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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
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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
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in 11 years, falls out of The
Associated Press men’s poll
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of the 1995-96 season. The
Blue Devils had been in the
media poll for 200 straight
weeks.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Oregon State at Stanford since
1993. The Beavers had lost 20 of
their previous 21 games at Maples
Pavilion, winning only in 2009.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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early and repeatedly burned the
Ducks from the perimeter. He
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By MICHAEL WAGAMAN
It’s Cal’s third win over a Bears had nine overall.
Associated Press
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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.
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night with a reverse dunk in 10 points in his return to the consecutive baskets for Cal
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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.
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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
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