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SPORTS )5,'$<$35,/ Sports shorts LeBron moves into 12th place on career scoring lsit CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James has moved SDVW'RPLQLTXH:LONLQV LQWRWK SODFHRQ the NBA’s career scoring list. James recorded a WKUHHSRLQWSOD\DWWKH PDUNRIWKH¿UVWTXDUWHURI the Cleveland Cavaliers’ game Thursday night against %URRNO\QJLYLQJKLP FDUHHUSRLQWV:LONLQVKDG GXULQJKLV+DOORI )DPHFDUHHUZLWK$WODQWD /$&OLSSHUV%RVWRQ6DQ Antonio and Orlando. -DPHVKDVDOVRVXUSDVVHG -HUU\:HVW5HJJLH0LOOHU Alex English, Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, John Havlicek and Tim Duncan on the scoring list this season. -DPHVLVOLNHO\WRSDVV 2VFDU5REHUWVRQZKR VFRUHGFDUHHUSRLQWV IRUWKSODFHRQ)ULGD\ night in Atlanta. 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS Prep Roundup 9LNLQJVSLFNXSZLQDJDLQVWSHVN\3LUDWHV 8PDWLOODWRSV5LYHUVLGH tennis by one match East Oregonian 80$7,//$ ² 7KH 8PDWLOOD 9LNLQJVWHQQLVVTXDGVHFXUHGD WHDPZLQRYHUWKH5LYHUVLGH3LUDWHV on Thursday afternoon. On the girls side, the Vikings ZRQ IRXU RI VHYHQ PDWFKHV ZKLOH ERWK ER\V WHDPV VSOLW WKH IRXU PDWFKHV 7KH Vikings did get the ZLQRQDWLHEUHDNDV the team outscored 5LYHUVLGH LQ game scores. Tennis Riverside Umatilla 5 6 ——— Boys Singles Junior Coria-Coria (U) def. Adolfo Bedolla 8-5 Luis Gonzalez (R) def. Douglas Gomez 8-5 Boys Doubles Austin Thompson/Bryan Altamarino (R) def. Giovani Armenta-Madrigal/Edgar Madrigal (U) 8-4. Joel Escamilla/Leonel Corona-Garcia (U) def. Dono- van Caunaoub/Brandon Juarez (R) 8-0 Girls Singles Sidney Webb (U) def. Gema Juarez (R) 8-0 Adriona Lial (R) def. Meydelins Lopez Ortega (U) 8-3 Jennifer Vazquez (U) def. Viki Coria (R) 8-6 Zalena Goyton (R) def. Daisy Garcilazo (U) 9-7 Girls Doubles Alejandra Munoz-Ordaz/Cin- thia Rodriguez-Mendoza (U) win by default Yessenia Garcia-Sanchez/ Fatima Sanchez (U) def. Jessica Calvillo/Mosquieda (R) 8-6 U. Coline/Sayra Diaz (R) def. Chyanne Hinsley/Diana Gutierrez (U) 8-4 WESTON-MCEWEN 3, HELIX 2 — At Athena, the :HVWRQ0F(ZHQ WHQQLV WHDPV FRQWLQXHG LWV VFKHGXOH ZLWK Aminu’s career night lifts Blazers Portland sits 1.5 games behind 0HPSKLVIRU¿IWK By MALIKA ANDREWS Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Denzel Valentine of Michigan State is The Associated Press Player of the Year, edging out Oklahoma’s Buddy Hield three votes. FACES by Valentine is the ¿UVW6SDUWDQV SOD\HUWRZLQ WKHDZDUG Valentine received 34 of 65 votes from Valentine the national PHGLDSDQHO WKDWVHOHFWVWKHZHHNO\$3 7RS+LHOGZDVWKHRQO\ RWKHUSOD\HUWRUHFHLYHYRWHV +LHOGDQG9DOHQWLQHZHUHWKH only unanimous selections to the AP All-America team. Valentine, a 6-foot-5 senior, led Michigan State WRDVHFRQGSODFH ¿QLVKLQWKH%LJ7HQ UHJXODUVHDVRQDQGZDV WKHFRQIHUHQFHSOD\HURI WKH\HDU+HDYHUDJHG SRLQWVUHERXQGVDQG DVVLVWVZKLOHGLUHFWLQJWKH 6SDUWDQV¶RIIHQVH — Anthony Lazard Iowa State senior football player in an interview with The Des Moines Register, recounting events from a spring break trip to South Padre Island, Texas on March 16 where Lazard and two other teammates — Jack Spreen and Joe Doran — pulled a woman out of her sinking car after the woman wrecked her car and plunged into a nearby canal. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1985 — Villanova shocks *HRUJHWRZQ ZLWK D YLFWRU\ WR ZLQ WKH 1&$$ EDVNHWEDOOWLWOH7KH:LOGFDWV OHGE\'ZD\QH0F&ODLQ¶V SRLQWVVKRWSHUFHQWIURP WKH¿HOG 1992 ² $ ZHHN EHIRUH WKH6WDQOH\&XSSOD\RIIVDUH VHWWREHJLQWKH1+/SOD\HUV VWULNHIRUWKH¿UVWWLPHLQWKH OHDJXH¶V\HDUKLVWRU\ Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com Boys Singles Caleb Olson (W) def. Erik Jones (H) 8-6 Kellen Fairchild (W) def. Allen Holden (H) 6-0 Ryan Schmidtgall (W) def. Moro Gabriel (H) 6-0. Girls Singles Lynne Roberts (H) def. Johanna Albert (W) 8-4 Macaila Espey (H) def. Emmaline Irvine (W) 6-3 Pro Basketball Michigan State guard named AP Player of the Year “I was getting worried that we were going to watch this girl drown to death, because no matter how hard we were hitting it, it [the glass] wasn’t cracking or spidering for a while.“ D ZLQ RYHU WKH +HOL[ *UL]]OLHV RQ Thursday afternoon. 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See BLAZERS/2B MLB Overhauled Mariners great unknown in AL West Seattle starts season at Texas on Monday By TIM BOOTH AP Sports Writer SEATTLE — Through all the various remodels over the course of too many lost seasons there KDYHEHHQWZRFRQVWDQWVIRU6HDWWOH EDVHEDOO IRU WKH SDVW GHFDGH )HOL[ +HUQDQGH]DQGPLVVLQJWKHSOD\RIIV 6R DV D QHZ VHDVRQ DUULYHV LQ 6HDWWOH ZLWK \HW DQRWKHU PDVVLYH offseason overhaul having taken SODFH +HUQDQGH] LV VWLOO KHUH ZDLWLQJIRUWKHFKDQFHWRSLWFKLQWKH SRVWVHDVRQ WKH RQO\ DFFRPSOLVK ment missing on his career resume. ³,¶YHEHHQKHUHDORQJWLPHDQG QRZ,¶PROG1R,¶PNLGGLQJ%XW UHDOO\,HQMR\EHLQJKHUH,OLNHWKH RUJDQL]DWLRQDQG,¶PH[FLWHGWRVWLOO be here,” Hernandez said. “This year is a little different because WKHUHDUHQHZIDFHV´ After an offseason that featured RQHVLJQL¿FDQWFKDQJHDIWHUDQRWKHU WKH 0DULQHUV ZLOO RSHQ WKH VHDVRQ Monday at Texas as one of the AP Photo/Jeff Chiu Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Felix Hernandez during a spring training baseball game against the San Diego Padres in Peoria, Ariz., Wednesday, March 30, 2016. 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