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SPORTS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2015 Sports shorts Milwuakee swats Trail Blazers MILWAUKEE (AP) — Greg Monroe’s layup put Milwaukee ahead with seconds left and John Henson swatted away Meyers Leonard’s potential game-winning shot to help the Bucks edge the Portland Trail Blazers 90-88 on Monday night. O.J. Mayo hit a 3-pointer that cut Portland’s lead to 88-87. After a Trail Blazers timeout, Michael Carter-Wil- liams tied up CJ McCollum DVERWKIHOOWRWKHÀRRULQD scramble on the inbounds play. Carter-Williams won the jump ball and the Bucks worked it down low to Monroe. He muscled his way in for a layup and the %XFNV¶¿UVWOHDGVLQFHHDUO\ in the fourth quarter. Portland had one last chance, but Henson GHÀHFWHG/HRQDUG¶VLQFORVH shot to preserve the win. Brooks leads Ducks past Navy HONOLULU (AP) — Dillon Brooks scored 19 points to lead four Oregon SOD\HUVLQGRXEOH¿JXUHV and the 24th-ranked Ducks beat Navy 67-47 on Monday night in the FACES Pearl Harbor Invitational. Brooks, who ¿QLVKHGRI IURPWKH¿HOG had 13 points by halftime. Dwayne Brooks Benjamin scored 16 points, Chris Boucher had a double- double with 14 points and 14 rebounds and Casey Benson added 10 points for the Ducks (7-1). Oregon shot 47 percent IURPWKH¿HOGDQGZDVRI 16 from the free throw line. It got 20 points off 18 Navy turnovers. Will Kelly had 13 points and eight rebounds and Jace Hogan added 10 points for the Midshipmen (7-3), who saw their seven-game winning streak snapped. Navy, whose bench outscored Oregon’s 22-0, never led in the game. “Wade is a proven major league starter who brings a level of stability to the middle of our rotation.“ — Jerry Dipoto Mariners General Man- ager on newly acquired LHP Wade Miley, 29. The Mariners traded for Miley with the Boston Red Sox, giving up reliever Carson Smith and starter Roenis Elias. Seattle also received reliever Jonathan Aro. Miley was 11-11 with a 4.46 ERA in 32 starts last season. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1940 — The Chicago Bears beat Washington 73-0 for the most one-sided victory in NFL Championship play. 1961 — Philadelphia’s Wilt Chamberlain scores 78 points and grabs 43 rebounds in a 151-147 triple overtime loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. Elgin Baylor leads the Lakers with 63 points. 1987 — Ron Hextall of the Philadelphia Flyers EHFRPHVWKH¿UVW1+/JRDO tender to shoot a puck into the opposing goal in a 5-2 victory over the Boston Bruins. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS 26$$MXJJOHVFODVVL¿FDWLRQV Hermiston, Pendleton reunite with IMC members for football special district, Irrigon moving up to 3A By SAM BARBEE East Oregonian The Hermiston Bulldogs and Pendleton Buckaroos will return to the Intermountain Conference, at least for two seasons. In an announcement made by the OSAA on Monday, The Dalles was granted independent status in foot- ball for the next two seasons, causing a serious shakeup in eastern Oregon prep athletics. With The Dalles leaving the four-team Columbia River Conference, it leaves just three teams in the CRC, and the OSAA made the logical move in combining the IMC and CRC into a special district for the next two seasons. The move will be for football only. In other OSAA news, the 3A Eastern Oregon League gained two teams when Irrigon and Burns moved up from 2A. Starting for the 2016-17 seasons, the EOL will be comprised of Vale, Nyssa, Umatilla, Riverside, Irrigon and Burns. That leaves the 2A Columbia Basin Conference ZLWK6WDQ¿HOG+HSSQHU3LORW5RFN Culver and Weston-McEwen. MISSION Golden Eagles soar on new court Nixyaawii routs Sherman East Oregonian MISSION — The Nixy- aawii basketball teams broke in their new court with a pair of blowout victories over Sherman on Monday. 7KHJLUOVKDG¿UVWKRQRUV and wasted no time in putting Sherman down big en route to a 62-6 victory for the ¿UVW ZLQ RQ WKH UHFHQWO\ completed hardwood. The boys followed with a 79-48 thumping of the Huskies on the strength of a big second half. The Golden Eagles scored 54 points after intermission, with 30 coming in the fourth quarter to pull away from the Huskies. Coach Shane Rivera said there were no major changes to the game plan after taking a 25-18 lead into the locker Staff photo by E.J. Harris room. Nixyaawii’s Hunter McKay takes the ball to the hoop surrounded by Sherman defenders in the Golden Ea- “We just did a better job gles’ game against the Huskies on Monday in Mission. It was the fi rst home game of the season for Nixy- aawii since the completion of its new court. See GOLDEN EAGLES/2B Timbers win MLS Cup Portland Timbers forward Lu- cas Melano, left, of Ar- gentina,and forward Fanendo Adi, of Nigeria, raise the trophy after defeating the Colum- bus Crew 2-1 in the MLS Cup champion- ship soccer game Sun- day, Dec. 6, 2015, in Columbus, Ohio. Controversial goal provides difference ball from his right foot to the left for a clearance. But Portland Clark didn’t see Valeri closing and Associated Press WKH PLG¿HOGHU poked the ball COLUMBUS, Ohio — Diego away from him Valeri scored at the 27-second mark and into the goal. for the fastest goal in MLS Cup Columbus The Crew had history and the Portland Timbers barely recovered ZRQWKHOHDJXHWLWOHIRUWKH¿UVWWLPH when a mental beating the Columbus Crew 2-1 on gaffe gave Port- Sunday. Rodney Wallace made it 2-0 in land a controversial second goal. &UHZ PLG¿HOGHU 7RQ\ 7FKDQL the seventh minute, and the Crew’s Kei Kamara scored in the 18th off a and several teammates stopped playing when the ball rolled several scramble in front of the goal. %XW WKH HDUO\ GH¿FLW ZDV WRR feet over the right boundary. Instead of a stoppage for a throw-in, Port- much for Columbus to overcome. Just after the opening whistle, land’s Darlington Nagbe kept going &ROXPEXV PLG¿HOGHU :LO 7UDSS with the ball and sent a pass wide to sent a back pass to goalkeeper Lucas Melano, who found Wallace Steve Clark, who tried to move the for the header. 2 1 AP Photo/Jay LaPrete PENDLETON Bantams sink Bucks LQ5HG/LRQ¿QDO Clarkston takes control in third quarter to hand Pendleton first loss By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian From Saturday Clarkston (WA) Pendleton 68 43 midway through the third quarter to pull away, and the foul-ham- pered Bucks trailed by double After taking over the Pend- digits the rest of the way en route leton boys basketball program to a 68-43 loss. LQ ODWH VXPPHU ¿UVWWLPH KHDG Pendleton junior Caden Smith coach Kyle Tedder was already picked up his fourth foul with preparing himself for the ups and 5:36 left in the third quarter, and downs that were sure to occur Pendleton’s offense sputtered early this season. without its go-to scorer, who Coming off the high of a ¿QLVKHG ZLWK D WHDPKLJK season-opening win against points. Junior post John Stuvland Sandpoint (ID) on Friday, the also was benched with four fouls Buckaroos were feeling pretty shortly after Smith. low following Saturday’s “They’re a great team. second-half collapse against They’ve got a lot of experienced Clarkston (WA) in the Red Lion guys and they’re well coached,” Classic championship at Warberg Tedder said of Clarkston. “They Court. came out and pressured us and The two-time defending 2A they knew we would be on our Washington state champion See BUCKS/2B Bantams used a 10-0 burst James Bradt (24), of Pendle- ton, goes up for a shot de- spite pres- sure from a trio of Clarkston players Saturday at the Red Lion Clas- sic Basket- ball Tourna- ment. Staff photo by Kathy Aney
