SPORTS
TUESDAY, MARCH 22, 2016
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Washington women
reach Sweet 16
COLLEGE PARK, Md.
(AP) — Kelsey Plum scored
32 points,
and the
seventh-
seeded
Washington
Huskies
beat No.
2 Maryland 74-65 Monday
night to reach the Sweet 16
of the NCAA Tournament
for the ¿ rst time in 15 years.
Maryland (31-4) came in
with a rich history of success
in the postseason and a
10-game winning streak.
The two-time Big Ten
champions were also playing
on their home À oor.
None of that mattered to
the seventh-seeded Huskies
(24-10), who limited the
Terrapins to 37 percent
shooting and forced 15
turnovers in the stunning
upset.
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PENDLETON
Pendleton piles on, sweeps Roseburg
Buckaroos’ big day at
plate leads to two wins
East Oregonian
The Pendleton Buckaroos broke
out at the plate for 29 run on 35 hits
to trounce Roseburg on Monday in
a non-league baseball doubleheader
at Bob White Field.
After combining for just 13 runs
on 14 hits in their
working hard on
Baseball
¿ rst three games of
its plate approach
the season, the Bucks
in practice, and
nearly eclipsed both
everything seemed
Roseburg
Pendleton
of those numbers
to click against the
with 18 hits in a 12-5
Class 6A Indians.
win to open up, then
“We played a
piled on another 17
quality
Roseburg
hits to complete the sweep 17-7 in team and we just swung the bats
six innings.
really well today,” he said. “We’d
First-year Pendleton coach T.J. get down in the count and battle,
Haguewood said the team has been had a lot of hits and runs scored
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Men’s College Basketball
Prep Softball
Benson calms down Ducks Bucks
pick up
pair
Pendleton extends
season-opening
win streak
Grogan throws no-
no for L-C State
LEWISTON, Idaho —
Senior right-hander Quin
Grogan asked for the ball
and he delivered in a big
way on Sunday, twirling
the ¿ rst complete-game
no-hitter for the
FACES Lewis-Clark
State College
baseball team
since Feb.
19, 1999 in
a 10-0 win
over Simpson
University.
Grogan
The 2011
Stan¿ eld High graduate is
the 17th Warrior to toss a
complete game no-hitter
and it’s the 25th no-no in
program history.
Grogan allowed just two
base runners on a pair of
walks while striking out nine
to earn his ¿ rst win of the
season. After sitting down
the ¿ rst four Redhawks,
Grogan issued a pair of
walks, but that’s all Simpson
got as the Warriors’ righty
retired the next 17 to place
his in name in the LCSC
record books.
Grogan was named
the Cascade Collegiate
Conference Red Lion
Baseball Pitcher of the Week
on Monday.
“Along the
journey you
never want to
take things for
granted and
accomplishments
that happen along
the way. You’ve
got to take it
in. It’s not given
every year … “
— LeBron James
Speaking to reporters
after scoring 33 points
and adding 11 rebounds
and 11 assists to lead
the Cleveland Cavaliers
to a 124-91 win over
the Denver Nuggets on
Monday. It was James’
41st career triple double
as the Cavs won their
50th game of the season
and clinched the Central
Division championship.
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with two outs (Monday). We had
great production up and down the
lineup.”
Kai Quinn led the Bucks (3-2)
going 7 for 8 on the day with ¿ ve
RBI and four runs. Jack Peterson
was 6 for 7 with one RBI and ¿ ve
runs, Devon Roe was 5 for 7 with
four RBI and four runs, and James
Bradt was 5 for 9 with two RBI and
two runs.
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East Oregonian
HAPPY VALLEY — The
Pendleton softball team
kept ¿ nding ways to win
on Monday as it stretched
its season-
opening
Softball
winning
streak
to
¿ ve games
Pendleton
by beating
C e n t u r y,
6-1,
and
Oregon
City, 4-3, at
the Putnam
Century
S p r i n g
Break Bash.
Pend-
leton coach
Tim Cary said the Buckaroos
didn’t look their best against
Century, but were able to
rally for six runs in the third
inning to secure victory.
“It was a game where we
really didn’t come out with
a lot of energy and a lot of
emotion,” he said. “We had
just gotten off the bus and
we weren’t real sharp. But
we still got the win, didn’t do
anything spectacular, but a
win is a win and we’ll take it
right now.”
Tatum Fell hit a three-run
home run during the Bucks’
third, Rylee Gentner added
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AP Photo/Young Kwak
Oregon guard Casey Benson, left, shoots against Saint Joseph’s guard Shavar Newkirk (1) during the
fi rst half of a second-round men’s college basketball game in the NCAA Tournament in Spokane, Wash.,
Sunday, March 20, 2016.
Oregon guard sets tone for comeback win
By STEVE MIMS
The Register-Guard
SPOKANE — When Oregon fell
behind Saint Joseph’s 58-51 with
less than 5 minutes remaining, the
Ducks heard a familiar refrain from
Casey Benson.
“In the huddle, I said, ‘We’re not
losing this game’,” Benson said.
“That’s what I kept saying. It’s huge
to think that, because it’s so easy to
get down and discouraged so it’s a
matter of continuing to ¿ ght through
it.”
Benson had a similar message
when the Ducks blew a late lead and
went into overtime against Arizona
at the Pac-12 Tournament on March
11 before beating the Wildcats.
“That’s what you expect from
your point guard,” senior forward
Dwayne Benjamin said. “Once he
said that, we took a step back and
realized we played in a great league
in the Pac-12 and had close games
that we pulled out, so we didn’t want
to treat this different than any other
games.”
The top-seeded Ducks (30-6)
scored 18 of the ¿ nal 24 points
to rally past eighth-seeded Saint
Joseph’s 69-64 in the second round
of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday
night at Spokane Arena.
“Casey calmed us down and got
us in our stuff,” senior forward Elgin
Cook said. “Coach called a time out
and told us to settle down and then
Casey got us in our plays.”
While viewers around the nation
thought the ¿ rst No. 1 seed of the
tournament would fall, the Ducks
scored on eight of their ¿ nal nine
possessions to advance. They will
face Duke in the West Regional
semi¿ nals on Thursday.
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Women’s College Basketball
Seniors leave Gill in style
Oregon State advances
to Sweet 16
By STEVE GRESS
Corvallis Gazette-Times
CORVALLIS — There was probably
no better ending Sunday night as the
crowd at Gill Coliseum had the chance to
say goodbye to a senior class that has been
instrumental in a monumental resurrection
of the Oregon State women’s basketball
program.
First, the crowd had the opportunity
to celebrate as Ruth Hamblin and Deven
Hunter exited the Beavers’ NCAA tourna-
ment second-round game with 3:11 left to
play and Oregon State ¿ rmly in command
against St. Bonaventure.
Then came another whistle a few
seconds later and out came Samantha
Sieger.
Finally, 20 seconds later, the crowd
rose to its feet once again to give Jamie
Weisner — no doubt the heart and soul
of the program that past four years — a
standing ovation as she exited from a game
inside Gill for the ¿ nal time.
Those four seniors, who a little over four
years ago bought into coach Scott Rueck’s
vision, enjoyed the ¿ nal two or so minutes
as the future of the program wrapped up
a convincing 69-40 win over the Bonnies.
The victory sends the second-seeded
Beavers into the Sweet 16 for the ¿ rst
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AP Photo/Timothy J. Gonzalez
Oregon State’s Deven Hunter, left, and Jamie Weisner,
celebrate after Oregon State defeated St. Bonaventure
69-40 in a second round women’s college basketball
game in the NCAA Tournament in Corvallis, Ore., on
Sunday March 20, 2016.
From Saturday
TigerScots best Rockets in championship rematch
Lambert strikes out
15 to secure win
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
PILOT ROCK — Jessica
Lambert’s ¿ rst outing of the 2016
was a little rocky, allowing six runs
and six hits to the defending 4A
state champion Mac-Hi Pioneers on
Thursday night.
On Saturday, Lambert found
her familiar dominance against
the defending 2A state champion
Pilot Rock Rockets,
Rock (4-1) dating
Softball
striking out 15
back to last season.
batters in the Tiger-
It is also the only
Scots 8-4 victory in
time the two teams
the ¿ nale of the Pilot Weston-McEwen Pilot Rock will meet this season
Rock Tournament.
with the TigerScots
“She’s such a
playing in 3A for
great
competitor,
conference play.
and she keeps getting better and
“There’s something especially
better,” said TigerScots coach Jeff satisfying about getting this last
Griggs. “And she was pleased that (win),” Griggs said. “The girls set
the team didn’t just score a few runs out with some different goals this
and force her to hang on.”
season and one of them was to beat
The TigerScots (2-2) were espe- Pilot Rock.”
cially happy to get the win and end a
Weston-McEwen put pressure
streak of four-straight losses to Pilot on the Rockets right away to start
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the game, when the TigerScots
registered four-straight hits off
of Pilot Rock pitcher Rebekkah
Holman in the ¿ rst inning to grab an
early 3-0 lead.
Pilot Rock answered with a run
of their own in the bottom of the ¿ rst
inning when lead-off hitter Bekah
Roe ripped a triple over the head
of the right ¿ elder, and then scored
on a ¿ elders choice from Jaycee
Wilson to cut the de¿ cit to 3-1.
But for the Rockets offense, not
much would happen over the next
few innings, as Lambert allowed
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