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SPORTS T8(SDA< -8L< Sports shorts 7ZRULGHUVNLOOHG LQ&DOLIRUQLD PRWRUF\FOHUDFH SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Two Spanish racers were NiOOeG in a chain reaction crash on the ¿ rst Oap oI a :orOG SuperEiNe race OeaYinJ the racinJ communit\ oYerwheOmeG with saGness anG raisinJ questions about what happeneG on the tracN. The Geaths occurreG SunGa\ at 0a]Ga Racewa\ LaJuna Seca 0ontere\ Count\ sheriII¶s spoNesman CmGr. -ohn ThornburJ saiG. The sheriII¶s oI¿ ce is not inYestiJatinJ the crash at the MotoAmerica Superbike/ Superstock race which appeareG to be an acciGent he saiG. Carruthers saiG there were riGers in the race anG thousanGs oI spectators in the stanGs when ¿ Ye competitors coOOiGeG on the ¿ rst Oap. RiGers were tosseG into the Girt to the siGe oI the track. MotoAmerica iGenti¿ eG the riGers kiOOeG as \earoOG %ernat Martine] oI AOberic 9aOencia Spain anG DanieO RiYas FernanGe] oI Moana *aOicia Spain. %oth were taken to hospitaOs where the\ GieG. NCAA tweaks March Madness UXOHVIRUÀH[LELOLW\ INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The committee that puts toJetheU the ¿ eOG oI IoU the N&AA meQ¶s EasNetEaOO tournament ZiOO haYe more À e[iEiOit\ to set the First Four anG JiYe No seeGs more IaYoraEOe matchups. The N&AA announceG 0onGa\ that the DiYision I seOection committee ZiOO noZ Ee aOOoZeG to sOiGe eYer\ team up or GoZn the seeG Oist incOuGinJ the Oast Iour atOarJe teams seOecteG. 8ntiO noZ the Oast Iour teams YoteG into the tournament ¿ eOG Zere OocNeG into the First Four the eiJhtteam pOa\oII that serYes as the tournament¶s ¿ rst rounG. *oinJ IorZarG the Oast Iour atOarJe teams on the oYeraOO seeG Oist — aIter the seeGs haYe Eeen tZeaNeG E\ a process NnoZn as scruEEinJ — ZiOO pOa\ in the First Four. “This has nothing to do with football. I just called my late mother and she said ‘Don’t worry, it’s just a lack of education.’” — Sepp Blatter FIFA president, after a British comedian threw money into his face before a press con- ference to protest the corruption and bribery scandal that has dogged the organization. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1876 — Princeton takes the team championship in the ¿ rst ICA (IntercoOOeJiate Association oI Amateur AthOetes Association) track anG ¿ eOG meet. 1968 — ArnoOG PaOmer becomes the ¿ rst P*A JoOIer to earn miOOion oYer his career Gespite OosinJ b\ one stroke to -uOius %oros in the PGA championship. 1985 — The greatest mone\ winner in horse racing histor\ -ohn +enr\ is retireG. The \earoOG won races in starts anG earneG in totaO purses. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS HERMISTON Throwing it Gowntown LocaO teams repeat as point champs as part oI cit\wiGe basketbaOO IestiYaO By SAM BARBEE East Oregonian Thane Pierson aOmost GiGn¶t get to Gunk. ArounG noon SaturGa\ he anG his team were Gown the street at Nookies Restaurant Ounching on a burger thinking the Takin¶ It to the Streets Dunk Contest starteG at p.m. +e hearG his name caOOeG Irom just east oI +ighwa\ anG hustOeG back to the intersection oI (ast Main Street anG ThirG Street to compete. Pierson misseG his originaO sOot but got to shoYe one Gown an\wa\. +is score oI put him into the ¿ naOs where he inGuceG a roar Irom the crowG anG sent one juGge scam pering with enthusiasm. The high jumper Irom :ash ington State 8niYersit\ on his Yer\ ¿ rst ¿ naOs attempt weaYeG the baOO through his Oegs anG threw it Gown cOeanO\. The ¿ Ye s Irom juGges Abi Drot]mann -ansen (Gmiston -enni +oIIert Garron GammeOO anG Mitch Thompson were onO\ IormaOities as the crowG oI a coupOe hunGreG peopOe whoopeG anG \eOOeG anG smiOeG at the athOetic GispOa\ showeG b\ Pierson. ³Once the\ saiG it was two gu\s OeIt I saiG µI¶m bringing the between the Oegs¶´ he saiG. ³II there was another rounG I was saYing it.´ Thompson who coacheG Irri gon¶s bo\s basketbaOO team to a state championship this past winter saiG it was e[citing to see a DiYision I athOete compete anG show oII a OittOe. ³:heneYer \ou get a DiYision I athOete with a bunch oI gu\s who think the\¶re DiYision I athOetes it reaOO\ shows´ he saiG. ³The gu\¶s a great athOete anG \ou aOwa\s want to honor those gu\s when the\ come out here to +ermiston anG partake in our eYent.´ See BBALL/2B Staff photo by Sam Barbee Thane Pierson of Natches, Washington, and a high jumper at Washington State University, goes between his legs in the fi nals of the dunk contest at the 10th Annual Takin’ It to the Street three- on-three basketball tournament Saturday in Hermiston. British Open *UDQG6ODPGUHDPHQGVZLWK-RKQVRQ¶VZLQ Associated Press AP Photo/Peter Morrison United States’ Zach Johnson poses with the trophy after winning a playoff after the fi nal round at the British Open Golf Championship at the Old Course, St. Andrews, Scotland, Monday. ST. ANDR(:S ScotOanG — -orGan Spieth¶s spiriteG biG Ior a GranG SOam was stoppeG MonGa\ b\ =ach -ohnson who is no Oonger Must a normaO gu\ Irom Iowa. Not with a cOaret Mug to go with that green jacket. -ohnson captureG his seconG major — this one at the home oI goOI — winning the %ritish Open in a pOa\oII oYer Louis Oosthui]en anG Marc Leishman that cappeG oII ¿ Ye wiOG Ga\s at St. AnGrews anG a suspense¿ OOeG ¿ naO rounG. Most e\es were on \earoOG Spieth. No one eYer came cOoser to the thirG Oeg oI the GranG SOam. Spieth Iought back Irom taking Iour putts Ior a GoubOe boge\ on No. with backtoback birGies. +e roOOeG in a Ioot birGie putt Ior a share oI the OeaG with two hoOes to pOa\. AIter missing an Ioot par putt on the th hoOe he neeGeG a birGie on the cOosing hoOe to join the pOa\oII. ³8p anG Gown Ior a pOa\oII´ was the Oast thing Spieth saiG to caGGie MichaeO GreOOer Irom about \arGs awa\. It was too Iar right See GOLF/2B MISSION MLB :LQMXVWRXWRIUHDFK LocaOs Iare weOO in IRUVOXPSLQJ0DULQHUV :iOGhorse Amateur East Oregonian Associated Press D(TROIT — Ian .insOer homereG twice incOuGing a goaheaG tworun shot in the eighth inning anG the Detroit Tigers beat the SeattOe Mariners MonGa\ night. .insOer who came in with three homers this season hit one oII SeattOe starter -.A. +app in the ¿ rst anG Baseball then GroYe a IastbaOO Irom Mark Lowe oYer Detroit the Tigers’ buOOpen with two out in the eighth. It was his ¿ rst Seattle muOtihomer game since Sept. 2011. Lowe (01) haGn’t aOOoweG an earneG run in his Oast 12 outings Gating back to -une 1 but -ose IgOesias GoubOeG with one out took thirG on a grounGer anG scoreG on .ins Oer’s homer. AO AOburquerque (10) 5 4 See MARINERS/2B AP Photo/Duane Burleson Tigers center fi elder Rajai Davis attempts to make a leaping catch during the second in- ning of a baseball game Monday, in Detroit. The hit was an RBI double. ReGmonG goOIer -areG Lamber swung into the :iOGhorse Amateur tournament Oast weekenG anG OeIt with the champi onship. Lamber won oYeraOO gross winner SunGa\ at the Mission goOI course shooting a anG ¿ nishing one stroke aheaG oI OocaO Nathan Dick. Dick himseOI ¿ nisheG just one stroke aheaG oI -eII :arG to take seconG pOace. %ecause it was an amateur eYent there was aOso a net score competi tion. A net score is not just the number oI strokes taken but is caOcuOateG as how wiOO a goOIer GiG in reOation to their hanGicap. In that competition ChaG Peterson oI PortOanG took the titOe b\ bagging a Courtesy photo Wildhorse Ior the tournament. Mike Hegarty, golf pro +e was IoOOoweG b\ at Wildhorse, (left) pres- OocaO DaYiG NeOson anG ents the trophy to Jar- his . Other OocaOs ed Lambert of Redmond, pOaceG weOO in the net score who won low gross at competition too. GarreOO the Wildhorse Amateur Moore anG Magan (Yans Sunday in Mission. shot s Tro\ RoGrigue] PauO French DiOOon George anG +aOe\ Greb . %ack in the gross GiYision OocaO ReiOO\ +egart\ shot a Louie 4uaempts Nathan Som Gar\ George TraYis %eers Shane Reinhart anG Nick NeGGo .
