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FRIDAY APRIL 24, 2015 Sports shorts Cavs beat Celtics, take 3-0 series lead BOSTON (AP) — LeB- ron James scored 31 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers moved one win away from DVZHHSLQWKHLU¿UVWSOD\RII VHULHVLQ¿YH years with a 103-95 vic- tory over the Boston Celtics on Thursday night. The scrappy Celtics kept it close, just as they did in the previous two games, and trailed 95-92 after Evan Turner hit a 3-pointer with 2:45 left. But Kevin Love hit two 3-pointers for a 101-93 lead with 26 seconds to go. Cleveland can complete the sweep of the best-of- VHYHQ¿UVWURXQGVHULHV Sunday in Boston. No NBA team has won a series after trailing 3-0. Turner had 19 points and Avery Bradley added 18 while Isaiah Thomas PDQDJHGMXVW¿YHSRLQWV DIWHUVFRULQJLQWKH¿UVW two games. Rose allowed to participate in All- Star Game SPORTS HERMISTON Wadekamper stepping aside as volleyball coach She cited a heavy workload that starts in January of each year and ends in Novem- ber with the volleyball season, and she also When Becky Wadekamper was a hoop- cited a desire to watch her daughter, Bree- ster at Northwest Nazarene University, na, actually play volleyball, something she she was asked to move positions. It was a hasn’t had many opportunities to do. “When I initially took the job as head small decision, but one that was hard for the senior shooting guard. She was asked FRDFK , HQYLVLRQHG , ZRXOG ¿QLVK P\ to move to point guard, a position she had daughter’s career out and would be done, never played, which put her decidedly out both of us,” Wadekamper said Thursday as of her comfort zone. She agreed, though she and her husband, Scott, drove to Boi- with some resistance, because it was best se, Idaho, to watch Breena and son Tyler play in a tennis tournament. “It just kind for the team. <HDUV ODWHU :DGHNDPSHU ¿QGV KHUVHOI of wears on you over the years. In junior in a situation similar to that she faced in high, I was probably able to watch two of college. She must choose one thing or an- her matches, and even though she was in other: comfort or discomfort. Her team is our program last year, I still had respon- sibilities at the gym, so I just wasn’t able her family, and she chose discomfort. Wadekamper is retiring after four years See WADEKAMPER/2B as the Hermiston head volleyball coach. By SAM BARBEE EO Media Group — Barack Obama President of the United States makes light of the NFL’s “Defl ategate” scandal which centered around the New En- gland franchise. The Patriots were in Wash- ington D.C. as part of the annual White House visit made by the Super Bowl winning team. Obama also called the Patriots “as good an organization as there is in professional sports.” EO Media fi le photo After four years, Becky Wadekamper (facing) an- nounced earlier this week that she is retiring as head vollyeball coach at Hermiston High School. PENDLETON Getting with the program Pendleton lineman won’t be deterred from realizing dream NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Man- fred says Pete Rose will play some role during this summer’s All-Star Game in Cincinnati. Speaking FACES Thursday with the Associated Press Sports Editors, Man- fred said he has not determined a timetable Rose to decide on Rose’s appli- cation to end his lifetime ban from baseball. The ban started in 1989 following an investigation Rose bet on the Reds to win while he was managing the team. Manfred plans to speak with Cincinnati Reds owner Bob Castellini on what role the club would like to have for Rose at the July 14 game. Manfred says “you can rest assured he will be allowed to participate.” MLB allowed Rose to take part in the All-Centu- ry team announcement at Atlanta’s Turner Field during the 1999 World Series and a Reds’ ceremony in 2013 honoring their 1975 and ‘76 championship teams. “I usually tell jokes at these events, but with the Patriots in town, I was worried 11 of 12 would fall fl at.” By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian Karl Maasdam photo courtesy of OSU Athletics P.J. Schubert, of Pendleton, takes a breather during the Oregon State spring football game on Saturday, April 18 in Corvallis. Schubert is a preferred walk-on at offensive line for the Beavers and wears No. 69 to honor former coach and Beavers lineman Josh Linehan. For most of his life, P.J. Schubert thought coaches were just out to get him. Naturally blessed with a rare blend of size and ath- leticism, Schubert had no problem dominating oppo- nents in sports like football and wrestling. But no mat- ter how much better he was than his peers, he couldn’t seem to get out of his coaches’ crosshairs. “I had a big problem where I always felt like I was getting picked on by the coaches, like the standard was being held higher for me than the other kids,” said the 2014 Pendleton High grad. Turns out he wasn’t imagining it. “We saw how much he could be so we wanted more out of him,” said Fred Phillips, who was Schubert’s head wrestling coach and defensive coordinator at Pendleton. “But I was just a typical stubborn teenager, if you told me to do one thing of course I want to do the op- posite,” Schubert said. Schubert did have a vision, though, and the means to achieve it if he would fully commit. “I always wanted to play football at Oregon State, that was always my dream,” he said. This spring Schubert realized that dream by taking KLV¿UVWSUDFWLFHVQDSVDVDSUHIHUUHGZDONRQDWRIIHQ sive guard. ³7KH¿UVWGD\RISUDFWLFHLW¶VMXVWOLNHµ7KHVHDUH the guys I’ve looked up to my whole life and now I’m here,’” he said. But Schubert’s Beaver tale didn’t really start there, and took several twists before delivering him to the SUDFWLFH¿HOGLQ&RUYDOOLV 'HVSLWHPDNLQJDOOOHDJXH¿UVWWHDPDVERWKDQRI fensive and defensive lineman his junior year at Pend- leton, Schubert was still a soft 6-foot-3, 290 pounds and hadn’t reached the radar of any major college pro- grams. That’s when he started looking at his coaches a little differently. “After awhile I started to catch on,” he said. “These guys have lived a little longer than I have, maybe they know something I don’t.” The change in attitude was noticeable, but Schubert See SCHUBERT/2B HERMISTON Carson Morter selected for Les Schwab Bowl Hermiston star’s prep football career not yet done East Oregonian THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1963 — Bob Cousy ends his 13-year career by scoring 18 points as the Boston Celt- LFVZLQWKHLU¿IWKFRQVHFXWLYH NBA championship, beating the Los Angeles Lakers 112- 109 in Game 6. 1993 — George Branham ,,, EHFRPHV WKH ¿UVW EODFN bowler to win a PBA Triple Crown event when he beats Parker Bohn III 227-214 in the Tournament of Champi- ons. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS The last pass Carson Morter caught at Hillsboro Stadium went \DUGV DQG FRXQWHG DV WKH ¿QDO touchdown towards Hermiston’s 34-12 Class 5A state championship victory over Silverton. That grab came way back on Nov. 29 and seemingly capped off the greatest individual receiv- ing season in Bulldog history. But, Morter, a 5-foot-9 senior who at- tends Hermiston Christian School, will have one last chance to torch defenses at Hillsboro Stadium on June 20, acting as one of 80 Ore- gon prep football players selected to EO fi le photo Hermiston’s Carson Morter dives to make a catch in front of Marist’s Trevor Konrady in the Bulldogs’ 30-13 semifi nal win against the Spartans on November 22 in Hillsboro. play in the Les Schwab Bowl. The all-star game, which is en- tering its 15th year, splits the best outgoing seniors from Classes 6A and 5A into two 40-man rosters. Morter, who will play on the South team, will be the only Hermiston player participating in the game. 0RUWHUZDVD¿UVWWHDPDOOVWDWH selection at wide receiver and cor- nerback, but is tabbed to play wide receiver this summer. Morter caught 56 passes for 1075 yards and 15 touchdowns during his senior year. His produc- tivity did anything but shrink in the %XOOGRJVVHPL¿QDODQGVWDWHFKDP pionship victories. He led the team LQ UHFHLYLQJ LQ ERWK JDPHV ¿QLVK ing with 155 yards and a score ver- sus Marist and 89 yards and another score against the Foxes. He was a three-position repre- sentative on the all-Columbia Riv- er Conference team. He also made eight interceptions, returning one for a touchdown. Kickoff on June 20 is set for 6 p.m. Tickets will go sale on May 11.
