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WEDNE6DAY, J8LY 1, 201 Sports shorts 'D\WRQDRIIHUVÀDJ exchange program DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Daytona ,nternational 6peedway will not ban the Confederate À ag from tracN property this weeNend, bXt will offer the American À ag to those who wish to À y it on property. Daytona President Joie Chitwood said TXesday the speedway will offer an exchange program in which fans can trade a À ag for the American À ag. Daytona hosts NA6CAR races on 6atXrday and 6Xnday nights this weeNend. “We are celebrating the American À ag this weeNend, it is oXr nation¶s birthday,” Chitwood said. “Going forward, we’re really going to have to taNe a looN at where that other (Confederate) À ag goes becaXse it doesn’t have a place in oXr sport.” Blazers strike as free agency opens PORTLAND (AP) — The Portland Trail Blazers appear to be entering a period of change, so one of general manager Neil Olshe\¶s ¿ rst calls dXring free agency went to a familiar face. FACES The Blazers TXicNly agreed with veteran Al)aroXT AminX, reXniting the defen- sive-minded Aminu forward with the man who drafted him with the Los Angeles Clippers in 2011. “Headed to Portland with my gXy Neil Olshey, who believed in me since day one,´ AminX tweeted. “0Xch love Rip city here , come.” The foXr-year deal is worth $30 million, a person with Nnowledge of the agreement told The Associated Press on TXesday night. The person reTXested anonymity becaXse the deal has not been annoXnced. “It’s 9:01pm PT and Mitch Kupchak is walking in to meet with @ aldridge_12 #LAtoLA .“ — Los Angeles Lakers Announcing on Twitter that Trail Blazers free agent Lamarcus Al- dridge was taking his fi rst visit of free agency in Los Angeles. The Trail Blazers are not expected to be able to retain the services of Aldridge, who is regarded as one of this season’s top avail- able free agents. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1859 — Amherst defeats Williams 3-32 in the ¿ rst intercollegiate baseball game. The game is played by 0assachXsetts RXles, a wide-open form of the sport commonly Nnown as roXnd- ball and Amherset wins by reaching the pre-established score of rXns. Amherst exceeds -rXn limit dXring a 10-rXn 2th inning. 1920 — 6Xzanne Lenglen of France becomes the ¿ rst player to win three Wimbledon titles in one year, taNing the singles, doXbles and mixed doXbles. 1995 — The NBA locNs oXt its players, the ¿ rst worN stoppage in leagXe history. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com SPORTS 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS IRRIGON Titles won in runaway fashion Pendleton, Grant CoXnty softball all-stars earn state berths By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian ,RR,GON — The Pendleton and Grant CoXnty Little LeagXe softball all-stars will carry plenty of momentXm into their state toXrnaments after rXnaway district championships on TXesday. Pendleton defeated Milton-Free- water 22-0 to win the 9/10-year-old District 3 championship in the day’s ¿ rst game at Bill Cooley’s Memo- rial Field, then Grant CoXnty beat Hermiston 1- for the JXniors title in the evening capper. ,t will be the ¿ rst time either groXp of girls has played at the state level, bXt both looN to maNe some noise after impressive district See TITLES/2B Staff photo by E.J. Harris Hermiston’s Alex Pollock misses the tag on Grant County’s Madi Madden at home plate on Tuesday in Irrigon. Women’s World Cup Lloyd shXts oXt noise, lifts 86 to ¿ nals Penalty NicN gets Americans on board in win over Germany By ANNE M. PETERSON Associated Press Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP United States’ Carli Lloyd( 10) scores on a penalty kick against Ger- many during the second half of a semifi nal in the Women’s World Cup soccer tournament, Tuesday, June 30, 2015, in Montreal, Cana- da. The United States won 2-0. MONTREAL — Carli Lloyd remembers pXtting the ball on its spot and shXtting oXt the noise of more than 1,000 anxioXs fans. Then she blasted that ball into the bacN of the net. Lloyd’s penalty NicN got the 8nited 6tates on the board, and the Americans went on to a 2-0 victory over top-ranNed Germany in the semi¿ nals of the Women’s World CXp on TXesday night. “That’s exactly what , did, shXt oXt everything aroXnd me and focXsed on what , needed to do,” she said. Lloyd’s penalty NicN in the 9th minXte went into the right side of the goal less than 10 minXtes after Celia 6asic shot wide on a penalty NicN for Germany. .elley O’Hara came in off the bench and scored in the th minXte, delighting the pro-American crowd. Hope 6olo posted her ¿ fth straight shXtoXt, continXing a domi- nant rXn for the American defense. The second-ranNed 8nited 6tates has gone 13 minXtes withoXt conceding a goal. The victory captXred the atten- tion of President BaracN Obama, who posted his congratXlations on his Twitter accoXnt. Actor and mXsi- cian JXstin TimberlaNe also cheered on the 8.6., tweeting “86A 86A 86A” Next Xp for the 8.6. is the winner of Wednesday night’s match in Edmonton between defending champion Japan, ranNed No. , and sixth-ranNed England. Germany See WORLD CUP/2B Nike co-founder Knight will step down as chairman Associated Press NEW YOR. — NiNe Chairman Phil .night, who tXrned a bXsiness selling shoes oXt of the bacN of his car into the world’s most valXable sports brand, has annoXnced plans to step down as company chairman. .night, , was a middle distance rXnner in college who began the company in a handshaNe deal with Oregon coach Bill Bowerman in 19, with each pXtting Xp $00. With shrewd marNeting campaigns bXilt aroXnd celebrity endorsers liNe Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods, he made the swoosh one of the most recognizable logos aroXnd the globe. That phenomenal growth also landed .night on Forbes maga- zine’s list of 50 richest people in the world, with a net worth estimated at $2 billion. “For me, NiNe has always been more than MXst a company — it has been my life’s passion,” .night said in a statement. AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File In this Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, fi le photo, Nike Chairman Phil Knight walks near the fi eld before the NCAA college football playoff cham- pionship game between Ohio State and Oregon in Arlington, Tex- as. Knight plans to step down and says he wants Nike President and CEO Mark Parker to succeed him. .night said he wants NiNe President and CEO MarN ParNer, who has held those positions since 200, to sXcceed him. No speci¿ c date was set for .night’s departXre, thoXgh he said he plans to stay involved in the bXsiness. NiNe ,nc. said it expects to name a new chairman in 2016. .night sold his ¿ rst pairs of shoes oXt of an old PlymoXth 9aliant while traveling the same Paci¿ c Northwest tracN circXit on which he once competed. The company was originally named BlXe Ribbon 6ports, bXt changed in 19 to NiNe — the winged goddess of victory in GreeN mythology — on the advice of a friend. .night said at the time, “, don’t love it, bXt it will grow on me.” By 1969, .night was maNing enoXgh selling shoes to TXit his fXll-time Mob as an accoXntant and devote himself to the footwear company. Two years later, he paid $35 to Carolyn Davidson for the original swoosh logo design now plastered across the Xniforms and shoes of athletes from the World CXp to little leagXes. BXilding the brand throXgh shrewd advertising campaigns and top-À ight celebrity See KNIGHT/2B M’s rooNie Montgomery throws second straight no-hitter 6eattle beats 6an Diego 5-0 By BERNIE WILSON Associated Press 6AN D,EGO — RooNie left-hander MiNe Montgomery tooN a no-hit bid into the seventh inning and ¿ nished with a one-hitter for his second straight shXtoXt as the 6eattle Mariners beat the 6an Diego Padres 5-0 TXesday night. MaNing his sixth maMor leagXe start, Mont- gomery opened the seventh by getting JXstin 8pton on a À y to left. Yangervis 6olarte hit Mont- gomery’s next pitch into the left-¿ eld corner for a doXble. 8ntil then, the closest the Padres came to getting a hit was Melvin 8pton Jr.’s sinNing liner to center, bXt AXstin JacNson made a shoestring catch. Montgomery, who tXrns 26 on Wednesday, was coming off his ¿ rst career shXtoXt, a ¿ ve- hitter against .ansas City. ,t was the seventh time a Mariners pitcher threw consecXtive shXtoXts — Randy Johnson did it three times, inclXding three straight in 199, and MarN Langston did it twice. Montgomery is the 12th maMor leagXe rooNie, and second Mari- ners pitcher, to do it since 1980. Langston pitched consecXtive shXtoXts for the Mariners on JXne 26 and JXly 1, 198. Montgomery (3-2) strXcN oXt seven, walNed foXr and hit a batter. He threw a career-high 113 pitches. The Padres were shXt oXt for the 12th time and have lost ¿ ve of eight. Brad Miller and MiNe =Xnino homered off ,an .ennedy (-). =Xnino hit a solo homer to left with one oXt in the third, his ninth. Miller’s two-rXn shot cleared See MARINERS/2B