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WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2015 Sports shorts Houston staves off elimination HOUSTON (AP) — James Harden had 26 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists, Dwight Howard added 20 points and 15 rebounds, and the Houston Rockets bounced back from two lopsided losses to avoid elimination with a 124-103 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday night in the Western Conference VHPL¿QDOV The Rockets hadn’t lost three straight all season, and with their season on the line they ended their skid to send it back to Los Angeles for *DPHRQ7KXUVGD\QLJKW Houston used a 36-point second quarter to take a commanding lead and withstood a third-quarter surge by Los Angeles to lead E\HQWHULQJWKHIRXUWK %ODNH*ULI¿QKDG points and 16 rebounds, and Chris Paul added 22 points and 10 assists for the &OLSSHUV SPORTS 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS HERMISTON Faaeteete approved by school board Hermiston High fills head coaching positions for football, volleyball By SAM BARBEE EO Media Group The Hermiston Bulldogs didn’t KDYH WR ORRN IDU WR ¿OO their open head coaching SRVLWLRQV David Faaeteete has spent the last seven seasons on Hermiston’s sideline as an assistant football coach, and was one of four coaches to gain the school board’s DSSURYDODW0RQGD\¶VPHHWLQJ Faaeteete will take over the cham- pionship football program for Mark Hodges, who retired two weeks ago due to chronic KLSSDLQ7KHVFKRROERDUG also approved the hire of Dorothy Smith to helm the high school volleyball program, replacing Becky Wadekamper who also retired this VSULQJ “I love the fact that they’re passionate about sports, but I love the fact that they’re passionate about kids more,” Hermiston athletic director Blaine Ganvoa VDLG³)RUPH,ORYHWKHIDFWWKDWLW shows that they’re passionate about kids, passionate about sports and SDVVLRQDWHDERXWWKHLUFRPPXQLW\´ Faaeteete said the plan for him to follow Hodges has been in motion since their second year in Herm- LVWRQ “I don’t know if he saw some- See COACHES/2B PENDLETON Lankford grabs historic win Nixyaawii frosh becomes school’s first district medalist By ERIK SKOPIL East Oregonian LeBron leads Cavs to Game 5 win CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James scored 38 points, Kyrie Irving added 25 and the Cleveland Cavaliers held on for a 106-101 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday night to take a lead in their FACES 3-2 testy Eastern Conference VHPL¿QDO Showing no ill effects from a sprained left ankle, James, James who added 12 rebounds, six assists and didn’t have a turnover in 41 minutes, ensured the Cavs will again play at home this VHDVRQ They can wrap up the best-of-seven series with a win in Game 6 on Thursday night back at United Center in Chicago, where the teams exchanged buzzer-beating YLFWRULHVODVWZHHNHQG “We can’t defl ate ‘em. It’s precautionary, I guess.“ — CC Sabathia New York Yankees pitcher joking about the increased security mea- sures surrounding MLB game balls that were introduced this season. The league is hoping to avoid a scandal like the NFL’s “Defl ategate” in which New England Pa- triots QB Tom Brady was found to have conspired to alter game balls be- yond the legal limits. Staff photo by E.J. Harris Nixyaawii’s Riley Lankford watches his ball after teeing off on the eleventh hole Tuesday during the 2A dis- trict golf tournament at the Pendleton County Club. Prep Roundup Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com Mac-Hi’s Colette Robert throws from the pitching cir- cle during a game early this season in Pendle- ton. Robert threw her second per- fect game in three outings in a 15-0 win over DeSales (WA) in fi ve innings. Robert perfect once again Mac-Hi star throws second perfect game in less than a week down all 15 DeSales (WA) batters in sequence Tuesday on the Pioneers way to a 15-0 run-rule shortened non-league URPS Robert threw a perfect game in Thursday’s double- KHDGHU RSHQHU DJDLQVW %DNHU East Oregonian The hard throwing lefty was even more untouchable :$//$ :$//$ :DVK 7XHVGD\ 2QO\ WZLFH GLG — Colette Robert was once DeSales batters require the DJDLQSHUIHFW Pioneer (21-1) defense to For the second time in make a play, as Robert sent 13 three games the Mac-Hi ace RIRXWVGRZQE\SXQFKRXW faced the minimum, sending “She was just dealing tonight,” Mac-Hi coach 1LFROH&KULVWLDQVDLG Thresa Acox tried to lay down a bunt in the fourth inning, but the ball ended up in Robert’s glove and then WKH 0F.D\OD .HOO\¶V DW ¿UVW Allesyn Lyons was the only Irish player to make solid contact, but the junior lined out to Shannon Carter at VHFRQG EDVH WR RSHQ WKH ¿IWK DQG5REHUWVWUXFNRXWWKH¿QDO two batters to conclude the PHUF\UXOHZLQ See PREPS/2B EO fi le photo CRC Baseball Cockburn goes distance for Pendleton Pendleton The Dalles Hermiston Hood River 10 6 THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1952 — In an Appalachian League game, Ron Necciai of the Bristol Twins strikes out 27 batters while pitching a 7-0 no-hitter against the :HOFK0LQHUV 1976 — The New York Nets overcome a 22-point WKLUGTXDUWHU GH¿FLW WR EHDW the Denver Nuggets 112-106 and win the last ABA cham- SLRQVKLSLQVL[JDPHV 2005 — Tiger Woods misses the cut at the Byron Nelson Championship to end his record of 142 consecutive cuts made over the last seven \HDUV RQ WKH 3*$ 7RXU Needing a par on the 18th hole at Cottonwood Valley, :RRGVPLVVHVDIRRWSXWW He taps in for a bogey and a 2-over 72, leaving him at 1 RYHUIRUWKHWRXUQDPHQW It was on familiar terrain that Riley Lankford accom- plished his greatest golf DFKLHYHPHQWWRGDWH The Nixyaawii freshman HDUQHG WKH VFKRRO¶V ¿UVW individual boys golf district championships Tuesday, picking up the Class 4A/3A/2A/1A Special District 3 title at his home course — the Pendleton &RXQWU\&OXE ³, OLYH ¿YH PLOHV IURP here, so every Friday I come here and golf — for the past IRXU RU ¿YH \HDUV RU VR´ KH said after shooting consec- utive personal tournament round bests of 79 and 77 to win the title by two strokes See GOLF/2B 5 3 Pendleton, Hermiston win league games RQ7XHVGD\ Pendleton (10-14, 6-5 CRC) scored IRXUUXQVLQWKHWRSRIWKH¿UVWLQQLQJ and never trailed to take the season VHULHVZLWKWKH5LYHUKDZNV East Oregonian 2¶5RXUNH PDGH KLV ¿UVW VWDUW SOD\LQJULJKW¿HOGVLQFHIDFLDOLQMXULHV THE DALLES — Quinn Cockburn sidelined him since the last week of pitched a complete game and Alex 0DUFK 7KH 2UHJRQ 6WDWH 8QLYHUVLW\ 2¶5RXUNHVFRUHGWZLFHLQKLV¿UVWIXOO FRPPLWZHQWIRUMXVWKLV¿IWKDQG game back from injury as the Pend- sixth hits of the season, and drove in leton Buckaroos beat The Dalles 10-6 See BASEBALL/2B in Columbia River Conference baseball CRC Softball Buckaroos continue run of dominance Pendleton routs The Dalles; Hermiston falls to HRV highlighted another huge day by the offense with her seventh home run RI WKH VHDVRQ WR OLIW WKH 1R %XFNV (17-7, 11-0 CRC) in their penultimate East Oregonian &ROXPELD5LYHU&RQIHUHQFHFRQWHVW Pendleton rattled off 16 hits against THE DALLES — The Pendleton Riverhawks pitcher Maddy Bradford, %XFNDURRV FRQWLQXHG WR ¿UH RQ DOO and lead-off hitter Darian Lindsey was cylinders and rolled past The Dalles IRURQWKHGD\6DPP\6SUHLWZDV LQ ¿YH LQQLQJV RQ 7XHVGD\ IRU for 2, Payton Hergert was 3 for 4, and WKHLUWKZLQLQDURZ 0RUULVRQDQG0\NDO:HLVVHQÀXKZHUH Pitcher Keirsten Murphy held The See SOFTBALL/2B Dalles to three hits and Alexis Morrison Pendleton The Dalles Hood River Hermiston 12 10 2 7 Prep Golf Dawgs, Bucks headed to state For fifth straight year both punch through district East Oregonian REDMOND — The Hermiston and Pendleton boys golf teams are state- ERXQG The Bulldogs inched past the Buckaroos by a stroke for third place at the Class 5A Special District 2 tournament at Eagle Crest Ridge, but Pendleton’s fourth SODFH ¿QLVK ZDV HQRXJK WR advance to next week’s state WRXUQDPHQWLQ&UHVZHOO See STATE-BOUND/2B
