Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Wednesday, May 20, 2015 MLB NBA Wolves win lottery Orioles beat Mariners, Cruz By BRIAN MAHONEY Associated Press NEW YORK — The Minne- sota Timberwolves too often came to the NBA draft lottery and left in worse shape than they arrived. $QGZKHQWKH\¿QDOO\HQGHG years of lottery futility, it came from the spot where nobody had been winning. The Timberwolves won the ORWWHU\ 7XHVGD\ QLJKW WKH ¿UVW time since 2004 the team with the worst record earned the No. 1 pick. After years of bad luck, WKLQJV¿QDOO\ZRUNHGRXWIRUWKH Wolves, who can perhaps choose between big men Karl-Anthony Towns of Kentucky and Jahlil Okafor of national champion Duke to put next to Rookie of the Year Andrew Wiggins. “We’re in this for big stakes,” said Flip Saunders, the Wolves’ president and coach. “The big thing about this is getting good talent that can blend together. This is another big step.” The Los Angeles Lakers moved from the fourth spot to second, keeping a pick they would have sent to Philadelphia LILWIHOORXWVLGHWKHWRS¿YH7KH 76ers are third followed by the New York Knicks, who had the second-best odds of winning but instead fell to fourth 30 years DIWHUZLQQLQJWKH¿UVWORWWHU\DQG drafting Hall of Famer Patrick Ewing. Not since Orlando won the right to pick Dwight Howard in 2004 had the NBA’s ultimate game of chance came out in favor of the team with the best odds. The Timberwolves had a 25 percent chance of landing the WRSSLFNDIWHU¿QLVKLQJ But their fans knew not to get their hopes up after the Wolves had fallen backward eight times previously, including both times they were in the pole position. A chance at Shaquille O’Neal turned into Christian Laettner in 1992, and they fell one spot in 2011 to miss out on Kyrie Irving. Several hundred fans gathered to watch on the big screen at Target Center in Minneapolis and erupted when the Lakers card came out of the envelope for No. 2, meaning Minnesota had ¿QDOO\HDUQHGWKHWRSSLFNIRUWKH ¿UVWWLPH The Lakers were the other big winners even without moving all the way to the top. Their pick ZDVRQO\SURWHFWHGLQWKHWRS¿YH as a condition of their trade with Phoenix for Steve Nash in 2012. That was dealt this season to the 76ers, who could have ended up with two top-six picks if the Lakers had fallen backward two spots. GIRLS GOLF: Grant leads balanced Mustangs Continued from 1B Summit matched its Day 1 score and ran away with the team title with 314-314—628. Bend was second with 716, Wilsonville was third with 761 and Pendleton was fourth with 770. ——— 5A Girls State Championships Trysting Tree Golf Club, Corvallis Final Round, Par 72 Team Leaderboard Summit 314-314—628 Bend 360-356—716 Wilsonville 361-355—716 Pendleton 378-352—730 Ridgeview 372-377—749 La Salle Prep 415-371—786 Crescent Valley 390-397—787 Corvallis 386-413—799 Player Leaderboard Madison Odiorne, Summit Daniele Giles, Crater Haley Greb, Pendleton Halle Creswick, Corvallis Illiana Telles, The Dalles Rachel Drgastin, Summit Kaitlyn Howe, Wilsonville Sarah Heinly, Summit Stephanie MIller, Liberty Shelby Greb, Pendleton Audrey Chames, Wilsonville Maddy Mode, Bend Pendleton scores Haley Greb Shelby Greb Whitney Bahrns Britney Bahrns McKenna Pratt 68-72—140 70-70—140 76-71—147 77-78—155 79-76—155 74-83—157 83-74—157 82-77—159 82-78—160 84-78—162 83-84—167 84-86—170 -4 -4 +3 +11 +11 +13 +13 +15 +16 +18 +23 +26 36-35—71 41-37—78 46-53—99 52-52—104 54-55—109 Mustangs snag second silver in a row REDMOND — The Heppner Mustangs placed every golfer inside the top 25 to earn the team silver for the second year in a row on Tuesday at the 3A-1A OSAA state championships at Quail Valley Golf Course. Henley bettered its team score IURP WKH ¿UVW URXQG WR ZLQ WKH title with a 347-345—692. Heppner’s score went up a little on Day 2, but the Mustangs still shot the second lowest for WKH URXQG DQG ¿QLVKHG ZLWK D 368-377—745. La Grande was third with 386-385—771. The Mustangs were led by freshman Sophie Grant for the second day in a row and she ended the tournament in third place after shooting an 88 on Tuesday. Two birdies aided her round, but a disastrous 11th hole ended with a 10 on her card. While Grant will have three more seasons to try and improve WKDW ¿QLVK VHQLRUV (PLO\ 5HD Paige Grieb and Maddie Lindsay SOD\HG WKHLU ¿QDO URXQGV IRU Heppner. Rea managed the course for one-stroke improvement DQG ¿QLVKHG LQ WK SODFH (93-92—185), Grieb placed 17th (93-97—190) and Lindsay tied for 24th (98-100—98). Sophomore Amanda Rea also tied for 24th (98-100—198). It was the highest career state placing for all of Heppner’s golfers. Henley senior Katie Collom added to her Day 1 lead with an even-par 72 that included three birdies and three bogeys. She ¿QLVKHG ZLWK ² WR keep the title in the state title in the family. Her twin sister Kylie Collom won last year’s champi- onship but was fourth this season. ——— 4A-1A Girls State Championships Eagle Crest Ridge Course, Redmond Final Round, Par 72 Teams Leaderboard Henley 347-345—692 Heppner 368-377—745 La Grande 386-385—771 Crook County 386-390—776 North Valley 396-384—780 Taft 402-386—788 Scappoose 394-405—799 Blanchet Catholic 402-411—813 Newport 442-463—905 Player Leaderboard Katie Collom, Henley Hannah Clarizio, Molalla Riley Helmick, Ontario Kylie Collom, Henley Kamryn Ford, St. Mary’s Victoria Sample, Trinity Catherine Clemens, Burns Trinity McCarthy, La Grande Sophie Grant, Heppner Maya Hatton, Taft Jane Schlendorf, OES Tristin Vandehey, North Valley Emily Rea, Heppner 75-72—147 84-73—157 80-78—158 81-77—158 82-83—165 88-77—165 84-84—168 83-85—168 84-88—172 89-86—175 93-85—178 93-87—180 93-92—185 Heppner scores Sophie Grant Emily Rea Paige Grieb Maddie Lindsay Amanda Rea 40-48—88 (172) 44-48—92 (185) 50-47—97 (190) 52-48—100 (198) 53-47—100 (198) +3 +13 +14 +14 +21 +21 +24 +24 +28 +31 +34 +36 +41 Paredes singled in two runs in the fourth inning and added a two-run drive off Danny Farquhar (0-2) BALTIMORE — Nelson Cruz in the sixth. Starting on a regular forged another pleasant memory EDVLVIRUWKH¿UVWWLPHLQKLVFDUHHU at Camden Yards, except for one Paredes has reached base in 20 straight games and ranks second on LPSRUWDQWGHWDLOKLVWHDPORVW Cruz hit a three-run homer in his the team with 22 RBIs. On this night, the Orioles got the ¿UVW JDPH LQ %DOWLPRUH VLQFH ODVW year, but the Orioles got a homer and better of Seattle and Paredes outdid four RBIs from Jimmy Paredes in a Cruz. “That feels great because he’s a 9-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners big man right there,” Paredes said. on Tuesday night. Cruz led the majors with 40 home “A lot of fans root for something big runs last season as a member of the from him, and we changed the game.” After being a part-timer with 2ULROHV5HWXUQLQJIRUWKH¿UVWWLPH since signing as a free agent with Houston, Kansas City and the Orioles, Seattle in December, Cruz hit his 3DUHGHVKDV¿QDOO\IRXQGDKRPHDV major-league leading 16th homer Baltimore’s designated hitter. “It’s great. It’s an amazing with two on in the third inning to season,” said Paredes, who spent the give the Mariners a 4-1 lead. Earlier, as he headed to the plate ¿UVWWZRZHHNVRQWKHGLVDEOHGOLVW Cruz, meanwhile, heard cheers IRU KLV ¿UVW DWEDW &UX] UHFHLYHG a warm ovation from the crowd of after his home run — even though it 19, 494, many of whom shouted put the home team in a hole. “That was nice,” Cruz said. “The “Cruuuze!” “It was nice, but I wish we would ZKROH JDPH LQ ULJKW ¿HOG , KHDUG have played well enough to win the good things. It makes you feel good.” But Cruz let a ball get past him game,” Cruz said. “It’s a shame.” By DAVID GINSBURG Associated Press LQWKHRXW¿HOGDQHUURUWKDWSURYLGHG Baltimore an unearned run and an 8-4 lead in the seventh. “No excuses. That’s a routine play,” he said. Miguel Gonzalez (5-2) allowed four runs and struck out eight over seven innings. He retired 13 of 15 batters after yielding Cruz’s home run. After Seth Smith opened the game with a home run, the Orioles got an RBI single from Steve Pearce in the bottom half after Smith robbed Adam Jones of a home run with a OHDSLQJFDWFKDWWKHOHIW¿HOGZDOO In the third, Gonzalez walked .129-hitting Chris Taylor, Robinson Cano singled and Cruz hit a hanging FXUYHRYHUWKHFHQWHU¿HOGZDOO Baltimore tied it at 4 in the fourth when Caleb Joseph hit an RBI single and Paredes delivered a two-out, two-run single. The Orioles went ahead for the ¿UVWWLPHLQWKHVL[WK$IWHUVXFFHV- sive doubles by Alejandro De Aza and Joseph produced a run, Paredes GURYH D SLWFK LQWR WKH OHIW¿HOG seats. PREPS: Bucks play to tie with Storm round. &ROOLQV KDV VL[ VWULNHRXWV ¿YH walks and allowed six hits in the BASEBALL HEPPNER 4, CULVER 3 — At complete-game win. Heppner will play Irrigon on Culver, the Heppner Mustangs were GRZQWRWKHLU¿QDORXWRIWKHVHDVRQ Saturday at The Dalles with the when Pat Collins came through with winner earning a state playoff berth. ——— his biggest hit of the year on Tuesday HEPPNER 4, CULVER 3 in the Special District 6 tournament R H E HHS 010 000 3 — 4 5 1 opening round. CHS 100 010 1 — 3 6 4 Pat Collins and Wes Putman. Adam Knepp and Mack Trailing 2-1 entering the top of Little. W — Collins. L — Knepp. the seventh, Heppner quickly burned 2B — Clay McClure (CHS). HR — P. Collins (HHS). LWV¿UVWWZRRXWVRQDJURXQGRXWDQG pop up. IRRIGON 8, SHERMAN 2 — Jake Lindsay kept them alive with At Irrigon, the Knights extended a single, though, and Wes Putman their season for at least one more followed with another single. game by beating Sherman in the That brought up Collins, who ¿UVWURXQGRIWKH6SHFLDO'LVWULFW VPDVKHG WKH ¿UVW SLWFK KH VDZ tournament on Tuesday. feet and put the Mustangs up 4-2. Details of the game were not Culver wasn’t going without a available by press time. ¿JKW WKRXJK DQG JRW WZR UXQQHUV The Knights will play Heppner on with one out in the bottom of the in the next round of action, which seventh. A ground out scored a run, resumes Saturday in The Dalles. EXW&ROOLQVVWUXFNRXWWKH¿QDOEDWWHU Irrigon won both games when to move the Mustangs into the next they hosted Heppner for a double- Continued from 1B header last Saturday. PENDLETON 4, SUMMIT 4 — At The Dalles, both teams were focused on getting their pitchers ready for the postseason when the Buckaroos met the Storm for a non-league game at a neutral site. Pendleton used seven pitchers DQG6XPPLWXVHG¿YHDQGZKHQWKH game ended in a 4-4 tie after seven that was where it would stay. Devon Roe led the Bucks at the plate going 3 for 4 with a run batted in, and Alex O’Rourke went 2 for 4. Pendleton (11-14-1) will host Hillsboro on Friday in the 5A play-in round. First pitch is scheduled for SPDW%RE:KLWH)LHOG ——— PENDLETON 4, SUMMIT 4 R H E PHS 030 000 1 — 4 10 3 SHS 020 200 0 — 4 8 1 Quinn Cockburn, James Bradt (2), Jack Peterson (3), Brady Smith (4), Daniel Naughton (5), Wyatt Morris (6), TJ Hancock (7) and Alex O’Rourke. Scott, Embree (3), Halligan (4), Fristedt (6), Mason (7) and Waterman. 2B — A. O’Rourke, W. Morris (PHS); Waterman, Yunker (SHS). 3B — Devon Roe (PHS). BOYS GOLF: Heppner’s Grieb ties for 16th Tuesday to give him a two-round with 643. score of 161 and tie him for 16th ——— 3A-1A Boys State Championships 70-74—144 E overall. Quail Valley Golf Course, Banks 74-78—152 +8 Final Round, Par 72 He was the highest placing local, 73-80—153 +9 Team Leaderboard 75-80—155 +11 but Nixyaawii’s Riley Lankford was Cascade Christian 295-297—592 77-78—155 +11 St. Mary’s 301-319—620 77-79—156 +12 just three strokes back in a tie for Catlin Gabel 308-317—625 80-76—156 +12 19th. Oakridge 318-321—639 79-78—157 +13 Oregon Episcopal 348-338—686 81-77—158 +14 Golden Eagles senior Tiya-Po 82-76—158 +14 Regis 340-348—688 81-78—159 +15 385-358—743 )DUURZZKROHGWKHWHDPLQWKH¿UVW Heppner 80-79—159 +15 Taft 382-362—744 round with an 81, withdrew from the 79-83—162 +18 Vale 380-386—766 80-82—162 +18 Blanchet Catholic 392-383—775 second round for unknown reasons. 80-83—163 +19 Wallowa 406-398—804 That caused the Eagles’ team 77-86—163 +19 Nixyaawii 360-458—818 81-82—163 +19 score to skyrocket on Day 2, and 84-81—165 +21 Player Leaderboard 82-83—165 +21 WKH\¿QLVKHGLQODVWSODFH Jeremy Wu, St. Mary’s 63-74—137 -7 89-76—165 +21 Jake Quast, Cascade Chr. 71-74—145 +1 Cascade Christian won the team 84-81—165 +21 Max Davis, Cascade Chr. 72-74—146 +2 title with 592 and St. Mary’s was Gerry Snyder, Oakridge 72-75—147 +3 Hermiston Scores Ben Quast, Cascade Chr. 76-72—148 +4 second with 620. Zac Adams 43-38—81 (165) Dayne Miller, Creswell 75-75—150 +6 Paden LaCoursiere 44-38—82 (163) Will Conyers, Catlin Gabel 74-78—152 +8 St. Mary’s junior Jeremy Wu Keegan Crafton 39-44—83 (165) Michael Clark, Cascade Chr. 76-77—153 +9 Anders Lind 42-43—85 (168) was able to rest on his lead and shot Walter Sherry, Catlin Gabel 74-80—154 +10 Jared Thacker 45-45—90 (177) Snyder, Oakridge 76-79—155 +11 D WR ¿QLVK VHYHQ XQGHU SDU DW Joel Brendan Edelson, Catlin Gabel 81-76—157 +13 Pendleton Scores 63-74—137 for the individual title. Nick Conway, Blanchet Cath. 81-76—157 +13 Reilly Hegarty 43-39—82 (162) Steven Olmstead, Westside 74-83—157 +13 Brayden Pulver 40-43—83 (169) His older brother Dylan won the title Brandon Chun, St. Mary’s 76-84—160 +16 Nathan Som 47-46—93 (177) last season. Carl Felstiner, OES 82-79—161 +17 Dillon George 39-50—89 (171) Logan Grieb, Heppner 80-81—161 +17 Jared Geier 46-44—90 (177) In the 4A tournament, despite Diego Fernandez, Catlin Gabel 79-83—162 +18 Rex Gardner, Oakridge 83-81—164 +20 three birdies Mac-Hi sophomore Riley Lankford, Nixyaawii 84-80—164 +20 Riley Chester added six strokes to Nash O’Hara, Cascade Chr. 79-85—164 +20 Mustangs rise, Eagles his card and slipped to 27th place Nixyaawii Scores fall on Day 2 LQKLV¿UVWVWDWHDSSHDUDQFH&KHVWHU Tiya-Po Farrow WD Riley Lankford 41-43—84 (164) BANKS — The Heppner ¿QLVKHGZLWK² Elijah Bevis 43-43—86 (188) Mazama’s Bryce Wortman Hunter Melton 46-63—109 (209) Mustangs passed three teams on Wilbur Oatman 80-72—152 (328) WKHLU ZD\ WR D VHYHQWK SODFH ¿QLVK won the title by three strokes over Heppner Scores at the 3A-1A OSAA boys golf state Seaside’s Sam Hinton with a score Logan Grieb 41-40—81 (161) of 138. championships on Tuesday. John Propheter 44-41—85 (172) Ross Cutsforth 46-48—94 (211) Seaside won the team title with Sophomore Logan Grieb led Brian Rill 51-52—103 (205) WKHZD\DQG¿QLVKHGZLWKDQRQ 623 and Valley Catholic was second Tommy Bredfield 49-49—98 (214) Continued from 1B Player Leaderboard Kevin Geniza, Crescent Cole Chrisman, Summit Marcus Frazier, Lebanon Jack Loberg, Summit Max McGee, Bend Josh Goins, Lebanon Cooper Donahue, Summit Ryan DeCastihos, Bend Rhett Pedersen, Bend Michael Kuenzi, Silverton Max Higlin, Summit Ben Wasserman, Summit A.J. Martinez, Woodburn Reilly Hegarty, Pendleton Julian Kuznetsov, Woodburn Jacob Miller, Corvallis Paden LaCoursiere, Hermiston Zac Adams, Hermiston Keegan Crafton, Hermiston Mason Krieger, Mtn View Alec Berrey, Crescent TRACK: Behrendt making fourth state appearance for Bulldogs; Neal a quick study Utter, who runs on the Bucks’ 4x400 relay squad, for me.” %RR]HULVTXDOL¿HGLQIRXU took ninth in the discus a year events as she’ll also run in ago at 97-5 and has shown improvement both relays along with team- tremendous since then. mates Zoe Fishel, Jaiden Lady Bucks that also Lemberger, Jackie Talbot, TXDOL¿HG IRU VWDWH DQG KRSH Taryn Sokoloski and Utter. to get a top-eight podium “I’m really looking ¿QLVK6DWXUGD\LQFOXGH&5& forward to going to state and javelin champion Hattie having a lot of fun at the state Thompson, senior Kristin meet,” said Boozer, who Williams (javelin), soph- TXDOL¿HG IRU VWDWH D WKLUG omore Kiara Glover (high VWUDLJKW \HDU ³,W GH¿QLWHO\ jump), sophomore Hailey feels really good to qualify Kendrick (pole vault) and for state again and It’s such sophomore Audrey Lincoln an awesome experience to go (200, 400). there. I’ve worked very hard Buckaroo boys who could all year and it was my goal very likely earn a podium to get to the state meet again. spot include junior Andrew I have to give lots of credit Porter (400), Andrew for my success this year to Thomas (triple jump), coach Ben Bradley and also and Jonathan Stuvland to my former coach from last (high jump). Thomas took year Jodi Bettineski, who second (41-6) at districts to retired. They’ve both helped Hermiston senior Sheridan Zumwalt, who won the me a lot.” 8WWHUKDVDOVRTXDOL¿HGIRU district title at 42-1. Pendleton junior Nolan state a second consecutive year and is ranked third in Bylenga, the back-to-back discus at 117 feet, 9 inches. CRC 800 district champion, Continued from 1B Photo by Mike Weber for the East Oregonian Hermiston’s Audrey Lin- coln took second place in the girls 400-meter dash Friday in the CRC district track meet Friday in The Dalles. probably has the best shot on the Buck boys squad to bring home a state championship. Bylenga took third in the 800 in Eugene last year and he was the only runner to time in faster than two minutes in )ULGD\¶VGLVWULFW¿QDODW “My goal at the state meet is to get a time of DURXQG DQG KRSHIXOO\ ¿QLVK ¿UVW RU VHFRQG´ VDLG Bylenga. “It would be nice to win a state championship, but there’s going to be lots of tough competition there. The harder your battles are though makes a victory feel even greater.” The Hermiston Bulldogs VTXDG JXLGHG E\ ¿UVW\HDU head coach Emilee Strot and sprint coach Mark Hodges could very well have a number of athletes that might earn respective podium ¿QLVKHV WRR )RU WKH ER\V team, seniors Tyler McCabe (100), Chris Behrendt (200, 400), Zumwalt, and juniors Trey Neal (shot put, discus, javelin ), Hayden Earl (800), Nathan Hunsaker (javelin) and Josiah Niederwerfer (1,500) are expected to compete for a top eight spot. The Bulldogs CRC-champion relay team of Behrendt, McCabe, Ethan Snow and Zumwalt also could have a strong podium run too. Behrendt is the CRC 400 district champion DQGKDVTXDOL¿HGIRUVWDWHDOO four years. “It’s been my goal all \HDU WR ZLQ P\ ¿UVW HYHU district championship,” said Behrendt, who will also run on both Bulldog relay teams. “I feel proud of the fact that I’ve been to the state meet every year and I’m excited about going there again this year.” 1HDO D ¿UVW \HDU WUDFN ¿HOG DWKOHWH ZRQ WKH district javelin title and was runner-up in the discus and shot put. ³,W¶VEHHQNLQGRIGLI¿FXOW trying to learn everything ZKLOH FRPSHWLQJ LQ P\ ¿UVW \HDU RI WUDFN ¿HOG EXW , have lots of natural athletic ability that has helped me to perform well,” said Neal. “We have an amazing staff with throws coach David Faateete and head coach Emilee Strot, who both competed in throwing events in the NCAA Division I level in college. If we’re lucky enough, we hoping to win a team championship. Individually, I’m just looking to compete hard and do the EHVW WKDW , FDQ :H¶OO GH¿- nitely score points with our sprinters, because I think we have one of the best 4x400 relay teams.” Hermiston’s girls that are KRSHIXOIRUWRSHLJKW¿QLVKHV include senior Jazmin Guti- errez, the district shot put champion and sophomore Audrey Lincoln, who had two GLVWULFW UXQQHUXS ¿QLVKHV LQ the 100 and 200, just behind defending champ Jestena Mattson of Hood River. Preliminaries start at DP )ULGD\ ZLWK ¿HOG events and continue with running events and the meet ZLOO FRQFOXGH DW SP 6DWXUGD\¶V ¿QDOV LQ ERWK HYHQWVVWDUWDWDPDQG FRQFOXGHDWSP