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SPORTS WEEKEND, MAY 20-21, 2017 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS PENDLETON Mustangs oust Bucks Baseball Milwaukie gets best of Pendleton in play-in round By ERIC SINGER East Oregonian Staff photo by E.J. Harris Pendleton’s Cam Stanford throws the ball to fi rst base after tagging out Milwaulk- ie’s Bradley McVay in the Bucks’ 9-4 loss to the Mustangs on Friday in Pendleton. OSAA Track & Field State Championships Mac-Hi’s Warne leads placers for large schools All week long in practice, the Pendleton Buckaroos have been cranking up the velocity on the pitch machine preparing for the Milwaukie Mustangs standout pitcher Bradley McAvoy. Milwaukie Pendleton 9 4 The left-hander and Univer- sity of Portland commit is the ace of the Mustangs staff, using a mix of high-speed fastballs and devastating curveballs to attack hitters. And during Friday’s Class 5A play-in game, even with a week’s worth of preparation and practice McAvoy was still too much for Pendleton to handle as he struck out 13 and allowed just three hits and two runs in six innings as the Mustangs defeated the Buckaroos 9-4 at Bob White Park. “He’s a heckuva a pitcher,” Pendleton coach T.J. Hague- wood said of McAvoy. “We knew we would have our hands full and have to play situational baseball and put the ball in play, and unfortunately we had too many strikeouts ... the boys were up there swinging and battling, but needed to shorten See BUCKS/2B TigerScots take title Senior thrower goes out with personal record in discus East Oregonian EUGENE — Mac-Hi senior Landon Warne had been fl irting with 150 feet in the discus early in the season. He thought he’d hit the mark on a windy April afternoon in Milton-Freewater, but his throw landed wide for a scratch. He upped his personal record to 149-7 in the next week’s competition, before a mid-season lull saw him struggle to get back above 140 in competition. He was back to his early- season form by districts, but still came frustratingly short of the personal benchmark. Perhaps all he needed was a larger stage. Warne came out with his fi rst throw in the OSAA Class 4A Track and Field State Championships on Friday and unleashed the discus for a 151-feet, 11-inch ride that would stand as his best on the day and his career for a fourth-place fi nish that would lead locals to take the podium in large school competition at Hayward Field in Eugene. He also posted a season-best 43-8.75 in shot put, but came up short of the podium in 11th place. The next-highest placing for a local came from Hermiston senior Ebony Wilson who was fi fth in the Class 5A girls’ long See LARGE SCHOOLS/3B Staff photo by Kathy Aney Hayden Scott, of Weston-McEwen, leads the pack in the 2A boys 800-meter run Friday at the OSAA State Track & Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene. Scott won the event with a time of 2:00.63. Three locals win individual gold at small school meet East Oregonian Staff photo by Kathy Aney Ebony Wilson, of Hermiston, long jumps Friday at the OSAA State Track & Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene. Wilson made it to the podium with a fi fth-place fi nish after a jump of 16 feet, 11 inches. EUGENE — Holding a one-point lead going into the fi nal event of the OSAA Class 2A State Track and Field Championships, the Weston-McEwen boys’ track and fi eld team had to fi nish ahead of Bandon in the 4x400 relay to secure the team title. Based on their seed times, it was the TigerScots’ title to lose, but after a hard day of competition the Tigers had proven they were a force to be reckoned with on the track. Perhaps no TigerScot knew this better than senior Hayden Scott, who went head-to-head with three-fourths of the Bandon relay team earlier in the day while racing his individual events — to mixed success. Bandon made the TigerScots earn it, but Weston- McEwen was more than up to the challenge and fi nished See SMALL SCHOOLS/3B Weston- McEwen’s Kellen Mc- Gill passes to teammate Jacob Speed during the 4x100-meter fi nals Friday at the OSAA State Track & Field Cham- pionships. Weston- McEwen won the section and came in third overall. Staff photo by Kathy Aney Sports shorts Crosby, Murray help Penguins hold off Senators to even series OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist and the resurgent Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Ottawa Senators 3-2 on Friday night to even the Eastern Conference fi nals at 2-2. Crosby had only one point through the fi rst three games, leading to questions about his health following a jarring concussion in the second round. Matt Murray made 22 saves in his fi rst start of the playoffs after Marc-Andre Fleury was chased in the fi rst period Wednesday night in Crosby the Penguins’ 5-1 loss in Game 3. Brian Dumoulin and Olli Maatta added goals to help Pittsburgh take a 3-0 lead midway through the second period. Clarke MacArthur and Tom Pyatt scored for Ottawa. Game 5 is Sunday in Pittsburgh. “I’m someone who has been in a lot of races and lost a lot of races, so I know you don’t want to be overconfi dent, but I do feel very, very good about the way he’s coming into it.” — Todd Pletcher Trainer for Always Dreaming, the 2017 Kentucky Derby winner and favorite at 4-5 odds for Sun- day’s Preakness Stakes. The race will run at 3:45 p.m. on NBC and NBCSports.com. Oregon softball starts NCAA regionals with blowout win EUGENE — Oregon smacked 12 hits and pushed across 13 runs as the Ducks beat Illinois-Chicago 13-0 in a NCAA regional game on Friday night. The third-seeded Ducks held a modest 4-0 lead after three innings, but picked up fi ve hits and drew three walks for a nine-run inning. Shannon Rhodes went 3 for 3 with a double, a pair of runs and an RBI, while Jenna Lilley went 2 for 2 with two runs and an RBI. Pitcher Maggie Balint was lights-out in the circle, striking out nine with just two hits and two walks allowed in fi ve innings. The outing lowered her season ERA to a mere 1.04. Oregon will now play Wisconsin today at 5 p.m. in Eugene. The Badgers beat Missouri 7-2 earlier in the day on Friday. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1900 — The second modern Olympic Games open in Paris. 1999 — Robin Ventura becomes the fi rst major leaguer to hit grand slams in both games of a doubleheader, leading the New York Mets to a sweep over Milwaukee, 11-10 and 10-1. 2007 — Roger Federer ends Rafael Nadal’s 81-match winning streak on clay with a 2-6, 6-2, 6-0 win in the fi nal of the Hamburg Masters. It’s Federer’s fi rst clay-court title in two years. Nadal, ranked No. 2 in the world behind Federer, had been unbeaten on clay since April 2005, a run that included 13 titles. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com
