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TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 2015
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Liberty hold off
struggling Dream
ATLANTA (AP) —
Brittany Boyd scored a
career-high
18 points, and
the New York
Liberty beat
the Atlanta
Dream 73-64
on Sunday.
The Liberty closed the
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to take a 21-10 lead and
never trailed again. New
York led by as many as 21 in
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Sancho Lyttle made a
3-pointer and a jumper to
close a 10-0 run by Atlanta
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63-56 with 1:59 to play, but
Boyd and Sugar Rodgers
combined to go 10 for 10
from the free-throw line down
the stretch for New York.
Angel McCoughtry led the
Dream, who shot a season-low
29.7 percent (19 of 64) from
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Schimmel added two points
and two assists.
Ex-MLB player
slain in apparent
murder-suicide
PEARLAND, Texas
(AP) — Darryl Hamilton, a
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a member of the New York
Mets team that reached the
2000 World Series, was
killed in a
FACES murder-suicide
in a suburban
Houston home,
authorities said
Monday.
Hamilton
was found
Sunday after
Hamilton
he was fatally
shot in a house in Pearland.
He was 50 and had worked
for the MLB Network since
2013.
An initial investigation
determined Hamilton was
shot several times and that
a woman in the home died
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44-year-old Monica Jordan,
Pearland Police Lt. Patrick
Savage said. The 14-month
old child of Hamilton and
Jordan found unharmed at
the home and turned over to
Child Protective Services.
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teams over 13 seasons in
the majors before retiring
in 2001. He reached the
postseason in four of his
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“You have to use
your brain which
is a rare thing in
modern golf and
something we’re
not very good at,
I don’t think.“
— Geoff Ogilvy
PGA golfer and former
U.S. Open champion
defending the layout
at Chambers Bay Golf
Club, which came
under criticism by some
players at this year’s
event, which was won
by Jordan Spieth on
Sunday.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1972 — President Nixon
signs the Higher Education
Act of 1972. Title IX of this
congressional act bars sex
bias in sports and other activ-
ities at colleges receiving
federal assistance.
1991 — A Mazda
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car to win the Le Mans 24
hours race, overtaking a
Mercedes in the last three
hours. Bertrand Gachot of
Belgium, Johnny Herbert of
Britain and Volker Weidler
of Germany are the winning
drivers of the rotary-powered
Mazda.
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PENDLETON
T-Wolves barrel to CNFR crown
Crossley wins
national barrel
racing title ahead of
teammate Williams
Blue Moun-
tain Commu-
nity College’s
Callahan
Crossley, of
Hermiston,
competes
in the barrel
riding earlier
this season
at the North-
west Inter-
collegiate
Rodeo Finals
in Hermis-
ton. Crossley
won her fi rst
national title
on Saturday
at the College
National Fi-
nals Rodeo in
Casper, Wyo.
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
CASPER, Wyoming — Herm-
iston barrel racer Callahan Crossley
capped her college rodeo career
with a national title on Saturday
night at the College National Finals
Rodeo.
Crossley, who entered the
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fastest time of the week in 13.72
seconds to win the round and the
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runs.
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barrel racer had topped the national
standings, but the fourth time a
member of the Crossley family
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at the Casper Events Center.
Callahan placed second last
season with a four-round time of
56.03, sister Jade was second in
2013, and sister Jordan was third in
2008.
Crossley’s 260 points throughout
the week also led the BMCC
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barrel racers Danyelle Williams and
Jessica Lewis also added top-10
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517.5 points. McNeese State was
secong with 420.
“We got all of our points out of the
barrel race, which is unusual,” said
BMCC co-coach Larry Patterson.
“I’ve never seen that happen before,
that I remember anyway.”
Patterson, who coaches the team
along with Shawn Eng, said they
treated their ladies like pitchers
working a no-hitter as at least one
of them placed in each of the three
round leading up to the short-go.
“You don’t bring it up. You know
too well how the variables can turn
in rodeo, and the big thing in that
small building is not turning a barrel
over,” he said.
The variables fell in the
T-Wolves’ favor on Saturday
night, and Crossley didn’t have
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much room to spare in holding off
Williams for the title.
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with 56.31 on four for second place,
and also earned Rookie of the Year
for both barrel racing and overall.
Patterson said Williams was
recruited for breakaway roping and
goat tying, but he’s not surprised
barrel racing turned out to be her
best event.
“When she got here to school I
could see there was a lot of potential
with her horse, and with her being
the cowgirl that she was, I had a
good feeling about her in the small
arena (in Casper),” he said.
Williams’ 13.92 in the short-go
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Contributed photo courtesy of Jayne Ann Patterson
RIGHT: The Blue Mountain Community College women’s rodeo
team members and coaches accept the 2015 team championship
earned at the College National Finals Rodeo which concluded Sat-
urday night in Casper, Wyo. Pictured, beginning second from the
left, are BMCC riders Jessica Lewis, Danyelle Williams and Callah-
an Crossley followed by coaches Larry Patterson and Shawn Eng.
Women’s World Cup
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Americans
advance, will face
China on Friday
Blanton
shuts down
Mariners
Associated Press
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
EDMONTON, Alberta — Now
that Alex Morgan has a goal, she
doesn’t want to look back on the
opportunities she’s missed.
She wants to look forward to the
goals to come.
“I don’t remember the last goal
I’ve had with this team,” said
Morgan, who had been hampered by
a bone bruise in her left knee going
into the tournament. “And that’s not
a good sign. I don’t want to look
back and see when the last one was
because now I’ve scored, and it’s a
fresh start moving forward.”
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of the Women’s World Cup and
the United States advanced to the
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Colombia on Monday night. Her
previous U.S. goal came March 6 in
the Algarve Cup.
Abby Wambach’s penalty kick
early in the second half went wide
after Colombia goalkeeper Catalina
Perez — a backup herself — was
ejected for a foul on Morgan.
Stefany Castano, who replaced
Perez in goal, got a hand on
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but couldn’t stop the goal to put the
United States up 1-0.
“It didn’t have much power on it
as I wanted, but it went in and that’s
all that matters,” she said about her
right-footed goal.
Usually she’s lefty: “It comes in
MLB
Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP
United States’ Alex Morgan (13) kicks the ball in front of Colom-
bia’s Angela Clavijo (13) during fi rst half FIFA Women’s World Cup
round of 16 action in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Monday, June
22, 2015.
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handy when it needs to,” she smiled.
Carli Lloyd also scored for the
second-ranked Americans, who
will face No. 16 China on Friday
in Ottawa. The United States is
seeking its third World Cup title, but
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The Americans have not allowed
a goal in 333 minutes.
Colombia has never won soccer’s
premier tournament, but the No. 28
Las Cafeteras pulled off one of the
biggest upsets in any World Cup in
the group stage when they defeated
third-ranked France 2-0.
Morgan and Wambach started
up top for the United States, which
used the same starting lineup as it
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became coach.
It was Morgan’s second straight
start after working her way back
from a bone bruise in her left knee.
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two matches of the tournament.
Morgan missed all three send-off
matches because of the injury. Her
last match with the U.S. team was
on April 4, a 4-0 exhibition win
over New Zealand in St. Louis.
Perez, a 20-year-old junior at
Miami, started because regular
goalkeeper Sandra Sepulveda was
suspended for yellow-card accu-
See WORLD CUP/2B
SEATTLE — Joe Blanton
pitched six-plus innings of
two-hit ball, Alcides Escobar
had three hits and the Kansas
City Royals beat the Seattle
Mariners 4-1 on Monday
night.
Blanton (2-0) struck out
seven and worked into the
seventh inning before being
lifted after
allowing
a
leadoff
double.
Kansas City
Kelvin
Herrera,
Wade Davis
and Greg
Holland
all pitched
Seattle
one inning
of
relief.
Holland
earned his
14th save in 15 opportunities.
Felix Hernandez (10-4)
took the loss after allowing
four runs, nine hits and a
walk in 6 2/3 innings. He
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Escobar had three singles,
drove in a run and scored a
run. Mike Moustakas had two
hits including an RBI double.
The Mariners took a 1-0
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home run by Robinson Cano.
Blanton retired the next 16
batters before Austin Jackson
doubled to lead off the seventh.
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