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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Saturday, July 11, 2015 Wimbledon Full boat )eGeUeU WRSV 0XUUa\ IRU WK ¿QaO By HOWARD FENDRICH Associated Press Submitted photo Area fishermen were part of a group that found good work off the Oregon coast this month. Julius Scofield of Helix (far left), Ryan Bullock of Milton-Freewater (third from right) and Kyle Hook of Joseph (far right) brought in a haul on the Reel Buckaroo, captained by Greg Smith of Pendleton. LONDON — If Roger Federer was going to allow Andy Murray to gain a foothold in the Wimbledon VHPL¿QDOVWKLVVHHPHGDVLI it might be the moment. Murray delivered a 129 mph ace to pull out an epic seven-deuce, 15-minute JDPHVDYLQJ¿YHVHWSRLQWV along the way, to get to 5-all in the second set. As he strutted near the Centre Court stands, shaking his ¿VW DQG URDULQJ VSHFWDWRUV loudly saluted the effort with a standing ovation. “I,” Federer would say later, “was screaming inside.” Was Murray suddenly making a match of it? Swinging the momentum his way? Not against Federer. Not on this day. Displaying the impeccable serving he produced all match — indeed, all fortnight — Federer held at love right away, then broke Murray Toby Melville/Pool Photo via AP Andy Murray of Britain returns a shot to Roger Fed- erer of Switzerland during the men’s singles semifi- nal match at the All England Lawn Tennis Champi- onships in Wimbledon, London, Friday July 10, 2015. in the next game. And that, essentially, was that. Federer’s 7-5, 7-5, 6-4 victory Friday, built by taking 70 of 91 points he served and breaking Murray in the last game of each set, moved him into his 10th :LPEOHGRQ¿QDO2QHPRUH win would make Federer the ¿UVW PDQ ZLWK HLJKW WLWOHV at The Championships, as the grass-court tournament ¿UVW KHOG LQ LV NQRZQ around these parts. “Doesn’t matter whether LW¶V1RRU1R´)HGHUHU VDLG ³:LPEOHGRQ ¿QDOV LV always a big occasion.” On Sunday, the No. 2-seeded Federer faces No. 1 Novak Djokovic in a UHPDWFK RI ODVW \HDU¶V ¿QDO Djokovic won that one in ¿YH VHWV WR NHHS )HGHUHU stuck on seven trophies at the All England Club, tied with 3HWH 6DPSUDV DQG V player Willie Renshaw, and a record 17 Grand Slam trophies overall. Djokovic, who also won Wimbledon in 2011 and owns eight major titles, advanced by beating No. 21 Richard Gasquet 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-4. Nine of Gasquet’s ¿UVW ZLQQHUV FDPH YLD his smooth, one-handed backhand, but that stroke eventually let him down. At 2-all in the tiebreaker, Gasquet’s backhand sailed long, and he wouldn’t take another point in the set. When he was broken right away to begin the second, any suspense about who would win dissipated. About the only intrigue concerned Djokovic’s left shoulder, which was massaged by a trainer during second-set changeovers. ³,W¶OOEH¿QHIRUWKHQH[W match,” Djokovic said. Tour De France MLB Royals’ Moustakas, Cards’ 0DUWLQH]ZLQ¿QDOIDQYRWH the NL Central-rival Pirates. The 23-year-old Martinez NEW YORK — Kansas is 10-3 with 2.52 ERA this City Royals third baseman season. “When I saw names like Mike Moustakas and St. Louis Cardinals right-hander Cueto and Kershaw and Carlos Martinez are going to Tulowitzki, I really didn’t the All-Star Game as winners feel like I had a very good chance to win,” Martinez RIWKH¿QDOIDQYRWH Martinez surged ahead of said ahead of the Cardinals’ Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto game at Pittsburgh. “That’s in voting that ended Friday why I’m so thankful to all the afternoon to become the sixth fans and all their help.” Dodgers ace Clayton Cardinals player to make the NL roster for Tuesday’s Kershaw, Colorado shortstop Mid-Summer Classic in Troy Tulowitzki and Mets closer Jeurys Familia were Cincinnati. $ ¿UVWWLPH $OO6WDU also in contention. Moustakas, 26, becomes Martinez might’ve gotten a voting boost from his outing the seventh Royals player set Thursday night, pitching 7 to participate in the All-Star 1/3 scoreless innings against Game. Associated Press Golf Yang takes lead with birdie streak at US Women’s Open greens of the hilly William Flynn layout in the heart of Amish country. Ultimately, the day LANCASTER, Pa. — Amy Yang has experienced belonged to Yang. She took control on her success at the U.S. Women’s Open. Now, she wants the inward nine with birdies on the 11th, 12th, 13th. She hit ultimate prize. The 25-year-old South her approach to within a foot Korean went on a four-birdie on No. 14 and punctuated the run Friday, charging to a 4-under-par run. She was at three-stroke lead after two 7-under 133. “I just enjoy it out here,” rounds at Lancaster Country Club and putting her in Yang said. “And I know the position — again — to make golf courses are very tough; I DUXQDWKHU¿UVWPDMRUFKDP- just enjoy the tough condition of the golf courses.” pionship. Stacy Lewis, last year’s The day started early for 55 players, who resumed runner-up, and Japan’s Shiho their opening round after play Oyama were tied for second was suspended late Thursday at 4-under 136. Lewis birdied four of eight due to a powerful storm. The second round ended with the holes in the middle of her EXONRIWKH¿HOGVWLOOWU\LQJWR round, but bogeyed her last solve the speedy and sloping and settled for a 3-under 67. By BOB LENTZ Associated Press KANTER: Thunder GM says team plans to match offer star forward Kevin Durant set to become a free agent down the stretch with the in 2016. There is pressure Thunder. It had been widely on Presti to surround Durant assumed that Thunder GM with the talent necessary Sam Presti would match any to compete in the powerful offer for Kanter, but Portland Western Conference and GM Neil Olshey is putting convince their centerpiece to that to the test. remain in Oklahoma City for The Blazers have more the long term. than enough cap room to But matching the massive make the offer to Kanter offer will push the small- after All-Star forward market Thunder well over LaMarcus Aldridge left in the luxury tax line and send free agency for San Antonio, the total payroll skyrocketing center Robin Lopez signed past $120 million. That’s a with the New York Knicks big number for a franchise and shooting guard Wesley that let star guard James Matthews went to Dallas. Harden leave in part because Olshey has tried to quickly of the costs it would have pivot after losing the face of incurred to retain him, but the franchise in Aldridge. He Presti told The Oklahoman added Al-Farouq Aminu, Ed that they fully intended to Davis and Mason Plumlee match. to the frontcourt and signed “Enes expressed his point guard Damian Lillard desire to be a part of the WR D ¿YH\HDU PD[ FRQWUDFW Thunder in our meeting with extension that cements him him yesterday and we have as the new focal point in planned in advance should he Portland. receive an offer such as the The Thunder are under a one that has been reported,” different kind of pressure with Presti told the newspaper. Continued from 1B )URRPe NeeSV RXW RI WURXEOe WR eaUQ OeaG By JEROME PUGMIRE Associated Press FOUGERES, France — Staying in front has meant staying out of trouble so far for Chris Froome at the Tour de France. After a crash-marred ¿UVW ZHHN RI WKH UDFH WKH 2013 champion is exactly in the position he wants to be — healthy and wearing the yellow jersey. The British rider’s title defense ended early last year, when he fell three times in two days and, battered and bruised, went out of the Tour on stage 5. This year, he has avoided all three big crashes so far after making up his mind to push ahead of any potential dangers. “Given what happened last year, it was a big goal for me mentally rather than physically to arrive with the attitude that I’m here to ride at the front of the race,” Froome said after Friday’s seventh stage. “We’ve been proactive in doing more AP Photo/Peter Dejong Britain’s sprinter Mark Cavendish, left, strains as he sprint towards the finish line ahead of second placed Germany’s Andre Greipel, right, and Arnaud Demare of France, center rear, to win the seventh stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 190.5 kilometers (118.4 miles) with start in Livarot and finish in Foug- eres, France, Friday, July 10, 2015. work than normal in order to try and stay safe.” Mark Cavendish won D VSULQW ¿QLVK )ULGD\ IRU his 26th career Tour stage YLFWRU\ ² KLV ¿UVW VLQFH 2013 after also crashing out last year. He dedicated his win to his Etixx-Quick Step teammate Tony Martin, who broke a collarbone in a crash in Thursday’s sixth stage, forcing him to withdraw while wearing the race lead- er’s yellow jersey. Froome inherited the lead, but did not wear the yellow jersey during stage 7 as a mark of respect for Martin. “It wasn’t ideal to get the yellow in this way,” Froome said. With the tough mountain stages still to come — starting with the Pyrenees next week — Froome is in a strong position. He leads two-time Tour champion Alberto Contador by 36 seconds, defending cham- pion Vincenzo Nibali by DQG 1DLUR 4XLQWDQD the 2013 runner-up, by 1:56. American rider Tejay Van Garderen, a strong climber ZLWKDEHVWRYHUDOO7RXU¿QLVK RI¿IWKSODFHLVVKDSLQJXSDV a dangerous outsider. “He’s ridden really well WKLV ¿UVW ZHHN´ )URRPH said. “Quintana’s lost a lot of time already, that’s a big blow for him but I do expect him to be up there in the mountains.” Meanwhile, the race was KLW E\ LWV ¿UVW GRSLQJ FDVH as Italian rider Luca Paolini was thrown out after testing positive for cocaine on July 7, the day of the fourth stage, Cycling’s governing body said. BUCKAROOS: Requa statue to be unveiled tonight Continued from 1B That’s how Ron White felt about his 1961 Buckaroo season, which ended with he and his teammates as the only undefeated squad in Pendleton history, but elim- inated from the playoffs due to a rule book peculiarity. The Bucks tied North Salem 13-13 after four quar- WHUVLQWKHVWDWHTXDUWHU¿QDOV that season, but instead of an overtime period the game went straight to tiebreaking criteria, which in those days was total offensive yards. North Salem won that battle 372-205, and White said a missed extra point by the Bucks in that game is one of those what-if moments that never leaves you. “If we’d of just made that extra point and made it 14-13 we’d have won,” he said. “I always felt that if we got to play an overtime that we probably would have won the thing.” But White, who now lives in Hermiston, said WKDW¶VQRWWKH¿UVWWKLQJWKDW comes to mind when he thinks of that game and his time as a Buckaroo. “I was surprised, 36 years (of Don Requa as head coach) and we’re the only undefeated team. We only had three touchdowns against us the whole season and defense was what won us the games,” he said. “A lot of the younger kids that are out there playing with other coaches don’t realize, but it was a special feeling (playing for Requa).” On Saturday the Line- backers Club honors the man with the unveiling of the Donald C. Requa statue DW %URZQ¿HOG 3DUN DW WKH north end of Main Street in Pendleton. The unveiling will occure at 6 p.m. “For us who played for him it’s really cool,” said Linebackers Club Hall of Fame Chairman Dean Fouquette. “It brings back a lot of great memories and it’ll be with us for the rest of our lives.” A silent auction held at Friday’s banquet served as a fundraiser for the Line- backer Club’s annual schol- arships, which are given to two senior football players each year and dispersed over a four-year period. Terrel Platt was awarded the Don Requa Award which comes with a $10,000 scholarship, and T.J. Hancock was recip- ient of the Alex Stuvland Scholarship of $4,000. ——— Contact Matt Entrup at mentrup@eastoregonian. com or (541) 966-0838. SCOREBOARD Baseball MLB American League Friday’s Games Chicago White Sox 1, Chicago Cubs 0 Baltimore 3, Washington 2 Tampa Bay 3, Houston 1 N.Y. Yankees 5, Boston 1 Cleveland 5, Oakland 1 Texas 4, San Diego 3 Minnesota 8, Detroit 6 Toronto at Kansas City, (n) L.A. Angels 7, Seattle 3 Saturday’s Games Toronto (Buehrle 9-5) at Kansas City (C.Young 7-4), 11:10 a.m. Chicago White Sox (Sale 7-4) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 4-7), 1:05 p.m. Detroit (Simon 8-5) at Minnesota (P.Hughes 7-6), 1:05 p.m. Houston (Keuchel 11-3) at Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 4-5), 1:10 p.m. Oakland (Bassitt 0-2) at Cleveland (Car- rasco 10-7), 3:35 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Nova 1-2) at Boston (E.Ro- driguez 4-2), 4:15 p.m. Washington (Zimmermann 7-5) at Balti- more (Mi.Gonzalez 7-5), 4:15 p.m. San Diego (Shields 7-3) at Texas (Lewis 8-4), 6:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 7-6) at Seattle (Iwakuma 0-1), 7:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Houston at Tampa Bay, 10:10 a.m. Oakland at Cleveland, 10:10 a.m. N.Y. Yankees at Boston, 10:35 a.m. Washington at Baltimore, 10:35 a.m. Detroit at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m. Toronto at Kansas City, 11:10 a.m. Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m. San Diego at Texas, 12:05 p.m. L.A. Angels at Seattle, 1:10 p.m. National League Thursday’s Late Game Colorado 5, Atlanta 3 Friday’s Games Chicago White Sox 1, Chicago Cubs 0 Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 2 Baltimore 3, Washington 2 N.Y. Mets 4, Arizona 2 Cincinnati 1, Miami 0 Texas 4, San Diego 3 Colorado 5, Atlanta 3 L.A. Dodgers 3, Milwaukee 2 Philadelphia at San Francisco, (n) Saturday’s Games Chicago White Sox (Sale 7-4) at Chicago Cubs (Lester 4-7), 1:05 p.m. Arizona (Corbin 1-0) at N.Y. Mets (Harvey 7-6), 1:10 p.m. Atlanta (Wisler 3-1) at Colorado (J.De La Rosa 6-3), 1:10 p.m. Cincinnati (R.Iglesias 1-1) at Miami (Latos 3-6), 1:10 p.m. St. Louis (Lackey 7-5) at Pittsburgh (Burnett 7-3), 4:15 p.m. Washington (Zimmermann 7-5) at Balti- more (Mi.Gonzalez 7-5), 4:15 p.m. San Diego (Shields 7-3) at Texas (Lewis 8-4), 6:05 p.m. Philadelphia (D.Buchanan 0-5) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 6-6), 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Jungmann 3-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Beachy 0-0), 7:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Arizona at N.Y. Mets, 10:10 a.m. Cincinnati at Miami, 10:10 a.m. Washington at Baltimore, 10:35 a.m. Chicago White Sox at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m. San Diego at Texas, 12:05 p.m. Philadelphia at San Francisco, 1:05 p.m. Atlanta at Colorado, 1:10 p.m. Milwaukee at L.A. Dodgers, 1:10 p.m. St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m. Tennis Wimbledon Friday At The All England Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club London Purse: $42.1 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Grass-Outdoor Singles Men Semifinals Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Richard Gasquet (21), France, 7-6 (2), 6-4, 6-4. Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, def. Andy Murray (3), Britain, 7-5, 7-5, 6-4. Doubles Women Semifinals Martina Hingis, Switzerland, and Sania Mirza (1), India, def. Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears (5), United States, 6-1, 6-2. Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina (2), Russia, def. Timea Babos, Hungary, and Kristina Mladenovic (4), France, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. Soccer CONCACAF Gold Cup FIRST ROUND Top two in each group and two best third-place teams advance to quarterfinals GROUP A GP W D L GF GA Pts x-United States 2 2 0 0 3 1 6 Panama 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 Haiti 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 Honduras 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 Tuesday Panama 1, Haiti 1 United States 2, Honduras 1 Friday At Foxborough, Mass. Honduras 1, Panama 1 United States 1, Haiti 0 Monday, July 13 At Kansas City, Kan. Haiti vs. Honduras, 4 p.m. Panama vs. United States, 6:30 p.m. GROUP B GP W D L GF GA Pts Costa Rica 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 Jamaica 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 Canada 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 El Salvador 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Wednesday Costa Rica 2, Jamaica 2 El Salvador 0, Canada 0 Saturday At Houston Jamaica vs. Canada, 3:30 p.m. Costa Rica vs. El Salvador, 6 p.m. GROUP C GP W D L GF GA Pts Mexico 1 1 0 0 6 0 3 Trinidad 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 Guatemala 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 Cuba 1 0 0 1 0 6 0 Thursday At Chicago Trinidad and Tobago 3, Guatemala 1 Mexico 6, Cuba 0 Sunday At Glendale, Ariz. Trinidad and Tobago vs. Cuba, 3:30 p.m. Guatemala vs. Mexico, 6 p.m. Basketball WNBA Friday’s Games Indiana 83, San Antonio 76 Chicago 90, Minnesota 83 Phoenix 94, Seattle 79 Saturday’s Games Los Angeles at Tulsa, 5 p.m. Sunday’s Games New York at Atlanta, Noon Seattle at Phoenix, 3 p.m. Connecticut at Chicago, 3 p.m. San Antonio at Minnesota, 4 p.m. Motorsports NASCAR Sprint Cup Quaker State 400 Lineup After Friday qualifying; race Saturday At Kentucky Speedway Sparta, Ky. Lap length: 1.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet. 2. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford. 3. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet. 4. (22) Joey Logano, Ford. 5. (78) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet. 6. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet. 7. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet. 8. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota. 9. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota. 10. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet. 11. (3) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet. 12. (43) Aric Almirola, Ford. 13. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet. 14. (27) Paul Menard, Chevrolet. 15. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet. 16. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota. 17. (17) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford. 18. (9) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford. 19. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet. 20. (19) Carl Edwards, Toyota. 21. (13) Casey Mears, Chevrolet. 22. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet. 23. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet. 24. (47) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet. 25. (55) David Ragan, Toyota. 26. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet. 27. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford. 28. (6) Trevor Bayne, Ford. 29. (46) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, Attempts. 30. (15) Clint Bowyer, Toyota. 31. (7) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet.
