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SPORTS WEDNESDA<, )EB58A5< , 16 WAR ON 84 Sports shorts Tony Stewart hospitalized with non-racing injury 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS Buckaroos hold off Bulldogs C+A5L2TTE, NC (AP) — ThreetiPe NASCA5 chaPpion Tony Stewart is hospitalizeG with a back inMury anG Stewart- +aas 5acinJ saiG TuesGay the teaP is unsure of the extent of his inMuries S+5 spokesPan Mike ArninJ tolG The AssociateG Press that Stewart was inMureG in a non-racinJ acciGent on SunGay +e was beinJ eYaluateG at an unGiscloseG hospital anG able to PoYe all extrePities No further inforPation was JiYen anG ArninJ inGicateG Stewart’s conGition will not be upGateG aJain until ThursGay Stewart is retirinJ at the enG of this NASCA5 season, anG he was Gue to report next week to Daytona ,nternational SpeeGway to beJin preparinJ for the )eb Daytona Browns tired of Manziel’s antics; likely to part ways CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns say quarterback Johnny Manziel’s troubles oII the ¿ elG haYe unGerPineG his teaPPates anG the orJanization The teaP FACES releaseG a statePent TuesGay by new Yice SresiGent of football operations Sashi Brown, Manziel who saiG Manziel’s “continual inYolYePent in inciGents´ run counter to expectations for players Brown saiG Manziel’s status will “be aGGresseG when perPitteG by leaJue rules´ ,t was not iPPeGiately clear when the teaP can Pake a PoYe with Manziel Manziel is beinJ inYestiJateG by the N)L for the seconG tiPe in three Ponths Last weekenG in Texas, police were calleG to an apartPent coPplex where a woPan, iGenti¿ eG as Manziel’s exJirlfrienG, saiG she was inYolYeG in a Gisturbance with the yearolG player The leaJue cleareG Manziel of wronJGoinJ followinJ a ¿ Jht with his JirlfrienG in 2ctober “I don’t even want to touch on the topic of ‘black quarterback’ because I think this game is bigger than black, white or even green. I think we limit ourselves when we just label ourselves just black this, that ...“ — Cam Newton Carolina Panthers QB responding to a question on the recent post-season prevelance of African-American quarterbacks during a Super Bowl media session on Tuesday. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1980 — Larry BirG hits the ¿ rst -point shot in the history of the NBA All-Star *aPe BirG’ caPe in oYer- tiPe when the East outscores the West 16-8 in the extra perioG for a 1-16 win 2013 — The BaltiPore 5aYens surYiYe a power outaJe at the Super Bowl to eGJe the San )rancisco ers -1 Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com Staff photo by E.J. Harris Pendleton’s James Bradt and Hermiston’s Andrew James battle for a loose ball in the Bucks’ 67-57 win against the Bulldogs’ on Tuesday in Hermiston. PenGleton surYiYes +erPsiton’s seconG-half rally for riYalry win By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian +ERM,STON — DeYon Roe set the tone, CaGen SPith carrieG the scorinJ early anG JaPes BraGt caPe up biJ in the fourth quarter as PenGleton’s boys basket- ball teaP helG on to beat +erPiston 6- TuesGay niJht in a JaPe the Bucka- roos neYer traileG “,t’s touJh in this enYironPent, it’s fun,´ saiG ¿ rst-year PenGleton coach .yle TeGGer, who coacheG his ¿ rst War on 8 JaPe in +erPiston “There’s a lot of pressure, you’Ye Jot the fans on top of you, anG our boys responGeG well anG caPe out anG GiG their Mob´ With each teaP lookinJ to lanG the ¿ rst blow in the riYalry series, which Pay well GeciGe the ColuPbia RiYer Conference chaPpion Boys Hoops Pendleton Hermiston 67 57 this season, Roe caPe out anG JaYe PenGleton an early boost on the JaPe’s ¿ rst two possessions After the Bucks (10-6, -0 CRC) won the openinJ tip, Roe Jot the ball Gown low anG after PissinJ his ¿ rst shot, JrabbeG the rebounG anG scoreG on the putback for the leaG Then he blockeG +erP- iston’s ¿ rst shot attePpt on the other enG “CoPinJ out, our ePotions are alreaGy hiJh,´ saiG BraGt, “anG coPinJ out anG startinJ out like that froP a Juy like DeYon, he’s Jot a lot of excitePent anG it’s fun watchinJ hiP play, anG it Must Jets all of us puPpeG up anG reaGy to Jo eYen Pore than we alreaGy were´ The BullGoJs (8-10, 1-) GiGn’t let that phase theP, thouJh, anG battleG back to tie the score twice in the ¿ rst quarter before CaGen SPith’s three-pointer put PenGleton up for JooG 1-11 with a little Pore than See PENDLETON/2B Hot-shooting Bulldogs cruise past Bucks BullGoJs shoot percent in seconG half to roll to win Herm- iston’s Kynzee Padilla shoots the ball in front of Pendle- ton’s Ha- ley Greb in the Bulldogs’ 64-35 win against the Bucks on Tues- day in Hermis- ton. By SAM BARBEE East Oregonian +ERM,STON — )or soPe tiPe now, +erPiston Jirls basketball coach SteYe +offert has been hounGeG by his players to run a full- court press +e aGGeG it to the teaPs’ arsenal earlier this season, but chose to wait to Gebut it until leaJue play, to senG a PessaJe he saiG ,t has workeG as planneG in +erPiston’s ¿ rst three leaJue JaPes, incluGinJ TuesGay’s 6- win oYer riYal PenGleton in front of a pinkeG-out crowG to honor .athryn <ounJPan, a Staff photo by E.J. Harris Girls Hoops Pendleton Hermiston 35 64 forPer +erPiston Spanish teacher anG current PenG- leton teacher who is in the PiGst of her thirG bout with cancer Sara RaPirez leG all scorers with 17 points, Jansen EGPiston aGGeG 1 points anG .ynzaa PaGilla haG 11 points in the win .alan Mc*lothan leG PenGleton with 1 points “,t was pretty Puch Must Jet our press Pistakes cut to the Pax anG Must haYe theP turn oYer the ball without foulinJ,´ PaGilla saiG of her teaP’s intent while runninJ the press “The Jirls were GyinJ to run it,´ +offert saiG “, saiG µWe’re not Jonna show it, because eYeryone’s watchinJ’ We’re Jonna show it in leaJue anG people arounG the state are Jonna haYe to prepare for it´ ThouJh +erPiston hasn’t run its press Puch, it’s essentially fully- forPeG There was a stretch in the ¿ rst quarter when PenGleton struJJleG to cross PiGcourt, anG +erPiston scoreG easy layups anG Jot riJht back into the press 4uickly +erPiston was up 10- anG the frustration was PountinJ on the PenGleton bench That saiG, a feeGinJ frenzy of sorts GeYelopeG Gue to the aPount of steals +erPiston JathereG )roP the openinJ tip, it seePeG, +erPiston was the better teaP ThouJh its offense struJJleG in the ¿ rst See BULLDOGS/2B NBA McColluP scores , leaGs Blazers to th-straiJht win PortlanG now Must two JaPes below the Park By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer PORTLAND — CJ McColluP is harGly surpriseG the Trail Blazers are haYinJ Pore success “,t was Must a Patter of tiPe before we starteG to click,´ he saiG “)orty JaPes, JaPes in, that’s when you start to see a NBA Milwaukee Portland 95 107 better branG of basketball all arounG´ McColluP scoreG points anG PortlanG beat the Milwaukee Bucks 1- on TuesGay niJht for its season-hiJh ¿ fth straiJht win DaPian LillarG haG 1 points anG 1 assists for his 11th Gouble-Gouble of the season Al-)arouq APinu aGGeG 16 points for the Blazers, who haYe won nine of 11 PortlanG is eiJhth in the Western Conference anG eGJinJ closer to at -6 “This JaPe was kinG of siPilar to the last few JaPes we’Ye been playinJ,´ coach Terry Stotts saiG “We’Ye been playinJ soliG Gefense OffensiYely, we’Ye been PoYinJ the ball anG for the Post part playinJ well with the leaG Just GoinJ a lot of JooG thinJs´ See BLAZERS/2B AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer) Portland Trail Blazers guard C.J. McCollum, center, shoots between Milwaukee Bucks center Greg Mon- roe, left, and guard Khris Middleton during the second half of Tuesday’s game in Portland.
