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SPORTS THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2016 Sports shorts Dallas scores early, beats Timbers 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS Blazers head into playoffs on win Portland will face LA &lippers in ¿ rst round PORTLAND (AP) — Michael Barrios, Fabian &astillo and Tesho Akindele all scored in the ¿ rst 26 minutes to Jive F& Dallas a 3-1 victory over the Portland Timbers on Wednesday niJht. In the 4th minute, Jack Jewsbury’s turnover allowed Akindele to charJe into the Portland penalty area and lay off a pass to Barrios, who calmly slid a shot past Portland Joalkeeper Adam Kwarasey for his third Joal of the season. Another turnover by Jewsbury in the 26th minute allowed &astillo to race to the top of the area, where he chipped a shot over an onrushinJ Kwarasey for his second Joal. Three minutes later, a miscued shot attempt by &astillo went riJht to Akin- dele, whose shot deÀ ected off defender Jermain Taylor and between Kwarasey’s leJs for his third Joal. By ANNE M. PETERSON Associated Press 99 107 Backes scores OT winner for Blues ST. LOUIS (AP) — David Backes scored at 9:04 of overtime on a shot that deÀ ected off a &hicaJo Blackhawks defenseman, and the St. Louis Blues took the series opener 1-0 over the defendinJ FACES Stanle\ &up champions on Wednesday niJht. Backes’ shot Jot past &orey &rawford after EouncinJ Backes off Trevor Van Riemsdyk’s skate. Defensemen Jay Bouwmeester and Alex PietranJelo assisted on the winner. Brian Elliott earned his ¿ rst career playoff shutout. Elliott, who led the NHL with a .90 save percentaJe, made 35 saves to thwart a lineup led Ey scorinJ champion Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews. He made just his second playoff start in three seasons off an impressive ¿ nish, JoinJ 11-1 in his ¿ nal 14 starts. “This is a life-or- death situation. I’m not talking about football anymore. I’m talking about a young man who is in trouble.“ — Drew Rosenhaus Professional sports agent on his reason for rescinding his contract with troubled NFL quar- terback Johnny Manziel. Rosenhaus, who would be the second agent to drop Manziel since February, said he’s given Manziel a fi ve-day win- dow to clean up his act or the termination will become permanent. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1994 — Seattle becomes the ¿ rst team in NBA history to have 10 double-¿ Jure scorers in one Jame, as the SuperSonics beat the Los AnJeles &lippers 150-101. All 12 Sonics score in the Jame and Steve SchefÀ er’s layup with 8.4 seconds left makes him the 10th Sonic to score in double ¿ Jures. 2002 — TiJer Woods becomes the third player to win back-to-back Masters titles. He closes with a 1-under 71 to claim a three- stroke victory over Retief Goosen. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com PORTLAND — Damian Lillard had 21 points before sittinJ in the ¿ nal quarter and the Port- land Trail Bla]ers, with NBA their playoff fate sealed earlier Wednesday niJht, defeated the Denver Denver NuJJets 107-99. &J Mc&ollum added 17 points for the Bla]ers, who led by as many as 18 points in Portland the ¿ nal quarter despite puttinJ all of their starters on the bench. The Trail Bla]ers were assured of the ¿ fth seed in the Western &onference by virtue of Dallas’ 96-91 loss to the San Antonio Spurs. The Bla]ers will face the Los AnJeles &lip- pers in the ¿ rst round of the playoffs. The fans roared at the Moda &enter when the result was announced. Guard &.J. Mc&ollum addressed the crowd before tipoff: “When they doubted us, you didn’t. So thank you.” He punctuated the sentiment: “Let’s Jet ready for the playoffs” Emmanuel Mudiay ¿ nished with 25 points to lead ¿ ve NuJJets in double ¿ Jures. Denver ¿ nished the season 33-49 and in 10th place in the West, improvinJ by three James over last year’s win total. &oach Michael Malone, asked to assess his feelinJ about the NuJJets’ ¿ nish, said: “Not happy. Not satis¿ ed. But encouraJed.” AP Photo/Steve Dykes Portland Trail Blazers forward Noah Vonleh (21) dunks in front of Denver Nuggets guard Gary Harris (14) during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Portland, Ore., Wednesday, April 13, 2016. The Blazers won 107-99. HELIX PENDLETON Parker steps aside after 15 years Yakima leaves T-Wolves stranded “I always said I wanted to leave the new coach with something to build on. The team will still be good next year and is set up for some success so I just felt the time was right.” Gri]]lies earned four state trophies in her tenure By ERIC SINGER East Oregonian After 15 years at the helm of the Helix Gri]]lies varsity volleyball team, Tammie Parker has decided to call it a career. Parker made her decision shortly after the conclusion of the Gri]]lies season in November, a decision she has pondered for a few years now. ³I’m a Jrandma, I have three Jrandkids now and twin Jrandkids on the way and I want to spend more time with them all,” Parker said on Wednesday. “I started to feel I couldn’t Jive 110 percent to the Jirls and to the sport and that’s not fair to them.” Parker leaves behind a tremendous mark on the Griswold HiJh School proJram, coachinJ the team to four leaJue titles, a 15-8 postseason record as well as earninJ four trophies at the state tournament from 2006-2009. DurinJ those years the Gri]]lies Jrabbed runner-up honors in µ06, µ08 and µ09 and ¿ nished third in µ07. Over the past 10 years, Parker’s teams have compiled a 156-123-5 overall record, most recently put toJether a 19-6 overall record and a 10-2 record and second-place ¿ nish in the Old OreJon LeaJue in 2015. Helix Jraduates several top players from last Parker year’s team, but returns enouJh expe- rience that Parker felt comfortable steppinJ aside for a new coach. “I always said I wanted to leave the new coach with somethinJ to build on,” she said. “The team will still be Jood next year and is set up for some success so I just felt the time was riJht.” And when she looks back on her career, she said she can only be proud of what her teams had accomplished. “I’m just very proud of the commitments that all of my kids made,” Parker said. “And add in the belief in me from the kids and their parents ... it’s rare to have such cooperative parents and I was lucky to have Jreat parents for 15 years.” One of the thinJs that Parker mentioned she will miss about coachinJ is the personal relation- ships with her players. When she broke the news to the team followinJ the season, the majority reaction was one of surprise and shock, but Parker said that just because she is steppinJ away as the coach does not mean she is steppinJ away from the Gri]]lies as a friend. “All of my players are like my family. I’ll still be there for them and they know they can contact me about anythinJ,” she said. “I’m still in contact with players from my ¿ rst year in coachinJ, too.” But with all of the moments and memories that Parker has experienced durinJ her career, the ones that will stick with her the most are the experi- ences and team bondinJ moments on the many, many road trips. “Sure JettinJ to the state tour- nament is nice, and JettinJ past districts is nice, but the wins and losses take a back seat,” she said. “I’ll remember all of the trips with the kids like when we went to state ... all of the times just hanJinJ out in the hallways of hotels and all of the fun times at team dinners. Those traditions are what made us a family.” ——— Contact Eric Singer at esinger@ eastoregonian.com or (541) 966-0839. Follow him on Twitter @ByEricSinger. Blue Mountain bats cold with runners on, lose two to Yaks East Oregonian The Blue Mountain baseball team struJJled at the plate with runners in scorinJ Baseball position and dropped a NWA& East Yakima doubleheader aJainst Yakima Valley 2-1 and 15-5 on Wednesday. T h e Blue Mtn Timberwolves (9-15, 3-7 East) batted .066 (1 for 15) with runners on second or third base to fall seven James behind the leaJue-leadinJ Yaks (20-8, 10-0). 2-15 1-5 See T-WOLVES/2B Lee’s pinch-hit homer in 10th lifts Mariners Home run clinches ¿ rst home win of season By JIM HOEHN Associated Press SEATTLE — Dae-Ho Lee hit a two-run, pinch-homer with two outs in the 10th inninJ on Wednesday, liftinJ the Seattle Mariners over the Texas RanJers 4-2 for their ¿ rst win of the year at Safeco Field. After startinJ out 0-5 at home, the Mariners won on Lee’s second home run of the season. Robinson &ano hit his ¿ fth homer for Seattle. The riJht-handed hittinJ Lee, who spent the last four years in Japan after 11 seasons in his native South Korea, came on to bat for Adam Lind aJainst left-hander Jake Diekman (0-1). Lee launched an 0-2 MLB Texas Seattle 2 4 pitch deep over the left-¿ eld wall for his second homer. Nelson &ru] reached on a one-out error by second baseman RouJned Odor, but was forced out by Kyle SeaJer, settinJ up Lee. Steve &ishek (1-1) pitched two inninJs. Delino DeShields brouJht the RanJers even at 2 in the eiJhth with a solo homer, his ¿ rst. &ano put Texas in front 2-1 in the ¿ fth with a solo shot, his ¿ rst home run since April 5. He had been in a 2-for-21 slump before connectinJ. See MARINERS/2B AP Photo/Ted S. Warren Seattle Mariners’ Dae-Ho Lee watches his walk-off two-run home run in the 10th inning of Wednesday’s game against the Texas Rangers in Seattle.
