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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2015 Sports shorts Newton lands record contract CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Carolina general manager Dave Gettleman believes Cam Newton can lead the Panthers to “the Promised Land” VRKHPDGHWKH¿IWK\HDU quarterback the highest-paid player in franchise history. Newton signed a fran- chise record $103.8 million, ¿YH\HDUFRQWUDFWH[WHQVLRQ on Tuesday, capping 11 days of negotiations. He will earn $67.6 PLOOLRQRYHUWKH¿UVWWKUHH years, the most money ever paid to an NFL player GXULQJWKH¿UVWWKUHH\HDUV of a contract, said a person familiar with negotiations. Newton’s contract is the largest ever doled out by Panthers owner Jerry Richardson since the team started in 1995 and will keep the 26-year-old quarterback under contract through the 2020 season. FIFA president stepping down SPORTS 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS MILTON-FREEWATER Pioneers bury Tigers in semis Mac-Hi breaks state record with blowout win Mac-Hi’s Rachael Lyon slides safely into home Tuesday against Yam- hill-Carlton in Mil- ton-Free- water. By ERIK SKOPIL East Oregonian 4A Softball: Semifi nals Mac-Hi 24 Yamhill 0 seeded Yamhill-Carlton 24-0 Even the Yantis Park to advance to the school’s scoreboard couldn’t keep up third consecutive Class 4A state championship game. with Mac-Hi Tuesday. It was nothing anyone Unable to count past 19, WKH FHQWHU¿HOGVWDWLRQHG could’ve anticipated when run counter fell behind the they turned in to watch two Pioneers’ pace in the fourth of the state’s top softball inning. The end tally was programs compete in with a 24, the most ever scored in title berth on the line. “Did I think that would D VHPL¿QDO VRIWEDOO JDPH LQ ever happen today? No. I Oregon high school history, See PIONEERS/2B and plenty to dismantle third- Staff photo by Kathy Aney PENDLETON %XFNVEODVWLQWR¿QDOV ZURICH (AP) — The end for Sepp Blatter came suddenly, just days after he KDGVHHPLQJO\VROLGL¿HGKLV hold on FIFA. The 79-year-old leader of the world’s popular FACES most VSRUWGH¿HG global animosity last week to win four more years LQRI¿FH%XW his re-election Blatter only increased the pressure from colleagues, sponsors, athletes and fans for Blatter to step down as FIFA’s president. At a hastily arranged news conference Tuesday, Blatter announced he ZRXOGOHDYHRI¿FHZLWKLQ months and called for a fresh election to appoint a successor. “I cherish FIFA more than anything and I want to do only what is best for FIFA and for football,” said Blatter, who could still be a target of U.S. investigators delving into decades of corruption and bribery accusations against FIFA RI¿FLDOV Staff photo by E.J. Harris Pendleton’s Tiah Grass is greeted at home plate by her teammates after hitting a home run in the Bucks’ 10-0 win against Silverton on Tuesday in Pendleton. “I made a mistake. I’m not taking it lightly at all. It’s something I regret. My son knows that.“ — Adrian Peterson Minnesota Vikings RB in his fi rst interview after returning to team activ- ities on Monday. Peter- son, who was placed on commissioner’s exempt list last season after he whipped his 4-year- old son with a wooden switch. Peterson has gone through counseling and therapy sessions as part of is plea agree- ment. He had been hold- ing out of team activities, and said he considered retirement and switching to track before deciding to return to the NFL. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1992 — Chicago’s Michael Jordan scores a record 35 points, including D UHFRUG VL[ SRLQWHUV LQ WKH ¿UVW KDOI DV WKH %XOOV beat Portland 122-89 in the opening game of the NBA )LQDOV -RUGDQ ¿QLVKHV ZLWK 39 points and Chicago is only two points shy of the largest YLFWRU\PDUJLQLQWKH¿QDOV Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com Pendleton continues postseason tear, beats Silverton in five to re-write the state the yard. It’s just fun 5A Softball: Semifi nals record book, and to watch them go out Kiersten Murphy and have fun playing softball.” The Pendleton Buckaroos was backed by nearly Silverton Morrison and announced their return to the state ÀDZOHVVGHIHQVHIRUD Pendleton no-hitter. Grass bombed championship loud and clear. “We have a lot Silverton pitcher The defending 5A softball Daisy Hernandez champions outclassed the Silverton of quality hitters out )R[HVLQDOO SKDVHVIRUD ZLQ there that love to hit the ball,” said back to back in the bottom of the LQ¿YHLQQLQJVRQ7XHVGD\DW6WHYH Pendleton coach Tim Cary. “They ¿UVW LQQLQJ WKH VHFRQG WLPH LQ DV do take a lot of batting practice and many games they’d accomplished Cary Field. $OH[LV0RUULVRQ7LDK*UDVVDQG they do compete with each other to the act, and pushed Pendleton’s Darian Lindsey all hit home runs see how many they can hit out of season total past the record 36 long By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian 10 0 balls it hit last season. ³2QFH$OH[LV JHWV RQH RI WKRVH great hits, either on the ground, in the air or out of the park, it gets me pumped,” Grass said. “It’s just one of those things where it’s a duo for us. Once she hits one, it’s just, ‘Oh, I bet Tiah will hit one.’” Morrison’s was a two-run shot that scored Payton Hergert, who had just driven in the eventual See BUCKS/3B PENDLETON Hood River eliminates Pendleton on walk-off Harvey breaks up scoreless game with H[WUDLQQLQJVLQJOH defeat at the hands hit was a double to 5A Baseball: Semifi nals of the league rival WKH ULJKW ¿HOG IHQFH Eagles (21-8). The The smack brought loss concluded the Peterson around Buckaroos (14-15) Hood River Pendleton second and then season one game third, but the junior East Oregonian short of the state was thrown out at championship game home by Walker’s HOOD RIVER — Patrick for the fourth time in 10 seasons. heave from second base. Harvey halted Pendleton’s string “The turnaround in postseason “The way the Ward kid was RI SRVWVHDVRQ XSVHWV ZLWK DQ H[WUD was amazing,” Pendleton coach pitching we thought we had to take inning walk-off single Tuesday. Greg Whitten said. “We played the chance,” Whitten said of the Harvey’s hit brought Kam some great baseball this postseason decision to send him home. “In Walker home for the game’s only — today included.” hindsight, you say you might do it run, sending Hood River Valley to Pitchers Quinn Cockburn and differently, but we probably do the the Class 5A state championship Ryan Ward kept the opposition off same.” game with a 1-0 victory and the the board through seven innings to Pinch hitter TJ Hancock walked Buckaroos back to Pendleton for IRUFHH[WUDEDVHEDOO WR SXW UXQQHUV RQ ¿UVW DQG VHFRQG the summer. Each pitcher ran into trouble in with one out, but neither Kyler Pendleton was seeded fourteenth H[WUDV Lunny or Tony Papol could bring in the 4A tournament, but knocked Ward allowed consecutive hits them home. off better-seeded Corvallis and to Jack Peterson and then Wyatt Cockburn failed to get an out in Crescent Valley before meeting Morris to open the eighth. Morris’ his portion of the eighth, loading 1 0 the bases by hitting a batter, over- WKURZLQJ'HYRQ5RHDW¿UVWRQDVDF bunt attempt and then an intentional walk. Harvey took three balls and D VWULNH EHIRUH VHQGLQJ WKH ¿IWK RIIHULQJWRULJKW¿HOGIRUWKHJDPH winning run. “It was a well-played intense high school game,” Whitten said. “Really tough to lose it, but really well played by both teams.” Neither side truly threatened during the opening seven innings. .\OHU/XQQ\JRWWRWKLUGLQWKH¿UVW but that was the only Buckaroo in scoring position. Cockburn was the hard-luck loser, going the distance, while allowing just four hits and walking WKUHH+HVWUXFNRXWVL[EDWWHUV See PHS BASEBALL/3B