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SPORTS WEEKEND, JULY 30-31, 2016 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS MLB Chicago Cubs’ Chris Coghlan, right, celebrates with David Ross (3) after Ross’ home run during the sixth inning of Friday’s game in Chicago. Cubs clobber Mariners Seattle back at Wrigley for fi rst time since 2007 By SARAH TROTTO Associated Press CHICAGO — Hisashi Iwakuma was in tough shape, even before his fi rst pitch. The Seattle right-hander said his arm felt tight during his pre-game bullpen and even though he was able to get loose, he struggled with command as the Chicago Cubs routed the Mariners 12-1 Friday. Seattle Chicago 1 12 “I’m OK, though. I just couldn’t keep the ball down,” Iwakuma said through a translator. Iwakuma (11-7) had won his last fi ve starts, but gave up fi ve runs and eight hits in three innings. “I don’t think it’s anything to be alarmed about, just took him awhile to get loose today, wasn’t on top of his game,” Mariners manager See MARINERS/2B AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast PENDLETON College Football Local teams face uncertainty The pool at BMCC in Pend- leton stands empty and is in need of some serious repairs. Ducks again looking for starting QB Three players to battle for starting job in camp By STEVE GRESS Albany Democrat-Herald Staff photo by E.J. Harris Pendleton, Hermiston bracing for BMCC pool closure By ERIC SINGER East Oregonian The Pendleton and Hermiston varsity swim teams sent a combined 13 athletes to the OSAA 5A swimming state champion- ships this past season, but for the 2016-2017 season there is a chance neither school could even have a team. It is a real possibility staring at each school right now as Blue Mountain Commu- nity College — which houses the pool that both school’s use for practice — considers whether the pool is worth it to them to keep open or cut their losses and shut it down for good. BMCC has stated multiple times and even showed the community in a public tour on Thursday evening that the facility is worn down and extremely behind on maintenance and would need an estimated $2.3 million to overhaul the pool into a properly-working condition. Both Pendleton swim coach Amy Ashton-Williams and Hermiston coach Kevin Hamblin agreed that not having a team is a possibility, but both hope the situa- tion does not bring that consequence. “It just can’t happen,” Ashton-Williams said. “(We) have some to-be seniors that have a legitimate chance to swim at major universities and they cannot afford to mis their senior years ... we just can’t do that to See POOL/3B It’s a new season for the Oregon football program but the same question is at the forefront as a year ago: Who will start at quarterback? The Ducks turned to Eastern Washington graduate transfer Vernon Adams to replace Heisman Trophy winner Marcus Mariota last year. This year, Oregon could once again turn to a graduate transfer from a Football Cham- pionships Series team with former Montana State quarterback Dakota Prukop in the mix. Also in the hunt is Tyler Jonsen, a redshirt freshman, and Terry Wilson, a true freshman who enrolled early and was on campus for spring practice. “We had a three-man race early in the spring, and that will continue into fall camp,” coach Mark Helfrich said at the Pac-12’s media days a couple weeks back. “This summer is pivotal for those guys as far as developing within our offense and executing at a high level.” Helfrich said he has no timetable for when he will name a starter. “It can’t be something where you’re 52.7 percent of the vote and somebody else is — you don’t want those little tiny nuances,” Helfrich said. “You want it to be obvious and See DUCKS/2B PGA Championship Streb, Walker share lead at after two rounds at Baltusrol Robert Streb watches his tee shot during the second round of the PGA Cham- pion- ship on Friday. AP Photo/Seth Wenig Streb becomes the 28th player to shoot a 63 in a major tournament By DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — In a major championship season of endless theater, the PGA Championship lived up to its end of the bargain Friday. Robert Streb led the way, even if hardly anyone noticed. As thousands of fans crammed into the closing holes at Baltusrol to see if Jason Day could fi nish off his amazing run and Phil Mickelson could make it to the weekend, Streb hit a 6-iron into 20 feet on his fi nal hole at the par-3 ninth for a shot at 63. He made the birdie putt during a TV commercial break, making him the 28th player to shoot 63 in a major, and the third in the last 16 days. “It was pretty noisy for the 15 people that were out there,” Streb said. No matter where anyone was at Baltusrol, there was no shortage of entertainment. Mickelson hit his opening tee shot off the property and onto a side street and made triple bogey, only to rally to make the cut. Rickie Fowler fi nished bird- ie-eagle to get back into the picture. Rory McIlroy only needed to birdie the par-5 18th, the easiest hole on the course, to make the cut. From the fairway, he made bogey and was headed home to fi gure out what was wrong with his putting. See PGA/2B Sports shorts Marlins acquire Andrew Cashner MIAMI (AP) The Miami Marlins acquired the pitching reinforcements they sought in a trade that cost them four players, including two minor leaguers. Right-handers Andrew Cashner FACES and Colin Rea were sent to Miami by the San Diego Padres in a seven-player deal Friday. The Marlins, eager to shore up their rotation for a playoff push, will also receive pitching prospect Tayron Guerrero for right-handers Jarred Cosart and Carter Capps Cashner and two minor leaguers, pitching prospect Luis Castillo and fi rst baseman Josh Naylor. Cashner is 4-7 this year with a 4.76 ERA in 16 starts, and has a career record of 30-49 with a 3.73 ERA in seven seasons. Rea, who is in his second major league season, is 5-5 with a 4.98 ERA in 19 games this year. “It really just comes down to generally this -- there’s some things that are negotiable, and money always is negotiable, obviously — but there’s certain things in contracts language- wise ... We’re still working through it.” — Tom Telesco San Diego Chargers GM speaking about the team’s con- tract negotiations with fi rst-round pick Joey Bosa, who is the only fi rst-round pick that has yet to sign a contract. US women’s basketball team overwhelms Canada 83-43 BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) Diana Taurasi scored 14 points and Elena Delle Donne added 12 to help the U.S. women’s basketball team beat Canada 83-43 on Friday night in an exhibition game. After struggling in their fi rst two exhibition games in the fi rst half, the Americans jumped all over their neighbors to the north. The U.S. only had a three-point lead on the select team in their pre-Olympic tour opener Monday and led France by one Wednesday at the half. The Americans wouldn’t let that happen against Canada. Taurasi, Sue Bird, Maya Moore, Tina Charles and Breanna Stewart struggled a little offensively when they were in, but defensively they shut down Canada. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1932 — The 10th modern Olympic Games open in Los Angeles. 1996 — The American softball team wins the gold medal, beating China 3-1 behind a controversial two-run homer from Dot Richardson in the fi rst Olympic competition in that sport. 2010 — The NFL’s No. 1 overall draft pick Sam Bradford agrees to a six-year, $78 million contract with the St. Louis Rams, with $50 million in guaranteed money. The guaranteed money is the highest ever in the NFL. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com