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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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