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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2016
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PENDLETON
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Youth Sports Roundup
Lynx drop Sparks
to extend streak
Rabb’s no-hitter lifts Pendleton PBR
Two more wins
Classic
needed to reach
championship
to have
new
twist
LOS ANGELES (AP)
— Renee Montgomery’s
3-pointer with 2.9 seconds
left lifted the
Minnesota
Lynx to a
72-69 win
over the Los
Angeles
Sparks on
Tuesday in a matchup of
unbeaten teams.
With the game tied,
Lindsay Whalen drove
to the basket and found
Montgomery open in the
corner for the game-winner.
The Sparks had one last
chance, but Kristi Toliver’s
shot off an intentionally
missed free throw by
Candace Parker came just
after the buzzer.
Seimone Augustus had
13 points to lead the Lynx
(13-0).
The game was played
on the 20th anniversary of
the inaugural WNBA game
which Los Angeles lost
67-57 to New York in 1997.
East Oregonian
MILTON-FREEWATER
—
Pendleton’s 9/10 year-old softball
all-stars bounced back from its fi rst
loss of the District 3 tournament
behind a no-hitter by Stella Rabb on
Wednesday.
Rabb struck out eight and walked
two as Pendleton eliminated Baker
from the bracket with a 17-0 win in
four innings.
Kate Pace batted 3 for 3 to lead an
offense that scored all of its runs in
the fi rst three innings.
Pace scored three times and had
two RBI, and Nessa Neveau added
three RBI. Lea Wilson and Kendall
Murphy also had two RBI each.
Rabb chipped in three runs in three
at-bats, and Lanie Burke, Abbigail
Thorne and Samantha Wilks each
scored twice.
Baker’s pitchers combined to
issue 10 walks and struck out three.
Pendleton also stole 13 bases with
several players getting two each.
Pendleton was coming off a
5-2 loss to La Grande on Tuesday
that bumped it into the consolation
bracket.
Pendleton will have to win two
more games in order to reach the
championship. It’s next game is
today at 11:30 a.m.
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R H E
BAK
000 0 —
0 0 7
PEN
665 X — 17 9 1
W — S. Rabb. L — Brianna F.
2B — S. Wilks (PEN). 3B — K. Pace (PEN)
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Copa America
US falters in semifi nals
East Oregonian
Lecavalier retires
from NHL after
17 seasons
EL SEGUNDO, Calif.
(AP) — Los Angeles Kings
forward Vincent Lecavalier
has retired after 17 NHL
seasons.
Lecavalier formally
confi rmed his
FACES previously
announced
retirement
Tuesday.
The
36-year-old
Lecavalier
spent his
Lecavalier
fi rst 14 NHL
seasons with the Tampa
Bay Lightning, winning the
Stanley Cup in 2004. He had
a disappointing tenure in
Philadelphia before joining
the Kings in January and
declaring that the 2015-16
season would be his last.
Lecavalier was revitalized
in Los Angeles, scoring 10
goals and seven assists in 42
games.
He scored 949 points in
1,212 regular-season games,
including 421 goals.
“We’d really
like a mulligan
because we
clearly made a
big bogey.“
— Mike Davis
Executive Director of
the USGA speaking on
the Golf Channel Tues-
day about the scoring
controversy surrounding
the one-stroke penalty
assessed to Dustin
Johnson on the fi fth
green during the fi nal
round of the U.S. Open
on Sunday. The rules
offi cial on the hole
allowed Johnson to
proceed after his ball
moved before a putt
chance, and after video
was reviewed, Johnson
was informed on the
12th hole that a penalty
may assessed, causing
much backlash from
fans and other golfers.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1994 — The Houston
Rockets, led by Hakeem
Olajuwon, win their fi rst
NBA title, beating New York
90-84 in Game 7 of the fi nals.
Olajuwon gets 25 points, 10
rebounds, seven assists and
three blocks.
2010 — South Africa
becomes the fi rst host nation
not to advance in 80 years
of World Cup play. The host
nation does beat France 2-1
in its fi nal game, but they
needed a big win to move on
from Group A.
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Bullfi ghting
showcase to
be featured in
September
AP Photo/Eric Gay
Argentina Lionel Messi is lifted in celebration during a Copa America Centenario semifi nal soccer match
against the United States, Tuesday, June 21, 2016, in Houston.
Argentina advances to Copa America fi nal with win
By RONALD BLUM
Associated Press
HOUSTON — Lionel
Messi was too much for the
United States to contain.
The fi ve-time world player
of the year set up Ezequiel
Lavezzi’s opening goal in the
third minute, then scored on a
free kick to break Argentina’s
career scoring record and
assisted on the fi nal goal
in a 4-0 rout of the U.S. on
Tuesday night that put the
La Albiceleste into the Copa
America fi nal.
“This was the goal when
we got here, to play another
fi nal and we made it,” Messi
said. “We’ve been spectacular
Semifi nals
Argentina
USA
4
0
from day one and we deserved
this.”
After Messi doubled the
lead in the 32nd minute with
his 55th international goal,
his tournament-leading fi fth,
Gonzalo Higuain quickly
ended U.S. comeback hopes
when he put the rebound of
his initial shot past goalkeeper
Brad Guzan in the 50th.
Higuain scored off a Messi
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Argentina
midfi eld-
er Lucas
Biglia (6)
and Unit-
ed States
mid-
fi elder
Christian
Pulisic
(17) go
after
the ball
during
Tuesday’s
Copa
America
semifi nal
in Hous-
ton.
AP Photo/David
J. Phillip
As the Round-Up and
100th anniversary of Happy
Canyon draws closer each
day, details are getting set in
stone to kick off the week.
The Banner Bank PBR
Classic has been set for Sept.
12-13 at 8 p.m. at Happy
Canyon arena, which will
feature some of the world’s
toughest cowboys going up
against some of the world’s
toughest bulls. However, this
year’s event features a bit of
a twist as three bullfi ghters
from Bullfi ghters Only
will show off their skills to
promote the sport of freestyle
bullfi ghting.
Each of the bullfi ghters
will fi ght a Spanish Fighting
Bull, known as the most
aggressive bulls in the sport,
and will be judged on control,
aggression, style, diffi culty,
and creativity.
Event organizers are
excited about this new addi-
tion to this year’s Classic.
“We anticipate this year’s
PBR Classic to be our best
yet,” said Happy Canyon
President J.J. Spriet in a press
release. “With the celebration
of Happy Canyon’s 100-year
anniversary and the addition
of Bullfi ghters Only, visitors
are in for a wild ride.”
Returning once again
to entertain the crowds of
the two-night event is Flint
Rasmussen, the longtime
PRCA rodeo clown and 2011
Pendleton Round-Up and
Happy Canyon Hall of Fame
inductee.
“We’re excited Flint is
coming back to Pendleton
again this year,” said
Round-Up president Bill
Levy. “He brings a level of
entertainment unmatched in
all of bull riding.”
Tickets for the PBR
Classic range from $24 to
$44 are already on sale at
pendletonroundup.com or by
calling 1-800-45-RODEO.
MLB
Tigers rally in late innings to beat Mariners
Early lead not enough
as Mariners drop
fourth-straight game
By NOAH TRISTER
Associated Press
DETROIT — Mike Aviles
tapped a slow roller toward fi rst
base and there was nothing the
Seattle Mariners could do with it.
Aviles drove in the tiebreaking
run with an infi eld single in the
eighth inning, and the Detroit Tigers
went on to beat the Mariners 4-2 on
Tuesday night. Kyle Seager hit a
two-run homer off Justin Verlander
in the sixth to give Seattle a 2-0
lead, but Detroit chipped away in
the late innings.
“Aviles had an excellent at-bat,”
Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said.
“It doesn’t always have to be pretty,
but we say it a lot in this clubhouse,
you’ve got to fi nd a way to get it
done, and he did.”
Verlander and James Paxton
matched scoreless innings until the
sixth, when Seager connected for his
15th home run of the season. Nick
AP Photo/Carlos Osorio
Detroit Tigers’ Nick Castellanos scores on a sacrifi ce by James Mc-
Cann during the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Se-
attle Mariners, Tuesday, June 21, 2016 in Detroit.
Castellanos answered with an RBI
single in the bottom of the inning,
and the Tigers scratched out another
run to tie the game in the seventh.
With two outs, Jose Iglesias singled,
went to second on a wild pitch and
scored on Ian Kinsler’s single.
The decisive rally in the eighth
began with a one-out single by
Victor Martinez. He went to third on
a double by Castellanos, and after
an intentional walk to Justin Upton,
the roller by Aviles was enough to
bring pinch-runner Andrew Romine
home from third.
“That’s just baseball. I made
the pitch I wanted, and normally
that’s a great result, but it turns into
a terrible outcome for us,” Paxton
said. “We know there is going to
Seattle
Detroit
2
4
be a point where the breaks go our
way, but this is really frustrating.”
James McCann added a sacrifi ce
fl y to make it 4-2, and Francisco
Rodriguez pitched the ninth for his
20th save in 22 chances.
Bruce Rondon (1-0) pitched a
scoreless eighth for the win.
Paxton (1-3) allowed four runs
and 11 hits in 7 2/3 innings. He
walked three and struck out fi ve.
Verlander allowed two runs and
six hits in seven innings. He struck
out fi ve and walked one.
“It was kind of a shame I battled
so hard and then with two outs give
up a two-run homer and kind of put
us behind the 8-ball,” Verlander
said. “Our guys really battled.
Obviously their guy was cruising
pretty good, and we put some tough
at-bats on him late in the game and
were able to scratch and claw our
way back.”
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