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SPORTS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2016 Sports shorts Judge OKs reworked NCAA concussions deal _ CHICAGO (AP) — A federal judge gave prelim- inary approval Tuesday to a reworked head-injury settlement between thousands of former athletes and the NCAA that includes a $70 million fund to pay for brain trauma testing and limits legal immunity for the nation’s largest college sports governing body. U.S. District Judge John Lee praised the new deal for expanding potential plain- tiffs to athletes from sports beyond football, hockey and other contact sports. But he suggested several changes — most notably ones modifying what would have been a blanket protection for the NCAA from class-action lawsuits over concussions, something the organization PD\¿QGXQDFFHSWDEOH NFL conducting investigation of Peyton Manning DENVER (AP) — The NFL says it is conducting a comprehensive review of allegations that Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning had human growth hormone delivered to his house. There’s no timetable to complete the FACES investigation, but it’s not expected before the Denver plays Carolina in the Super Bowl on Feb. 7. Manning League spokesman Brian McCarthy says the inquiry, which began weeks ago, involves reviews of records, interviews and coordination with other agencies. Al Jazeera reported last month that an intern at an Indianapolis anti-aging clinic was secretly recorded suggesting that Manning’s wife received deliveries of HGH, which is banned by the league. Manning, then with the Colts, was rehabbing from shoulder surgeries. The intern, Charles Sly, has since recanted his story. “The clean sport movement is at a crossroads. The athletes of the world are watching and waiting.“ — Sarah Konrad U.S. Olympic Commit- tee athletes’ advisory council chair in a letter to the International Olympic Committee and World Anti-Dop- ing Agency sent this week on behalf of U.S. olympic athletes urging the agencies to expand the investigation into Russian doping to sports beyond track and i eld. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1973 — UCLA, led by Bill Walton, sets an NCAA record for consecutive victories with its 61st win, an 82-63 victory over Notre Dame. UCLA breaks the record of 60 set by San Francisco in 1956. Walton ¿QLVKHV ZLWK SRLQWV rebounds and 10 blocks. 1991 — The New York Giants survive the closest Super Bowl when Scott Norwood is ZLGHOHIWRQD\DUG¿HOGJRDO attempt with 8 seconds left. The Giants win their second Super %RZOLQ¿YH\HDUVRYHU the Buffalo Bills. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS PENDLETON Tigers slip past Buckaroos Second-half turnovers, poor free throw shooting plagues Pendleton By ERIC SINGER East Oregonian PENDLETON — Following the Pendleton Buckaroos’ blowout win over Hood River on Friday, team spirits appeared to be through the roof. It was a turning point for the team, starting off conference play with perhaps its most complete and cleanest game all season to provide a big boost of FRQ¿GHQFH La Grande However, that boost seemed to wear out in the second half of 3HQGOHWRQ¶V ¿QDO non-league contest Pendleton of the season against La Grande on Tuesday, in which the Bucks could not hang on to a second-half lead and fell 51-48. “I think we just got tired,” said Pendleton coach Michelle Gomez. “I didn’t make a lot of substitutions tonight and we got tired and I think took some plays off.” In that half, Pendleton (6-10) mustered just 15 points after netting LQ WKH ¿UVW KDOI DV LW VWUXJJOHG with La Grande’s defensive pres- sure. The Bucks made just 6 of 22 second-half shot attempts and had a staggering 15 turnovers after the break — 22 total. “The turnovers are kind of a learning process when it comes to end-of-game situations,” Gomez said. “We lost a lot of focus at the end.” Two of those turnovers ended up Staff photo by Kathy Aney burying the Bucks. Riley Gentner (1), of Pendleton, fi ghts for the ball with La Grande’s McKenzie Tussey (31) and Lacey Miles (21) during Tuesday’s game at Warberg Court. See BUCKAROOS/2B 51 48 NBA HERMISTON McCollum carries Blazers to win Associated Press PORTLAND — Sacramento forward DeMarcus Cousins, unstoppable in the Kings’ past two games, found his match NBA Tuesday night in the Portland Trail Blazers’ defense. C o u s i n s , Sacramento coming off games of 56 and 48 points, missed 17 of his 21 shots and scored 17 Portland points against Portland interior defense in the Blazers’ 112-95 win. C.J. McCollum scored 18 points, Damian Lillard had 15 points and 13 assists as Portland had seven players score in double ¿JXUHV Cousins was coming off a fran- chise-high 56-point performance Monday night against Charlotte, but never got untracked against a &RQ¿GHQFH results not lacking in Hermiston’s wrestling room 95 By SAM BARBEE East Oregonian 112 (AP Photo/Steve Dykes) Portland Trail Blazers guard C.J. McCollum (3) shoots over Sacra- mento Kings center Willie Cauley-Stein (00) during the fi rst half of an NBA basketball game in Portland on Tuesday. Portland defense led by Meyers Leonard and Mason Plumlee. &RXVLQVPLVVHGQLQHRIKLV¿UVW 10 shots and went 1-of-7 during the second half before leaving midway through the fourth quarter with Portland having the game in hand. Cousins also struggled at the free throw line, making 9 of 17. See BLAZERS/2B Prep Roundup Big third boosts Pendleton over La Grande Bucks survive off night by Smith Bulldogs on pace for state title Not to be deterred, the Bucks came out in the third quarter on a 21-4 run that was driven by Daniel Adams, James Bradt and Mekhi )RUHPDQWRHUDVHWKHLUGH¿FLWDQG East Oregonian put La Grande (5-7) away. $GDPV ¿QLVKHG ZLWK D JDPH LA GRANDE — The Pend- high 17 points, Bradt added 15 leton Buckaroos learned they can and Foreman chipped in 10. Smith survive and off night by their most ¿QLVKHGZLWKQLQH dynamic scorer and took down La “Caden had an off-night and Grande 58-49 on the road Tuesday that’s going to happen from time in non-league boys basketball. to time, but we had a lot of guys On most nights, junior Caden VWHSXS´VDLG¿UVW\HDU3HQGOHWRQ Smith could be penciled in for coach Kyle Tedder, “We responded about 20 points before tip-off, and WRWKHDGYHUVLW\RIWKH¿UVWKDOI´ more often than not he exceeds Devon Roe led Pendleton with that number by game’s end. 13 rebounds. But with Smith struggling to Zack Jacobs had a team-high ¿QGKLVVKRRWLQJWRXFKDJDLQVWWKH 14 points for La Grande. Tigers, Pendleton (8-6) went into Pendleton has only league the locker room at halftime trailing games left from here, and will host 29-19. The Dalles on Thursday at 7 p.m. After playing their last nine out of 10 games on the road, Tedder said the team is eager to play at Warberg Court and “put on a show” for the home crowd. ——— PHS (8-6) 10 9 21 18 — 58 LGHS (5-7) 14 15 4 16 — 49 PENDLETON — D. Adams 17, J. Bradt 15, M. Foreman 10, C. Smith 9, K. Quinn 2, J. Stuvland 2, W. Morris, D. Roe. LA GRANDE — Z. Jacobs 14, I. Cranford 8, E. Siltanen 7, A. Peasley 6, J. Schiller 5, G. Blackman 4, M. Wisdom 3, C. Brandt 2. 3-pointers — PHS 5, LGHS 6. Free throws — PHS 11-16, LGHS 5-12. Fouls — PHS 18, LGHS 14. Technicals — C. Smith (PHS). WESTON-MCEWEN 45, MAC-HI 38 — At Athena, the Weston-McEwen TigerScots rode a strong defensive effort in the second half to overcome a halftime GH¿FLWDQGHDUQDQRQOHDJXHZLQ over Mac-Hi on Tuesday night. See PREPS/2B At the beginning of the wrestling season, it would have been easy to assume the Herm- iston wrestling team would win its fourth-straight OSAA title. Already on campus were returning state champions and future state champions were arriving. The path seemed laid before the ¿UVW VWHSV ZHUH WDNHQ +RZHYHU Bulldog grapplers are quickly learning that the name on the singlet is unimportant, ultimately. “We’re getting beat in these tougher tournaments not neces- sarily because teams are better than us, or we’re not doing the right things in the wrestling room, we just, as a program, as a high school team, we gotta honestly MXVW WRXJKHQ XS´ ¿UVW\HDU FRDFK Kyle Larson said. “Teams aren’t beating us because they’re better at wrestling. They’re not beating us because we’re not loading the bus and we’re leaving kids See BULLDOGS/2B “The only way we’re not gonna win the state title is if we do not load the bus.” — Kyle Larson, Hermiston head wrestling coach
