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SPORTS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2016 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS OUR VIEWS Sports shorts All-EOL Baseball Beavers take home four Oregon Sports Awards Grogan named EOL’s best Rockets, Tigers should be favorites in 2017 The 2015-2016 basketball season was very kind to the Oregon State Beavers as both the men’s and women’s teams had great success. The teams were rewarded on Monday night at the 64th annual Oregon Sports Awards hosted by Nike, taking home four awards. Men’s basketball star Gary Payton II and women’s basketball star Jamie Weisner took home the Bill Hayward Male and Female Amateur Athletes of the Year awards for helping their teams to postseason runs. Women’s basketball coach Scott Rueck won the Slats Gill Sportsperson of the Year award, while the Beavers team took home the George Pasero Team of the Year award. Cavs’ Love doesn’t practice, Game 3 status uncertain CLEVELAND (AP) — Kevin Love remains in concussion protocol and uncertain for Game 3 of the NBA Finals. The Cavaliers forward was FACES accidentally elbowed in the back of the head by Golden State’s Harrison Barnes during the fi rst half of Love Game 2. Love stayed in the locker room and did not practice with teammates Tuesday. The Cavs won’t know if he can play until before Game 3 on Wednesday. “He’s feeling better,” Cleveland coach Tyronn Lue said. “But right now he’s just in the (NBA) concussion protocol.” According to league policy, Love is required to pass several steps before he can be cleared to play. First, he must be symptom free for 24 hours. He then will steadily increase his activity, beginning with riding a stationary bike before advancing to jogging, agility work and noncontact team drills. “Man, you leave the offi ce for 1 day of golf ... and your own network kills you off. #harsh“ — Roger Goodell The NFL commissioner playfully responding to the news of the NFL’s offi cial Twitter account being hacked earlier in the day, posting a tweet saying Goodell had died. The hacker posted two more tweets during the period of time, all of which were deleted soon after posting. The NFL says they have engaged law enforcement to look into the situation, and are also reviewing their cybersecurity measures. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1986 — Larry Bird scores 29 points to lead the Boston Celtics to a 114-97 victory over the Houston Rockets and their 16th NBA title. 2013 — Serena Williams wins her 16th Grand Slam title and her fi rst French Open championship since 2002, beating Maria Shara- pova 6-4, 6-4. 2014 — Rafael Nadal wins the French Open title for the ninth time, and the fi fth time in a row, by beating Novak Djokovic 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, 6-4. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com T Staff photo by E.J. Harris Stanfi eld’s Dylan Grogan throws from the pitching mound in the Tigers’ 5-4 win against Santiam Christian Friday in Keizer. Stanfi eld junior named league Player of the Year East Oregonian The Eastern Oregon League belonged to the Stanfi eld Tigers in 2016. Stanfi eld went a perfect 12-0 in league play and outscored the other league teams by a combined score of 178-22. Their closest league game was a 6-2 win over Umatilla on Apr. 1, one of just seven games where the Tigers did not break into double- digits overall. The Tigers were able to be so dominant because of the talent on the fi eld, which was recently recognized by the entirety of the EOL coaches as Stanfi eld swept the all-league top honors as well as earning 14 spots on the all-league rosters. Junior Dylan Grogan was chosen as the EOL Player of the Year after having an incredible season on the pitching mound and on offense. As a pitcher, Grogan was the ace of the Tigers staff as he fi nished the year 10-1 with a 0.71 ERA with 133 strikeouts over 68.1 innings pitched. He allowed just seven earned runs all season while walking just 21. And on offense, Grogan produced a lot of pop from the middle of the Tigers lineup as he hit for a .516 average with 5 home runs, 45 RBI, 55 runs scored, 13 doubles and also turned in 15 stolen bases. Grogan’s on-base See BASEBALL/2B College Baseball Beavers await professional fate MLB Draft kicks off with fi rst round on Thursday evening By BOB LUNDBERG Corvallis Gazette-Times CORVALLIS — With the college season in the rear-view mirror, several members of Oregon State’s baseball team have turned their attention to the next level. The three-day Major League Baseball First-year Player Draft begins Thursday at 4 p.m. with the fi rst two rounds. The draft continues Friday (rounds three through 10) and concludes Saturday (11-40). Thursday’s action will air live on MLB Network while Friday and Saturday can be streamed on MLB.com. The Beavers, who have had at least one player selected in every draft since 1992, could extend the streak as early as Thursday. Junior catcher Logan Ice, the Pac-12 defensive player of the year, is ranked No. 65 on Base- AP Photo via Corvallis Gazette Times Oregon State junior shortstop Trever Morrison is one of several Beavers hoping to hear their names called in this week’s MLB Draft. ball America’s top 500 prospects list. Teammate Trever Morrison, a junior shortstop, checks in at No. 193 while senior right- handed pitcher Travis Eckert is hoping to go somewhere in the fi rst 10 rounds. July 15 is the deadline for MLB teams to sign their draftees. Unsigned prospects with eligibility remaining can return to school. Ice, a three-year starter, hit .310 with a team-leading .563 slugging percentage and .432 on-base percentage in 2016. He played in all 54 games, starting 49 times behind the plate, and allowed just one passed ball while throwing out better than 44 percent of opposing runners. See BEAVERS/2B he Pilot Rock Rockets softball team and the Stanfi eld Tigers baseball team both fi nished off historic and dominant seasons over the weekend by raising the state championship trophies in their respective classifi cations. The Rockets beat Special District 6 opponent Union for the fi fth time in 2016, allowing just six runs to the Bobcats in that span while scoring an incredible 62 runs for themselves. The Rockets lone losses came to the Class 4A runner-up Eric Mac-Hi (5-1 on Singer May 2), Class 3A Comment Weston-McEwen (8-4 on Mar. 19) and the Class 2A/1A Burns (4-0 on Apr. 23) — all playoff and top-10 ranked teams in the OSAA. The Tigers fi nished the season with the highest-scoring offense in all of the OSAA, with 369 runs scored in 31 total games, which averages out to nearly 12 runs per game, all while allowing just 64 runs all season. Stan- fi eld’s only blemishes on their superb season was two non-league losses to the 2A/1A state champion Burns (7-6 on Apr. 8) and a walk-off loss to 3A runner-up Santiam Christian (2-1 on Apr. 21) — whom the Tigers bested for the state championship. But as fantastic as both seasons were, both teams are set up to repeat this success in 2017 and I think should be the favorites to repeat as state champions in their respective classes. And here’s why. Pilot Rock will try to become the fourth school in state history to win three consecutive state championships next year, and have plenty of fi repower coming back to put them as the favorites in Class 2A/1A. The team returns all but two contributors from this year’s team, including Special District 6 Player of the Year Rebekah Roe, and all-league players like utility player Sara Weinke, outfi elder Kayla Deist, pitcher Tehya Ostrom, infi elder Jacey Wilson, catcher Rhyanne Oates, and outfi elder Shayla Walker. The two players the Rockets won’t be easy to replace, though, as fellow pitcher Rebekka Holman (9-2, 1.65 ERA, 57 Ks) created a dominant 1-2 punch with Ostrom and shortstop Madison Dave (.520 avg., 5 HR) was a force in the middle of the Rockets lineup. But head coach Darin Fitzpatrick will likely have the sophomore-to-be Ellie Lankford take Holman’s spot in 2017, as she impressed in four outings this season See SINGER/2B Cruz, Miley help Mariners end Indians streak Seattle back to within four games of Texas in AL West standings By JIM HOEHN Associated Press SEATTLE — Nelson Cruz homered twice and Wade Miley pitched seven scoreless innings to pace the Seattle Mariners to a 7-1 victory over Cleveland on Tuesday night, snapping the Indians’ six-game winning streak. Cruz hit a two-run homer in the fi rst inning off starter Cody Anderson (1-4) and added a solo shot in the fi fth, his 15th, to put Seattle up 7-0. Miley (6-2), who had allowed 18 runs in 14 2/3 innings in his last three starts, allowed four hits, striking out three and walking two. Anderson, who was called up from Triple-A earlier in the day to replace the ailing Danny Salazar, allowed six runs and seven hits in 3 2/3 innings. MLB Cleveland Seattle 1 7 Lonnie Chisenhall accounted for the Indians’ run in the eighth with a homer, his second, off Joaquin Benoit. Steve Cishek pitched the ninth for Seattle. The Mariners, who had lost four straight, tagged Anderson for four runs in the fourth inning with the aid of a botched infi eld play to take a 6-0 lead. With runners on fi rst and second and two outs, Adam Lind bounced to shortstop Francisco Lindor. Second baseman Jason Kipnis was late getting the force and by the time Lindor decided to throw to fi rst, Lind had an infi eld single. Steve Clevenger then laced a two-run double to right and Sean O’Malley followed with a two-run triple to right-center. Cruz staked the Mariners to a 2-0 lead in the fi rst inning, following AP Photo/Ted S. Warren Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Wade Miley throws against the Cleveland Indians in the third inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, June 7, 2016, in Seattle. Robinson Cano’s two-out single with his 14th home run. UP NEXT: Indians: RHP Carlos Carrasco (2-0, 3.00 ERA) is making his second start since coming off the DL on June 2. Mariners: RHP Taijaun Walker (2-6, 3.94 ERA) is struggling to regain his early season form. The 23-year-old is 0-6 with a 5.77 ERA in his last seven starts.
