SPORTS
WEEKEND, MAY 7-8, 2016
PENDLETON
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Seahawks sign
nine draft picks
RENTON, Wash. (AP) —
The Seattle Seahawks have
signed nine of their 10 draft
picks, including fi rst-round
pick
offensive
lineman
Germain
Ifedi and
second-round pick defensive
tackle Jarran Reed.
Seattle announced the
draft pick signings along
with the signing of 13
undrafted rookie free agents
before the start of its rookie
minicamp on Friday.
Seattle’s undrafted
free agent signings are
highlighted by TCU
quarterback Trevone
Boykin. Also on the list is
Colorado State cornerback
DeAndre Elliott, Oregon
defensive end Christian
French, Rutgers linebacker
Steve Longa, USC running
back Tre Madden and Ohio
State safety Tyvis Powell.
Curry back at
practice still
unlikely to play
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP)
— Golden State superstar
Stephen Curry zipped
around the court bouncing
from spot to spot during his
typical extensive post-prac-
tice shooting routine, driving
to the basket past his regular
practice coach Bruce Fraser.
Curry
FACES looked much
like his healthy
self except
for a brace
covering his
injured right
knee.
He returned
Curry
to practice
Friday to test his sprained
knee and was strong in his
lateral movement though
the team didn’t scrimmage
at all. And the Warriors still
considered him doubtful to
play in Saturday’s Game 3
of the Western Conference
semifi nals at Portland.
Coach Steve Kerr
reiterated Friday that Curry
was unlikely to play despite
going through part of
practice. Kerr was surprised
to see reports of Curry
being ruled out based on
a radio interview he had
“You’d need a
hockey stick for
the 3-2 pitch.“
— John Farrell
Boston Red Sox manag-
er after he and David
Ortiz were thrown out
after arguing strike calls
during the ninth inning
of Boston’s 3-2 loss to
the New York Yankees
on Friday night.
Buckaroos running out of chances
Pendleton loses to
Hood River, needs win
on Tuesday to keep
postseason hopes alive
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Pendleton’s Jack Peterson slides into home plate as Hood River’s
Adam Cameron goes for the tag in the Bucks’ 7-6 loss to the Eagles
on Friday in Pendleton.
1972 — The Los Angeles
Lakers win their fi rst NBA
championship with a 114-100
victory over the New York
Knicks in Game 5.
1995 — Reggie Miller
scores eight points in the last
16 seconds to lead the Indiana
Pacers to a 107-105 win over
the New York Knicks in the
second-round opener of the
NBA playoffs.
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The Pendleton Buckaroos gave
the Hood River Eagles everything
they had on Tuesday afternoon.
The Buckaroos scored six runs
on the Eagles — one short of the
seven combined scored through
the fi rst three games, they pounded
out eight hits against Hood River’s
No. 1 starting pitcher, and they
played one of their most solid and
cleanest defensive performances of
Baseball
Hood River
Pendleton
7
6
the season.
But ultimately it wasn’t enough.
The Eagles took advantage of
a seventh-inning fi elding error by
Pendleton’s Wyatt Morris to push
across two runs in the inning to
clinch a 7-6 victory at Bob White
Field. The win also clinched the
Columbia River Conference title for
the Eagles.
In that seventh inning with Kai
Quinn on the mound, Pendleton
appeared to be on his way through an
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PENDLETON
Richards mows down Eagles
Pendleton’s
Lauren Rich-
ards winds
up to throw
against Hood
River on Fri-
day in a soft-
ball game at
Steve Cary
Field in Pen-
delton.
Sophomore strikes
out 15, drives in two
runs as Pendleton
clinches CRC title
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
Staff photo by Kathy
Aney
Pendleton coach Tim Cary
has seen what it looks like on the
receiving end of a Lauren Richards
pitch, so he could feel a little
empathy for what the Hood River
Valley hitters were dealing with
Friday in their softball game at Steve
Cary Field.
No sympathy though.
Much to the
delight of her
Softball
coach, the sopho-
more righty struck
out 15 batters and
guided Pendleton Hood River
to a 3-2 win in eight
innings to clinch
a
fi fth-straight
Columbia River
Conference title
Pendleton
for the Buckaroos.
“She came in
looking
pretty
sharp at the begin-
ning of the year and she’s gotten
stronger and stronger and stronger,”
Cary said. “She’s hitting her spots
very well and she has just amazing
movement on the ball. … That’s
why she has so many strikeouts. It’s
hard to put a bat on, sometimes it’s
hard to put a mitt on.”
Richards’ dominance in the circle
was just one of her huge contribu-
tions to the victory, though, and
she also drove in older sister Ellie
Richards for the game-winning run
with a walk-off single in the bottom
of the eighth.
Ellie, a senior shortstop, got
Pendleton (19-4, 8-2 CRC) started
2
3
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Stanfi eld baseball no-hits Nyssa in back-to-back games
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NYSSA — The Stanfi eld Tigers
added to their list of no-hitters this
season by throwing two more of
them against Nyssa on Friday to
sweep the Bulldogs with 14-1 and
14-0 wins.
Dylan Grogan threw a no-hitter
in game one of a doubleheader for
Stanfi eld (22-2, 10-0 EOL), and the
trio of Brody Woods, Tony Flores,
and Ryan Bailey combined for a
second in game two.
“It’s kind of remarkable, I
haven’t seen anything like that,”
said Stanfi eld coach Bryan Johnson
of the back-to-back no-hitters.
“One of the biggest things we’ve
been trying to improve over the last
couple years is getting our strike
counts up.”
Grogan was dominant in game
one, striking out 13 batters over six
innings, with the lone blemishes
being two walks and an unearned
run scoring against him. In game
two, Woods started the game and
went three innings allowing just one
walk with fi ve strikeouts. Flores
and Bailey each threw an inning in
relief, combining for three strike-
outs and one walk.
At the plate, the Tigers cranked
out 26 hits on the day, led by Tyhler
Monkus, Grogan, Keith Wampler
and Damien Curiel as they each
contributed four hits apiece. Tony
Flores led the team with six RBI,
and Justin Keeney led the team with
fi ve runs scored in the game.
Stanfi eld clinched the East
Oregon League title and a state
tournament berth with the wins, and
will fi nish off the regular season on
Friday when they travel to Joseph
for a doubleheader.
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Game 1
R H E
SHS
030 254 — 14 11 3
NHS
010 000 —
1 0 6
Grogan and Monkus. Thompson, Gonzalez (6). W —
Grogan, L — Thompson.
Game 2
R H E
SHS 1110
11 — 14 15 0
NHS
000
00 —
0 0 6
Woods, Flores (4), Bailey (5), and Monkus. Cleaver,
Melendez. W — Woods, L — Cleaver
2B — Bailey (SHS).
WESTON-MCEWEN
6-7,
GRANT UNION 3-6 — At Athena,
the Weston-McEwen TigerScots
bumped its win streak to six games
with a doubleheader sweep of Grant
Union on Friday afternoon.
The TigerScots (17-5, 8-1
SD7) game two win was the most
impressive of the afternoon as they
overcame an early 4-0 defi cit and
scored three runs in the bottom of
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