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TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2015 Sports shorts Valbuena no bueno for Mariners SEATTLE (AP) — Luis Valbuena hit a pair of solo home runs, including a go-ahead eighth-inning shot, to give the Houston Astros a 7-5 victory over the Seattle Mariners Monday night. Valbuena, who started the scoring with a blast in WKH¿UVWLQQLQJRSHQHGWKH eighth with a homer to right on 1-1 pitch from Danny Farquhar (0-1). It was his ¿IWKWKLVVHDVRQ ,WZDVWKH¿UVWKRPH run allowed by a Mariners reliever this season. Jed Lowrie added an RBI single in the inning. Colby Rasmus also had his second home run on a 2-0 pitch from starter +LVDVKL,ZDNXPDLQWKH¿IWK Tony Sipp (1-0), who worked the seventh and eighth, picked up the victory. SPORTS Prep Golf Dawgs, Bucks place at Tetherow East Oregonian BEND — The Hermiston and Pendleton boys golf teams both had plenty to be happy about after their most challenging round of the season on Monday at the Tetherow High Desert Challenge. $JDLQVWDFRQWHVWDQW¿HOGH[SHFW ed to mimic the competition seen at the state championships, Hermiston ¿QLVKHGLQWKHWRS¿YHLQWHDPVFRU ing while Pendleton brought back an individual medalist. Reilly Hegarty shot a three-over par 75 to lead the Buckaroos and placed third behind Bend’s Ryan DeCastlihos (70) and Summit’s Jack Loberg (73). He was shooting even par until bogeys on holes 14-16. Hermiston didn’t have anybody ¿QLVKKLJKHUWKDQWKEXWFDPHLQ tightly grouped with a team score of 325 that was good for fourth. Sum- mit won the team title with a 305, followed by Bend (311) and Cas- cade Christian (317). Pendleton was sixth with a 339. Paden LaCoursiere and Zac Ad- ams each carded 80 to lead Hermis- ton in a tie for 17th. Keegan Crafton shot an 81 that tied him for 21st. No local player shot higher than 93, but two of those came from %XFNDURRVWKDWKDG¿QLVKHGVHFRQG and third at their last tournament. “It was pretty tough,” Nelson said of Tetherow Golf Club and its Scot- tish links styling. “It’s kind of hum- bling, really, if you’ve never been.” Both Pendleton and Hermiston will be back in central Oregon on Friday for the Crook County Invite at Meadow Lakes Golf Course in Prineville. “I think a lot of the guys didn’t understand how physical it would be. You can tell guys it would be physical and a playoff atmosphere, but you don’t really understand it until you get in it.” — LaMarcus Aldridge Trail Blazers forward after 100-86 loss in Game 1 of the NBA playoffs. For more on the game, see Page 2B. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1975 — Bill Rodgers breaks the Boston Marathon record with a time of 2:09:55. 1996 — The Chicago Bulls wrap up the most suc- cessful regular season in NBA history with their 72nd victory, getting 26 points from Michael Jordan in a 103-93 decision over Wash- ington. Jordan sets an NBA record by winning his eighth NBA scoring title, breaking Wilt Chamberlain 2001 — Hasim Rahman ÀDWWHQV/HQQR[/HZLVZLWKD right hand near the end of the ¿IWKURXQGLQ%UDNSDQ6RXWK Africa, to capture the WBC and IBF heavyweight titles in one of boxing’s biggest upsets. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com ——— Tetherow High Desert Challenge at Tetherow Golf Club, Bend Team Scores — 1, Summit 305; 2, Bend 311; 3, Cascade Christian 317; 4, Hermiston 325; 5, Central Catholic 328; 6, Pendleton 339; 7, Clackamas 342; 8, St. Mary’s 345; 9, North Medford 352; 10, Roseburg 363; 11, David Douglas 370; 12, The Dalles 372; 13, Liberty 388; t14, Crater 408; t14, North Valley 408. Individual leaders 1, Ryan DeCastlihos, Bend 2, Jack Loberg, Summit 3, Reilly Hegarty, Pendleton 4, Josh Wu, St. Mary’s 5, Four tied with 70 73 75 76 77 Hermiston scores — Paden LaCoursiere 80; Zac Adams 80; Keegan Crafton 81; Anders Lind 84; Jared Thacker 93. Pendleton scores — Reilly Hegarty 75; Nathan Som 83; Dillon George 88; Brayden Pulver 93; Jared Geier 93. PENDLETON Pendleton senior Kezi- ah Hampton returns a volley at the net as senior Keren Hamption plays the backcourt against Hermis- ton’s Briana Wolfe and Chyeann Peterson on Monday in Pendleton. Eagles sign Tebow to 1-year contract PHILADELPHIA (AP) — By the time the Philadelphia Eagles announced late Monday afternoon that Tebow signed a one-year contract, the city was buzzing about Chip Kelly’s latest Tebow FACES move. dominated newspaper headlines, social media conversation and sports talk radio. A Tebow pretzel factory even made “Tebowing” shaped pretzels. 7HERZJHWVKLV¿UVWVKRW in the NFL since the New England Patriots cut him before the 2013 season. The 2007 Heisman Trophy winner hasn’t played since 2012 with the New York Jets. He worked as a television analyst last year with the SEC Network and ESPN. The Eagles already have four other quarterbacks on their roster: Sam Bradford, Mark Sanchez, Matt Barkley and G.J. Kinne. Tebow is expected to compete for the No. 3 spot in an offense that’s suited to his strengths. 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS Staff photo by E.J. Harris Bucks edge Dawgs in first battle 3HQGOHWRQZLQV¿UVWPHHWLQJDWWKHQHWV While the Buckaroos earned the 5-3 victory, both coaches said it could have gone either way and Not much was determined when about the only thing certain af- WKH:DURQKHOGLWV¿UVWEDWWOHRI ter watching four matches head to the girls tennis season, with Pend- tie-breaking third sets was how close leton hosting rival Hermiston on their two squads were competitively. “We kind of expected that,” said Monday at West Hills Intermediate Pendleton coach Rocky Dillenburg School. By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian of the back-and-forth match. “It looks like we’re starting to hit our stride but it’s tough to say really, all the matches were so close. All of the matches could have been won by Hermiston, and who knows how it’s going to go when we go over (to Hermiston)?” “Every match was well played,” VDLG ¿UVW\HDU +HUPLVWRQ FRDFK -D son Sivey, who also had the teams’ next meeting on the mind. “It makes me wonder a lot about what we’re going to do for Pendleton the next time. ³:H¶OOGH¿QLWHO\EHPDNLQJVRPH little changes, but looking at how close the scores were, those could end up being big changes.” Pendleton swept the top two sin- See TENNIS/2B Prep Softball Grass leads Buckaroo bash against Eagles Pendleton sweeps Hood River to open CRC By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian During her record-setting junior season, Pendleton’s Tiah Grass averaged a home run every 2.5 games. The senior slugger put herself back on that pace with three home runs in Saturday’s Columbia River Conference sweep of Hood River Valley. Grass went yard once in Pendleton’s 9-0 win that opened CRC play for both teams, then added a pair of PRRQVKRWVLQD¿YHLQ Softball Pendleton Hood River 9, 15 0, 2 ning rout. Grass drove in seven runs on a 4-for-7 afternoon, and said she’d been working hard to snap out of a homer drought that had stretched to six games. “Today I felt really good up at the plate because I’ve been spending a lot of time working on my swing. I was tired of popping up all the time,” she said after hitting her 4th, 5th and 6th knocks See SOFTBALL/2B Staff photo by Kathy Aney Pendleton’s Payton Herger (3) successfully slides into second Saturday at Steve Cary Field as Jessica DeHart of Hood River throws the ball to a teammate. Two years after bombings, festive Boston Marathon mood 1HDU WKH %R\OVWRQ 6WUHHW ¿QLVK OLQH FURZGV DW WLPHV IRXU WR ¿YH SHRSOH GHHS roared each time an athlete approached, shouting words of encouragement. BOSTON — The weather was cold and “It’s so great to see everyone cheering damp but the atmosphere festive at Mon- and being happy,” said Jennifer Sunkin, a day’s running of the Boston Marathon, two New York native watching her third mar- years after pressure-cooker bombs exploded athon from the comfort of a balcony over- DWWKH¿QLVKOLQHDQGVKDWWHUHGRQHRIVSRUWV¶ ORRNLQJ WKH UDFH¶V ¿QDO VWUHWFK ³/LIH JRHV most cherished events. on. It’s so inspiring to see and to realize how All along the 26.2-mile course, spec- strong we are.” tators banged cowbells and blew air horns Throughout the course, though, were re- as they braved unseasonably chilly weather See BOSTON/2B and light rain in thick layers and ponchos. By PHILIP MARCELO and JENNIFER MCDERMOTT Associated Press AP Photo/Elise Amendola Lelisa Desisa, of Ethiopia, crosses the fi nish line to win the men’s division of the Boston Marathon, Monday.
