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Rodeo
HERMISTON
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advance
to title
game
In this April
23, 2016
fi le photo,
Hermiston’s
Preston
Pederson
chase down
his calf on
his way to
a 14.93-sec-
ond time
in tie down
roping
Friday at
the Inter-
mountain
High School
Rodeo in
Hermiston.
All-Stars will
play for title on
Thursday
East Oregonian
EO fi le photo by
E.J. Harris
National High School Finals Rodeo begins Sunday
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
,t’s going on a decade since an
Oregon cowboy or cowgirl brought
back an event title from the National
High School Finals Rodeo.
The last Beaver State resi-
dent to accomplish the feat was
Stan¿ eld bull rider Cody Ford in
2006. (Dakota Freeman won the
Girls’ All-Around in 2010 without
winning an event title.)
Six ,ntermountain contestants
will join 28 other Oregon compet-
itors as they try to end that drought
starting on Sunday at CAM-PLEX
Event Facility in Gillette,
Wyoming.
National champions will be
crowned in 10 rodeo events, as well
as boys and girls all-around, cutting,
reined cow horse, and trap and riÀ e
shooting at the week-long rodeo
that will hold its ¿ nal performance
on Saturday, July 23. Girls will also
compete in the queen competition.
Recent Hermiston graduate
Preston Pederson quali¿ ed in
two events, but is going all-in to
end Oregon’s winless streak in
tie-down.
The calves haven’t treated
Oregon ropers kindly, and have
shut them out of the title race every
year since the ¿ rst NHSFR in 1949.
Pederson is in the best position
to end that after winning the state
title, and also quali¿ ed in boys’ cow
cutting.
³,’m not cutting because ,
mainly want to focus on tie-down,”
he said. “My goal is to win
nationals.”
He said he was unaware that
he’d be the ¿ rst from his state to do
it, but it’s his second year in a row
taking on the calves in Gillette and
he’s been to the NHSFR each year
of his high school career.
“,’ve watched all four years of
calf roping so , kind of know what
, need to do when , get down there,
what times , need to beat,” he said.
He said there’s no guarantee for
success in the arena, “Just go be
solid.”
Calgary Smith of Adams will
also compete in tie-down, and was
one of 11 Oregon contestants to
qualify in more than one event.
He’s also one of three locals that
will be competing in team roping,
which was last won by an Oregon
duo in 1986 (Brenda Youtsey and
Brett Kamm).
Smith and Pendleton header
Trent Sorey are coming off a state
title in their ¿ rst season competing
together at the high school level
after holding off Oregon Boys
Rookie of the Year Phoenix
Everano of Pendleton and his
header Will Gallagher of Merrill.
Everano and Gallagher came on
strong at the end of the season, and
are hoping to keep that momentum
going in Gillette.
“,’d love to walk away with a
national title but my goal is to go
and compete my best,” Everano
said. “We did really good this
season, we’re kind of a stronger
team, and we’ll see if we can do
what we do.”
Everano said he’s treating this
rodeo like any other.
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MLB All-Star Game
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AL takes home ¿ eld
advantage for fourth-
straight season
By RONALD BLUM
Associated Press
SAN D,EGO — Eric Hosmer
and Salvador Perez made sure the
Kansas City Royals will start at
home, sweet, home if they get a
chance to defend their World Series
title.
The Royals duo homered off
former Kansas City teammate
Johnny Cueto during a six-pitch
span in the second inning, Hosmer
added an RB, single and the Amer-
ican League beat the Nationals
4-2 Tuesday night for their fourth
straight win in the All-Star game.
David Ortiz found himself in
the middle of the most touching
moment at Petco Park, embraced
by his AL teammates near ¿ rst
base after exiting his ¿ nal All-Star
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American League’s Eric Hosmer, of the Kansas City Royals, hits a
home run off National League starting pitcher Johnny Cueto, of
the San Francisco Giants, during the second inning of the MLB
baseball All-Star Game, Tuesday, July 12, 2016, in San Diego.
Game. The popular Big Papi plans
to retire at 40 after this season with
Boston.
Kris Bryant of the Cubs led
the parade of sparkling young
talent with a ¿ rst-inning home run.
Dellin Betances À ashed his 100
mph heat and Astros reliever Will
Harris came on to throw a called
third strike past Cardinals rookie
Aledmys Diaz on a 3-2 pitch on
the outside corner with the bases
loaded to end the eighth.
Royals reliever Kelvin Herrera
pitched a hitless sixth for the AL,
which will open the Series at home
for the 11th time in 14 years since
the All-Star winner was used to
determine the hosts for Games 1
and 2.
Kansas City became baseball
royalty last fall, bursting to a 2-0
lead over the New York Mets at
Kauffman Stadium, where Cueto
pitched a two-hitter in the second
game. The Royals won in ¿ ve
games for their ¿ rst title since 1985.
This year, Kansas City is
languishing at 45-43, seven games
off the AL Central lead and in the
save for the AL, which cut its de¿ cit
to 43-42 with two ties
The All-Star Game returned to
San Diego for the ¿ rst time since
1992 at Jack Murphy Stadium. Just
before this ¿ rst pitch, commissioner
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GOLD H,LL — The Herm-
iston 9/10-year-old All-Star
team scored three times in the
top of the sixth inning to take
down Lake Oswego 11-8 on
Tuesday afternoon to advance
to the Oregon state champion-
ship game.
With the game tied at 8-8
at the start of the sixth inning,
Hermiston had a runner on ¿ rst
with two outs when Brycen
Jones stepped to the plate. On
the ¿ rst pitch of the at-bat,
Jones ripped a double to right
¿ eld to score Karver Wilkins
to put Hermiston back on top
9-8. Brad Hottman and Brian
Davison then followed up with
RB, hits of their own to give
Hermiston the 11-8 cushion.
Lake Oswego tried to get
something going in the bottom
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Prep Baseball
Pitch
limits
required
in 2017
Per-game limit set
at 110 pitches for
OSAA schools
By HANK KURZ JR.
Associated Press
5,&+MOND, Va. — The
National Federation of State
High School Associations has
directed its members to regulate
the number of pitches a high
school player can throw in a
game amid growing concerns
about overworking young arms.
The federation did not
proscribe a speci¿ c number, but
a limit must be established by
next season, said Elliot Hopkins,
the NFHS director of sports and
student services. The limits will
go into effect in the spring of
2017.
Every state plus the District
of Columbia are federation
members,
Hopkins
said
Tuesday. Each state except
Michigan has its own sports
medicine advisory committee
that will likely be involved in
settling on a speci¿ c number.
³, think they’re better suited
to determine what the number
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Manny Pacquiao isn’t
ready to give up his night job just yet.
Pacquiao, Zho said beIore his Oast ¿ ght in
April that he would retire, now plans to return
to the ring in November against an
FACES opponent who is TBD.
Promoter Bob Arum said
Tuesday that Pacquiao got
permission to take a break from
his new duties as a senator in the
Philippines to take another ¿ ght. ,t
would be held Nov. 5, likely in Las
Vegas.
Pacquiao
Pacquiao looked impressive
in his last ¿ ght in April, returning
from a layoff to knock down Timothy Bradley
on his way to a unanimous decision. After the
¿ ght he wavered on his previous plans to retire.
Arum said a possible opponent for Pacquiao
would be Jesse Vargas, who holds a piece of the
welterweight title.
“I do not think that’s
ideal from the league
standpoint. Part of it
is designing a (CBA)
that encourages the
distribution of great
players throughout the
league. My belief is we
can make (the CBA)
better.“
— Adam Silver
NBA Commissioner speaking
at the league’s annual board
of governors meeting on Kevin
Durant’s decision to sign with
the already-loaded Golden State
Warriors as a free agent.
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W+,TE PLA,NS, N.Y. (AP) — This
year’s U.S. Open men’s and women’s singles
champions will each earn a
record $3.5 million, up from
$3.3 million in 2015.
The U.S. Tennis Association
announced Tuesday the total
tournament purse will be $46.3
million, a $4 million increase
from a year ago. The U.S. Open
has the largest purse of the four majors.
The payout for each round in singles
is rising by an average of 10 percent. The
runners-up will receive $1.75 million while a
player who loses in the ¿ rst round will make
$43,300. The winning doubles teams get
$625,000.
The year’s last Grand Slam tournament
starts Aug. 29 at Flushing Meadows.
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1 — The ¿ rst night
game in All-Star history
is played at Philadelphia’s
Shibe Park. Boston’s Bobby
Doerr provides the big blow,
a three-run homer, for the
AL’s 5-3 win.
2011 — Abby Wambach
breaks a tense tie with a
thunderous header in the
79th minute, and the United
States earns its ¿ rst trip to the
Women’s World &up ¿ nal
since winning it in 1999 with
a 3-1 victory over France.
201 — Tim Lincecum
throws a no-hitter in the San
Francisco Giants’ 9-0 win
against the San Diego Padres.
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