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Newspaper Page TextPage 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Tuesday, March 7, 2017 2A Girls Basketball Championship Dragons craft perfect ending in Pendleton Monroe claims first state title in school history By ERIC SINGER East Oregonian PENDLETON — It was quite the season for the No. 1 Monroe Dragons girls basketball team. The Dragons ran through its non-league schedule a perfect 10-0. They then breezed through its league schedule with a perfect 14-0 mark. And then they stayed perfect through postseason grinded out three victories to earn a berth in the 2A state championship game And on Saturday night at the Pendleton Convention Center, the Dragons finished off their perfect season with the perfect ending — a 52-40 victory over No. 2 Western Mennonite to earn Monroe’s first state championship in school history. “I’ve tried to keep it out of my head, the undefeated part, as much as I can,” Monroe coach Tony Parker said minutes after the game. “It’s just been an amazing, miracle season for this group.” #2 W. Mennonite 40 Monroe #1 52 Monroe (29-0) junior Madison Ballard, who finished with seven points and nine rebounds, said she couldn’t wrap her head around what had just happened. “This is so crazy and so awesome,” she said. “I feel like it’ll actually hit me later tonight that we went unde- feated, and won the state title ... and I’ve been dreaming about this my whole life and it’s finally happened.” Monroe trailed for all of just four minutes and 25 seconds of the game, when Western Mennonite’s Madison Hull hit a jumper at 6:57 mark of the first to put the Pioneers up 2-0 and then Monroe’s Peyton Greene tied the game at 2-2 with 4:35 to play. Just over ninety seconds later, Greene hit another jump shot to put the Dragons up 4-2 and they never relinquished the lead again. Western Mennonite made a run in the second quarter, going on a 13-1 spurt to get the score to 19-17 with 1:20 left to play in the first half. Staff photo by E.J. Harris The Monroe girls basketball team celebrates after beating Western Mennonite 52-40 in the 2A girls basketball championship at Pendleton Convention Center. At halftime, Ballard said that coach Parker gave them a simple talk hoping to refocus his team for the second half. “He told us to keep going at them and to get the ball back inside and work it because that’s where we had our biggest advantage,” Ballard said, “and to keep playing defense because defense wins championships.” In the second half, the Dragons found a higher gear and took off. The team shot 11 of 20 overall in the half (55 percent) and held Western Mennonite to just 6 of 24 shooting (25 percent) as they slowly built upon its lead. “We knew there were going to be runs throughout the game, and we just had to keep our composure and HERMISTON Lava Bears nudge Bulldogs from playoffs East Oregonian BEND — The Hermiston girls basketball team battled back from a 15-point fourth- quarter deficit to tie the score with 1 minute, 30 seconds to play in Friday’s Class 5A first- round playoff game at Bend. The hosting Lava Bears ran more than a minute off the clock without taking a shot, and when they scored just one of two at the free throw line with 16 seconds left it gave the Bulldogs the opportunity they were looking for. After a timeout to draw up a play, the Bulldogs got the look they wanted as senior Kynzee Padilla got behind the defense and took a pass from junior Maddy Juul as she moved toward the hoop. The shot the character Girls Hoops wouldn’t fall, of our senior though, and leaders and Bend grabbed they made Bend the rebound to Hermiston a great run secure a 46-45 hitting shots win. and playing “It was one great defense of those things where we got to hold them.” a good look, we got one of our Padilla, who finished with best players with a good look six points and six rebounds, at the basket, it just wouldn’t is one of four seniors the fall,” said Hermiston coach Bulldogs (14-11) will lose to Juan Rodriguez. graduation. Forward Hayden Rodriguez said it was a Meyers and guard Rileigh tough way to go out, but he Andreason each scored in couldn’t have been more their final games, but guard proud of the way the team Shaelynn Gilbert was unavail- fought its way back in the able after turning her ankle in game in the fourth quarter. the team’s play-in win. “The girls finally showed “We’ll miss their expe- what I knew they had in them rience,” Rodriguez said. in that competitive spirit,” “Padilla is a four-year he said. “A lot of teams if starter … but all those girls they’re down 15 in the fourth dedicated the last four years quarter, that’s it. That shows to the program and they’ll 45 46 be missed. We have some good young players coming up, but it’s hard to replace experience and so that’s what we’ll miss next year.” A sign of what’s to come, it was a freshman that led the scoring for the Bulldogs in the fourth quarter as Jazlyn Romero scored eight of her team-high 18 points in the frame. Juul finished with six points and five rebounds for Hermiston. Bend (19-4) was led by Sophia Jackson with 17 points. ——— HHS 14 7 9 15 — 45 BHS 14 12 12 8 — 46 HERMISTON — J. Romero 18, M. Juul 6, K. Padilla 6, J. Thomas 6, R. Andreason 5, H. Meyers 2, H. Thompson 2, S. Stefani, M. Wilson. BEND — S. Jackson 17, K. Roath 9, T. Wheeler 7, K. Rambo 5, C. Scott 4, S. Woodward 4, J. Fettig, T. Hadley, K. Brown. 3-pointers — HHS 5; BHS 2. Free throws — HHS 8-12; BHS 10-18. Fouls — HHS 18; BHS 13. limit their runs,” Parker said, “and then gradually build a lead where we can just sit on it, and that’s what we did.” Rose Gwillim was the star of the second half for the Dragons, as she had all 12 of her points in the half on 4 of 5 shooting to go with five rebounds. Her effort earned her the Dragons’ Player of the Game honor. For Western Mennonite, it was predominately a one-horse show on offense as Madison Hull had a game- high 22 points on 8 of 20 shooting and also chipped in a game-high 19 rebounds. Annika Hess did chip in 12 points — eight of which came in the second half. ——— ALL TOURNAMENT TEAM First Team Kaylin Cantu, Kennedy; Madison Hull, Western Mennonite; K. Koehnke, Regis; S. Nichol, East Linn Christian; Madison Ballard, Monroe (unanimous). Second Team Kyndal Martin, Monroe; Rose Gwillim, Monroe; Annika Hess, Western Mennonite; Mariah Moulton, Grant Union; Lexee Robertson, Imbler. ———— WM 4 13 12 11 — 40 MHS 12 8 17 15 — 52 WESTERN MENNONITE — M. Hull 22, A. Hess 12, P. Hopper 3, L. Foster 3, L. Pack, M. Choi. MONROE — R. Gwillim 12, C. Knaggs 11, P. Greene 10, M. Ballard 7, K. Martin 6, E. Stahl 6, D. Langley. 3-pointers — WM 5, MHS 5. Free throws — WM 9-13, MHS 11-18. Fouls — WM 16, MHS 12. ———— Contact Eric at esinger@ eastoregonian.com or 541-966-0839. Follow him on Twitter @ByEricSinger. BUCKAROOS: Last final-bracket win in 1992 Continued from 1B champion, is hoping to move on in the champion- ship bracket for the first time since 1978 and win its first game there since 1992. Churchill (21-4), cham- pion of the Midwestern League, is making its sixth straight appearance in the 5A quarterfinals, and last won there during its run to second place in 2014. Churchill is coming off a 62-52 win over Silverton in the first round and has won its last 10 in row. The Lancers are led by MWL Co-player of the Year senior guard Lucas Wilson (6-foot-5) and as team average 66.1 points on offense and give up 47.2 on average. Senior guard Cameron Hall (6-4) also earned first-team all-league honors for the Lancers, which have 10 seniors and two juniors on their roster. Pendleton is averaging 62.6 points on offense and 48.5 allowed on defense, and is coming in on a 12-game winning streak it extended with a 69-67 double-overtime win over Corvallis in the first round. The game will be announced by the OSAA Radio Network crew and broadcast locally on KUMA 1290 AM/103.1 FM out of Pendleton. The winner will have a day off as the semifinals won’t be played until Friday. The loser will head into the consolation bracket where they’ll play an elimination game on Wednesday morning. SCOREBOARD Local Slate PREP BOYS BASKETBALL Today Pendleton vs. Churchill (5A quarterfinals, at Gill Coliseum, Corvallis), 8:15 p.m. COLLEGE BASEBALL Saturday Shoreline at Blue Mountain (DH), 11 a.m./2 p.m. Sunday Clackamas at Blue Mountain (DH), 11 a.m./2 p.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Friday Southwest Oregon at Blue Mountain (DH), Noon/2 p.m. Recent Scores PREP BOYS BASKETBALL Saturday 3A Tournament 4th/6th: Salem Acad. 62, AMITY 61 3rd/5th: HARRISBURG 55, Cascade Christian 45 Championship: DAYTON 64, De La Salle North Catholic 55 2A Tournament 4th/6th: COLUMBIA CHRISTIAN 69, Vernonia 55 3rd/5th: WESTERN MENNONITE 60, Life Christian 48 Championship: Santiam 57, STANFIELD 54 1A Tournament 4th/6th: North Douglas 39, DAYS CREEK 27 3rd/5th: PERRYDALE 48, Jordan Valley 44 Championship: SHERMAN 78, Powder Valley 57 PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL Saturday 6A first round CLACKAMAS 66, Westview 52 SOUTH MEDFORD 57, Lincoln 35 SOUTHRIDGE 61, North Medford 28 Sunset 56, TIGARD 49 GRANT 51, Jesuit 35 SOUTH SALEM 54, West Salem 36 St. Mary’s Acad. 59, WEST LINN 55 OREGON CITY 51, Canby 29 5A first round MARIST CATHOLIC 68, Wilsonville 36 HILLSBORO 47, Churchill 39 LA SALLE PREP 59, Central 35 CRATER 44, Dallas 36 SILVERTON 77, Summit 47 CORVALLIS 78, Springfield 44 4A first round MAZAMA 33, Gladstone 31 NORTH MARION 53, Henley 51 MARSHFIELD 42, Stayton 35 BAKER 63, Valley Catholic 60 SUTHERLIN 51, Douglas 43 CASCADE 51, Cottage Grove 26 Seaside 38, MOLALLA 31 BANKS 55, North Bend 26 3A Tournament 4th/6th: SALEM ACAD. 36, Coquille 17 3rd/5th: PORTLAND ADVENTIST ACAD. 52, Nyssa 43 Championship: Blanchet Catholic 36, DAYTON 34 2A Tournament 4th/6th: EAST LINN CHRISTIAN ACAD. 43, Regis 38 3rd/5th: KENNEDY 39, Imbler 30 4th/6th: MONROE 52, Western Menno- nite 40 1A Tournament 4th/6th: CRANE 46, Powder Valley 37 3rd/5th: ADRIAN 50, Arlington 36 Championship: NIXYAAWII 68, Country Christian 39 COLLEGE SOFTBALL Saturday Blue Mountain vs. Clackamas, canceled Sunday Blue Mountain 16, Walla Walla 13 COLLEGE BASEBALL Friday, March 3 Walla Walla 5, Blue Mountain 3 Walla Walla 1, Blue Mountain 0 Sunday Mount Hood 5, Blue Mountain 3 Mount Hood 13, Blue Mountain 2 Basketball NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Cleveland 42 20 Boston 40 23 Washington 37 24 Toronto 37 26 Atlanta 34 29 Indiana 32 31 Chicago 31 32 Detroit 31 32 Miami 30 34 Milwaukee 29 33 Charlotte 28 35 New York 26 38 Philadelphia 23 40 Orlando 23 41 Brooklyn 11 51 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L x-Golden State 52 11 x-San Antonio 49 13 Houston 44 20 Utah 40 24 L.A. Clippers 37 25 Memphis 36 28 Oklahoma City 35 28 Denver 29 34 Portland 26 35 Dallas 26 36 Minnesota 25 37 Sacramento 25 38 New Orleans 25 39 Phoenix 21 42 L.A. Lakers 19 44 Pct .677 .635 .607 .587 .540 .508 .492 .492 .469 .468 .444 .406 .365 .359 .177 GB — 2½ 4½ 5½ 8½ 10½ 11½ 11½ 13 13 14½ 17 19½ 20 31 Pct .825 .790 .688 .625 .597 .563 .556 .460 .426 .419 .403 .397 .391 .333 .302 GB — 2½ 8½ 12½ 14½ 16½ 17 23 25 25½ 26½ 27 27½ 31 33 x-clinched playoff spot ——— Sunday’s Games Indiana 97, Atlanta 96 Golden State 112, New York 105 Phoenix 109, Boston 106 Washington 115, Orlando 114 Utah 110, Sacramento 109, OT Dallas 104, Oklahoma City 89 New Orleans 105, L.A. Lakers 97 Monday’s Games Miami 106, Cleveland 98 Milwaukee 112, Philadelphia 98 New York 113, Orlando 105 Detroit 109, Chicago 95 Golden State 119, Atlanta 111 Brooklyn 122, Memphis 109 Charlotte 100, Indiana 88 Portland at Minnesota, ppd. San Antonio 112, Houston 110 Denver 108, Sacramento 96 Utah 88, New Orleans 83 Boston at L.A. Clippers, late finish Today’s Games Portland at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Washington at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Chicago at Orlando, 4 p.m. Brooklyn at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Charlotte at Miami, 4:30 p.m. Detroit at Indiana, 5 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Minnesota, 5 p.m. New York at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Toronto at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Utah at Houston, 5 p.m. Sacramento at San Antonio, 5:30 p.m. Washington at Denver, 6 p.m. Boston at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. NCAA Men’s Top 25 The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through March 5, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking: Record Pts Prv 1. Kansas (59) 28-3 1619 1 2. Villanova (2) 28-3 1517 2 3. UCLA (3) 28-3 1487 3 4. Gonzaga (1) 30-1 1430 4 5. Oregon 27-4 1364 6 6. North Carolina 26-6 1291 5 7. Arizona 27-4 1252 7 8. Kentucky 26-5 1182 9 9. Baylor 25-6 1084 11 10. Louisville 24-7 1047 8 11. West Virginia 24-7 958 10 12. SMU 27-4 849 14 13. Purdue 25-6 839 16 14. Duke 23-8 667 17 15. Cincinnati 27-4 634 18 16. Florida State 24-7 631 15 17. Florida 24-7 617 12 18. Butler 23-7 538 13 19. Saint Mary’s 27-3 456 20 20. Wichita State 30-4 401 21 21. Virginia 21-9 400 23 22. Notre Dame 23-8 394 19 23. Iowa State 20-10 147 24 24. Wisconsin 23-8 139 22 25. Maryland 24-7 47 — Others receiving votes: Middle Tennessee 28, Oklahoma State 23, Minnesota 22, Michigan 16, Dayton 11, Seton Hall 9, Southern Cal 6, Providence 5, Vermont 3, Arkansas 2, Miami 2, VCU 2, Wake Forest 2, Creighton 1, Michigan State 1, Princeton 1, UNC Wilmington 1. Monday’s Games No. 4 Gonzaga 77, Santa Clara 68 No. 19 Saint Mary’s vs. BYU, late finish Today’s Games Schedule TBD Wednesday’s Games No. 14 Duke vs. Clemson or N.C. State at the Barclays Center, 11:30 a.m. No. 21 Virginia vs. Georgia Tech or Pitts- burgh at the Barclays Center, 6:30 p.m. Women’s Top 25 The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, re- cords through Mar. 5, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking Record Pts Prv 1. UConn (33) 31-0 825 1 2. Baylor 30-2 782 2 3. Notre Dame 30-3 763 3 4. South Carolina 27-4 711 5 5. Maryland 30-2 708 4 6. Stanford 28-5 639 10 7. Mississippi St. 29-4 621 6 8. Oregon St. 29-4 595 6 9. Duke 27-5 512 13 10. Florida St. 25-6 508 8 11. Ohio St. 26-6 487 9 12. Washington 27-5 470 11 13. Louisville 27-7 438 14 14. Texas 23-8 417 12 15. UCLA 23-8 361 15 16. Miami 23-8 354 16 17. DePaul 25-6 275 18 18. NC State 22-8 261 17 19. Kentucky 21-10 211 20 20. Drake 25-4 169 22 21. Syracuse 21-10 158 21 22. Oklahoma 22-9 128 19 23. Creighton 23-6 77 - 24. Kansas St 22-10 54 24 25. Missouri 21-10 42 23 Others receiving votes: South Florida 35, Temple 31, West Virginia 31, Belmont 29, Texas A&M 8, Green Bay 5, Michigan 4, Tennessee 4, Purdue 4, Ark Little Rock 3, Dayton 3, Western Kentucky 1, Arizona St. 1. Monday’s Games No. 1 UConn 100, South Florida 44 West Virginia 77, No. 2 Baylor 66 No. 17 DePaul 59, St. John’s 41 Marquette 72, No. 23 Creighton 65 Today’s Games No. 17 DePaul vs. Marquette, 6 p.m. Hockey NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Washington 65 44 14 7 Columbus 64 41 17 6 Pittsburgh 64 40 16 8 N.Y. Rangers 66 42 22 2 Montreal 66 37 21 8 Ottawa 64 36 22 6 Boston 66 34 26 6 N.Y. Islanders 64 30 23 11 Toronto 64 28 22 14 Florida 64 29 24 11 Pts 95 88 88 86 82 78 74 71 70 69 GF GA 212 139 205 149 223 180 211 173 183 165 170 167 182 174 188 193 194 193 160 178 Tampa Bay 65 30 26 9 Philadelphia 64 30 26 8 Buffalo 66 27 27 12 Carolina 62 26 26 10 New Jersey 65 25 28 12 Detroit 63 25 27 11 WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Minnesota 63 42 15 6 Chicago 65 42 18 5 San Jose 65 39 19 7 Edmonton 65 35 22 8 Anaheim 65 33 22 10 Calgary 66 36 26 4 Nashville 65 32 24 9 St. Louis 64 32 27 5 Los Angeles 65 31 28 6 Winnipeg 67 30 31 6 Dallas 66 27 29 10 Vancouver 65 28 30 7 Arizona 65 23 35 7 Colorado 64 17 44 3 69 68 66 62 62 61 179 181 164 190 166 190 155 180 147 187 158 187 Pts 90 89 85 78 76 76 73 69 68 66 64 63 53 37 GF GA 212 149 198 164 180 152 187 170 168 165 179 182 192 184 176 182 161 164 200 209 186 211 152 186 157 210 123 214 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. ——— Sunday’s Games Calgary 5, N.Y. Islanders 2 Columbus 3, New Jersey 0 Pittsburgh 4, Buffalo 3 Minnesota 3, San Jose 1 Vancouver 2, Anaheim 1 St. Louis 3, Colorado 0 Carolina 2, Arizona 1 Monday’s Games Ottawa 4, Boston 2 Dallas 4, Washington 2 N.Y. Rangers 1, Tampa Bay 0, OT San Jose 3, Winnipeg 2 Today’s Games New Jersey at Columbus, 4 p.m. Detroit at Toronto, 4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Buffalo, 4:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Florida, 4:30 p.m. St. Louis at Minnesota, 5 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Edmonton, 6 p.m. Carolina at Colorado, 6 p.m. Nashville at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Montreal at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Detroit at Boston, 5 p.m. Pittsburgh at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. Ottawa at Dallas, 5 p.m. Golf World Golf Rankings Through March 5 1. Dustin Johnson 2. Jason Day 3. Rory McIlroy 4. Hideki Matsuyama 5. Jordan Spieth 6. Henrik Stenson 7. Justin Thomas 8. Adam Scott 9. Rickie Fowler 10. Sergio Garcia 11. Alex Noren 12. Patrick Reed 13. Justin Rose 14. Danny Willett 15. Paul Casey 16. Bubba Watson 17. Tyrrell Hatton 18. Branden Grace 19. Phil Mickelson 20. Matt Kuchar USA AUS NIR JPN USA SWE USA AUS USA ESP SWE USA ENG ENG ENG USA ENG SAF USA USA 11.72 9.36 9.07 8.47 8.24 8.16 5.71 5.50 5.40 5.30 4.97 4.90 4.68 4.25 4.20 4.20 4.16 3.92 3.84 3.80 PGA Tour Mexico Championship Sunday At Club de Golf Chapultepec Mexico City Purse: $9.75 million Yardage: 7,330; Par 71 Final Dustin Johnson (550) 70-66-66-68—270 Tommy Fleetwood 69-70-66-66—271 Ross Fisher 67-68-72-65—272 Jon Rahm (170) 67-70-67-68—272 Thomas Pieters 68-69-68-68—273 Justin Thomas (110) 69-66-66-72—273 Phil Mickelson (89) 67-68-68-71—274 Brandt Snedeker (89) 75-68-66-65—274 Rory McIlroy (89) 68-65-70-71—274 Tyrrell Hatton 70-67-68-70—275 Kevin Kisner (73) 72-68-68-68—276 Sergio Garcia (64) 68-71-68-70—277 J.B. Holmes (64) 69-68-69-71—277 Jordan Spieth (64) 71-72-63-71—277 Fabrizio Zanotti 68-69-72-68—277 Daniel Berger (54) 70-66-70-72—278 Paul Casey (54) 74-71-67-66—278 Matthew Fitzpatrick 71-67-72-68—278 Rickie Fowler (54) 69-69-73-67—278 Francesco Molinari (49) 71-72-70-66—279 Matt Kuchar (49) 68-71-67-73—279 Andy Sullivan 71-65-72-71—279 Schedule March 9-12 — Valsapr Champion, Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead), Palm Harbor, Fla. March. 16-19 — Arnold Palmer Invitation- al, Bay Hill Golf Club and Lodge, Orlando, Fla. March 22-26 — WGC-Dell Match Play, Austin CC, Austin, Texas LPGA HSBC Women’s Champions Sunday At Sentosa Golf Club (Tanjong Course) Singapore Purse: $1.5 million Yardage: 6,651; Par: 72 Final Inbee Park 67-67-71-64—269 Ariya Jutanugarn 67-68-69-66—270 Sung Hyun Park 68-68-68-68—272 Brooke M. Henderson 67-70-71-66—274 Ha Na Jang 70-67-68-69—274 Michelle Wie 66-69-67-72—274 So Yeon Ryu 73-70-66-66—275 Anna Nordqvist 67-70-70-68—275 Mirim Lee 74-68-69-65—276 Chella Choi 70-70-70-66—276 Lydia Ko 69-68-67-72—276 Moriya Jutanugarn 69-72-69-67—277 Charley Hull 69-68-72-68—277 Shanshan Feng 70-68-69-70—277 Beatriz Recari 73-67-70-68—278 Jodi Ewart Shadoff 71-70-68-69—278 Jessica Korda 71-70-67-70—278 Morgan Pressel 69-72-67-70—278 Suzann Pettersen 69-67-71-71—278 Angela Stanford 71-69-72-67—279 Schedule March 16-19 — Bank of Hope Founders Cup, JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort and Spa (Wildfire GC), Phoenix March 23-26 — Kia Classic, Park Hyatt Aviara Resort Golf Club and Spa, Carlsbad, Calif. March 30-April 2 — ANA Inspiration, Mission Hill CC, Rancho Mirage, Calif. Motorsports NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 Sunday At Atlanta Motor Speedway Hampton, Ga. Lap length: 1.54 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (5) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 325 laps, 0 rating, 53 points. 2. (8) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 325, 0, 43. 3. (16) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 325, 0, 34. 4. (29) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 325, 0, 33. 5. (11) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 325, 0, 49. 6. (6) Joey Logano, Ford, 325, 0, 37. 7. (13) Kurt Busch, Ford, 325, 0, 30. 8. (9) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 325, 0, 43. 9. (1) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 325, 0, 48. 10. (7) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 325, 0, 27. 11. (25) Clint Bowyer, Ford, 325, 0, 28. 12. (15) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 325, 0, 26. 13. (4) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, 325, 0, 28. 14. (23) Erik Jones, Toyota, 325, 0, 26. 15. (26) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 325, 0, 22. 16. (3) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 325, 0, 21. 17. (24) Danica Patrick, Ford, 325, 0, 20. 18. (14) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 324, 0, 19. 19. (18) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 324, 0, 19. 20. (37) Cole Whitt, Ford, 324, 0, 17. 21. (21) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 323, 0, 16. 22. (27) Landon Cassill, Ford, 323, 0, 15. 23. (34) David Ragan, Ford, 323, 0, 14. 24. (28) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, 323, 0, 13. 25. (17) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 322, 0, 12. 26. (20) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 322, 0, 11. 27. (30) Aric Almirola, Ford, 321, 0, 10. 28. (22) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 321, 0, 9. 29. (36) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 320, 0, 8. 30. (12) Dale Earnhardt Jr, Chevrolet, 320, 0, 7. ——— Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 140.900 mph. Time of Race: 3 hours, 33 minutes, 8 seconds. Margin of Victory: 0.564 seconds. Caution Flags: 6 for 32 laps. Lead Changes: 9 among 5 drivers. Lap Leaders: K.Harvick 1-36; R.Newman 37-39; K.Harvick 40-127; J.Johnson 128- 129; B.Keselowski 130-141; K.Harvick 142-264; B.Keselowski 265-266; K.Harvick 267-311; K.Larson 312-318; B.Keselowski 319-325 Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): K.Harvick, 4 times for 288 laps; B.Keselowski, 3 times for 18 laps; K.Lar- son, 1 time for 6 laps; R.Newman, 1 time for 2 laps; J.Johnson, 1 time for 1 lap. Wins: Ku.Busch, 1; B.Keselowski, 1. Top 16 in Points: 1. K.Harvick, 90; 2. Ku.Busch, 86; 3. B.Keselowski, 84; 4. C.El- liott, 82; 5. J.Logano, 80; 6. K.Larson, 79; 7. M.Truex, 67; 8. R.Blaney, 63; 9. K.Kahne, 63; 10. T.Bayne, 58; 11. A.Allmendinger, 50; 12. J.McMurray, 49; 13. A.Almirola, 47; 14. C.Bowyer, 46; 15. P.Menard, 44; 16. M.Kenseth, 41. Transactions Monday BASEBALL American League TEXAS RANGERS — Optioned LHP Andrew Faulkner, LHP Yohander Mendez and RHP Connor Sadzeck to Round Rock (PCL). Assigned RHP Arial Jurado, LHP Adam Loewen and RHP Jose Valdespina to their minor league camp. National League CINCINNATI REDS — Claimed 1B Chris- tian Walker off waivers from Atlanta. Des- ignated RHP Jumbo Diaz for assignment. Reassigned RHP Vladimir Gutierrez to their minor league camp. ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Promoted Ron Warner to assistant field coordinator; Dane Sorensen to director of baseball develop- ment; Jeremy Cohen to director of baseball analysis and systems; Patrick Casanta to manager, baseball systems and Erick Almonte to hitting coach for Palm Beach (FSL). Named Brandon Allen hitting coach for Johnson City (Appalachian); Joshua Lo- pez coach for Peoria (MWL); Aaron Klinec coach for Springfield (Texas); Adrian Martin coach for Memphis (PCL); Emily Wiebe baseball operations fellow; Travis Tartamella minor league catching instructor; Rick Strickland minor league hitting consultant; and Mauricio Rubio Northwest amateur area scout. SAN DIEGO PADRES — Reassigned RHPs Michael Kelly, Dinelson Lamet and Aroni Nina to their minor league camp. Op- tioned RHP Cesar Vargas to El Paso (PCL). BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NEW ORLEANS PELICANS — Signed G Jordan Crawford to a 10-day contract. PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Called up F-C Shawn Long from Delaware (NBADL) and signed him to a 10-day contact. FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS — Released TE Gerald Christian, K Dan Carpenter, CB Nickell Robey-Coleman, LS Garrison Sanborn and S Phillip Thomas. CHICAGO BEARS — Re-signed TE Daniel Brown to a one-year contract. Tendered exclusive rights to WR Josh Bellamy and DB Bryce Callahan. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Released CB Davon House. LOS ANGELES RAMS — Re-signed CB Trumaine Johnson. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Announced the retirement LB Chad Greenway. TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Signed DE William Gholston to a five-year contract extension. WASHINGTON — Signed coach Jay Grud- en to a multiyear contract extension.