SPORTS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 2016
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76ers win NBA
draft lottery
NEW YORK (AP) —
The Philadelphia 76ers
won the NBA draft lottery
Tuesday night and will have
the No. 1 pick in June.
The Los
Angeles
Lakers
fi nished
second but
also felt like
winners, as
they would have dealt their
pick to Philadelphia had they
fallen out of the top three.
The Boston Celtics, with
a pick dealt to them by the
Brooklyn Nets, remained in
the No. 3 slot.
Nobody moved up in the
lottery, which sets the top
three picks. The remainder
of the 14 teams are slotted
in the inverse order of their
won-loss record.
The 76ers fi nished 10-72,
just off the worst record in
the history of the 82-game
schedule, and had a 26.9
percent chance of landing
the No. 1 pick
The draft is June 23 in
New York, with LSU’s
Ben Simmons and Duke’s
Brandon Ingram considered
the top two picks.
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CRC Softball
Prep Golf
Morrison is league MVP Greb,
Bucks
take
state
silver
Pendleton girls
with highest team
placing ever
East Oregonian
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Rangers 2B Odor
suspended 8 games
NEW YORK (AP) —
Texas second baseman
Rougned Odor has been
suspended for eight games
and Toronto outfi elder Jose
Bautista for one for their part
in a brawl Sunday.
Blue Jays
FACES pitcher Jesse
Chavez and
manager John
Gibbons, who
returned to the
fi eld for the
fi ght following
his ejection
Odor
fi ve innings
earlier, were suspended for
three games each Tuesday
by Major League Baseball
senior vice president Joe
Garagiola Jr.
Rangers shortstop Elvis
Andrus and Blue Jays fi rst
base coach Tim Leiper were
suspended for one game.
Odor and Bautista
have appealed their
discipline, which will be
held in abeyance pending a
resolution. Andrus was to
serve his penalty Tuesday at
Oakland. MLB was awaiting
a decision by Chavez.
In this March 16, 2016 fi le photo, Pendleton players crowd around home plate to cheer Alexis Morrison
after she hit a home run against Hanford.
Richards wins Pitcher of Year, Bucks with 7 on fi rst team
In this April
30, 2016
fi le photo,
Pendleton’s
Lauren
Richards
throws
from the
pitching
circle in
the Bucks’
11-1 win
against the
Bulldogs in
the second
game of
a double-
header in
Pendleton.
— Michael Bennett
Seattle Seahawks DE on
the Philadelphia Eagles
QB. Bradford said he
wanted to be traded just
weeks after signing a
two-year contract when
the Eagles traded up to
draft North Dakota State
QB Carson Wentz with
the No. 2 overall pick in
the NFL draft.
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The Pendleton Buckaroos
dominated the Columbia River
Conference in 2016, losing just
two games in league play and
winning their 10 games by an
average of more than fi ve runs.
When the all-league teams
were released on Tuesday,
the Buckaroos dominated the
conference again in selections
with seven fi rst team selec-
tions. The Buckaroos also
swept the top honors of the
conference as senior outfi elder
Alexis Morrison and sopho-
more pitcher Lauren Richards
were selected as the Player
Staff photo by
E.J. Harris
of the Year and Pitcher of the
Year respectively.
“They got the awards that
they earned and they deserved
and it’s really nice to see for
the program, said Pendleton
coach Tim Cary. “I’m always
excited when I see some of our
players get recognized, and
they both worked their rear
ends off in the offseason and it
showed when the season came
around.”
Morrison tore through the
league on offense in 2016,
hitting .561 with four home
runs, 16 RBI, seven doubles
and 12 stolen bases. She also
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CRC Baseball
Robles named Pitcher of the Year
Bulldogs earn eight
all-league selections,
Bucks grab 10 spots
East Oregonian
“I can’t believe
Sam Bradford
is complaining
about making
$40 million in the
next two years,
and because he
actually has to
compete for a
position. This guy,
this guy right here
defi nitely sets a
bad tone of what a
player should be.“
East Oregonian
Hermiston senior RJ
Robles was about as solid as
the Bulldogs could ask for in
2016.
Following up an above-av-
erage season as a junior,
Robles slotted in as Herm-
iston’s No. 1 starting pitcher
this season and fl ourished in
that spot, helping the Bull-
dogs to a 13-11 overall record
and second place fi nish in the
Columbia River Conference.
On Tuesday, Robles was
rewarded by the coaches from
all four teams in the league
by being named fi rst team
all-CRC as well as taking the
honor of Pitcher of the Year.
Robles tossed 25 innings
in four starts and fi ve games
pitched during the league
season, fi nishing with an
impressive 1.40 ERA with 40
strikeouts and 21 walks. His
teammate, Chase Root was
also named to the fi rst team
roster as a pitcher as Root
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In this April
2, 2016
fi le photo,
Hermiston’s
R.J. Robles
throws
from the
mound in
the second
inning of the
Bulldogs’ 7-6
win against
Putnam in
the fi rst
game of a
doublehead-
er in Hermis-
ton.
Staff photo by
E.J. Harris
Prep Roundup
Pilot Rock splits to end regular season
Thieme throws
complete game in win
over Grant Union
East Oregonian
JOHN DAY — The Pilot Rock
baseball team split with Grant Union
on Monday in a doubleheader that
was postponed from Saturday.
Levi Thieme pitched a complete
game to lead the Rockets to the win
8-6 in the opener, but Grant Union
responded with a 10-2 victory in the
night cap to close the regular season.
Thieme struck out seven and
walked two, and gave up six earned
runs on 12 hits.
A seven-run fourth by the
Rockets (17-8, 6-6 SD7) had Thieme
pitching with the lead from there on
out, though.
Thieme started the at-bat with a
single, followed by an error and a
Connor McClarren single to load
the bases. Three consecutive walks
put the Rockets up 3-1, and when a
BANKS — On a day
when no team was going to
catch Summit, the Pendleton
Buckaroos leaped past the
only other team in front of
them for the program’s best-
ever fi nish at the OSAA 5A
Girls Golf State Champion-
ships.
Pendleton shot 358 on
Day 2 at
Quail Valley
Golf Course
in Banks and
combined
that with a
349 from the
fi rst round
to
fi nish
Greb
in
second
place with 707. Summit shot
322-324—646 for a domi-
nant eighth-straight title.
“I was really proud of
them, because we’ve never
taken second, ever,” said
Pendleton coach Terry
Prouse.
The Bucks themselves
were feeling a little bitter-
sweet about their round.
Junior Haley Greb shot
her second-straight 75 to
fi nish tied for second, her
best fi nish in three tries, and
seniors Shelby Greb and
McKenna Pratt both fi nished
in the top 15 in their fi nal
rounds.
The only problem was
they knew they could have
done better.
“It wasn’t great,” said
Haley Greb. “I just didn’t
hit the balls I needed to and
didn’t keep it in play a lot. It’s
Ok though, there’s always
next year.
“Getting second as a team
is pretty awesome.”
Crater junior Kiana Oshi-
ro’s huge fi rst-round lead
held up and she won the title
with a 67-75—142.
Shelby Greb fi nished 11th
with 82-91—173, and Pratt
was 15th with 96-95—191.
Freshman Megan George
was right behind her in 16th
with 96-97—193. Freshman
Rylee Harris was 36th with
120-112—232.
———
2016 OSAA 5A Girls Golf
Team Top 5 — 1, Summit 322-324—646;
2, Pendleton 349-358—707; 3, Crater
341-371—712; 4, Bend 395-391—786; 5,
Wilsonville 394-395—789.
Individual Top 10
1, Kiana Oshiro, Crater 67-75—142
T2, Haley Greb, Pendleton
75-75—150
T2, Iliana Telles, The Dalles
77-73—150
4, Olivia Loberg, Summit 73-81—154
T5, Daniele Giles, Crater 77-80—157
T5, Rachel Drgastin, Summit
79-78—157
7, Kaitlyn Howe, Wilsonville
78-80—158
8, Sarah Heinly, Summit 86-79—165
9, Tianna Brown, Ridgeview
82-86—168
10, Josephine Fraser, Summit
84-86—170
5A Boys
Contributed photo courtesy of Lela Thieme
Pilot Rock’s Cody Watson slides in to score against Grant Union in a
baseball game on Monday in John Day.
relief pitcher could do nothing but
walk in two more runs the Rockets
led 5-1 with no outs. Thieme and
Bryson Pierce added run-scoring
singles in the frame.
Jake Brickey led them at the plate
in Game 1 going 2 for 2 with two
walks, two runs and one RBI. Grant
Union (9-16, 3-8) pitchers combined
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CORVALLIS — The
Pendleton boys golf team
looked at its fi rst-round score
of 317 at the OSAA 5A State
Championships and saw
room for improvement.
The Buckaroos responded
with the best round of the day
on Tuesday at Trysting Tree
Golf Club in Corvallis, and
shot a 303 to fi nish in third
place with 620 total.
“We came out early this
morning, fi rst on the course,”
said Pendleton coach Nels
Nelson, “and it just went
pretty easy. Everybody had a
good round.”
Bend fi nish just in front
of Pendleton with 312-306—
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