SPORTS
TUESDAY, MAY 31, 2016
Sports shorts
Rain washes out
French Open
PARIS (AP) — Not so
much the French Open as
the French
closed.
For the
fi rst time in
16 years,
unrelenting
rain Monday
washed out a full day of
play at the only Grand
Slam tennis venue without
a retractable roof over its
show court, clogging the
schedule with unfi nished
and postponed matches and
prompting the frustrated
tournament director to
plead — again — for a roof
as soon as possible.
“Our roof is a necessity,”
Guy Forget said, as players
were sent back to their hotels
and thousands of would-be
spectators told to apply for
refunds for their unused tickets.
“I’m a bit annoyed today,
to say the least.”
Cubs ’pen perfect
for 7 innings
CHICAGO (AP) —
Jason Hammel wasn’t
thrilled to leave Monday’s
game after two innings of
one-hit ball
because
of right
hamstring
cramps.
At least
he could joke
about it afterward.
“I blew the no-hitter,” he
cracked.
Travis Wood and three
other relievers combined
for seven perfect innings
after Hammel left, and the
Chicago Cubs one-hit the
Los Angeles Dodgers 2-0.
It was the Cubs’ sixth
straight victory after losing
eight of 12. They have the
best record in baseball and
are a season-high 21 games
over .500 (35-14).
Hammel exited after
cramping while warming up
for the third inning. Wood
(3-0) pitched four perfect
innings in his longest stint of
the season to get the win.
Justin Grimm, Pedro
Strop and Hector Rondon
pitched one inning each
for the Cubs, with Rondon
getting his ninth save.
“This isn’t the end
of me, just the
end of a certain
chapter. I will
conquer this,
and not let this
situation conquer
me. I’m on a
journey to fi nd my
happiness again.“
— Isaiah Renfro
University of Washington
sophomore announcing
he would be leaving the
football team to con-
tinue his recovery from
depression and anxiety.
A wide receiver, Renfro
caught 13 passes for
178 yards in his only
season with the Huskies.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1927 — Detroit fi rst
baseman Johnny Neun makes
an unassisted triple play in
the ninth inning to end the
1-0 win over the Cleveland
Indians. Neun grabs Homer
Summa’s line drive, tags
Charlie Jamieson at fi rst and
outruns Glenn Myatt to tag
second.
2007 — LeBron James
scores a career playoff-high
48 points to lead Cleveland to
a 109-107, Game 5 win over
Detroit in two overtimes.
James is the fi rst player to
score 25 straight points for a
team in the postseason while
scoring 29 of the Cavaliers’
fi nal 30 points.
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College Track & Field
Four locals earn All-American honors
Carroll College’s Da-
vid Barnett, of Herm-
iston, competes in
javelin at the NAIA
National Track and
Field Championships
on Thursday, May 26
in Gulf Shores, Ala-
bama. Barnett was
one of four compet-
itors with local ties
to earn All-America
honors at the three-
day meet. He won
the javelin champi-
onship with a throw
of 204 feet, 6.25
inches.
David Barnett
wins national title
in javelin
East Oregonian
Either way it shook out,
the 2016 NAIA javelin
national title was going to
have its roots in Umatilla
County.
In the end it was
Hermiston product David
Barnett who claimed
gold with a throw of 204
feet, 6.25 inches on his
fi fth and fi nal throw to
edge Milton-Freewater’s
Pancho Saldana on the fi rst
day at the NAIA National
Photo by Jerek Wolcott courtesy
of Carroll College Athletics
Saldana
Schmidt
Track and Field Champi-
onships in Gulf Shores,
Alabama.
Barnett, a junior at
Carroll College, and
Saldana, a junior at Eastern
Oregon University, were
two of four athletes with
local ties to earn All-Amer-
ican honors during the
three-day meet, which
Torres
wrapped up on Saturday at
Mickey Miller Blackwell
Stadium.
Also from Carroll,
senior Sandy Torres (Pend-
leton) earned All-America
in the 800 meters and the
4x800 relay, and junior
Crystal Schmidt (Herm-
iston) made All-America
See NAIA TRACK/3B
MILTON-FREEWATER
Prep Softball/Baseball
Pios awarded by GOL
Red-hot
Bucks
ready for
challenge
Copeland, Yensen
named league
Player of the Year
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
For the fi rst two years of
her high school softball career,
Mac-Hi’s Mallory Copeland
was considered one of the best
catchers in Class 4A.
She was named to the
all-state second team as both a
freshman and sophomore, but
when the Pioneers needed a
pitcher for the 2016 season it
was Copeland that answered the
call and moved out to the fi eld.
She’s done more than suffi ce,
and on Tuesday the Greater
Oregon League announced the
junior right-handed hurler as its
Player of the Year.
“Mallory has worked really
hard coming from behind the
plate, and she put in a lot of time
in the offseason,” said Mac-Hi
coach Nicole Christian. “It was
awesome to see her, to be able
to fl ip the rolls like that and turn
around the following year when
we had some big shoes to fi ll she
stepped up, and she continues to
step up for us.”
Christian was named GOL
Coach of the Year following
Mac-Hi’s 12-0 undefeated
league championship season.
Copeland pitched all but 11
2-3 innings during that title run,
and fi nished the GOL season
with an ERA of 3.155 with
35 strikeouts and nine walks.
See PIOS/2B
Five area teams
head into state
semifinals
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
EO fi le photo by E.J. Harris
In this April 12, 2016 fi le photo, Mac-Hi’s Mallory Copeland throws the
ball from the pitching circle in a softball game against Pendleton at
Steve Cary Field in Pendleton.
PENDLETON — The
Pendleton Buckaroos and
Churchill Lancers have
appeared together in every
OSAA softball state bracket
since 2006, but meet in
the postseason for just the
second time today when the
No. 2 Buckaroos host the
No. 3 Lancers at Steve Cary
Field.
It’ll be a game pitting
Pendleton’s
hot
lineup
against one of the bracket’s
fi nest pitchers in Churchill
senior Emma Jegtvig.
Jegtvig is coming off an
11-strikeout performance in
a 6-0 win over No. 6 Dallas
in the quarterfi nals. She
allowed just two hits in the
game.
“We know a little bit about
her,” said Pendleton coach
Tim Cary. “She throws in the
upper 50’s, maybe low 60’s,
sounds like she cam move
the ball around a little bit,
throws a little bit of a curve,
screwball and a change-up.
“She’s had a lot of success
See SEMIFINALS/2B
NBA Playoffs
Warriors headed back to Finals
Curry scores 36,
Golden State
sets up rematch
with Cleveland
By JANIE MCCAULEY
Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. —
Stephen Curry dribbled
every which way and drained
yet another 3-pointer in the
waning moments, pulled
his jersey up into his mouth
Western Finals
Oklahoma City Golden State
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• Warriors win series 4-3
and yelled to the rafters in
triumph once more.
A special, record-set-
ting season saved for the
defending champs, with a
memorable comeback added
to the long list of accom-
plishments.
Now, the MVP and his
teammates are playing for
another NBA title — just as
they planned all along.
Bring on LeBron James
once more.
Curry and Klay Thompson
carried the 73-win Warriors
right back to the NBA Finals,
as Golden State rallied from
a 3-1 series defi cit to beat
the Oklahoma City Thunder
AP Photo/Ben Margot
96-88 on Monday night Fans cheer as Golden State Warriors guard Stephen
in Game 7 of the Western Curry yells after the Warriors beat the Oklahoma
See NBA/2B
City Thunder in Game 7 of the NBA basketball West-
ern Conference fi nals Monday in Oakland, Calif.
College Baseball
Beavers left out of NCAA tournament
OSU baseball snubbed by
selection committee
By BOB LUNDEBERG
Corvallis Gazette-Times
AP photo/Corvallis Gazette-Times
Coach Pat Casey and the Oregon State baseball
team were left out of the NCAA tournament for
the fi rst time since 2008. The Beavers had won
four of their last fi ve games, including a sweep
of UCLA to end the regular season.
The Oregon State baseball team gathered
privately Monday morning at Goss Stadium,
eager to learn its postseason destination.
As winners of fi ve of their last six, the
Beavers (35-19, 16-14 Pac-12 Conference)
were confi dent they’d hear their names called
during the NCAA tournament selection show.
But the team never did.
In a stunning turn of events, OSU was left
of out the fi eld of 64 for the fi rst time since
2008.
“We defi nitely thought we took care of
business in the last couple weeks of the season,
and I don’t think you could hear anybody in
the room talking when it got down to the fi nal
four regionals,” junior Caleb Hamilton said. “I
know everybody is really shocked. We didn’t
really know where our name was going to pop
up, but we were expecting it to. But life’s not
fair and this is just giving us another chip on
our shoulder heading into next year.”
See BEAVERS/3B