THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2015
Sports shorts
Frontier coaches
rank EOU third
WHITEFISH, Mont.
— The Eastern Oregon
University
football
team was
picked to
¿ nish third
in the 2015
Frontier
Conference Preseason
Coaches’ Poll which was
released Wednesday. It’s the
¿ fth time in the last seven
years the Mountaineers have
been a preseason top-3 pick.
It would match their
¿ nish from 2014 when
they went 7-3 in Frontier
Conference play.
The Mountaineers
received 36 points in the
poll. Defending conference
champion Carroll College
(47) was ranked No. 1 by the
coaches, followed by NAIA
national champion Southern
Oregon (44).
EOU opens the 2015 slate
on Aug. 29 against College
of Idaho in Caldwell, Idaho,
at noon.
SPORTS
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MISSION
PENDLETON
Sweatin’ with Schimmel D-Jaxx
Athlete
Jude
Schimmel
speaks to an
audience of
kids at the
Nixyaawii
Community
School gym
Wednesday
morning,
next to
Nike master
trainer Ben-
jamin Monk.
Schimmel
visited
the school
as part of
Nike’s N7
initiative on
the Confed-
erated Tribes
of the Uma-
tilla Indian
Reservation.
roll in
¿ rst
round
Bradt pitches
complete game
to open state
East Oregonian
Hamels dealt after
throwing no-hitter
By JONATHAN BACH
East Oregonian
PHILADELPHIA (AP)
— Two people familiar with
the deal say the Philadelphia
Phillies have agreed to trade
ace left-hander Cole Hamels
to the Texas Rangers for a
package of prospects.
Both people spoke to The
Associated
FACES Press late
Wednesday
night on
condition of
anonymity
because the
trade has not
been ¿ nali]ed.
Hamels
Hamels has a
limited no-trade clause but
does not have to approve a
deal to the Rangers.
Hamels would become
the ¿ rst pitcher in major
league history traded during
a season immediately after
throwing a no-hitter — he
no-hit the Chicago Cubs on
Saturday at Wrigley Field.
The 2008 World Series
MVP was an integral part of
the greatest run in franchise
history when the Phillies
won ¿ ve straight NL East
titles, two pennants and one
World Series from 2007-11.
Sweat, hydrate, listen up, repeat.
That was the cadence Wednesday
at the Nixyaawii Community
School gym as Nike master trainer
Benjamin Monk ran young some 40
kids and teens through an intensive
body-weight workout.
With its N7 ambassador Jude
Schimmel, a Nike crew from
Beaverton made its way to the
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation this week to
host a community workout and
query locals about American Indian
culture for its international brand.
The purpose of the Nike N7
initiative is to give money back to
American Indian and Aboriginal
GRANTS PASS — Wyatt
Morris led off with a triple
and the Pepsi DiamondJaxx
never looked back in a
7-1 win over Ashland on
Wednesday in the ¿ rst round
of the American Legion
Baseball state tournament.
Jack Peterson drove
Morris in on the game’s
second at-bat and the
DiamondJaxx controlled the
momentum thanks to a fast-
working James Bradt on the
mound.
³It was huge, and then
Jack singled him in and, man
it was a a good day for Buck-
aroo baseball,” DiamondJaxx
manager Travis Zander said
of Morris’ triple.
Bradt gave up just three
hits in a complete-game
effort and struck out three
while walking two.
³He did a great job
pitching to contact and
kept his pitch count down
early,” Zander said of the
late switch, who got the call
in place of scheduled starter
Quinn Cockburn.
³We talked (Tuesday)
night as a staff and I talked
with the kids and we had a
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See D-JAXX/2B
“Everybody wants
you to be strong
in this situation,
but you can’t be
strong every day.
If you want to be
mad today, be
mad. If you want
to be sad, be sad.
But the thing is,
don’t stay that
way. Get it out of
your system and
go back to work.“
— Eric Berry
Kansas City Chiefs safety
speaking to reporters
for the fi rst time since
being diagnosed with
Hodgkin’s lymphoma
eight months ago. Berry
underwent six round of
chemotherapy and was
cleared by team doc-
tors to resume playing
football on Tuesday.
He reported to training
camp with rookies on
Wednesday.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1864 — The ¿ rst Travers
Stakes at Saratoga is won by
Kentucky, a horse that scores
20 consecutive victories.
1967 — The New
Orleans Saints play their ¿ rst
preseason game and lose to
the Los Angeles Rams, 77-16.
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Staff photo by
Jonathan Bach
Nike N7 initiative comes to CTUIR
Staff photo by Jonathan Bach
Nike master trainer Benjamin Monk shows kids a body-weight ex-
ercise at the Nix’yaawii community school gym Wednesday morn-
ing. Monk was part of a Nike crew who visited the school this
week for the athletic wear company’s N7 initiative.
MISSION
Bomar takes lead at Senior Oregon Open
Idaho pro leads tight
grouping at top
East Oregonian
Billy Bomar matched the lowest
round of the tournament with a 64
on Wednesday to move one stroke
in front of defending champion Todd
Erwin at the Senior Oregon Open
Invitational at Wildhorse Resort and
Casino Golf Course.
The PGA professional from Post
Falls, Idaho shaved six strokes from
his opening round and heads into
today’s ¿ nal round 10-under par at
70-64—134.
Erwin brieÀ y moved into the lead
Wednesday, but added ¿ ve strokes
to his opening-day 65 by the time
he’d come off the back nine and held
steady in second at 65-70—135.
The ¿ eld saw a little more separa-
tion at the top after 13 golfers came
into the clubhouse within three strokes
of the lead on Day 1, but 11 players
are still within four strokes of Bomar
and only eight strokes separate No. 1
from No. 31.
First round leader Bob Christensen
continued to hold highest spot for an
amateur in the ¿ eld and was alone in
third at 64-72—136.
Past Senior Oregon Open Cham-
pions Chuck Milne (2005, 2010) and
Rob Gibbons (2008) were tied for
fourth with two-round 137 totals.
For the second day in a row there
was a hole-in-one. This time it was
Jack Schneider of Portland using his
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Todd Erwin,
of Tacoma,
smiles after
driving off
the 17th tee
Wednesday
during the
Senior Or-
egon Open
at the Wild-
horse Golf
Course.
Staff photo by
Kathy Aney
HERMISTON
/a *rande wins ¿ rst state championship Murrayhill
Victory over
Mt. Angel gives
program first
title at age group
After re-
cording the
fi nal out,
La Grande
celebrates
its fi rst
state
champi-
onship in
league his-
tory after
a 10-3 win
over Mt.
Angel on
Wednes-
day in
Hermiston.
By SAM BARBEE
East Oregonian
When the game ended,
parents,
grandparents,
siblings and any other form
of relative piled out onto
the main ¿ eld at Hermis-
ton’s Field of Dreams to
welcome the 9/10-year-old
Oregon state champion
La Grande Little League
all-stars on Wednesday.
One particularly excited
grandmother pumped her
¿ rst and said, ³First-ever
state
championship!”
Photos were taken on
the mound. La Grande’s
manager, Doug Schow,
was given an ice bath in
the center of the in¿ eld.
La Grande had just beaten
Staff photo by
Sam Barbee
Mt. Angel handily 10-3
for its league’s ¿ rst state
championship that anyone
could remember.
³The kids have been
working really hard,”
Schow said, dripping.
³It’s a big relief. I’ve had
a knot in my stomach all
weekend.”
That knot was released
quickly in the second
inning. Tied at one, La
Grande put together a
frame that Mt. Angel
couldn’t equal.
After two singles and
a hit-by-pitch, La Grande
had the bags packed with
no outs. A sac À y got
one in, and a single got
another for a 3-1 lead. Jace
Schow’s two-run single
put La Grande up 6-1 and
he would later score on a
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cruises past
Bend South
State final ends in
walk-off fashion
By SAM BARBEE
East Oregonian
On the back of each
Murrayhill cap is a pink
ribbon denoting breast cancer
awareness. It’s a reminder
of the adversity faced by a
couple players’ mothers who
have battled the disease.
Murrayhill honored their
¿ ght with a dominant 11-1
win over Bend South of
Wednesday, clinching the
10/11-year-old state tourna-
ment in Hermiston.
The championship run
also hit close to home for
manager Jeff Keller, who
was honoring a literal soldier
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