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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Tuesday, May 10, 2016
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left, and both Lillard and Curry
missed to force the OT.
Curry led the Warriors to
an NBA-record 73 wins in the
regular season, a year after
leading the team to its irst NBA
championship in 40 years. He
averaged just over 30 points per
game this season.
The Trail Blazers narrowed
the series to 2-1 on Saturday night
when Lillard scored 40 points in
a 120-108 Portland victory while
Golden State was still without its
star guard. The Blazers became
the only team to defeat the
Warriors twice this season.
Maurice Harkless, who had
been icing his hip during Game 3,
hit Portland’s irst 3-pointer of the
night. Lillard hit two more 3s as the
Blazers took an early 12-2 lead.
Curry came in off the bench
with 5:56 left in the irst quarter
and Portland up 16-2. His only
points in the quarter came off a
pair of jumpers before he went
back to the bench.
Livingston felt he was fouled
just before halftime and was
thrown out after arguing with
referee Scott Foster. The 12-year
veteran guard was averaging
12.1 points and 5.5 assists in the
playoffs. He had started six of the
eight playoff games while Curry
nursed his knee injury.
Portland led 67-57 at the half,
scoring a franchise playoff-record
41 points in the second quarter
alone. Lillard led all scorers with
17 points.
Thompson’s 3-pointer and
Curry’s driving layup capped a
14-5 run, pulling the Warriors
within three. Thompson’s 3-pointer
put the Warriors ahead 79-78.
TIP-INS
Warriors: The Warriors are
11-0, counting the playoffs,
in games after a loss. ... The
Warriors are 8-1 in Game 4s
since returning to the postseason
in 2013. ... Green blocked seven
Portland
Trail Blaz-
ers guard
Damian
Lillard,
right, has
a shot
blocked
by Gold-
en State
Warriors
forward
Draymond
Green,
left,
during the
second
half of
Game 4
of an NBA
basketball
sec-
ond-round
playoff
series
Monday,
May 9,
2016, in
Portland.
AP Photo/Craig
Mitchelldyer
shots, most of his career in the
regular season or playoffs.
Trail Blazers: Plumlee has
eight playoff games this season
with 10-plus rebounds, matching
Cleveland’s Kevin Love for the
most. ... The Blazers came back
from a 2-0 deicit in the opening
round against the Los Angeles
Clippers, who were hurt when
both Chris Paul and Blake Grifin
went down with injuries.
CURRY’S NUMBERS
Curry led the league in scoring
during the regular season with
30.1 points per game and broke his
own record with 402 3-pointers.
He also averaged 6.7 assists
and 5.4 rebounds, led the NBA
with 2.1 steals per game, while
shooting 50.4 percent from the
ield, 45.4 percent from 3-point
range and 90.8 percent from the
foul line.
HEAT 94, RAPTORS 87,
OT — At Miami, Dwyane Wade
scored 30 points, Goran Dragic
had a huge three-point play late in
overtime and the Miami Heat beat
the Toronto Raptors on Monday
night to tie their Eastern Confer-
ence semiinal series at 2-2.
Dragic and Joe Johnson each
scored 15 for the Heat, who
rallied from a nine-point deicit
in the fourth quarter. Game 5 is
in Toronto on Wednesday night.
Terrence Ross and Cory
Joseph each scored 14 for
Toronto, which shot 39 percent.
Bismack Biyombo and DeMarre
Carroll added 13 apiece, while
starting guards DeMar DeRozan
and Kyle Lowry combined for 19
points on 6-for-28 shooting.
baseball oriented guys who have been
playing baseball a long time and that’s
probably why we’ve been able to play
so well against teams with guys who
are a little older.”
The Bulldogs went up 3-2 in the
third, highlighted by Sexton’s double
and an RBI single by Edmiston. Sexton
(2-for-3, walk) and Edmiston both had
clutch hits to help the Bulldogs extend
their lead to 5-2 in the fourth.
“This was by far my best hitting
performance of the season,” said
Edmiston. “It sure looked like we had
a good chance to win. The last inning
was tough and (Hood River) came
back to get the win. It’s tough to lose
like that. We’ve had a really fun season
though. It’s important for us to bounce
back and get a win against Pendleton
and that’s what we’re expecting to do.
We’ll get ready for the (state playoffs)
play-in round and we’ll play our hearts
out in that game too.”
Two scoreless innings followed as
it remained a 5-2 Bulldog lead in the
seventh, which set up the dramatic and
exciting conclusion (for Hood River fans).
“I’m proud of the boys for having
such a good season,” said Hawkins.
“We have four seniors (Sexton,
Edmiston, Root, Robles) who are
very good team leaders and the other
guys kind of follow their example. We
played a good game today and that’s
what I expected. I’m pleased with
where we’re at and now we’ll focus
on Pendleton game on Friday.”
An Eagle base hit and two walks
issued by Sexton loaded the bases in
the seventh, and after Root relieved
Sexton on the mound the Eagles were
able to get two key hits to overcome
the Bulldogs. Hermiston, which is
locked into second place in the CRC,
concludes the league schedule Friday
at 4:30 p.m. against Pendleton at
Armand Larive Middle School. The
OSAA play-in round is scheduled for
May 20.
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RBI single by HRV’s Montana Kura-
hara helped propel the Eagles to the
victory.
“We played great through six
innings, so I’m proud of the boys for
playing so well against a very tough
team,” said Hawkins. “I really have
no reason to complain today, other
than the fact that we left a few guys
on base. We might’ve been able to get
a few more runs and you can never
have enough against Hood River. We
just need to improve some little things
to help us prepare for our inal league
game on Friday versus Pendleton.”
The teams traded runs in the irst
two innings and Hermiston (13-9, 6-4
CRC) took the lead 2-1 when senior
Hayden Edmiston (4 for 5, two RBI)
scored on a suicide squeeze bunt by
junior Kody Moss in the top of the
second.
The Eagles (19-4, 9-1) responded
by tying it 2-2 in the bottom of the
second, but wouldn’t score again until
the seventh inning.
Hermiston’s rock-solid defense
proved very effective against Hood
River’s potent fourth-ranked offense
and its 7.625 runs-per-game average.
Led by starting pitcher Tyler Sexton
(three strikeouts, four walks, seven
hits allowed) and the excellent inield
play by inielders Lukas Tolan, Daniel
Gossler, Kaden Caldwell and senior
shortstop Chase Root, Hermiston held
the Eagles scoreless for four consec-
utive innings. Hermiston, which won
9-1 on April 26 over Hood River, is
probably the only team that has done
that this year.
“I felt like I pitched well enough to
help lead our team to a win and then
in the last inning, I thought maybe I
jinxed myself a little bit because I
thought we could make it a one, two,
three inning,” said Sexton. “Chase
went to the mound in a tough position
with one out and the bases loaded.
To ask somebody to do that is just
too much to overcome. I think lots
of people underestimated us this year
since we have just four seniors and
we’re a young team. We have a lot of
R H E
HHS
021 200
0 — 5 8 1
HRV
110 000
4 — 6 9 1
Tyler Sexton, Chase Root (7) and Slade Gritz. Patrick
Harvey, Isaiah Enriquez (5) and Adam Cameron. W —
Enriquez. L — Sexton.
2B — T. Sexton (HHS).
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Hermiston inished the
game with 16 penalties —
nine of which came in the
second and fourth quarters
when the Bulldogs struggled
most.
“We just weren’t playing
together like we needed to,”
said Hermiston junior Tucker
Salinas. “We need to keep up
our consistency and be able
to play all four quarters.”
The
Bulldogs
were
excited to be playing on
Kennison’s artiicial turf
and that adrenaline turned
into an instant reward when
they scored the irst goal on
a close shot from sophomore
Luke Walchli just over two
minutes in.
Hermiston scored once
more in the quarter, when
Brady Christiansen scooped
up the ball off a missed
Central Valley shot and
sprinted down the ield, diced
through the Bears’ defense
and beat the goalie to tie
the game at 2-2 with just 37
seconds left in the quarter.
But in the second quarter
the Bulldogs hit a bit of a
lull, and the Bears outscored
Hermiston 7-2 for a 9-4 lead
at halftime.
Salinas
added
two
third-quarter goals, and the
Bulldogs cut their deicit to
11-8 when Walchli scored
from close range on an assist
by Bradlee Guisti.
That was as close as
they would get, though, and
Central Valley scored four
unanswered before Walchli
found the net for his third
goal to make it 16-9 with
7:47 left in the fourth quarter.
Hermiston has just two
games left on the season,
and next up is the inal home
game on Wednesday against
Southridge (WA) at 5:30
p.m. at Sunset Elementary.
Golf
REDMOND — The
Pendleton boys golf team
punched its ticket to the state
tournament on Saturday
afternoon with a third-place
inish in the 5A Special
District 2 tournament at
Eagle Crest Resort.
The Buckaroos turned
in a inal team score of 624
in the 36-hole tournament,
trailing Summit (584) and
Bend (617). The Hermiston
Bulldogs did not qualify for
the state tournament after
turning in an 11th-place
inish with a score of 713.
Pendleton’s performance
slipped a bit on Saturday,
shooting a 319 after Friday’s
irst-round 305, but still
inished 15 strokes ahead
of fourth-place Marist. Sam
Kung was the Bucks’ low
scorer on Day 2 with a 76.
Nathan Som and Reilly
Hegarty inished tied for
eighth in the inal standings
with 151.
The low individual score
on Saturday was Summit’s
Cole Chrisman with a 68.
Chrisman’s teammate Jack
Loberg was the tournament’s
top individual with a 142
combined.
Hermiston’s top inisher
was Anders Lind in 31st with
a 170.
The state tournament will
be May 16-17 at Trysting
Tree Golf Club in Corvallis.
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District 2 Championships
Team Scores
(Top 5 to state)
1, Summit, 301-283—584; 2, Bend, 302-
315—617; 3, Pendleton, 305-319—624; 4,
Marist, 326-313—639; 5, The Dalles, 327-
329—656; 6, Ridgeview, 344-324—668;
7, Redmond, 345-346—691; 8, Mountain
View, 337-356—693; 9, Churchill, 364-
345—709; 10, Eagle Point, 348-363—711;
11, Hermiston, 362-351—713; 12, Ashland,
374-362—736; 13, Crater, 441-458—899;
14, Hood River, 510-496—1,006
Individual Top 10
1, Jack Loberg, Summit, 72-70—142; 2,
Cole Chrisman, Summit, 75-68—143; 3,
John Pollock, Marist, 75-71—146; T4, Isaac
Buerger, Ridgeview, 79-69—148; T4, Rhett
Pedersen, Bend, 71-77—148; 6, Chase
Snodgrass, The Dalles, 75-74—149; 7,
Cooper Donahue, Summit, 75-75—150; T8,
Eric Wasserman, Summit, 79-72—151; T8,
Reilly Hegarty, Pendleton, 74-77—151; T8,
Nathan Som, Pendleton, 73-78—151
Pendleton
Nathan Som, 73-78—151; Reilly Hegarty
74-77—151; Sam Kung 79-76—155;
Brayden Pulver 79-88—167; Jared Geier
81-88—167.
Hermiston
Anders Lind 84-86—170; Jerod Thacker
92-83—175; Dylan Martin 92-89—181;
Kayden Mecham 94-93—187; Ty Knutz
101-99—200.
HOOD RIVER — The
Pendleton Buckaroos were
tied for second after the
irst 18 holes at the Special
District 2 championships on
Monday at Indian Creek Golf
Course.
Complete
irst-round
results were not available at
press time, and Hermiston’s
team score was unknown.
Pendleton coach Terry Prouse
said Summit was also still on
the course when the Bucks
inished their round, and she
expects them to take the lead
into Day 2. Pendleton was
tied with Crater with a 360.
Leading Pendleton is
Haley Greb with a 76. She
shot a hole-in-one during her
practice round on Sunday,
the third in her lifetime.
Shelby Greb shot an 87,
McKenna Pratt shot 97 and
Rylee Harris rounded out the
team score with a season-best
102. Megan George shot 108
as Pendleton’s ifth.
Prouse said strong winds
and fast greens led to some
higher-than-normal scores
on Monday for all the teams.
The inal round is today
and the top four teams and top
10 individuals will advance
to the state tournament.
Softball
HERMISTON
6,
HOOD RIVER 2 — At
Hood River, the Hood River
Eagles broke the seal on a
scoreless tie in the bottom
of the sixth inning, only to
see the Hermiston Bulldogs
respond in a big way in the
top of the seventh for a 6-2
win on Monday in Columbia
River Conference play.
The win snapped a
four-game losing streak and
clinched a state play-in game
for the Bulldogs (14-11, 5-6
CRC).
M.
Kopacz
began
Hermiston’s at-bat in the
seventh with a walk and was
followed by S. Stefani with a
single. Julissa Almaguer then
attempted to bunt them both
over, but Hood River (10-14,
3-8) took the out at third.
That didn’t matter to
Breanna Naylor, who then
hit both runners in with a
double to tie the score 2-2.
Amanda Barron followed
with a single up the middle
and Kylie Hinkley brought
both of them around to score
on a line drive to center.
Hinkley would later
score on a two-out single by
Rebecca Engelbrecht, who
was then driven in on a single
by Ellery Jones.
Naylor, who came on to
relieve Almaguer in the sixth,
got two quick outs in the
seventh before back-to-back
errors put runners on second
and third. Naylor ended
the game with her second
strikeout, though.
Alamaguer, Barron and
Hinkley all batted 2 for 3
to lead Hermiston, which
inishes up the regular season
on Friday when it hosts
Pendleton at 4:30 p.m.
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R H E
HHS
000 000
6 — 6 12 2
HRV
000 002
0 — 2 4 0
J. Almaguer, B. Naylor (6) and J. Hinkley.
H. McNerney, J. Castaneda (5) and Z.
Munn. W — Naylor. L — McNerney.
2B — R. Engelbrecht, B. Naylor (HHS); M.
Vallejo (HRV).
MAC-Hi 14-13, LA
GRANDE 3-9 — At
Milton-Freewater,
the
Pioneers rode an early power
surge for a 14-3 win in
their irst game of a Greater
Oregon League double-
header, then took advantage
of a couple passed balls
to push the go-ahead runs
across in a 13-9 win for the
sweep over La Grande on
Monday.
The two teams combined
for three home runs in the
irst two innings of Game
1, and Micha Fortune gave
Mac-Hi (20-4, 10-0 GOL)
the early lead with a two-run
blast in the irst.
After Kali Avila hit a
solo shot for La Grande
(8-12, 4-6) in the second,
Abi Biggs answered with a
homer for Mac-Hi to lead off
their second at-bat. Kaitlyn
Slusarenko then scored the
eventual game-winner on
a Shannon Carter bunt and
Mac-Hi added two more runs
to lead 6-1 after two.
Mallory Copeland pitched
the complete game and gave
up six hits, two strikeouts and
no walks, and also batted 2
for 4 with two doubles and a
home run.
Copeland started in the
circle in Game 2, and the
Tigers inally got to her in an
eight-run ifth that tied the
score 9-9.
The Pioneers answered
immediately, though, and led
off their ifth with singles by
Carter and Fortune. Cope-
land then drove in Carter
with a double, and Fortune
and Carter would go on to
score on passed balls for a
12-9 lead.
Brooke Kralman went
3 for 4 in Game 2 and Abi
Biggs was 5 for 6 on the day.
Mac-Hi wraps up league
play on Friday when it hosts
Baker for a doubleheader
starting at 3 p.m.
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Game 1
R H E
LGHS
011
01 —
3 6 6
M-H
241
52 — 14 12 0
M. Copeland and J. Lesko. M. Bell and K.
Avila. W — Copeland. L — Bell.
2B — K. Gooderham (LGHS); K. Slusaren-
ko 2, M. Copeland 2, J. Field (M-H). HR —
A. Albrecht, K. Avila (LGHS); M. Fortune, M.
Copeland, A. Biggs (M-H).
Game 2
R H E
LGHS 100 080
0 — 9 15 4
M-H
062 140 X — 13 13 1
B. Givens and K. Avila. M. Copeland, S.
Earls (5) and J. Lesko. W — Copeland.
L — Givens.
2B — K. Avila, A. Carson (LGHS); M.
Copeland, B. Kralman (M-H). 3B — B.
Givens (LGHS).
WESTON-MCEWEN
28-20, ELGIN 0-0 — At
Athena,
the
Weston-
McEwen TigerScots pumped
out 48 runs and 35 hits to
sweep the Elgin Huskies in
a doubleheader on Saturday
afternoon.
Jessica Lambert threw
a no-hitter for Weston-
McEwen (15-4, 2-2 EOL) in
Game 1 and inished with 11
strikeouts and one walk. She
also went a combined 5 for
8 on offense with three runs
and three RBI.
Top offensive performers
included Isabelle Dillow (six
hits, four runs, three RBI),
Charmayne Bennett (four
hits, ive runs, six RBI, home
run), and Megan Coffman
(four hits, six runs, three
RBI).
Weston-McEwen
will
inish up its regular season
schedule on Saturday with
a doubleheader at home
against Vale with irst pitch
set for 1 p.m.
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Game 1
R H E
EHS
000 00 —
0 0 5
W-M
1555 3X — 28 22 0
W — Je. Lambert. L — McGinness.
2B — Hillmick, Lambert, Peal, Bennett
(W-M).
Game 2
R H E
EHS
000 00 —
0 3 6
W-M
567 2X — 20 13 1
W — Hillmick. L — McGinness.
2B — Dillow, Peal (W-M). HR — Bennett
(W-M).
Baseball
LA GRANDE 7-6,
MAC-HI 1-3 — At
Milton-Freewater,
the
Pioneers held leads early in
both games against the Tigers
on Monday but couldn’t hold
on and was swept in Greater
Oregon League play.
Hunter Yensen stole
home to give Mac-Hi (4-15,
1-9 GOL) a 1-0 edge in the
irst inning of Game 1, but
that was it as GT Blackman
tossed a two-hitter and La
Grande (11-11, 6-4) scored
seven runs off 14 hits.
Yensen
pitched
the
entire way in Game 1 for
Mac-Hi, and Jesus Vela
threw the entire Game 2, but
the Pioneers offense again
couldn’t score late despite 10
hits in the game.
Mac-Hi will play a
non-league game at River-
side on Wednesday at 4:30
p.m., then closes out the
season on Friday with a
home doubleheader against
Baker that starts at 3 p.m.
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Game 1
R H E
LGHS 021 110
2 — 7 14 1
M-H
100 000
0 — 1 2 4
G. Blackman and G. Vaughn. H. Yensen
and R. Esparza. W — Blackman. L —
Yensen.
2B — Z. Jacobs, G. Blackman, C. Freder-
ick 2 (LGHS). 3B — J. Gonzalez (LGHS).
Game 2
R H E
LGHS 100 112
1 — 6 8 2
M-H
120 000
0 — 3 10 4
B. Bell, J. Workinger (4), T. Shafer (7) and
G. Vaughn. J. Vela and R. Esparza. W —
Workinger. L — Vela.
2B — J. Gonzalez (LGHS); B. DeBord,
K. Smith (M-H). 3B — I. Chamberlain, J.
Gonzalez (LGHS).
DUFUR 21, RIVER-
SIDE 9 (5 innings) — At
Dufur, Bailey Keever hit two
home runs, one a grand slam,
and drove in seven runs to
lead the Dufur Rangers to a
non-league win over River-
side on Monday.
Wayne Killion hit a
three-run home run that gave
Riverside (3-19) a 5-3 lead in
the second inning, but Dufur
(9-13) began the bottom of
the frame with a single, a
walk and then loaded the
bases on a Riverside error to
set up Keever’s grand slam.
Killion (2 for 3) inished
with ive RBI and Andruw
Sorensen went 2 for 3 with
two runs and two RBI for the
Pirates.
Riverside ends its season
Wednesday against Mac-Hi
at 4:30 p.m.
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R
H
E
RHS
051 12 —
9 7 6
DHS
381 54 — 21 15 4
D. Bingaman, A. Corpus (2), W. Killion (5)
and S. Bither. T. McLaughlin, L. Red Cloud
(2), H. Clapham (4) and H. Clapham. W —
Red Cloud. L — Bingaman.
2B — C. Uhalde, K. Balos 2, C. Crawford,
T. McLaughlin, T. Masterson (DHS). HR —
W. Killion (RHS); B. Keever 2 (DHS).
Tennis
KENNEWICK, Wash. —
Ione’s Kai Arbogast didn’t
drop a set at the Special
District 4 Sub-District tour-
nament and won the boys’
singles title 6-0, 6-0 over
Umatilla’s Gio Madrigal on
Monday at Tri-City Court
Club.
Arbogast wasn’t the only
Cardinal claiming a title
though, and the doubles team
of Bryan Fowler and Daichi
Walters beat Weston-McEw-
en’s Caleb Olson and Ryan
Schmidtgall 5-7, 6-4, 7-5 for
the doubles championship.
That gave Ione the team
title as well with 33 points.
Mac-Hi was second with 17.
The top four placers in singles
and doubles advanced to the
district tournament on Friday
in Ontario.
Mac-Hi won the girls’
title with 29 points while
Sherman was second with
23.
Two Mac-Hi doubles
teams and one singles player
made it through to districts,
but none as the top seed.
Sherman’s
Meghan
Belshe beat Umatilla’s
Sidney Webb 6-3, 6-2 for
the girls’ singles title, and
Stanield’s Yazzmin and
Guitzell Chavez defeated
Mac-Hi’s Jacky Reyes and
Maria Castillo 6-1, 6-2 for
the doubles championship.
Riverside,
Condon/
Wheeler and Helix also had
players advance to districts.
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SD4 Sub-District Results
Boys Team Scores — Ione 33, Mac-Hi
17, Riverside 16, Weston-McEwen 15,
Umatilla 14, Helix 7, Sherman 5, Stanield 3,
Condon/Wheeler 0.
Girls Team Scores — Mac-Hi 29, Sherman
23, Stanield 16, Umatilla 12, Condon/
Wheeler 9, Riverside 6, Weston-McEwen
6, Ione 5, Helix 4.
Boys Singles
Semiinals: Kai Arbogast (Ione) def.
Deazen Zerba (Mac-Hi) 6-1, 6-1
Semiinals: Gio Madrigal (Umatilla) def.
Erik Jones (Helix) 6-1, 6-0
Third Place: Zerba (Mac-Hi) def. Jones
(Helix) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
First Place: Arbogast (Ione) def. Madrigal
(Umatilla) 6-0, 6-0
Girls Singles
Semiinals: Sidney Webb (Umatilla) def.
Paige Ackerman (C/W) 6-4, 6-0
Semiinals: Meghan Belshe (Sherman)
def. Elise Grifith (Mac-Hi) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
Third Place: Grifith (Mac-Hi) def. Acker-
man (C/W) 6-3, 6-4
First Place: Belshe (Sherman) def. Webb
(Umatilla) 6-3, 6-2
Boys Doubles
Semiinals: Fowler/Walters (Ione) def.
Bedolla/Gonzales (Riverside) 6-4, 6-2
Semiinals: Olson/Schmidtgall (W-M) def.
Thompson/Altamarino (Riverside) 6-3, 6-3
Third Place: Bedolla/Gonzales (Riverside)
def. Thompson/Altamarino (Riverside) 4-6,
6-3, 6-4
First Place: Fowler/Walters (Ione) def.
Olson/Schmidtgall (W-M) 5-7, 6-4, 7-5
Girls Doubles
Semiinals: Chavez/Chavez (Stanield) def.
Kaseberg/Rubio (Sherman) 6-0, 6-4
Semiinals: Reyes/Castillo (Mac-Hi) def.
Rodriguez/Cuellar (Mac-Hi) 5-7, 6-4, 6-0
Third Place: Rodriguez/Cuellar (Mac-Hi)
def. Kaseberg/Rubio (Sherman)
First Place: Chavez/Chavez (Stanield) def.
Reyes/Castillo (Mac-Hi) 6-1, 6-2