WEEKEND, MAY 23-24, 2015
Sports shorts
Brewers reliever
suspended 8 games
ATLANTA (AP) —
Milwaukee Brewers
manager Craig Counsell
didn’t see
a shiny
substance
on reliever
Will
Smith’s right
arm until it was too late.
Atlanta Braves manager
Fredi Gonzalez had already
emerged from the dugout to
ask umpires to check to see
if Smith was cheating.
“Fredi did what he
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Counsell said. “He’s
competing, he’s trying to
win a game. That’s what he
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Smith was suspended
for eight games by Major
League Baseball on Friday
for having a foreign
substance on his arm in
Thursday’s 10-1 loss to the
Braves.
Because Smith plans to
appeal, the penalty is on
hold.
SPORTS
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State Track
Glover tops Day 1 for large schools
Pendleton jumper
one of six to
finish on podium
Pendleton
high jumper
Kiara Glover
clears the
bar Friday
during the
OSAA state
track and fi eld
championship
at Hayward
Field.
By ERIK SKOPIL
East Oregonian
EUGENE — Pendleton high
jumper Kiara Glover failed to
match last week’s Columbia River
Conference district runner-up mark,
but still made a podium appearance
Staff photo by
Kathy Aney
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Field Friday afternoon.
Competing in wet conditions,
Glover, a Buckaroo sophomore,
cleared 5 feet even to place fourth
at the OSAA Class 5A State
Track and Field Championships.
Summit’s Hannah Cochran was the
only competitor over 5-4 and took
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process.
Glover was one of six regional
athletes to step upon the podium at
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Globetrotters
great dies at 89
PHOENIX (AP) —
Marques Haynes’ dribbling
skills wowed fans in more
than 100 countries. He was
a showstopper, a player who
helped make the Harlem
Globetrotters
FACES beloved
ambassadors
of basketball
around the
world.
Haynes,
often called
the greatest
Haynes
dribbler in
basketball history, died
Friday in Plano, Texas, of
natural causes, the Globe-
trotters said. He was 89.
“Basketball has lost one
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Globetrotters CEO Kurt
Schneider said.
In two stints with the
touring team — from
1947-53 and 1972-79 —
Haynes played in more than
1,200 games for a team that
combined dazzling skills,
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antics.
“It means nothing,
really. It’s just a
big draft. You
know, we’ll see on
Sunday. “
— Will Power
IndyCar driver after
posting the fastest lap
in the fi nal practice for
Sunday’s Indianapolis
500. Power, who races
for Team Penske, posted
229.020 mph.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
May 23
1901 — The Cleveland
Indians score nine runs with
two outs in the ninth inning
to beat the Washington Sena-
tors 14-13.
1976 — Boston center
Dave Cowens dominates the
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with 25 points and 21
rebounds to lead the Celtics
past the Phoenix Suns 98-87.
May 24
1936 — Tony Lazzeri of
the New York Yankees drives
in 11 runs with a triple and
three home runs two of them
grand slams in a 25-2 rout of
the Philadelphia A’s.
1981 — The Indianapolis
500 ends in controversy when
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second to Bobby Unser, is
declared the winner because
Unser broke a rule during a
slowdown period near the
end of the race. The decision
is later reversed, giving
Unser credit for the victory,
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Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Amie Zitterkob, of Umatilla, wins the 200-meter dash Friday during the OSAA state track and fi eld championship at Hayward Field,
beating teammate Andrea Lemus-Cisne who came in second.
Umatilla sprinters take top two spots in 200-meter dash
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3A girls competition, tied for the
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positioning upon the Hayward Field than the next closest team.
The sprinting duo, which will
award stand Friday.
Paced down the backstretch by continue their athletic pairing next
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reclaiming her Class 3A 200 meter
title at Friday’s Class 3A/2A/1A short relay earlier in the day and
State Track and Field Champion- once again it was Lemus-Cisneros
rumbling down the backstretch
ships in Eugene.
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in 25.80 seconds, .22 seconds ahead only the victory but a school-record
of Zitterkob. “She helped me a lot. I 50.66 time in the process.
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The speedy pair had its only
a close second, completing a 1-2
By ERIK SKOPIL
East Oregonian
misstep in the 100 meters. Entering
with the second and third fastest
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second and fourth in the straight
sprint behind Pleasant Hill’s Megan
Miller. Zitterkob led the way in
12.81, Lemus-Cisneros in 12.87.
It was not the only Umatilla
triumph of the evening.
Fabian Cardenas completed the
physically taxing distance double
on Friday. A day after repeating as
3,000 meter champion in state meet
record time, the junior distance star
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“Most guys don’t get even one
of them because it’s so tough on the
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in 4 minutes, 7.85 seconds. “But
it feels good coming from getting
fourth in the 1,500 last year and
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Friday’s win was not another
solo race. This time Tim McPherson
of Cascade Christian pushed to
the head of the pack after one lap,
letting Cardenas gather himself
PENDLETON
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Pendleton advances to
championship bracket
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
If the Pendleton Buckaroos have
learned anything from this baseball
season, it’s that it doesn’t matter how you
start.
That lesson served them well in
Friday’s 6-1 win over Hillsboro at Bob
White Field, a game that turned into a
microcosm for the Bucks’ season and,
more importantly, extended it.
Entering the OSAA Class 5A play-in
round, Hillsboro (18-9) had won six
games in a row and 10 of its last 11.
Coming off back-to-back wins, Pendleton
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before taking off with 800 meters
remaining. The acceleration left the
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of separation between himself and
McPherson, who crossed the line in
second.
The time was .15 seconds slower
than Cardenas personal-best time
set at this year’s Buck Track Classic
in Pendleton.
Deana Harris understands the
athletic wonders that have been had
at Hayward Field.
“There’s been people who’ve
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Wheeler senior pole vaulter said.
Harris didn’t let any such mira-
cles interfere with her Class 1A state
pole vault title defense Friday, taking
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prep track meet en route to a 10 feet
even clearance and a second straight
championship medal Friday.
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Harris and Amanda Casey of
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State Tennis
Locals
drop from
title hunt
East Oregonian
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Pendleton pitcher Quinn Cockburn is congratulated by catch-
er Alex O’Rourke after pitching a complete game in the Bucks’
6-1 win against Hillsboro Friday in Pendleton.
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junior Jan Glasen’s hot streak
reached its end when he ran
up against the No. 1 seed at
the Class 4A-1A boys tennis
state championships on
Friday.
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began a winning streak
that carried him to a district
title and extended through
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