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SPORTS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 2016 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS Sports shorts PENDLETON HERMISTON &aSitals ¿ rst 1+L team to clinch playoff berth Dawgs drop opener WASHINGTON (AP) — Alex Ovechkin scored in overtime and the Washington Capitals picked up their 50th win of the season and EHFDPHWKH¿UVW1+/WHDP to clinch a playoff spot as they beat the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1 Tuesday night. Ovechkin scored his seventh game-winner of the season 1:38 into overtime after the Capitals clinched a playoff spot by picking up a point. It’s their eighth playoff appearance in nine seasons and one that has been inevitable for a long time as they’ve skated away from WKHUHVWRIWKH¿HOG Justin Williams also scored for Washington, which got 25 saves from Braden Holtby. Seattle signs OL J’Marcus Webb to 2-year contract RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks continued to address their offensive line by agreeing to a $6.25 million, two-year contract with FACES J’Marcus Webb. Webb posted pictures from the Seahawks facility on social media Webb Tuesday. Webb started all 16 games last season for Oakland as a guard, but has played tackle in the past and could be an option for Seattle at that position depending on what happens with free agent Russell Okung. His versatility to play both guard and tackle is important for Seattle as it retools its offensive line with the uncertainty around Okung’s future and with guard J.R. Sweezy signing in Tampa Bay. “If I could just get Andre McGee in a room for 10 minutes, I would say to him: ‘Why would you do this? What purpose did it serve? We didn’t need this to get recruits ... It didn’t make any sense what was going on. “ — Rick Pitino Louisville men’s bas- ketball coach speaking on ESPN’s ‘Mike and Mike’ on Tuesday about the schools’ recruiting scandal involving former graduate assistant and assistant coach Andre McGee and the resulting postseason ban. 7+,S '$7( ,1 S3O57S 1938 — Temple defeats Colorado 60-36 in the ¿UVW 1DWLRQDO ,QYLWDWLRQ 7RXUQDPHQW DQG WKH ¿UVW major postseason basketball tournament. 2001 — A record number of low-seeded teams advance in the men’s NCAA Tourna- ment. Indiana State, Butler, Temple, Charlotte and Fresno State join 12th-seeded Gonzaga in advancing, meaning 13 of the tourna- PHQW¶V ¿UVWURXQG JDPHV were won by underdogs. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com Hermiston softball not concerned with lopsided score By SAM BARBEE East Oregonian The spread of the score might be large, but that isn’t cause for concern for the Hermiston softball team. Ellery Jones and Mikayla Kopacz each hit doubles, J a i m e Hinkley had Softball two hits and scored two runs, but the Ridgeview Ridgeview Ravens came away with a 10-3 win Tuesday in Hermiston a varsity softball game at S u n s e t Elementary School. “We didn’t get hammered at all, and that was a really FRRO WKLQJ´ ¿UVW\HDU FRDFK Kate Greenough said. “We got outplayed in innings, VRPH LQQLQJV ZH GH¿QLWHO\ lost. And some innings we won. But we didn’t get hammered, and that was cool. We hung with them. We made a couple mistakes that cost us a little more runs than they gave up.” The Ravens (1-0), a playoff team in last year’s 5A state bracket, scored six runs LQWKH¿UVWWZRLQQLQJVIRXU of which were unearned. Of 5LGJHYLHZ¶VIRXU¿UVWLQQLQJ runs, all were unearned. After Hermiston (0-1) starting pitcher Julissa Almaguer started the initial frame with two groundouts, Brook Herrington and Alex- See DAWGS/2B 10 Staff photo by Kathy Aney Pendleton players crowd around home plate to cheer Alexis Morrison after she hit a home run Tuesday against Hanford. Bucks launch into season Pendleton hits two home runs, shuts out Hanford Staff photo by Kathy Aney Kiersten Murphy, of Pendleton, pitches during Tuesday’s game against Hanford at Steve Cary Field. Softball Hanford Pendleton 0 6 +DQIRUG¶V 1LNNL 5HG¿HOG gave her a pitch she liked. By MATT ENTRUP :LWKKHU¿UVWVZLQJRIWKH East Oregonian season, Morrison launched the offering high into the air /LNHWKHUHVWRIKHUWHDP DQG +DQIRUG¶V RXW¿HOGHUV mates, Pendleton’s Alexis didn’t even bother giving Morrison was anxious to chase as the ball easily take some cuts against live cleared the fence in left- pitching when the Buckaroos center to give the Bucks all hosted Hanford for their the cushion they would need season opener Tuesday at to beat the Falcons. Tatum Fell also hit a Steve Cary Field. /HDGLQJ RII WKH ERWWRP home run and three pitchers RI WKH ¿UVW LQQLQJ 0RUULVRQ combined for a shutout as watched two balls and a Pendleton cruised 6-0. strike cross the plate before See BUCKS/2B 3 PENDLETON 3enGleton struggles falls to SouthriGge in Gebut Baseball Pendleton registers just four hits, racks up four errors in season opener By ERIC SINGER East Oregonian The Pendleton Buckaroos kicked off the 2016 baseball season on Tuesday afternoon, dropping an 8-2 contest with the Southridge (WA) Suns at Bob White Field. The end result may not have been what they wanted, but in the end the Buckaroos (0-1) were just KDSS\WREHEDFNRQWKHFRQ¿QHVRI Bob White Field. ³,W¶V GH¿QLWHO\ JRRG WR JHW LQ game action,” Pendleton coach T.J. Haguewood said. “You can’t beat baseball; the sounds, the smell and look of the grass, and a bunch of kids running around having a good time playing baseball.” 5DYHQVSHFN%XOOGRJVLQ¿UVWJDPH 2IIHQVHFRPHVRXWÀDW in loss to Ridgeview The Hermiston baseball team’s pitching staff struck out 10 Ridgeview batters, but the offense couldn’t capitalize and the Ravens sent the Bulldogs packing with a 3-1 win Tuesday in Redmond. “We looked good,” assistant coach John Christy said. “It was MXVW WKH ¿UVW JDPH JHWWLQJ LW RXW Pendleton 8 2 performance. “He’s our go-to guy and I thought he threw it well today,” he said. “A couple of things didn’t go his way here and there but he came right back and got guys out and that’s what you ask for in a pitcher. You can’t have every situation be manageable, you have to handle adversity and I thought he did a good job with that.” Staff photo by Kathy Aney 6RXWKULGJH QHWWHG LWV ¿UVW Austin Zaugg, of Pendleton, swings and misses in Tuesday’s game UXQ LQ WKH WRS RI WKH ¿UVW LQQLQJ against Southridge at Bob White Field. as Bucks’ second baseman Jack Senior Quinn Cockburn got the KLWV ¿YH UXQV RQH HDUQHG ZLWK Peterson couldn’t handle a hard opening day nod on the mound for three strikeouts. Haguewood said grounder from Kyle Harvey and the Buckaroos, and pitched a solid DVLGH IURP VRPH ¿UVWJDPH MLWWHUV ERRWHG LW LQWR ULJKW ¿HOG VFRULQJ See PENDLETON/2B 4.2 innings while allowing seven he was pleased with Cockburn’s HERMISTON By SAM BARBEE East Oregonian Southridge Baseball Hermiston Ridgeview 1 3 of the way.” Senior lefty RJ Robles started and went two innings, allowing two runs in the process. Big righty Tyler Sexton threw the next three innings, DQG&KDVH5RRW¿QLVKHGXS Between them they allowed just the three runs while striking out 10, allowed just two hits, but walked six. Christy lamented the walks, saying it forced Ridgeview (1-0) runners into scoring position. Offensively, Hermiston (0-1) rolled over too many ground balls, eliminating opportunities. Hayden Edmiston and Slade Gritz each doubled for the Bull- dogs. Hermiston’s home opener is Friday when the Bulldogs host Central Catholic. First pitch is set for 2 p.m. ——— R H E HHS 000 001 0 — 1 5 0 RHS 110 010 0 — 3 2 1 R. Robles, T. Sexton, C. Root, S. Gritz and K. Caldwell. T. Wilson and T. Zampelli. W — Wilson. L — Robles. 2B — H. Edmiston, S. Gritz (HHS), R. Barber (RHS). Prep Roundup Buckaroos cruise to win at 7he 'alles East Oregonian 7+( '$//(6 ² 7KH 3HQGOHWRQ Buckaroos girls golf team kicked off its 2016 slate with a big win at The Dalles Country Club on Tuesday afternoon. The Buckaroos combined for a team score of 383 and blew away the competition as Clackamas drew in at second place with a team score of 454. Hermiston scored a 488, and See PREPS/2B
