SPORTS Saturday, March 4, 2017 East Oregonian Page 3B 2A State Tournament TigerScots run out of answers against Rams Regis bounces back to reach trophy round By MATT ENTRUP East Oregonian PENDLETON — After watching its hopes for a state title slip away in the final two minutes of a narrow quarterfinals loss, No. 9 Regis bounced back to close out the No. 13 Weston- McEwen TigerScots in the fourth quarter of Friday’s consolation semifinals. Regis took its final jump shot with 5:26 left in the game, and held off Weston- McEwen at the free throw line for the 52-40 win. Led by its lone remaining captain, senior Sarah Finifrock, Weston-McEwen (17-10) put forth an admi- rable effort to keep the game close through three quarters, but the TigerScots missed their first eight shots of the fourth quarter as Regis (16-12) went into clock-con- trol mode. “In the second half of the game, the game got much more physical … and when it goes that way it makes it harder to shoot a finesse shot,” said interim coach Jeff Griggs. “We struggled to get some quality shots up. We kind of hung around though.” “We’ve struggled with shooting percentage for quite a bit of the season, and we just try to take more shots than the other team,” Finifrock said. “Our primary goal was our defensive stops and then try to transition that into offense.” Finifrock finished with 14 points, 10 rebounds and a pair of blocks in her final game as a TigerScot, and sophomore guard Katie Vescio scored 13 points with a pair of assists before fouling out with :46 seconds left. With senior Sara Von Borstel chipping in seven and senior Bailey Hillmick adding five, it was almost enough for the TigerScots to overcome the latest hurdle thrown in their path. They were playing without junior guard Chelsea Quaempts, whose season ended with a turned ankle late in their quarterfinal loss to Imbler. It was the second time this season they’d lost a captain to injury after senior Ashley Hill went out earlier in the year. They’d also been dealt a coaching change right before their district tournament when Eric Jensen resigned due to health concerns and Griggs, who coached the team to a state title in 2005, stepped in on an interim basis. Staff photo by E.J. Harris Weston-McEwen’s Alyssa Finifrock drives around Regis’ Madilyn Lopez in the TigerScots’ 52-40 loss to the Rams on Friday in Pendleton. Girls Hoops #9 Regis 52 Staff photo by E.J. Harris Weston-McEwen’s Bailey Hillmick shoots the ball guarded by Regis’ Madilyn Lopez (1) and Alicen Ditter in the TigerScots’ 52-40 loss to the Rams on Friday in Pendleton. “I have nothing but admiration for the girls.” — Jeff Griggs, Weston-McEwen interim coach “We had already lost a different key player earlier in the season and had to adjust to that, so at least we had kind of known how that works,” Finifrock said. “It sucks, but at least we weren’t entirely discouraged by the fact that she was out. … We are such a close-knit group of girls that we were able to just push through it and keep going.” “I have nothing but admiration for the girls,” Griggs said. “They had two of their starters on the bench (injured) and a new coach as of two weeks ago, and they’re so positive. … They bought in 100 percent to everything we were doing.” But Weston-McEwen again struggled from the field shooting 14-for-56 (25 percent) for the game, including 2-for-9 on three- pointers that came mostly at the end of the fourth quarter. The TigerScots focused their defense on Regis guard Kirsten Koehnke, who was coming off an 18-point night in the quarterfinals. The Rams turned in a balanced score sheet in response, led by Paige Rickman with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Abigail Frith added 12 points, eight rebounds and five assists, Koehnke chipped in 11 points, and Victoria Clute grabbed 11 boards. Regis was 17-for-45 (37.8 percent) from the field that included 1-for-10 from distance. The Rams went 17-for-28 at the free throw line, and that ended up being the difference as Regis’ final 12 points were on freebies. After Regis extended its lead to 44-34 on a Koehnke free throw with 2:47 to play, Vescio scored Weston-McE- wen’s next six points before fouling out to make it 46-40 with 1:09 to go. Regis was missing just enough free throws to give the TigerScots hope, but Clute and Frith both grabbed critical offensive rebounds that would lead to additional trips to the line. The closest Weston- McEwen came in the second half was after Finifrock grabbed one of her eight offensive rebounds and put it back up to cut the lead to 27-24 with 6:27 left in the third. Back-to-back inside buckets by Rickman had the lead back to seven within 40 seconds, but that was as large as the lead would get until the fourth. The score was tied seven times in the first half and #13 Weston- McEwen 40 there were six lead changes in the first quarter. A three-pointer by Vescio gave the TigerScots a 10-8 lead five minutes in, but Moll tied it up at the line and Koehnke came up with a steal and found Rickman on the fast break to give the game its final lead change at 12-10 with 1:56 left in the first. With the win Regis moves into the 4th/6th place game where it will play East Linn Christian on Saturday at 9 a.m. at Pendleton Convention Center. The loss ended the season for the TigerScots, and although their stay in Pendleton was short, they said it was made more special by the large showing in the stands. “It felt like a home-gym sort of effect,” Griggs said. “(Rob) McIntyre has got the (school) band here, and his band they’re second to none in the area. Our fight song and the music that they bring really helped us. … This was just a good experience, not only for our girls but for the community. “Sure you’d like to get another win, but what you don’t want to do is leave feeling like you didn’t compete or you didn’t give it your best. And our girls don’t have to worry about that.” ——— WM 10 12 11 7 — 40 RHS 16 9 13 14 — 52 WESTON-MCEWEN — S. Finifrock 14, K. Vescio 13, S. Von Borstel 7, B. Hillmick 5, A. Finifrock 1, A. Schroeder, M. Muilen- burg, A. Coffman. REGIS — P. Rickman 14, A. Frith 12, K. Kiehnke 11, H. Moll 8, V. Clute 4, M. Lopez 3, G. Frith, L. Persons, A. Ditter. 3-pointers — WM 2; RHS 1. Free throws — WM 10-15; RHS 17-28. Fouls — W-M 23; RHS 13. Fouled out — K. Vescio (WM). Staff photo by E.J. Harris Stanfield Thyler Monkus drives on Life Chirstian’s Tim Vasilyev in the Tigers’ 56-41 win against the Li- ons on Friday in Pendleton. STANFIELD: Finished 21-for-58 from the field Continued from 1B for Stanfield. Ryan Bailey added 10 points, and Garcia and Tony Flores made key contributions in the fourth quarter to help the Tigers gain control. Garcia got the quarter started with a shot in the lane to take a 32-30 lead, but Quinlan scored on a putback to tie it back up. He finished with a team-high 15 points and 14 rebounds for the Lions, and Bo Quinlan added 11 points. Stanfield was slapped with its eighth foul of the half with 6:31 to play, and Bo Quinlan hit both of his bonus shots for a 34-32 lead, but it was short-lived as Monkus found Flores with a cross-court pass for a wide open three-pointer in front of the Stanfield bench for a 35-34 edge. Zac Ross answered with a reverse layup at the other end, but then Grogan hit a jumper in the wing for the game’s final lead change at 37-36 with 5:33 left. After a missed bonus free throw by the Lions, the Tigers again made the extra pass to find the open shooter and Grogan knocked down the triple from the corner for a 40-36 lead. “We saw them play yesterday, we saw the open spots,” Grogan said of the Lions’ 3-2 zone. “Our coaches spent hours working on the game plan and we knew exactly what we were going to do before the game.” It was back to the line for the Lions on their next possession, and Zeke Quinlan was 1-of-2, which Grogan answered with another three. Then Monkus stole the ball for a fast-break layup to give them their largest lead to that point at 47-39 with 3:12 to play. The teams traded missed jumpers, and then Garcia forced the charge with 2:18 left. After two misses and two offensive boards, Bailey drove to the hoop for two to make it 49-39. Bo Quinlan hit two at the line to make it 49-41 with 1:30 left, but the Lions missed their next three shots as Woods, Bailey and Grogan hit free throws to close out the win. Stanfield finished 21-for-58 (36.2 percent) from the field and Life Christian was 15-for-45 (33.3 percent). Stanfield plays No. 4 Santiam (Mill City) in the championship game on Saturday at 8:30 p.m. at the convention center. ——— LC 8 7 15 11 — 41 SHS 7 11 12 26 — 56 LIFE CHRISTIAN — Z. Quinlan 15, B. Quinlan 11, Z. Ross 6, J. Wooten 5, T. Vasilyev 4, J. Woods, B. Lambert, Y. Zhou. STANFIELD — D. Grogan 20, B. Woods 13, T. Flores 5, T. Monkus 4, J. Garcia 4, E. Angel, J. Galarza, D. Allen, E. Esquivel, A. Isaac Gomez, N. Sanchez. 3-pointers — LC 1; SHS 4. Free throws — LC 10-14; SHS 10-18. Fouls — LC 19; SHS 15. Fouled out — Z. Ross (LC). SCOREBOARD Local Slate PREP BOYS BASKETBALL Saturday 2A Tourney: Vernonia vs. Columbia Christian (4th/6th place game at Pendleton Convention Center), 10:45 a.m. 2A Tourney: Western Mennonite vs. Life Christian (3rd/5th place game, at Pendleton Convention Center), 3:15 p.m. 2A Tourney: Stanfield vs. Santiam (Cham- pionship game, at Pendleton Convention Center), 8:30 p.m. PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL Saturday 2A Tourney: Regis vs. East Linn (4th/6th place game, at Pendleton Convention Center), 9 a.m. 2A Tourney: Imbler vs. Kennedy (3rd/5th place game at Pendleton Convention Center), 1:30 p.m. 2A Tourney: Monroe vs. Western Men- nonite (Championship game, at Pendleton Convention Center), 6:30 p.m. Nixyaawii vs. Country Christian (1A Cham- pionship game, at Baker HS), 7 p.m. Arlington vs. Adrian (3rd/5th place game, at Baker HS), 11:30 a.m. COLLEGE BASEBALL Today Blue Mountain at Walla Walla (DH), 1/4 p.m. Sunday Mt. Hood at Blue Mountain (DH), 11 a.m./2 p.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Saturday Clackamas at Blue Mountain (DH), 2/4 p.m. Prep Scores BOYS BASKETBALL Friday 6A Tournament NORTH MEDFORD 73, McNary 67 BEAVERTON 68, Southridge 37 WESTVIEW 49, Tigard 46 WEST LINN 76, Lincoln 65 Grant 74, SPRAGUE 72 WEST SALEM 73, Central Catholic 48 JEFFERSON-PORTLAND 98, Jesuit 86 CLACKAMAS 78, David Douglas 63 5A Tournament CRESCENT VALLEY 76, Sandy 57 PENDLETON 69, Corvallis 67 (2OT) CHURCHILL 62, Silverton 52 Parkrose 64, SPRINGFIELD 57 SUMMIT 53, Central 47 SOUTH ALBANY 50, Putnam 46 LA SALLE PREP 72, Mountain View 46 WILSONVILLE 55, Thurston 40 4A Tournament Tillamook 68, LA GRANDE 64 HENLEY 70, North Marion 63 PHILOMATH 56, Mazama 44 GLADSTONE 26, Sisters 25 Banks 39, COTTAGE GROVE 35 NORTH BEND 60, Sutherlin 42 VALLEY CATHOLIC 64, Newport 37 SEASIDE 68, Cascade 49 3A Tournament SALEM ACAD. 49, Horizon Christian-Tu- alatin 42 AMITY 59, Blanchet Catholic 57 DAYTON 72, Cascade Christian 62 De La Salle North Catholic 44, HARRIS- BURG 40 2A Tournament Vernonia 47, IMBLER 36 COLUMBIA CHRISTIAN 65, Oakridge 45 Santiam 53, WESTERN MENNONITE 33 STANFIELD 56, Life Christian 41 1A Tournament SHERMAN 59, Perrydale 35 Powder Valley 54, JORDAN VALLEY 52 GIRLS BASKETBALL Friday 5A Tournament Putnam 53, PENDLETON 38 BEND 46, Hermiston 45 3A Tournament PORTLAND ADVENTIST ACAD. 50, Lakeview 43 Nyssa 37, RAINIER 28 Blanchet Catholic 51, SALEM ACAD. 39 DAYTON 55, Coquille 45 2A Tournament REGIS 52, Weston-McEwen 40 EAST LINN CHRISTIAN ACAD. 45, Grant Union 29 MONROE 41, Imbler 28 WESTERN MENNONITE 52, Kennedy 37 1A Tournament Powder Valley 52, DAMASCUS CHRIS- TIAN 43 Crane 52, NORTH DOUGLAS 51 NIXYAAWII 51, Arlington 27 COUNTRY CHRISTIAN 55, Adrian 54 Basketball NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Boston 40 22 .645 Toronto 37 25 .597 New York 25 37 .403 Philadelphia 23 38 .377 Brooklyn 10 50 .167 Southeast Division W L Pct Washington 36 24 .600 Atlanta 34 27 .557 Miami 28 34 .452 Charlotte 26 35 .426 Orlando 23 39 .371 Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 42 18 .700 Chicago 31 30 .508 Indiana 31 30 .508 Detroit 29 32 .475 Milwaukee 27 33 .450 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 47 13 .783 Houston 43 19 .694 Memphis 36 26 .581 Dallas 25 36 .410 New Orleans 24 38 .387 Northwest Division W L Pct Utah 38 24 .613 Oklahoma City 35 27 .565 Denver 28 33 .459 Portland 25 35 .417 Minnesota 25 36 .410 Pacific Division W L Pct x-Golden State 50 11 .820 L.A. Clippers 36 25 .590 Sacramento 25 36 .410 Phoenix 20 42 .323 L.A. Lakers 19 43 .306 x-clinched playoff spot ——— GB — 3 15 16½ 29 GB — 2½ 9 10½ 14 GB — 11½ 11½ 13½ 15 GB — 5 12 22½ 24 GB — 3 9½ 12 12½ GB — 14 25 30½ 31½ Friday’s Games Cleveland 135, Atlanta 130 Orlando 110, Miami 99 Philadelphia 105, New York 102 Toronto 114, Washington 106 Milwaukee 112, L.A. Clippers 101 Dallas 104, Memphis 100 Phoenix 118, Oklahoma City 111 Utah 112, Brooklyn 97 San Antonio 101, New Orleans 98, OT Boston 115, L.A. Lakers 95 Saturday’s Games Detroit at Philadelphia, 3 p.m. Cleveland at Miami, 5 p.m. Toronto at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Chicago, 5:30 p.m. Charlotte at Denver, 6 p.m. Memphis at Houston, 6 p.m. Minnesota at San Antonio, 6 p.m. Brooklyn at Portland, 7 p.m. NCAA Men’s Top 25 Record Pts Pvs 1. Kansas (23) 26-3 790 3 2. UCLA (3) 26-3 730 5 2. Villanova (5) 27-3 730 2 4. Gonzaga (1) 29-1 686 1 5. North Carolina 25-5 663 8 6. Oregon 26-4 653 7 7. Louisville 23-6 600 6 8. Arizona 26-4 585 4 9. Kentucky 24-5 578 10 10. West Virginia 23-6 478 13 11. Baylor 23-6 461 9 12. Florida 23-6 382 12 13. Notre Dame 22-7 334 17 14. Duke 22-7 315 11 15. Butler 23-6 314 22 16. Purdue 23-6 299 14 17. Florida State 23-6 290 20 18. Saint Mary’s 26-3 273 18 19. SMU 25-4 269 21 20. Cincinnati 25-4 210 16 21. Wisconsin 22-7 185 15 22. Wichita State 27-4 140 25 23. Virginia 19-9 138 19 24. Iowa State 19-9 57 — 25. Miami 20-8 48 — Others receiving votes: Creighton 44; South Carolina 25; Southern Cal 21; Middle Tennessee 20; Oklahoma State 16; Dayton 15; Minnesota 10; Maryland 9; Northwest- ern 8; Xavier 8; Michigan State 7; California 4; Arkansas 2; Michigan 2; VCU 1. ——— Today’s Games No. 10 West Virginia 87, No. 24 Iowa State 76 No. 21 Wichita State 82, Bradley 56 Saturday’s Games No. 6 Oregon at Oregon State, 3 p.m. Pittsburgh at No. 23 Virginia, 9 a.m. No. 9 Kentucky at Texas A&M, 9 a.m. No. 2 Villanova at Georgetown, 9 a.m. No. 12 Florida at Vanderbilt, 11 a.m. No. 19 Notre Dame at No. 8 Louisville, 11 a.m. Seton Hall at No. 13 Butler, 11:30 a.m. Memphis at No. 14 SMU, 1 p.m. No. 25 Miami at No. 15 Florida State, 1 p.m. No. 11 Baylor at Texas, 1 p.m. No. 7 Arizona at Arizona State, 1 p.m. Missouri State at No. 21 Wichita State, 3 p.m. No. 1 Kansas at Oklahoma State, 3 p.m. No. 17 Duke at No. 5 North Carolina, 5:15 p.m. Pacific at No. 4 Gonzaga, 7 p.m. Washington State at No. 3 UCLA, 7:15 p.m. Portland at No. 20 Saint Mary’s, 9 p.m. Women’s Top 25 Record Pts Prv 1. UConn (33) 28-0 825 1 2. Baylor 27-2 784 4 3. Notre Dame 27-3 755 5 4. Maryland 27-2 699 2 5. South Carolina 24-4 690 7 6. Mississippi State 27-3 619 3 6. Oregon State 27-3 619 10 8. Florida State 25-5 561 8 9. Ohio State 25-5 550 12 10. Stanford 25-5 539 8 11. Washington 27-4 534 11 12. Texas 21-7 472 6 13. Duke 25-4 470 13 14. Louisville 25-6 411 14 15. UCLA 22-7 369 15 16. Miami 21-7 293 17 17. N.C. State 22-7 265 18 18. DePaul 24-6 237 19 19. Oklahoma 22-7 230 16 20. Kentucky 20-9 177 22 21. Syracuse 20-9 170 20 22. Drake 23-4 128 21 23. Missouri 21-9 98 24 24. Kansas State 21-8 66 — 25. Temple 22-6 49 23 Others receiving votes: Creighton 41, Tennessee 31, Michigan 15, South Florida 12, Belmont 7, Green Bay 5, Arizona State 3, Colorado State 1. ——— Friday’s Games No. 6 Oregon State 65, California 49 Oregon 70, No. 11 Washington 69 No. 3 Notre Dame 76, Virginia 59 No. 4 Maryland 92, Minnesota 80 No. 5 South Carolina 72, Georgia 48 No. 6 Mississippi State 78, LSU 61 No. 16 Miami 56, No. 8 Florida State 54 No. 9 Ohio State 99, Northwestern 68 No. 10 Stanford 66 at Washington State 36 No. 13 Duke 68, No. 21 Syracuse 46 No. 14 Louisville 59, No. 17 NC State 58 No. 15 UCLA 77, Arizona State 68 No. 20 Kentucky 65, Alabama 55 Texas A&M 62, No. 23 Missouri 48 Hockey NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Montreal 65 36 21 8 Ottawa 62 34 22 6 Boston 64 33 25 6 Toronto 64 28 22 14 Florida 63 29 23 11 Tampa Bay 63 29 26 8 Buffalo 64 27 26 11 Detroit 62 25 26 11 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Washington 63 43 13 7 Columbus 62 40 16 6 Pittsburgh 63 39 16 8 N.Y. Rangers 64 41 21 2 N.Y. Islanders 63 30 22 11 Philadelphia 63 30 26 7 New Jersey 63 25 26 12 Carolina 61 25 26 10 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Minnesota 62 41 15 6 Chicago 64 41 18 5 Nashville 64 32 23 9 St. Louis 63 31 27 5 Pts 80 74 72 70 69 66 65 61 GF GA 179 164 163 163 177 168 194 193 159 176 177 179 162 184 155 183 Pts 93 86 86 84 71 67 62 60 GF GA 208 134 200 146 219 177 209 169 186 188 163 188 145 181 153 179 Pts 88 87 73 67 GF GA 209 148 193 161 189 179 173 182 Winnipeg 65 29 30 6 64 192 205 Dallas 64 25 29 10 60 180 208 Colorado 62 17 42 3 37 122 205 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 63 38 18 7 83 176 147 Edmonton 64 34 22 8 76 183 167 Anaheim 64 33 21 10 76 167 163 Calgary 65 35 26 4 74 174 180 Los Angeles 64 31 27 6 68 158 160 Vancouver 63 26 30 7 59 146 182 Arizona 64 23 34 7 53 156 208 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. ——— Friday’s Games Pittsburgh 5, Tampa Bay 2 Arizona 4, Carolina 2 Winnipeg 3, St. Louis 0 Chicago 2, N.Y. Islanders 1, SO Calgary 3, Detroit 2, OT Anaheim 5, Toronto 2 Saturday’s Games Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Boston, 7 p.m. Colorado at Winnipeg, 7 p.m. Columbus at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Dallas at Florida, 7 p.m. Montreal at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Washington, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Nashville, 8 p.m. Vancouver at Los Angeles, 10 p.m. Detroit at Edmonton, 10 p.m. Golf World Golf Rankings Through Feb. 26 1. Dustin Johnson 2. Jason Day 3. Rory McIlroy 4. Hideki Matsuyama 5. Henrik Stenson 6. Jordan Spieth 7. Adam Scott 8. Justin Thomas 9. Rickie Fowler 10. Sergio Garcia 11. Alex Noren 12. Patrick Reed 13. Justin Rose 14. Danny Willett 15. Bubba Watson 16. Paul Casey 17. Tyrrell Hatton 18. Branden Grace 19. Russell Knox 20. Matt Kuchar USA AUS NIR JPN SWE USA AUS USA USA ESP SWE USA ENG ENG USA ENG ENG SAF SCO USA 10.33 9.57 8.95 8.49 8.49 8.28 5.68 5.46 5.38 5.20 5.00 4.99 4.73 4.42 4.34 4.16 4.00 3.94 3.85 3.78 LPGA HSBC Women’s Champions Friday At Sentosa Golf Club (Tanjong Course) Singapore Purse: $1.5 million Yardage: 6,651; Par: 72 Second Round Inbee Park 67-67—134 -10 Mi Jung Hur 68-67—135 -9 Ariya Jutanugarn 67-68—135 -9 Michelle Wie 66-69—135 -9 Suzann Pettersen 69-67—136 -8 Sung Hyun Park 68-68—136 -8 Sei Young Kim 70-67—137 -7 Ha Na Jang 70-67—137 -7 Charley Hull 69-68—137 -7 Lydia Ko 69-68—137 -7 Anna Nordqvist 67-70—137 -7 Brooke M. Henderson 67-70—137 -7 Shanshan Feng 70-68—138 -6 Paula Creamer 68-70—138 -6 Mo Martin 67-71—138 -6 Beatriz Recari Angela Stanford Eun-Hee Ji Chella Choi Minjee Lee Danielle Kang Jodi Ewart Shadoff Jessica Korda Karine Icher Pornanong Phatlum Alison Lee Moriya Jutanugarn Morgan Pressel Hyo Joo Kim Stacy Lewis Mirim Lee Lizette Salas Catriona Matthew Amy Yang Gerina Piller In Gee Chun Caroline Masson 73-67—140 71-69—140 70-70—140 70-70—140 69-71—140 69-71—140 71-70—141 71-70—141 70-71—141 70-71—141 70-71—141 69-72—141 69-72—141 69-72—141 68-73—141 74-68—142 74-68—142 73-69—142 71-71—142 71-71—142 70-72—142 69-73—142 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -4 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -3 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 Transactions BASEBALL CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Requested waivers on INF Brett Lawrie for the pur- pose of granting his unconditional release. CLEVELAND INDIANS — Promoted Dave Miller to special assignment scout, Chris Gale to international crosschecker and Trey Hendricks to international crosschecker. NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with OF Wuilmer Becerra, INF Gavin Cecchini, OF Michael Conforto, RHP Chris Flexen, LHP Sean Gilmartin, RHP Erik Goeddel, RHP Robert Gsellman, INF Ty Kelly, RHP Seth Lugo, LHP Steven Matz, RHP Marcos Molina, RHP Rafael Montero, C Tomas Nido, OF Brandon Nimmo, C Kevin Plawecki, INF Matt Reynolds, INF T.J. Rivera, RHP Hansel Robles, INF Amed Rosario and LHP Josh Smoker on one-year contracts. Renewed the contract of RHP Noah Syndergaard. BASKETBALL National Basketball Association PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Signed F Justin Harper to a 10-day contract. WASHINGTON WIZARDS — Assigned F Chris McCullough to Northern Arizona Suns (NBADL). FOOTBALL National Football League NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released T Sebastian Vollmer. NEW YORK GIANTS — Promoted Rob Leonard to assistant defensive line coach. Named Bobby Blick defensive assistant and Pratik Patel director of performance nutrition/assistant strength and condition- ing coach. NEW YORK JETS — Released WR Bran- don Marshall. Canadian Football League WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed FB Mike Miller. HOCKEY National Hockey League ANAHEIM DUCKS — Signed F Logan Shaw to a one-year contract extension through the 2017-18 season. CAROLINA HURRICANES — Assigned F Andrej Nestrasil to Charlotte (AHL). CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Recalled G Jeff Glass from Rockford (AHL). DALLAS STARS — Recalled LW Remi Elie from Texas (AHL).