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SPORTS
East Oregonian
DRAFT:
Trading back
an option for
Seahawks
Continued from 1B
still an elite team, but with a
core that is aging and getting
more expensive as time
passes.
“Having the three threes,
the five picks in the three
rounds is outstanding, don’t
get me wrong,” Schneider
said. “But you always feel a
certain level of anxiety about
what’s going to happen.”
The window for Seattle
hasn’t closed. But it’s not
exactly wide open either.
Michael Bennett and Cliff
Avril are 31 years old. For
all the trade talk surrounding
Richard
Sherman
this
offseason, he just turned 29.
Earl Thomas is nearly 28
and coming off a serious leg
injury, while Kam Chancellor
is 29 and had surgery on both
ankles in the offseason.
Even Russell Wilson
will turn 29 during the 2017
season. Of Seattle’s core
players, only Bobby Wagner,
Jermaine Kearse, Tyler
Lockett and Justin Britt will
start the season younger than
28 years old.
Those ages make the
Seahawks a veteran team.
It also makes them an aging
team.
What Seattle needs is to
rediscover the draft success
from the early Schneider-Car-
roll years. The Seahawks
need a draft more like 2012
when they landed five even-
tual starters including Wilson
and Wagner, and fewer like
2013 when 11 picks yielded
only one player who is still
on Seattle’s roster — tight
end Luke Willson.
The 2013 misses signaled
a change for the Seahawks
and their draft success,
and one that hasn’t been
completely solved.
The foundation for what
the Seahawks became was
built during the 2010-12
drafts and there are still
seven players from those
draft classes on the Seahawks
roster, including Sherman,
Thomas, Chancellor, Wagner
and Wilson. That might not
seem like much, but consider
the following three drafts
from 2013-15 yielded just
eight players who remain
on Seattle’s roster at a time
that the Seahawks should
have been replenishing with
younger, more cost-effective
talent.
Schneider doesn’t hide
the misses, but notes Seattle
has been able to make up for
some of the draft deficiencies
by finding capable players
as undrafted free agents, on
waiver claims or developed
off the practice squad.
“(Director
of
pro
personnel) Dan Morgan and
his staff on the pro side have
done a great job of bringing in
practice squad guys, waiver
claims,” Schneider said. “I
think our level of competition
has raised and raised.”
Thursday, April 27, 2017
NBA Playoffs
Celtics take care of Bulls, pull to a 3-2 series lead
Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) — Isaiah Thomas
and Avery Bradley scored 24 points
apiece to help the Boston Celtics
beat the Chicago Bulls 108-97 on
Wednesday night and take a 3-2 lead
in their first-round playoff series.
After the road team won each
of the first four games, the Celtics
won at home in Game 5 to earn a
chance to eliminate the Bulls on
Friday night in Chicago. A Bulls
victory would force the series back
to Boston for a decisive Game 7 on
Sunday.
Dwyane Wade had 26 points,
11 rebounds and eight assists for
Chicago.
But Wade and Robin Lopez were
called for technical fouls 32 seconds
apart with just under five minutes
left, helping the Celtics to a 20-5
run that turned an 84-84 game into
a 15-point Boston lead.
The Bulls cut it to nine before Al
Horford got loose for a dunk, Wade
missed a 3-pointer and then Horford
fed Jae Crowder for a layup that
made it 108-95 with 99 seconds to
AP Photo/Charles Krupa
Boston Celtics center Al Horford (42) slams a dunk against the Chi-
cago Bulls during the fourth quarter of a first-round NBA playoff
basketball game in Boston, Wednesday, April 26, 2017.
play.
Despite the technical fouls,
there was little of the tension that
characterized Game 4, when Jimmy
Butler and Marcus Smart got in
each other’s face on the court and
continued the criticism in their
postgame comments.
Horford had 21 points, nine
assists and seven rebounds for
Boston, which entered the playoffs
as the No. 1 seed in the East. The
Celtics lost the first two games at
home — with Game 1 just a day
after Thomas’ sister died in a car
crash.
After Bulls point guard Rajon
Rondo broke his thumb, though,
the Celtics took Games 3 and 4 in
Chicago to tie the series.
The Celtics started slowly on
their home court, making just one
of their first nine shots to fall behind
12-4. Boston missed its first eight
3-point attempts before making
three in a row at the end of the first
quarter.
—————
WIZARDS 103, HAWKS 99
WASHINGTON (AP) — Back at
home, and back in charge, Bradley
Beal scored 27 points, and John
Wall added 20 points and 14 assists,
leading Washington over Atlanta for
a 3-2 lead in the first-round Eastern
Conference playoff series.
Dennis Schroder led the Hawks
with 29 points, making a career
high-tying five 3s, and 11 assists.
Washington can close out the
best-of-seven series and move
into the conference semifinals by
winning Game 6 at Atlanta on
Friday night.
PREPS: Heppner’s skid continues LYNCH:
Continued from 1B
Friday at 3 p.m. at Rocky Heights
Elementary.
Baseball
GRANT UNION 5-13, HEPPNER
1-3 — At John Day, the Mustangs couldn’t
keep pace with the Prospectors in a Special
District 6 doubleheader on Tuesday and
fell 5-1, then 13-3 in five innings.
Heppner (1-17, 0-12 SD6) scored
first in Game 1 when Tim Jaca, Tyler
Carter and Wyatt Steagall all singled, but
committed errors in the field to help Grant
Union (5-13, 2-10) put one across in each
of its first two at-bats to take a 2-1 lead.
Warner Robertson pitched 6 2/3
innings of relief and struck out four while
Continued from 1B
allowing no runs on five hits for the win.
Heppner stranded runners in the fourth,
fifth and seventh innings.
In Game 2, the Prospectors scored four
runs in the first inning and Billy Copen-
haver pitched four innings of scoreless
relief allowing just two hits.
Ty McDaniel was 3 for 4 with three
RBI to lead Grant Union’s offense.
UP NEXT
Heppner hosts Elgin for a doubleheader
starting at 11 a.m. on Saturday.
———
Game 1
R H E
HHS
100 000
0 — 1 8
GUHS
112 001 X — 5 4
W — W. Robertson. L — W. Steagall.
Game 2 (5 innings)
R H
GUHS
400 45 — 13 8
HHS
030 00 —
3 3
W — C. Hallgarth. L — K. Smith.
2B — W. Robertson (GUHS).
after losing Latavius Murray
in free agency. Second-year
backs Jalen Richard and
DeAndre Washington are
both smaller backs and are
not as suited to short-yardage
and goal-line situations.
Lynch was perhaps the
best power back in the league
before he retired. He had
double digits in touchdown
runs every season from 2011
to 2014, and his 51 TDs on
the ground are the most in the
NFL since 2011.
Lynch’s
245
broken
tackles since the start of the
2013 season are 66 more than
any other player in that span,
7
1
E
2
3
according to Pro Football
Focus.
The 31-year-old Lynch
averaged 3.8 yards per carry
in his limited action in 2015
before retiring. Before that,
he was one of the game’s top
running backs, with more than
1,200 yards rushing in each of
the previous four seasons.
Lynch was born and
raised in Oakland and played
college ball nearby at Cali-
fornia. He still has strong ties
to the area through his Beast
Mode company and would be
a welcome addition for a fan
base still stung by the team’s
pending move to Las Vegas
for the 2020 season.
SCOREBOARD
Eastern Oregon at Southern Oregon
(2), 2 p.m.
Local Slate
PREP BASEBALL
Friday
Stanfield at Enterprise (2), 1 p.m.
Umatilla at Nyssa (2), 1 p.m.
Vale at Irrigon (2), 1 p.m.
Riverside at Burns (2), 2 p.m.
Pendleton at Hermiston (2), 3 p.m.
Prep Standings
PREP SOFTBALL
Friday
Heppner at Union (2), 11 a.m.
Irrigon at Riverside (2), 1 p.m.
Weston-McEwen at Umatilla (2), 1 p.m.
Pendleton at Hermiston (2), 3 p.m.
PREP TRACK & FIELD
Today
Hermiston, Heppner, Pilot Rock, Uma-
tilla, Stanfield, Helix at Riverside Twilight
Relays, 4:30 p.m.
Friday
Echo, Umatilla, Ione, Arlington at Con-
don/Wheeler Invitational, Noon
Hermiston at Gresham, 2 p.m.
Hermiston at Nike Relays (Jesuit HS),
2:30 p.m.
PREP TENNIS
Today
Sherman at Riverside, 4 p.m.
Helix at Stanfield, 4 p.m.
Friday
Pendleton (boys) at Redmond Tourna-
ment, TBD
Pendleton (girls) at Bend Tournament,
TBD
Hermiston (boys/girls) at Capital (ID)
Tournament, TBD
Riverside at Weston-McEwen, 3:30 p.m.
PREP GOLF
Friday
Heppner at Alpine Meadows G.C., 11
a.m.
PREP LACROSSE
Saturday
Sprague at Hermiston, 5 p.m.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Saturday
Blue Mountain at Walla Walla (2), 1 p.m.
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
Friday
Walla Walla at Blue Mountain (2), 2 p.m.
BASEBALL
5A Columbia River Conference
Lg. Ovr. RS RA
Hood River
5-1 13-6 114 84
The Dalles
3-3 9-10 133 167
Hermiston
2-4 8-11 88 137
Pendleton
2-4 6-13 105 143
4A Greater Oregon League
Lg. Ovr. RS RA
Ontario
5-1 11-3 109 60
La Grande
5-1 10-3 110 44
Baker
2-4 6-11 125 144
Mac-Hi
0-6 3-10 80 138
3A Eastern Oregon League
Lg. Ovr. RS
Stanfield
8-0 14-1 187
Irrigon
6-2 13-2 162
Vale
4-3 6-7 149
Joseph
3-3 6-5 79
Nyssa
3-4 5-10 87
Burns
2-4 3-11 73
Riverside
2-5 2-12 77
Umatilla
0-7 1-11-1 69
RA
43
77
137
75
126
123
198
151
2A/1A Special District 6
Lg. Ovr.
Dufur
10-0 15-0
Pilot Rock
9-0 11-4
Sherman
9-2 12-3
Culver
5-3 8-5-1
Elgin
5-5 5-5
Weston-M.
3-5 5-8
Grant Union
2-10 5-13
Union
0-6 0-8
Heppner
0-12 1-17
RA
40
59
70
94
56
124
146
96
221
RS
155
107
161
106
41
99
102
28
62
SOFTBALL
5A Columbia River Conference
Lg. Ovr. RS
Pendleton
4-1 16-3 139
Hood River
4-1 10-8 104
The Dalles
2-4 3-15 102
Hermiston
1-5 7-12 84
RA
38
88
155
106
4A Greater Oregon League
Lg. Ovr. RS RA
Mac-Hi
6-0 13-3 161 73
La Grande
4-2 13-4 144 38
Ontario
2-4 13-5 163 102
Baker
0-6 4-10 68 143
3A Special District 1
Lg. Ovr.
Weston-M.
5-0 8-4
Echo
4-3 8-9
Riverside
3-3 13-5
Irrigon
3-3 11-7
Umatilla
0-6 1-12
2A/1A Special District 6
Lg. Ovr.
Union
6-0 11-2
Pilot Rock
4-2 12-4
Heppner
2-4 8-8
Culver
0-6 1-13
p.m. (NBCSN)
Ottawa vs. N.Y. Rangers
Thursday: N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 4 p.m.
(CNBC)
RS RA
130 75
146 83
252 96
168 119
42 314
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Edmonton 1, Anaheim 0
Wednesday: Edmonton 5, Anaheim 3
Friday: Edmonton at Anaheim, 7:30 p.m.
(NBCSN)
Nasvhille 1, St. Louis 0
Wednesday: Nashville 4, St. Louis 3
Friday: Nashville at St. Louis, 5 p.m.
(NBCSN)
RS RA
129 48
154 50
188 118
65 262
Baseball
Basketball
MLB
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W
L Pct GB
Baltimore
14
6 .700 —
New York
12
7 .632 1½
Boston
11
9 .550
3
Tampa Bay
11 12 .478 4½
Toronto
6 14 .300
8
Central Division
W
L Pct GB
Cleveland
11
9 .550 —
Chicago
11
9 .550 —
Detroit
11
9 .550 —
Minnesota
10 11 .476 1½
Kansas City
7 14 .333 4½
West Division
W
L Pct GB
Houston
14
7 .667 —
Los Angeles
11 12 .478
4
Oakland
10 11 .476
4
Texas
10 12 .455 4½
Seattle
9 13 .409 5½
———
Wednesday’s Games
Chicago White Sox 5, Kansas City 2
Cleveland 7, Houston 6
Baltimore 5, Tampa Bay 4, 11 innings
N.Y. Yankees 3, Boston 1
Seattle 8, Detroit 0
Texas 14, Minnesota 3
Toronto at St. Louis, ppd.
L.A. Angels 8, Oakland 5
NBA
Playoff glance
FIRST ROUND
(Best-of-7)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Boston 3, Chicago 2
Wednesday: Boston 108, Chicago 97
Friday: Boston at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Washington 3, Atlanta 2
Wednesday: Washington 103, Atlanta 99
Friday: Washington at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.
Toronto 3, Milwaukee 2
Monday: Toronto 118, Milwaukee 93
Today: Toronto at Milwaukee, 4 p.m.
Cleveland 4, Indiana 0
Sunday: Cleveland 106, Indiana 102
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Golden State 4, Portland 0
Monday: Golden State 128, Portland 103
San Antonio 3, Memphis 2
Tuesday: San Antonio 116, Memphis 103
Today: San Antonio at Memphis, 6:30
p.m.
Houston 4, Oklahoma City 1
Tuesday: Houston 105, Oklahoma City 99
Utah 3, L.A. Clippers 2
Tuesday: Utah 96, L.A. Clippers 92
Friday: L.A. Clippers at Utah, 10:30 p.m.
Hockey
NHL
Playoff glance
SECOND ROUND
(Best-of-7)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Washington vs. Pittsburgh
Thursday: Pittsburgh at Washington, 4:30
Thursday’s Games
Seattle (Iwakuma 0-2) at Detroit (Verland-
er 1-2), 10:10 a.m.
Toronto (Latos 0-0) at St. Louis (Martinez
0-3), 10:45 a.m., 1st game
Houston (Fiers 0-1) at Cleveland (Kluber
2-1), 3:10 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 2-1) at Boston (Sale
1-1), 4:10 p.m.
Toronto (Lawrence 0-2) at St. Louis
(Wainwright 1-3), 4:15 p.m., 2nd game
Oakland (Graveman 2-0) at L.A. Angels
(Nolasco 1-2), 7:07 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W
L Pct GB
Washington
15
6 .714 —
Philadelphia
10
9 .526
4
Miami
10
9 .526
4
New York
8 12 .400 6½
Atlanta
7 12 .368
7
Central Division
W
L Pct GB
Chicago
12
9 .571 —
Milwaukee
12 11 .522
1
Cincinnati
10 12 .455 2½
St. Louis
9 11 .450 2½
Pittsburgh
9 12 .429
3
West Division
W
L Pct GB
Colorado
14
8 .636 —
Arizona
14
9 .607
½
Los Angeles
10 12 .455
4
San Diego
9 14 .391 6½
San Francisco
8 14 .363
6
———
Wednesday’s Games
Milwaukee 9, Cincinnati 4
Philadelphia 7, Miami 4
Pittsburgh 6, Chicago Cubs 5
Atlanta 8, N.Y. Mets 2
Toronto at St. Louis, ppd.
Washington 11, Colorado 4
San Diego 8, Arizona 5
San Francisco 4, L.A. Dodgers 3, 10
innings
Thursday’s Games
Miami (Volquez 0-2) at Philadelphia
(Hellickson 3-0), 10:05 a.m.
Atlanta (Dickey 1-2) at N.Y. Mets (Synder-
gaard 1-1), 10:10 a.m.
Toronto (Latos 0-0) at St. Louis (Martinez
0-3), 10:45 a.m., 1st game
Washington (Gonzalez 2-0) at Colorado
(Senzatela 3-0), 12:10 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Urias 0-0) at San Francisco
(Moore 1-3), 12:45 p.m.
Toronto (Lawrence 0-2) at St. Louis
(Wainwright 1-3), 4:15 p.m., 2nd game
San Diego (Weaver 0-1) at Arizona (Walk-
er 2-1), 6:40 p.m.
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