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Thursday, May 21, 2015
NBA
NFHS targets post
Smith, James lead Cavs past Hawks
play with rule changes
GAME 1
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Atlanta
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knocked down a tough Hawks, it was Cleveland
second
impact at both
3-pointer, then another. the
ends of the
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which
court.”
their heckling transformed to in
Jeff Teague led Atlanta
groans, he blew off his right they’ve lost the opening game
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toward his side, like he was to take command of the series didn’t produce its usual
in Game 2 Friday night.
balanced scoring, as two
holstering his pistol.
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Yep, Smith was that hot.
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Cleveland with 31 points, it went down with a knee GRXEOH¿JXUHV
With Smith doing most
was Smith who ignited the injury driving to the basket
Cavaliers in Game 1 of the with 4:59 remaining. He was of the damage, Cleveland
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top-seeded Atlanta Hawks determine the seriousness.
Besides being the main 3-pointers and another jumper
on Wednesday night.
“When he gets hot,” defender on James, Carroll from just inside the arc, as
Cleveland coach David Blatt had been the Hawks’ leading well as throwing up a lob that
marveled, “he gets smoking scorer in the playoffs. He Tristan Thompson dunked.
was averaging more than 17
Smith has been a huge
hot.”
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on
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James sealed the victory
By PAUL NEWBERRY
Associated Press
East Oregonian
INDIANAPOLIS — A
crackdown on defensive
contact in high school
basketball games is being
extended to all ball-handlers
next season.
The National Federation
of State High School Associ-
ations (NFHS) revised Rule
10-6-12 prior to the 2014-15
season in an effort to elimi-
nate excessive contact on
ball-handlers and dribblers
outside the lane area. The
latest revision extends those
protections to post players as
well.
The new language states
that “a player becomes a
ball-handler when he/she
receives the ball. This would
include a player in a post
position.”
The acts that constitute a
foul when committed against
a ball-handler are a) placing
two hands on the player, b)
placing an extended arm bar
on the player, c) placing and
keeping a hand on the player
and d) contacting the player
more than once with the same
hand or alternating hands.
“The current rule covers
the ball-handler/dribbler situ-
ations but ignores the action
that goes on in the post area
with the hands, arm bars,
etc.,” said Theresia Wynns,
NFHS director of sports and
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language will clarify that the
illegal acts should be ruled
for every position on the
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Rules
Committee
also
released its points of
emphasis for the coming
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post play and rebounding.
The committee noted that
new information has been
added to the rules book that
addresses cleaning up post
play and urged fouls to be
called when violations occur.
In addition, the committee
emphasized that illegal
tactics related to rebounding
should be called since these
violations are among the
leading causes of injury in
high school basketball.
A complete listing of the
basketball rules changes
is available on the NFHS
website at www.nfhs.org.
NFL
Goodell waiting on Brady
from the players’ union that he
recuse himself from the appeal
SAN FRANCISCO — because he has been focused
NFL Commissioner Roger on the spring owners meetings
Goodell said Wednesday that concluded Wednesday.
He said he would study
it’s his responsibility to hear
directly from New England the request when he returned
quarterback Tom Brady in to New York but added that
his appeal of his four-game unless there is a factor that he
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hear the case.
footballs case.
Goodell said no date has
Goodell said he has not
had time to study a request been set for the appeal.
Associated Press
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commits only one error
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and walks (11).
They were two of
BMCC’s most important
defenders as well.
Spencer only committed
one error behind the plate
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and threw out six runners on
the base paths.
Zarate manned the hot
corner at third base and was
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with 42 defensive assists
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percentage.
Spokane, which won the
region title before going on
to win the NWAC Tourna-
ment, earned the Pitcher of
the Year (sophomore Lindsie
Scholwinski) and Coach
of the Year (Janet Skaife).
Scholwinski went 18-0 in
league play with 15 complete
games, a 0.76 ERA and 168
strikeouts.
East Region MVP went
to Wenatchee Valley short-
stop Iris Rodriguez. The
sophomore batted for a .571
average with 56 hits, 62
RBIs, 44 runs, 18 doubles and
seven home runs. She had a
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64 assists.
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NWAC East Region 2015 All-Stars
Coach of the Year: Janet Skaife, Spokane
Most Valuable Player: Iris Rodriguez, So,
Wenatchee Valley
Pitcher of the Year: Lindsie Scholwinski,
So, Spokane
FIRST TEAM
Pitcher
Liz Crookes, Wenatchee Valley
Kayla Andrews, Columbia Basin
Infield
Brinley Miller, Big Bend
Sydnie Malloy, Spokane
Shawnee Zink, Spokane
Madison Anthony, North Idaho
Brenna Elhart, Treasure Valley
Hunter Schneitter, Wenatchee Valley
Outfield
Sarah Gilliam, Columbia Basin
Berkley Fisher, Spokane
Ashleigh Lynch, Wenatchee Valley
Nikki Mather, Wenatchee Valley
Catcher
Sidney Hazen, Wenatchee Valley
Utility
Ambrea Cuellar, Treasure Valley
DH/DP
Jesse Schafer, Spokane
Hayden Fields, North Idaho
SECOND TEAM
Pitcher
Haylie Van Laethem, Spokane
Tori Almos, North Idaho
Jessica Capson, Treasure Valley
Infield
Savanna Zarate, , Blue Mountain
Katelyn Sage, Spokane
Lexi Miller, Spokane
Chloe McIntosh, North Idaho
Kenzie Barrera, Treasure Valley
Shanika Sawyer, Wenatchee Valley
Outfield
Tiffany King-Phillips, Big Bend
Shalaina Duford, Spokane
Katelyn Geyer, Spokane
Miranda Smith, WWCC
Catcher
Rayne Spencer, Blue Mountain
Utility
Hayley Fields, North Idaho
Jacie McDaniels, Walla Walla
DH/DP Lauren Dykstra, Wenatchee Valley
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Crow makes second team
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and led the team in runs (30)
and walks (22).
Also honored by the East
was Blue Mountain Commu-
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Crow. The sophomore from
Meridian, Idaho, made the
second team after batting for
a .297 average with 27 hits,
18 runs, 19 walks, 12 RBIs,
eight doubles and two home
runs East play.
He was the only BMCC
player honored.
East Region Coach of
the Year went to Treasure
Valley’s Aaron Sutton after
leading the Chukars to the
league title.
Most Valuable Player was
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Evan Douglas, who batted
.301 with 31 hits, 20 runs, 21
RBIs, 10 doubles, 16 walks
and three home runs in 103
league at-bats.
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NWAC East Region 2015 All-Stars
Coach of the Year: Aaron Sutton, Treasure
Valley
Most Valuable Player: Evan Douglas,
Spokane
FIRST TEAM
INFIELDERS
Gunnar Buhner, Columbia Basin
Hunter Hanson, Wenatchee Valley
Lane Lacrone, Treasure Valley
Hayden Meier, Columbia Basin
Jake Roberts, Yakima Valley
OUTFIELDERS
Spencer Bennion, Columbia Basin
Alec Chaney, Yakima Valley
Michael Kilpatrick, Walla Walla
Austin Kopacz, Walla Walla
PITCHERS
Tanner Lupton, Treasure Valley
Tony McCarty, Treasure Valley
Adam Paulson, Spokane
Darrion Simons, Yakima Valley
RELIEF PITCHER
J.D. Page, Columbia Basin
CATCHER
Dylan Wilbert, Walla Walla
DESIGNATED HITTER
Lucas Denney, Spokane
UTILITY
Clayten Ayres, Walla Walla
SECOND TEAM
INFIELDERS
Connor Anderson, Yakima Valley
Ryan Grening, Big Bend
Kyle Kilian, Big Bend
Drew Loera, Columbia Basin
Jarod Paul, Walla Walla
OUTFIELDERS
Blake Bell, Treasure Valley
Joey Cotto, Columbia Basin
Colton Crow, Blue Mountain
Steven Sordahl, Walla Walla
PITCHERS
Jacob Gleichman, Columbia Basin
Reign Letkeman, Big Bend
Chris Petrosie, Yakima Valley
Jake Simmons, Walla Walla
RELIEF PITCHER
Tanner Alexander, Treasure Valley
CATCHER
Spencer Pollock, Treasure Valley
DESIGNATED HITTER
Cameron Walker, Walla Walla
UTILITY
Daulton Blackwell, Treasure Valley
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ness, he had learned to work
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team led by James.
When the Cavaliers really
needed Smith in Game 1, he
seemed to make every shot.
“Once I start shooting,”
Smith said, “everybody
keeps telling me to keep
shooting.”
Cleveland scored the
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period — all but two on 3s
by Smith — for its biggest
lead, 85-67.
Carroll’s injury silenced
the raucous crowd and
would be a tough blow for
the Hawks to overcome.
While he was being taken
off, James came over to
say a few words and pat the
injured player on the head.
“We’re all a brother-
hood,” James said. “You
don’t want anybody to get
hurt like that.”
TENNIS: Small school action begins Friday
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I think got nervous because
my team was there to cheer
for me and their team wasn’t
so much.”
Dillenburg said Cittadini
wasn’t giving enough credit
to her own play, which is
what she’ll have to rely on at
state, where he thinks she’ll
be able to hold her own.
With most of her team-
mates attending classes
back in Pendleton, Cittadini
knows not to expect as vocal
a cheering section this time,
but said that’s OK because
she’s not putting any pres-
sure on herself going in.
“I kind of know that
I’m not going there to win,
because there are people that
just live for playing tennis
and get really serious about
this type of competition,”
she said. “I know that I’m
not going to win, but I’m
glad that I’m going there.”
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will be against Wilsonville
sophomore Keely Petticord,
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Northwest Oregon Confer-
ence tournament.
While Cittadini will be
the only local playing at
the 5A level, a handful of
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the small school bracket.
That action won’t begin
until Friday and will take
place in Corvallis.
Umatilla junior Sidney
Webb will be the only
girl, and will face Molalla
freshman Mollie Lewand-
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Webb was second at the
Special District 4 tourna-
ment while Lewandowski
placed fourth in Special
District 2.
In the boys’ bracket, Ione
junior Jan Glasen was paired
against Corbett senior Caleb
Berghoff in Round 1. Glasen
was the Special District 4
champion while Berghoff
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Glasen’s championship
didn’t help him in seeding at
state, though, since second-
place Carlos Angel will meet
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from Berghoff’s league.
Angel, a senior at
Mac-Hi, will open against
Crook County junior Jack
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In doubles, Ione junior
Kai Arbogast and Daichi
Walters will be the only
locals to open against a
seeded opponent when they
take on Philomath’s Nathan
Haslam and Derek Stucki.
The Special District 2 cham-
pions are the third seed.
Rounding out the bracket
for the locals is the senior
Umatilla team of Alejandro
Madrigal and Ramiro Rubio.
The SD4 champs begin their
state run against North Bend’s
Nils Hachmann and Jacob
Gage, a senior/sophomore
pairing that was third in SD3.
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Contact Matt Entrup at
(541) 966-0838 or mentrup@
eastoregonian.com.
FAAETEETE: Coaching bug bit by surprise
it sat well with him.
“From there, I just felt
from their home in Western
Samoa, where they worked like working with kids was
a plantation on the South the thing,” he said. “Early
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sustenance farmers. His would be teaching and
grandfather, who wound coaching eventually, but
up starting a Seventh-day like every other young kid
Adventist
church
in (I had) aspirations to play in
Medford, decided it would the Big Show.”
be best for the family if they
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moved to the States. He
After an all-state career
said there would be more
at
in
high school, Faaeteete
opportunities for his family
moved
on to the University
in America.
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well. He knew some English
from American television pick Haloti Ngata.
When he arrived on
programs — some Chuck
campus
in Eugene, his only
Norris and MacGyver among
focus
was
football. Early
others, he said — but largely
into
fall
camp,
the freshman
he eased into the transition.
It wasn’t so for some of the class of about 45 was ushered
around from place to place,
adults in the family.
“I think the biggest chal- “to eat our time,” Faaeteete
lenge was not necessarily said. Advisers spoke of the
for me growing up — it was importance of planning a
for our parents, our uncles career and choosing classes
getting acclimated to not to accommodate that goal.
Faaeteete raised his hand
having to go out to the plan-
and
asked simply, “What
tation and harvest food to
if
you’re
here to play foot-
bring home,” he said. “My
ball?”
uncle still to this day gets
“Looking back, I was a
road rage because he can’t smart, cocky kid who just
understand why people cut wanted to play,” he said.
him off.”
His freshman fall camp
Life in the big city was a was good enough to earn him
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teete’s family, but once they WUXHIUHVKPDQ+LV¿UVWJDPH
moved to Oregon things action game was against the
quieted down. Medford No. 2, defending national
was still relatively small champion
Oklahoma
and rural then, putting the Sooners with a freshman
Faaeteetes more at home. running back named Adrian
His grandfather bought a 3HWHUVRQ 2Q KLV ¿UVW VQDS
farm outside of town, and it a play that Faaeteete still
provided a link with home, remembers vividly, the
something to remember freshman split the center and
about Samoa.
guard — both All-Amer-
After
some
time, icans — and dropped
Grandad, as Faaeteete calls Peterson for a three-yard
him, had to sell the farm to loss. He didn’t even know
attend to business in Samoa. he was going in. The next
By then, Faaeteete was a play, those All-Americans,
rising star on the gridiron perhaps slighted by the true
for the North Medford Red freshman beating them —
Tornadoes, with a certain doubled-teamed Faaeteete
high-energy
offensive and drove him back into the
coordinator prowling the GHIHQVLYH EDFN¿HOG :KHQ
sidelines.
Ngata came back in, Faae-
In Medford, he started teete went to the sideline and
working with children at was greeted with an all-too
Kids Unlimited of Oregon, common phrase from his
a mentoring service run by position coach: “Welcome
North Medford girls basket- to college football.”
ball coach Tom Cole. He
enjoyed it. He liked being a
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youngsters in a productive
Faaeteete maintained his
and positive direction. His academic attitude until his
senior project delved into sophomore year, when he
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His GPA had dipped under
2.5, the acceptable limit for
remaining eligible. He then
ran into some injury troubles
to his knee and elbow and
realized then that academics
was important. He appraised
his body and what it can
bring him, and understood
that football isn’t going to
be around forever.
“I realized that school
was really important,” he
said.
At the time, Faaeteete
wasn’t majoring in anything
related to education. He was
a political science major
with an emphasis in political
theory and thought he might
attend graduate school at
Oregon and then go into law.
His eyes were also set on the
NFL
That dream was fading
fast, too, however. Even at
Oregon, Faaeteete under-
stood the chances of playing
pro football were small. of
the business-like approach.
That, plus the growing injury
concerns, forced Faaeteete
back into the classroom with
a renewed vigor. He went
from B’s and C’s to A’s and
B’s and graduated with a 3.6
GPA with a degree in polit-
ical science. He excelled
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however, to score a couple
try-outs in the Big Show, as
Faaeteete calls it.
Those opportunities led
him nowhere, however. He
spent a total of six days on
NFL rosters and went back
home to Eugene to play the
waiting game. When Kay
and Hodges reached out, he
had all but closed the door
on a potentially lucrative
professional football career.
Then, in October of 2008,
just a month into his new
gig, the Raiders called while
Faaeteete was in class. They
asked how quickly he could
get to Oakland, that there
might be a shot to make the
team.
He asked for some time,
and they granted it, and
he got to thinking. He told
his then-girlfriend — now
wife — what happened and
didn’t know what to do.
That evening at football
practice, in the environment
he always felt was right
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decision.
“I go to practice that night
with this thing on my chest,”
he said. “I’m working with
kids. Kids are having fun.
The coaching staff’s excited
about it. We’re doing drills
and it hits me, ‘You don’t
want to play anymore. You
want to coach.’ ”
Primarily his decision was
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the commitment he made to
Hermiston High School. He
also really enjoyed what he
was doing. Those summer
days in Medford running the
sixth-, seventh- and eighth-
grade camps his senior
year told him all he needed
to know about where he
wanted to be.
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there, and couldn’t think of
anywhere he’d rather be.
HEAD COACH
Seven
years
after
mistaking Arlington for
Hermiston, Faaeteete has
come a long way. He said
there is no place in the world
he would rather be than
teaching world studies and
coaching football. In his
class, students learn about
historical events through
themes. This semester is
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Students are asked to think
critically about violent
historical events, such as
World War II, and answer
questions about them that
aren’t “Who was this guy?”
or “What happened here in
this year?”
His goal in the classroom
is to give students skills that
stay relevant and useful long
past the classroom days,
long past the football day.
He wants to give skills that
last into life.
As a football coach,
Faaeteete has endured four
years of a rigorous program
that demanded both athletic
and academic excellence,
and he has come to under-
stand the value of both.
“Commitment, integrity,
work, team work — all these
things are what goes into
what, I feel, makes a good
person,” Faaeteete said.
“Someone who honors their
commitments, holds them-
selves accountable for their
actions. The simple things.
(People say), ‘That’s what
you do normally.’ Exactly. If
you emphasize doing things
the right way, things’ll take
care of themselves. The
world is the world. Things
happen. Not everything goes
your way. But a part of life
is learning from the bad and
embracing the good.”