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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.
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years of lottery futility, it came
from the spot where nobody had
been winning.
The Timberwolves won the
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time since 2004 the team with
the worst record earned the No.
1 pick.
After years of bad luck,
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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
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76ers are third followed by the
New York Knicks, who had the
second-best odds of winning but
instead fell to fourth 30 years
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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
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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
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The Lakers were the other big
winners even without moving
all the way to the top. Their pick
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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Paige Grieb and Maddie Lindsay
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Heppner.
Rea managed the course
for one-stroke improvement
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(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
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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.
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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
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Cruz hit a three-run homer in his the team with 22 RBIs.
On this night, the Orioles got the
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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
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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
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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!”
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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
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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
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In the third, Gonzalez walked
.129-hitting Chris Taylor, Robinson
Cano singled and Cruz hit a hanging
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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
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sive doubles by Alejandro De Aza
and Joseph produced a run, Paredes
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seats.
PREPS: Bucks play to tie with Storm
round.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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PENDLETON 4, SUMMIT 4
R H E
PHS
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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
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3A-1A Boys State Championships
70-74—144
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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
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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
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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
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Riley Lankford
41-43—84 (164)
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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)
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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)
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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.”
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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
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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.”
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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
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“My goal at the state
meet is to get a time of
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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
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head coach Emilee Strot and
sprint coach Mark Hodges
could very well have a
number of athletes that might
earn respective podium
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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
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four years.
“It’s been my goal all
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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.”
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district javelin title and was
runner-up in the discus and
shot put.
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trying to learn everything
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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
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nitely score points with our
sprinters, because I think we
have one of the best 4x400
relay teams.”
Hermiston’s girls that are
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include senior Jazmin Guti-
errez, the district shot put
champion and sophomore
Audrey Lincoln, who had two
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the 100 and 200, just behind
defending champ Jestena
Mattson of Hood River.
Preliminaries start at
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events and continue with
running events and the meet
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