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SPORTS FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2016 WAR ON 84 Sports shorts Horton selected as USA Collegiate Team manager 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS Bulldogs dominate rivalry dual DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Oregon coach George Horton has been named manager of the 2016 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team. USA Baseball also announced Thursday that Jason Gill, Mitch Karraker, David Pierce, Dave Serrano, and Dave Snow would serve as assistants. Horton, an assistant on the 2012 Collegiate National Team, is entering his eighth season at Oregon. He’s led the Ducks WR1&$$UHJLRQDOV¿YH of the last seven seasons. Horton previously coached Cal State Fullerton, winning the national championship in 2014. The Collegiate National Team will train in Fullerton, California, and compete against teams in the California Collegiate League from June 28 to July 2. The team will follow with trips to Chinese Taipei, Japan and Cuba. LeBron donates uniforms to Toronto schools CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James crossed the Canadian border to dish out an All-Star assist. The Cavaliers forward surprised school kids in Toronto by FACES giving them new team uniforms on Thursday, a giveaway sponsored by James’ family foundation James as a way of thanking this year’s host city for the NBA All-Star game. The new uniforms for 23 teams from a variety of sports, including basketball, badminton, cricket, ultimate Frisbee, rugby and a special needs group, were unveiled during a fashion show at Earl Haig Secondary School. The teams from across the city were chosen by the LeBron James Family Foundation as a reward for sportsmanship and leadership. “I’ve never seen a demographic like that on a golf course where you’re sort of running the gauntlet from one tee to the other. Everyone was under 21 and 80 percent female.“ — Justin Rose U.S. Open champion commenting on his i rst round at the AT&T Peb- ble Beach Pro-Am with partner Justin Timber- lake. Rose shot a 6-un- der 66 in his i rst time playing the Spyglass Hill course at Pebble Beach. Chez Reavie shot a 8-under 63 at Monterey Peninsula to take the lead after the i rst round. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 2005 — Allen Iverson scores 60 points, a career high, to lead the Philadelphia 76ers to a 112-99 victory over the Orlando Magic. 2007 — Duke, with its ¿UVW IRXUJDPH ORVLQJ VNLG in 11 years, falls out of The Associated Press men’s poll IRUWKH¿UVWWLPHVLQFHWKHHQG of the 1995-96 season. The Blue Devils had been in the media poll for 200 straight weeks. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com Staff photo by E.J. Harris Hermiston’s Joey Gutierrez controls the arms of Pendleton’s J.D. Peters on Thursday in the Bulldogs’ win against the Bucks in Pendleton. Hermiston beats Pendleton in final action before district tournaments Wrestling By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian Staff photo by E.J. Harris Hermiston’s Bob Coleman pins Pendleton’s Greg Lee in the 182-pound bout Thursday in the Bulldogs’ 52-13 win against the Bucks in Pendleton. PENDLETON — There didn’t appear to be much Daylon Eng could do to avoid the inevitable. Trailing 6-3 with time running out in the third period, it had been nearly four minutes since the Hermiston 113-pound sophomore had been able to score a point against Pendleton’s Chris Chambers. $VWKH¿QDOFRXQWGRZQEHJDQKLVIDWH it would seem, was sealed. But then in the blink of an eye Eng found the opening he’d been looking for and rolled Chambers onto his back and scored four points with a reversal and takedown to come out on top 7-6. It was one of the closest matches in the Hermiston Pendleton 52 13 War on 84 dual that ended up lopsided in favor of the Bulldogs, who won 52-13 at Warberg Court on Thursday. “I was down in points and I just wanted to get that guy over and try to pin him on his back, so I rolled him over and got him in a backwards cradle kind of,” Eng said. “It just happened in the moment, it was pretty cool.” Hermiston coach Kyle Larson said See WAR ON 84/2B Men’s Basketball Oregon State earns rare win at Stanford Oregon State guard Gary Pay- ton II (1) is defended by Stan- ford guard Malcolm Allen (3) during Thursday’s game in Stanford, Calif. Tinkle nets team- high 19 points in win By ROB GLOSTER Associated Press STANFORD, Calif. — Tres Tinkle had 19 points and Oregon State never trailed in a 62-50 win at Stanford that gave the Beavers WKHLU¿UVWURDGYLFWRU\LQD3DF conference game in more than a year. Gary Payton added 14 points and Malcolm Duvivier had 11 for Oregon State (15-8, 6-6 Pac 12), which has won three straight. Rosco Allen scored 12 points to lead Stanford (11-11, 4-7), which lost its fourth straight. It was just the second win by (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Oregon State at Stanford since 1993. The Beavers had lost 20 of their previous 21 games at Maples Pavilion, winning only in 2009. 7KH YLFWRU\ ZDV WKH ¿UVW IRU WKH Beavers in a conference road game since Jan. 17, 2015, snapping a streak of 10 straight road losses in Pac-12 play. Oregon State opened the second half with an 11-4 run to build an 11-point lead, and Pac-12 Oregon St. Stanford 62 50 a 3-pointer by Payton with 8½ minutes remaining made it 47-35. The Cardinal made a late run, scoring six straight points to pull within 51-46 with three minutes left, but Payton responded with a layup and Stanford never got FORVHUWKDQ¿YHSRLQWVWKHUHVWRI the game. The Beavers led 33-29 at halftime after shooting better from beyond the 3-point line (6 of 12) than from inside the arc (6 RI LQ WKH ¿UVW KDOI 'XYLYLHU had three of those 3-pointers and Tinkle had two. Ducks’ win streak snapped in blowout by Cal when the two teams met in Eugene. Bird got Cal off to a fast start with three quick 3-pointers Oregon California early and repeatedly burned the Ducks from the perimeter. He ¿QLVKHG ZLWK ¿YH V DQG WKH By MICHAEL WAGAMAN It’s Cal’s third win over a Bears had nine overall. Associated Press 2UHJRQPDGHRQH¿QDOSXVK ranked team this season and second in less than three weeks. late and pulled within 72-57 BERKELEY, Calif. — Jaylen Brown added 16 with 4:51 remaining before Jabari Bird scored 16 of his points, Ivan Rabb had 13 points Kameron Rooks scored on a season-high 24 points in the and seven rebounds, while tip-in to half the Ducks’ surge. ¿UVWKDOIDQGSXQFWXDWHGKLVELJ 7\URQH :DOODFH ¿QLVKHG ZLWK Brown followed with three night with a reverse dunk in 10 points in his return to the consecutive baskets for Cal WKH¿QDOVHFRQGVOHDGLQJ&DOL lineup after missing nearly a before Bird scored on a reverse dunk to cap the Bears’ scoring fornia to an 83-63 victory over month. No. 11 Oregon on Thursday Dillon Brooks scored 17 and bring the sellout crowd of night. points, and Chris Boucher added 10,628 to its feet. UP NEXT The Golden Bears (16-8, 6-5 11 points and six rebounds for Oregon: At Stanford on Pac-12) never trailed and led by Oregon. The Ducks (20-5, 9-3) (AP Photo/Ben Margot) as much as 25 while remaining had their six-game winning Saturday. California’s Kingsley Okoroh, right, cel- California: Hosts Oregon ebrates a score against Oregon during unbeaten at Haas Pavilion this streak snapped. season. Thursday’s game in Berkeley, Calif.. Cal lost to Oregon 68-65 State on Saturday. Golden Bears never trail in win versus No. 11 Oregon Pac-12 63 83
