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TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2016
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HERMISTON
Davison comes through late for Hermiston
9/10 all-stars reach state semifinals
East Oregonian
GOLD HILL — Nine runs in the
third inning put Hermiston up, and
Brian Davison came through with
big plays on offense and defense
to help the 9/10-year-old all-stars
preserve a 12-9 win over The Dalles
on Sunday in the quarterfi nals of the
Oregon Little League State Tourna-
ment in Gold Hill.
Davison (2 for 4) hit a two-RBI
single in the fi fth inning that pushed
Hermiston’s lead to 12-4, then
pitched the fi nal 1 2/3 innings to
hold off a rallying The Dalles and
get the save.
The Dalles was still able to push
PENDLETON
NBA
Pendleton stays hot at state
The Pendleton
11/12-year-old
softball all-
stars celebrate
after Delaney
Duchek (8) hit
a home run in
Pendleton’s
11-1 win over
Beaumont/
Parkside at the
Oregon Little
League State
Tournament
on Saturday in
Redmond.
Contributed photo cour-
tesy of Justin Samp
Softball all-stars beat SE Portland for spot in semifinals
East Oregonian
REDMOND — The Pend-
leton 11/12-year-old all-stars
scored three runs in the fi rst
inning and Mackenzie Burke
pitched the complete game for
a 9-2 win over Southeast Port-
land in the quarterfi nals of the
Oregon Little League Softball
State Tournament on Monday
in Redmond.
Burke allowed just four
hits and didn’t surrender a run
until the fi fth inning. By then
Pendleton had extended its lead
to 5-2 with timely hitting.
Pendleton
all-stars’ Maria
Lilienthal (14)
slides into
home plate to
score against
Redmond
during Pendle-
ton’s 18-4 win
on Sunday at
the Oregon
Little League
softball state
tournament in
Redmond.
After Burke stranded two
in the top of the fi rst, Maria
Lilienthal tripled to lead off the
bottom of the frame.
Back-to-back walks loaded
the bases, and after a strikeout
for the fi rst out, Lilienthal
scored on a passed ball.
Josie Wilson then made it
2-0 on another passed ball,
and Delaney Duchek plated
the eventual game-winner on
an error when Sauren Garton
grounded the ball up the
middle.
Pendleton added runs in the
See SOFTBALL/2B
Contributed photo cour-
tesy of Justin Samp
PENDLETON
Hodgen baseball drops doubleheader to Sandy
Naughton 5 for 5
at plate in losses
East Oregonian
Hodgen Distributing could not
keep up with the hot bats of the
Sandy Pioneers, dropping a pair
of games with scores of 8-7 and
6-4 on Monday afternoon.
In Game 1, Hodgen’s offense
pieced together a solid six runs
over the fi rst four innings of play,
but starting pitcher Jared Beve-
ridge couldn’t keep the Pioneer
bats quiet as he allowed seven
runs and six walks in his fi ve
innings on the mound.
But Hodgen was able to tie
the game at 7-7 in the top of the
sixth inning on an RBI groundout
by Johnny Malcom, scoring
would be its only lead of the game.
Hermiston was quiet on its fi rst
time through the lineup, but lead-off
hitter Austin Garberg started the
third inning with a single and
Hermiston rallied for nine runs on
six hits and four walks.
Drake Devin (1 for 2) hit a
three-RBI triple and later stole
home to make it 8-2, and Brad
Hottman (3 for 4) hit an RBI triple
See BASEBALL/2B
against The Dalles and
four runs across the plate
went the fi rst 2 1/3
against Davison, and
innings before exiting
scored twice in the sixth
with three runs allowed
on a two-out double
on six hits. He would
before Davison got a
get the win after Kaiden
grounder back to the
Dammeyer (three hits,
mound for the fi nal out.
Baseball
two runs) and Davison
The win moved Herm-
combined in relief.
iston into the semifi nals
The Dalles broke onto the
where it will face Lake Oswego
scoreboard fi rst with two runs in the
today at 6 p.m.
Aiden West started on the mound bottom of the fi rst inning, but that
Shaw Jerome from third base and
moving Daniel Naughton — who
was the go-ahead run — to third
base. However, Naughton was
stranded in the next at-bat as Ryan
Russell grounded out for the third
out of the inning.
In the bottom of the seventh,
Sandy clinched the win with an
RBI double to left fi eld to score a
runner from fi rst base for the 8-7
fi nal.
In Game 2, Hodgen’s offense
was quieted by Pioneers pitcher
Mayson Graham as he allowed
just two runs through the fi rst
six innings as Sandy led 6-2.
But Hodgen tried their best for
the come-from-behind victory as
Nick Bower ripped a two-RBI
triple to right to cut the lead to
6-4 before Bliss struck out for the
fi nal out of the game.
See HODGEN/2B
Blazers
keep core
intact
Portland re-signs
Leonard, matches
offer for Crabbe
Associated Press
PORTLAND — Meyers Leonard
and Allen Crabbe are staying in Port-
land.
Leonard signed a contract to
remain with the Trail Blazers on
Sunday. Terms of the deal were not
disclosed, but the forward/center said
he was excited to stay in Portland for
four more years.
“This is the product of a lot of hard
work and time. I
feel like I have
found a new gear
mentally
and
physically and
really am excited
for the next four
years. The future
is going to be
bright with this
team,” Leonard
Leonard
said in a state-
ment.
Crabbe is also
looking forward
to it. The Trail
Blazers
guard
went to Twitter
on Sunday after-
noon to proclaim:
“RIP CITY!”
The
tweet
Crabbe
appeared
to
confi rm reports
that the Blazers had matched an offer
by the Brooklyn Nets for the restricted
free agent. The four-year, $75 million
offer and Portland’s match were fi rst
reported by Yahoo Sports.
The Blazers confi rmed Sunday
night that they matched the offer
sheet, and Crabbe was expected to
sign his contract this week.
Crabbe averaged 10.3 points and
2.7 rebounds in 81 games last season,
his third with the team. The 6-foot-6
Los Angeles native was acquired in a
2013 draft-day trade with Cleveland,
which took him with the 31st overall
pick out of California.
Leonard, the 11th overall pick in
the 2012 draft, averaged 8.4 points
and 5.1 rebounds last season, which
was marked by injuries. He dislocated
his left shoulder in November and
before having surgery in March for a
torn labrum.
Earlier in the week, the Blazers
signed free agent forward Festus
Ezeli, and acquired guard Shabazz
Napier in a trade with the Orlando
Magic for cash considerations.
Sports shorts
Warriors star arrested for assault
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Golden
State Warriors star Draymond Green was
arrested on a charge of misdemeanor assault
and battery over the weekend near the Michigan
State campus.
FACES The alleged incident occurred
around 2:30 a.m. Sunday in the
city where Green played for the
Spartans from 2008 to 2012.
East Lansing Police Lt Scott
Wrigglesworth says the male
victim was not injured and the man
did not fl ag down an offi cer.
Green
If convicted of assault or assault
and battery, Green could face 93 days in jail, a
$500 fi ne or both.
Messages seeking comment were left for
Green, an NBA All-Star who was selected to
play basketball for the U.S. at the Olympics next
month. The Warriors said they were collecting
information about the incident.
“Personally, I think there’s
been something of an
overreaction to the Zika
situation, but that’s for
individuals to determine,
and there’s certainly a great
deal of concern about this
issue inside the game of
golf, no doubt about that.“
— Peter Dawson
IGF President after professional golfer
Jordan Spieth withdrew from the Rio
Olympics, leaving the sport without
its four highest ranked men in its fi rst
Olympic showing in 112 years. Eighteen
eligible men have withdrawn from the
games, but only one eligible woman.
UFC purchased for $4 billion
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The UFC has
been sold for approximately $4 billion to
a group led by Hollywood talent agency
WME-IMG.
UFC President Dana White confi rmed
the sale of the mixed martial
arts promotional company on
Sunday.
White will stay on to run the
UFC, which has grown from a
money-losing promotion in a minor sport into
a global entertainment brand. UFC owners
Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta came out of the
deal with only a minority interest.
The UFC was founded in 1993 as the
Ultimate Fighting Championship, staging
violent fi ghts that were banned or unregulated
in most areas. After the Fertitta brothers and
White took over, they steadily built their
company and MMA into a thriving sport with
ever-increasing worldwide appeal.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1901 — Cy Young of the
Boston Red Sox wins his
300th game with a 5-3 victory
over the Philadelphia A’s.
1930 — Bobby Jones wins
the U.S. Open. Jones, who
also won the British Open,
the American Amateur and
the British Amateur, becomes
the only golfer to take all four
events in the same year.
2012 — Every country
competing at the London
Games
includes
female
athletes for the fi rst time in
Olympic history after Saudi
Arabia agreed to send two
women to compete in judo and
track and fi eld.
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