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SPORTS THURSDAY, MARCH 3, 2016 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS Sports shorts Girls Basketball Mariners sign &Xban oXt¿ elder Golden Eagles go off after halftime PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — The Seattle Mariners have ¿QDOL]HGDRQH\HDUFRQWUDFW with Cuban RXW¿HOGHU Guillermo Heredia, a deal that includes a $400,000 signing bonus. Heredia would get the $507,500 minimum salary while in the major leagues. If Heredia he is optioned to the minors, his salary would be $82,700. Heredia has not played competitive baseball since 2014 and defected from Cuba last year. Seattle said he hit .285 with 23 homers and 121 RBIs over 374 games during six seasons with Matanzas. Seattle also placed catcher Jesus Sucre on the 60-day disabled list. He had surgery Jan. 26 to repair damage in his right ankle, a week after fracturing his ULJKW¿EXODGXULQJZLQWHU ball in Venezuela. Nixyaawii beats Adrian, advances to state semifinals but it wouldn’t last. girls didn’t let that Quarterfi nals The Golden get to them and just Eagles began chip- continued to battle.” ping into the lead in The Golden the second quarter Eagles outscored the Adrian Nixyaawii and then surged Antelopes 34-12 in ahead after halftime, the second half and By MATT ENTRUP never to trail again will advance to face East Oregonian in a game they would go on to No. 1 Country Christian in Friday’s win handily 50-30 at Baker High VHPL¿QDOV PENDLETON — An initial School. Mary Stewart led the Golden onslaught from beyond the three- “The girls showed great compo- Eagles (25-2) with 22 points and point arc gave No. 5 Adrian an sure,” said Nixyaawii coach Jeremy IRXU DVVLVWV LQ WKH WHDP¶V ¿UVW early double-digit lead on No. 4 Maddern. “Nobody wants to go DSSHDUDQFH DW WKH WRXUQDPHQW ¿QDO Nixyaawii in Wednesday’s 1A girls down 10 to start the game, espe- site since 2011. Desiree Maddern EDVNHWEDOO VWDWH TXDUWHU¿QDO JDPH cially in the state playoffs, but the added 15 big points inside and 30 50 Bulldogs coast by Falcons Hermiston set as No. 16 seed in 5A state tournament By SAM BARBEE East Oregonian Former Oregon Duck great and NFL quarterback Joey Harrington has been hired as a part-time reporter ZLWK3RUWODQG¶V1%&DI¿OLDWH KGW-TV, the station announced on FACES Tuesday. KGW executive news director Rick Jacobs told OregonLive that “He’s a local guy, he Harrington knows the community so well, he’s really plugged in.” Harrington is expected to contribute to both KGW’s newscasts and online platform for both news and sports content. Since ending his football career in 2008, Harrington has transitioned into sports broadcasting with Fox Sports, serving as an analyst on ‘Fox College Saturday’ and game analyst for Fox Sports 1. 1987 — Mike Tyson adds the WBA heavyweight crown to his WBC heavy- weight crown with a unani- mous 12-round decision over James “Bonecrusher” Smith in Las Vegas. 2011 — Orlando, down by 24 in the third quarter, goes on an unbelievable 40-9 run over the next 15 minutes and shocks the Miami Heat 99-96. The comeback is the second-largest comeback in Orlando franchise history. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com Tre Neal was injured when the La Salle Prep Falcons came to Hermiston back in January and knocked off the Bulldogs in a come-from-behind win. The Falcons’ 6-foot-7 center Matt Berger and 6-foot-3 forward Jason Burns won the battles on the glass against the smaller Hermiston lineup and came away with a six-point win right before the Bulldogs started league play. With Neal back in the lineup on Wednesday night, the Bulldogs’ never let La Salle Prep Berger get into a rhythm DQG DGYDQFHG WR WKH ¿UVW round of the state playoffs with a 55-42 win at The Dawghouse. “Without me, we lack Hermiston just the shear physical presence inside,” Neal said. “Preston (Peterson), he’s a big guy. Put him inside he’ll get rebounds. But it’s a different kind of size. He’s got the height. I got the brawn to push everyone around.” It’s clear the kind of impact the burly senior can have on the basketball court. With the exception of Hermiston’s home upset of Summit, the Bulldogs really needed the attitude and edge Neal can give. Wednesday night, he was the difference between January’s loss and moving on to the state playoffs. “I wouldn’t say it’s revenge,” Neal said. “It’s more of, ‘You got us and now we’ll get you.’” Only 10 total points were scored in the ¿UVW TXDUWHU WKDQNV WR VPRWKHULQJ GHIHQVH on both sides. Hermiston managed to score RQ LWV ¿UVW SRVVHVVLRQ EXW /D 6DOOH GLGQ¶W JHW D EXFNHW XQWLO QHDUO\ ¿YH PLQXWHV KDG ticked off the clock. Ange Toku’s layup with 3:14 left tied the game at 2-2. Hermiston coach Dave Ego said while the defense was good, the offense forced VRPHVKRWVLQWKDW¿UVWTXDUWHU7KH%XOOGRJV got a bit lucky when Berger was whistled for his second foul with 2:30 on the clock, VLWWLQJKLPGRZQIRUWKHUHVWRIWKH¿UVWKDOI 42 55 “I doubted they were authentic because i nding seven of these cards at one place at one time seemed almost impossible.“ THIS DATE IN SPORTS See GOLDEN EAGLES/3B HERMISTON Harrington hired by KGW-TV in Portland — Rick Snyder Baseball card dealer with MINT State Inc. out of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina speaking on a batch of seven identi- cal Ty Cobb cards from 1909-1911 that were discovered by a family in a crumpled bag in a run-down home. The cards were verii ed as le- gitimate on Wednesday by experts in Southern California, and could bring seven-i gures if sold on the open market. The cards come from the famous T206 lot, and before the i nd, there were only 15 of those cards known still to exist. Stacy Fitzpatrick led a well-rounded rebounding effort with eight boards. Carlee Morton carried the Ante- lopes (20-6) with 20 points. Going into the game, Coach 0DGGHUQ¶V ¿OP UHYLHZ RI WKH Antelopes had revealed a team with spotty outside accuracy and a reliance on its staunch defense to create turnovers and fast breaks to lead the offense. ³7KDW¿UVWTXDUWHUWKH\KLWVRPH threes and we didn’t expect them to do that,” Maddern said. “We kind of Staff photo by E.J. Harris Hermiston’s Dayshawn Neal shoots the ball guarded by LaSalle’s Matthew Berger in the Bull- dogs’ 55-42 win against the Falcons on Wednesday in Hermiston. See HERMISTON/3B PENDLETON 2A teams looking to take the next step on the road to Toledo 50-45. The teams will tip-off at 6:30 p.m. at the Pendleton Convention Center. But aside from the Mustangs, the Convention Center and Pendleton High School are booked for the next three days with wall-to-wall basketball action as the By ERIC SINGER city once again hosts the 2A boys and East Oregonian girls state basketball tournaments. The games kick off today at 1:30 p.m. The next stepping stone for the with the No. 5 seed Imbler taking on the Heppner Mustangs is set to take form No. 4 seed Western Mennonite on the later tonight. boys side at the Convention Center, and The No. 3 Mustangs come into the 2A the No. 9 seed Bonanza taking on No. 1 TXDUWHU¿QDOV RII RI D KDUGIRXJKW ZLQ LQ seed Kennedy at PHS. WKH¿UVWURXQGDJDLQVW/RV5LYHUDQGDUH 7KHVHPL¿QDOVDQGFRQVRODWLRQJDPHV ready to take that next step towards the will take place on Friday, beginning at 9 ultimate goal of a state championship. a.m. and running through 6:30 p.m. The Heppner will have its hands full with championship games as well as third the No. 6 seed Bandon Tigers, who DQG ¿IWK SODFH JDPHV ZLOO WDNH SODFH come rolling into the game winners of 10-straight and 16 of their last 17 overall. on Saturday at the Convention Center, The Tigers (22-4) average just over 56 starting at 9 a.m. The girls title game will points per game on offense and give up an tip-off at 6:30 p.m. and the boys game at average of 41.6 points on defense. Their 8:30 p.m. last loss came on Jan. 22 when they lost See 2A STATE/3B State tournament kicks off today at Convention Center and Pendleton High School In this Jan. 10, 2016 i le photo, Heppner’s Patrick Collins goes up for a rebound fl anked by En- terprise’s Brycen Locke (34) and Brett Green- shields in the Mustangs’ 65-34 win against the Out- laws in Pendleton. EO fi le photo/ E.J. Harris
