team. Teenager ties Sorenstam’s under-par record RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (AP) — Lydia Ko tied Annika Sorenstam’s LPGA Tour record with her 29th consecutive round under par, shooting a 1-under 71 on Thursday in the ANA Inspiration. 17-year- FACES old The Ko saved par on the par-4 seventh — her 16th hole — after hitting an approach shot through a gap Ko in the trees. She hit a 6-iron to 18 inches to set up a birdie on the 158-yard, par-3 eighth and closed with a par on the par-5 ninth. The top-ranked New Zea- lander started the streak in WKH¿UVWURXQGRIKHUYLFWRU\ last year in the season-end- ing CME Group Tour Championship. Her world- wide streak is 32, counting her three rounds this year in her victory in the Ladies Eu- ropean Tour’s New Zealand Women’s Open. BOTTOM RIGHT: Mar- lene Bodmer, of Pendleton, puts up a shot guarded by Erin Ramsey, of Lapwai, Idaho, on Thursday BOTTOM LEFT: Kelly Wilson, of Heppner, goes up for a re- bound contest- ed by Whitney Fredrickson, of Troy, Idaho, on Thursday. Staff photo by E.J. Harris “When you go down like that, I couldn’t bust into a split, I’m not that fl exible. I knew I was in trouble on my way down.“ 1933 — Ken Doraty’s overtime goal gives the Toron- to Maple Leafs and 1-0 victo- ry over the Boston Bruins in VHPL¿QDOVRIWKH6WDQOH\&XS playoffs. The goal comes at 1 hour, 44 minutes and 46 sec- onds of the overtime beyond the one-hour regulation game. 1989 — Michigan beats Seton Hall 80-79 in overtime to win the NCAA basketball championship. Rumeal Rob- inson hits two free throws with three seconds left for the Wolverines. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com NCAA lacks standard doping rules By EDDIE PELLS Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Four teams, four drug-testing pol- icies. Players at Kentucky, Wis- consin, Michigan State and Duke operated under the same rules on their road to the Final Four this season — except when it came to the frequency of their doping tests and the penalties they faced for failing. All players fall under the umbrella of the NCAA drug-testing program, which tests urine for perfor- mance-enhancing and recre- ational drugs at its champi- onship events and for PEDs during infrequent visits to campus the rest of the year. The main source of deter- rence? The programs in place at individual schools. The NCAA’s chief med- LFDO RI¿FHU LV DPRQJ WKRVH who would like to see chang- es. “I think it can be im- proved, and I’d say it could be improved considerably,” said Brian Hainline, who was appointed to the newly creat- ed position in 2013. There are some small changes up for consider- ation. However, even if those changes occur, the standards could be as varied as the 351 Division I universities. “It would be like an in- ternational sport having one set of rules for the U.S., and another set of rules for Cana- da,” says Bob Copeland, who dismantled the PED-addled See DOPING/2B “How ironic that the NCAA has this TV contract that brings in billions of dollars for the tournament, but no consistent rules to protect the integri- ty of what they’re selling?” — Dwayne Wade Miami Heat guard after injuring his left knee during Thursday’s 114- 88 loss to Cleveland. The injury initially appeared serious, but Wade was joking after the game and believes he’ll play again this season. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS — Travis Tygart, CEO of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency Ione’s Kai Arbogast sends a serve to Stanfi eld’s Austin Thompson during a boys sin- gles match Thursday in Stan- fi eld. Arbo- gast won 8-0. Sam Barbee photo Prep Tennis <RXWKFODVKHVRQ6WDQ¿HOGFRXUWV 6WDQ¿HOG¶V7KRPSVRQVHDOHGWKH lone boys win, beating Cardinals’ Ital- ian foreign exchange student Enrico The name of the game was devel- Macciotti 9-7. Thompson and Macciotti’s match RSPHQWIRU,RQHDQG6WDQ¿HOGWHQQLV might have been the most evenly players on Thursday. 6WDQ¿HOG JUDGXDWHG PDQ\ RI LWV matched match of the afternoon. Nei- experienced tennis players from last ther player had any real leg up in skill season, and Ione had a hefty number or experience. Thompson and Macci- otti traded game wins until the match of newcomers, as well. On the boys side, Ione took three- was tied at eight, but Thompson took of-four from the Tigers. Jan Glasen control and outlasted Macciotti in the topped Hank Gehrke 8-0, Kai Arbo- HQG,WZDV0DFFLRWWL¶V¿UVWPDWFKRI gast beat Austin Thompson 8-0 and See TENNIS/2B Bryan Fowler slipped past Gehrke By SAM BARBEE EO Media Group