TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 2015
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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
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eighth with a homer to right
on 1-1 pitch from Danny
Farquhar (0-1). It was his
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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
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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.
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ed to mimic the competition seen at
the state championships, Hermiston
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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
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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
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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
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right hand near the end of the
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Africa, to capture the WBC
and IBF heavyweight titles
in one of boxing’s biggest
upsets.
Contact us at 541-966-0838 or
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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
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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.
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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.
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Staff photo
by E.J. Harris
Bucks edge Dawgs in first battle
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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-
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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,”
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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.
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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
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Pendleton
Hood River
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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
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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-
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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
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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.