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SPORTS
East Oregonian
NFL
Saturday, March 18, 2017
Men’s NCAA Tournament
Seahawks agree to deals
with Willson, Shead
By TIM BOOTH
Associated Press
RENTON, Wash. —
The Seattle Seahawks are
bringing back two of their
own free agents, agreeing to
terms Friday on new deals
with tight end Luke Willson
and cornerback DeShawn
Shead.
Shead’s deal is for one
year and worth up to $1.5
million with $1 million
guaranteed, but it’s not as
much as he likely would
have received if not for
a torn ACL suffered in
Seattle’s playoff loss to
Atlanta in January. Terms
of Willson’s deal were not
immediately available.
Seattle
also
signed
former Jacksonville, Balti-
more and New York Jets
linebacker Arthur Brown for
additional depth and help on
special teams. Brown likely
takes the role of backup
linebacker previously filled
by Brock Coyle, who was
signed by San Francisco in
free agency.
Willson
and
Shead
have spent their entire
careers with the Seahawks.
Willson was a fifth-round
draft pick in 2013 and has
caught 74 passes and seven
touchdowns in 56 career
regular-season games.
Shead was signed by
Seattle as an undrafted free
agent who developed into
a starting cornerback oppo-
site Richard Sherman last
season. He was a restricted
free agent entering the
offseason but was not
tendered a contract and
became an unrestricted free
agent when the new league
year began earlier this
month.
But his value on the
market was tied to his knee
injury and the expectation
that he will not be ready
when the 2017 season
begins in September. While
Buffalo had reached out,
Shead ultimately decided to
remain in Seattle.
Shead played well last
season with 81 tackles, 14
passes defensed and one
interception — of New
England QB Tom Brady —
in the regular season.
Willson has just 32 total
catches in the regular season
the past two seasons as he
was hampered by injuries
and the arrival of Jimmy
Graham as Seattle’s primary
target at tight end. His best
season was 2014 when
Willson had 22 catches for
362 yards and three TDs in
the regular season.
Hot-shooting Michigan beats Oklahoma State
Associated Press
INDIANAPOLIS
—
Derrick Walton Jr. scored
26 points and Michigan
made 16 3-pointers Friday
to hold off Oklahoma State
92-91 in the first round of
the Midwest Regional.
The
seventh-seeded
Wolverines (25-11) set a
school record for 3s in an
NCAA Tournament game.
They have won six straight
— five since a frightening
plane mishap on the way to
last week’s Big Ten Tourna-
ment.
Juwan Evans scored
23 points to lead the
10th-seeded
Cowboys
(20-13), who finished the
season with four consecu-
tive losses.
RHODE ISLAND 84,
CREIGHTON 72
SACRAMENTO, Calif.
— Jeff Dowtin scored a
career-high 23 points with a
perfect day at the free-throw
line, upstart Rhode Island
answered every threat and
the Rams ran right into the
next round of the NCAA
Tournament by stunning
cold-shooting No. 6 seed
Creighton 84-72 on Friday
in an opener of the Midwest
Region.
Kuran Iverson scored 17
points and Hassan Martin
had 12 points and eight
rebounds as 11th-seeded
AP Photo/Michael Conroy
Michigan guard Derrick Walton Jr. (10) celebrates
after Michigan defeated Oklahoma State 92-91 in a
first-round game in the men’s NCAA college basket-
ball tournament in Indianapolis on Friday.
Rhode Island (25-9) earned
its ninth straight victory.
The program won an NCAA
Tournament game for the
first time since advancing to
the Elite Eight and losing to
Stanford in 1998.
Ronnie Harrell Jr. scored
a career-high 15 points in
Creighton’s
40-percent
shooting day.
Some other notable
games from Friday’s first-
round action:
ARKANSAS
77,
SETON HALL 71
GREENVILLE,
S.C.
— Jaylen Barford hit the
go-ahead layup with 57.8
seconds left to help Arkansas
hold off Seton Hall 77-71 on
Friday in the first round of
the NCAA Tournament.
Barford had 12 of his 20
points after halftime for the
Razorbacks (26-9), the No.
8 seed in the South Region.
That included his layup
off Khadeen Carrington’s
turnover at the other end,
pushing Arkansas ahead
for good as the Razorbacks
scored the game’s final
seven points.
WICHITA STATE 64,
DAYTON 58
INDIANAPOLIS
—
Wichita State’s high-flying
offense didn’t get off the
ground until the closing
minutes, when the Shockers
played like the more tour-
nament-experienced team
and pulled away to a 64-58
victory over Dayton on
Friday night.
The
10th-seeded
Shockers
(31-4)
won
their 16th in a row — the
second-longest
streak
in school history — by
clamping down on defense
and swatting away shots
down the stretch. Wichita
State blocked eight shots
and held the seventh-seeded
Flyers (24-8) to a season-low
31 percent from the field.
UCLA 97,
KENT
STATE 80
SACRAMENTO, Calif.
— TJ Leaf scored 23 points,
Thomas Welsh added 16 and
UCLA pulled away late for
a 97-80 victory over scrappy
Kent State on Friday night
in the NCAA Tournament
South Region.
UCLA (30-4) jumped
out to a 14-point lead in the
opening minutes, only to
have its defensive issues rise
up again. The third-seeded
Bruins had numerous break-
downs and let Kent State
claw back into it by half-
time, eventually stretching
the lead midway through the
second half.
Kent State (22-14)
appeared shell shocked in
its first NCAA Tournament
since 2008, falling into a
deep early hole.
Jaylin Walker had 23
points and Jimmy Hall Jr.
added 20 for Kent State.
PREPS: Heppner boys golf wins at Echo Hills DUCKS: Will face
Continued from 1B
in the seventh for the save.
Starter Bryson Pierce also
lasted 3 1/3 and threw 90
pitches before leaving with
five strikeouts, six walks,
four hits and seven runs
allowed.
The Rockets were led at
the plate by Pierce who went
3 for 5 with two RBI and
two runs. Postma and Chris
Weinke were 2 for 3 with one
RBI each.
Thieme took the start in
Game 2, and gave himself
an early 2-0 lead by driving
in Weinke on a first-inning
home run. It wouldn’t last
though, and Joseph reliever
Christopher Nobles came
on in the fifth to close out
the win. Cody Hill had Pilot
Rock’s other two hits in the
game.
The Rockets’ next game is
Tuesday at Irrigon at 4 p.m.
———
Game 1
R H E
EHS
220 303
0 — 10 8 1
PRHS
013 610 X — 11 12 1
C. Bathke and G. Ramsden. B. Pierce, B.
Postma (4), L. Thieme and C. Weinke. W —
Postma. L — Bathke.
2B — R. Hayward, C. Nobles (JHS). HR
— C. Bathke.
Game 2
R
JHS
003 020
0 — 5
PR
201 001
0 — 4
G. Ramsden, C. Nobles (5) and R.
H
7
3
E
0
1
Hayward. L. Thieme, C. Weinke (7) and
C. Weinke, B. Pierce. W — Nobles. L —
Thieme.
2B — G. Ramsden, R. Hayward (JHS).
HR — L. Thieme
GOLF
THE DALLES — The
Pendleton boys were able to
clean up their putting in their
second round in as many
days, and came in second
at The Dalles Country Club
with 361.
Nathan Som shot an 81 to
earn fifth medalist and lead
the Buckaroos, and Jared
Geier and Brayden Pulver
each shot 92.
Trever Reyes shot 96 to
round out the team score, and
Avery Madril came in with a
108.
The Dalles won the team
title with a 317.
Next up for the Bucks is
18 holes at Big River Golf
Course in Umatilla next
Thursday.
ECHO — Heppner beat
Enterprise by 25 strokes to
win the boys team title at the
Echo Hills Golf Tournament
on Friday.
Heppner shot 361 led by
Logan Grieb with an 84 and
Daniel Bretsch with an 87.
Grieb tied for first medalist
honors with Enterprise’s
Boone Herrod and Bretsch
tied for third with Enter-
prise’s Brycen Locke.
The Heppner girls also
won the team title, beating
Pendleton JV 444-532.
Sophie Grant was first
medalist with an 86 for the
Mustangs, and Wallowa’s
Tori Suto was second with a
92.
———
Heppner boys (361) — Logan Grieb, 84;
Daniel Bretsch, 84; Reno Ferguson, 100;
Kellen Grant, 92; Jake Lindsay, 98.
Heppner boys JV (431) — Logan Burright,
97; Cason Mitchell, 104; Charles Cason,
127; Casey Fletcher, 103; Wyatt McNary,
138.
Echo boys (480) — Ian Falkner, 104; Kyle
Ranger, 103; James Stradly, 129; Logan
Butler, 144.
Hermiston JV (408) — Garrett M, 100;
Kaleb C., 98; Cody T., 107; Ty K., 103; Eli
Kerrigon, 108.
Pendleton JV (420) — Seth Wood 93;
Sawyer Powell, 111; Zech Cyr, 120; Kaden
Murphy, 108; Reese Shippentower, 108.
Heppner girls (444) — Sophie Grant 86;
Nicole Propheter, 119; Claire Grieb, 117;
Madison Combe, 123; Caitlyn Scrivner, 122.
Hermiston girls JV — Kennedy Keith 135;
Leslie Browning, 125; Jenna Holt, 133.
Pendleton girls JV (532) — Trinity Treloar,
124; Miah Rueber, 131; Kendall Blair, 119;
Lariah Alexander, 158.
SOFTBALL
RIVERSIDE
19-15,
ELGIN 1-2 — At Elgin,
Skylar Wightman picked up
two wins in the circle and hit
a three-run home run in the
first half of a doubleheader
sweep by the Pirates to open
their 2017 season.
Emily Kirby added four
RBIs in the 19-1 opener (both
game went just five innings)
and coach Jordan Mittelsdorf
said it was a great way to
welcome eight freshmen to
the varsity level.
“There were definitely
some smiling faces, it was a
confidence boost for sure,”
she said.
Sadie Hasbell aslo drove
in two, and Xenia Velasco
was 2-for-3 with a double.
Bianca
Avalos
got
her first taste of varsity
pitching before giving way
to Wightman in the second
game, and Abby Hernandez
led the offense with three
RBIs.
Riverside’s next game is
Monday at Waitsburg (WA)
at 4 p.m.
———
Game 1 (5 innings)
R H E
RHS
204 3(10) — 19 13 1
EHS
000 10 —
1 2 5
W — S. Wightman. L — Teaman.
2B — E. Kirby 2, A. Villegas, X. Velasco
(RHS). HR — S. Wightman (RHS).
Game 2 (5 innings)
R H
RHS
840 21 — 15 5 2
EHS
010 01 —
2 4 2
W — S. Wightman. L — McGinness.
E
SCOREBOARD
Local Slate
PREP BASEBALL
Saturday
Pendleton vs. Oak Harbor (WA) (at
Hanford), 11 a.m.
Stanfield at DeSales (WA), 11 a.m.
Elgin at Mac-Hi, Noon
Pendleton at Hanford (WA), 2 p.m.
La Salle at Hermiston, 2 p.m.
Monday
Mac-Hi at DeSales (WA), 4 p.m.
Tuesday
Union at Umatilla, 4 p.m.
Pilot Rock at Irrigon, 4 p.m.
Riverside at Dayton (WA), 4 p.m.
Mac-Hi at Weston-McEwen, 4 p.m.
La Grande at Pendleton, 4:30 p.m.
PREP SOFTBALL
Saturday
Waitsburg (WA) at Irrigon (DH), 11 a.m./1
p.m.
Pilot Rock at Echo, 11 a.m.
Hillsboro at Hermiston, Noon
St. Helens at Pendleton, Noon
Monday
Heppner at Umatilla (2), 2/4 p.m.
Riverside at Waitsburg (WA), 3 p.m.
Tuesday
Elgin at Echo (2), 1/3 p.m.
Dayton at Riverside, 4 p.m.
La Grande at Pendleton, 4:30 p.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Saturday
Prairie Baseball Academy at Blue Moun-
tain (DH), 11 a.m./2 p.m.
Sunday
Green River at Blue Mountain (DH), 11
a.m./2 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Saturday
Great Falls at Eastern Oregon (DH), 11
a.m./1 p.m.
North Idaho at Blue Mountain (DH),
Noon/2 p.m.
Recent Scores
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Friday
Spokane 16, Blue Mountain 4
Spokane 14, Blue Mountain 6
Eastern Oregon 3, Great Falls 2
Eastern Oregon 3, Great Falls 2
Basketball
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L Pct
Cleveland
45 22 .672
Boston
44 25 .638
Washington
42 26 .618
Toronto
40 29 .580
Atlanta
37 31 .544
Indiana
35 33 .515
Milwaukee
34 34 .500
Miami
34 35 .493
Detroit
33 36 .478
Chicago
32 37 .464
Charlotte
29 39 .426
New York
27 42 .391
Philadelphia
25 43 .368
Orlando
25 45 .357
Brooklyn
13 55 .191
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L Pct
z-Golden State
54 14 .794
x-San Antonio
52 15 .776
x-Houston
47 22 .681
GB
—
2
3½
6
8½
10½
11½
12
13
14
16½
19
20½
21½
32½
GB
—
1½
7½
Utah
L.A. Clippers
Oklahoma City
Memphis
Denver
Portland
Dallas
Minnesota
New Orleans
Sacramento
Phoenix
L.A. Lakers
43
40
39
39
33
30
29
28
28
27
22
20
26
29
29
30
35
37
39
40
41
41
47
49
.623
.580
.574
.565
.485
.448
.426
.412
.406
.397
.319
.290
11½
14½
15
15½
21
23½
25
26
26½
27
32½
34½
x-clinched playoff spot
z-clinched division
———
Friday’s Games
Philadelphia 116, Dallas 74
Washington 112, Chicago 107
Boston 98, Brooklyn 95
Toronto 87, Detroit 75
Miami 123, Minnesota 105
New Orleans 128, Houston 112
Orlando 109, Phoenix 103
Milwaukee 107, L.A. Lakers 103
Saturday’s Games
Sacramento at Oklahoma City, Noon
Portland at Atlanta, 3 p.m.
Washington at Charlotte, 4 p.m.
Cleveland at L.A. Clippers, 5:30 p.m.
San Antonio at Memphis, 6 p.m.
Utah at Chicago, 6 p.m.
Houston at Denver, 6:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.
NCAA
NCAA Tournament
EAST REGIONAL
Second Round
Saturday
At KeyBank Center
Buffalo, N.Y.
Villanova vs. Wisconsin, 11:45 a.m.
At Amway Center
Orlando, Fla.
Florida vs. Virginia, 5:45 p.m.
Sunday
At Bon Secours Wellness Arena
Greenville, S.C.
Duke vs. South Carolina, 5:45 p.m.
At BOK Center
Tulsa, Okla.
Baylor vs. Southern Cal, 4:45 p.m.
———
SOUTH REGIONAL
Second Round
Saturday
At BMO Harris Bradley Center
Milwaukee
Butler vs. Middle Tennessee, 4:10 p.m.
Sunday
At Bon Secours Wellness Arena
Greenville, S.C.
North Carolina vs. Arkansas, 3:10 p.m.
At Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Indianapolis
Kentucky vs. Wichita State, 11:45 a.m.
At Golden 1 Center
Sacramento, Calif.
UCLA vs. Cincinnati, 6:45 p.m.
———
MIDWEST REGIONAL
Second Round
Saturday
At BMO Harris Bradley Center
Milwaukee
Purdue (26-7) vs. Iowa State (24-10),
6:45 p.m.
Sunday
At Bankers Life Fieldhouse
Indianapolis
Louisville vs. Michigan, 9:10 a.m.
At BOK Center
Tulsa, Okla.
Kansas vs. Michigan State, 2:15 p.m.
At Golden 1 Center
Sacramento, Calif.
Oregon vs. Rhode Island, 4:10 p.m.
———
WEST REGIONAL
Second Round
Saturday
At KeyBank Center
Buffalo, N.Y.
West Virginia vs. Notre Dame, 9:10 a.m.
At Amway Center
Orlando, Fla.
Florida State vs. Xavier, 3:10 p.m.
At Vivint Smart Home Arena
Salt Lake City
Gonzaga vs. Northwestern, 2:15 p.m.
Arizona vs. Saint Mary’s, 4:45 p.m.
NCAA Women’s Tournament
BRIDGEPORT REGIONAL
First Round
Friday
At College Park, Md.
Maryland 103, Bucknell 61
West Virginia 75, Elon 62
Saturday
At Storrs, Conn.
UConn vs. Albany (NY), 8 a.m.
Syracuse vs. Iowa State, 10:30 a.m.
At Los Angeles
UCLA vs. Boise State, 3:30 p.m.
Texas A&M vs. Penn, 6 p.m.
At Durham, N.C.
Temple vs. Oregon, 3:30 p.m.
Duke vs. Hampton, 6 p.m.
———
STOCKTON REGIONAL
Friday
South Carolina 90, UNC-Asheville 40
Arizona State 73, Michigan State 61
Missouri 66, South Florida 64
Florida State 87, Western Illinois 66
Oregon State 56, Long Beach State 55
Creighton 76, Toledo 49
Saturday
At Coral Gables, Fla.
Marquette vs. Quinnipiac, 10:30 a.m.
Miami vs. Florida Gulf Coast, 1 p.m.
Second Round
Sunday
At Columbia, S.C.
South Carolina vs. Arizona State
At Tallahassee, Fla.
Missouri vs. Florida State
Corvallis, Ore.
Oregon State vs. Creighton
Hockey
NHL
Friday’s Games
Pittsburgh 6, New Jersey 4
Florida 4, N.Y. Rangers 3, SO
Calgary 3, Dallas 1
Buffalo 2, Anaheim 1, SO
Saturday’s Games
Colorado at Detroit, 10 a.m.
Columbus at N.Y. Islanders, 10 a.m.
Washington at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m.
Nashville at Carolina, 4 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Minnesota, 4 p.m.
Montreal at Ottawa, 4 p.m.
Chicago at Toronto, 4 p.m.
St. Louis at Arizona, 6 p.m.
Vancouver at Edmonton, 7 p.m.
Anaheim at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.
Baseball
World Baseball Classic
SECOND ROUND
Round Robin
Pool F
At Petco Park
San Diego
W
L Pct GB
Puerto Rico
2
0 1.000 —
United States
1
1 1.000
1
Dominican Republic 1
1 0.000
1
Venezuela
0
2 0.000
2
———
Thursday
Dominican Republic 3, Venezuela 0
Friday
Puerto Rico 6, United States 5
Saturday
Puerto Rico vs. Venezuela, 12:30 p.m.
Dominican Republic vs. United States,
7 p.m.
Rhode Island on Sunday
Continued from 1B
scare when he went down
hard
under
Oregon’s
basket, screaming in pain
and grabbing his lower left
leg with 1:12 to go before
halftime. But the senior
forward returned to start
the second half and finished
with 22 points on 10-for-16
shooting and 11 rebounds
in his final college game for
the Gaels (22-13).
Boucher was relegated
to a cheerleading role for
the Ducks, who shared
the Pac-12 regular-season
crown with Arizona then
lost by three points to the
Wildcats in the conference
tournament final after
Boucher tore his left ACL
in the semifinals.
Oregon, which had its
27-point lead trimmed
to 13 in the second half
before holding on, shot
63.6 percent with only
three turnovers in the first
half to take control, began
the second half with a 10-1
burst and went 55.6 percent
from the floor overall.
Boucher shimmied his
shoulders during a timeout
and carefully stood from his
chair to pump his fist and
root for his guys, hardly the
kind of finish he envisioned
for his final collegiate
season.
For Iona, Washington
limped off with help just
before halftime at first-year
Golden 1 Center, home
of the NBA Sacramento
Kings.
He brought energy on
both ends to lead the Metro
Atlantic Athletic Confer-
ence champs, driving for
a pretty spin move with
11:46 left in the first half
then taking a charge from
Dorsey moments later. He
then drew another one.
Washington scored 14 of
his team’s initial 18 points,
but Oregon led 55-37 at
halftime.
Sam Cassell Jr., son of
the former NBA star, scored
16 points in his final colle-
giate game. He pumped
his arms and kicked out a
leg when Oregon called
timeout after Iona pulled
to 29-26 with 8:35 to play
in the first half on consec-
utive 3s by Cassell and E.J.
Crawford.
Jordan Bell delivered
back-to-back layins as the
Ducks answered, then his
putback with 4:27 left in
the half extended Oregon’s
lead to 41-33.
BIG PICTURE
Oregon: The Ducks
have won at least one
NCAA game in five straight
years. ... In the first half,
Bell became the school’s
career NCAA Tournament
rebounding leader, passing
former teammate Elgin
Cook’s 49. ... Brooks
moved into fourth place on
the Ducks’ single-season
scoring list.
UP NEXT
Oregon advances to
play Sunday against No. 11
Rhode Island.
Tennis
Paribas Open Results
Friday
At The Indian Wells Tennis Garden
Indian Wells, Calif.
Purse: Men, $6.99 million (Masters 1000);
Women, $6.99 million (Premier)
Singles
Men
Quarterfinals
Roger Federer (9), Switzerland, def. Nick
Kyrgios (15), Australia, walkover.
Jack Sock (17), United States, def. Kei
Nishikori (4), Japan, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2.
Women
Semifinals
Elena Vesnina (14), Russia, def. Kristina
Mladenovic (28), France, 6-3, 6-4.
Doubles
Men
Semifinals
Lukasz Kubot, Poland, and Marcelo Melo
(8), Brazil, def. Jamie Murray, Britain, and
Bruno Soares (4), Brazil, 3-6, 7-5, 10-5.
Golf
PGA Tour
Arnold Palmer Invitational
Friday
At Bay Hill Lodge & Resort
Orlando, Fla.
Purse: $8.7 million
Yardage: 7,419; Par 72 (36-36)
Second Round
Charley Hoffman
68-66—134
Emiliano Grillo
67-68—135
Matthew Fitzpatrick
67-69—136
Lucas Glover
68-69—137
Kevin Kisner
70-67—137
Motorsports
NASCAR
Camping World 500
Lineup
Race Sunday, 12:30 p.m. (TV: FOX)
At Phoenix Raceway
(Car number in parentheses)
1. (22) Joey Logano, Ford
2. (21) Ryan Blaney, Ford
3. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet
4. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet
5. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet
6. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford
7. (24) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet
8. (77) Erik Jones, Toyota
9. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota
10. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet
11. (41) Kurt Busch, Ford
12. (20) Matt Kenseth, Toyota,
13. (14) Clint Bowyer, Ford
14. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet
15. (13) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet.
ATHLETE
OF THE WEEK
Caden Smith
Pendleton
Senior Basketball
Smith scored 46 points
in three games to go
with 15 rebounds and 11
assists to lead Pendleton
to a fourth-place finish at
the OSAA 5A Basketball
State Championships last
week. He was named
to the All-Tournament
Second Team.
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