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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian NBA Playoffs Harden’s late shot lifts Rockets and sFored 16 points Ior tKe MaYeriFks, wKo Pissed 10 oI tKeir ¿rst 12 sKots IroP point range 5Xssell :estErook sFored 20 oI Kis 26 points in tKe seFond KalI and Kad 1 assists Associated Press +O867O1 ² -aPes +arden sFored points, inFlXding tKe gaPewinner witK 2 seFonds leIt, and tKe +oXston 5oFkets took adYantage oI 6tepKen &Xrry¶s aEsenFe to get a 6 YiFtory oYer tKe Golden 6tate :arriors in GaPe oI tKeir ¿rstroXnd playoII series on 7KXrsday nigKt 7Ke YiFtory FXts +oXs ton¶s de¿Fit to 21 in tKe EestoIseYen series GaPe is 6Xnday in +oXston 6KaXn /iYingston stole a pass IroP 7reYor Ari]a and ,an &lark¶s layXp pXt Golden 6tate Xp Ey one witK 106 seFonds leIt +arden tKen took it to tKe otKer end and stepped EaFk Ior tKe MXPp sKot to win it Golden 6tate Kad a FKanFe to win it aIter tKat, EXt 'rayPond Green driE Eled tKe inEoXnds pass oII Kis Ioot and oXt oI EoXnds Marreese 6peigKts FaPe oII tKe EenFK to lead tKe :arriors witK 22 points and .lay 7KoPpson Kad 1 BRIEFLY Golfer hits hole-in- one at Willow Run BOA5'MA1 ² 5yan .reps sank a Koleinone dXring Kis roXnd at :illow 5Xn GolI &oXrse in BoardPan .reps aFed tKe 11yard par 1o Kole on April 6 Xsing Kis 3ing iron .reps Kas Eeen playing golI Ior si[ years and it was Kis ¿rst Koleinone Big River men’s league begins 8MA7,//A ² 7Ke Big 5iYer GolI &oXrse Pen¶s leagXe is Xnderway For Pore inIorPation FontaFt Megan Olsen at 122006 or Pegan# golIEigriYerFoP — East Oregonian MARINERS: Continued from 1B ¿ItK 7Ke ,ndians rallied IroP de¿Fits oI 0 and Marlon Byrd walked to start tKe ,ndians eigKtK Benoit retired tKe ne[t two Kitters EXt 1apoli, Eatting Ior 5oEerto 3ere], droYe a 20 pitFK into tKe leIt ¿eld EleaFKers Ior Kis ¿rst Fareer pinFKKit KoPe rXn ³7Kat was a rollerFoaster gaPe,´ 6erYais said ³<oX¶Ye got to giYe tKeP Fredit 7Key roared EaFk and Kit a Eig KoPe rXn´ 7Ke PoPentXP appeared to Ee on tKe ,ndians¶ side, espeFially wKen Allen retired tKe Mariners in order in tKe nintK =yFK, KoweYer, Keld oII tKe ,ndians, an eIIort tKat earned KiP a speFial reward IroP Kis teaPPates in tKe FlXEKoXse ³, got an iFe EatK IroP tKe gXys, , gXess,´ Ke said ³, don¶t eYen know wKat was in tKere to Ee Konest , pXt Py Kead down and MXst got FrXsKed OEYioXsly, tKis was a onFe in a liIetiPe sitXation 7Kere aren¶t Pany words to desFriEe it´ 1elson &rX] Kad two 5B,s Ior 6eattle, wKiFK sFored at least IoXr rXns Ior only tKe ¿ItK tiPe tKis season &leYenger¶s KoPe rXn gaYe 6eattle a 20 lead in tKe seFond &rX] drew a Eases loaded walk in tKe tKird and added an 5B, single in tKe si[tK 7Ke Mariners sFored tKree tiPes in tKe IoXrtK wKen tKey FKased &ody Anderson -ose 5aPire] and /onnie &KisenKall droYe in rXns Ior tKe ,ndians 1atKan .arns allowed ¿Ye rXns in 1 innings Ior 6eattle TRAINER’S ROOM Mariners 6etK 6PitK, wKo Kas Eeen nXrsing a strained groin, started Ior tKe seFond straigKt gaPe in rigKt ¿eld ³, gXess Ke¶s EaFk to Eeing 100 perFent,´ 6erYais said ³+e Ieels good´ UP NEXT Mariners 5+3 Feli[ +ernande] starts at tKe Angels, needing to Ian one Eatter to Ereak tKe teaP reFord Ior Fareer strikeoXts Ke sKares witK 5andy -oKnson AP Photo/David J. Phillip Houston Rockets center Dwight Howard, right, shoots over Golden State Warriors center Marreese Speights during the first half in Game 3 of a first-round NBA basketball playoff series Thursday in Houston. THUNDER 131, MAVERICKS 102 ² At 'allas, .eYin 'Xrant EoXnFed EaFk IroP tKe worst sKooting gaPe oI Kis playoII Fareer witK points and OklaKoPa &ity retook Fontrol oI its ¿rstroXnd series in GaPe on 7KXrsday nigKt 'Xrant Kad seYen ¿eld goals Pidway tKroXgK tKe seFond TXarter on nine sKots aIter Ke needed to get tKere in a GaPe 2 loss tKat Iollowed a point win in tKe opener 7Ke 201 M93 sFored 20 points in tKe ¿rst KalI, wKen tKe 7KXnder led Ey as Pany as 1 points on tKeir way to a 21 lead in tKe EestoIseYen series GaPe is 6atXrday nigKt in 'allas 'irk 1owit]ki played despite a rigKt knee ErXise RAPTORS 101, PACERS 85 ² At ,ndia napolis, 'eMar 'e5o]an reEoXnded IroP Kis post season sKooting slXPp, and Ke and .yle /owry sFored 21 points Ior 7oronto 7Ke 5aptors lead tKe Eest oIseYen ¿rstroXnd series 21 and KaYe reFlaiPed tKe KoPeFoXrt adYantage tKey sTXandered Ey losing tKe series opener last weekend ,ndiana was led Ey 3aXl George, wKo Kad 2 points, 10 reEoXnds and si[ assists 5ookie Myles 7Xrner sFored 11 oI 1 points in tKe seFond KalI GaPe is 6atXrday nigKt in ,ndianapolis 'e5o]an was 10 oI IroP tKe ¿eld and 0 Ior IroP point range tKroXgK tKe ¿rst two gaPes On Monday Ke ¿nisKed oI 1 IroP tKe ¿eld Friday, April 22, 2016 GOLF: ++6 on rise Continued from 1B a seasonEest perIorPanFe Ey tKe Kosting +erPiston BXlldogs +erPiston sKot 2 Ior its lowest teaP sFore oI tKe year and ¿nisKed tKird EeKind 7Ke 'alles 10 Ander /ind was 10 strokes aKead oI Kis preYioXs seasonEest and ¿nisKed tKird witK a ³,t was tKe ¿rst tiPe wKen we dipped down to wKat we wanted to do,´ said +erPiston FoaFK Aaron /ind ³,t¶s tKe lowest we¶Ye done in a FoPpeti tion, signi¿Fantly « And we know we Fan Ee Eetter tKan tKat´ /ind said Ke was Kappy to see -ared 7KaFker sKoot an 0 tKat was seFond on tKe teaP, EXt knows 7KaFker isn¶t satis¿ed witK tKe sFore 'ylan Martin , .ayden MeFKaP 1 and 7yler &aPeron 1 FoPpleted +erPiston¶s roXnd ³7Ke kids are working Kard and we¶Ye still got to pXt to soPe stXII togetKer, EXt we¶re de¿nitely PoYing in tKe rigKt direFtion,´ /ind said MaF+i plaFed IoXrtK witK a teaP sFore oI and were led Ey 5iley &Kester witK an 1 Also Ior MaF+i were 1oaK :ilson 2, EYan .ain , ArPando GarFia , .odi /eidenIrost 1e[t Xp Ior 3endleton is a roXnd at Meadow /akes GolI &oXrse in 3rineYille on Monday, tKen EotK 3endleton and +erPiston will Ee at tKe state preYiew on 7Xesday and :ednesday at 7rysting 7ree GolI &lXE in &orYallis MaF+i¶s ne[t roXnd is Monday at 4Xail 5idge GolI &oXrse in Baker &ity SEAHAWKS: /ineEaFker anotKer need Continued from 1B BXt Ior eYery /oFkett, 5Xssell :ilson and 5iFKard 6KerPan tKat EeFaPe draIt gePs Ior 6eattle, tKere KaYe Eeen a KandIXl oI piFks deePed Pisses Ey tKe 6eaKawks 7Kis Erings tKe 6eaKawks to tKe 2016 draIt and tKeir nine seleFtions, Eeginning witK 1o 26 in tKe ¿rst roXnd, and tKe need to ¿nd a Iew IXtXre starters to Kelp 6eattle rePain aPong tKe elite going Iorward :Kile tKe 2012 draIt rePains tKe pinnaFle oI 6eattle¶s draIt sXFFess, witK ¿Ye IXtXre starters FoPing oXt oI 10 piFks, tKere¶s Eeen a deIt oI starters deYeloped IorP tKe past tKree years 6inFe 201, only two IXll tiPe starters ² /oFkett and gXard -Xstin Britt ² KaYe FoPe Yia tKe draIt And witK tKe salary Fap FonstriFtions tKe 6eaKawks will IaFe going Iorward witK :ilson, 6KerPan and otKers entering tKe priPe earning period oI tKeir FontraFts, 6eattle needs to ¿nd sXFFess in tKe draIt again +ere¶s wKat to watFK wKen tKe 6eaKawks are on tKe FloFk ALL OR NONE 7Kere are Pany wKo EelieYe tKe 6eaKawks sKoXld spend tKe EXlk oI tKeir draIt piFks along tKe line oI sFriP Page And Ior good reason 7Ke 6eaKawks KaYe needs on EotK lines aIter tKe loss oI IoXr key players in Iree agenFy On tKe oIIense, tKey lost gXard -5 6wee]y and taFkle 5Xssell OkXng On deIense, gone are Brandon MeEane and passrXsKing speFialist BrXFe ,rYin 6eattle addressed soPe oI tKe oIIensiYe line needs in Iree agenFy, EXt witK little IanIare or EelieI tKe signings oI -¶MarFXs :eEE or Bradley 6owell will Ee longterP solXtions Finding two or tKree IXtXre starters FoPEined Ior EotK lines woXld Ee a KXge Eene¿t going Iorward OUTSIDE 7Ke loss oI ,rYin in Iree agenFy was e[peFted, EXt leaYes 6eattle seeking answers Ior EotK oXtside lineEaFker and as a tKirddown pass rXsKer 7Ke latter option Pay Ee ¿lled internally witK deIensiYe end Frank &lark and reFently aFTXired Yeteran &Kris &lePons as pass rXsKers BXt ¿nding a strongside lineEaFker witK tKe aEility to play on tKe line oI sFriPPage PigKt Ee tKird on 6eattle¶s draIt priority list EeKind tKe oIIensiYe and deIensiYe lines RUNNING DOWN A DREAM: :itK tKe retirePent oI MarsKawn /ynFK ² onFe Ke ¿les paperwork witK tKe leagXe ² tKe 6eaKawks FoXld Xse additional deptK in tKe EaFk¿eld 7KoPas 5awls appears to Ee tKe IXtXre as 6eattle¶s prePier rXnning EaFk aIter an iPpressiYe rookie FaPpaign, EXt will Ee FoPing oII a signi¿Fant lower leg inMXry &Kristine MiFKael retXrned to 6eattle late last season and sKowed a new PatXrity, EXt getting a Iew Pore Eall Farriers woXld Ee sPart Ior a teaP tKat rePains FoPPitted to tKe rXn gaPe THE MIDDLE: :itK no Fertainty wKen -iPPy GraKaP Pay Ee ready to retXrn IroP tKe knee inMXry Ke sXIIered last 1oYePEer, tKe 6eaKawks PigKt look to add a tigKt end in tKe later roXnds /Xke :illson Kas proYen a FapaEle option, EXt 6eattle likes Xsing PXltiple tigKt ends and tKe XnFer tainty aroXnd GraKaP¶s retXrn FoXld Pake tKe position a need Ior deptK LAST EXIT: :Kile it Pay not seeP like a priority, tKe 6eaKawks will need to address KaYing a FapaEle EaFkXp to :ilson at soPe point 9eteran 7arYaris -aFkson Kas serYed in tKat role tKe past two seasons, EXt 6eattle¶s Eeen IortXnate tKat :ilson Kas aYoided any PaMor inMXry and -aFk son¶s only Eeen needed in PopXp dXty 7Kis FoXld Ee tKe year 6eattle looks to a ¿nd a deYelopPental 4B to EeFoPe tKe IXtXre EaFkXp Ior :ilson T-WOLVES: Men seFond in national standings Continued from 1B 'anyelle :illiaPs and 4XinFy 3endergrass won allaroXnd titles Ior tKe woPen and 1iF 1yPan and -ared 3arke won tKe Pen¶s allaroXnd 3arke, wKo leads tKe region standings in tiedown, steer wrestling and teaP roping Keeler, won Kis only eYent title oI tKe weekend on nigKt two oI steer wrestling witK a tiPe oI 0 seFonds +e was also seFond in tiedown 11 and teaP roping 112 witK Keader teaPPate -ordan 7ye Also winning eYents Ior BM&& on nigKt two were /aXren /eyYa in goat tying 6, EPily 6orey in Earrel raFing 11, .ennetK +awortK in EareEaFk riding 0 and 3reston Espeland in saddle EronF FirstnigKt winners Ior BM&& were .ennetK +awortK in EareEaFk , -Xstin Garland in steer wrestling 61 and 'anyelle :illiaPs in Ereakaway roping Also in MiltonFree water, +erPiston +igK gradXate MiFKael 3ederson, wKo FoPpetes Ior Oregon 6tate, won tKe ¿rst nigKt oI tiedown BlXe MoXntain¶s Pen lead :alla :alla Ey 2,666 points in tKe 1ortKwest teaP standings and are 1 points EeKind national leader FeatKer 5iYer &ollege &aliI 7Ke BM&& woPen KaYe a 0point lead on &entral :asKington atop tKe 1ortKwest and are IoXrtK in tKe nation, 2,12 EeKind leader &oFKise &ollege Ari] BlXe MoXntain will Kost tKe ne[t stop on tKe nortK west Follegiate FirFXit witK standalone EaFktoEaFk rodeos on April 20 at FarP&ity Arena in +erP iston Wildhorse Resort & Casino presents the 4th Annual Mammoth Cup Golf Tournament Sunday, May 15 Wildhorse Resort Golf Course Staff photo by E.J. Harris Mac-Hi’s Evan Kain tees off on the 8th green during the Hermiston Invitational on Thursday. Athlete of the Week Twenty questions with Hermiston’s Tre Neal East Oregonian +E5M,67O1 ² 6enior atKlete 7re 1eal Kas Kad a trePendoXs senior season as a +erPiston BXlldog ,n IootEall, Ke was naPed tKe &5& 'eIensiYe 3layer oI tKe <ear and seleFted to tKe ¿rst teaP allstate roster Ior &lass A, leading to Kis FoPPitPent to play at Eastern :asK ington 8niYersity starting in tKe Iall ,n EasketEall, 1eal was a key FontriEXtor on tKe +erPiston EasketEall teaP tKat ¿nisKed seFond in tKe &5& and earned a trip to tKe postseason And so Iar tKis spring, 1eal Kas Kad a IantastiF season in traFk and ¿eld, ¿nisKing near tKe top in eYery Peet Ior tKe BXlldogs Most reFently, 1eal eYen Eroke tKe +erPiston sFKool reFord witK a disFXs tKrow oI 16200 to ¿nisK tKird at tKe Oregon 5elays in EXgene oYer tKe weekend For tKat eIIort, 1eal Kas Eeen seleFted as tKe East Oregonian¶s AtKlete oI tKe :eek ²²² East Oregonian: Favorite sports team? 7re 1eal 6eattle 6eaKawks Favorite college team? Eastern :asKington Eagles Favorite athlete? 1daPXkong 6XK Favorite sports memory? :inning tKe state title in IootEall in 201 Favorite movie? 7oo Pany good ones oXt tKere Favorite TV show? Martin Favorite music genre? 0s rap5B Favorite artist/band? 7XpaF XBOX or Playstation? 1o preIerenFe Favorite Video Game? &all oI 'Xty Favorite restaurant? 7oPato 6treet Favorite snack food? 3opForn Coca-Cola or Pepsi? BotK Gatorade or Powerade? Gatorade Favorite Family Recipe? My PoP¶s Iried FKiFken Favorite class/subject in school? 6FienFe Dream job? 1F/ Dream vacation spot? GreeFe Favorite color? 5ed What you’ll miss most about Hermiston? 3laying KigK sFKool sports and sXpport IroP eYeryEody ATHLETE OF THE WEEK TRE NEAL Senior Hermiston Track & Field Neal competed with the Bulldogs at the Oregon Relays in Eugene on Saturday and set a school record in the discus with a throw of 169-2.00, good for third place at the meet. Neal also finished second in the shot put with a throw of 54-2.00. 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