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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