East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, February 26, 2016, Image 13

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Newspaper Page TextSPORTS F5I'AY FEB58A5Y 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS Sports shorts Girls Basketball Pac-12 backs Huskies-Beavers JaPe of¿ cials Pioneers ePbracinJ unGerGoJ roOe SEATTLE (AP) — The PaF- &onIerenFe says the FonFOusion oI OreJon State’s Oast-seFonG victory over :ashinJton was hanGOeG properOy by JaPe oI¿ ciaOs :ashinJton contacteG the OeaJue oI¿ ce to review the ¿ naO seconGs oI the Beavers’ - victory on Stephen ThoPpson Jr’s -pointer at the bu]]er :ashinJton haG askeG that the tiPinJ oI the JaPe cOock be revieweG aIter it appeareG that the cOock starteG Oate The conIerence saiG that ³the cOock tiPinJ was hanGOeG appropriateOy by the JaPe oI¿ ciaOs anG the cOock operator´ :ashinJton aOso askeG whether ThoPpson shouOG have been caOOeG Ior traveOinJ aIter he shuIÀ eG his Ieet beIore the JaPe-winninJ shot but the conIerence saiG traveOinJ is a juGJPent caOO anG not reviewabOe Pierre-Paul sues ESPN for invasion of privacy BOSTON (AP) — It wasn’t the report about his ¿ nJers beinJ bOown oII It was the piFture oI his Fon¿ GentiaO PeGiFaO Fhart sent to aOPost PiOOion Twitter IoOOowers that proPpteG New FACES York Giants OinebaFker Jason Pierre- PauO to sue (SPN anG reporter AGaP SFheIter Ior inYasion oI Pierre-Paul priYaF\ &itinJ state priYaF\ Oaws Pierre-PauO askeG a 0iaPi-'aGe &ount\ &irFuit &ourt to awarG hiP at Oeast in GaPaJes oYer the report that IoOOoweG his )ourth oI JuO\ ¿ reworks aFFiGent The suit FonFeGes that the injury to an NFL star was a Patter oI pubOiF interest a OeJaO stanGarG that OiPits his riJht to a priYaFy FOaiP +oweYer it FontenGs that the photo oI his aFtuaO PeGiFaO Fhart GesFribinJ the injury to three ¿ nJers on his riJht hanG was not “I don’t know that the record is that signii cant because it’s so simple for him. His 3-point shot is like a 2-point shot. It’s what he does. It’s to the point where we expect a half- court shot.“ — Steve Kerr Golden State Warriors head coach on Stephen Curry’s record streak of hitting 3-pointers in 128 straight games. Curry made 10 3-pointers and scored 51 points in the Warriors’ 130-114 win over the Orlando Magic on Thursday. EiJht OocaO JirOs teaPs prepare Ior pOayoII JaPes By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian BEA9E5TON — The Mac-+i JirOs basketbaOO teaP is back in the postseason anG hopinJ to turn a Iew heaGs AppearinJ in their ¿ rst state postseason JaPe since the No Pioneers (-) are ePbracinJ the unGerGoJ roOe when they pOay No 9aOOey &athoOic (-) at pP in Beaverton in the A pOay-in rounG ³I’P hopinJ the JirOs wiOO Jo in with soPe con¿ Gence anG we kinG oI want theP to Jo into 9aOOey &athoOic anG waOk in with a OittOe bit oI an attituGe because they’re so nice aOO the tiPe´ saiG ¿ rst-year Mac-+i coach Brooke Garton ³:e taOkeG about what a Jreat IeeOinJ to wouOG be to Jet in that 9aOOey &athoOic JyP anG take a JaPe IroP theP´ 'espite never havinJ e[perienceG a basketbaOO postseason Garton saiG she Oikes the way her teaP is preparinJ PentaOOy anG See GIRLS HOOPS/2B Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com EO fi le photo/ Kathy Aney Boys Basketball Knights ready for tough opener IrriJon’s hunt Ior thirG-straiJht state titOe beJins SaturGay In this Feb. 20, 2016 fi le photo, Xavier Rambo of Irrigon goes air- borne as Heppner’s Patrick Collins’ (15) defends during the district champi- onship at the Pendleton Con- vention Center. By ERIC SINGER East Oregonian I55IGON — The roaG to a thirG-straiJht state chaPpionship Ior the IrriJon .niJhts beJins on SaturGay eveninJ with what coach Mitch ThoPpson caOOeG µone oI the touJhest ¿ rst-rounG Patch-ups in the state’ as they host the .enneGy Trojans The Trojans (-) ¿ nisheG the season rankeG No in the OSAA — just one spot behinG IrriJon (-) — anG brinJ pOenty oI punch to the tabOe ³.enneGy’s a reaOOy touJh teaP They are a biJ physicaO Jroup oI Juys that are weOO-coacheG´ ThoPpson saiG ³Point JuarG Bishop MitcheOO is one oI the best athOetes in the state anG we’OO have to corraO hiP anG keep hiP in Iront oI us´ The schooOs have soPe recent IaPiOiarity with each other as the .niJhts anG Trojans IaceG oII aJainst each other in the ¿ rst-rounG oI the Ioot- baOO pOayoIIs — a JaPe that IrriJon GroppeG at .enneGy But this tiPe the .niJhts are happy to be the ones stayinJ hoPe ³:e were pretty happy to Jet the hoPe JaPe´ saiG IrriJon senior FreGy 9era ³:e knew it was a OonJ Grive Ior IootbaOO so we’re JOaG we Gon’t have to Go that aJain´ 9era is the Oone key contributor to the .niJhts back-to-back state chaPpion teaPs anG ThoPpson saiG he e[pects soPe oI the younJer pOayers to have soPe butterÀ ies Ior the JaPe ³I’P sure there wiOO be soPe jitters at tip-oII´ he saiG ³but our JoaO as coaches is to Jet the Juys prepareG AnG FreGy’s a JooG enouJh OeaGer that I think it won’t be a Iactor The two teaPs have one coPPon opponent IroP the season scheGuOe with both teaPs IaOOinJ on the roaG aJainst the No A teaP 'ayton Pirates IrriJon IeOO - whiOe .enneGy Oost - On the season .enneGy averaJes points See BOYS HOOPS/2B EO fi le photo/ Kathy Aney 5aciaO reParks IueO on-court spat OeaG to ¿ rinJ Moses SchiPPeO Oet Jo GurinJ seconG season at Sante Fe InGian SchooO Associated Press SANTA FE NM — A court-siGe conIrontation has OeG the Santa Fe InGian SchooO to ¿ re basketbaOO coaches &eci Moses anG 5ick SchiPPeO the parents oI Shoni anG JuGe SchiPPeO They say raciaO reParks set oII the Gispute The schooO’s varsity heaG coach Moses anG her husbanG anG assistant coach SchiPPeO were Oet Jo on SunGay IoOOowinJ a Feb JaPe at St MichaeO’s +iJh SchooO in Santa Fe The Santa Fe New Mexican reporteG The Santa Fe InGian SchooO apoOoJi]eG earOier this week Ior unsportsPanOike conGuct at the JaPe whiOe Moses anG SchiPPeO saiG in a statePent that the Iric- tion starteG when the St MichaeO’s athOetic Girector ToP ManninJ toOG their APerican InGian pOayers to cOear the court at haOItiPe so the hoPe teaP’s Pony E[press Gance Jroup couOG perIorP ³Get oII the court This is not the GaPn reservation´ ManninJ is accuseG oI sayinJ in a statePent SchiPPeO PaGe to Santa Fe poOice SchiPPeO aOso saiG ManninJ shoveG hiP aIter haOItiPe But the physicaO contact was reGuceG to a tap on the shouOGer by ManninJ in his statePent to poOice Mean- whiOe St MichaeO’s aOso has GenieG the aOOeJations aJainst ManninJ sayinJ that the ³aOtercation´ was unIortunate Moses anG SchiPPeO starteG coachinJ See COACHES FIRED/3B THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1981 — The Boston Bruins beat the Minnesota North Stars - in a JaPe ParreG by ¿ Jhts The teaPs set an N+L recorG with penaOties worth Pinutes anG pOayers are ejecteG 2007 — ShaTuiOOe O’NeaO passes the -point Park Ior his career PiGway throuJh the ¿ rst Tuarter oI MiaPi’s - Ooss to New York O’NeaO is the seventh pOayer to reach points anG rebounGs In this Jan. 26, 2016 fi le photo, Mac-Hi’s Shannon Carter passes off to a teammate during a basketball game with the Baker Bulldogs in Mil- ton-Free- water. Clyde Mueller/Santa Fe New Mexican via AP From left, Santa Fe Indian School’s former head boys basketball coach Ceci Moses and her husband, Rick Schimmel, attend the school’s boys basketball game Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016 in the Pueblo Pavilion at Santa Fe Indian School in Santa Fe, New Mexico. NBA Harden scores 46 as Rockets beat Trail Blazers By ANNE M. PETERSON Associated Press PO5TLAN' — JaPes +arGen scoreG points anG the +ouston 5ockets overcaPe a -point thirG-Tuarter Ge¿ cit to beat the TraiO BOa]ers - on ThursGay niJht snappinJ PortOanG’s si[-JaPe winninJ streak 'wiJht +owarG aGGeG points anG rebounGs Ior Houston +ouston which haG Oost Iour oI ¿ ve But the 5ockets proveG resiOient aJainst the BOa]ers raOOyinJ to tie it at on +arGen’s Oayup with OeIt then takinJ the OeaG on +owarG’s Gunk 119 The Rockets pusheG with OeaG to - with Portland OeIt anG PortOanG couOGn’t catch up +arGen’s Oayup anG a pair oI Iree throws stretcheG the OeaG to - anG out oI reach 'aPian LiOOarG haG points 105 Ior the BOa]ers who haG won oI their Oast to Pove into pOayoII position in the :estern &onIerence &J Mc&oOOuP aGGeG points LiOOarG who was showereG with chants oI ³M9P M9P´ every tiPe he went to the Iree throw Oine earOier in the JaPe haG scoreG or Pore See BLAZERS/2B