SPORTS
WEEKEND, JULY 11-12, 2015
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New Vikings
coaches approved
UMATILLA — Umatilla
High School will have two
new coaches this fall. The
Umatilla School Board
approved recommendations
to hire new football and
volleyball
coaches
Thursday.
UHS math
teacher and
previous
volleyball
assistant coach Sonia
Borders was promoted to
the head position, and Dan
Durfey was hired as the
UHS football coach.
Cooper DQ’d at
Calgary Stampede
CALGARY, Alberta —
World champion tie-down
roper and third-generation
rodeo star Tuf Cooper
has been eliminated from
the Calgary Stampede for
“mistreatment of livestock”
following his run in
Wednesday’s
FACES performance.
Video of the
run shows the
former Farm-
City champion
and Round-Up
¿ nalist striking
his horse on the
Cooper
haunches six
times with his rope, three on
each side, as he attempts to
catch up to his calf, which he
failed to lasso.
“The six judges, along with
Calgary Stampede of¿ cials,
unanimously made the
decision to disqualify Cooper
after seeing him repeatedly
and aggressively using his
rope on his horse during
the run,” said Stampede
spokeswoman Kristina Barnes
in a press release.
It is believed to be
the ¿ rst time a contestant
has been eliminated from
the rodeo for that type of
infraction.
Cooper’s agent Shawn
Wiese told CTV Calgary his
client accepts the decision,
but added Cooper “treats his
horses like kids and would
never intentionally hurt an
animal.”
“We spend a
good deal of time
educating our
student-athletes
about appropriate
behavior and their
responsibilities as
representatives
of Florida State.
The majority of
our players are
exemplary, but
clearly we must
place an even
stronger emphasis
on this.“
— Jimbo Fisher
FSU football coach after
the second Seminoles
player in two weeks was
charged with punch-
ing a woman. Running
back Dalvin Cook was
suspended indefi nitely
after he was charged
with punching a woman
outside a popular night
club. He led the Semi-
noles last season with
1,008 rushing yards.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1914 — Babe Ruth makes
his major league pitching
debut for the Boston Red Sox
against Cleveland, getting the
4-3 victory over the Indians.
1985 — Nolan Ryan of
the Houston Astros becomes
the ¿ rst pitcher in major
league history to reach 4,000
strikeouts when he fans New
York’s Danny Heep in the
sixth inning.
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PENDLETON
Buckaroos enshrine seven in 2015 class
Hall of Fame
banquet reunites
old teammates
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
The good far outweighed the bad
as memories came À ooding back at
the sight of familiar faces, and in
some cases name tags, on Friday at
the annual Buckaroo Hall of Fame
banquet and induction ceremonies.
It was a night for celebration
as the Hall of Fame welcomed its
six newest individuals, and a 1961
squad that has been unmatched to
this day, in enshrinement.
Excited voices could be heard
coming from all corners of Pend-
leton Convention Center as players
past and present and their families
gathered to pay homage to 2015
inductees Todd Knopp, Rollin
Schimmel, Edgar Hargrow, Monte
Byford, Earl Jambura and Jay Lilly.
But between the laughs and
smiles were some somber moments,
due mostly to Byford and Schim-
mel’s posthumous induction.
Byford, a three-year starter and
versatile defensive stalwart on the
1972-74, was killed in a car accident
in 1976. Schimmel, who served as
Don Requa’s offensive line coach
for more than 20 years, died in a
river rafting accident in 2006.
His son Randy Schimmel, who
was in the 2014 Hall of Fame class,
spoke on his father’s behalf.
“A lot of people start off by
talking to me about, ‘Oh, I wish he
was here.’ Which that kind of makes
it pretty tough,” Schimmel said.
“But after you get past that you start
thinking about what he did for the
youth and the community, and you
know he taught us all a lot. So you
quickly move into a happy mode of
what he did for us, and it’s pretty
cool.”
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MLB
Angels rough up Montgomery
Trout, Cron both
homer twice
By JIM HOEHN
Associated Press
SEATTLE — Mike Trout and
C.J. Cron both homered twice and
Hector Santiago survived a shaky
start, allowing one run over seven
innings to pace
the Los Angeles
Angels to a 7-3
victory over the
Seattle Mariners Los Angeles
on Friday night.
T r o u t ’ s
three-run homer
in
the
third
inning off Mike
Seattle
Montgomery
(4-3) erased a 1-0
de¿ cit. He opened
the seventh with a
solo shot, tying him for the league
lead at 26 with teammate Albert
Pujols.
Cron opened the fourth with
his fourth home run and then hit
the ¿ rst pitch from reliever Danny
Farquhar for a two-run shot in the
sixth to make it 6-1.
Mark Trumbo hit a two-run
homer for Seattle in the ninth off
Vinnie Pestano, called up from
Triple-A Salt Lake earlier in the day.
The Angels won for the sixth
time in seven games to pull within
a half-game of ¿ rst-place Houston
in the AL West. The Astros lost to
Tampa Bay 3-1, their fourth straight
defeat.
Santiago (6-4), who escaped the
¿ rst inning allowing one run despite
three hits, struck out seven and
walked none.
Montgomery, who had allowed
just one run in 23 2-3 innings in his
last three starts, was tagged for ¿ ve
7
3
AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Mike Montgomery walks to the dugout after being pulled during
the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Angels, Friday, July 10, 2015, in Seattle.
runs and eight hits in ¿ ve innings.
Trout put the Angels up 3-1
in the third with his 25th homer.
Johnny Giavotella doubled with one
out and Kole Calhoun was hit by a
pitch. Trout then lined a 1-0 pitch
deep over the wall in center ¿ eld.
The Mariners took a 1-0 lead in
the ¿ rst when Franklin Gutierrez
singled with one out and then hustled
to second on Robinson Cano’s À y
out to deep center. Nelson Cruz then
punched an RBI single just beyond
the reach of shortstop Erick Aybar.
Kyle Seager doubled and Cruz
went to third, but Santiago retired
Trumbo on a pop out to ¿ rst.
UP NEXT:
Angels: LHP C.J. Wilson (7-6,
3.82 ERA) is 4-1 in his last ¿ ve
starts. In two starts against the Mari-
ners this season, he has allowed two
earned runs in 15 innings. Wilson
has pitched at least six innings in
eight of his last nine starts.
Mariners: RHP Hisashi Iwakuma
(0-1, 7.17) will be making his
second start since coming off the
DL. Iwakuma, who had been on the
DL since April 24 with a strained lat
muscle, allowed ¿ ve runs and eight
hits —including four home runs —
Gold Cup
U.S. beats Haiti, clinches group title
By JIMMY GOLEN
Associated Press
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. —
Clint Dempsey scored in the
47th minute to give the United
States a 1-0 victory over Haiti in
the CONCACAF Gold Cup on
Friday night.
Brad Guzan made a pair of
point-blank saves in the second
half for the Americans. The
defending
champions
improved
to 2-0 in the
opening round United States
and clinched
the group title.
They
will
play in the
quarter¿ nals at
Haiti
Baltimore on
July 18.
G y a s i
Zardes entered
as a substitute for Jozy Altidore
at the start of the second half,
and the move immediately paid
off. Greg Garza played the ball
forward to Zardes, and Zardes
cut a pass back to Dempsey, who
scored with a right-footed shot
from about 12 yards.
Dempsey has scored in the
last four games he’s played for
the U.S. national team, one
shy of the record Altidore set
two years ago. Dempsey’s 44
international goals are 13 shy
1
0
in ¿ ve innings in his ¿ rst start back
on Monday, a 12-5 loss to Detroit.
TRAINER’S ROOM:
Mariners: CF Austin Jackson,
who left Wednesday’s game against
Detroit with back spasms, said
he’s improving, but was waiting
to see how he felt after swinging a
bat before Friday night’s game. “If
it feels good in the cage, probably
go out and try to take a round or
two of BP,” Jackson said. With the
additional time off with the pending
All-Star break, manager Lloyd
McClendon said there was no need
to rush Jackson back.
NBA
Blazers sign
Thunder center
to offer sheet
Kanter agrees to four
years, $70 million
By JON KRAWCZYNSKI
Associated Press
AP Photo/Charles Krupa
Haiti’s Reginal Goreux, right, tries to head the ball away as
he is challenged by United States’ Jozy Altidore during the
fi rst half of a CONCACAF Gold Cup soccer match in Foxbor-
ough, Mass., Friday, July 10, 2015.
of Landon Donovan’s American
record.
The Americans have won six
in a row, are 30-1-2 in Gold Cup
group play and have reached
the knockout stage of all 13
Gold Cup tournaments. They
have one game remaining in the
group stage, against Panama on
Monday in Kansas City, Kansas.
Haiti, which is 0-1-1, will
play Honduras on Monday, with
the loser ¿ nishing last in the
group.
The U.S. nearly went ahead
in the 34th minute, when Aron
Johannsson beat goalkeeper
Johny Placide. Johannsson was
ruled offside, but replays showed
he was onside when Altidore
passed the ball to him.
U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann
switched the formation from
4-4-2 to 4-3-1-2 and changed
seven starters, including his
entire defensive line. Brad
Evans was at right back, with
Tim Ream and Omar Gonzalez
the central defenders and Garza
at left back.
Mix Diskerud was in mid¿ eld
and twice committed fouls that
gave Haiti free kicks just outside
the penalty area.
The Portland Trail Blazers are
forcing the Oklahoma City Thunder to
make a big decision with center Enes
Kanter.
The Blazers have signed Kanter to
a four-year, $70 million offer sheet, a
person with direct
knowledge of the
situation told The
Associated Press.
The person spoke
on
condition
of
anonymity
because the Trail
Blazers did not
announce
the
terms of the offer.
Kanter
Kanter is a
restricted
free
agent, which leaves the Thunder three
days to decide whether they will match
the offer and retain their big man or let
him go to Portland.
Oklahoma City acquired Kanter in
a trade with the Utah Jazz last season,
and the fourth-year pro averaged 18.7
points and 11.0 rebounds in 26 games
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