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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Saturday, June 20, 2015 U.S. Open Spieth sets the target at Chambers Bay By DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press 81,9(56,7< 3/$&( :DVK ² 2QH major apparently isn’t enough to satisfy Masters champion Jordan Spieth. 6SLHWK VHW WKH WDUJHW )ULGD\ DW &KDPEHUV Bay by surging into the lead with birdies, overcoming a double bogey that tested his patience and closing with a birdie during D FKDRWLF ¿QDO KROH +H ZRXQG XS ZLWK D XQGHU DQG D RQHVKRW OHDG DPRQJ WKH HDUO\¿QLVKHUV Not since Tiger Woods has anyone won the Masters and U.S. Open in the same year. Spieth still has a long way to go, and he realizes it will only get harder on a course that already is perplexing. At times, it was even scary. Jason Day, playing alongside Spieth, was doing his best to keep pace until a frightening ¿QLVKWRKLVURXQG'D\ZDVKHDGHGGRZQWR the ninth green — a drop of some 100 feet in elevation — when he fell to the ground and lay on his back for several minutes. Day, who had coped with vertigo recently, eventually was helped to his feet. His hands were still shaking as he went into a bunker, blasted out to 10 feet and made bogey. He still VKRWDDQGZDVWKUHHVKRWVEHKLQG6SLHWK +H ZDV EHLQJ WUHDWHG DW &KDPEHUV %D\ There was no immediate information on his condition. +LV FDGGLH DQG ORQJWLPH FRDFK &ROLQ Swatton, said that it was similar to an episode Day had last year at Firestone when KHZLWKGUHZDIWHURQO\WZRKROHVLQWKH¿QDO round with what later was diagnosed as vertigo. Woods, meanwhile, had the highest KROHVFRUHRIKLVSURFDUHHUZKHQKHVKRW WR PLVV WKH FXW DW RYHU ,W ZDV the second time in his last three majors that Spieth hit his stride with an approach that rolled right by the pin on the 14th and led to DIRRWELUGLH+HUROOHGLQDIRRWELUGLH on the 15th, and then hit his tee shot to 5 feet IRU ELUGLH RQ WKH WK WR UHDFK XQGHU DQG take the lead. What followed was his biggest test of the week. 7KHWHHVRQWKHWKZHUHPRYHGIRUZDUG making it play 514 yards. Some players ZKRKDGEHHQDW&KDPEHUV%D\IRUWKH86 Amateur were concerned about the USGA using a forward tee and changing it to a par 4 in the middle of the U.S. Open because of an awkward landing area. Spieth tried to go left and found a bunker. Then he tried to take enough club to get past WKHIRRWGHHSEXQNHUWKDWZDVDGGHGRQO\ recently, caught the top of the lip and stayed in the rough. “This is the dumbest hole I’ve ever played LQ P\ OLIH´ KH VDLG EHIRUH KLWWLQJ D LURQ toward the green. That found a bunker and AP Photo/Charlie Riedel Jordan Spieth hits out of the tall fescue grass on the 18th hole during the second he made double bogey. And then he pulled round of the U.S. Open golf tournament at Chambers Bay on Friday, June 19, 2015 KLVWHHVKRWWRWKHOHIWRQWKHSDU¿UVWKROH (which was a par 4 on Thursday). His caddie, in University Place, Wash. Michael Greller, helped calm him down. Woods missed the cut. He has one more start, several power players who are thriving at This is where Spieth can let his emotions 7KH*UHHQEULHU&ODVVLFLQWZRZHHNVEHIRUH &KDPEHUV %D\ KDG D DQG ZDV RQH VKRW affect him the wrong way. behind. going to St. Andrews for the British Open. “I was really frustrated walking off the “Obviously, I need to get a little better for It all seems to be working for Spieth, a tee box, and Michael did a great job coming the British Open, and I’ll keep working at it,” \HDUROG7H[DQZKRPDGHWKHIDQVVHQVH in and telling me, ‘Sit back, you’re still very Woods said. they were watching something special this much in this tournament, don’t let this get to Spieth can lean on the experience as a week. But this is not a runaway like it was you,”’ Spieth said. Masters champion, but this major is nothing at the Masters. And this golf course can be as +H PDGH ELUGLH WR VWHDG\ KLPVHOI WKUHH alike in every way. hard as the USGA wants to make it. putted from long range on the tough seventh )RUVWDUWHUVKHKDGD¿YHVKRWOHDGJRLQJ “It’s playing different,” Spieth said. “And KROHDQG¿QLVKHGZLWKDELUGLH into the weekend at Augusta National. He I’m in a very different position. I’m not But the real test awaits. ZDV DW XQGHU DW &KDPEHUV %D\ WLHG JRLQJWRKDYHD¿YHVKRWOHDG6RJLYHQLW¶VD ³$W $XJXVWD , ZDV ¿QGLQJ IDLUZD\V with Dustin Johnson and Henrik Stenson as U.S. Open, I imagine they’re going to try to hitting it on the green and I was making they were just beginning their round in the bring us back to par. ... So I’ll draw some on everything,” he said. “That would be nice VXQEDNHGDIWHUQRRQDORQJ3XJHW6RXQG Augusta, but at the same time, my patience here if I could do that, but it’s a harder golf Branden Grace of South Africa, one of level has to be even that much higher.” course than the Masters played this year.” WNBA 0F&RXJKWU\EHDWV buzzer in Dream win ATLANTA (AP) — assists and three rebounds. $QJHO 0F&RXJKWU\ PDGH 0F&RXJKWU\ DQG D IRRW MXPSHU DW WKH 5RQHHND +RGJHV VFRUHG buzzer to lift the Atlanta 10 points apiece to help Atlanta 'UHDP WR D YLFWRU\ $WODQWDWRDOHDGDW RYHU WKH &KLFDJR 6N\ RQ WKHEUHDN$VSXUWDW Friday night. the start of the fourth gave 0F&RXJKWU\ KDG the Dream momentum, SRLQWV IRU $WODQWD EXW &KLFDJR UHVSRQGHG and Erika de Souza had 13 ZLWKDUXQWRWLHLWDW Chicago points and 11 rebounds. with 1:23 left. Elena Delle Donne, the Jacki Gemelos made league’s leading scorer, her WNBA debut for KDG SRLQWV DQG &KLFDJRDQGGLGQRWVFRUH ERDUGVIRU&KLFDJR&RXUWQH\ LQ IRXU PLQXWHV 7KH \HDUROG 9DQGHUVORRW KDG SRLQWV DQG JXDUGKDVVXIIHUHG¿YH$&/WHDUV &DSSLH3RQGH[WHU¿QLVKHGZLWK ² IRXU DW 6RXWKHUQ &DOLIRUQLD Mission native Shoni Schimmel where she played for current ¿QLVKHG ZLWK VHYHQ SRLQWV IRXU 'UHDPFRDFK0LFKDHO&RRSHU 74 73 All-EO Baseball Second Team RODEO: &DUWHUDGYDQFHVWREXOOULGLQJVKRUWJR Continued from 1B enter today with more than 100 SRLQWV PRUH WKDQ WKH 7:ROYHV¶ 295. 7KH 7:ROYHV DUHQ¶W WKH RQO\ locals looking to bring back QDWLRQDO WLWOHV ZKHQ WKH VKRUWJR EHJLQVWRQLJKWDWSP Oregon State senior Bryan &DUWHURI3HQGOHWRQPDGHWKHFXW LQ EXOO ULGLQJ DIWHU KLV ¿UVWURXQG VFRUHRIKHOGXSDVRQHRIWKH top 12 through a week that saw 105 bulls leave the chutes. &DUWHU LV LQ HLJKW SODFH EXW only needs one excellent ride to SDVVOHDGHU*UD\(VVDU\RI5DQJHU &ROOHJH (VVDU\ KDV RQ WZR rides, and is one of just four riders to complete two full rides this week. ——— Bull Riding 1, Gray Essary, Ranger, 151/2; 2, Trasen Jones, CSID, 150.5/2; 3, Josh Frost, Panhandle, 140/2; 4, Joe Frost, Panhandle, 138/2; 5, Travis Smith, MVC, 77/1; 6, Winston Cheek, EMSCC, 76.5/1; 7, Josh Davison, NMSU, 75.5/1; 8, Drew Antone, Casper, 71.5/1; 8, Bryan Carter, ORSU, 71.5/1; 10, Ryan Knutson, SDSU, 71/1; 11, Tyler Stueve, CONWCC, 69/1; 12, Neil Willians III, Casper, 68.5/1. Saddle Bronc Riding 1, Rusty Wright, CSID, 223/3; 2, Clay Elliott, Panhandle, 218/3; 3, Kendall Green, MTSU, 210/3; 4, Shade Etbauer, Panhandle, 207/3; 5, Jace Lane, Tarleton, 199.5/3; 6, Brady Dinwoodie, UWY, 198.5/3; 7, Boyce Hawkins, Odessa, 139.5/2; 8, Quincy Crum, Feather, 132.5/2; 9, Cash Robinson, Feather, 130/2; 10, Dalton Davis, SWOKSU, 129.5/2; 11, Cole Hatfield, HILL, 128/2; 12, Justin Lawrence, Fresno, 127.5/2. Bareback Riding 1, Timothy O’Connell, MVC, 248.5/3; 2, Neil Wil- liams III, Casper, 225.5/3; 3, Jamie Howlett, WTXC, 221.5/3; 3, Justin Pollmiller, SWOKSU, 221.5/3; 3, Devan Reilly, Tarleton, 221.5/3; 6, Colton Onyett, CONWCC, 220/3; 7, Kody Lamb, Tarleton, 219.5/3; 8, Dustin Jackson, SAMSU, 217.5/3; 9, Shane O’Con- nell, WTXC, 215/3; 10, Dantan Bertsch, Casper, 214.5/3; 11, Wyatt Bloom, MTSU, 213.5/3; 12, Wyatt Denny, Panola, 212.5/3. Tie-Down Roping 1, Landon Williams, Tarleton, 29.1/3; 2, Joshua Walker, WTXC, 30.7/3; 3, Jared Parke, BMCC, 30.8/3; 4, Tyler Forsberg, Fresno, 32.5/3; 5, Clark Adcock, UTNM, 33.6/3; 5, Bobby Abernathy, MCN- SU, 33.6/3; 5, Keaton Schaffer, CAZC, 33.6; 8, Tylen Layton, NEOKAM, 34.6/3; 9, Zane Not Fraid, MTSU, 35.1/3; 10, Tyler Wadsworth, UTSU, 38.5/3; 11, Sheldon Church, NMSU, 40.2/3; 12, Colton Farquer, CAPSLO, 41.9/3. Steer Wrestling 1, Jacob Edler, WOKSC, 16/3; 2, Cameron Morman, DICKSN, 20.4/3; 3, Jace Lane, Tarleton, 21.9/3; 4, Coledon Harmon, WEATHR, 23.2/3; 5, Jared Parke, BMCC, 23.3/3; 6, Newt Novich, UMTW, 25.4/3; 7, Cade Goodman, WHARTN, 26.3/3; 8, Eric Knapp, TVCC, 26.4/3; 9, Benjamin Cox, SARU, 28.1/3; 10, Jesse Brown, MTSU, 31/3; 11, Cody Wadsworth, UTSU, 31.4/3; 12, Tucker Wright, WWCC, 11.4/3. Team Roping 1, Sawyer Berham/Kolton Schmidt, COFFEY/ SEOKSU, 18/3; 2, Forrest Fisher/Trace Porter, HILL/ MCNSU, 18.7/3; 3, Hunter Munsell/Douglas Rich, WOKSC, 18.8/3; 4, Casey Tew/Landon Williams, WEATHR/Tarleton, 23.9/3; 5, Brody Adams/Clay Crozier, CONWCC/SUTU, 23.9/3; 6, Pedro Egurrola/ Steven Gaona, CAZC, 26.4/3; 7, Dalton Pearce/ Tristan Ruffoni, CUESTA, 28.2/3; 8, Clark Adcock/ Lane Mitchell, UTNM, 12.1/2; 9, Kane Cartwright/ Holden Garrison, UMTW, 13.9/2; 10, Seth Anderson/ Treg Schaack, GILLET/NEJC, 14.7/2; 11, Reno Eddy/ Cody Mirabal, NMSU, 15.0/2; 12, Twister Vinson/ Devin Wigemyr, WTXC/NMJC, 15.2/2. Barrel Racing 1, Callahan Crossley, BMCC, 42.28/3; 2, Dacia Horne, UTNM, 42.38/3; 3, Shelby Hermann, Tarleton, 42.39/3; 3, Danyelle Williams, BMCC, 42.39/3; 5, Billie Holman, Fresno, 42.40/3; 6, Randi Buchanan, Panhandle, 42.55/3; 7, Kortney Cleveland, ENMU, 42.71/3; 8, Georgia Diez, COCHSE, 42.72/3; 9, Lexus Kelsch, NECTA, 42.76/3; 10, Hailey Kinsel, TXAMU, 42.93/3; 11, Jessica Lewis, BMCC, 42.98/3; 12, Taylor Engessor, GILLET, 43/3. Breakaway Roping 1, Kirbie Crouse, MVC, 8.1/3; 2, Kimberlyn Fitch, IDSU, 9.1/3; 2, Tamara Tunink, WTXC, 9.1/3; 4, KeAnn Kelber, 9.5/3; 5, Ceri McCaffery, SWOKSU, 10.3/3; 6, Randi Buchanan, Panhandle, 10.7/3; 7, Breanna Ellis, MVC, 11.5/3; 8, Haley Brown, SDSU, 13.3/3; 9, Zoe Billings, NMSU, 19/3; 10, Janey Reeves, COCHSE, 20.2/3; 11, Chelsey Bushnell, FEATHR, 20.4/3; 12, Bailey Bartlome, CSID, 20.6/3. Goat Tying 1, Loni Pearce, SARU, 19.4/3; 2, Luaren Barnes, NWOKSU, 19.7/3; 3, Kristen Smith, MCNSU, 19.8/3; 4, Bobbi Grann, DICKSN, 20/3; 5, Macy Fuller, CAZC, 20.2/3; 6, KL Spratt, SAMSU, 20.3/3; 7, Callie Stanhouse, TRC, 20.5/3; 8, Shelby Freed, IDSU, 20.6/3; 8, Teddi Schwagler, DICKSN, 20.6/3; 10, Courtney Wood, FEATHR, 20.8/3; 11, Baili Collins, Tarleton, 21.2/3; 12, Sadie Gjermundson, DICKSN, 21.3/3. All-EO Baseball First Team • Pitcher — Mike Hiatt (Pilot Rock) sr., Honorable Mention All-state; 1st team All-SD6; 7-3 record. • Pitcher — Klay Jensen (Stanfield) soph., Honorable Mention Al-state; 1st team All-EOL; 7-2 record; 2.63 ERA; 58 strikeouts. • Pitcher — Brady Smith (Pendleton) sr., 2nd team All-CRC; 3-4 record; 4.14 ERA; 23 strikeouts. • Catcher — Alex O’Rourke (Pendleton) sr., 2nd team All-CRC; .341 batting average; nine runs scored. • First base — Ryan Bailey (Stanfield) soph., 3rd team All-State; 1st Team All-EOL; .386 batting average; 26 runs scored; 31 runs batted in. • Infield — Bradyon Postma (Pilot Rock) soph., 1st team All-SD6; .406 batting average. P Quinn Cockburn Pendleton, jr. 2nd team All- CRC; 5-5 record; 2.25 ERA; 48 strikeouts. P Austin Rice Irrigon, soph. 2nd team All- State; 1st team All-SD6; 5-1 re- cord; 1.50 ERA; 112 strikeouts. P RJ Robles Hermiston, jr. 2nd team All- CRC; 4-2 record; 2.55 ERA; 56 strikeouts. C Cougar Kroske Irrigon, jr. 3rd team All- State; 1st team All-SD6; .484 bat- ting average; 8 doubles; 16 runs batted in. 1B Justin Willingham Pilot Rock, sr. 2nd team All- state; 1st team All-SD6; .477 batting average; 4 home runs; 35 stolen bases. INF Tony Papol Pendleton, sr. 1st team All- CRC; .347 bat- ting average; 14 runs scored; 11 runs batted in. • Infield — CJ Kindle (Heppner) jr., 1st team All- SD6; .326 batting average; 25 runs scored; 22 stolen bases. • Infield — Chase Root (Hermiston) jr., 2nd team All-CRC; .288 batting average; 14 runs scored. • Outfield — Darrin Chapman (Irrigon) sr., 3rd team All-State; 1st team All-SD6; .431 batting average; 37 runs scored; 17 runs batted in. • Outfield — AJ Timpy (Irrigon) sr., 1st team All- SD6; .446 batting average; .27 runs scored; 22 runs batted in. • Outfield — Vince Roff (Weston-McEwen) jr., 1st team All-SD6; .267 batting average; 21 runs scored. • Utility — Jacob Pierce (Pilot Rock), sr., Honorable Mention All-State; 1st team All-SD6. INF Tony Flores Stanfield, soph. Honorable Men- tion All-State; 1st team All-EOL; .378 batting avg; 28 runs scored; 25 runs batted in. INF Caden Smith Pendleton, soph. 1st team All- CRC; .298 bat- ting average; 2 home runs; 5 doubles; 17 runs batted in. OF Kyler Lunny Pendleton, sr. 1st team All- CRC; .309 bat- ting average; 23 runs scored; 13 stolen bases; 13 walks. OF Cole Smith Hermiston, sr. 1st team All- CRC; .355 bat- ting average; 17 runs scored; 12 runs batted in. OF Thyler Monkus Stanfield, soph. 2nd team All- State; 1st team All-EOL; .292 batting average; 47 runs scored; 10 runs batted in. UT Dylan Grogan Stanfield, soph. 3rd team All- State; 1st-team All-EOL; .373 batting average; 29 runs batted in; 17 runs scored. LUNNY: Father instilled son with ballplayer mindset Continued from 1B years Lunny manned the center gap for the Buckaroos. The Dalles, Hermiston and countless others were also victims of the Lunny lunge. “There’s nothing more exciting in a baseball game than making a diving play,” VDLG/XQQ\D¿UVWWHDP $OO&5&VHOHFWLRQWKLV\HDU “Every opportunity I get to make a diving play, I take it. Whether it’s a slam and the ball is 10 feet out or not, if there’s an opportunity I’ll take it.” The tumbling catches and seeming reckless abandonment for his hurtling body are unlike anything Whitten has seen during his decades around the game. Described by the veteran coach as his hardest working pupil, practices directly preceding games received the special “no dive day” designation from the coaching staff. “Otherwise, he’d just go out there and dive for every ball that was hit,” he said. “I wouldn’t have wanted to be his mom with the washing machine, because she had her work cut out for her.” His approach is half XQEULGOHGHQGRUSKLQVHHNHU KDOIVRQRIDEDOOSOD\HU7KH son of former Blue Mountain player John Lunny, he credits his father with indoctrinating him in the “ballplayer mentality” — never leave your shirt untucked, always wear a belt, keep the hat on straight and never, no matter what you do, you do not ZDONRQWKH¿HOG “I take pride in hustling RQDQGRIIWKH¿HOG´KHVDLG “You never walk on the ¿HOG´ The ethic was crucial IRU/XQQ\ZKRDWIRRW had plenty of doubters as he came up through the Pendleton youth baseball programs. “If you would’ve told some of my older coaches that Kyler Lunny is going WRVWDUWLQFHQWHU¿HOGIRU two years, they would’ve laughed,” he said. “I just kept my head up and every opportunity I got to make a diving catch that was another chance to prove them wrong. I guess that factors in to why I love to dive as well.” This was not missed by Whitten and company. “I don’t remember Kyler ever taking a day off,” Whitten said. “He just came to work every day and just busted his fanny to get better.” His defensive play was far from his only contribution during the %XFNDURRV¶VWDWHVHPL¿QDO UXQ+HDOVREDWWHGOHDGRII His 23 runs were nearly twice that of any teammate and his 13 walks and six KLWE\SLWFKHVZHUHDOVR team bests. And he was the best Buckaroo in the base paths, stealing 13 bags. The stellar senior season earned Lunny a scholarship offer to stay in town and play two seasons in the same colors his dad donned GHFDGHVDJRDW%0&& “I wanna stay in my hometown and see where baseball takes me,” he said. And if baseball isn’t the chief automobile for KLVIXWXUHWKHDGUHQDOLQH seeking might be. Lunny is spending the summer working for Wilson Farms //&LQ3LORW5RFN¿JKWLQJ IRUHVW¿UHV+HSODQVWR pursue an associate degree LQ¿UHVFLHQFHDW%OXH Mountain, with hopes of one day being a smokejumper. “That’s exactly what ,¶G¿JXUHKH¶GEHGRLQJ — something like that,” Whitten said of the prospect of Lunny jumping out of SODQHVDQGLQWRZLOG¿UHV
