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SPORTS THURSDAY, MAY 12, 2016 Sports shorts NBA Playoffs Nationals pitcher ties MLB record with 20 strikeouts Blazers eliminated WASHINGTON (AP) — Max Scherzer struck out 20 batters, matching the major league record for a nine- inning game as he pitched the Washington FACES Nationals past the Detroit Tigers 3-2 on Wednesday night. Scherzer had a chance to break the Scherzer mark when James McCann stepped to the plate with two outs in the ninth inning. McCann, who whiffed his previous three times up, grounded to third for the fi nal out. The right-hander, who pitched two no-hitters last season and struck out 17 in the second one, joined Roger Clemens (twice), Kerry Wood and Randy Johnson as the only big league pitchers to compile 20 strikeouts in nine innings. 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS Warriors return to conference finals By JANIE MCCAULEY Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. — Klay Thompson’s sweet shooting touch carried the Warriors while Stephen Curry was down, and together again in the starting lineup the Splash Brothers led Golden State back to the Western Conference fi nals. Portland Trail Blazers’ Da- mian Lillard, center, tries to cut between Golden State Warriors’ Fes- tus Ezeli, left, and Andre Ig- uodala during the fi rst half in Game 5 of a second-round NBA basket- ball playoff series Wednes- day, May 11, 2016, in Oak- land, Calif. Game 5 Portland Golden State 121 125 • Warriors win series 4-1 Thompson scored 33 points with six 3-pointers, Curry added 29 and sealed it with a 3 with 24.9 seconds left, and Golden State advanced to the West fi nals for the second straight season See BLAZERS/2B AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez Iannetta lifts M’s HERMISTON Homer in 11th gives Seattle win over Rays By JIM HOEHN Associated Press Seahawks wideout set to announce retirement today RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Ricardo Lockette is retiring six months after suffering a serious neck injury in a game at Dallas. The team rmed the FACES confi retirement and has scheduled a news conference today. Lockette was knocked Lockette out and remained motionless on the fi eld for several minutes after a hit by Cowboys safety Jeff Heath during the Nov. 1 victory over Dallas. Earlier this year, Lockette told a group of paramedics and fi refi ghters that the injury was so serious he could have died if not for proper treatment from athletic trainers and medics on the fi eld. Lockette has been a special teams standout for the Seahawks since joining the team in 2011. “If the IOC and the World Health Organization do not have the generosity of heart to delay the games to prevent children being born and disabled their whole lives, then they’re among the cruelest institutions in the world.“ — Amir Attaran University of Ottawa professor whose spe- cialty is public health. Attaran called for the Rio de Janeiro Olym- pics to be postponed or moved due to the Zika outbreak in an article published by Harvard Public Health Review this week. The start of the games is three months away. The World Health Organization says there are no travel restrictions in place due to Zika, but advises pregnant women to stay away from areas where outbreaks have occurred. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1970 — Ernie Banks hits his 500th career home run off Pat Jarvis in the Chicago Cubs’ 4-3 victory over Atlanta at Wrigley Field. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com Bulldogs take aim Staff photo by E.J. Harris The Hermiston High School shooting team practices Thursday, May 5 at the Hermiston Gun Club outside of Hermiston. HHS trapshooting team fi nding its way in year one By ERIC SINGER East Oregonian Staff photo by E.J. Harris Senior Corey Mason takes aim on his clay target during a practice session for the Hermiston High School shooting team on Thursday, May 5 in Hermiston. Hermiston high school senior Jesse Clark takes his stance at post No. 3 on the trap fi eld at the Herm- iston Gun Club. He waits for his chance. When his time comes he pulls his Mossberg 835 shotgun into position and loudly yells, “Pull!” The clay pigeon takes fl ight, Clark takes his aim and fi res, and a shower of orange-painted shards crumbles to the ground. Clark is one of 21 Hermiston students that are a part of the fi rst- year high school trap shooting team, one of three schools in the state of Oregon that compete under the USA High School Clay Target League. See SHOOTING/2B SEATTLE — Chris Iannetta led off the bottom of the 11th inning with a homer to give the Seattle Mariners a 6-5 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday and a sweep of the three-game series. Iannetta jumped on a 3-2 pitch from Steve Geltz (0-1) for his third homer for MLB Seattle, which was unable to Tampa Bay hold an early 4-0 lead. T h e Mariners escaped a one-out, Seattle b a s e s - loaded jam in the 10th. S t e v e n Souza Jr. reached on a one-out walk off Vidal Nuno, advanced on a passed ball and moved to third on Logan Morrison’s bloop single to left. Steve Johnson (1-0) relieved and walked Steve Pearce to load the bases. Kevin Kiermaier fouled out to third and Hank Conger bounced into a force at second. With Mariners closer Steve Cishek unavailable after a four-out save Tuesday night, Nick Vincent came on in the ninth to protect a 5-4 lead. After Pearce struck out, Kiermaier lined a 2-0 pitch over the wall in right for his fourth home run. 5 6 Prep Roundup Bucks jump into lead after Day 1 at districts Pendleton girls already with fi ve state berths East Oregonian HERMISTON — Delaney Clem ran a season-best in the 3,000- meters, Hailey Kendrick matched her high-mark in pole vault, and Kiara Glover played through pain and placed second in two events to push the Pendleton girls’ track and fi eld team into the lead after the fi rst evening at the Columbia River Conference championships at Hermiston’s Kennison Field. Clem was all alone in front of the distance race, one of fi ve girls’ events to hold fi nals on Wednesday, and fi nished in 10 minutes, 56.31 seconds, her fi rst time breaking the 11-minute barrier this season. Kendrick cleared 8 feet, six inches in the vault at the season’s fi rst meet, and that was the height that won her the district title too. Glover, who appeared to have pulled a muscle in her leg early in the meet, fi nished second in high jump (5-0) and long jump (15-11.75). All three girls earned automatic state berths, as did their Buckaroo teammate Makayla Akers with a runner-up fi nish in javelin. Akers (101-8) was bested only by Hermiston’s Maddy Juul, who set a new personal record for the district title. Staff photo by E.J. Harris ABOVE: Pendleton’s Kiara Glover lands in the pit during the girl’s long jump Wednesday during the Columbia Basin Conference dis- trict track in Hermiston. RIGHT: Hermiston’s Xavier Rambo competes in the boys long jump Wednesday in Hermiston. Juul beat her old high mark by more than three feet with a throw of 108-7, and was the only girl to earn a state berth for third-place Hermiston. The Hermiston boys enter Day 2 in second place led by senior Tre Neal’s pair of state qualifi cations. Neal won shot put (55-7.75) and was second in discus (167-10), and Hermiston trails Hood River by seven points in the team tally. Also going to state for Herm- iston’s boys was Xavier Rambo, whose personal-record 21-2 was second in long jump. Pendleton’s boys did not take any state berths away from the four events to hold fi nals on Wednesday. The rest of the events will wrap up today with action starting at 5 p.m. ——— CRC District Championships Day 1 Finals BOYS Team scores — Hood River 35, Hermiston 28, Pendleton 1, The Dalles 0. 3,000 meters — 1, Justin Crosswhite, Hood River, 9:09.35; 2, Quinn Fetkenhour, Hood River, 9:09.75; 3, Hayden Earl, Hermiston, 9:23.95. Shot put — 1, Tre Neal, Hermiston, 55-7.75; 2, Sebastian Barajas, Hood River, 52-3.75; 3, Sam Fults, Hood River, 48-3. Discus — 1, Sebastian Barajas, Hood River, 185-8; 2, Tre Neal, Hermiston, 167-10; 3, Elias Arenas, Hermiston, 135-0. Long jump — 1, Parker Irusta, Hood River, 22-0.5; 2, Xavier Rambo, Hermiston, 21-2; 3, Andrew Horn, Hermiston, 19-11. GIRLS Team scores — Pendleton 29, Hood River 22, Hermiston 18, The Dalles 11. 3,000 meters — 1, Delaney Clem, Pendleton, 10:56.31; 2, Lauren Robinson, Hood River, 11:05.46; 3, Melany Solorio, Hermiston, 11:21.10. Javelin — 1, Maddy Juul, Hermiston, 108-7; 2, Makayla Akers, Pendleton, 101-8; 3, Ayleen Sandoval, Hermiston, 97-3. High jump — 1, Katie Kennedy, Hood River, 5-2; 2, Kiara Glover, Pendleton, 5-0; 3, Lillie Wheeler, Hermiston, 4-10. Pole vault — 1, Hailey Kendrick, Pendleton, 8-6; 2, Barrett Idhe, Hood River, 8-6; 3, Taylor Sugg, The Dalles, 8-0. Long Jump — 1, Avery Cardosi, The Dalles, 16- 2.75; 2, Kiara Glover, Pendleton, 15-11.75; 3, Abby Kinoshita, Hood River, 15-9.25. See PREPS/2B