SPORTS
Friday, February 19, 2016
East Oregonian
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College Baseball
Oregon State favorites in Pac-12, Ducks picked fourth
State in 1966 to win the champi-
onship. And it started a run of four
national titles by Pac-12 teams in
A decade after Oregon State the past 10 seasons, including the
stunned college baseball by proving Beavers’ second title in 2007, along
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Northwest can win a national (2012) and UCLA (2013).
But it’s the Beavers and their
championship, the Beavers are
back in the discussion as one of the pair of standout sophomores that
everyone will be chasing. Oregon
best teams in the country.
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Beavers are considered the top Harrison and starting pitcher Drew
team in the Pac-12 headed into the Rasmussen, the only two freshmen
chosen for the all-Pac-12 team last
2016 season.
Oregon State is the over- season. Harrison was the confer-
whelming preseason favorite ence freshman of the year, while
in the Pac-12, which features Rasmussen went 7-4 with a 2.80
top-end depth to rival any other ERA in 19 appearances.
Expected to be nipping at
conference in the country. Oregon
State, UCLA, California, USC and Oregon State is UCLA, which
Oregon have all been ranked in the has reloaded with one of the top
Top 25 of various national publica- freshman classes in the country
tions before the season gets started. after seeing eight players selected
The Beavers’ title in 2006 made in last year’s amateur baseball draft,
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college baseball team since Ohio and USC. The question will be can
By TIM BOOTH
AP Sports Writer
Preseason Coaches Poll
1) Oregon State (9)
2) UCLA (1)
3) California (1)
4) Oregon
5) USC
6) Arizona State
7) Stanford
8) Washington
9) Arizona
10) Washington State
11) Utah
*First place votes in parenthesis
anyone picked in the bottom half of
the conference preseason poll jump
up and challenge the expected top
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BELIEVERS:
Thanks to the return of Harrison
and Rasmussen, the Beavers
were the clear favorites as the
preseason conference champs.
But what makes Oregon State’s
expectation level even more
impressive is the amount of youth
on the roster. The Beavers have
only one senior and are led by a
bounty of underclassmen. Of the 35
players on its roster, Oregon State
has 24 freshmen or sophomores
— meaning the Beavers could be
national contenders for more than
just this season.
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’:
Since the Pac-12 ended its North/
South split in 1999, California has
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the standings. This could be the
year the Golden Bears crack the
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preseason poll, barely behind
UCLA and well ahead of fourth-
place Oregon. It is ranked in the
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entire starting rotation and seven
of nine positional starters from last
year’s team that went 36-21 and
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By JENNA FRYER
AP Auto Racing Writer
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.
— Driving a car he believes
is unbeatable, Dale Earnhardt
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Speedway on the anniversary
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qualifying race Thursday
night for the Daytona 500
to earn a starting spot on the
second row for NASCAR’s
biggest event.
It was Earnhardt’s 17th
career win at Daytona
International Speedway. The
late Dale Earnhardt leads
all drivers with 34 career
victories at Daytona. He was
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Daytona for the Earnhardts,
adding to the legacy,” Earn-
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bounced off the wall to
trigger a multi-car accident.
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for grabs in the 500. Michael
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“I was at home working
of two qualifying races for Sunday’s NASCAR Daytona on my ranch,” said Rich-
500 on Thursday in Daytona Beach, Fla.
ardson, who added every
dollar he earns this weekend
times last year, and Earnhardt That’s very special to me. will go into a college fund for
admitted after the qualifying I was glad that nothing bad his newborn son. Richardson
race that he allowed himself happened and we didn’t tear manages hay production as
to daydream about winning our car up because that would his full-time job at a ranch in
have been embarrassing on a Pilot Point, Texas.
as a tribute to his father.
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contenders ever since I woke up this
about dad,” he said. “I’m but
guilty of daydreaming a little wrecked their prized cars in a morning eager to get this race
underway, eager to see how
bit, about winning this race last-lap accident.
Busch was trying to hold the outcome would happen.”
tonight because of the day.
reached the NCAA tournament.
TOP TALENT: The Pac-12
had six players selected to the
preseason Golden Spikes Award
watch list, the third most of any
conference in the country. The list
included Harrison, Stanford pitcher
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41-15 record last season. Lees was
an assistant at Oregon State when
the Beavers won their two national
titles before moving on to be an
assistant at Oklahoma State for the
past three seasons.
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Girls Basketball
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Ranger scored 32 points and
the Echo Cougars pulled
away in the fourth quarter
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of the Old Oregon League
district tournament.
The score was tied 44-44
after three quarters, but
Echo’s strong defense held
the Eagles in check down the
stretch while the Cougars hit
just enough free throws to
seal the win.
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with 17 steals in the game
and 24 points off turnovers.
Echo was 10-36 on free
throws and 7-17 in the
fourth quarter.
Echo moves on to play
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today at 6:30 p.m.
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EHS (13-12) 7 21 16 21 — 65
JHS (10-12) 15 12 17 12 — 56
ECHO — K. Ranger 32, D. Tarvin 11, H.
McCarty 10, T. Swaggart 10, E. Parks 2, L.
Cox. (24-59)
JOSEPH — S. Albee 22, A. Sykora 19,
L. Makin 6, E. Hite 4, N. Williams 3, C.
Wellens 2, T. Suto. (24-69)
3-pointers — EHS 7-14, JHS 1-4. Free
throws — EHS 10-36, JHS 7-11. Fouls —
EHS 14, JHS 26. Fouled out — E. Hite, L.
HELIX
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PINE
EAGLE 19 — At Baker
City, the Grizzlies shook
off their district tournament
jitters to pull away from the
Spartans on Thursday in the
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nervous,” said Helix coach
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they’d been here and they
had a hard time getting it
going.”
Helix (16-8) led 19-10 at
halftime, but went on a 13-2
run in the third quarter to put
the game out of reach.
Paden Flerchinger led
all scorers with 17 points
and added six rebounds for
Helix. Macey Tullis chipped
in 13 points.
Helix moves on to face
Powder Valley today at 1
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8 2
2
7 — 19
GHS (16-8) 11 8 13 15 — 47
PINE EAGLE — L. Walker 10, H. Tanaka
7, B. Bell 2, Ka. Jensen, K. Whybark, K.
Melchior, A. Vannice, Ky. Jensen, A. Graven,
L. Blanchard.
HELIX — P. Flerchinger 17, M. Tullis 13,
S. Wilson 5, A. Wood 3, C. Bennett 2, H.
Christman 2, E. Fehrenbacker 2, M. Espey
2, A. Krol, M. Mize, K. Mize.
3-pointers — PE 1, GHS 4. Free throws —
PE 0-0, GHS 5-8. Fouls — PE 10, GHS 3.
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