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(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.
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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.
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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
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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)
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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 .
