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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Tuesday, March 29, 2016 PENDLETON Prep Roundup Irrigon baseball shuts out Riverside T-Wolves VLGHDOVRSOD\VDGRXEOHKHDGHU outs and two walks. She allowed IRXUHDUQHGUXQVRQQLQHKLWV Friday at Elgin starting at 1 p.m. -HVVLFD .HPSNHQ IRU ——— ,55,*21 ² 7KH ,UULJRQ 0LUDQGD/HPPRQIRUZHUHWKH EDVHEDOO WHDP MXPSHG DKHDG RI RHS 000 00 — R 0 H 0 E 3 IHS 361 0X — 10 6 0 only Mustangs with multiple hits Riverside early, and Austin Rice D. Bingaman, M. Hegar (4) and S. Bither. A. Rice, J. DQG-RKQQ\3KLOOLSVFRPELQHGIRUD Phillips (3) and C. Kroske. W — Rice. L — Bingaman. DQG 0RUJDQ &RUUHD OHG +HSSQHU (2-3) with two RBI. Lemmon ¿YHLQQLQJQRKLWWHUDVWKH.QLJKWV 2B — F. Vera (IHS). SLWFKHG WKH ¿UVW LQQLQJV DQG beat the Pirates 10-0 on Monday. )UHG\9HUDOHGRIIWKHERWWRPRI Softball OHIWZLWKWKHVFRUH6KHDOORZHG ECHO 18, HEPPNER 4 (6 IRXUHDUQHGUXQVRQHLJKWKLWVZLWK WKH¿UVWLQQLQJZLWKDGRXEOHWKHQ scored two batters later on and Zack innings) ² $W +HSSQHU .HQ]LH one strikeout and one walk. Blankenship homered twice in the +HQULFKVJURXQGRXW ——— R H E Irrigon added runs in the inning sixth inning as the Echo Cougars EHS 110 42(10) — 18 15 1 on a single by Cougar Kroske and a SLOHGRQZLWKUXQVLQWKHIUDPH HHS 010 030 — 4 9 4 Ray and E. Parks. M. Lemmon, D. Durfey (5) and Riverside error, then tacked on six WR SXOO DZD\ IURP WKH +HSSQHU T. A. Hamby. W — Ray. L — Lemmon. Mustangs in a non-league game on 2B — C. Hilliard 2, M. Montoya 2, H. McCarty 2 more in the second. (EHS); M. Lemmon, M. Correa, J. Kempken (HHS). No Irrigon (3-2) player had more Monday. 3B — J. Christopher (EHS). HR — K. Blankenship %ODQNHQVKLS¶V ¿UVW KRPH UXQ 2 (EHS). WKDQRQHKLWEXW+HQULFKVOHGWKHP with three RBI and Rice added two. came with two on and no outs to IRRIGON 12, RIVERSIDE Vera and Tanner Mills each scored make it 11-4, and her second went IRUWZRUXQVZLWKWZRRXWVWRPDNH 2 (5 innings) — At Irrigon, the twice. Rice started and pitched two it 18-4. They were her only two hits ,UULJRQ.QLJKWVZRQWKHLU¿IWKJDPH in a row and got revenge against the FRPSOHWH +H VWUXFN RXW ¿YH DQG RIWKHJDPH 0RQLTXH0RQWR\DZHQWIRU only team to have beaten them this ZDONHG RQH 3KLOOLSV IDQQHG VL[ DQG ZDONHG QRQH LQ WKH ¿QDO WKUHH DQGVFRUHGIRXUUXQVIRU(FKR season with a non-league win over (ULND3DUNVZHQWIRUZLWKWZR the Pirates on Monday. innings. 0\D &KDSPDQ SLWFKHG WKH IXOO )LYHRIWKHQLQHUXQVVFRUHGRQ UXQV DQG +DQQDK 0F&DUW\ ZDV ¿YHLQQLQJVDQG,UULJRQVFRUHG IRU ZLWK WKUHH UXQV &KH\HQQH Riverside starter Derek Bingaman +LOOLDUG -DPLH &KULVWRSKHU DQG in every inning to back her up. were earned. -HQQLND0HQGR]DKDGWZRKLWVDQG Irrigon’s next game is Friday Montoya all had two RBI. Alyssa Ray pitched the entire WZR5%,WROHDGWKH,UULJRQRIIHQVH ZKHQLWKRVWV3LORW5RFNIRUDWZLQ ELOOZLWK¿UVWSLWFKDWDP5LYHU- JDPHDQG¿QLVKHGZLWKHLJKWVWULNH- and Jada Burns and Chapman each East Oregonian added two RBI. Kelly McLaughlin had two steals and turned a double into a run E\WDNLQJDGYDQWDJHRID5LYHUVLGH (3-3) error, and Lily Mills added a steal. ³,WZDVMXVWRQHRIWKRVHJDPHV where it’s not just one (player), all nine are doing their jobs,” said ,UULJRQFRDFK-HII%RWHIXKU³:H¶UH being aggressive and getting the extra bases when we can and that’s been all season.” 7KH.QLJKWVDOVRSOD\HGÀDZOHVV GHIHQVHEHKLQG&KDSPDQ “It was just once again an DOODURXQG JUHDW GHIHQVLYH HIIRUW´ %RWHIXKUVDLG³0\DNQRZVDOOVKH has to do is throw strikes and she’s JRWDJUHDWGHIHQVHEHKLQGKHU´ ,UULJRQ ZLOO ORRN IRU WZR PRUH wins today in a twin bill against Umatilla that starts at 3 p.m. in Irrigon. 5LYHUVLGH LV DW (OJLQ IRU D doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. on Friday. ——— R H E RHS 002 00 — 2 4 2 IHS 332 22 — 12 10 0 S. Wightman and Corpus. M. Chapman and L. Mills. W — Chapman. L — Wightman. 2B — C. Fleming, K. McLaughlin (IHS). BLAZERS: 3RUWODQGKLWVWKUHHSRLQWHUVLQ¿UVWKDOI Continued from 1B younger guys,” Sacramento coach *HRUJH .DUO VDLG EHIRUH WKH JDPH when asked why he was sitting the trio. “It’s time to open that window IRU \RXQJHU JX\V WR KDYH PRUH opportunity and take some respon- sibility.” The Kings were without Marco %HOLQHOOL IRU WKH VHFRQG VWUDLJKW JDPH EHFDXVH RI D VRUH ULJKW IRRW That meant the team had just nine available players. The Kings were also playing the VHFRQGRIDEDFNWREDFNIROORZLQJ a 133-111 win over Dallas in Sacra- mento on Sunday. James Anderson’s 3-pointer tied it at 31 in the opening quarter, but it ZDVPRVWO\DOO3RUWODQGIURPWKHUH Lillard answered with his own 3 DQG WKH %OD]HUV ZHQW RQ WR OHDG DWWKHHQGRIWKH¿UVWTXDUWHU 3RUWODQG¶V0DXULFH+DUNOHVVOHGDOO scorers with 10 points in the period. 7KH %OD]HUV SXVKHG WKH PDUJLQ to 64-48 late in the second quarter with Al-Farouq Aminu’s 3, the 11th SRLQWHUIRUWKH%OD]HUVLQWKH¿UVW KDOIDORQH3RUWODQGOHGDWWKH EUHDN 3RUWODQG ¿QLVKHG ZLWK 3-pointers in the game. TIP-INS .LQJV ,W ZDV WKH WKLUG ORVV IRU WKH .LQJV LQ WKH IRXUJDPH VHULHV ZLWK WKH %OD]HUV 6DFUDPHQWR has not dropped three or more to Portland since the 2009-10 season, ZKHQ LW ZDV VZHSW LQ IRXU 7KH teams meet again next Tuesday in Sacramento. 7UDLO %OD]HUV :LWK ¿UVWKDOI V WKH %OD]HUV ZHUH RQH SRLQWHU VK\ RI WKHLU UHFRUG IRU D KDOI &UDEEHKDVVFRUHGLQGRXEOH¿JXUHV in all three games against the Kings this season. BUCKAROOS: BEAVERS: Baylor leads only twice Continued from 1B Continued from 1B Morris, Jack Peterson, James Bradt, and Correa were the lone Bucks to break into the hit column. 3HQGOHWRQ GLG KRZHYHU VKRZ SOHQW\ RI patience at the plate, drawing six walks on WKHDIWHUQRRQWRRQO\IRXUVWULNHRXWV 7KDWSDWLHQFHVKRZHGLQWKH¿UVWLQQLQJDV 0RUULVVWDUWHGRIIWKHOLQHXSZLWKDZDONDQG eventually stole second base to set up an RBI single up the middle by Peterson to give the Bucks a 1-0 lead. Then in the second inning, Bradt, Nick Bower, and Ryan Russell drew three-straight walks to load the bases, and then Correa GULEEOHGDQLQ¿HOGVLQJOHWRVFRUH%UDGWDQG increase the lead to 2-0. Three batters later, Pendleton would add another run as Russell scored on an error by the Riverhawks’ second baseman to make it a 3-0 Buckaroos lead. 3HQGOHWRQ¶V IRXUWK DQG ¿QDO UXQ FDPH DFURVVLQWKH¿IWKLQQLQJDV0RUULVOHGRII ZLWKDGRXEOHWROHIW¿HOGDQGWKHQHYHQWXDOO\ scored on a passed ball and a throwing error by the Riverhawks’ catcher to push the lead to 4-0. %XW LQ WKH WRS RI WKH VL[WK LQQLQJ WKH 5LYHUKDZNVZHUH¿QDOO\DEOHWRJHWWR/DQL loading the bases with just one out to start the inning. The Riverhawks pushed across two runs on back-to-back at-bats to cut the lead to 4-2. And right as Lani loaded the bases again with two outs, he escaped the jam with an inning-ending line drive that was caught by Morris at shortstop to hold the lead and seal the win. 3HQGOHWRQKLWVWKH¿HOGDJDLQRQ7XHVGD\ when they come back home to host La *UDQGHDWSPDW%RE:KLWH)LHOG ——— R H E CRG 000 002 0 — 2 4 2 PHS 120 010 X — 4 4 0 Oneida. Lani, Correa (7), and Cockburn. W — Lani, L — Oneida. 2B — Rosas (CRG), Morris (PHS). ZLWKRXWIDOOLQJZLWKVHFRQGV OHIW +DPEOLQ WKH IRRW FHQWHU IURP &DQDGD JUDEEHG the rebound and got the ball to :HLVHZKRZDVIRXOHGZLWK VHFRQGVOHIW $IWHU:HLVH PDGH ERWK IUHH throws, Baylor quickly got back down the court. Jones couldn’t JHW RII D VKRW DQG -RKQVRQ¶V 3-pointer missed the mark. %D\ORU OHG RQO\ WZLFH DIWHU VFRULQJ WKH JDPH¶V ¿UVW IRXU points and when Davis made D OD\XS ZLWK OHIW WR SXW %D\ORUXS 7KH JDPH¶V RQO\ IRXU WLHV FDPH DIWHU WKDW WKH ¿UVW ZKHQ :HLVQHU PDGH D IUHH WKURZ seconds later. The Beavers were tough and resilient throughout, and there was a point midway through the second quarter when Baylor coach .LP 0XONH\ ZDV VR IUXVWUDWHG DIWHU D QRQFDOO E\ WKH RI¿FLDOV WKDWVKHULSSHGRIIKHUJROGMDFNHW DQGÀXQJLWRYHUWKH/DG\%HDUV EHQFKGUDZLQJDWHFKQLFDOIRXO Davis was almost knocked to the ground when missing a layup, and that was the boiling SRLQW DIWHU WKH FRDFK ZDV already upset by several other FDOOVRUQRQFDOOVE\RI¿FLDOV Weisner made her second IUHH WKURZ DIWHU WKH WLPHRXW DQG *DEULHOOD +DQVRQ PDGH D ¿HOGJRDODIWHUWKH%HDYHUVNHSW SRVVHVVLRQIRUDOHDG WKLVVHDVRQDVZHOODVKHU¿UVWVWDUW “(Estacada) put the ball in play D ORW ZH MXVW KDG D JUHDW GHIHQVH EHKLQGKHU´0DF+LFRDFK1LFROH Christian said. “(Earls) had total IDLWK LQ KHU WHDPPDWHV EHKLQG KHU today and pitched great.” Copeland was the Pioneers’ FDWFKHUIRUWKHFDPSDLJQEXW jumped at the chance to be the No. 1 starter this season. She started DJDLQVW7ZLQ)DOOVDQGSLWFKHG¿YH LQQLQJV RI RQHUXQ EDOO DOORZLQJ MXVWIRXUKLWVZLWKWZRVWULNHRXWV Christian said both pitchers have KHUFRQ¿GHQWPRYLQJIRUZDUG “They’re really good pitchers ZKR WUXVW WKHLU GHIHQVH EHKLQG WKHPZKLFKLVDGLIIHUHQWPLQGVHW IURP ODVW \HDU ZKHUH ZH ZHUH dependent on Colette’s power,” she said. “They’re both multi-talented athletes that can play anywhere, too, which is nice as a coach.” But as good as she was on the UXEEHU &RSHODQG ZDV D IRUFH DW WKH SODWH IRU WKH 3LRQHHUV JRLQJ with 13 RBIs, two doubles, and two home runs — including a grand slam — over the two games. Copeland KDV WKULYHG LQ WKH IRXU JDPHV VLQFH moving to the No. 4 spot in the lineup with speedy players such Rachel Lyon, Shannon Carter, and Micha )RUWXQH DKHDG RI KHU 6KH LV KLWWLQJ AP Photo/LM Otero Oregon State guard Sydney Wiese, left, is fouled by Bay- lor guard Alexis Jones, center, as forward Nina Davis, right, looks on during the fourth quarter of a regional final of the women’s NCAA Tournament Monday in Dallas. The Lady Bears had cut the JDSWRRQDUHYHUVHEDVH- line basket by Jones with 1:41 to go, but Oregon State scored WKHODVWHLJKWSRLQWVRIWKHKDOI IRULWVODUJHVWOHDGRIWKHJDPH Wallace knocked the ball out RI ERXQGV XQGHU WKH %HDYHUV basket with less than 3 seconds WRJREXW:HLVQHUJRWRSHQIRU DSRLQWHURII:LHVH¶VLQERXQG SDVVWRHQGWKHKDOI Baylor started the second KDOI ZLWK LWV ¿UVW SRLQWHU Alexis Jones made that one, and then had a steal that set up a possession when she made a IDGHDZD\ MXPSHU WKDW TXLFNO\ WULPPHG D QLQHSRLQW KDOIWLPH GH¿FLWWR The Lady Bears were within RQH DIWHU .KDGLMLDK &DYH KDG D UXQ DOO E\ KHUVHOI LQ D 48-second span. Cave had a put-back basket EHIRUH DQ 2UHJRQ 6WDWH PLVV &DYHWKHQVFRUHGRQDSDVVIURP -RQHV DQG WKH IRRW MXQLRU Cave then stole the inbound pass and made another layup that led to a Beavers timeout with them up only 44-43. TIP-INS Oregon St.: The Beavers PLVVHGWKHLU¿UVW¿YHVKRWVDWWKH VWDUW RI ERWK KDOYHV 2UHJRQ State had seven 3-pointers, all LQWKH¿UVWKDOI Baylor: The Lady Bears’ most recent Final Four was in SDUWRIWKHLUQDWLRQDO championship. ZLWKWKUHHKRPHUXQVDQG DVWDJJHULQJ5%,VRYHUWKDWVSDQ ³+DYLQJWKHKHDY\VSHHGLQIURQW RIKHUZRUNVUHDOO\ZHOO´&KULVWLDQ said. “(Copeland’s) the one you want at the plate in these situations DQGVKH¶VGRQHJUHDWIRUXV´ Lyon and Carter were solid in both games on Saturday, combining to go 6-11 at the plate and score 12 runs, while Fortune went 2-3 with three runs scored. %XW DV JRRG DV WKH WRS RI WKH lineup has been, Christian said VKH¶VVWLOOWU\LQJWR¿JXUHRXWKRZ WR JHW PRUH FRQVLVWHQF\ IURP WKH ERWWRPRIWKHOLQHXS ³:H¶UHVWLOOWU\LQJWR¿JXUHRXW RXUJURRYHDQG¿QGWKHOLQHXSVWKDW FOLFN´VKHVDLG³:H¶UHORRNLQJIRU the little things in the at-bats to get the hitters in the sixth, seventh, eighth spots to keep improving.” 0DF+L KLWV WKH ¿HOG DJDLQ RQ Saturday when they host Yamhill- Carlton and Banks at Yantis Park starting at Noon. ——— The Blue Mountain baseball team’s winning streak came crashing to a halt Sunday in a split with Linn-Benton. The Timberwolves won WKHLU¿IWKJDPHLQDURZLQWKH opener, edging the Roadrunners WKDQNV WR D SDLU RI KRPH UXQVDQGVWURQJUHOLHISLWFKLQJ But then Linn-Benton teed RIIIRUUXQVLQWKH¿UVWLQQLQJ RI WKH DIWHUQRRQ JDPH DQG cruised to a 22-0 victory. The T-Wolves (6-8) battled EDFNIURPGH¿FLWVRIDQG in the opener, and tied the score at 8-all in the seventh inning on back-to-back home runs by Ben Ross and Trevor Oldham. Ross’ came with a runner on. 7KHQ LQ WKH ERWWRP RI WKH eighth with two on and two out, Logan Cordiero and Ross hit back-to-back singles to plate the winning runs. BMCC relievers Nathan Pena and Alex Scarver got the Roadrunners to hit into three consecutive outs in the seventh and eighth innings, and Oldham picked up the save when he struck out Caleb Smith with two on in the ninth. Linn-Benton then took out its IUXVWUDWLRQE\SODVWHULQJ*DPH Timberwolves starter Brandon &HGHUKROP IRU UXQV RQ KLWVLQWZRWKLUGVRIDQLQQLQJ Blue Mountain opens East Region play in its next game on Wednesday against Wenatchee Valley at 1 p.m. ——— Game 1 R H E LBCC 005 003 000 — 8 11 2 BMCC 011 300 32X — 10 13 2 D. Wallum, K. Strickland (6) and S. Stevenson. T. Wicklander, A. Wilson (4), B. Smith (6), N. Pena (7), A. Scarver (8), T. Oldham (9) and J. Rogers. W — Scarver. L — Strickland. 2B — J. Rogers 2 (BMCC). 3B — B. Serrano (BMCC). HR — B. Ross, T. Oldham (BMCC). BLUE MOUNTAIN 4-9, GRAYS HARBOR 1-2 — At Pendleton, the Timberwolves H[WHQGHGWKHLUZLQVWUHDNWRIRXU JDPHV RQ 6DWXUGD\ DIWHUQRRQ E\ VZHHSLQJ WKH *UD\V +DUERU Chokers 4-1 and 9-2. In game one, the Timber- ZROYHV KDG VROLG RXWLQJV RQ WKH PRXQG DV IRXU SLWFKHUV combined to allow just one run. Nathan Pena who got the win SLWFKLQJ WKUHH LQQLQJV LQ UHOLHI ZLWKIRXUVWULNHRXWV Trevor Oldham had a big day as well, ripping a team-high three hits and scoring one run, as well as pitching the ninth inning to earn the save. In game two, the Timber- wolves scored a combined eight runs in the sixth and seventh innings to run away with the win. ——— Game 1 R H E GH 000 000 100 — 1 10 1 BM 000 000 22X — 4 8 1 Jensen, MacMillan (7), Bruns (8), and Bang. Howell, Pedroza (4), Pena (5), Oldham (9), and Rogers. W — Pena, L — Jensen. 2B — Barry, Kelly (GH), Oldham (BM). Game 2 R H E GH 000 000 020 — 2 9 0 BM 100 004 40X — 9 13 0 Takagi, James (6), Tucker (7), Streich (8), and Bang. Breshears, Johnson (5), Gunderson (9), Rudd (9), and Rogers. W — Breshears, L — Takagi. 2B — Bang, Withrow (GH), Chamberlain (BM). Softball EDMONDS 12-15, BLUE MOUNTAIN 1-6 — At Pendleton, the Blue Mountain Timberwolves continued their early season struggles on 6DWXUGD\ DIWHUQRRQ GURSSLQJ D doubleheader with the Edmonds Tritons 12-1 in six innings and LQ¿YHLQQLQJV ,Q *DPH %OXH 0RXQWDLQ VFRUHG WKH ¿UVW UXQ RI WKH JDPH LQ WKH ERWWRP RI WKH ¿UVW LQQLQJ DIWHU D OHDGRII GRXEOH E\ Sarah Bonner and an RBI single by Megan Ulrey gave it a 1-0 lead. The Tritons came back in the VHFRQGLQQLQJWRSODWHIRXUUXQV DQG WKHQ VFRUHG LQ HDFK RI WKH QH[W IRXU LQQLQJV WR UXQ DZD\ with the win. ,Q *DPH LW ZDV PRUH RI WKH VDPH IRU ERWK WHDPV DV WKH 7ULWRQV RIIHQVH SXW SUHVVXUH RQ WKH 7LPEHUZROYHV IURP WKH get-go, scoring two runs in the WRSRIWKH¿UVWLQQLQJ ——— Game 1 R H E EDCC 042 114 — 12 13 0 BMCC 100 000 — 1 6 2 Malakowski and Watson. Ulrey and Daubert. W — Malakowski, L — Ulrey. 2B — Kanae, Watson (EDCC), Bonner, Snyder (BMCC). HR — Senner (EDCC). Game 1 R H E TFS 000 01 — 1 2 0 M-H 102 53 — 11 13 2 Solosoball, Barment (4). Copeland and Lesko. W — Copeland, L — Solosoball. 2B — Copeland (M-H). Game 2 R H E EHS 000 00 — 0 0 1 M-H 331 04 — 11 15 1 Gant, Peterson (3). Earls and Copeland. W — Earls, L — Gant. 2B — Copeland, Field. HR — Copeland (2). East Oregonian Game 2 R H E LBCC (10)06 030 3 — 22 25 0 BMCC 000 000 0 — 0 4 1 C. Qualley, J. Boyd (6) and S. Stevenson. B. Cederholm, R. Gunderson (1), A. Scarver (3), T. Rudd (5), C. Higginbotham (6) and C. Labbe, J. Salgado (7). W — Qualley. L — Cederholm. 2B — T. Deckwa, J. Bauer, J. Thompson (LBCC). PIONEERS: 7RSRIOLQHXSFRQVLVWHQWO\SURGXFLQJIRU0DF+L Continued from 1B split with Runners Staff photo by Kathy Aney Sydney Earls pitches Saturday against Estacada during the Spring Break Crossover Tournament in Milton-Freewater. Mac-Hi won the game 10-0. Game 2 R H E EDCC 246 21 — 15 16 1 BMCC 004 02 — 6 7 4 Budnick, Malakowski (3), and Watson. Snyder, Reser (3), Cagle (5), and Daubert. W — Mala- kowski, L — Snyder. 2B — West, Kanae, Watson (EDCC). Cagle, Chaulsett-Utley, Ulrey (BMCC). 3B — Brown (EDCC). HR — West, Kanae, Hedman (EDCC). Ulrey (BMCC).