SPORTS
THURSDAY, APRIL 7, 2016
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Louisville announces
more sanctions
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP)
— Louisville has announced
additional
self-imSosed
sanctions
on its men’s
basketball
Srogram in
the wake
of an escort’s allegations,
reducing scholarshiSs for
the 2017-19 seasons and
restricting of¿ cial recruiting
visits and recruiting oSSortu-
nities for staff.
The school announced
)eb. a Sostseason ban
for the Cardinals after its
investigation into allegations
a former staffer hired an
escort and other dancers to
entertain recruits and Slayers
determined that violations
did occur.
A release on Wednesday
stated Louisville will lose
one scholarshiS in each of
the 2017-18 and 2018-19
seasons with of¿ cial visits
reduced by one each in
2016-17 and ’17-18.
Rockies rookie
makes MLB history
PHOENIX (AP) — Look
out Denver! Here comes
Trevor Story.
The 23-year-old rookie
made baseball history by
becominJ the ¿ rst Slayer
to hit a home
FACES run in each of
his ¿ rst three
big-league
games and
the Colorado
Rockies beat
the Arizona
Diamondbacks
Story
4-3 on
Wednesday.
“It’s just kind of surreal
right now,” he said. “It’s
hard to e[Slain. I can’t really
Sut words to it.”
Story also is the ¿ rst
Slayer in baseball history to
hit a home run for each of
his ¿ rst four hits, according
to information Srovided to
the Rockies by the Elias
SSorts %ureau.
“It was fun to watch
him,” Rockies manager
Walt Weiss said, “a young
kid who has dreamt of this
his whole life and shows
uS and is Srobably better
than his dream was — that
¿ rst game, that ¿ rst series.
... It is Tuite a story — Sun
intended.”
“No pressure,
no diamonds. …
I’m not trying to
let any baggage
hold me down
from the past,
but I do have a
massive chip on
my shoulder.“
— Robert Griffi n III
Recently signed Cleve-
land Browns quarterback
on his midset as he pre-
pares for the next chap-
ter in his NFL career.
Griffi n, 26, had numer-
ous issues during his stint
in Washington including
a knee injury and tiffs
with coaches that relagt-
ed him to the bench for
the 2015 season.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1956 — Joe Graboski
scores 29 Soints and Paul
Arizin 26 as the PhiladelShia
Warriors beat the Fort Wayne
Pistons 99-88 to win the
N%A chamSionshiS in ¿ ve
games.
2010 — Don Nelson
sets the N%A career record
for victories by a coach in
the Golden State Warriors’
116-107 win over the Minne-
sota Timberwolves. Nelson
with 1,333 wins, surSasses
Lenny Wilkens to move atoS
the list.
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Pro Basketball
Trail %lazers clinch Slayoff berth
Aminu, McCollum
lead Portland over
Oklahoma City
By NICK DASCHEL
Associated Press
PORTLAND — Al-Farouq
Aminu scored 27 Soints, C.J.
McCollum had 26 and the Portland
Trail %lazers clinched a Slayoff
berth with a 120-115 win over
the short-handed Oklahoma City
Thunder on Wednesday night.
Allen Crabbe hit four 3-Sointers
and scored 16 Soints for Portland as
six %lazers scored in double ¿ gures.
Portland (43-37) won for the ¿ fth
time in six games and became the
¿ rst team in N%A history to earn
a Slayoff berth while returning a
roster that had two or fewer Slayers
NBA
Oklahoma City
Portland
115
120
with 1,000 or more minutes from
the Srevious season (Damian
Lillard, Chris Kaman).
Enes Kanter had a career-high
33 Soints and 20 rebounds for the
Thunder, and Dion Waiters had 25
Soints.
Oklahoma City, which clinched
the West’s No. 3 seed with Tues-
day’s win at Denver, rested four
starters, including All-Stars Kevin
Durant and Russell Westbrook.
Portland scored a season high for
a ¿ rst half in taking a 72-59 halftime
lead, making 25 of 42 shots.
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AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer
Portland Trail Blazers guard C.J. McCollum shoots over Oklahoma
City Thunder guard Dion Waiters during the second half of an NBA
basketball game in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, April 6, 2016. Port-
land won 120-115.
PENDLETON
Timberwolves split with Chukars
%lue Mountain
Sicks uS walk-off
win in second game
of doubleheader
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
With the game deadlocked at 9-9
in the bottom of the ninth inning,
%lue Mountain’s Chase Labbe
steSSed to the Slate looking to be
the team’s hero.
The bases were loaded with two
outs and Labbe
stared down four-
Baseball
straight
Sitches
outside of the
strike zone from
Treasure Valley Treasure Valley
Sitcher %randen
Cutsforth to earn
the
walk-off
walk to hand the
Timberwolves a
Blue Mtn
10-9 win in Game
2 of Wednesday’s
doubleheader.
“That was a
great win,” Timberwolves coach
%rad %aker said. “We had the lead
and then we blew it but to come
back and regain the lead is always
something sSecial and it says a lot
about this team.”
Labbe went 1-3 with two runs
scored and the walk in the game,
with his lone hit coming on a crucial
R%I single in the eighth inning to tie
the game at 9-9. %aker said he was
con¿ dent in Labbe steSSing to the
Slate in the game-winning situation.
“He’s always a Sretty Satient
hitter,” %aker said. “Chase leads
the team in walks so I knew he
wouldn’t be swinging at bad Sitches
so I de¿ nitely had trust in him so he
was de¿ nitely a good one to have uS
there.”
The game had a heavy dose of
offense to start, as both teams scored
a combined 12 runs in the ¿ rst two
innings with the Timberwolves
(8-12, 2-4 NWAC East) holding a
7- lead. %ut %lue Mountain found
some stability on the mound in the
third inning as Nathan Pena came
on in relief and allowed no runs
9-9
1-10
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
BMCC’s Ben Ross dives back to fi rst base as Treasure Valley fi rst baseman Jerrod Seamons waits for
the ball in the Timbers’ game against the Chukars on Wednesday in Pendleton.
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
BMCC’s Brock Breshears throws
from the mound in the Timbers’
game against Treasure Valley on
Wednesday in Pendleton.
through his ¿ rst four innings on the
mound.
%lue Mountain added a run in
the bottom of the sixth inning when
SSencer Cordeiro led off the inning
with a double and then came around
to score two batters later on a Sassed
ball to give %lue Mountain an 8-
lead.
%ut things started to unravel for
the Timberwolves in the seventh
inning when the Chukars offense
started to get to Pena. Treasure
Valley (14-13, 2-4) scored one run
in the seventh to cut the lead to 8-6,
and then scored three runs on three
hits in the eighth inning to jumS in
front with a 9-8 lead.
Pena ¿ nished the game allowing
four runs on seven hits with two
strikeouts and one walk over his 5
2-3 innings of relief for %lue Moun-
tain. However, the Timberwolves
battled right back in the bottom
half of the eighth inning with the
run-scoring single by Labbe scored
Cordeiro. And after Timberwolves
Sitcher Trevor Oldham keSt the
Chukars off the scoreboard in the
toS of the ninth inning, the bats
came through with two hits and two
walks in the bottom of the ninth to
earn the victory.
The win ended a four-game
losing streak for %lue Mountain
and %aker said he hoSes it can act
as a little Sick-me-uS as the Timber-
wolves move forwarding towards
the stretch of the season.
“It’s huge when you get in those
ruts Sractices aren’t as fun, guys
heads are hanging and guys take
things a little too serious so now we
might see some smiles at Sractice
and good to have some Sositive
energy around,” %aker said.
Cordeiro had a big day at the
Slate, going 4-5 with two runs
scored and two R%I, and Oldham
went a combined 3-7 with two runs
and two R%I over the two games to
Sace the Timberwolves’ offense.
Game 1 of the doubleheader did
not go in %lue Mountain’s favor,
as the Timberwolves fell 9-1 as
Treasure Valley starting Sitcher
Sam Wong held the T-Wolves to just
three hits and one run over his 7.2
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Prep Roundup
Greb Saces %uckaroos to win at Indian Creek
Pendleton golf has
big day in Hood River
East Oregonian
HOOD RIVER — For the
second time this week Pendleton’s
Haley Greb got the better of The
Dalles’ Illiana Telles as the Sair
¿ nished 1-2 atoS the leaderboard
at a golf match in Hood River on
Wednesday.
Greb had beaten Telles for
medalist honors by seven strokes at
Monday’s round in Pendleton, but
had a much closer margin of victory
at Indian Creek Golf Course.
Greb shot a 76 to lead the
team-chamSion %uckaroos, and
Telles was right behind her with a
77.
In what was essentially a district
Sreview, Pendleton turned in the
lowest team score with a 367 while
Hermiston was in second with a
396. Hood River and The Dalles
carded scores in the high 400’s.
Pendleton coach Terry Prouse
said it was good for her Slayers to
get a Sreview of the course, which
had several tricky holes with
ravines, water hazards or elevated
tee boxes that increase the level of
dif¿ culty.
“It’s good to Slay it so they know
what to exSect at districts,” she said.
“Now they’ve seen it and they know
what to do.
“It was a good day. The kids
Slayed good. They didn’t think
they Slayed good, but they did.”
Shelby Greb was third with an 80.
Next uS for the %ucks is a round
at Awbry Glen Golf Course in %end
on Tuesday.
———
Team Scores
Pendleton 367
Hermiston 396
The Dalles 475
Hood River 487
Individual medalists
1, Haley Greb, PHS
76
2, Illiana Telles, The Dalles
77
3, Shelby Greb, PHS
80
Team
Pendleton (367) — Haley Greb 76, Shelby Greb
80, McKenna Pratt 100, Megan George 111, Rylee
Harris 125.
PENDLETON 326 — At Hood
River, the Pendleton boys golfers
were the class of the course on
Wednesday at Indian Creek Golf
Course as every Slayer came in
under 90 for the team title with a
score of 326.
Reilly Hegarty Saced the %uck-
aroos with a 78 that was good for
second Slace overall. The Dalles’
Tyler Vasser won with a 77.
Rounding out Pendleton’s score
were Nathan Som (82), Sam Kung
(83), %rayden Pulver (83) and Jared
Geier (88).
“It was just a Serfect day,” said
Pendleton coach Nels Nelson.
“It was a good exSerience for
(the Slayers) because it’s a little
bit different conditions as far as
greens and sloSe. The greens were
excellent, but there’s a lot of break
to them, they were Sretty ¿ rm and
fast.”
Pendleton’s next round will be
on Monday at %end Country Club.
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