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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Track Town lands Worlds prise move that came with- out a bidding process. The IAAF, the govern- %(,-,1*²$IWHUQHDU- ly four decades of bypass- ing body of the sport, said ing the United States, track the decision was driven by DQG¿HOG¶VPDUTXHHHYHQWLV the desire to break into the ¿QDOO\KHDGHGWRWKHFRXQ- key American market. “We have to give it to try that has been the domi- Eugene, to a city where nant force in the sport. The small Oregon city athletics is like a religion,” of Eugene, a northwestern IAAF president Lamine Di- town steeped in American ack said. The 2021 worlds will be track history and the home of the University of Ore- at Hayward Field, which gon, was awarded the 2021 will be rebuilt to accommo- world athletics champion- date 32,000 spectators for ships on Thursday in a sur- the meet. Associated Press Friday, April 17, 2015 PENDLETON Dawgs’ LaCoursierre wins after playoff Bucks take team title at PCC East Oregonian Paden LaCoursierre took top honors for the Hermiston Bulldogs at the Pendleton Invitational, but it was the home Buckaroos that earned the team win Thursday at Pendleton Country Club. The Bulldog senior carded an identical 5-over 77 to Buck- aroo golfer Reilly Hegarty, but LaCoursierre won a playoff hole and Hegarty was forced to settle for secon. Three oth- ers arrived at the clubhouse one stroke off of LaCoursierre and Hegarty. The Buckaroos Brayden Pulver, Hermiston’s Anders Lind and The Dalles Chase Snodgrass all shot RYHU 6QRGJUDVV ZDV awarded third place. 3HQGOHWRQ ¿QLVKHG IRXU CRC: Bulldogs looking to extend plate appearances WOHJDPH6DQG\ZRQLWV¿UVW “They’re going to be title 8-3. Pendleton and Hermiston tough to beat,” Pendleton coach Greg Whitten said. ¿QLVKHGZLWKLGHQWLFDOUH- “They return a lot of those cords a season ago. The Buck- same bats from last year. aroos took the league title They’ve got the best pitcher based upon head-to-head re- (Ryan Ward) coming back VXOWV²WKH\ZRQWKUHHRIIRXU ,W¶V WKH %XOOGRJV ² ZKR from last season. Other than him, I don’t think there’s re- like HRV have yet to win a &5& FURZQ ² ZKR FRPH ally any dominant arms.” Ward, a senior right- into this weekend seemingly hander pitcher, started last more equipped for a run. Hermiston (7-4) enters year’s state championship game and is the only all- as the only other team with league hurler returning. a winning-record behind the Through 13 games however, tutelage of rookie skipper he holds just the third best Lance Hawkins. Playing in earned run average of start- their grandiose park at Ar- ing pitchers on his own staff mand Larive Middle School, behind Kam Walker and Pat- the Bulldogs have posted rick Harvey. All three have the second-best defensive numbers, allowing 5.3 runs ERAs below 2.5. The front-running status per game. It’s the team’s ap- is new for the Eagles. Since proach at the plate that has the formation of the league Hawkins apprehensive. in 2011, the school has yet “We’ve got a lot of work WR¿QLVKLQWKHWRSKDOIRIWKH if we’re going to compete for four-team conference and a CRC championship,” he has never turned in a winning said last week. “We need to league record. The paltry put the dagger in and score ¿QLVKHV LQFOXGHV D FDP- runs every inning. We have paign last season before they quite a few innings where we turned in a memorable string go 1-2-3 kind of fast.” of upsets on their way to a They’ve yet to plate more meeting with Sandy in the ti- than nine runners in a game, Continued from 1B and average a league-worst UXQV SHU JDPH $VLGH from a walk-off home run IURPMXQLRU¿UVWEDVHPDQ7\- ler Sexton on Friday versus Parkrose, the Bulldogs hav- en’t hit the long ball. RJ Robles and Chase Root have handled the majority of the duties on the mound and have had aid of playing in front of a consistent defense. The Buckaroos have won three of four league titles, but an improved stable of pitch- ers will be needed if a fourth is in the cards. “We’re going to have to score runs to win. I don’t see us a throwing a lot of shut- outs,” Whitten said. Pendleton has been smacked around for 10 or more runs on four separate occasions this season and aside from The Dalles, which have given up an astounding UXQVSHUJDPHWKH\UDQN at the bottom in the league with 7.3 allowed per game. Whitten has settled on an opening weekend starting pairing of Quinn Cockburn and Brady Smith, with a slew of relievers prepared to enter if thing go awry. The Buckaroos are also reeling from the injury of star catcher Alex O’Rourke. The Oregon State signee suffered a facial injury in a tourna- ment in Idaho last month. His status to return this season re- mains up in the air. Cockburn and Zack Myers have been catching in his absence. 7KH 'DOOHV¶ SOD\ has been the most polariz- ing of any team through the opening month of the season. 7KH\¶YH VFRUHG D WRQ ² runs in 13 games. They’ve DOORZHG HYHQ PRUH ² Based upon average, only one team in Class 5A has been worse defensively. With three teams eligible for postseason play, the reg- ular season may prove obso- lete. Hood River knows that just as well after last year’s UXQ +HUPLVWRQ ¿QLVKHG VHF- ond in 2012, but was the last team standing from the league in the state playoffs, reaching WKHTXDUWHU¿QDOURXQG Pendleton hosts Hood River Valley on Saturday, while Hermiston travels to the Dalles. Both double- headers are set for noon start times. TENNIS: Hermiston and Pendleton girls win handily Continued from 1B ORVV WR:LOO &R\ RI The Dalles. With just nine available players, many of the singles players were forced to return to the heat for doubles action. The trio of Haug, Cochrane and Johnson didn’t fare as well the second time out. “I think they were pretty worn out,” Pendleton coach Chris Holdman said. “It was 70 or 75 degrees out there and they only had 10 or 15 minutes (to recover) and they were back out there again.” Haugn and Cochrane played the top doubles match DQG ORVW WR *ULI¿Q Martin and Ethan Semlor. Johnson paired with Dan- iel Medina but lost the sec- ond-doubles match. Pendleton travels to Mil- ton-Freewater on Saturday to take part in the Mac-Hi Invi- tational. ——— THE DALLES 5, PENDLETON 3 Singles Gareth Haug (PHS) def. Christian Munoz (TDHS) 6-3, 6-4 Will Coy (TDHS) def. Jeremy Cochrane (PHS) 6-1, 7-5 Henry Holdman (PHS) Omar Rodriguez (TDHS) 6-2, 6-1 Lincoln Johnson (PHS) def. Luiz Diaz (TDHS) 7-6 (4), 6-2 Doubles Griffin Martin/Ethan Semlor (TDHS) def. Gareth Haug/Jeremy Cochrane (PHS) 6-2, 6-1 Daniel Santillan/Joe Singhurst (TDHS) def. Lincoln Johnson/Daniel Medina 6-3, 6-4 Jesus Barajas/Cody McClintock (TDHS) def. Peter Wallace/Silas Johnston (PHS) 6-3, 6-2 Alex Lopez/Caleb Turner (TDHS) def. Josh Mendoza/Henray Scanlan (PHS) 6-0, 6-0 Girls Tennis HERMISTON 7, HOOD RIVER VALLEY 1 — At Hood River Valley, the Bulldogs were one singles match victory from pulling off the sweep of the Eagles on Thursday. Katelyn Millard, Jayce Ternes and MacKenzie Hill dropped just three combined singles sets to earn victo- ries in the top three singles matches. Devyn Wolfe took the lone loss, falling in three sets that concluded with a 10-7 tiebreak set. All four doubles teams won in straight sets. Brianna Wolfe and Cheynne Peterson won the top singles match, Kylie Marckwick and Whit- ney McMahon the No. 2, Athens Reid and Tanya Ja- mie-Sanchez the third team, and Reed Middleton and %UHHQD :DGHNDPSHU WKH ¿- nal doubles match. Hermiston will play Pend- leton in a make-up league dual on Monday at 4 p.m. at West Hills. “It’s like I tell the girls, ‘Winning in nice, but scrap- ping and hustling to get to every ball and really battling is what’s important.” Pendleton swept doubles play and also earned a tie- break win from Aieleia Sayre at No. 4 singles as she came PENDLETON 6, THE from a set down to beat Leslie DALLES 2²$W7KH'DOOHV /XQD/RSH] the Buckaroos expected a Pendleton will compete at tough match from the River- the Mac-Hi Tournament on hawks and got all they could Saturday, then host Hermis- handle before winning their ton on Monday in a match CRC match on Thursday. that was moved from this Three matches went to past Tuesday due to weather a tie-breaking third set, and concerns. The make-up will three other sets needed tie- begin at 3:45 p.m. at West breakers before the match Hills School in Pendleton. could advance. ²²² PENDLETON 6, THE DALLES 2 One of those was Keren Singles Marissa Cianci (T) def. Matilde Cittadini and Keziah Hampton’s win 6-4, 6-1 at No. 1 doubles as they beat Meagan Flanagan (P) def. Robin Pashek, 7-5, 7-6(4) Anna Miller and Johanna Kiana Pielli (T) def. Hannah Flanagan, 6-4, 6-7(3), 10-7 :LOVRQ Aieleia Sayre (P) def. Leslie Luna-Lopez, “Some of these matches 4-6, 6-1, 10-2 Doubles were pretty close, pretty ex- Keren Hampton/Keziah Hampton (P) def. citing,” said Pendleton coach Anna Miller/Johanna Wilson 5-7, 7-6(3), 10-4 Kiana Sperl/Christina Thompson (P) def. Rocky Dillenburg. “They Abby Minnick/Emma Smith-El, 6-1, 6-1 Sam Bixler/Jenna Senter (P) def. Rebekah hung in there and battled for Kohfarder/Ellie Trujillo, 6-4, 6-1 every point so that was nice Anna James/Julia Livingston (P) def. Cassie Vazquez/Maggie Corey, 6-3, 6-1 to see. SCOREBOARD Correction Mar’Shay Moore would be the second BMCC female athlete to play at the NCAA Division-1 level this winter at Oregon. Incorrect information appeared in the story Moore makes D-1 leap that ran in the April 16 edition. Former T-Wolves player Danah Haley played 16 games at Portland State this past season making her the first. Local Slate PREP BASEBALL Today Nyssa at Riverside (DH), 1/3 p.m. Baker at Mac-Hi (DH), 3/5 p.m. Saturday Irrigon at Pilot Rock (DH), 11 a.m./1 p.m. Heppner at Weston-McEwen (DH), 11 a.m./1 p.m. Valley Catholic at Stanfield, Noon Hermiston at The Dalles (DH), Noon/2 p.m. Hood River at Pendleton (DH), Noon/2:30 p.m. PREP SOFTBALL Today Nyssa at Riverside (DH), 1/3 p.m. Grant Union at Echo (DH), 1/3 p.m. Umatilla at Enterprise (DH), 1/3 p.m. Mac-Hi at Baker (DH), 3/5 p.m. Saturday Culver at Heppner (DH), 11 a.m./1 p.m. Union at Pilot Rock (DH), 11 a.m./1 p.m. Hood River at Pendleton (DH), Noon/2 p.m. Hermiston at The Dalles (DH), Noon/2 p.m. Burns at Irrigon (DH), 1/3 p.m. PREP TRACK & FIELD Today Hermiston, Pendleton, Mac-Hi, Riverside, Umatilla, Weston-McEwen, Stanfield, Pilot Rock, Irrigon, Heppner, Arlington, Condon/ Wheeler, Echo at River’s Edge Meet (Umatilla), 11 a.m. Pendleton, Ione at Apple Blossom Invite (Hood River), 4 p.m. Saturday Hermiston at Oregon Relays (Eugene), 10 a.m. PREP BOYS TENNIS Saturday Pendleton, Riverside, Helix at Mac-Hi Tournament, 9 a.m. PREP GIRLS TENNIS Today Stanfield at Condon/Wheeler, 4 p.m. Saturday Pendleton, Riverside, Helix at Mac-Hi Tournament, 9 a.m. PREP BOYS GOLF Today Echo at Echo Hills GC, 10 a.m. Heppner at John Day CC, 1 p.m. Pendleton at La Grande CC, 1 p.m. PREP GIRLS GOLF Today Echo at Echo Hills GC, 10 a.m. Heppner at John Day CC, 1 p.m. PREP LACROSSE Today Hermiston at Summit, 8 p.m. Saturday Hermiston at Ridgeview, 5 p.m. PREP RUGBY Saturday East Oregon at Polk County (Salem), 12:15 p.m. COLLEGE BASEBALL Saturday Blue Mountain at Walla Walla (DH), 1/4 p.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Saturday Blue Mountain at Yakima Crossover, TBA Sunday Blue Mountain at Yakima Crossover, TBA COLLEGE RODEO Saturday Blue Mountain at NW Regional 3 (Spo- kane Valley, WA), 1 p.m./6 p.m. Sunday Blue Mountain at EWU Rodeo (Spokane Valley, WA), Noon Basketball NBA Playoffs (Best-of-7) FIRST ROUND Saturday Washington at Toronto, 9:30 a.m. New Orleans at Golden State, 12:30 p.m. Milwaukee at Chicago, 4 p.m. Dallas at Houston, 6:30 p.m. Sunday Boston at Cleveland, Noon Brooklyn at Atlanta, 2:30 p.m. Portland at Memphis, 5 p.m. San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. Monday Milwaukee at Chicago, 5 p.m. New Orleans at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. Hockey NHL Playoffs FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) Thursday N.Y. Rangers 2, Pittsburgh 1, N.Y. Rangers leads series 1-0 Detroit 3, Tampa Bay 2, Detroit leads series 1-0 Minnesota 4, St. Louis 2, Minnesota leads series 1-0 Winnipeg at Anaheim, 7:30 p.m. Today Ottawa at Montreal, 4 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Washington, 4 p.m. Chicago at Nashville, 6:30 p.m. Calgary at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Saturday, April 18 Detroit at Tampa Bay, Noon Minnesota at St. Louis, Noon Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 5 p.m. Winnipeg at Anaheim, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, April 19 Washington at N.Y. Islanders, 9 a.m. Nashville at Chicago, Noon Montreal at Ottawa, 4 p.m. Vancouver at Calgary, 7 p.m. Monday, April 20 N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m. St. Louis at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Anaheim at Winnipeg, 6 p.m. WHL Playoffs SECOND ROUND Thursday Portland 5, Everett 3 (Portland leads series 2-1) Today Medicine Hat at Calgary, 4 p.m. (Calgary leads series 3-1) Regina at Brandon, 4:30 p.m. (Brandon leads series 3-1) Everett at Portland, 8 p.m. (Portland leads series (2-1) Victoria at Kelowna, 6:05 p.m. (Kelowna leads series 3-1) Baseball MLB American League East Division Boston Tampa Bay Baltimore Toronto New York Central Division Detroit Kansas City Chicago Cleveland Minnesota West Division Oakland Houston Los Angeles Texas Seattle ——— W 6 6 5 5 3 L 3 4 4 5 6 Pct GB .667 — .600 ½ .556 1 .500 1½ .333 3 W 8 7 3 3 3 L 1 2 5 5 6 Pct GB .889 — .778 1 .375 4½ .375 4½ .333 5 W 5 4 4 4 3 L 5 5 5 6 6 Pct GB .500 — .444 ½ .444 ½ .400 1 .333 1½ Thursday’s Games Minnesota 8, Kansas City 5 Tampa Bay 4, Toronto 2 Friday’s Games Chicago White Sox (Samardzija 0-1) at Detroit (Price 1-0), 10:08 a.m. Atlanta (Teheran 2-0) at Toronto (Hutchi- son 1-0), 4:07 p.m. Baltimore (U.Jimenez 1-0) at Boston (J.Kelly 1-0), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Warren 0-1) at Tampa Bay (Karns 1-1), 4:10 p.m. Cleveland (Kluber 0-1) at Minnesota (Pelfrey 0-0), 5:10 p.m. L.A. Angels (Weaver 0-2) at Houston (R.Hernandez 0-1), 5:10 p.m. Oakland (Gray 1-0) at Kansas City (Guthrie 1-0), 5:10 p.m. Texas (Gallardo 1-1) at Seattle (Happ 0-0), 7:10 p.m. strokes better than rival IRUWKH3LRQHHUV ²²² Hermiston to win the nine- Pendleton Invitational team team competition. The Pendleton Country Club Par 72 Dalles took third. Team scoring: 1, Pendleton 322; 2, Nathan Som and Jared Hermiston 326; 3, Kamiakin 362; 4, Han- ford 378; 5, Baker 380; 6, Mac-Hi 396; 7, Geier bolstered the Bucka- La Grande 398; 8, The Dalles 417; 9, Hood roos winning scores, shoot- River Valley 509. Individual scoring: 1, Paden LaCoursi- LQJ RYHU DQG RYHU UH- erre (Hermiston) 77; 2, Reilly Hegarty spectively. Zac Adams and (Pendleton) 77; 3, Chase Snodgrass (The 78; 4, Anders Lind (HHS) 78; 5, J.D. Thacker rounded out the Dalles) Brayden Pulver (PHS) 78; Nathan Som (PHS) 81; Zac Adams (HHS) 82; Jared Bulldogs top four. Geier (PHS) 86; J.D Thacker (HHS) 89; 0DF+L ¿QLVKHG LQ VL[WK Dillon George (PHS) 91; Sterling Sandberg 91; Noah Wilson (MHS) 98; Rain place. Sterling Sandberg (Mac-Hi) Wheeler (MHS) 103; Evan Kain (MHS) 104; WXUQHGLQDWHDPEHVWRYHU Riley Chester (MHS) 104. RICHARDS: Plenty of season still to play DOVRWLHGIRU¿UVWRQWKHWHDP “I always took the ap- with 23 RBIs, third in total proach that I wanted to be bases (52), tied for third in as aggressive as my train- hits (37), and fourth in slug- er would let me so I didn’t ging (.417) and runs (21). “The whole season I’ve have any regrets,” he said. just focused on taking it pitch “I didn’t want to end up missing games just because by pitch,” he said. “I’m not I didn’t feel like doing an really worried about (stats), I just want to make sure I ap- early morning workout. “Before the season started proach every pitch and every I wasn’t sure if I was ready, at bat the right way.” Which he said also but then we had a few scrim- mages and I was able to see means not getting ahead of that I could make the throws yourself. The Irish have four more WR¿UVWEDVHDOULJKWDQG,VWDUW- three-game series left in HGWRJHWPRUHFRQ¿GHQW´ Richards hasn’t missed a league play before the start beat since returning, and is of the ACC Championships ¿HOGLQJDWDSHUFHQWDJH RQ0D\²SOHQW\RIWLPH in ACC play with just three for their promising season errors. He leads the team with to take a wayward turn. “The ACC is one of the 111 defensive assists overall, toughest, if not the tough- DQGLV¿IWKZLWKSXWRXWV But while Richards is as est, conferences in college good as ever on defense, baseball,” Richards said. he’s come back even better “You can’t take any oppo- nent lightly.” at the plate. Notre Dame, which is Although his batting av- erage (.280) is slightly be- just 7-7 at home this sea- low his career high (.282), son, hosts NC State start- Richards is enjoying his ing today. Their remaining most productive season as ACC series after that are at :DNH )RUHVW a hitter. His 13 RBIs and two against North Carolina (23- home runs in ACC play DQGWKHQDW%RVWRQ leads the team, and although &ROOHJH WR he’s hitting just .200 over the ¿QLVKWKHUHJXODUVHDVRQ last 10 games he’s account- ²²² ed for more than a quarter of Contact Matt Entrup at the team’s 40 runs over that mentrup@eastoregonian. span. For the season he’s com or (541) 966-0838. Continued from 1B GERLINGER: Patience pays off during recruitment years,” she said. Gerlinger plans to study said. “I just love the coach- kinesiology. ing staff (at WOU), and the Western Oregon, a Di- girls that are playing.” YLVLRQ ,, SURJUDP ¿QLVKHG She completed here pa- last season with an 8-18 perwork moments after record and a 5-13 record in teammate Mar’Shay Moore the Great Northwest Athlet- RI¿FLDOO\ LQNHG ZLWK WKH ic Conference. University of Oregon. Gerlinger was part of a Like Moore, Gerlinger four-player recruiting class ZDV SDWLHQW LQ ¿QGLQJ WKH at BMCC that brought the ULJKW ¿W IRU WKH QH[W VWHS program to new heights. After narrowing her choic- They turned in the two best es down to the Wolves and 1:$&WRXUQDPHQW¿QLVKHV :DUQHU3DFL¿F VKH UH- in school history and com- ceived an improved schol- ELQHG IRU D RYHUDOO arship offer on Tuesday and record and 17-11 record in pounced at the chance. East Region competition. “They just called me “I could not have asked with an offer Tuesday for a better two years,” she morning. I knew exactly said. “I grew so much as a what I wanted to do. They person and sports-wise. I have the programs that I have 10 new sisters each want and I want to play season and I hope to stay in basketball for the next few touch with everybody.” Continued from 1B ATHLETE OF THE WEEK MADISON CARLIN Weston- M c E wen Track And Field - Senior National League East Division New York Atlanta Washington Miami Philadelphia Central Division Chicago St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Milwaukee West Division W 7 6 4 3 3 L 3 3 6 7 7 Pct GB .700 — .667 ½ .400 3 .300 4 .300 4 W 5 5 5 3 2 L 3 3 4 6 7 Pct GB .625 — .625 — .556 ½ .333 2½ .222 3½ W L Pct GB Colorado 7 2 .778 — Los Angeles 6 3 .667 1 San Diego 6 4 .600 1½ Arizona 4 5 .444 3 San Francisco 3 7 .300 4½ ——— Thursday’s Games St. Louis 4, Milwaukee 0 Washington 5, Philadelphia 2 N.Y. Mets 7, Miami 5 Arizona at San Francisco, (n) Friday’s Games San Diego (Shields 1-0) at Chicago Cubs (Hammel 1-0), 11:20 a.m. Milwaukee (Nelson 1-0) at Pittsburgh (Locke 1-0), 4:05 p.m. Philadelphia (O’Sullivan 0-0) at Washing- ton (Scherzer 0-1), 4:05 p.m. Atlanta (Teheran 2-0) at Toronto (Hutchi- son 1-0), 4:07 p.m. Miami (Phelps 0-0) at N.Y. Mets (Colon 2-0), 4:10 p.m. Cincinnati (Cueto 0-1) at St. Louis (Wacha 1-0), 5:15 p.m. Colorado (K.Kendrick 1-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 0-1), 7:10 p.m. Arizona (Collmenter 0-2) at San Francisco (Peavy 0-1), 7:15 p.m. The TigerScot senior posted season- bests in the 100 meters, 300 meter intermediate hurdles and the long jump at Saturday’s Dick Horyna Invitational in Stanfield. Carlin’s 51.20 second hurdle time was also a personal-best. 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