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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Wednesday, June 8, 2016 US bounces back for victory By JAY COHEN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO — The fans stood and cheered when Clint Dempsey headed off the ield in the second half, and the forward responded with his own round of applause. Brad Guzan held his arms in the air after the inal seconds Copa of his America h a p p y home- coming. After Costa Rica days of questions a n d criticism, it was a couple of United States p e r f e c t pictures for the United States. Dempsey had a goal and two assists, and the U.S. rebounded from its opening loss in Copa America with a convincing 4-0 victory over Costa Rica on Tuesday night. “Goals change games, and the guys up front took United States’ Geoff Cameron (20) and Costa Rica’s Alvaro Saborio (9) battle during a Copa America soccer match at Soldier Field in Chicago, Tuesday, June 7, 2016. 0 4 BRIEFLY Ashlee Hodgen Memorial Tournament this weekend Prep baseball swings back into Pendleton this weekend with the Ashlee Hodgen Memorial Tournament taking place on June 10-12. The tournament will feature local teams such as Hodgen Distributing (Pendleton legion), Herm- iston, Milton-Freewater, La Grande, and Baker. The games will take place at both Bob White Field and the BMCC baseball ield. The tournament kicks off on Friday morning as Milton-Freewater plays Baker at 11 a.m. at Bob White Field and then Hermiston faces La Grande at Noon at the BMCC ield. The tournament runs all day Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and will conclude with a championship game at 4 p.m. at Bob White Field. Admission for the tour- nament is $5 per person, per day, while students and seniors will pay $3 per day. All proceeds from the tournament go to the Ashlee Hodgen scholarship fund. Stanield Baseball Weekend The Stanield Tigers will hold their annual awards program on Friday night at 6:30 p.m. at Stanield High School to honor all of the teams’ accomplishments from the spring athletics season. The weekend will continue into Saturday when Stanield will hosting an alumni baseball game on Saturday afternoon at Madigan Field. The game will start at 6 p.m. and there is no cost to participate or attend. AP Photo/ Charles Rex Arbogast care of that,” said Guzan, who only had to make one save in his 16th interna- tional shutout. Dempsey, Jermaine Jones and Bobby Wood scored in the irst half and substitute Graham Zusi added another goal in the 87th minute as the U.S. moved into prime position to grab one of two spots in the knockout round coming out of Group A in South America’s championship. A victory against Para- guay on Saturday night in Philadelphia and the Americans are through to the next stage. It was quite a response to days of questions after the U.S. allowed a goal off a corner kick and committed a costly hand ball in a 2-0 loss to Colombia on Friday night. Another loss against Costa Rica and the U.S. would have been eliminated on the ifth day of the tour- nament. “I see a team progressing. I see a team that badly wants to prove itself with these caliber teams in the Copa America,” U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann said. “It was a very, very encouraging performance by us against Colombia. Obviously, the result, especially here in the U.S., that’s all that matters to a lot of people. ... The team, they know where they stand.” SINGER: Tigers biggest loss is coach Bryan Johnson Continued from 1B allowing two earned runs and struck out nine in eight innings. For Stanield, youth is also on their side as the Tigers return all of their main ire- power at the plate and on the pitching mound. Stanield returns its entire pitching staff in Eastern Oregon League Player of the Year Dylan Grogan, Brody Woods, Antonio Flores, and Ryan Bailey — all of whom also man the inield positions when they are not manning the mound. They also return all-league catcher and lead-off hitter Thyler Monkus as well as sophomores Damien Curiel, Adrian Renner, and Justin Keeney all of whom played big roles for the Tigers in 2016. The Tigers do lose a few key pieces in their outield with Keith Wampler (.273 avg., 22 runs) and Jason Fitzpatrick (.309 avg., 20 RBI) both graduating. The biggest loss the Tigers will have to overcome is at the very top, as head coach Bryan Johnson leaves after eight years with the Tigers for a job in his hometown of Ephrata, Wash. However, with all of the talent returning, the team and the new coach have to like where they are sitting. Compare their situation to a team like championship oppo- nent Santiam Christian who loses 11 seniors to graduation — including Dru Draper who became the Tigers nemesis in the two meetings this season — and its easy to see why the Tigers should be the favorites. However, with all this being said, winning consec- utive championships at the amateur level is never an easy task. Since the OSAA split into six classiications for the 2007 season, only seven softball teams — now including Pilot Rock — have won consecutive championships and just two baseball teams have done so. But come June of 2017 and both Pilot Rock and Stanield could add their names to that list. BASEBALL: Umatilla’s Dever, Riverside’s Killion make 1st team Continued from 1B percentage sat north of .600 on the season, as well. And head coach Bryan Johnson took home Coach of the Year honors in his inal season at Stanield and led the team to their second state championship in his eight seasons as coach. Joining Grogan on the all-EOL irst team roster was pitcher/inielder Brody Woods (11-1, 1.37 ERA, .396 batting avg., 41 RBI, 32 runs), catcher Thyler Monkus (.424 avg., 58 runs, 31 stolen bases), irst baseman Ryan Bailey (.514 avg., 43 RBI, 41 runs), and inielder Antonio Flores (.410 avg., 42 RBI, 46 runs). Flores and Bailey netted second team honors as pitchers as Flores appeared in 14 games with eight starts and inished with a 6-0 record with a 2.08 ERA and Bailey picked up three saves with a 0.84 ERA in 16.2 innings. Joining them on second team was outielder Keith Wampler (.273 avg., 22 runs), while Jason Fitz- patrick (.309 avg., 20 RBI), Justin Keeney (.289 avg., 18 runs), Damien Curiel (.258 avg., 20 runs), and Adrian Renner (.342 avg., 21 RBI) earned honorable mention honors. The Umatilla Vikings struggled to ind consistency in 2016, inishing sixth in the EOL with a 7-12 overall record and 3-9 in league play. One of the bright spots for the Vikings was senior pitcher and inielder Josh Dever, who was named to the irst team squad at both of his positions. Umatilla also placed three players on the honorable mention list, with senior pitcher and outielder Cory Landon, sophomore catcher Brylee Duloth and sophomore inielder Seth Cranston making the cut. And the Riverside Pirates struggled through their 2016 schedule inishing last in the EOL at 3-20 and 2-10. The team had a collective batting average of .166, but they were carried by senior utility player Wayne Killion as he hit .370 with two home runs and 15 RBI, but most impressively was respon- sible for seven of the team’s 12 extra-base hits. Derek Bingaman rounded out the Pirates representatives as an honorable mention at pitcher. ——— ALL-EOL BASEBALL Player of the Year: Dylan Grogan, jr. Stanield Coach of the Year: Bryan Johnson, Stanield FIRST TEAM Pitchers Dylan Grogan, jr., Stanield/Echo Josh Dever, sr., Umatilla Brody Woods, so., Stanield/Echo Catchers Thyler Monkus, jr., Stanield/Echo Blake Cleaver, jr., Nyssa First Base Ryan Bailey, jr., Stanield/Echo Inielders Dylan Grogan, jr., Stanield/Echo Antonio Flores, jr., Stanield/Echo Brody Woods, so., Stanield/Echo Josh Dever, sr., Umatilla Cody Towers, sr., Vale Outielders Jaydon McKay, sr., Elgin/Imbler Bryce Arant, sr., Nyssa JP Martinez, jr., Nyssa Utility/DH Gage Fortin, sr., Vale Wayne Killion, sr., Riverside SECOND TEAM Pitchers Justin Exon, sr., Joseph/Enterprise/ Wallowa Josh Buchholz, sr., Vale Dawson Eddy, jr., Vale Catchers Rylie Heyward, sr., Joseph/Enterprise/ Wallowa First Base Trace Cummings, sr., Vale Inielders Andrew Luse, so., Elgin/Imbler Josh Buchholz, sr., Vale Dawson Eddy, jr., Vale Outielders Marco Gomez, jr., Vale Dylan Kaschmitter, jr., Vale Keith Wampler, sr., Stanield/Echo Anu Kanoho, sr., Elgin/Imbler Utility/DH Caleb Lathrop, so., Elgin/Imbler HONORABLE MENTION Pitchers Caleb Lathrop, so., Elgin/Imbler Josh Rummell, sr., Joseph/Enterprise/ Wallowa Derek Bingaman, sr., Riverside Corey Landon, sr., Umatilla Ryan Bailey, jr,, Stanield/Echo Antonio Flores, jr., Stanield/Echo Boston Thompson, so., Nyssa Roman Melendez, sr., Nyssa Catchers Kendrick Johnson, so., Elgin/Imbler Sterling Bither, so., Riverside Brylee Duloth, so., Umatilla Cade Perry, so., Vale First Base Andres Gonzalez, jr, Nyssa Jack Lathrop, so., Elgin/Imbler Inielders Tanner Owen, jr., Elgin/Imbler Gus Ramsden, fr., Joseph/Enterprise/ Wallowa Aramis Corpus, so., Riverside Seth Cranston, so., Umatilla Damien Curiel, so., Stanield/Echo Enrique Menchaca, sr., Nyssa Outielders Jason Fitzpatrick, sr., Stanield/Echo Justin Keeney, so., Stanield/Echo Tanner Hamilton, fr., Vale Tanner Coble, sr., Nyssa Chris Bathke, so., Joseph/Enterprise/ Wallowa Justin Exon, sr., Joseph/Enterprise/ Wallowa Corey Landon, sr., Umatilla Utility/DH Adrian Renner, so., Stanield/Echo BEAVERS: Several prep signees could hear names called Continued from 1B “Pro baseball has been a goal of mine, a dream of mine,” said Ice, a graduate of Rogers High in Puyallup, Washington. “Playing in the big leagues has always been my ultimate goal, so to have that opportunity hopefully happen is a dream come true.” Ice will likely hear his name called somewhere in the irst few rounds. The 5-foot-11, 191-pound switch hitter began the season red-hot but cooled off late, going 8 for 48 (.167) with three RBIs in his inal 13 games. Ice started all 30 games in Pac-12 Conference play and made 33 consecutive starts overall to end the season. “As I got deeper in the year, I could deinitely feel it,” Ice admitted. “It’s not an excuse to use but it is something that deinitely had an impact, and I really respect those pro guys who do it 140 games per year. It would be unfair to say it didn’t have an impact, and it was reasonable to say my legs were tired.” Morrison, also a three- year starter, survived a tough fall battle with freshmen Nick Madrigal and Cadyn Grenier to protect his starting short- stop job. Morrison (6-0, 182) played in all 54 games this season while batting .284 with 10 doubles, ive triples and 26 RBIs. In 2013, the Boston Red Sox took Morrison in the 36th round out of Arch- bishop Murphy in Bothell, Washington. He is expected to be a second-day selection this time around. Eckert, OSU’s only senior in 2016, went 6-4 with a 3.28 ERA in 14 starts, the inal eight coming as the team’s ace after Drew Rasmussen went down. Eckert allowed 82 hits in 91 1/3 innings with 66 strikeouts and 20 walks. The 6-2, 195-pounder from Austin, Texas, gradu- ated from Stephen F. Austin High and played single seasons at Temple College (Texas) and Clark College (Washington) before landing at OSU. He was picked in the 20th round of the 2015 draft by San Fran- cisco but chose not to sign. “I think it would’ve been totally different for me if I would’ve come to a place like OSU my freshman year,” Eckert said of the decision to return. “But I bounced around at two JCs and my junior year was my irst at the Division 1 level, and I just didn’t feel inside I was ready to make a commitment to go play pro ball. I wanted to develop more as a pitcher, and I think I made a great decision to put myself in a position to be taken much higher this year.” Eckert could be a second-day selection but may have to wait until Saturday. OSU’s other draft eligible players are juniors Max Engelbrekt (LHP), Jake Thompson (RHP), Austin Kelly (RHP), John Pomeroy (RHP), Scotland Church (RHP), Kyle Nobach (OF), Billy King (1B), Caleb Hamilton (inield) and redshirt soph- omore Jack Anderson (OF). Prep signee Grant Gambrell (6-4, 225), a right-handed pitcher from Clovis, California, is the 217th-ranked prospect by Baseball America and could be selected early. Fellow signee Adley Rutschman (6-2, 205) of Sherwood is ranked No. 241. Rutschman, Oregon’s Gatorade Player of the Year, was primarily recruited as a right-handed pitcher. Baseball America’s highest-rated Pac-12 pros- pect is Stanford pitcher Cal Quantrill (No. 38), who missed the entire 2016 season while recovering from Tommy John surgery. California righty Daulton Jefferies (61st), Ice (65th), Oregon lefty Matt Krook (87th) and California catcher Brett Cumberland (90th) are the only other Pac-12 players in the top 100. SCOREBOARD Local Slate LEGION BASEBALL Ashlee Hodgen Memorial Tournament Friday Milton-Freewater vs. Baker, 11 a.m. (at Bob White Field) Hermiston vs. La Grande, Noon (at BMCC Field) Baker vs. Hodgen Distributing, 1:30 p.m. (at Bob White Field) Meridian vs. Hermiston, 2:30 p.m. (at BMCC Field) La Grande vs. Sandy, 4 p.m. (at Bob White Field) Central Valley vs. Hodgen Distributing, 6:30 p.m. (at Bob White Field) Saturday’s Games Meridian vs. Sandy, 8:30 a.m. (at Bob White Field) Hermiston vs. Sandy, 11 a.m. (at Bob White Field) Meridian vs. La Grande, 11:30 a.m. (at BMCC Field) Milton-Freewater vs. Central Valley, 1:30 p.m. (at Bob White Field) Central Valley vs. Baker, 4 p.m. (at Bob White Field) Milton-Freewater vs. Hodgen Distributing, 6:30 p.m. (at Bob White Field) Basketball NBA Playoff Glance FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Golden State 2, Cleveland 0 (all games on ABC) Thursday, June 2: Golden State 104, Cleveland 89 Sunday, June 5: Golden State 110, Cleveland 77 Today’s Game: Golden State at Cleve- land, 6 p.m. Friday, June 10: Golden State at Cleve- land, 6 p.m. x-Monday, June 13: Cleveland at Golden State, 6 p.m. x-Thursday, June 16: Golden State at Cleveland, 6 p.m. x-Sunday, June 19: Cleveland at Golden State, 5 p.m. WNBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Atlanta 6 2 .750 New York 4 4 .500 Chicago 4 4 .500 Indiana 4 4 .500 Washington 3 6 .333 Connecticut 1 7 .125 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Minnesota 8 0 1.000 Los Angeles 8 0 1.000 Dallas 3 4 .429 Seattle 3 5 .375 Phoenix 2 6 .250 San Antonio 1 5 .167 ——— Tuesday’s Games Minnesota 89, Phoenix 81 Los Angeles 100, New York 77 Today’s Games Washington at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Thursday’s Games San Antonio at Phoenix, 7 p.m. GB — 2 2 2 3½ 5 GB — — 4½ 5 6 6 Hockey NHL Playoff Glance STANLEY CUP FINALS (Best-of-7) Pittsburgh 3, San Jose 1 Monday, May 30: Pittsburgh 3, San Jose 2 Wednesday, June 1: Pittsburgh 2, San Jose 1 Saturday, June 4: San Jose 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT Monday, June 6: Pittsburgh 3, San Jose 1 Thursday, June 9: San Jose at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. (NBC) Baseball MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Baltimore 34 23 Boston 34 24 Toronto 31 29 New York 28 30 Tampa Bay 26 31 Central Division W L Cleveland 32 25 Pct GB .596 — .586 ½ .517 4½ .483 6½ .456 8 Pct GB .561 — Kansas City Detroit Chicago Minnesota West Division 30 30 29 17 28 28 29 40 .517 2½ .517 2½ .500 3½ .298 15 W L Pct GB Texas 36 22 .621 — Seattle 31 26 .544 4½ Houston 28 32 .467 9 Los Angeles 26 32 .448 10 Oakland 25 33 .431 11 ——— Tuesday’s Games Baltimore 9, Kansas City 1 N.Y. Yankees 6, L.A. Angels 3 Detroit 3, Toronto 2, 10 innings Texas 4, Houston 3 Washington 10, Chicago White Sox 5 Milwaukee 5, Oakland 4 Minnesota 6, Miami 4, 11 innings Arizona 5, Tampa Bay 0 Seattle 7, Cleveland 1 Boston 5, San Francisco 3, 10 innings Wednesday’s Games Toronto (Dickey 3-6) at Detroit (Zimmer- mann 8-2), 10:10 a.m. Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 2-3) at Arizona (Brad- ley 2-1), 12:40 p.m. Kansas City (Volquez 5-5) at Baltimore (Tillman 7-1), 4:05 p.m. L.A. Angels (Weaver 5-4) at N.Y. Yankees (Eovaldi 6-2), 4:05 p.m. Houston (Fister 5-3) at Texas (Darvish 2-0), 5:05 p.m. Miami (Chen 3-2) at Minnesota (Nolasco 2-4), 5:10 p.m. Oakland (Hahn 2-3) at Milwaukee (Ander- son 3-6), 5:10 p.m. Washington (Scherzer 6-4) at Chicago White Sox (Shields 2-7), 5:10 p.m. Cleveland (Carrasco 2-0) at Seattle (Walk- er 2-6), 7:10 p.m. Boston (Price 7-2) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 7-2), 7:15 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W Washington 35 New York 31 Miami 30 Philadelphia 29 Atlanta 16 Central Division W L 23 26 28 30 42 Pct GB .603 — .544 3½ .517 5 .492 6½ .276 19 L Pct GB Chicago Pittsburgh St. Louis Milwaukee Cincinnati West Division 40 32 30 27 22 17 26 28 31 36 .702 .552 .517 .466 .379 — 8½ 10½ 13½ 18½ W L Pct GB San Francisco 35 25 .583 — Los Angeles 32 28 .533 3 Colorado 26 31 .456 8 Arizona 26 35 .426 9½ San Diego 25 35 .417 10 ——— Tuesday’s Games Pittsburgh 3, N.Y. Mets 1, 1st game Philadelphia 3, Chicago Cubs 2 Cincinnati 7, St. Louis 6 Pittsburgh 3, N.Y. Mets 1, 2nd game Washington 10, Chicago White Sox 5 Milwaukee 5, Oakland 4 Minnesota 6, Miami 4, 11 innings Arizona 5, Tampa Bay 0 San Diego 4, Atlanta 3 L.A. Dodgers 4, Colorado 3 Wednesday’s Games Chicago Cubs (Lackey 6-2) at Philadelphia (Velasquez 5-2), 10:05 a.m. Atlanta (Teheran 1-6) at San Diego (Pomeranz 5-5), 12:40 p.m. Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 2-3) at Arizona (Brad- ley 2-1), 12:40 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 6-2) at Pittsburgh (Taillon 0-0), 4:05 p.m. St. Louis (Garcia 4-5) at Cincinnati (Simon 2-5), 4:10 p.m. Miami (Chen 3-2) at Minnesota (Nolasco 2-4), 5:10 p.m. Oakland (Hahn 2-3) at Milwaukee (Ander- son 3-6), 5:10 p.m. Washington (Scherzer 6-4) at Chicago White Sox (Shields 2-7), 5:10 p.m. Colorado (Rusin 1-4) at L.A. Dodgers (Maeda 5-3), 7:10 p.m. Boston (Price 7-2) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 7-2), 7:15 p.m. Motorsports NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Points Leaders Through June 6 1. Kevin Harvick, 490 2. Kurt Busch, 465 3. Brad Keselowski, 442 4. Carl Edwards, 437 5. Kyle Busch, 416 6. Jimmie Johnson, 415 7. Chase Elliott, 413 8. Joey Logano, 410 9. Martin Truex Jr, 403 10. Matt Kenseth, 382 11. Dale Earnhardt Jr, 381 12. Denny Hamlin, 372 13. Austin Dillon, 348 14. Jamie McMurray, 342 15. Ryan Blaney, 340 16. Ryan Newman, 338 17. AJ Allmendinger, 334 18. Kasey Kahne, 325 18. Ricky Stenhouse Jr, 325 20. Trevor Bayne, 319 21. Kyle Larson, 302 22. Paul Menard, 265 23. Clint Bowyer, 252 24. Aric Almirola, 249 25. Danica Patrick, 245 25. Greg Bifle, 245 27. Landon Cassill, 221 28. Casey Mears, 212 29. Brian Scott, 192 30. David Ragan, 189 31. Regan Smith, 180 32. Michael McDowell, 161 32. Chris Buescher, 161 34. Matt DiBenedetto, 151 35. Cole Whitt, 119 36. Tony Stewart, 118 37. Michael Annett, 111 38. Brian Vickers, 86 39. Josh Wise, 61 40. Jeffrey Earnhardt, 44 41. Michael Waltrip, 42 42. Reed Sorenson, 36 43. Bobby Labonte, 34 44. David Gilliland, 24 45. Robert Richardson, 3 Soccer COPA AMERICA FIRST ROUND GROUP A GP W D L GF GA Pts x-Colombia 2 2 0 0 4 1 6 United States 2 1 0 1 4 2 3 Paraguay 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 Costa Rica 2 0 1 1 0 4 1 Tuesday, June 7 (At Chicago) United States 4, Costa Rica 0 (At Pasadena, Calif.) Colombia 2, Paraguay 1 Saturday, June 11 (At Philadelphia) United States vs. Paraguay, 4 p.m. (At Houston) Colombia vs. Costa Rica, 6 p.m. GROUP B GP W D L GF GA Pts Peru 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Brazil 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Ecuador 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Haiti 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Today (At Orlando, Fla.) Brazil vs. Haiti, 4:30 p.m. (At Glendale, Ariz.) Ecuador vs. Peru, 7 p.m. Sunday, June 12 (At East Rutherford, N.J.) Ecuador vs. Haiti, 3:30 p.m. (At Foxborough, Mass.) Brazil vs. Peru, 5:30 p.m. GROUP C GP W D L GF GA Pts Mexico 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 Venezuela 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Uruguay 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 Jamaica 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Thursday. June 9 (At Philadelphia) Uruguay vs. Venezuela, 4:30 p.m. (At Pasadena, Calif.) Mexico vs. Jamaica, 7 p.m. Monday, June 13 (At Houston) Mexico vs. Venezuela, 5 p.m. (At Santa Clara, Calif.) Uruguay vs. Jamaica, 7 p.m. GROUP D GP W D L GF GA Pts Argentina 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 Panama 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 Bolivia 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 Chile 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 Friday, June 10 (At Foxborough, Mass.) Chile vs. Bolivia, 4 p.m. (At Chicago) Argentina vs. Panama, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 14 (At Philadelphia) Chile vs. Panama, 5 p.m. (At Seattle) Argentina vs. Bolivia, 10 p.m.
