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SPORTS THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2017 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS Prep Baseball & Softball Grogan, Rice named EOL’s best Stanfi eld, Irrigon seniors are Co- Players of the Year East Oregonian Dylan Grogan and Austin Rice have established themselves as two of the top all-around athletes in the region over the past few years and now both players graduate with even more proof. The Stanfi eld and Irrigon seniors were named Co-Players of the Year by the baseball coaches of the Eastern Oregon League, after leading their respective teams to the postseason with incredible campaigns. Grogan, a Yakima Valley Community College signee, took home the award for the second consecutive season, as he hit for a .592 average in 49 plate appear- ances in league play, adding 27 runs scored, 20 RBI, 12 extra base hits and a .672 on-base percentage. On the mound, Grogan was lights-out again, striking out 15 batters in eight EO fi le photos innings while giving up just two hits Irrigon senior Austin Rice, left, and Stanfi eld senior Dylan Grogan were named Co-Players of the Year in and one run. the Eastern Oregon Leauge by the league’s coaches. It’s Grogan’s second straight award and Rice’s fi rst. Rice, a Whitworth University commitment, was Irrigon’s bulldog soph., Umatilla; Rylie Howard, sr., Joseph; Adrian on the mound, where he logged 34 Brody Woods (0.95 ERA, 41 K) a RBI) snagged an infi eld spot. Roa, jr., Irrigon. 2/3 innings in EOL action and turned unanimous decision at pitcher and Outfi eld — Talon Case, sr., Burns; Klay Jenson, sr., ———— Stanfi eld; Travis Haga, Joseph. Eastern Oregon League in a 2.01 ERA and 65 strikeouts. Grogan at infi eld, joined by pitcher/ Utility — Hunter Barnes, sr., Stanfi eld. Players of the Year — Dylan Grogan, sr., Stanfi eld; Honorable mention His best start came against Joseph infi elder Tony Flores (.462 avg., Austin Rice, sr., Irrigon. Pitcher — Elijah Cleaver, fr., Nyssa; Tate Olsen, sr., Coach of the Year — Brad Rogers, Stanfi eld when he struck out 11 batters in fi ve 36 RBI; 3.31 ERA, 35 K), catcher Joseph; Andreas Gonzales, sr., Nyssa. First team Catcher — Matt McBride, fr., Vale. — Austin Rice*, sr., Irrigon; Brody Woods*, innings. Thyler Monkus (.418 avg., 35 runs, jr., Pitchers First base — Tanner Mills, jr., Irrigon; Anthony Stanfi eld; Tony Flores, sr., Stanfi eld. Rodelo, soph., Riverside; Chris Nobles, soph., Joseph. But Rice was also lethal at the 25 stolen bases), fi rst baseman Ryan Catcher — Thyler Monkus, sr., Stanfi eld. Infi eld — Andrew Contreras, jr., Nyssa; Elijah First base — Ryan Bailey, sr., Stanfi eld. plate, hitting for a .487 average in 39 Bailey (.563 avg., 21 RBI, 26 runs) Cleaver, fr., Nyssa; Aramis Corpus, jr., Riverside; Nate Infi eld — Dylan Grogan*, sr., Stanfi eld; Heath Gumbert, jr., Irrigon; Bryce Goss, jr., Burns; Cade sr., Nyssa; Tony Flores, sr., Stanfi eld; Zack plate appearances, scoring 20 runs, and outfi elder Adrian Renner (.375 Hartley*, Perry, jr., Vale; Dawson Eddy, sr., Vale; Colton Kesey, Henrichs, soph., Irrigon. driving in 13 and registering eight avg., 22 runs). fr., Vale. Outfi eld — Adrian Renner, jr., Stanfi eld; JP Martinez, Outfi eld — Justin Keeney, jr., Stanfi eld; Alex Nyssa; Austin Rice, sr., Irrigon. extra base hits with a .643 on-base Irrigon came away with just two sr., Utility Martinez, sr., Nyssa; Nick Modey, sr., Burns; Tanner — Blake Cleaver, sr., Nyssa. Hamilton, soph., Vale; Marco Gomez, sr., Vale; Chris Second team percentage. fi rst team selections with Rice a Bathke, jr., Joseph; Dillon Kaschmitter, sr., vale; Diego — Dylan Grogan, sr., Stanfi eld; Klay Jenson, Stanfi eld, the EOL champions, unanimous pick at pitcher as well sr., Pitcher Soto, sr., Umatilla. Stanfi eld; Blake Cleaver, sr., Nyssa. Utility — Andrew Martinez, sr., Riverside; Kaleb Catcher — Isaac Zamora, soph., Burns. led the league with six fi rst team as the outfi eld, and sophomore Zack Nyborg, sr., Burns; Gus Ramsden, soph., Joseph; First base — Andres Gonzales, sr., Nyssa. all-league selections with junior Henrichs (.375 avg., 15 runs, 17 Cody Samson, jr., Umatilla. Infi eld — Brody Woods, jr., Stanfi eld; Seth Cranston, NBA FInals Warriors late run steals Game 3 GOL cashes in on Fortune Mac-Hi senior is Player of the Year East Oregonian MILTON-FREEWATER — For four seasons, Micha Fortune was an important piece to the Mac-Hi softball dynasty. Though her Pioneers failed to reach the state title game for a fi fth consecu- tive season in 2017, Fortune left her mark on the Greater O r e g o n League in a Fortune big way again, convincing the league’s coaches to vote her Player of the Year. In the Pioneers’ 12 league games, Fortune hit for a .555 average and had at least two hits in nine of the 12 games, adding one home run, two doubles, eight RBI, 20 runs scored and 20 stolen bases as Mac-Hi’s leadoff hitter. She was a standout in the fi eld, too, registering just four errors while manning the hot corner at third base. It’s the fourth straight year that a Pioneer has won the league’s Player of the Year award, with Fortune See ALL-GOL/2B MLB Seattle’s Mike Zun- ino heads home on his two-run, walk-off home run against Minne- sota in the ninth inning of Wednes- day’s game in Seattle. Durant’s 3-pointer with 45 seconds left leaves Warriors one from title By TOM WITHERS Associated Press CLEVELAND — Kevin Durant drained the shot of his professional life — a 3-pointer with 45.3 seconds left — and scored 31 points as the Golden State Warriors moved Game 3 within one win of postseason perfection and by AP Photo/Ron Schwane Golden State payback rallying to beat Golden State Warriors forward Kevin Durant (35) celebrates with the Cleveland teammates after the Warriors defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers 118- C a v a l i e r s 113 in Game 3 of the NBA Finals in Cleveland on Wednesday. 118-113 on Wednesday night Curry hit a layup and after both to take a 3-0 cise those haunting demons from Cleveland lead in the NBA last June when the Warriors blew a James and Irving missed for the 3-1 lead in the Finals to the Cava- Cavs, Durant dropped his 3 — a shot Finals. The Warriors liers. Not team has ever overcome a that could be the one most remem- bered in this magnifi cent run by the trailed by six with 3-0 defi cit. Klay Thompson added 30 points Warriors. three minutes left before Durant, “All I was looking at was the who signed with Golden State last and Stephen Curry had 26 for this summer to win a championship, California Dream Team now one bottom of the net,” Durant said. brought them back, scoring 14 in the win from its second title in three “I’ve been working on that shot my years. whole life. To see that go in, that was fourth. LeBron James shook off a liberating, man. We’ve got one more With their 15th straight win, the Warriors have the longest postseason knee-buckling blow to the chin to go.” After the Warriors went up, Irving streak for any team in the four major while scoring 39 and Kyrie Irving added 38 for the Cavs, who took a missed a 3 from his favorite spot on professional sports. And with a victory in Game 4 on 113-107 lead with 3:09 left on J.R. See NBA FINALS/2B Friday night, Golden State can exor- Smith’s 3-pointer. 118 113 AP Photo/Elaine Thompson M’s walk-off Twins on Zunino’s blast By JIM HOEHN Associated Press SEATTLE — Mike Zunino hit his second homer of the game with two outs in the ninth inning, a two-run shot that gave the surging Seattle Mariners a 6-5 comeback victory over the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday night. Kyle Seager and Carlos Ruiz also homered for the Mariners, who overcame a three-run defi cit and won for the ninth time in 10 games. Ben Gamel singled with two outs in the ninth off closer Brandon Kintzler (2-1). Zunino, Minnesota Seattle 5 6 who hit a solo shot in the third, sent a 2-1 pitch over the center- fi eld wall for his fourth home run. Edwin Diaz (2-2) pitched a scoreless inning for the win. After trailing 5-2, the Mari- ners scored once in the fi fth and pulled to 5-4 in the sixth on Seager’s seventh homer. Miguel Sano’s three-run See MARINERS/2B Sports shorts Mariners sign Segura to extension SEATTLE (AP) — The Seattle Mariners have agreed to a $70 million, fi ve-year contract with shortstop Jean Segura covering 2018-22, a deal that brings stability to what has been a position of fl ux for more than a decade. Segura is making $6.2 million this year and would have been eligible for free agency following the 2018 season. The contract announced Wednesday calls for a $3 million signing bonus, a $9 million salary next season and $14.25 million in each of the Segura following four years. Seattle has a $17 million option for 2023 with a $1 million buyout. Segura gets a full-no trade provision. Since being acquired from Arizona as part of a fi ve-player trade, Segura has not disappointed in his move to the AL. Despite two stints on the disabled list, Segura is leading the American League in hitting with a .341 average. “I think we’re going to expect their best hockey in their rink. I think both teams have gotten better throughout the series and that’s expected. It’s going to be a battle going in there and we need to steal one in their arena.“ — James Neal Nashville Predators forward on his team’s mindset as they hit the road again for Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final. The Penguins won the fi rst two games in Pitts- burgh in the series. Puck drop for Game 5 is 5 p.m. on NBC. Oklahoma football coach Bob Stoops retires after 18 seasons NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops abruptly announced his retirement Wednesday, a stunning offseason move by the 56-year-old future Hall of Famer who led the Sooners to 10 conference championships and a national title in 18 seasons. Stoops was the longest-tenured active coach in major college football and was 190-48 (.798) at Oklahoma — his only college head-coaching job — giving Stoops him more victories than Sooners coaching greats Barry Switzer (157) and Bud Wilkinson (145). Offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley, 33, is being promoted to head coach, making him the youngest head coach in FBS. Just last month, Oklahoma gave Riley a three-year contract extension worth $1.3 million per year. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1950 — The Boston Red Sox beat the St. Louis Browns 29-4 at Fenway Park, and the Red Sox set six major league records: most runs scored by one team; most extra-base hits in a game with 17; most total bases with 60; most extra bases on long hits with 32; most runs for two games with 49 (20 a day earlier); and most hits in two games with 51. 2000 — Mike Modano defl ects Brett Hull’s shot at 6:21 of the third overtime, ending the longest scoreless overtime game in Stanley Cup fi nals history and helping the Dallas Stars beat the New Jersey Devils 1-0 in Game 5. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com