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East Oregonian
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
PENDLETON
Blue
Mountain
Communi-
ty Col-
lege’s Erin
Ramsey,
seated at
left, signs
a National
Letter of
Intent to
join Mult-
nomah
University
basketball
for the
2017-18
season.
Her BMCC
coach
Adam Driv-
er is seated
at left and
her parents
are stand-
ing.
Timberwolves’ Ramsey will
continue career at Multnomah
Guard from Idaho
plans to study
business psychology
Blue Mountain Community
College sophomore guard Erin
Ramsey inked her National Letter
of Intent on Tuesday to continue
her collegiate basketball career
with Multnomah University in
Portland this fall.
The 5-foot-8 Ramsey, from
Lapwai, Idaho, led the Timber-
wolves in the 2016-17 season
at the free throw line hitting 85
percent of her shots, and scored
173 points on the season. She
has a 3.1 GPA at BMCC, and
will study business psychology
at Multnomah University. She
said her time in Pendleton has
prepared her to move on with
her collegiate athletic career and
education.
“BMCC has definitely given
me the skills and experience,” she
said in a statement released by the
college. “But I’m looking forward
to being in a new place. I think
Portland will be good for me.”
BMCC Women’s Basketball
Coach Adam Driver called
Ramsey a “great leader who hates
to lose.”
“Erin has been a tremendous
asset to our program the last
two years,” he said. “As one of
only two sophomores, she really
stepped into the leadership role
on the team, and is definitely one
of the most competitive kids I’ve
been around.
“She sets high standards for
herself both on and off the court
and works extremely hard to
reach those goals. BMCC has
been good for her — it was a
good first step academically
and athletically for her. Erin is
an outstanding young woman
off the court and an excellent
student. I look forward to
watching her continued growth
the next two years at Multnomah
University.”
NBA
Photo courtesy of
BMCC Athletics
NHL
Warriors trounce Spurs, lead 2-0 Predators rally to beat Ducks
By JANIE MCCAULEY
Associated Press
OAKLAND, Calif. —
Steve Kerr provided a strong
message, just not from his
usual spot on the bench:
Play with urgency from the
opening tip this time.
The Golden State Warriors
did just that for their ailing
coach watching from the
locker room, and left Gregg
Popovich questioning and
criticizing his Spurs players
for a lack of belief and
feeling sorry for themselves
without injured superstar
Kawhi Leonard.
Stephen Curry had 29
points, seven rebounds and
seven assists in three quarters
and the Warriors trounced
on the short-handed Spurs,
running away from San
Antonio for a 136-100 rout
Tuesday night and a 2-0 lead in
San Antonio Golden State
100
136
the Western Conference finals.
Kevin Durant added 16
points and Draymond Green
provided another impressive
all-around performance with
13 points, nine rebounds,
six assists, two steals and
two blocks. Rookie Patrick
McCaw had 18 points and
five assists off the bench
shooting 6 for 8 as Golden
State earned its second-most
lopsided postseason victory
ever to go to 10-0.
“That’s just been the
message all year, just play
with urgency and start the
game off with some energy
and throw the first punch,”
Durant said. “Unlike Game 1
we did that tonight. We know
they’re a little undermanned
but they still play extremely
hard, so we knew we couldn’t
come out here and relax and
think they were just going to
give us the game. We had to
go take it.”
The 36-point Warriors’
win is second to a 39-point
victory for Philadelphia at St.
Louis on April 6, 1948.
Jonathon Simmons scored
17 of his 22 points in the first
half as the lone bright spot
for the Spurs.
Leonard re-injured his left
ankle in Sunday’s 113-111
Game 1 loss after coming
down on Zaza Pachulia’s foot.
Popovich on Monday called
out the Warriors starting
center for the “dangerous”
and
“unsportsmanlike”
closeout.
Game 3 in the best-of-
seven series is Saturday in
San Antonio.
ALL-CRC: Only three seniors named
to first team by softball coaches
Continued from 1B
the bulk of a whopping 17
first-team spots allocated
by the softball coaches with
seven.
Along with Richards and
Hergert, Bucks awarded
first-team honors were junior
infielders Kalan McGlo-
than, Rylee Gentner and
Alexi Brehaut, sophomore
outfielder Kirah McGlothan
and sophomore designated
player Aspen Garton.
Three Bulldogs made the
first team: senior utility Ellery
Jones, junior pitcher Julissa
Almaguer and freshman
catcher Bailee Noland.
Fourteen of the players
named to the first team are
slated to return for their
teams next season.
———
CRC All-League 2017
Baseball
Player/Pitcher of the Year — Isaiah
Enriquez, sr., Hood River Valley
Coach of the Year — Erich Harjo, Hood
River Valley
First Team
C — Adam Cameron, sr., Hood River Valley
P — Isaiah Enriquez, sr., Hood River Valley
P — Connor Coerper, sr., Hood River Valley
1B — Nick Bower, jr., Pendleton
IF — Wyatt Morris, sr., Pendleton
IF — John Miller, sr., The Dalles
IF — Isaiah Enriquez, sr., Hood River Valley
IF — Lukas Tolan, jr., Hermiston
OF — Shaw Jerome, jr., Pendleton
OF — Joel Mendez, jr., Hermiston
OF — Jose Gonzalez, jr., The Dalles
OF — Trenton Hough, jr., Hood River Valley
DH — Dawson Hoffman, sr., The Dalles
UT — Caden Leiblein, so., Hood River Valley
Second Team
C — Slade Gritz, sr., Hermiston
P — Lukas Tolan, jr., Hermiston
P — Wyatt Morris, sr., Pendleton
P — Greyson Losee, fr., Hood River Valley
IF — Morgan Williams, sr., Hood River Valley
IF — Daniel Naughton, jr., Pendleton
IF — Jordan Ramirez, so., Hermiston
IF — Greyson Losee, fr., Hood River Valley
OF — Casey Ward, sr., Hood River Valley
OF — Austin Zaugg, sr., Pendleton
OF — Wyatt Noland, so., Hermiston
OF — Daniel Peters, sr., The Dalles
DH — Trevor Lariza, jr., Hood River Valley
UT — Ryan Russell, jr., Pendleton
Honorable Mention
C — Justin Duso, so., Pendleton
P — Jordan Wetmore, jr., The Dalles
1B — Henry Lee, jr., The Dalles
1B — Kaden Caldwell, sr., Hermiston
OF — Jacob Smith, sr., Hood River Valley
Softball
Player of the Year — Payton Hergert, sr.,
Pendleton
Pitcher of the Year — Lauren Richards, jr.,
Pendleton
Coach of the Year — Tim Cary, Pendleton
First team
P — Lauren Richards, jr., Pendleton
P — Hannah McNerney, jr., Hood River Valley
P — Julissa Almaguer, jr., Hermiston
C — Zoe Munn, jr., Hood River Valley
C — Bailee Noland, fr., Hermiston
IF — Alexi Brehaut, jr., Pendleton
IF — Payton Hergert, sr., Pendleton
IF — Kalan McGlothan, jr., Pendleton
IF — Rylee Gentner, jr., Pendleton
IF — Kaylin Winans, jr., Hood River Valley
OF — Kirah McGlothan, so., Pendleton
OF — Makena Zeller, sr., Hood River Valley
OF — Lauren Decker, so., Hood River Valley
OF — Kathryn Bradford, jr., The Dalles
UT — Ellery Jones, sr., Hermiston
UT — Makenzie Chambers, fr., Hood
River Valley
DP — Aspen Garton, so., Pendleton
Second team
C — Kila Solomon, so., Pendleton
IF — Kilee Hoylman, fr., The Dalles
IF — Sydney Stefani, so, Hermiston
IF — Lizzy Weekly, so., Hood River Valley
IF — Sierra Watson, sr., The Dalles
OF — Kailin Hoylman, sr., The Dalles
OF — Jessika Nanez, jr., The Dalles
UT — Bailey LeBreton, so., The Dalles
DP — Kalei Smith, fr., Hermiston
Honorable Mention
OF — Madison Parker, sr., Pendleton
OF — Tatum Fell, sr., Pendleton
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
In this April 22, 2017 file photo, Pendleton’s Payton Her-
gert smiles as she rounds third after hitting a home run
against Hood River at Steve Cary Field.
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
In this May 12, 2017 file photo, Pendleton’s Wyatt Mor-
ris throws from the pitchers mound in a game against
Hermiston Bulldogs at Bob White Park.
By TERESA M. WALKER
Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tennessee
— The Nashville Predators
are so confident right now
that not even having two
goals in eight seconds waved
off for goaltender interfer-
ence can shake them.
Especially not on home ice.
Roman Josi scored a
power-play goal with 2:43
left, and the Predators rallied
to beat the Anaheim Ducks
2-1 Tuesday in their first-ever
home game in the Western
Conference finals.
The Predators grabbed a
2-1 lead in the series with their
10th straight home win in the
Anaheim
Nashville
1
2
postseason going back to last
season. The Predators are
the first NHL team to win 10
straight playoff games at home
since Detroit in 1997-98.
Defenseman
Mattias
Ekholm said the team feels
comfortable on home ice.
“That’s really it,” Ekholm
said. “Our fans, I really
didn’t think they could bring
it to a new level, but I really
thought they did tonight. It
helps us so much, especially
with those two goals.
“We have our fans
standing up the whole third
period literally and cheering
us on. It gives us that extra
boost and that extra energy
that we needed.”
Filip Forsberg tied it up at
3:54 of the third as the Preda-
tors rallied for the win against
an Anaheim team that has
notched four comeback victo-
ries already when trailing by
multiple goals this postseason.
Both goals were waved off
within three minutes of Fors-
berg’s goal, but the Predators
kept pressing with Josi scoring
Nashville’s first power-play
goal of the series for the win.
Game 4 is Thursday in
Nashville.
STATE GOLF: Heppner girls 2nd
Continued from 1B
Harris (99-56—155) and
MaKenzie McLeod (103-
54—157) finished 24th and
25th respectively.
Kendall Blair rounded
out Pendleton’s contingent
in 33rd with 115-54—169.
“Very proud of the team
and the way we worked
hard all season,” Greb said
of the team’s finish. “This
was a pretty big stage for us
and everybody handled the
pressure well.”
Because of rain and
winds that rolled through
the area earlier in the day,
the Class 6A girls golfers
— who were also playing at
Emerald Valley ahead of the
5A girls — had their days
delayed. That pushed the
start times back for the 5A
girls two-plus hours which
didn’t allow enough time to
fit in a full 18 holes.
Greb said that change
meant the Buckaroos had
small margins for error in
their games if they wanted
to win the championship.
“It was definitely a little
weird,” Greb said, “we just
kind of had to come out
strong early and play our
best. Thankfully the rain
held off for us, but the wind
definitely played a factor.”
The Hermiston girls
finished in fifth place with
a 405-199—604. Senior
Sydney Adams was the
Bulldogs’ top performer
in the tournament as she
finished 15th after shooting
98-49—147 and junior
Sonja Peterson was close
behind with a 99-52—151
to finish tied for 19th.
Rounding out the Bulldogs
team was Grace Blackhurst
in 22nd (103-49—152),
Makenzie Lind in 23rd
(105-49—154) and Leslie
Browning tied for 36th
(123-57—180).
5A BOYS
BANKS — Nathan
Som, Braydon Pulver and
Brandon Cox turned in
their final rounds of golf as
Pendleton Buckaroos on
Tuesday, and in doing so
helped their team to a fourth
place finish in the OSAA
State Championships at
Quail Valley Golf Course.
Pendleton began the day
in fifth place and just 10 out
of second place, but couldn’t
make up any considerable
ground as the Buckaroos
combined for a 339 Tuesday
— two shots higher than
the first round — to finish
with a overall score of 676.
Summit ran away with the
team championship (317-
318—635), followed by The
Dalles (332-328—660) and
Corvallis (332-340—672).
“I was happy with the
whole team, because it
wasn’t always easy,” Pend-
leton coach Nels Nelson
said. “A good way to end
the season.”
Som was Pendleton’s
top finisher as he slotted
in at No. 13 overall after
shooting an 81-82—163,
while junior Jared Geier
followed with 85-83—168
to finish No. 20. Completing
the team’s card was Pulver
with 85-87—172, Trevor
Reyes with 86-87—173 and
Cox with 99-91—190.
Ridgeview sophomore
Isaac Buerger shot his
second straight 74 to win
the individual state champi-
onship at two-over par.
4A BOYS
CORVALLIS — The
Mac-Hi Pioneers battled
high wind gusts all day
Tuesday in their final round
of the OSAA state cham-
pionships, finishing the
tournament in 10th place.
The Pioneers scored
ballooned by 18 shots from
the first round on Monday,
as the Pioneers turned in a
349-367—716 at Trysting
Tree Golf Club. Senior Riley
Chester was the Pioneers
top finisher as he ended the
day in 15th overall after
shooting 81-84—165, while
senior Evan Kain finished in
22nd with 83-89—172.
Finishing up the Pioneers
scores were Noah Wilson
in 43rd (93-95—188),
Kodi
Leidenfrost
in
44th (92-99—191) and
Oliver Nordstrom in 55th
(97-104—201).
Klamath Union’s Craig
Ronne took home top
medalist honors by shooting
69-68—137 and Scappoose
won the team title with
310-328—638.
4A/3A/2A/1A GIRLS
CORVALLIS — Of the
nine teams playing their
second round in the OSAA
State Championships on
Tuesday, Heppner/Ione was
one of just three that was
able to improve upon its
first-round score.
The Mustangs couldn’t
catch St. Mary’s, but easily
held off the rest of the
field and finished second
with a two-round score of
372-368—740.
St. Mary’s won the title
with 351-355—706, and
Oregon Episcopal was third
with 393-374—767.
Heppner was led by a trio
of top-15 finishes. Junior
Sophie Grant was ninth
with 87-89—176, freshman
Nicole Propheter tied for
11th with 87-95—182, and
senior Amanda Rea was
13th with 97-88—185.
Completing the team
score was sophomore
Madison Combe in 23rd
with 101-96—197, and
sophomore Caitlyn Scrivner
shot 121 on Tuesday as the
alternate. Sophomore Claire
Grieb has a 110 as the alter-
nate on Monday.
“I think it’s great that
we’re going to be bringing
five of the six players
back next season,” said
Heppner coach Greg Grant.
“I thought the girls really
came through and had a
great tournament. We knew
it would be tough to catch
St. Mary’s, we gave them a
little too much of a lead.”
Grant said that while
it didn’t delay play like at
some other tournament,
weather did play a factor in
the second round.
“It was windy and wet,
and the girls were playing
into a 20 mile-per-hour win
on some holes, so it defi-
nitely affected the scores
today,” he said.
La Grande senior Trinity
McCarthy kept her lead
from the first round to
win medalist honors with
71-75—146. St. Mary’s
sophomore Kaylee Wu was
second with 79-76—155.
3A/2A/1A BOYS
REDMOND — Nixy-
aawii/Pilot Rock junior
Riley Lankford jumped
up seven spots to finish in
a three-way tie for fourth
place at the OSAA State
Championships at Eagle
Crest Ridge Course on
Tuesday.
Lankford had the second-
best score of day with a five-
over 77, and finished with a
two-round total of 157.
Heppner senior Logan
Grieb was one stroke
back in seventh place with
75-83—158.
Oakridge senior Joel
Snyder was medalist with
69-75—144 to win by six
strokes.
Heppner/Ione finished
fifth in team scoring, but was
the lowest-shooting public
school with 358-350—708.
Cascade Christian won
the state title by 12 strokes
over Oregon Episcopal with
325-333—658, and each of
the top four placers were
private schools.
Completing Heppner’s
team score were senior
Dan Bretsch in 23rd with
87-87—174, senior Jake
Lindsay in 31st with
94-88—182, and freshman
Kellen Grant in a tie for
40th with 102-92—194.
Sophomore Logan Burright
was the alternate and tied
for 51st with 102-99—201.