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Saturday, April 16, 2016 SPORTS TRACK: Small schools win 16 events Things to watch in NBA playoffs Page 2B East Oregonian (34-3.75). “Just because it’s such a big meet we kind of spread our kids out a little bit so they haven’t done nearly as many events as they usually do,” assistant coach Marianne Smith said. “So they’ve had a chance to focus on their solid events, and they’ve done great.” Small schools were well represented as well and ended up winning 16 event titles including those that were shared. “There was great competi- tion,” Breshears said. “There may some small schools but out of those small schools you see a lot of great competition and it’s wonderful for our kids to have that too.” Pilot Rock had a pair of wins for each its girls and boys. Abby Rigby ran a personal record to win the girls’ 400-meters in 1:01.06 and Gunner McCall won the boys’ 400 in 53.66. Rachel Willingham won the girls’ 300 hurdles in 50.10 and Devin Hasher won the boys’ high jump with 6-1. Weston-McEwen’s Hayden Scott won in the 1,500 and UXQQHUXS¿QLVKLQWKH$IWHU Cove’s Alex Graffunder nosed into the lead midway through the 1,500, Scott out-kicked him over the last 200 meters to win by two seconds in 4:13.19. But despite running a PR of 2:04.28 in the 800 he was unable to hold off Walla Walla’s Fernando Ortiz who won at the tape by .27 seconds. 6WDQ¿HOG¶V /DULVVD &DVWHO- ODQRVWLHGIRU¿UVWLQSROHYDXOW and teammate Maya Gadsden tied for the high jump win. Riverside’s boys’ 4x400 relay team of Quincy Castillo, Noe round all 10 times. His teams (Cleveland, then Miami, then Cleveland The NBA playoffs start again) are a staggering this weekend, and there’s no LQ ¿UVWURXQG JDPHV shortage of story lines worth and James is on a personal following. Here’s a list of 10 13-game winning streak in to get you started: those opening matchups. ——— -DPHVMXVW¿QGVZD\VWROLIW THE WARRIORS his game in the playoffs, We begin with the playing huge minutes. And reigning champions, the consider this one: Among favorites to capture back- players in this postseason, to-back titles. Golden State no one has more assists in set the NBA record with a their playoff career than 73-9 regular season, and the James. Warriors’ reward to open ——— the playoffs is a rematch THE DURANT of last season’s Western WATCH &RQIHUHQFH ¿QDOV DJDLQVW This season has been the Houston Rockets. It’s a one long countdown to matchup of the game’s two Kevin Durant Watch 2016, best scorers this season — otherwise known as what Stephen Curry and James the Oklahoma City star Harden. The Warriors are will do this summer when 12-1 in their last 13 against free agency arrives. Durant the Rockets and Curry has has gotten the questions sizzled in those games, plenty of times this season, shooting 54 percent from and when — or if, more WKH ¿HOG DQG SHUFHQW accurately — the Thunder from 3-point range. fall behind in a postseason ——— series it’s a safe bet specu- TIM DUNCAN lation will ramp up quickly He merits his own about how what’s going mention for this reason: on in these playoffs will Duncan has a chance to LQÀXHQFH WKH GHFLVLRQ KH play in more postseason makes in July. This will victories than anyone in the be especially true if the history of the NBA. He’s Thunder, the No. 3 seed out been in 151 so far in his West, get into early trouble. legendary career with the ——— Spurs. Only Derek Fisher R A P T O R S ’ (161), Robert Horry (155) DROUGHT and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar This has been the best (154) have played in more regular season in Toronto wins at this time of year. history, a 56-26 mark that ——— got the Raptors the No. 2 LEBRON JAMES seed in the East. But this In 10 previous trips to season’s real goal for the the playoffs, James has 5DSWRUV KDV EHHQ ¿QDOO\ reached at least the second getting some playoff By TIM REYNOLDS Associated Press Continued from 1B Staff photo by E.J. Harris Weston-McEwen’s Hayden Scott leads the pack in the boys’ 1500-meter run on Friday in Pendleton. Madrigal, Alejandro Llamas, David Rodriguez also won in 3:47.08. Umatilla’s Maria More- no-Mendez was second in discus (84-9) and third in javelin (98-05). “In general all of our kids, they just competed well,” said Umatilla coach Kaycee Ferguson. “It’s been exciting because we have a bunch of kids PRing every week and so it’s neat to see their personal growth and improvement. There’s kids that are showing really sparks of something amazing to come and it’s really neat to see the group as a whole. Everybody’s growing and improving.” Ione’s Jessie Flynn was second in long jump (15-4.75), Rachel Holland was second in javelin (105-5) and Cord Flynn was second in boys’ discus (112-2). success. Toronto was swept RXW RI WKH ¿UVW URXQG ODVW \HDU KDV ORVW LWV ODVW ¿YH opening-round series and has reached the East semi- ¿QDOVRQFH²LQ,W¶V not exactly an easy draw for Toronto, which gets ,QGLDQD LQ WKH ¿UVW URXQG The Pacers have won their last three opening-round series. ——— CLOSE GAMES Makes sense, given that the best teams tend to make for better matchups. Last year, 59 percent of the playoff games were decided by no more than 10 points. Having said that, there were only two Game 7’s last year, and the Los Angeles Clippers were in both — they beat San $QWRQLR LQ WKH ¿UVW URXQG and lost to Houston in the second round. ——— ROOKIE STRUG- GLES It’s hard enough for rookies to get through the rigors of an 82-game regular season as it is, which might explain why it hasn’t exactly been common of late for a ¿UVW\HDUJX\WRSXWXSELJ postseason numbers. Only WZRSOD\HUVLQWKHODVW¿YH postseasons — Harrison Barnes and Kawhi Leonard — have capped their rookie years with 100 points or more in the playoffs. And no rookie has come up with 200 points in a postseason since Miami’s Dwyane Wade had 234 back in 2004. PREPS: Echo lights up scoreboard with 34 runs in Friday’s sweep over Elgin (7-9, 2-2 GOL) scored three runs in the inning to take the VALE 14-12, RIVER- lead for good in a game it SIDE 3-2 — At Boardman, would win 8-2. the Riverside Pirates remain But Hunter Yensen winless in Eastern Oregon pitched a complete game League play after being with nine strikeouts to lead swept by the Vale Vikings in the Pioneers (3-7, 1-3) to the a doubleheader on Friday. VSOLWDQGWKHLU¿UVWOHDJXHZLQ Game 1 R H E Riverside (1-12, 0-6 EOL) of the season in Game 2. VHS 504 23 — 14 8 1 RHS 100 02 — 3 3 12 was hurt by its combined Mac-Hi scored the Fortin. Bingaman and Rodelo (4). W — 16 errors in both games, Fortin, L — Bingaman. winning run in the top of the 2B — Towers (VHS). including a season-high 12 eighth inning. Miguel Garcia Game 2 R H E errors in game one. VHS 160 41 — 12 10 1 was hit by a pitch, Bailey 100 01 — 2 3 4 ,QWKDW¿UVWJDPH$UDPLV RHS Debord walked and Keaton W — Towers, L — Corpus. 2B — Perry (VHS). Corpus started on the mound 6PLWK KLW DQ LQ¿HOG VLQJOH and threw a complete game to load the bases with one MAC-HI 2-3, LA out, then Justin Carlson hit allowing 10 hits, 12 runs (six earned runs), two walks and GRANDE 8-2 — At La DVDFUL¿FHÀ\WREULQJLQWKH one strikeout. Ulises Calvillo Grande, Jesus Vela was winning run, went 1-2 with a stolen base, cruising with a 2-1 lead in La Grande got its leadoff while Mason Hegar also WKH ¿IWK LQQLQJ ZKHQ EDFN batter on in the bottom of the to-back defensive mistakes inning but Yensen kept him went 1-2 with an RBI. In game two, Derek and an unlucky injury ended from advancing past second. Bingaman started on the KLV JDPH LQ WKH ¿UVW KDOI RI Mac-Hi’s next game is mound and went three a Greater Oregon League Monday at College Place innings while allowing six doubleheader against La (WA) at 4 p.m. KLWV UXQV ¿YH HDUQHG Grande on Friday. ——— Game 1 R H E A line drive off his runs), three walks with one M-H 000 110 0 — 2 7 2 LHS 010 033 X — 8 6 1 strikeout. Anthony Rodelo throwing hand sent Vela to J. Vela, M. Garcia and Z. Crisman. Z. tossed two innings of relief the bench, and La Grande Jacobs, J. Gonzalez (7) and G. Vaughn. W Continued from 1B and picked up two strikeouts. Corpus was the top performer on offense, going 1-3 with one run scored, an RBI, and a stolen base. Sterling Bither and Wayne Killion also each added one hit apiece. ——— — Jacobs. L — Vela. 2B — T. Shafer, G. Vaughn 2 (LHS). 3B — A. Goss (LHS). Game 2 R H E M-H 110 000 01 — 3 5 0 LHS 010 001 00 — 2 7 0 H. Yensen and K. Smith. R. Adams, I. Chamberlain (8) and G. Vaughn, T. Shafer (2). W — Yensen. L — Adams. 2B — G. Vaughn. SOFTBALL ECHO 17-17, ELGIN 1-1 — At Echo, the Cougars offense teed off against Elgin pitching to score a combined 34 runs in the doubleheader sweep on Friday afternoon. In game one, the Cougars (11-3, 6-0 EOL) racked up 15 hits to run away with the victory, led by Cheyenne Hillard going 3-3 with two runs, two RBI, and two walks from the lead-off spot. MacKenzie Gonzales also added two hits, two runs and three RBI at the plate, while DOVR SLWFKLQJ ¿YH LQQLQJV allowing just one run on one hit with eight strikeouts. In game two, Alyssa Ray got the start for Echo and also allowed just one run on one hit and struck out six Elgin batters, while the Cougars offense backed her up with 16 hits and the 17 runs. Kenzie Blankenship blasted a fourth inning home UXQ DQG ¿QLVKHG WKH GD\ a combined 3-3 with four runs scored and three RBI. Monique Montoya also had a strong day at the plate, ¿QLVKLQJ ZLWK ¿YH UXQV scored and three RBI out of the No. 6 spot in the batting order. ——— Game 1 R H E ELG 001 00 — 1 1 2 ECH 548 0X — 17 15 6 W — Gonzales, L — McGinness. 2B — Hilliard, Gonzales (ECH). Game 2 R H E ELG 000 01 — 1 1 2 ECH 941 3X — 17 16 1 W — Ray, L — McGinness. 2B — McCarty, Barnes (ECH). 3B — Pol- lock (ECH). HR — Noble (ELG), Blankenship (ECH). VALE 11-11, RIVER- SIDE 8-0 — At Boardman, the Riverside Pirates could not keep the Vale Vikings offense at bay, as the Vikings scored 22 runs on 29 hits to sweep the Pirates on Friday. Skylar Wightman started on the mound for Riverside (6-9, 2-6 EOL) in both games and ended up the losing pitcher in both. Stephanie Stokoe was the leading KLWWHU RQ WKH GD\ ¿QLVKLQJ D combined 3-5 at the plate. ——— Game 1 VHS 002 304 2 — RHS 300 023 0 — W — Hanley, L — Wightman. Game 2 R VHS 104 15 — 11 RHS 000 00 — 0 W — Treakji, L — Wightman. R H 11 16 8 6 H 13 3 E 2 3 E 0 2 TENNIS HERMISTON 5, HOOD RIVER 3 — At Hood River, the Hermiston Bulldogs girls tennis team pulled together for a win over the Hood River Eagles on Friday afternoon. ——— Singles Montsie Grariidio (HR) def. Katelyn Millard 6-3, 2-6, 10-4 Jaycee Ternes (HE) def. Nikki Paulus 6-2, 6-3 Kirby Joseph (HR) def. Lindsey McAllister 7-5, 6-1 Bianca Badillo (HR) def. Sydney Moore 6-3, 6-4 Doubles Mackenzie Hill/Chy Peterson (HE) def. Tial Semmes/Camryn Chambers 6-0, 6-0 Whitney McMahon/Kylie Markwick (HE) def. Bianca Badillo/Ruby Dosier 6-2, 6-2 Reed Middleton/Breena Wadekamper MARINERS: King Felix set to face off against Sabathia on Saturday Continued from 1B Nuno retired Mark Teixeira on a grounder with the bases loaded to end the sixth, protecting a 4-1 lead. First baseman Adam Lind made a nifty scoop on a bounced throw by shortstop Ketel 0DUWHIRUWKH¿QDORXW Luis Severino (0-2) gave up four runs and eight hits in 5 2/3 innings. Sharp last year as a rookie, he was tagged for a career-worst 10 hits by 'HWURLWODVWZHHNLQKLV¿UVW start of the season. “Sometimes pitchers get off to slow starts. Some- times hitters get off to slow starts,” Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. “Everything can change with one good outing and then all of a sudden your numbers don’t look so bad.” Franklin Gutierrez had a VDFUL¿FHÀ\DVDSLQFKKLWWHU against ex-Mariners pitcher Tyler Olson and added an RBI double. Brett Gardner homered in WKH1HZ<RUN¿UVW7KDWZDV all the Yankees managed to score as they began a nine- game homestand. TRAINER’S ROOM Mariners: It wasn’t certain before the game whether righty setup man Joaquin Benoit would be available. He hasn’t pitched since last Friday because of tightness in his back and shoulder. LOTS OF LEFTIES Including switch-hitters, 15 of the 18 batters in the starting lineups came up swinging lefty. The only pure right-handers: Nelson Cruz and Iannetta of the Mariners, and Starlin Castro of the Yankees. Chase Headley started in the ninth VSRW IRU WKH ¿UVW WLPH LQ KLV career — Girardi said he was trying to break up the lefties in the lineup. UP NEXT Mariners: Felix Hernandez (0-1, 0.69 ERA) makes his third start of the VHDVRQ ORRNLQJ IRU KLV ¿UVW win and some run support. He is 5-1 with a 1.38 ERA in eight starts at the new Yankee Stadium. Teixeira has hit six home runs off him, the most by any batter vs. King Felix. Yankees: CC Sabathia makes his second start after winning with six innings at Detroit in his season debut. He’ll become the 10th pitcher to make 200 career starts with multiple teams, having also done it with Cleveland. SCOREBOARD Local Slate PREP BASEBALL Today Irrigon at Dufur (DH), 11 a.m./1 p.m. Pilot Rock at Weston-McEwen, 11 a.m./1 p.m. Grant Union at Heppner (DH), 11 a.m./1 p.m. Pendleton at Hood River (DH), Noon/2 p.m. The Dalles at Hermiston (DH), Noon/2:30 p.m. Monday College Place at Mac-Hi, 4 p.m. Tuesday Joseph at Umatilla (DH), 1/3 p.m. Pilot Rock at Burns, 3:30 p.m. Culver at Irrigon, 4 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Sherman, 4 p.m. Heppner at Dufur, 4 p.m. Hood River at Pendleton, 4:30 p.m. Hermiston at The Dalles, 4:30 p.m. PREP SOFTBALL Today Culver at Pilot Rock (DH), 11 a.m./1 p.m. Irrigon at Union (DH), 11 a.m./1 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Echo (DH), 11 a.m./1 p.m. Pendleton at Hood River (DH), Noon/2 p.m. The Dalles at Hermiston (DH), Noon/2 p.m. Burns at Heppner (DH), 1/3 p.m. Monday Hermiston at Kennewick, 4 p.m. Echo at Dayton, 4 p.m. Tuesday Enterprise at Umatilla (DH), 1/3 p.m. Burns at Pilot Rock, 3:30 p.m. Hermiston at The Dalles, 4 p.m. Culver at Irrigon, 4 p.m. Heppner at Union, 4 p.m. Hood River at Pendleton, 4:30 p.m. Walla Walla at Mac-Hi, 5 p.m. PREP TRACK & FIELD Today Pendleton, Umatilla at Pasco (Wash.) Invite, 9:30 a.m. Hermiston at Oregon Relays (Eugene), 10 a.m. Monday Pilot Rock, Ione at Grant Union Meet, 3:30 p.m. PREP GOLF Monday Pendleton, Hermiston (boys) at Tetherow GC, 10 a.m. Pendleton (girls) at Bend CC, 10 a.m. Mac-Hi (girls) at Quail Ridge GC, Noon PREP TENNIS Monday Mac-Hi at Pendleton (boys), 4 p.m. Pendleton at Mac-Hi (girls), 4 p.m. Tuesday Umatilla at Sherman, 4 p.m. Helix, Weston-McEwen at Mac-Hi, 4 p.m. PREP LACROSSE Today Hermiston at Newberg, 1 p.m. Tuesday Richland (WA) at Hermiston, 5 p.m. PREP RUGBY Saturday Bend at East Oregon (boys), Noon Centennial at East Oregon (girls), 1:30 p.m. COLLEGE BASEBALL Today Blue Mountain at Spokane (DH), 1/4 p.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Today Blue Mountain at North Idaho (DH), 2/4 p.m. Tuesday Walla Walla at Blue Mountain (DH), 2/4 p.m. Prep Standings BASEBALL Columbia River Conference (5A) Conf Ovr Hood River 0-0 9-3 Pendleton 0-0 9-4 Hermiston 0-0 7-5 The Dalles 0-0 6-6 RS RA Rnk 87 54 5 97 55 15 55 42 11 75 68 17 Greater Oregon League (4A) Conf Ovr RS RA Rnk Ontario 3-1 9-4 134 91 8 Baker 2-2 7-6 72 61 12 La Grande 2-2 7-9 71 70 25 Mac-Hi 1-3 3-6 44 87 26 Eastern Oregon League (3A) Conf Ovr RS RA Rnk Stanfield 6-0 15-1 206 31 6 Vale 6-0 10-4 135 68 13 Nyssa 3-1 7-7 113 119 20 Elgin 2-2 2-7 42 93 25 Umatilla 1-5 5-8 80 116 17 Joseph 0-4 1-9 49 102 31 Riverside 0-6 1-12 33 155 33 Special District 6 (2A/1A) Conf Ovr RS RA Rnk Sherman 2-1 9-3 123 53 6 Irrigon 1-0 6-3 93 44 15 Culver 1-2 5-6 66 116 12 Heppner 0-0 1-4 38 53 21 Dufur 0-1 2-8 57 87 29 Special District 7 (2A/1A) Conf Ovr RS RA Rnk Burns 3-0 9-5 118 75 10 Pilot Rock 1-0 11-1 116 42 2 Grant Union 0-0 3-8 75 99 36 Wes.-McE. 0-1 8-3 123 82 4 Union 0-3 0-8 22 110 43 SOFTBALL Columbia River Conference (5A) Conf Ovr RS RA Rnk Pendleton 0-0 11-2 131 45 8 The Dalles 0-0 11-3 150 56 7 Hermiston 0-0 8-5 101 62 6 Hood River 0-0 6-6 70 75 14 Greater Oregon League (4A) Conf Ovr RS RA Rnk Mac-Hi 4-0 13-3 127 52 3 La Grande 2-2 6-8 128 101 14 Baker 1-3 9-4 133 85 15 Ontario 1-3 5-5 87 74 17 Eastern Oregon League (3A) Conf Ovr RS RA Rnk Echo 6-0 11-3 181 44 7 Vale 6-0 8-3 113 70 5 Wes.-McE. 4-0 7-2 104 41 4 Enterprise 2-2 4-6 79 116 22 Nyssa 2-4 2-11 90 165 27 Riverside 2-6 6-9 116 134 20 Grant Union 0-0 5-2 70 58 14 Elgin 0-4 0-6 12 79 32 Umatilla 0-6 1-11 37 204 35 Special District 6 (2A/1A) Conf Ovr RS RA Rnk Pilot Rock 1-0 9-1 113 17 2 Burns 1-0 8-2 67 42 6 Union 1-0 5-0 54 24 1 Irrigon 0-1 7-2 78 23 5 Culver 0-1 5-5 82 87 20 Heppner 0-1 3-6 70 87 23 Prep Scores Baseball Umatilla 15, Nyssa 4 Nyssa 15, Umatilla 10 Softball Mac-Hi 5, La Grande 4 Mac-Hi 11, La Grande 8 Nyssa 24, Umatilla 0 Nyssa 22, Umatilla 10 Lacrosse Aloha 16, Hermiston 2 Basketball NBA PLAYOFFS FIRST ROUND Today’s Games Indiana at Toronto, 9:30 a.m. (ESPN) Houston at Golden State, 12:30 p.m. (ABC) Boston at Atlanta, 4 p.m. (ESPN) Dallas at Oklahoma City, 6:30 p.m. (ESPN) Sunday’s Games Detroit at Cleveland, 12 p.m. (ABC) Charlotte at Miami, 2:30 p.m. (TNT) Memphis at San Antonio, 5 p.m. (TNT) Portland at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m. (TNT) Monday’s Games Indiana at Toronto, 4 p.m. (NBATV) Dallas at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. (TNT) Houston at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. (TNT) Tuesday’s Games Boston at Atlanta, 4 p.m. (TNT) Memphis at San Antonio, 6:30 p.m. (TNT) Hockey NHL PLAYOFFS FIRST ROUND Friday’s Games Tampa Bay 5, Detroit 2, (Tampa Bay leads 2-0) Florida 3, N.Y. Islanders 1, (series tied 1-1) Chicago 3, St. Louis 2, (series tied 1-1) Nashville 3, Anaheim 2, (Nashville leads 1-0) Today’s Games N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 12 p.m. (NBC) Philadelphia at Washington, 4 p.m. (CNBC) Minnesota at Dallas, 5 p.m. (NBCSN) San Jose at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m. (NBCSN) Sunday’s Games St. Louis at Chicago, 12 p.m. (NBC) Tampa Bay at Detroit, 4 p.m. (CNBC) Florida at N.Y. Islanders, 5 p.m. (NBCSN) Nashville at Anaheim, 7:30 p.m. (NBCSN) Monday’s Games Washington at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. (NBCSN) Dallas at Minnesota, 5:30 p.m. (CNBC) Los Angeles at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. (NBCSN) Baseball MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE Friday’s Games Seattle 7, N.Y. Yankees 1 Chicago White Sox 1, Tampa Bay 0 N.Y. Mets 6, Cleveland 5 Boston 5, Toronto 3 Baltimore 11, Texas 5 Houston 1, Detroit 0 Minnesota 5, L.A. Angels 4 Kansas City 4, Oakland 2 Today’s Games Seattle at N.Y. Yankees, 10:05 a.m. L.A. Angels at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m. Kansas City at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. Toronto at Boston, 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Cleveland, 1:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Tampa Bay, 3:10 p.m. Detroit at Houston, 4:10 p.m. Baltimore at Texas, 5:05 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE Friday’s Games Colorado 6, Chicago Cubs 1 Milwaukee 8, Pittsburgh 4 Washington 9, Philadelphia 1 Atlanta 6, Miami 3 St. Louis 14, Cincinnati 3 L.A. Dodgers 7, San Francisco 3 Arizona 3, San Diego 2 Today’s Games Cincinnati at St. Louis, 11:15 a.m. Colorado at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m. Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 4:05 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 4:05 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, 4:10 p.m. Arizona at San Diego, 5:40 p.m. San Francisco at L.A. Dodgers, 6:10 p.m. Soccer MLS Friday’s Games Los Angeles 4, Houston 1 Today’s Games Montreal at Chicago, 2 p.m. Toronto FC at D.C. United, 2 p.m. New York City FC at Columbus, 4:30 p.m. New York at Colorado, 6 p.m. Philadelphia at Seattle, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Real Salt Lake, 7 p.m. San Jose at Portland, 7:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games New England at Orlando City, 12:30 p.m. Sporting Kansas City at FC Dallas, 4 p.m.
