SPORTS
TUESDAY, MAY 3, 2016
HERMISTON
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Mariners back
Karns to beat A’s
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP)
— Robinson Cano had three
hits and scored twice, Kyle
Seager hit a
tiebreaking
double in the
sixth inning
and the Seattle
Mariners beat
the Oakland Athletics 4-3 on
Monday night.
Nelson Cruz added three
hits, and Chris Iannetta and
Adam Lind drove in runs
for the Mariners, who have
won fi ve straight at the
Oakland Coliseum.
Nathan Karns (3-1)
gave up three runs over
six-plus innings. Seattle’s
right-hander lost to Oakland
in his fi rst start of the season
on April 9 but struck out six
and walked one this time to
earn his third straight win.
Steve Cishek struck out
pinch-hitter Jed Lowrie
with two runners on for his
seventh save.
Khris Davis homered
twice and had three RBIs for
the A’s.
Valeri’s birthday
goal extends
streak for Timbers
PORTLAND (AP) —
Timbers teammate Lucas
Melano touched the ball
before Diego Valeri’s free
kick against Toronto, telling
him he would score.
Valeri did,
FACES and it would be
the winner.
“He said
you will score
this goal, you
will score in
this moment,”
Valeri said
Valeri
afterward with a
nod to his fellow Argentinian.
“So thank you, Lucas.”
Valeri’s successful 74th
minute effort gave the
Portland Timbers a 2-1 victory
over Toronto FC on Sunday.
The winning goal, which
gave Portland a three-match
undefeated streak and
snapped Toronto’s three-
game run without a loss,
came on Valeri’s birthday.
“It’s my fi rst time with
that, scoring a goal on my
birthday,” he said. “It is a
gift, and obviously we got
three points too.”
“I would say there
is a possibility a
rematch happens,
yes. How big a
possibility that
is, I can’t really
measure.“
— Bob Arum
Boxing promoter speak-
ing about a possible
rematch between Floyd
Mayweather Jr. and
Manny Pacquiao.
Mayweather defeated
Pacquiao in a fi ght last
year that was the rich-
est ever, grossing more
than $600 million. Both
fi ghters are technically
retired, but it is believed
Mayweather would
welcome a chance at an-
other big purse and the
possibility of breaking
the career wins record
he shares with Rocky
Marciano at 49-0.
Timberwolves tie down titles
BMCC rodeo
caps dominant
season in
Northwest
East Oregonian
The Blue Mountain
Community College rodeo
teams slathered a thick layer
of icing on their sweet North-
west Region seasons with
dominant showings at their
home rodeos on Friday and
Saturday at Farm-City Arena
in Hermiston.
The Timberwolves put
the fi nishing touches on 11
total Northwest season titles
at the fi nal events before
the College National Finals
Rodeo, and qualifi ed 12
contestants for the season-
ending rodeo in Casper,
Wyoming.
Led by the all-around title
of timed-event master Jared
Parke, the BMCC men won
both rodeos in Hermiston by
more than 600 points to push
their season total to 10,204,
nearly double that of region
runner-up Walla Walla. With
eight of the 11 regions in
the National Intercollegiate
Rodeo Association fi nished
competing, BMCC also leads
the nationwide standings by
more than 4,000 points.
See RODEO/3B
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Jared Parke, of Blue Mountain Community College, won all-around cowboy honors Saturday at the North-
west Regional Rodeo at the Umatilla County Fairgrounds. Parke punched his ticket to the College National
Finals Rodeo in Casper, Wyoming, in June in three events.
NBA Playoffs
WNBA
Warriors set tone with defense Schimmel
traded to
New York
Game 2 of series
tonight in Oakland
By JANIE MCCAULEY
Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. — Andrew
Bogut has taken to publicly calling
himself unfl attering names.
Such was his mood Monday
when someone inquired about the
Golden State center often appearing
mean and nasty. He used another
word to basically refer to himself as
a jerk — “100 percent,” he said.
As long as Bogut and the
defending champion Warriors keep
playing the kind of defense that
has helped them set the tone so
far in these playoffs without MVP
Stephen Curry, he won’t even mind
if anybody else uses those words to
describe him either.
Bogut’s two early blocks
got Golden State going during
Sunday’s 118-106 win against the
Portland Trail Blazers in Game 1 of
the Western Conference semifi nals.
The teams resume their best-of-
seven series tonight in Oakland.
The Warriors again will try to
establish an energy and presence
on the defensive end from the start.
They know their offense will come
given this team’s depth and many
playmakers.
“It’s very important we don’t
give up just layups early in the
game,” Bogut said. “We’re trying
to protect the paint and make sure
they get nothing easy early.”
Atlanta takes issue
with guard’s fi tness
By DOUG FEINBERG
Associated Press
NEW YORK — The New
York Liberty acquired All-Star
point guard Shoni Schimmel
from the Atlanta Dream for a
2017 second-round draft pick,
the team announced Monday.
See SCHIMMEL/3B
AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez
Golden State Warriors’ Andrew Bogut (12) blocks a shot from Port-
land Trail Blazers’ Mason Plumlee (24) during the second half in
Game 1 of a second-round NBA basketball playoff series Sunday,
May 1, 2016, in Oakland, Calif. Golden State won 118-106.
Bogut wound up with 10 points,
12 rebounds and three blocks, and
the Warriors have proven they are
still a dominant team without Curry,
who could return from a sprained
right knee as soon as Saturday’s
Game 3 in Portland.
The Australian 7-footer takes
pride in his unfriendly nature on the
court, and he rarely is seen shaking
hands with the opponent before the
opening tip. That topic led to Coach
of the Year Steve Kerr refl ecting on
a rare road start against the Celtics
back when he was a player.
“I think in 15 years I only started
like 17 games,” Kerr said Monday.
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“I started a game in Boston Garden
my second year in the league,
somebody got hurt, I was with
Cleveland. I went out and Larry
Bird gave me a fi st bump and said,
‘Good luck, Steve,’ and I almost
fainted. It was awesome. Larry Bird
knew my name.”
Any lack of pregame pleasant-
ries aside, the Blazers fully under-
stand they can’t afford another
slow start after falling behind 37-17
after the fi rst period, which Kerr
called “a beautiful quarter.” Guards
Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum
combined to shoot 13 for 43.
See BLAZERS/2B
AP Photo/Matt York
In this July 19, 2014 fi le pho-
to, the East’s Shoni Schim-
mel holds the MVP trophy
after the WNBA All-Star bas-
ketball game in Phoenix.
Prep Roundup
Stanfi eld shuts out Pilot Rock
Irrigon extends
winning streak
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1902 — Alan-a-Dale,
ridden by Jimmy Winkfi eld,
wins the Kentucky Derby by
a nose over Inventor giving
Winkfi eld his second straight
Derby victory. Winkfi eld is the
last African American rider to
win the Kentucky Derby.
2012 — LeBron James
scores 32 points and Miami
takes a 3-0 series lead,
sending New York to an
NBA postseason-record 13th
straight loss, 87-70. The
Knicks break the record set
by Memphis from 2004-06.
1B
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Contributed photo courtesy of Bryan Johnson
Stanfi eld’s Tony Flores pitches against Pilot Rock
during an 11-0 win on Saturday in Pilot Rock.
PILOT ROCK — The
Stanfi eld Tigers earned win
No. 20 on the season and also
handed Pilot Rock its sixth
loss in the last seven games
with an 11-0 shutout in
non-league play on Saturday
afternoon.
Pilot Rock (12-7) got the
benefi t of a great start on the
mound from Levi Thieme,
who allowed just four hits and
two runs over four innings.
But after 70 pitches, Thieme
was lifted, which is where the
gas ran out for the Rockets.
Stanfi eld (20-2) tagged
Pilot Rock pitchers Bryson
Pierce and Chris Weinke for
six hits and nine runs and
drew fi ve walks over the
fi nal two innings to grab the
double-digit win.
The top three spots in the
Tigers’ lineup did the bulk
of the damage as Thyler
Monkus, Tony Flores and
Dylan Grogan combined
to go 6 for 9 with six runs
scored and four RBI. Flores
also started on the mound for
Stanfi eld and allowed two
hits and four walks with four
strikeouts over fi ve innings.
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SHS
PRH
002
000
045
000
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—
R H
11 10
0 3
E
0
4
Flores, Bailey (6). Thieme, Pierce (5),
Weinke (6). W — Flores, L — Thieme.
2B — Monkus, Wampler, Fitzpatrick,
Grogan (SHS). Pierce (PRH).
IRRIGON
16-7,
HEPPNER 10-6 — At
Irrigon, the Knights were
able to extend their winning
streak to a season-best seven
games as they held off the
Heppner Mustangs in a
doubleheader on Saturday.
In game one, Irrigon
(13-4, 8-1 SD6) the Knights
were pushed to victory by
leadoff hitter Fredy Vera,
who fi nished 3-3 with a pair
of home runs, three runs
scored and six RBI. Vera’s
fi rst home run was a two-run
shot in the third inning and
See PREPS/2B