SPORTS
East Oregonian
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NHL Playoffs
Senators
blow out
Penguins
at home
Associated Press
OTTAWA, Ontario — Marc
Methot, Derick Brassard and Zack
Smith scored in a 2:18 span midway
through the first period to chase
goalie Marc-Andre Fleury and the
Ottawa Senators beat the Pittsburgh
Penguins 5-1 on Wednesday night
to take a 2-1 lead
in the Eastern
Game 3 Conference finals.
Mike Hoffman
opened the scoring
48 seconds in, and
Pittsburgh
the Senators blew
it open against the
sluggish Penguins
a few minutes
later with the
fastest three goals
Ottawa
in team playoff
history.
Kyle
Turris made it 5-0
late in the second period.
Sidney Crosby ended Craig
Anderson’s shutout bid with a power-
play goal in the third. Anderson
finished with 25 saves. Fleury
allowed four goals on nine shots, and
Matthew Murray made 19 saves in
relief.
Game 4 is Friday night in Ottawa.
Hosting their first Eastern
Conference final game in 10 years,
the Sens came out flying. Hoffman
got it going by capitalizing on Turris’
shot that bounced awkwardly wide
of the goal. Hoffman stuffed the shot,
standing to the left of the goal, just
between the post and right pad of
Fleury.
In question now is whether coach
Mike Sullivan turns to Murray, who
helped deliver the Pens a Cup last
season and was excellent in his first
full NHL season, for Game 4 or goes
back to Fleury.
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BRIEFLY
Buckaroo boosters donate
money for new football/
soccer scoreboard
PENDLETON — The athletic
field behind Pendleton High School
will be getting an even bigger
facelift.
The Buckaroo Booster Club
recently pledged a $250,000
donation to the school to cover the
cost of a brand new scoreboard at
the field that will include formatting
for both soccer and football use.
This comes on the heels of the
Pendleton School Board pledging
a portion of the remaining $1.9
million from its capital improvement
bond back in March to resurface
the track as well as possibly adding
permanent lighting. The field is
currently used for high school and
youth football practices in the fall
and track & field practices and
events such as the annual Buck
Track Classic in the spring.
Umatilla superintendent
appointed to OSAA
executive board
UMATILLA — Heidi Sipe,
superintendent of Umatilla School
District, will spend the next three
years helping guide the Oregon
Schools Activities Association.
At the OSAA’s executive board
meeting on May 8, Sipe was
appointed to a position on the board
as a 3A/2A/1A at-large member.
Sipe will be filling the spot vacated
by Blanchet Catholic School
President Tony Guevara.
She will serve a three-year term
beginning with the 2017-18 year.
OSAA levies heavy fines
on Stanfield Secondary
STANFIELD — The OSAA
fined Stanfield Secondary School
a total of $1,500 for three rules
violations — two of which pertained
to the boys basketball program.
The two fines came because of
the Rule of Two practice limitations.
The first charge was the head
boys coach having more than two
high school players at a middle
school practice which brough a
$500 fine. The second was an
assistant coach that coached more
than two high school players in a
two-day tournament, which came
with a $750 fine and a two game
suspension to start the 2017-18
season for the assistant coach.
The third fine was for the
Stanfield band, a $250 charge
handed out because the band
competed prior to becoming an
OSAA competing member.
—East Oregonian
Thursday, May 18, 2017
NBA Playoffs
Cavs show no signs of rust, blow by Celtics
By KYLE HIGHTOWER
Associated Press
BOSTON — LeBron James
had 38 points, nine rebounds and
seven assists and the Cleveland
Cavaliers beat the Boston Celtics
117-104 on Wednesday night in
Game 1 of the Eastern Confer-
ence finals.
Kevin Love, who averaged
a quiet 13.8 points in the first
two rounds, added a playoff
career-high 32 points and had 12
rebounds to help the Cavaliers
improve to 9-0 in the first three
rounds of the playoffs. They
opened 10-0 last season en route
to their first NBA title.
James scored at will in the first
half and the Cavs built a 26-point
lead. Love opened up the floor
for James, burying outside
jumpers and forcing Boston to
leave defenders one-on-one with
James.
Avery Bradley and Jae
Crowder led the Celtics with 21
points each. Isaiah Thomas had
17 points. Boston missed 11 of
its first 14 shots.
Game 2 is Friday night in
Cleveland’s
LeBron
James, left,
drives for a
layup in front
of Boston’s
Al Horford
(42) during
Game 1 of
the NBA’s
Eastern
Conference
finals on
Wednesday
in Boston.
AP Photo/Charles
Krupa
Boston.
Things got a little testy in
the third quarter when Boston’s
Marcus Smart and Cleveland’s
Tristan Thompson got nose-to-
nose and had to be separated by
referees. Some jawing continued
briefly before James stepped in to
pull Thompson away.
Smart and Thompson were
called for double technical on
the play, but got tangled again
a few minutes later. This time,
Smart fell to the floor during
that exchange, drawing a foul on
Thompson.
The Celtics found some
energy after the incident, closing
the third quarter on an 11-3 run to
pull to 92-75.
It didn’t last long, though, as
the Cavs quickly got the lead
back up to 20.
James picked apart every
defender that the Celtics threw at
him in the first half.
He backed down defenders
to set up 15-foot fade away
jumpers. Other times, he simply
took defenders off the dribble or
East Finals - Game 1
Cleveland
Boston
117
104
sliced through double-teams on
the way to layups.
The Celtics couldn’t get
anything working when they had
the ball, held to just 35 percent
from the field in the first half and
2 for 16 from beyond the arc.
The Cavs also held Thomas
at bay offensively. He was 3 for
11 overall and 1 for 4 from the
3-point line after 24 minutes.
TIP-INS
Cavaliers: Since Game 5 of
NBA finals, Cleveland has won
a franchise-record 12 straight
playoff games. ...The Cavs hold
a 33-4 playoff record against
Eastern Conference opponents
(16-3 on the road)
Celtics: Finished with 14 turn-
overs, and were outrebounded
32-27. ... Lost at home for the
first time since Game 2 of first
round against Chicago.
TRACK: Pilot Rock’s Rigby No. 1 seed in all three sprints
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throw far,’” Arenas said. “So I’ve
been looking forward to this for a
long time. It’s always been a goal
of mine to get to state and place
at state. It’s going to be exciting.
“I think the best way to
prepare myself when I get there
is to realize that I’ve been doing
this all year, and it’s just another
event.”
The 5A meet begins Friday
and concludes Saturday.
The highest seeded athletes
going into the meet for the
Pendleton Buckaroos are senior
Kiara Glover who is tied for the
second best incoming mark in
high jump, and senior Jonathan
Stuvland who is ranked fifth in
the boys high jump.
CLASS 4A
The Mac-Hi Pioneers are
taking just three athletes to
the state meet but have a great
shot at some medals as Bianca
Garcia has the No. 3 qualifying
girls’ javelin thrown and Landon
Warne enters ranked No. 5 in
boys’ discus.
Warne will also compete in
shot put, and Mac-Hi will also be
represented by Camille Riley in
girls’ pole vault.
Like the 5A meet, the 4A meet
will be held Friday-Saturday.
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Abby Rigby, of Pilot Rock, cruises to first place in the girls 100-
yard dash during the Carnival of Speed in Milton-Freewater on
April 7. Rigby enters the prelims at the 2A state meet today as
the No. 1 seed in the 100, 200, and 400 meter dashes.
CLASS 3A
Riverside,
Irrigon
and
Umatilla should all be able to
grab a few medals and Umatilla’s
Julian Gutierrez is the top-ranked
boys’ high jumper headed into
the first day of action today.
The Riverside boys’ 4x100
relay team is seeded second, as
is Irrigon’s Ana Zacarias in the
girls’ 100. Zacarias is also seeded
fourth in the 200.
Riverside’s Faith Rosen is the
third-ranked girls’ 100 hurdler,
and fellow Pirate Racky Pindy
enters the 400 preliminaries in
the fourth spot. Umatilla’s Patty
Burres is fifth in the 100.
Irrigon’s Justin Iveson also
holds a four-seed in the boys’
triple jump. Seeded fifth are
Riverside’s David Rodriguez
in the 300 hurdles, Ricardo
Mendoza in discus and Umatil-
la’s Alec Williams in shot put.
The 3A meet begins today and
finishes on Friday.
CLASS 2A
Pilot Rock’s Abby Rigby is
poised for perhaps the strongest
state meet of any local as she
enters the 2A preliminaries
seeded first in the 100, 200 and
400.
Her teammate Rachel Will-
ingham is seeded second in triple
jump and fifth in the 300, and
the Pilot Rock 4x100 relay is the
third seed.
Weston-McEwen has several
highly seeded athletes and
Hayden Scott is the runner to
beat in both the boys’ 1,500 and
800. His brother Kirk is seeded
second in javelin, third in discus
and fourth in shot put, and Jacob
Speed has the No. 3 seed in the
200. Their boys’ 4x400 relay is
also seeded third, as are Bryce
Thul and Maddi Muilenburg
in girls’ long jump and javelin,
respectively.
Heppner’s top title hopeful is
third-seeded shot putter Derek
Howard.
The 2A meet begins today and
finishes Friday.
CLASS 1A
Arlington’s Thomas and
Benjamin Evans are the top two
javelin throwers in the state going
into the 1A boys’ javelin prelims.
They’ve got Ione’s Cord Flynn
looking to track them down as
the No. 4 seed, though.
Condon/Wheeler’s Jake Bold
is seeded third in the high jump,
the Helix girls 4x400 relay is also
seeded third, and so are Helix’s
Kailey Mize in girls’ discus and
Condon/Wheeler’s
Christine
Segura in long jump.
The 1A meet begins this
morning and will finish up on
Friday.
MARINERS: Gaviglio to make first career start vs. White Sox
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start in 58 career appearances,
joined the Mariners when he was
selected from Triple-A Tacoma on
May 7. He gave up seven hits and
three runs over five innings in his
previous start at Toronto on Friday.
He quickly showed this time out
would be different, retiring the
first six batters of the game with
three strikeouts. He walked just
two, one of them coming in the
eighth to the final batter he faced.
James Pazos relieved Bergman
in the eighth and finished the game,
retiring all five of his batters.
Bergman earned his first win
since May 5, 2016, as a member of
the Rockies against San Francisco.
The Mariners took an early 1-0
lead in the first. Ben Gamel’s drive
skipped past right fielder Matt
Joyce to the wall for a triple, and
Cruz drove him in with a sacrifice
to right.
Seattle added three runs in the
fifth. Hahn walked Boog Powell
to lead off, followed by Guillermo
Heredia’s single. A sacrifice bunt
by Tuffy Gosewisch moved the
runners to second and third, setting
up Segura’s two-run single up the
middle.
Center fielder Mark Canha let
Gamel’s fly ball pop out of his
glove for a two-base error, and
Cruz drove in another run with an
RBI groundout.
TRAINERS ROOM
Oakland: Yonder Alonso
was pulled from the game in the
seventh inning with left knee
soreness.
ROSTER MOVES
Before the game, Seattle
recalled RHP Casey Lawrence
from Triple-A Tacoma and
optioned RHP Chase De Jong to
Tacoma. Lawrence was claimed
off waivers from Toronto last
week. He was 0-3 with an 8.78
ERA for the Blue Jays. De Jong is
0-3 with a 7.40 ERA in six games
for the Mariners.
UP NEXT
Mariners: RHP Sam Gaviglio
(0-0, 4.50 ERA) will make his
first career start to open Seattle’s
home series against the White
Sox. Gaviglio’s only major league
appearance was May 11, when he
gave up one run and two hits in
two innings at Toronto.
SCOREBOARD
Local Slate
PREP BASEBALL
Friday
Nyssa vs. Irrigon (EOL district semifinal at
Stanfield), 1 p.m.
TBD at Stanfield (EOL district final), 3:30 p.m.
Milwaukie at Pendleton (5A Play-In), 4:30 p.m.
PREP SOFTBALL
Today
Pendleton at Mac-Hi, 5 p.m.
Weston-McEwen at Union, 5 p.m.
Friday
Hermiston at Hillsboro, 5 p.m.
Saturday
Heppner vs. Pilot Rock (SD6 district semifinal at
Union), Noon
Irrigon vs. Echo (SD1 district semifinal at Athena),
1 p.m.
Pilot Rock/Heppner winner at Union (district final),
2 p.m.
Weston-McEwen vs. Echo/Irrigon winner (district
final), TBD
PREP TRACK & FIELD
Today
3A/2A/1A State Championships (Eugene), 10 a.m.
Friday
4A-5A State Championships (Eugene), 9 a.m.
3A/2A/1A State Championships (Eugene), 4 p.m.
Saturday
4A-5A State Championships (Eugene), 9:30 a.m.
PREP TENNIS
Today
Hermiston (girls), Pendleton (girls) at 5A state
championships (Portland), Noon
Friday
Hermiston (girls), Pendleton (girls) at 5A state
championships (Portland), 9 a.m.
Saturday
Hermiston (girls), Pendleton (girls) at 5A state
championships (Tualatin), Noon
Basketball
NBA
Playoff glance
CONFERENCE FINALS
(Best-of-7)
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Cleveland 1, Boston 0
Wednesday: Cleveland 117, Boston 104
Friday: Cleveland at Boston, 5:30 p.m.
Sunday: Boston at Cleveland, 5:30 p.m.
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Golden State 2, San Antonio 0
May 14: Golden State 113, San Antonio 111
May 16: Golden State 136, San Antonio 100
Saturday: Golden State at San Antonio, 6 p.m.
Hockey
NHL
Playoff glance
CONFERENCE FINALS
(Best-of-7)
Ottawa 2, Pittsburgh 1
May 13: Ottawa 2, Pittsburgh 1, OT
May 15: Pittsburgh 1, Ottawa 0
Wednesday: Ottawa 5, Pittsburgh 1
Friday: Pittsburgh at Ottawa, 5 p.m.
Sunday: Ottawa at Pittsburgh, Noon
Nashville 2, Anaheim 1
May 12: Nashville 3, Anaheim 2, OT
May 14: Anaheim 5, Nashville 3
May 16: Nashville 2, Anaheim 1
Thursday: Anaheim at Nashville, 5 p.m.
Saturday: Nashville at Anaheim, 4:15 p.m.
Baseball
MLB
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W
L Pct GB
New York
24 13 .649 —
Baltimore
23 15 .605 1½
Boston
21 18 .538
4
Tampa Bay
21 22 .488
6
Toronto
17 24 .415
9
Central Division
W
L Pct GB
Minnesota
19 16 .543 —
Cleveland
20 19 .513
1
Detroit
19 19 .500 1½
Chicago
17 21 .447 3½
Kansas City
16 23 .410
5
West Division
W
L Pct GB
Houston
29 12 .707 —
Texas
21 20 .512
8
Los Angeles
22 21 .517
8
Seattle
20 22 .463 10
Oakland
17 23 .425 11½
———
Wednesday’s Games
Colorado at Minnesota, ppd.
Houston 3, Miami 0
Tampa Bay 7, Cleveland 4
Detroit 5, Baltimore 4
Atlanta 8, Toronto 4
Texas 9, Philadelphia 3
N.Y. Yankees 11, Kansas City 7
Boston 5, St. Louis 4, 13 innings
L.A. Angels 12, Chicago White Sox 8
Seattle 4, Oakland 0
Thursday’s Games
Baltimore (Bundy 5-1) at Detroit (Zimmermann
3-2), 10:10 a.m.
Colorado (Chatwood 3-5) at Minnesota (Berrios
1-0), 10:10 a.m., 1st game
Philadelphia (Pivetta 0-2) at Texas (Perez 1-5),
11:05 a.m.
Colorado (TBD) at Minnesota (TBD), 4:10 p.m.,
2nd game
Toronto (Stroman 3-2) at Atlanta (Teheran 3-3),
4:35 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Montgomery 2-2) at Kansas City
(Duffy 2-3), 5:15 p.m.
Boston (Velazquez 0-0) at Oakland (Gray 0-1),
7:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Covey 0-3) at Seattle (Gaviglio
0-0), 7:10 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W
L Pct GB
Washington
25 14 .641 —
Atlanta
16 21 .432
8
New York
16 23 .410
9
Philadelphia
14 23 .378 10
Miami
14 25 .359 11
Central Division
W
L Pct GB
Milwaukee
23 18 .561 —
St. Louis
21 17 .552 ½
Chicago
20 19 .513
2
Cincinnati
19 20 .487
3
Pittsburgh
17 23 .425 5½
West Division
W
L Pct GB
Colorado
25 15 .625 —
Arizona
24 18 .571
2
Los Angeles
23 18 .561 2½
San Francisco
17 25 .405
9
San Diego
15 27 .366 10½
———
Wednesday’s Games
Colorado at Minnesota, ppd.
Houston 3, Miami 0
Arizona 5, N.Y. Mets 4, 11 innings
L.A. Dodgers 6, San Francisco 1
Pittsburgh 6, Washington 1
Atlanta 8, Toronto 4
Chicago Cubs 7, Cincinnati 5
Texas 9, Philadelphia 3
Boston 5, St. Louis 4, 13 innings
Milwaukee 3, San Diego 1
Thursday’s Games
Washington (Roark 3-1) at Pittsburgh (Glasnow
1-3), 9:35 a.m.
Colorado (Chatwood 3-5) at Minnesota (Berrios
1-0), 10:10 a.m., 1st game
Philadelphia (Pivetta 0-2) at Texas (Perez 1-5),
11:05 a.m.
Cincinnati (Garrett 3-2) at Chicago Cubs (Lester
1-2), 11:20 a.m.
Milwaukee (Davies 4-2) at San Diego (Cosart 0-1),
12:40 p.m.
Colorado (TBD) at Minnesota (TBD), 4:10 p.m.,
2nd game
Toronto (Stroman 3-2) at Atlanta (Teheran 3-3),
4:35 p.m.
Miami (Volquez 0-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 1-5),
7:10 p.m.
Softball
NCAA
Division I Softball Tournament
Double elimination; x-if necessary
Eugene Regional
Friday
Game 1: Wisconsin (33-15) vs. Missouri (29-26),
6 p.m.
Game 2: UIC (38-20) at Oregon (47-6), 8:30 p.m.
Seattle Regional
Friday
Game 1: Michigan (41-11-1) vs. Fresno State
(34-21), 6 p.m.
Game 2: Montana (35-22) at Washington (43-11),
8:30 p.m.
Soccer
MLS
Wednesday’s Games
Philadelphia 2, Houston 0
Chicago 3, Colorado 0
Sporting K.C. 3, Seattle 0
Real Salt Lake 2, NYC FC 1
Orlando City 1, San Jose 1
Friday’s Games
New York at Toronto FC, 4:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Montreal at Portland, Noon
DC United at Chicago, 1 p.m.
Seattle at Real Salt Lake, 2 p.m.
Atlanta United FC at Houston, 4 p.m.
Philadelphia at Colorado, 4 p.m.
Vancouver at Sporting K.C., 4 p.m.
FC Dallas at San Jose, 5 p.m.
Golf
PGA
World Golf Ranking
Through May 14
1. Dustin Johnson
2. Rory McIlroy
3. Hideki Matsuyama
4. Jason Day
5. Sergio Garcia
6. Jordan Spieth
7. Henrik Stenson
8. Justin Rose
9. Adam Scott
10. Rickie Fowler
11. Justin Thomas
12. Jon Rahm
USA
NIR
JPN
AUS
ESP
USA
SWE
ENG
AUS
USA
USA
ESP
13.32
8.50
7.70
7.61
7.22
7.21
7.19
5.47
5.41
5.34
5.13
5.04