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“I remember being in eighth
grade people saying that
you couldn’t do it. I just took
it as a challenge.”
— Adrian Romero,
Irrigon High School senior on signing with a
college basketball program. He and classmate
Anthony Landeros will be the fi rst Irrigon
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Blue
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ring the
ball on
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day in the
Timber-
wolves’
9-2 loss
to Yakima
in the
second
game of
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baseball
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ton.
East Oregonian
Staff photo by
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BASEBALL
Yakima Valley
3-9
Blue Mtn
1-2
BELOW: Blue Mountain’s Tyson Wicklander puts the
tag on Yakima’s Ty Early on Wednesday in Pendleton.
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
“You see how fast
(Chip Kelly) got
rid of all the good
players. Especially
all the good black
players. He got
rid of them the
fastest. But there’s
a reason he got
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players the good
ones like that.“
— LeSean McCoy
Buffalo Bills running
back questioning the
motivations of his for-
mer coach Chip Kelly of
the Philadelphia Eagles
in an interview with
ESPN The Magazine.
McCoy was traded to
Buffalo during a busy
offseason that saw the
Eagles make several
personnel changes.
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rate on what he thought
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YAKIMA VALLEY 3, BLUE MOUNTAIN 1
Game one
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BMCC
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D. Simons, T. Corder (9) and T. Early. E. Purcell, T. Wick-
lander (8) and A. Iris. W — D. Simons. L — E. Purcell. S
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2B — C. Anderson (YVCC); N. Weber (BMCC).
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K. Fitzpatrick, C. Richter (9) and T. Early. J. Boyer, B.
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rick. L — J. Boyer.
2B — A. Chaney (YVCC). 3B — K. Bailey (YVCC); O
Godina (BMCC).
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base after trying to break up the throw from
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SINGLES
Scottie Ziegnev (HRV) def. Valentino Whitsell (HHS)
6-0, 6-0; Victor Garibo (HRV) def. Skyler Grigg 6-3,
6-0; Will Ferrick (HRV) def. Caleb Jorgenson (HHS)
6-4, 6-4; Aiden Sova (HRV) def. Thomas McCullough
See TENNIS/2B