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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Saturday, July 11, 2015
Wimbledon
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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
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it might be the moment.
Murray delivered a 129
mph ace to pull out an epic
seven-deuce,
15-minute
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along the way, to get to
5-all in the second set. As
he strutted near the Centre
Court stands, shaking his
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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
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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
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On Sunday, the No.
2-seeded Federer faces
No. 1 Novak Djokovic in a
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stuck on seven trophies at the
All England Club, tied with
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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.
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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.
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match,” Djokovic said.
Tour De France
MLB
Royals’ Moustakas, Cards’
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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his 26th career Tour stage
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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
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the 2013 runner-up, by 1:56.
American rider Tejay Van
Garderen, a strong climber
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a dangerous outsider.
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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
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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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.