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TUESDAY, MAY 16, 2017
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Prep Track & Field
Prep Golf
TigerScot
boys, Tiger
girls win
districts
Greb, Bucks second at state
Weston-McEwen boys
earn 13 berths to state
East Oregonian
PRINEVILLE — The Weston-McEwen
boys and Stanfi eld girls track teams earned
their respective district title at the Columbia
Basin Conference championships on
Saturday afternoon.
The TigerScot boys scored 119 points —
a 20-point cushion on second place Heppner
(99) — and earned 13 qualifying spots to
the OSAA State Championships, while
Stanfi eld squeaked out a victory with 89
points — fi ve ahead of second place Culver
(84) and earned six state berths.
For the Stanfi eld girls, Brittin Braithwaite
secured four of the Tigers’ six state berths
as she shined in the fi eld events. The senior
fi nished second in the shot put (32-10),
second in the discus (88-01), second in the
javelin (102-00.50) and then won the high
jump (4-08.00).
For Weston-McEwen, junior sprinter
Jacob Speed earned four state berths with
a fi rst place fi nish in the 200 meter dash
(23.79), fi rst place in the 400 meters (54.47),
second place on the 4x100 relay team
(49.50) and fi rst place with the 4x400 relay
team (3:37.43).
Pendleton girls just
four strokes behind
Wilsonville
East Oregonian
CRESWELL — The Pend-
leton girls golf team felt like it
would be a trophy contender at
the OSAA State Championships
if it could just put together two
solid rounds at Emerald Valley
Golf Club.
The Buckaroos didn’t imagine
they would be just four strokes
off the lead, though, which is
exactly the position
they put themselves in
with a team score of
363 on Monday that
was improved on by
only Wilsonville and
its 359.
As expected, Pend-
leton has an individual
title contender as well,
and senior Haley Greb Greb
also found herself in
second place after 18 holes. She
is tied with Summit’s Olivia
Loberg two stroked behind
Wilsonville’s Kaitlyn Howe
who is one-over par at 73.
“I mean, wow!,” Greb said of
her teammates’ performances on
Monday. “I knew we
could get pretty close
if we played well.
It’s defi nitely really
exciting for all of us.”
Greb had three
birdies in her round,
but went to the range
to work on her tee
shots.
“I missed a couple
of key fairways that I
had to hit and had to chip out for
bogeys,” she said. “I think the
key thing is just stay composed
I’ve got to fi gure out how to hit
a few more fairways.”
Bucks sophomore Megan
George was also one of the fi rst
round’s top players and is sixth
with 86. Rylee Harris is tied
for 18th with 99, MaKenzie
McLeod is tied for 23rd with
103, and Kendall Blair is 33rd
with 115.
Hermiston is fi fth in team
scores with 405, and is led by
senior Sydney Adams in 17th with
98. Sonja Peterson shot 99, Grace
Blackhurst shot 103, Makenzie
Lind is 25th with 105, and Leslie
Browning is 38th with 123.
Rain is in the forecast
for today’s fi nal round.
“We’ve played in a lot of that
already this spring and hopefully
we’re prepared,” Greb said.
See GOLF/3B
MLB
Mariners hold on to beat Athletics
See TRACK/2B
Prep Tennis
Hermiston’s
Millard,
Ternes earn
state berths
Bulldogs girls place
second at district finals
East Oregonian
HERMISTON — The Hermiston girls
tennis team’s top doubles pairing of Katelyn
Millard and Jaycee Ternes will continue their
prep careers for one more weekend.
The seniors fi nished fourth at the 5A
Special District 1 tournament on Saturday
afternoon, clinching the No. 4 doubles berth
to the OSAA State Championships. Bulldogs
coach Jason Sivey was proud of his doubles
pairing to reach one of the preseason goals.
“Their whole season has been geared to
‘How can we get to state?’,” Sivey said. “I
really think something changed around the
Capital Invite tournament (on Apr. ), they got
confi dent in themselves and knew they could
compete with anyone.
“Their work ethic and teammwork
really showed here, and it paid off when it
mattered.”
As a team, Hermiston fi nished tied for
second place with Mountain View and
trailed only to district champion Summit.
Sivey said he wasn’t sure a second place
fi nish was feasible after a rough fi rst day at
the tournament on Friday but he was proud
of the way the team fi nished on Saturday.
Hermiston’s fi nish was also helped out by
the doubles team of Breena Wadekamper and
See TENNIS/2B
AP Photo/Elaine Thompson
Seattle Mariners center fi elder Jarrod Dyson tumbles after snagging a fl y ball from Oakland Athletics’ Khris Davis in the
sixth inning of a baseball game Monday, May 15, 2017, in Seattle.
Cruz, Seager provide power from the plate for Seattle
By JIM HOEHN
Associated Press
SEATTLE — Nelson Cruz
and Kyle Seager each hit a
two-run homer, and Yovani
Gallardo pitched effectively into
the seventh inning as the Seattle
Mariners made the most of four
hits to hold off the Oakland
Athletics 6-5 on Monday night.
Oakland scored twice in the
ninth, when Mariners closer
Edwin Diaz walked four of the
fi ve batters he faced to force in a
run. Tony Zych relieved, and the
second run scored on Khris Davis’
groundout. After an intentional
walk to Yonder Alonso loaded the
bases again, Zych struck out Adam
Rosales looking on a 3-2 pitch for
his fi rst major league save.
Cruz’s home run, his ninth,
put Seattle up 4-0 in the second
as the Mariners capitalized on
fi ve walks by Sean Manaea (1-3),
activated earlier in the day off the
disabled list.
Oakland
pulled to 4-3 on
a solo homer
by Davis in the
Oakland
fourth and a
two-run shot by
Stephen Vogt in
the fi fth. Both
came off Gallardo (2-3), who
allowed three runs and four hits
in 6 1/3 innings.
Seager made it 6-3 in the
eighth with his third home run.
Guillermo Heredia, who reached
on a two-base throwing error by
shortstop Chad Pinder, scored
ahead of Seager.
Manaea’s four walks after a
leadoff single by Jean Segura
led to a pair of Seattle runs in a
38-pitch fi rst inning. Manaea
escaped further damage by
striking out Tuffy Gosewisch with
the bases loaded to end the inning.
In the second, Cruz sent a 1-2
pitch over the center-fi eld wall
after a one-out walk to Segura.
After that, Manaea retired the
5
fi nal 10 batters
he faced. He
allowed four runs
and two hits in
Seattle
fi ve innings with
seven strikeouts
in his fi rst start
since April 26.
Davis made it 4-1 with one
out in the fourth, fouling off six
consecutive pitches with a full
count before launching his 11th
homer.
Oakland pulled to 4-3 when
Trevor Plouffe singled to open
the fi fth and Vogt followed with
his second home run.
Seattle escaped in the seventh
after Vogt walked with one out
and Pinder doubled, chasing
Gallardo. Dan Altaville relieved
and walked Rajai Davis on four
pitches to load the bases, but Matt
Joyce struck out and Jed Lowrie
bounced to second.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Mariners: 2B Robinson Cano
(sore quadriceps) sat out again.
6
He originally was in the lineup,
but was scratched. ... RHP
Steve Cishek was activated off
the 10-day DL after recovering
from hip surgery, and LHP Zac
Curtis was optioned to Double-A
Arkansas. Cishek entered in the
eighth and retired the only batter
he faced. He was 1-0 with a 3.00
ERA in six innings over seven
rehab appearances with Arkansas
and Triple-A Tacoma. ... OF
Mitch Haniger, on the 10-day
DL with a strained right oblique,
hit off a tee in the batting cage.
“Really positive and moving in
the right direction,” manager
Scott Servais said.
UP NEXT
Athletics: RHP Andrew
Triggs (5-2, 2.21 ERA) has
given up just one home run in
40 2/3 innings over seven starts.
Mariners: Rookie RHP
Chase De Jong (0-3, 7.85),
acquired from the Dodgers in
early March, makes his third
major league start.
Sports shorts
Seahawks considering Kaepernick
RENTON, Wash. (AP) Seattle Seahawks
coach Pete Carroll said Monday that the team
is considering Colin Kaepernick and Robert
Griffi n III as possible backup options to starting
quarterback Russell Wilson.
In an interview with KIRO-AM,
Carroll was asked specifi cally about
the pair of veteran quarterbacks
who would seem to fi t the style
Seattle desires in Wilson’s backup.
“We’re looking at everybody.
We really are,” Carroll said. “We’ve
been tracking everything that is
Kaepernick
going on and we’ve got cap and
roster issues and stuff like that that we’re trying
to make sure we manage properly but quite
frankly, yes, we’re looking at all those guys.”
Trevone Boykin served as Wilson’s backup
last season but has run into off-fi eld issues
during the offseason. Carroll often praised
Kaepernick when he was with San Francisco.
“He’s huge. And
he’s going to keep
playing huge. He did a
fantastic job. He’s done
everything we’ve asked
him to do. He’s doing
great.“
— Pete Carroll
Seattle Seahawks head coach on
new running back Eddie Lacy,
signed as a free agent during the
offseason. Lacy earned a $55,000
bonus on Monday for weighing in
at 253 pounds. He’ll be expected to
weigh no heavier than 245 pounds
during the season.
NWSL players plan to unionize
(AP) — Players from the National
Women’s Soccer League whose salaries are
not paid by a national federation have formed
the NWSL Players Association, a fi rst step
toward creating a union.
National team players from
Canada and the United States are
allocated across the NWSL and
their salaries are paid by their
federations. The newly formed
association represents those
players who don’t have those national team ties.
The non-allocated players overwhelmingly
approved a new constitution and bylaws in
May, the association said Monday. The group
seeks to represent the interests of non-allocated
players with the teams and the league offi ce.
The minimum salary for non-allocated players
in the league is $15,000. Many have second jobs,
run clinics or coach on the side to make ends
meet, and some live with host families.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1980 — The Los Angeles
Lakers beat the Philadelphia
76ers 123-107 to win the NBA
title in six games. Rookie guard
Magic Johnson fi lls in at center
for injured Kareem Abdul-
Jabbar and comes up with 42
points, 15 rebounds and seven
assists and is honored as the
Finals MVP. The 42 points are
the most scored by a rookie in
an NBA Finals game.
2009 — Rachel Alex-
andra becomes the fi fth fi lly
to win the Preakness Stakes,
and the fi rst since Nellie
Morse in 1924. Rachel Alex-
andra holds off the late rush
of Kentucky Derby victor
Mine That Bird.
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