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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
NBA
Warriors entice Durant, Spurs move on to Gasol
The Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. —
Kevin Durant decided his
best chance for “growth”
means leaving his beloved
Oklahoma City behind for
a big move out West to join
the star-studded, record-set-
ting Golden State Warriors
and play alongside Splash
Brothers Stephen Curry and
Klay Thompson.
In the most anticipated
move of the NBA offseason,
Durant announced his deci-
sion Monday on The Players’
Tribune. His contract is for
$54 million over two years
and includes a player option, a
person with knowledge of the
deal said Monday, speaking
BRIEFLY
Corley, Pahl win
PCC scramble
PENDLETON — The
Pendleton pairing of Matt
Corley and Darren Pahl held
on for a four-stroke victory
at the Chuck West Memorial
on Monday at Pendleton
Country Club.
Corley and Pahl carded a
60 in the 18-hole scramble,
and two teams inished with
64. They were Greg Roland
Jr./Trevor Smith, and Joe
Reyes/Jeff Rinehart.
Drew VanCleave and
Joel Gilliland, two former
Pendleton residents who have
relocated to Twin Falls and
Yakima, respectively, won
net top honors with a 57. JJ
Spriet and Winston Worden
were second with 62.
— East Oregonian
LITTLE
LEAGUE:
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Baker answered with two
runs in the bottom of the irst,
but four more Hermiston
runs in the second and one in
the third made it 8-2 before
Baker’s next run.
Brian Davison pitched 4
1/3 inning for the win and
struck out nine. He allowed
four runs (two earned)
on ive hits, and Kaiden
Dammeyer pitched the inal
1 2/3 innings. Dammeyer
struck out four and allowed
three runs (two earned) on
three hits.
Hermiston only had
ive hits in the game, but
Davison inished with four
RBI. He hit a sacriice ly in
the irst inning that scored
Dammeyer for the game’s
irst run, a two-RBI double
in the second, and a an RBI
groundout in Hermiston’s
three-run sixth.
Dammeyer scored three
times and Austin Garberg
scored twice. Drake Devin
hit an RBI double, and
Hermiston drew 12 walks as
a team.
In Game 1, Hermiston led
7-6 after Davison and Nathan
Picard and scored on back-
to-back singles by Aiden
West and Drake in the third
inning, but a two-RBI double
in the top of the seventh put
Baker up 8-7 and Hermiston
left the tying run on irst in
the bottom of the frame.
Hermiston’s other tourna-
ment wins were 16-13 over
Pendleton and 23-4 over La
Grande.
Hermiston, which is
managed by Tony Garberg,
advances to the state tour-
nament starting Saturday in
Gold Hill.
Hermiston opens against
District 6 champion Klamath
Falls at 9 a.m. It is an eight-
team,
double-elimination
bracket with the champion-
ship scheduled for Thursday,
July 14.
The Pendleton 11/12
year-old softball all-stars will
also begin their state tourna-
ment this week in Redmond.
Pendleton opens its bracket
on Saturday at 1 p.m.
against District 1 champion
Beaumont/Parkside. It is a
seven-team, double-elimi-
nation bracket with the
championship scheduled for
Wednesday, July 13.
State tournaments will
continue throughout the
month. Other local teams
that qualiied are Pendleton
10/11 baseball (July 16-21,
Portland) and Triangle 10/11
softball (July 23-27, Baker
City).
on condition of anonymity
because details weren’t made
public. Durant’s move will
become oficial as soon as
Thursday, when free agents
can sign their new contracts.
Independence
Day,
indeed.
“The primary mandate
I had for myself in making
this decision was to have it
based on the potential for my
growth as a player — as that
has always steered me in the
right direction,” Durant said
in the article.
“But I am also at a point
in my life where it is of equal
importance to ind an oppor-
tunity that encourages my
evolution as a man: moving
out of my comfort zone to
a new
city and
commu-
n i t y
which
offers
t h e
greatest
potential
for my
c o n t r i - Durant
bution
and personal growth. With
this in mind, I have decided
that I am going to join the
Golden State Warriors.”
And the 2015 champion
Warriors, who squandered a
3-1 NBA Finals lead to lose
to LeBron James and the
Cavaliers last month, know
how tough Durant is in any
lineup:
T h e y
rallied
f r o m
d o w n
3-1 to
b e a t
Durant
and the
Thunder
Gasol
in
a
seven-
game Western Conference
Finals.
Golden State applied
a full-court press to land
Durant. On Friday in the
Hamptons, the Warriors sent
owner Joe Lacob, general
manager Bob Myers, coach
of the year Steve Kerr, Curry
and Thompson to meet with
the 6-foot-9 superstar.
Durant, the 2014 MVP and
four-time scoring champion,
led the Thunder to the NBA
Finals in 2012 and to the
Western Conference inals in
four of the past six years —
and he’s only 27. He recov-
ered from a broken bone in his
right foot that cost him much
of last season to post one of
the best years of his career.
Durant met with the
Thunder, Warriors, Los Angeles
Clippers, Boston Celtics, San
Antonio Spurs and Miami Heat
once teams could begin negoti-
ating with free agents.
The Spurs didn’t waste
any time after losing out in
the Durant sweepstakes, and
agreed to a two-year deal with
veteran forward Pau Gasol
on Monday, a person with
knowledge of the situation
told The Associated Press.
The deal is worth more than
$30 million and inal terms will
be completed after the Spurs
make a move or two to create the
necessary cap space, according
to the person who spoke on
condition of anonymity because
the contract cannot be signed
until Thursday.
Gasol has been one of the
league’s most talented and
versatile big men for the last
15 years. He spent the last
two seasons in Chicago and
averaged 16.5 points, 11.0
rebounds and 4.1 assists
this year. He will turn 36 on
Wednesday.
HODGEN: Younger Pendleton team inishes tourney 3-2
home run and Naughton went 3 for
3 with three RBI and three runs in
a 13-4 win over the Trail Orioles.
Hodgen then beat Yakima 12-7
on Sunday led by Caleb Cary (3 for
4, 3 runs, 3 RBI) and Morris (2 for
4, 3 RBI).
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three runs in the bottom of the sixth,
Hodgen responded in its inal at-bat.
Wyatt Morris doubled to lead
off, Shaw Jerome walked, and Nick
Bower singled in Morris. Daniel
Naughton followed with an RBI
sacriice ly, and after a strikeout,
Austin Zaugg doubled in Bower
for a 7-6 lead. A ly out ended the
inning with one on.
Hodgen reliever Hayden Villers
was unable to get an out in the
bottom of the seventh, though, and
Helena won it with four singles and
one walk.
Hodgen went 4-1 over the
weekend to earn it’s way into the
third-place game. It opened on
Friday with a 9-2 win over the
Calgary Blues that saw Jerome (2
for 4) and Bower (3 for 5) each
drive in a pair of runs. Each hit a
triple.
Then Hodgen took it’s irst
loss 4-0 to the Sedro Wooley
Cubs, which got a complete-game
no-hitter on the mound. Hodgen
bounced back with a 7-2 win over
Contributed photo courtesy of Travis Zander
The Hodgen Distributing baseball team poses with its third-place
trophy from the Spokane (Wash.) Wood Bat Classic on Monday. Pic-
tured are (not listed in order): Hayden Villers, Shaw Jerome, Kaden
Clark, Wyatt Mortis, Jared Beveridge, Joe St. Pierre, Austin Zaugg,
Caleb Cary, Nick Bower, Tyler Chichester, Avery Deutz, Johnny Mal-
com, Daniel Naughton.
Mt. Spokane on Saturday with
Johnny Malcom hitting two home
runs. Malcom (2 for 3) drove in
three and Avery Deutz (2 for 3)
adding two RBI.
Then Malcom hit a two-run
PEPSI DIAMONDJAXX 8,
RANTHAM 1 — At Spokane,
Wash., Cameron Sandford struck
out 12 in a complete-game effort
and the DiamondJaxx won their
second game in a row to inish 3-2
at the Spokane Wood Bat Classic
on Monday.
Sandford allowed three hits and
one earned run while also inducing
six groundouts and no ly outs.
Blake Been was 2 for 3 with
two RBI and run to lead Pepsi at
the plate. Ryan Stahl (3 for 4) and
Sandford (2 for 3) each scored
twice.
Pepsi’s other wins in Spokane
were over Lewis and Clark, 6-2,
and the Indians, 10-6. Their losses
were to Sedro Wooley, 4-3, and
WW Griz, 9-2.
TRIALS: Kendricks wins pole vault to make irst Olympics
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night’s inal.
“It doesn’t really settle
in in that moment where
you’re thinking, ‘This is
it,”’ Montano said about
the moment when she
hooked shoes with Brenda
Martinez, who had made
contact with the leader and
eventual runner-up, Ajee
Wilson. “And then, you get
up and they’re really far
away. Your heart breaks.”
Montano did get up. She
jogged a bit, then stopped,
fell to her knees and began
to wail as she kicked
her foot to the ground in
disgust. She got up again
and ran to the inish line,
then collapsed to her knees,
put her head on the ground,
looked skyward, clutched
her right hand to her heart
and let out a primal wail.
“All of a sudden, they
came around the corner
and she wasn’t there,” said
her husband, Louis, who
was watching from the
side with their daughter,
Linnea, who turns 2 next
month. “It was heart-
breaking.”
Oficials
reviewed
the tape and deemed the
smash-up a result of inci-
dental contact. They did
not disqualify anyone.
Also
on
Monday,
Boris Berian completed
his journey from a burger
lipper
to
Olympian,
inishing second in the
men’s 800-meter inal.
Kate Grace, Ajee Wilson
and Chrishuna Williams
made the 800 team for the
women; Clayton Murphy
and Charles Jock join
Berian on the men’s side.
Sam Kendricks won
the pole vault to make his
irst Olympics, four years
after coming to trials, but
getting bumped off the
start list at the last minute
by higher qualiiers.
EATON: Last Olympic repeat in decathlon was Thompson in 1980-84
different.”
The 28-year-old Eaton was
in such control that his coach,
Harry Marra, actually told
him to run the inal event, the
1,500, at a slower pace than
normal. No sense putting any
extra wear and tear on the leg
with the Olympic decathlon
in six weeks. He still ran
event No. 10 in 4 minutes,
25.15 seconds, which was one
of the top times.
“This meet deines Ashton
Eaton way more than his
world-record performances.
Those were great perfor-
mances,” Marra said. “But
he had so many obstacles
physically. ... He did this with
a bum leg.”
A leg his coach wasn’t sure
was going to hold up during
the 400 on Saturday.
It did.
A leg Eaton wasn’t sure
was going to be ready for the
110-meter hurdles on Sunday.
It was.
And through this compe-
tition, Eaton learned a little
bit more about himself — he
doesn’t have to be super
aggressive all the time.
Smooth works almost as well.
“The (overall) reviews
were pretty good,” Eaton
said. “As a decathlon, if you
don’t leave with something
frustrated then you should
quit, because it was perfect.”
In command, Eaton even
had time to take in some
other events. He watched
Chaunte Lowe win the high
jump by holding hold off
teenager Vashti Cunningham,
the daughter of longtime
NFL quarterback Randall
Cunningham. He also caught
Tennis
Baseball
Wimbledon
Monday
At The All England Lawn Tennis &
Croquet Club
London
Purse: $38.4 million (Grand Slam)
Surface: Grass-Outdoor
Singles
Men
Fourth Round
Marin Cilic (9), Croatia, def. Kei Nishikori
(5), Japan, 6-1, 5-1, retired.
Roger Federer (3), Switzerland, def. Steve
Johnson, United States, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5.
Sam Querrey (28), United States, def.
Nicolas Mahut, France, 6-4, 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Milos Raonic (6), Canada, def. David Gof-
in (11), Belgium, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (12), France, def. Rich-
ard Gasquet (7), France, 4-2, retired.
Lucas Pouille (32), France, def. Bernard
Tomic (19), Australia, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-4,
10-8.
Andy Murray (2), Britain, def. Nick Kyr-
gios (15), Australia, 7-5, 6-1, 6-4.
Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, vs. Tomas
Berdych (10), Czech Republic, 6-4, 3-6, 6-7
(8), 7-6 (9), susp., darkness.
Women
Fourth Round
Angelique Kerber (4), Germany, def.
Misaki Doi, Japan, 6-3, 6-1.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (21), Russia,
def. CoCo Vandeweghe (27), United
States, 6-3, 6-3.
Dominika Cibulkova (19), Slovakia, def.
Agnieszka Radwanska (3), Poland, 6-3,
5-7, 9-7.
Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, def. Luc-
ie Safarova (28), Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-4.
Simona Halep (5), Romania, def. Madison
Keys (9), United States, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3.
Serena Williams (1), United States, def.
Svetlana Kuznetsova (13), Russia, 7-5, 6-0.
Venus Williams (8), United States, def.
Carla Suarez Navarro (12), Spain, 7-6 (3), 6-4.
Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Ekaterina
Makarova, Russia, 5-7, 6-1, 9-7.
MLB
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Sunday’s Games
N.Y. Mets 14, Chicago Cubs 3
Philadelphia 7, Kansas City 2
Washington 12, Cincinnati 1
St. Louis 9, Milwaukee 8
Pittsburgh 6, Oakland 3
L.A. Dodgers 4, Colorado 1
San Francisco 5, Arizona 4, 11 innings
N.Y. Yankees 6, San Diego 3
Miami 5, Atlanta 2
Monday’s Games
Milwaukee 1, Washington 0
Pittsburgh 4, St. Louis 2
Chicago Cubs 10, Cincinnati 4
Philadelphia 8, Atlanta 2
San Francisco 3, Colorado 1
N.Y. Mets 8, Miami 6
Baltimore at L.A. Dodgers, late inish
San Diego at Arizona, late inish
Today’s Games
Cincinnati (Finnegan 3-7) at Chicago
Cubs (Lackey 7-4), 11:20 a.m.
Atlanta (Foltynewicz 2-2) at Philadelphia
(Elin 0-2), 4:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Davies 5-4) at Washington
(Gonzalez 4-7), 4:05 p.m.
Miami (Chen 4-3) at N.Y. Mets (Matz 7-3),
4:10 p.m.
Pittsburgh (Brault 0-0) at St. Louis (Leake
5-6), 5:09 p.m.
San Diego (Friedrich 4-3) at Arizona
(Godley 1-0), 6:40 p.m.
Baltimore (Tillman 10-2) at L.A. Dodgers
(Maeda 7-5), 7:10 p.m.
Colorado (Chatwood 8-4) at San Francis-
co (Bumgarner 9-4), 7:15 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees 6, San Diego 3
Monday’s Games
Tampa Bay 4, L.A. Angels 2
Boston 12, Texas 5
Chicago White Sox 8, N.Y. Yankees 2
Houston 2, Seattle 1
Oakland 3, Minnesota 1
Toronto 6, Kansas City 2
Detroit at Cleveland, late inish
Baltimore at L.A. Dodgers, late inish
Today’s Games
Kansas City (Young 2-7) at Toronto (Dick-
ey 5-9), 4:07 p.m.
Detroit (Sanchez 5-8) at Cleveland (Car-
rasco 4-2), 4:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Lincecum 1-2) at Tampa Bay
(Odorizzi 3-3), 4:10 p.m.
Texas (Grifin 3-0) at Boston (Price 8-5),
4:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 5-2) at Chicago
White Sox (Rodon 2-6), 5:10 p.m.
Oakland (Manaea 3-4) at Minnesota
(Milone 0-2), 5:10 p.m.
Seattle (Walker 4-6) at Houston (Keuchel
5-9), 5:10 p.m.
Baltimore (Tillman 10-2) at L.A. Dodgers
(Maeda 7-5), 7:10 p.m.
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sub-goal of trying to score
9,000 every decathlon. It
would be cool never to go
back to (8,000).”
At the last Olympic
trials, also at Hayward Field,
Eaton broke the decathlon
world record for the irst
time. Eugene has long been
a special place for him.
It’s where he and his wife,
Canadian heptathlete Brianne
Theisen-Eaton, met while
attending the University of
Oregon and rose to promi-
nence.
Eaton said he was shooting
for the record, but his leg
made it impossible.
“I had the same mindset,”
Eaton said. “I would say the
expectations personally and
externally were a little bit
Jeffery Henderson’s win in
the men’s long jump and
Allyson Felix’s blistering
performance in the 400.
Now those were impres-
sive.
“It’s nice to have a
front-row seat as a decath-
lete, on the ield and get to
see all that stuff,” Eaton said.
“Those kinds of things are
inspirational, and you try to
learn from it. Sometimes,
I try to pick up little things
from the specialists.”
Taiwo had a solid perfor-
mance to take second, while
Zach Ziemek of Wisconsin
wound up third. It was an
event that was missing Trey
Hardee, the 2012 Olympic
silver medalist who didn’t
inish after suffering a left
hamstring injury on the
irst day.
Eaton’s big plans now
will be to squeeze in some
rest before he and his wife
head to Rio. There, Eaton
has a chance to make a little
history as he tries to defend
his title. That hasn’t been
done in the decathlon since
British star Daley Thompson
in 1980 and ‘84.
“That would be cool,”
Eaton
said.
“Awesome
company to be in. But there
are really good competitors.”
Asked if he might chase
after another world record in
Rio, Eaton just grinned.
“The Olympic Games
are so much different from
anything else,” Eaton said.
“You don’t even talk about
world records, in a way. If it’s
there at the very end, sure, I’ll
run to get it. Other than that,
it’s event to event.”
SCOREBOARD
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Sunday’s Games
Toronto 17, Cleveland 1
Detroit 5, Tampa Bay 1
Boston 10, L.A. Angels 5
Philadelphia 7, Kansas City 2
Chicago White Sox 4, Houston 1
Minnesota 5, Texas 4
Pittsburgh 6, Oakland 3
Seattle 9, Baltimore 4
MiLB
NORTHWEST LEAGUE
Sunday’s Games
Spokane 3, Vancouver 0
Boise 9, Hillsboro 7
Everett 8, Tri-City 0
Salem-Keizer 3, Eugene 0
Monday’s Games
Boise at Spokane, late inish
Vancouver at Salem-Keizer, late inish
Eugene at Everett, late inish
Tri-City at Hillsboro, late inish
Today’s Games
Boise at Spokane, 6:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Salem-Keizer, 6:35 p.m.
Eugene at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Tri-City at Hillsboro, 7:05 p.m.
Basketball
WNBA
Sunday’s Games
Los Angeles 77, New York 67
Phoenix 95, Atlanta 87
Monday’s Games
No games scheduled
Today’s Games
Seattle at Atlanta, 4 p.m.
Chicago at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Phoenix at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
Soccer
MLS
Sunday’s Games
New York City FC 2, New York 0
Sporting Kansas City 3, Columbus 2
Monday’s Games
Orlando City at FC Dallas, late inish
Portland at Colorado, late inish
Vancouver at Los Angeles, late inish
Today’s Games
No games scheduled
Wednesday’s Game
New York City FC at New England, 4:30 p.m.
Olympics
US Track and Field Olympic Trials
Monday
At Hayward Field
Eugene, Ore.
(All race distances in meters)
Finals
Men
800
1, Clayton Murphy, Nike, 1 minute,
44.76 seconds. 2, Boris Berian, New
Balance, 1:44.92. 3, Charles Jock, Nike
OTC, 1:45.48. 4, Craig Engels, Ole Miss,
1:46.03. 5, Erik Sowinski, Nike, 1:46.44. 6,
Isaiah Harris, Penn State, 1:46.47. 7, Harun
Abda, Nike OTC/Nike OTCE, 1:47.05. 8,
Casimir Loxsom, Brooks/Brooks Beasts
TC, 1:49.18.
Pole vault
1, Sam Kendricks, Nike, 19 feet, 4¾
inches. 2, Cale Simmons, U.S. Air Force,
18-6½. 3, Logan Cunningham, unattached,
18-4½. 4 (tie), Tray Oates, Samford, and
Mark Hollis, Nike, 18-4½. 6, Dylan Bell,
U.S. Air Force, 18-4½. 7, Jacob Blanken-
ship, unattached, 18-4½. 8, Jordan Scott,
unattached, 18-½. 9, Michael Woepse,
unattached, 18-½. NH—Joey Uhle, U.S.
Air Force; Jeffrey Coover, unattached, and
Samuel Pierson, Above The Bar TC Inc..
DNS—Reese Watson, Texas and Scott
Houston, unattached.
Javelin
1, Cyrus Hostetler, unattached, 273-1.
2, Curtis Thompson, Mississippi State,
271-11. 3, Riley Dolezal, Nike, 261-4. 4,
Sam Crouser, unattached, 256-1, 5, Sam
Humphreys, Nike, 249-4. 6, Robert Rob-
bins, Cornell, 240-10. 7, Timothy VanLiew,
adidas Garden State TC, 236-8. 8, Capers
Williamson, Citadel, 232-10. 9, Damien
Odle, Wichita State, 231-3. 10, Christopher
Carper, unattached, 228-6. 11, Sean Furey,
Asics, 227-10. 12, Carson Fuller, Washing-
ton, 226-2.
Women
800
1, Kate Grace, Oiselle, 1:59.10. 2, Ajee
Wilson, adidas, 1:59.51. 3, Chrishuna
Williams, Nike, 1:59.59. 4, Molly Ludlow,
Saucony, 1:59.63. 5, Raevyn Rogers,
Oregon, 2:00.59. 6, Phoebe Wright, Nike,
2:02.55. 7, Brenda Martinez, New Balance,
2:06.63. 8, Alysia Montano, Asics/NYAC,
3:06.77.
Motorsports
NASCAR
Sprint Cup
Schedule
July 2 — Coke Zero 400 (Brad Kesel-
owski)
July 9 — Quaker State 400, Sparta, Ky.
Points
Through July 2
1. Kevin Harvick, 565
2. Brad Keselowski, 551
3. Kurt Busch, 545
4. Joey Logano, 531
5. Carl Edwards, 527
6. Kyle Busch, 492
7. Martin Truex Jr., 482
8. Chase Elliott, 482
9. Jimmie Johnson, 475
10. Denny Hamlin, 446
11. Matt Kenseth, 443
12. Austin Dillon, 434