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THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2015 Sports shorts NFL suspends +DUG\IRUJDPHV NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL suspended defen- sive end Greg Hardy for 10 games without pay Wednesday for conduct detrimental to the league after concluding there was “credi- ble evidence” he roughed up his former girlfriend nearly a year ago when he was a member of the Carolina Panthers. Hardy, who joined the Dallas Cowboys as a free agent on a one-year, incen- WLYHODGHQGHDOZDVQRWL¿HG Wednesday of the decision in a letter from Commission- er Roger Goodell. Hardy plans to appeal. *RRGHOOFLWHG³VXI¿FLHQW credible evidence that Hardy engaged in conduct that violated NFL policies in multiple respects and with aggravating circumstances.” His assault case had been dismissed in a North Caroli- na court because his accuser refused to cooperate with prosecutors, but an NFL investigation concluded that Hardy used physical force against Nicole Holder in at least four instances. SPORTS HERMISTON Prep rodeo comes to Farm-City Arena Cow cutting finals kick off event A summer sun sets over the Farm-City Arena which will host the Inter- mountain HS Rodeo Friday through Sunday in Hermiston. By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian +(50,6721 ² )RU WKH ¿UVW WLPH KLJK VFKRRO URGHR champions will be crowned at Farm-City Arena when the Intermountain High School rodeo team holds its home dou- bleheader this weekend. Before a single steer is wrestled, a single barrel turned, cow cutters will get their chance to claim an Oregon High School Rodeo Association (OHSRA) championship during a special session held on Friday at 10 a.m. ³,W¶VNLQGRIDQHZFRQFHSWIRUXVKROGLQJWKHFXWWLQJ¿QDOV EHIRUHWKHVWDWH¿QDOV´VDLG,QWHUPRXQWDLQFRDFK&XUWLV3HG erson. “But we’re going to give it a try and see how it goes.” Heppner sophomore Kolby Currin enters in fourth place, EO Media Group fi le photo See RODEO/2B NBA Playoffs Trail Blazers hobble home Memphis goes up 2-0 as series shifts to Portland Marcus Mariota already is part of the lore of a famous statue, having won the 2014 Heisman Trophy. Now he has something that might not be so prestigious, but is edible. After signing on with Subway FACES restaurants as their latest “Famous Fan,” Mariota unveiled a life-size food sculpture Wednesday in “Mariota” his hometown of Honolulu. The main ingredient of the structure: guacamole. That made the Oregon quarterback and likely early pick in next week’s draft laugh loudly. He says ³:KHQWKH\¿UVWVKRZHGLW to us at the house, my mom, she made sure I got a photo with it.” The statue was made by food sculptor Jim Victor. — Sam Presti Oklahoma Thunder general manager on the fi ring of head coach Scott Brooks on Wednesday. Brooks was 338-207 (.620) in seven seasons and was the 2009-10 NBA Coach of the Year. The team made the Western Conference fi nals three times from 2010-14, and made the NBA Finals in 2012, but missed the playoffs this season as injuries limited the Thunder to a 45-37 record. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1903 — The New York Highlanders, later renamed <DQNHHV ZLQ WKHLU ¿UVW game as a major league team, 7-2 over the Washing- ton Senators. 1954 — The NBA adopts the 24-second shot clock. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com LaMarcus Aldridge led Portland with 24 points and 14 rebounds, and he also had MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) four blocks with two steals. — Known for pounding Damian Lillard added 18 opponents inside with Marc points but the Trail Blazers Gasol and Zach Randolph, ORVW WKHLU ¿UVW WZR SOD\RII the Memphis Grizzlies are JDPHVIRUWKH¿UVWWLPHVLQFH showing they can be just as 2011, when they fell in six games to Dallas. effective outside Game 3 in this the paint. best-of-seven series Hey, they can is Saturday night in even shoot 3-point- Portland, and the Trail ers. Memphis Blazers hope to draw Mike Con- on their fans the way ley and Courtney the Grizzlies have. Lee each scored “We got to try to 18 points, and the do something there,” Grizzlies beat Port- Portland Lillard said. land 97-82 Wednes- Memphis is known day night to grab for its bruising inside WKH IUDQFKLVH¶V ¿UVW game with Gasol and 2-0 lead in a playoff Randolph. That duo com- series. The Grizzlies took full bined to shoot 9 of 31, not advantage of starting the that it mattered with Mem- playoffs at home for only phis shooting 50 percent (8 the second time in their short of 16) outside the arc and postseason history. They had 42.7 percent overall. “If they are going to keep only won their playoff open- giving us that, we’re going er once before, and that was on the road in San Antonio in to keep taking them,” Gasol said of the outside shots. 2011. Memphis was 22nd in the “All we did is just take care of home court, which we NBA shooting 3s this sea- were supposed to do,” Lee son while Portland ranked said. “We didn’t want those eighth. But the Grizzlies shot guys to come in here and get 50.9 percent against the Trail one and switch home-court Blazers sweeping all four games in the season. So the advantage in their favor.” Grizzlies’ 3-point accura- Gasol had 15 points, and cy didn’t surprise Portland Randolph and Beno Udrih added 10 apiece. See BLAZERS/2B By TERESA M. WALKER AP Sports Writer Subway creates Mariota bust from VDQGZLFK¿[LQJV “The risk is not necessarily in moving forward, but I think sometimes, the risk can be in being fearful of moving forward.“ 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS 97 82 AP Photo/Mark Humphrey Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard (0) and center Joel Freeland, of En- gland, right, leave the court after losing to the Memphis Grizzlies in Game 2 of an NBA basketball Western Conference playoff series Wednesday, April 22, 2015, in Memphis, Tenn. The Grizzlies won 97-82 and lead the series 2-0. PENDLETON T-Wolves crush Knights in double dip Freshman hurler carries no-hit bid into sixth By ERIK SKOPIL East Oregonian Not since his freshman year of high school had Jonathan Boyer breached the midway point of a game without allowing a hit. He made it 5 1/3 innings Wednesday. Not once in the last four sea- sons had Blue Mountain Com- Blue Mtn munity scored 20 runs in a doubleheader. The Timber- wolves matched that number Wenatchee Wednesday. The last- place Timber- wolves rode the pair of anomalies to their third double dip sweep of the season, putting down visiting Wenatchee Valley 7-3 and 13-0 at the BMCC EDVHEDOO¿HOG “All of it came together, our pitching, defense and hitting all came together,” BMCC coach Brad Baker said. “We’ve done Prep Tennis %XOOGRJV rebound for win Hermiston girls tennis beats The Dalles EO Media Group for the T-Wolves (12-22, 4-14 East Region), the big right-hander hit his spots almost without ex- ception. He faced four more than HERMISTON — Following a 5-3 loss to Pendleton that left play- ers frustated, the Hermiston girls tennis team rebounded Wednesday in a big way. With many competitive match- es and three tie-breakers, the Bull- dogs outlasted the Riverhawks 5-3, keyed by a 6-4, 5-7 (10-8) win by No. 3 singles player Mackenzie Hill to clinch the victory. “No one was real happy with their play after Pendleton,” head coach Jason Sivey said. “It made us step back and think about what we’re doing today, for sure, and I think that we came out and played a pretty good match with them not being real happy with their previ- ous performance. “A lot more smiles coming See T-WOLVES/2B See TENNIS/2B 7-13 3-0 Staff photo by Kathy Aney Jacob Urbach, of Blue Mountain Community College, connects with the ball Wednesday against Wenatchee Valley College in Pendleton. bits of pieces of it together, today we put it all together.” Boyer, a 6-foot-6 freshman from Wasilla, Alaska, was dialed in during the club’s second vic- tory. Making just his second start
