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TUESDAY, MAY 19, 2015 Sports shorts Driver hospitalized after practice wreck INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — IndyCar driver James Hinchcliffe was in stable condition in FACES the intensive care unit of a local hospital following surgery on his left leg for injuries sustained Hinchcliffe Monday in a crash at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was the fourth fright- ening wreck during practice for the Indianapolis 500 in the past six days. A part seemed to break about 50 minutes into practice and the Canadian driver spun hard into the wall. As his car slid back down toward the apron, it EULHÀ\VOLGRQLWVULJKWVLGH DQGDOPRVWÀLSSHGEHIRUH coming came to rest upright. Hinchcliffe’s left thigh was pierced by the car’s right front rocker and the piece of equipment needed to be removed, according to two people familiar with the crash. SPORTS 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS State Golf Dawgs, Bucks paired up for battle Hermiston boys lead Pendleton by two strokes East Oregonian CRESWELL — Although the team title is probably out of reach, the Hermiston and Pendleton boys golfers will have plenty to play for on Day 2 of the Class 5A state championships at Emerald Valley Golf Club. After edging their Umatilla County counterparts by one stroke LQODVW\HDU¶V¿QDOURXQGWKH+HUP iston Bulldogs held a two-stroke edge on Pendleton when every card was turned in Monday. Hermiston was 21 strokes behind leader Summit with a 330, and Pendleton was right with them at 332. Adding to the excitement will be the teams’ pairings for Round 2, which will put the Dawgs and Bucks in a threesome with the next team up on the leaderboard — Woodburn at 327. Playing with the No. 1’s will be Pendleton junior Reilly Hegarty, Hermiston senior Paden LaCour- siere and Woodburn senior A.J. IRRIGON Martinez. Martinez had the best round on Monday with a 79, but Hegarty (80) and LaCoursiere (81) were nearly as good. Hegarty actually had the most even round of the three with 11 pars, but three double bogeys (including D ¿YH RQ WKH SDU WK GURSSHG him from top-5 contention to a tie for 12th. See BOYS GOLF/2B State Golf Greb in hunt for Bucks Pendleton sophomore fourth after one round East Oregonian Aldridge has surgery on thumb PORTLAND (AP) — Trail Blazers forward LaMarcus Aldridge had surgery Monday to repair a ligament in his left thumb. The team said in a statement that FACES Aldridge is expected to be able to return to basketball activity in about eight weeks. Aldridge, Aldridge a four-time All-Star, averaged 23.4 points and 10.2 rebounds during the regular season, playing with the injured thumb for part of that time. He averaged 21.8 points and 11.2 rebounds in the playoffs. “It is outside the box, I will not deny that. My mom, whom I love deeply, asked me, ‘Are you crazy? Have you lost your mind?“ — Dan Jennings Miami Marlins general manager after adding head coach to his job title. Jennings has 31 years of experience in MLB front offi ces, but never played in the ma- jors or managed a base- ball team at any level. He is the fi rst big league manager without playing or coaching experience since Ted Turner coached the Atlanta Braves for one game in 1977. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1910 — Cy Young, the career leader in major league victories, wins No. 500 as the Cleveland Indians defeat Washington 5-4 in 11 innings. 1973 — Secretariat, ridden by Ron Turcotte, rallies from last with a powerful move on the clubhouse turn to win the Preakness Stakes by 2 lengths over Sham. The original time is 1:55 for the 1 3/16-mile race, but Pimlico changes it to 1:54 2/5 two days later. 2008 — Boston’s Jon Lester shuts down Kansas City 7-0 with a no-hitter. The 24-year-old lefty, who survived cancer to pitch the World Series clincher for the Red Sox last fall, allows two baserunners on walks. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com Randy Henrichs said. “I don’t think they knew how to, and they’re learning how to do it now.” On Saturday that meant playing with the lead and just as importantly, playing in a massive hole. Rice pounded the strike zone in the opener and the Knights cruised to a 12-2 six-inning victory. The second game was a different matter for Irrigon (14-10, 6-6). Heppner (8-10, 5-7) took an early strangle-hold scoring the game’s ¿UVW HLJKW UXQV %XW WKH .QLJKWV CORVALLIS — Pend- leton sophomore Haley Greb ¿QLVKHGKHU¿UVWURXQGDWWKH Class 5A state golf champi- onships in fourth place, but has her work cut for her after a run of bogeys on the back nine on Monday at Trysting Tree Golf Club. Greb had three consec- utive bogeys shortly after making the turn at even par, then ended her round by VKRRWLQJD¿YHRQWKHORQJHVW SDURQWKHFRXUVHWR¿QLVK four over par with a 76. Leader Madison Odiorne, a senior from Summit, had seven birdies to just three ERJH\VLQKHU¿UVWURXQGDQG was four under par with a 68. Unlike Summit with the team score, however, Odiorne won’t be able to run away with the title with Crater junior Daniele Giles right on her heels. *LOHVKDG¿YHELUGLHVDQG two bogeys on her card to ¿QLVKWZREDFNDW With three golfer in the top 10 and four in the top 20, Summit has built an insurmountable lead through 18 holes with a team score of 314. The closest is Bend with 360, Wilsonville has 361 and Pendleton is fourth with 378. Pendleton junior Shelby Greb also could earn a top See KNIGHTS/3B See GIRLS GOLF/2B Staff photo by Kathy Aney Irrigon’s Alan Blackman slides in to home plate to score on Saturday in fi rst game of the Knights’ doubleheader sweep of Heppner in Irrigon. Knights leapfrog Mustangs Irrigon rallies for sweep on final day of regular season By ERIK SKOPIL East Oregonian Behind Austin Rice’s late game heroics and a boatload of offense, Irrigon wrapped up a crucial two-game home sweep of Heppner Saturday. The wins jumped the Knights BASEBALL Irrigon 12-13 Heppner 2-12 over the Mustangs in the Special District 6 standings and into the second spot in their region setting up a opening round game in next week’s district tournament versus Culver. “Something they’re learning how to do is win,” Irrigon coach Prep Softball Prep Roundup Pendleton, Mac-Hi close regular season Locals earn state berths in tennis and track Defending champs primed for postseason after victories doubles. Kiersten Murphy and Lauren Richards combined in the circle with Murphy East Oregonian getting the start and the win after exiting with a 4-3 lead. PENDLETON — Light- Pendleton, which won its ning threatened Pendleton’s second state title last season, postseason primer against ZRQ¶WSOD\DJDLQXQWLOWKH¿UVW Baker on Monday, but the round of the 5A playoffs on Buckaroos were able to Wednesday, May 27. Their squeeze in a 9-3 victory in opponent will be determined ¿YHLQQLQJVEHIRUHWKHJDPH during the play-in round later was called due to weather. this week. Coach Tim Cary said it ——— PENDLETON 9. BAKER 3 (5 innings) turned out to be a great game R H E BHS 201 00 — 3 8 0 to head into the playoffs on, PHS 202 32 — 9 10 2 and Baker hit the ball well Morgan Plumbtree and Lakalyn Thomas. Kiersten Murphy, Lauren Richards and while giving Pendleton no Mykal Weissenfl uh. W — Murphy. (4) L — Plumbtree. extra outs on defense. 2B — L. Thomas (Baker); Ellie Richards, The Bulldogs opened the Payton Hergert, Tiah Grass (Pendleton). game with a 2-0 lead after a SDLURIUXQVLQWKHWRSRIWKH¿UVW MAC-HI 11, THE innings, but each time Baker DALLES 0 (5 innings) — At scored the Bucks answered in 0LOWRQ)UHHZDWHU D ¿HOGLQJ their half of the inning. error kept Colette Robert from Pendleton (19-7) strung collecting her third perfect together hits for a pair of runs game of the season in Mac-Hi’s LQHDFKWKH¿UVWDQGWKLUGWKHQ playoff tune-up on Monday. Robert struck out 13 and gave themselves a cushion walked none in the no-hitter, with three in the fourth. Ellie Richards (3 for 4) and also was one of three and Payton Hergert (2 for 3) Pioneers to hit home runs. Abi Biggs hit her eighth led the offense, and each had if the season to drive in three runs, and senior Stefani Copeland hit her second in as many games after going her entire career without a home run until this past weekend. 5REHUW¿QLVKHGZLWKWKUHH runs driven in, and Copeland was 2 for 3 to drive in four. Mac-Hi coach Nicole Christian said the Pioneers’ 10 hits were spread throughout the lineup, which brought her power hitters to the plate with runners on in most situations. The Pioneers (24-1) end the regular season on an 18-game winning streak, and hope they won’t cool off while they wait to make their postseason debut. Mac-Hi, which won its ¿UVW VRIWEDOO FKDPSLRQVKLS last season, will begin its title defense on Wednesday, May 27 against an opponent to be determined in the play-in round later this week. ——— MAC-HI 11, THE DALLES 0 (5 innings) R H E TD 000 00 — 0 0 3 MH 452 0X — 11 10 1 Sierra Watson and Grace Helyer. Colette Robert and Mallory Copeland. W — Robert. L — Watson. 2B — Brooke Kralman, Abi Biggs, M. Copeland (Mac-Hi). HR — Robert, Biggs, Stefanie Copeland (Mac-Hi). Ione boys tennis, Helix girls track win district titles East Oregonian KENNEWICK, Wash. — Ione’s Jan Glasen dominated his championship match and the &DUGLQDOVEURXJKWEDFNWKHWHDPWLWOHIURP¿QDO round action at the Special District 4 Champion- ships. After losing to Mac-Hi’s Carlos Angel in a three-set championship match at sub districts on Monday, Glasen cruised past Angel in straight sets on Saturday 6-0, 6-2 to win the district title. Also headed to state for the Ione boys is the doubles team of Kai Arbogast and Daichi Walters, who overcame an initial 6-4 loss to win their next two 6-1, 6-4 and place third. Umatilla tied Mac-Hi with the second-highest boys team points (13) and also won a title when Ramiro Rubio and Alejandro Madrigal ousted WKHLU/D*UDQGHFRXQWHUSDUWVLQWKHGRXEOHV¿QDO They too had to overcome an initial loss, 6-3, but won the next two 6-2, 6-4. Adding to Mac-Hi’s team score, but not earning a state berth, was consolation doubles champions Alex Alvarez and Ulysses Zaragoza, who beat a team from Ontario 6-2, 4-6, 6-2. See PREPS/2B
