Page 2B 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. 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