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FRIDAY, MAY 6, 2016
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Nyquist draws
No. 13 post as early
3-1 Derby favorite
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP)
— Nyquist has been made
the early 3-1
favorite for
the 142nd
Kentucky
Derby, with
Exaggerator
the second
choice in the full fi eld of 20
horses.
Trained by Doug O’Neill,
Nyquist is undefeated in
seven career races. The colt
drew the No. 13 post on
Wednesday. Four horses
have won from there since
1900, most recently Smarty
Jones in 2004. O’Neill,
jockey Mario Gutierrez and
owner Paul Reddam teamed
to win the race in 2012 with
I’ll Have Another.
Exaggerator drew the No.
11 post and is 8-1 for the 1
1/4-mile race Saturday at
Churchill Downs.
Creator, Gun Runner and
Mohaymen are the co-third
choices at 10-1.
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Marshawn
Lynch, a
former NFL
football run-
ning back with
the Seattle
Seahawks,
waits to be
introduced
Thursday at a
job fair in Seat-
tle sponsored
by the 100,000
Opportunities
Initiative.
AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
Pro Football
Beast Mode goes silent
Seattle puts Lynch
on retired list
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
RENTON, Wash. — Beast
Mode is in retirement mode.
The Seattle Seahawks placed
running back Marshawn Lynch
on the NFL’s reserve/retired list
on Thursday, making offi cial
what was implied in February
when Lynch indicated he was
ready to end his football career.
The star running back was
placed on the list Thursday. It
was a procedural step, but one
that needed to be taken to make
HERMISTON
Prep Golf
Bucks, Bulldogs ready Carter
to tee off at regionals makes
history
with
BMCC
Coyotes to promote
26-year-old
Chayka to GM
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP)
— The Arizona Coyotes will
promote 26-year-old John
Chayka to general manager,
making him the youngest
GM in NHL history, a
person familiar
FACES with the
situation said
Wednesday.
The Coyotes
have scheduled
a news confer-
ence Thursday
to introduce
Chayka
Chayka, the
person told The Associated
Press on condition of
anonymity because the
offi cial announcement has
not been made.
Chayka will replace Don
Maloney, who was fi red on
April 11 after nine seasons as
GM. Chayka will be younger
than 13 players on Arizona’s
current roster and will
surpass Gord Stellick, who
was 30 when he was hired by
the Toronto Maple Leafs in
1988, as the youngest GM in
league history.
“Through all of
this review there
has never been
any evidence of
inappropriate
conduct by coach
(Joe) Paterno.“
— Wick Sollers
Paterno family attorney in
response to a decision by
Philadelphia Judge Gary
Glazer in a case to deter-
mine insurance coverage
for settlements with vic-
tims of former Penn State
assistant football coach
Jerry Sandusky. Insurers
claim a boy told longtime
head coach Joe Paterno
in 1976 that he had been
molested by Sandusky,
and Glazer wrote in his
decision that no evidence
exists to suggest Paterno
ever reported the inci-
dent. Paterno did report
Sandusky to university
higher-ups in 2001, and
repeatedly denied earlier
knowledge of his actions
before his death in 2012.
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Lynch’s intended retirement
offi cial.
Lynch stole attention from
the fourth quarter of the Super
Bowl in February when he
posted a picture on Twitter
with a pair of green football
cleats hanging from a tele-
phone or electrical wire. His
See LYNCH/2B
Hermiston senior
fi rst to sign with
Blue Mountain
women’s soccer
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
EO fi le photo/E.J. Harris
In this April 5, 2016 fi le photo, Pendleton senior Reilly Hegarty tees off on the fi rst hole at the Wildhorse
Resort & Casino golf course in Mission.
Boys’ state qualifi er begins today in Redmond
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
EO fi le photo/E.J. Harris
In this April 5, 2016 fi le photo, Pendleton junior Haley Greb chips her
ball out of a bunker on the 12th hole at Wildhorse Resort & Casino
golf course in Mission.
It’s now or never for the Pend-
leton boys’ golf team.
At least, that’s the way the Buck-
aroos are looking at their state title
hopes as they prepare to take the
fi rst big step toward that goal today
in the fi rst round of the 36-hole
District 2 Regional Championships
in Redmond.
“We won’t really have many
chances after this year because
we’re losing Reilly (Hegarty) and
Sam (Kung),” said Pendleton junior
Nathan Som at a practice earlier this
season. “I feel like we know we can
be one of the better teams in the
state, if we can just perform like that
at tournaments.”
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Hermiston High School
senior Tyra Carter has dreamt
of playing soccer at the colle-
giate level ever since she was
7 years old.
On April 29, Carter’s
dream came true — and she
also made history in doing so.
Carter signed her National
Letter of Intent to play soccer
for Blue Mountain Commu-
nity College, becoming the
fi rst-ever recruit to sign
with the brand-new program
as it prepares to kick off its
inaugural season in the fall of
2016. Carter said she is very
excited for the opportunity.
See CARTER/2B
“This whole
team will be a
part of history
no matter what,
and it’s cool to
be a part of it.”
— Tyra Carter,
Hermiston High School se-
nior and fi rst player to sign
with the BMCC women’s
soccer team.
NBA Playoffs
Lillard gets tested by Warriors, looks for rebound
Trail Blazers undeterred
by slow start to series
with Golden State
By ANNE M. PETERSON
Associated Press
PORTLAND — First it was a chest
cold, then it was a fourth-quarter dry spell.
The start of Damian Lillard’s playoff series
against the Golden State Warriors has been
rough.
And as Lillard goes, often the rest of the
Trail Blazers follow.
Portland is down 2-0 in its Western
Conference semifi nal series against
the defending NBA champions. And it
certainly won’t get much easier when the
series shifts north Saturday — even though
presumptive league MVP Stephen Curry is
unlikely to return from a knee injury.
But Lillard and his team have a history
of stepping up after getting knocked
down. In fact, that’s been
Game 3
the theme of their whole
• Saturday,
season.
“I know the kind of guys 5:30 p.m.
at Portland
I’m running with. Besides • • TV:
ABC
that, we’ve answered the • Golden
call all season long. We’ve State leads
been in bad positions series 2-0
time and time again, and
we’ve never shied away. We’ve never not
answered the call. I don’t see why this time
it would be any different,” he said.
Lillard, who averaged 25.1 points
and 6.8 assists during the regular season,
scored 25 points in the Blazers’ 110-99
See LILLARD/2B
AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez
Portland Trail Blazers’ Damian Lillard pauses during
free throws during the second half in Game 2 of a sec-
ond-round NBA basketball playoff series against the
Golden State Warriors Tuesday in Oakland, Calif.