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HERMISTON
Mariners sign
veteran Peralta to
shore up bullpen
Hermiston beats down Hood River
SEATTLE (AP) — Relief
pitcher Joel Peralta has
agreed to a
minor league
contract with
the Seattle
Mariners and
will report
to big league
spring training.
The 39-year-old right-
hander has spent parts of 11
seasons in the major leagues
with six clubs.
Peralta was 3-1 with a
4.34 ERA in 33 games with
the Los Angeles Dodgers
last season, spending two
stints on the disabled list
with shoulder and neck
injuries.
He is 19-34 with a
3.94 ERA in 589 relief
appearances in his big league
career. Peralta appeared in
296 games with Tampa Bay
from 2011-13 after pitching
for the Los Angeles Angels
(2005), Kansas City (2006-
08), Colorado (2009) and
Washington (2010).
Herm-
iston’s
Chance
Flores
shoots
the ball
guarded
by Hood
River’s
Dallas
Buckley
in the
Bulldogs’
84-44 win
against
the Eagles
on Tuesday
in Hermis-
ton.
Clippers suspend
%ODNH*ULI¿Q
games without pay
LOS ANGELES (AP) —
The Los Angeles Clippers
sXspenGeG %lDNe GriI¿ n
four games without pay on
Tuesday for punching a team
staff member. His salary will
be withheld for
FACES an additional
game because
he broke his
shooting hand.
In all,
Grif¿ n will
lose $859,442
from his season
Grifi n
salary of
$18,907,725.
A team spokesman said
the suspension will begin
when Grif¿ n is healthy,
cleared to play and active.
He was expected to be out
four-to-six weeks while his
hand heals.
The Clippers end a four-
game road trip Wednesday
night in Boston before the
All-Star break this weekend.
They resume play with a
four-game trip starting Feb.
18 in San Antonio.
points and grabbing seven rebounds.
“One-hundred percent needed to get a
win. And we got it.“
As is the usual for Hermiston (9-11,
2-3 CRC), especially since losing
6-foot-3 forward Tre Neal to a season-
ending injury, the Bulldogs were
By SAM BARBEE
undersized against the Eagles (2-15,
East Oregonian
2-3), and that proved the deciding
factor in January’s upset. The
Revenge can be a poor Boys Hoops Eagles grabbed more than 30
motivator sometimes. Teams
offensive rebounds the night,
can get so caught up in
making life miserable for the
repaying another that they lose
Bulldog defense.
sight of small details and play Hood River
Tuesday night, Hood River
over-emotional, leading to
had just eight second-shot
sloppy mistakes.
opportunities in the ¿ rst
That didn’t happen Tuesday
half thanks to McCullough,
night, when the Hermiston
Preston Peterson, Dayshawn
boys basketball team avenged
Neal, and numerous others
a 12-point loss to the two-win
constantly cleaning the glass.
Hermiston
Hood River Valley Eagles in
“They still had more than
January with an 84-44 disman-
we wanted them to have,
tling at The Dawghouse.
but we still did a good job of
“We had to get a win,”
keeping them off the boards,”
Hermiston
forward
Thomas Ego said. “That helps your defense.
McCullough said after making his When they’re getting so many second
¿ rst varsity start and scoring seven
See HERMISTON/2B
Bulldogs score
season-high 84 points
in rout of Eagles
44
Staff photo by
E.J. Harris
84
PENDLETON
Bucks outlast Riverhawks
Pendleton stands alone in
second place in CRC with
win on Tuesday
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
When the Pendleton Buckaroos and The Dalles
Riverhawks met for the ¿ rst time this season on Jan.
30, the Buckaroos kept it close in the ¿ rst half before
The Dalles used its height advantage to put away
Pendleton.
On Tuesday night, the Buckaroos once again
kept it close throughout the ¿ rst half, except this
time the Buckaroos fought off the height and used
some lock-down defense to hold off The Dalles for
a 48-43 victory.
“We had sights of being
mentally strong, but we needed Girls Hoops
to be able to show it for four
quarters,” said Pendleton coach
Michelle Gomez. “Our con¿ -
The Dalles
dence was bigger (tonight), we
were a little hesitant in the ¿ rst
quarter, but defensively we were
really strong.”
Kalan McGlothan was a huge
presence inside for Pendleton
Pendleton
(8-12, 3-2 CRC) as she totaled a
team-high 18 points and went 6
for 11 from the free throw line to
lead the way.
“(Kalan’s) been amazing all season,” Gomez
said. “These last couple games, she’s really ¿ gured
out her role and who she wants to be and it’s been
great. She knows how important she is to the team,
and she’s come out and been a real strong body
inside.”
The game started slow for both sides, as The
Dalles (10-9, 2-3) rushed out to an 8-2 lead before
its offense went cold for the rest of the quarter and
allowed Pendleton to climb back with a 5-0 run.
The second quarter is when the Buckaroos really
found their groove on offense. They worked the
pick-and-roll with McGlothan and attacked the
basket, resulting in several open shot attempts and
numerous free throw opportunities. Pendleton shot
4-7 from inside the 3-point line in the quarter, and
¿ nished 7-8 from the free throw line.
Pendleton grabbed its ¿ rst lead at the 645 mark
of the second when Lauren Richards nailed a high-
arching 3-pointer from the left wing to put the Bucks
up 13-10. From that point on, the two teams tallied
three ties and six lead changes in the quarter alone,
leading to a 25-23 lead for Pendleton at halftime.
During that break, McGlothan said that Gomez’s
See BUCKS/2B
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“I’ve been on
record to say I’m
a sore loser. Who
likes to lose? You
show me a good
loser and I’m
going to show
you a loser. It’s
not a popularity
contest. I’m here
to win football
games.’’
— Cam Newton
Carolina Panthers QB
speaking to the media on
Tuesday as the Panthers’
players cleaned out their
lockers. Newton defended
his actions of walking out
on the post-game press
conference following
Super Bowl 50 — which
garnered heavy criti-
cism from fans and the
media— adding that he
“didn’t want to talk to the
media at the time.”
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1969 — LSU’s Pete
Maravich scores 66 points in
a 110-94 loss to Tulane.
1991 — Charles Barkley
of the Philadelphia 76ers,
playing with a stress fracture
in his left foot, becomes the
NBA All-Star MVP with 17
points and 22 rebounds after
leading the East to a 116-114
victory.
2002 — Kobe Bryant
of the Los Angeles Lakers
scores 31 points to lead the
Western Conference to a
135-120 win over the East.
Contact us at 541-966-0838 or
sports@eastoregonian.com
In this
Sept. 6,
2014, i le
photo
Irrigon’s
Fredy
Vera runs
past Riv-
erside’s
Daniel
Cornelius
during a
football
game in
Board-
man.
EO i le pho-
to/E.J. Harris
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Pendleton’s Kalan McGlothan (34) and Jodi Thomasian (11), of The Dalles, vie for a
rebound Tuesday night at Warberg Court.
Prep Football
Several locals selected for Shrine Game
All-star football
game to be played
in August
East Oregonian
Rosters for the 64th East-
West All-Star Football Game
were released on Tuesday,
and up to 10 local high
school seniors could end up
participating in the bene¿ t
game for Portland Shriners
Hospital for Children.
Five players were chosen
for the stacked East team
while ¿ ve more were selected
as alternates for the game that
will be played on Saturday,
Aug. 6, in Baker City.
Heppner’s Patrick Collins
(OL/DL) and C.J. Kindle
(RB/LB), Irrigon’s Fredy
Vera (RB/DB), Stan¿ eld’s
Jarred Warren (OL/DL) and
Weston-McEwen’s Devon
Rhoades (OL/LB) were
selected for the East squad
out of nominated 1A-4A
seniors.
Heppner’s Kaden Clark
(QB/DB)
and
Weston
Putman (TE/LB), Irrigon’s
Cougar Kroske (OL/DL),
Echo’s Hayden Sather (OL/
LB) and Umatilla’s Josh
Dever (WR/DB) were picked
as alternates.
Coaches nominate players
and select the teams, but
may only nominate one of
their own players as well as
any other players from their
league they feel are worthy.
Each team has 30 players and
30 alternates.
The East leads the all-time
series 29-25-3 and could end
up with the 2A-4A Players of
the Year should they choose
to participate. Collins and
Kindle were the 2A Defensive
and Offensive Players of the
Year, respectively, Cascade’s
Garrett Coffey (RB/LB) was
the 4A Player of the Year,
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