SPORTS
WEEKEND, JUNE 17-18, 2017
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HERMISTON
Bulldogs make Moore next baseball coach
“I’ve heard nothing but good things about
Pendleton grad
Kevin Moore hired, Hermiston baseball and the opportunity to
pending approval
come in and enjoy the success that they’ve
built and expand on that is exciting.”
By ERIC SINGER
East Oregonian
Kevin Moore
After a fi fteen day search, Herm-
iston baseball has a new leader.
The school announced on Friday
afternoon that Kevin Moore has
been hired as the program’s newest
head coach, pending approval by the
Board of Education at its meeting
— Kevin Moore,
New Hermiston High School baseball head coach, whose hire was
announced Friday and is pending approval by the Board of Education
at its next meeting.
on July 10. Moore replaces Lance
Hawkins who stepped down from the
position on June 1 after three seasons
at the helm.
Moore, 40, comes to Hermiston
from Idaho, where he has spent the
past 12 years as an assistant base-
ball coach for Parma High School,
Caldwell, Vallivue and Fruitland. He
has strong ties to Eastern Oregon,
though, as Moore grew up in Pend-
leton and graduated from Pendleton
High School in 1995.
And even though the former Buck-
aroo is now going to be coaching for
his high school rival, he is more than
excited to fi nally get a chance as a
head coach and get started with the
Bulldogs.
“This was an opportunity for both
my wife and I that we couldn’t pass
up,” Moore said on Friday. “I’ve
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PENDLETON
Bucks fi nalists for Oregon Sports Awards
In this fi le
photo from
March 24,
2017, Pend-
leton’s Hely
Greb chips
onto the
green on
hole No. 18
at Big River
Golf Course
in Umatilla.
Greb shot
a 75 to win
the tourna-
ment. She
has been
named an
Oregon
Sports
Awards
fi nalist for
Female
Prep Golfer
of the Year.
Pendleton’s Haley Greb,
Lauren Richards to
attend 65th annual event
By MATT ENTRUP
East Oregonian
For best friends Haley Greb and
Lauren Richards, the summer months
can be a hectic time.
When school lets out, sports take
center stage with Greb entering as many
golf tournaments as she can fi t into her
schedule and Richards traveling around
the region to participate in softball
tournaments and camps.
So when one of the girls’ recent
discussions turned to the topic of
the upcoming weekend, both were
surprised when they had the same plans.
The three-sport athletes were each
named fi nalists for Oregon Sports
Awards, Greb in golf and Richards
in softball, and will be in attendance
Sunday at the 65th annual presentation
by Nike at the Tiger Woods Center in
Beaverton.
“I think (Richards) was just talking
about her weekend plans. We were both
surprised at the same time, because we
both didn’t know we were fi nalists,”
said Greb, who graduated this spring
following an OSAA Class 5A state
co-championship. “We’ve been friends
basically our whole lives and grown up
playing sports together. It’s been a lot of
fun and defi nitely a huge accomplish-
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Staff photo by
Matt Entrup
College World Series
Oregon State out to fi nish job at College World Series
Beavers enter
with fewest
losses since
Texas in 1982
By ERIC OLSON
Associated Press
OMAHA,
Neb.
—
Oregon State already can
make a case for ranking
among the greatest college
baseball teams of all time. If
the Beavers win the national
championship at the College
World Series, there will be no
argument.
At 54-4, the Beavers
have the fewest losses of any
team entering the CWS since
CSU Fullerton Oregon State
Titans
Beavers
(39-22)
(54-4)
• Saturday, Noon (ESPN)
• at Omaha, Nebraska
Texas came in 57-4 in 1982.
They take a 21-game winning
streak into their game against
Cal State Fullerton (39-22)
on Saturday afternoon.
Florida State (45-21) plays
LSU (48-17) at night.
Oregon State won the
Pac-12 by six games, the
largest margin since the
conference ended divisional
play in 1999, and outscored
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Rodeo
Three T-Wolves
try to make
CNFR short-go
College championship
round is Saturday
East Oregonian
AP Photo/Nati Harnik
Oregon State players warm up at the start of team practice in Oma-
ha, Neb., Friday, June 16, 2017. Oregon State is on the cusp of join-
ing the company of the greatest college baseball teams of all time.
At 54-4, the Beavers enter the College World Series with the fewest
losses of any team since 1982.
CASPER, Wyo. — After one week
of rodeo at Casper Events Center, three
Blue Mountain Timberwolves were
in a position to earn one more go in the
College National Finals Rodeo when the
fi nal performance of third round began on
Friday night.
For barrel racer Danyelle Williams,
tie-down roper Preston Pederson, and
saddle bronc rider Johnny Espeland,
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Sports shorts
Johnson to stay with Hendrick
BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — Fresh off
another championship and with three more
victories already this season Jimmie Johnson is
showing no signs of slowing down.
Now, he’s ready for at least three more years
of racing. Beyond that, Johnson is
leaving his options open.
Johnson agreed to a three-year
contract extension with Hendrick
Motorsports through 2020.
Hendrick announced the deal with
the seven-time NASCAR Cup
Series champion Friday.
Johnson
“I’ve said it before and
continued to say that when the fi re does go
out, I will step down,” said Johnson, who is
preparing for this weekend’s race at Michigan
International Speedway. “I don’t have any
framework now on a timeline. I just know that
I’ve got three more years of trying to go out
there and win championships and win races.”
“My plan was to go up
one time. When I was
going down, I was like,
‘Hmm, we could have
some days before we
leave’ ... I wanted to try
to go back up again.“
— Kilian Jornet
Spanish mountaineer on making
two solo summits Mount Everest
within a six-day span in May. Jor-
net, 29, did both ascents without
the help of other climbers, fi xed
ropes, or supplemental oxygen.
Swiss prosecutors confi rm 25
investigations linked to FIFA
BERN, Switzerland (AP) — The offi ce
of Switzerland’s attorney general says it
is leading 25 separate investigations of
suspected corruption linked to
FIFA and World Cup bidding.
The offi ce of Michael
Lauber confi rmed the scale of
“football-related cases” after
securing a fi rst conviction since
its FIFA probes began in 2014.
Cases were not specifi ed, but criminal
proceedings are open against former FIFA
offi cials Sepp Blatter and Jerome Valcke, and
some 2006 World Cup organizers, including
Franz Beckenbauer.
Swiss and American prosecutors worked
together on a guilty plea this week from Jorge
Arzuaga, a former employee of Swiss private
banks from Argentina.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1921 — The University
of Illinois wins the fi rst
NCAA track and fi eld cham-
pionships with 20¼ points.
Notre Dame fi nishes second
with 16¾ points.
1967 — Jack Nicklaus
shoots a record 275 to beat
Arnold Palmer for the U.S.
Open. Nicklaus breaks Ben
Hogan’s 1948 record by one
stroke.
1995
—
Michael
Johnson becomes the fi rst
national champion at 200
and 400 meters since 1899
as he captures both races at
the USA-Mobil Champi-
onships.
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