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Saturday Prep Roundup
Dawgs top
Falcons in
opener
East Oregonian
HERMISTON — After
getting rained out on Tuesday,
the Hermiston baseball team
was finally able to play its
season-opener on Saturday
afternoon when it hosted La
Salle Prep. And it was worth
the wait as
Baseball H e r m i s t o n
won 6-5 at
A r m a n d
Larive Middle
La Salle Prep
School.
After the
Falcons took
a 3-0 lead
in the top
of the third,
Hermiston
the Bulldogs
(1-0) quickly
answered in
the
bottom
half of the inning with two
runs as Lukas Tolan scored
from third on a balk and then
Landon Jones’ double to left
brought home Wyatt Noland to
make it 3-2.
Then trailing 4-2 in the
sixth, a double by Joey Guti-
errez and a single by Jordan
Ramirez set the Bulldogs
up for some runs. Gutierrez
scored from third on an error
and then Joel Mendez’s single
brought home Ramirez to tie
the game at 4-4. Three batters
later, Caden Schwirse hit a
two-run single to left field to
put the Bulldogs up 6-4.
In the seventh, La Salle
Prep scored one run on a bases-
loaded walk from Ramirez and
had the bases loaded with two
outs before Ramirez worked a
three-pitch strikeout to end the
game.
Ramirez got the win on the
mound with two innings of
relief, and also had a standout
day at the plate going 3 for 3
with a run scored. Tolan started
on the mound and struck out
six over five innings while
giving up five hits, three runs
and three walks.
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AP Photo/Wade Payne
Oregon State players celebrate as Tennessee guard Jaime Nared (31) walks off the court after Oregon State’s 66-59 win in a sec-
ond-round game in the NCAA women’s college basketball tournament on Sunday in Knoxville, Tenn.
Beavers are ‘Sweet’ once again
Oregon State upsets Tennessee to reach Sweet 16 for third straight year
By RHIANNON POTKEY
Associated Press
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Oregon
State coach Scott Rueck had
insulated himself from much of the
media coverage
Second
leading into the
women’s NCAA
Round
Tournament.
But
strug-
gling to sleep at
2 a.m. Sunday #6 Oregon St
morning before
Oregon
State
faced Tennessee
in the second
round, Rueck
s t u m b l e d #3 Tennessee
upon an ESPN
preview article.
He noticed a
nugget about the Lady Vols having
never lost at home in the NCAA
Tournament and thought, “How
often in life do you have a chance
to do something for the first time?”
After informing his team at
66
59
shoot-around about their shot at
history, the Beavers went out and
added another chapter to their
renaissance.
Senior Marie Gulich had 14
points and 12 rebounds to lead
sixth-seeded Oregon State to its
third straight regional semifinal
appearance with a 66-59 win over
third-seeded Tennessee at Thomp-
son-Boling Arena.
“We had an opportunity to do
something today that is really
special and that is a first,” Rueck
said. “So when the clock was
ticking down right at the very
end and we knew we had it, I just
couldn’t hardly believe how far this
team has come.”
Rueck can say the same for his
program. The one-time Pac-12
Conference doormat has become
a perennial contender with expec-
tations to make deep tournament
runs and share the stage with tradi-
tion-rich Tennessee.
The Lady Vols had been 57-0 at
home in NCAA play with most of
those victories coming under late
Hall of Fame coach Pat Summitt,
who led the team to eight national
championships. It’s the second
straight season that Tennessee lost
in the second round of the NCAAs
and will miss the Sweet 16 in back-
to-back seasons for the first time in
the program’s 37-year tournament
history.
Tennessee (24-8) and OSU
(25-7) played an intense game
befitting of two teams separated
by only one spot in the AP poll
entering the tournament.
See BEAVERS/3B
R H E
LSP
003 001
1 — 5 6 2
HHS
002 004 X — 6 9 4
(L) M. Evans, J. Owens (4) and J. Jenson. (H)
L. Tolan, J. Ramirez (6) and W. Noland. W — J.
Ramirez, L — M. Evans.
2B — M. Evans, N. Grogan 2 (LSP); L. Jones,
J. Gutierrez (HHS).
See PREP ROUNDUP/3B
NCAA Women’s Tournament
No. 2 seed Oregon cruises to Sweet 16 with win over Minnesota
By ANNE M. PETERSON
AP Sports Writer
EUGENE — At the halftime buzzer
against Minnesota, Sabrina Ionescu
nailed an improbable 3-pointer and
then fell to the court. A moment later,
she was clearly angry with herself for
missing the free throw that went with
it.
The moment was typical of
Oregon’s sophomore guard.
Ionescu had 29 points, nine assists
and seven rebounds and the second-
seeded Oregon Ducks advanced to
the Sweet 16 with a 101-73 victory
over the No. 10 Golden Gophers in the
second round of the women’s NCAA
Tournament on Sunday night.
“She’s dialed in,” Ducks coach
Kelly Graves said. “She’s rock solid.”
It was the 11th straight victory for
Second Round
#10 Minnesota
#2 Oregon
73
101
the Ducks, who are headed to the round
of 16 for the second straight season.
Last year they went to the Elite Eight
for the first time in program history.
Ionescu was just short of her second
straight and 11th career triple-double.
A sophomore, Ionescu holds the career
NCAA record for triple-doubles.
Fellow sophomore Ruthy Hebard
finished with 22 points and 10
rebounds for the Ducks, who led by as
many as 34 points. Ionescu went to the
bench with 8:31 left in the game and
Oregon up by 30.
“The ball went through the basket
today for me,” Ionescu said. “It was
just kind of in the flow of the game.
People were getting me the ball in
position for me to score, which was
nice to see, and then Ruthy played well
inside. I was getting her the ball and
vice versa.”
With her fourth assist of the game,
Ionescu broke the Pac-12 single-
season record of 278, set by Arizona’s
Brenda Pantoja in the 1995-96 season.
She finished the game with 284.
Carlie Wagner led the Golden
Gophers with 20 points. Oregon’s 101
points were the most Minnesota had
given up all year.
“Obviously a tough moment for
our team,” Minnesota coach Marlene
Stollings said. “I’m really proud of
See OREGON/3B
Oregon’s Sabrina Ionescu, left, Lexi Bando and Ruthy He-
bard, right, wave to their fans after defeating Minnesota
101-73 in the second-round game in the NCAA women’s
basketball tournament on Sunday in Eugene.
Sports shorts
James scores 40, nets a triple
double as Cavs top Bucks 124-117
CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James
scored 40 points as part of his third triple-
double in four games and the Cleveland
Cavaliers beat the Milwaukee Bucks 124-117
on Monday night.
James scored 17 points in the
third quarter and finished with 12
rebounds and 10 assists for his
16th triple-double this season and
71st of his career.
Milwaukee cut a 17-point lead
James
to 117-109, but James drove the
length of the floor for a dunk with
just over a minute left.
Cavaliers All-Star forward Kevin Love
returned after missing six weeks because of
a broken left hand and scored 18 points in 25
minutes.
Giannis Antetokounmpo had 37 points and
went 11 for 11 at the foul line for Milwaukee.
“I know Eli Manning is
probably watching this and
thinking ... yes, I’m coming.
I know Dak [Prescott] is
watching this like, ‘Yeah,
he’s coming.’ And Alex
Smith, he knows he can’t
run from me. I told him in
the Pro Bowl. It’s definitely
going to be a great season,
and it’s going to be fun to
be out here and be able to
chase quarterbacks.“
— Michael Bennett
The former Seattle Seahawk and now
current Philadelphia Eagle at his intro-
ductory news conference on Monday.
Blue Jackets win 8th straight,
top Bruins 5-4 in overtime
BOSTON (AP) — Cam Atkinson scored 2:55
into overtime to lift the Columbus Blue Jackets
to a 5-4 victory over Boston on Monday night
for their eighth straight victory,
spoiling a splendid NHL debut for
the Bruins’ Ryan Donato.
Sonny Milano, Boone Jenner,
Thomas Vanek and Artemi
Panarin also scored for the Blue
Jackets. Joonas Korpisalo stopped 34 shots.
Columbus moved into a tie with Philadelphia
with 85 points, but the Flyers hold the tiebreaker
for third place in the Metropolitan Division and
the Blue Jackets hold the first wild card in the
Eastern Conference.
Donato had a goal and two assists for
Boston, which moved a point behind idle
Tampa Bay for first in the Atlantic. Riley Nash,
Brad Marchand and David Krejci also scored
for Boston, and Tuukka Rask had with 19 saves.
THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1897 — Yale beats Penn
32-10 in New Haven, Conn., in
the first men’s intercollegiate
basketball game.
1954 — In the first tele-
vised NCAA championship
game, La Salle defeats
Bradley 92-76.
1971 — Two brothers
face each other in goal
for the first time in the
NHL. Ken Dryden and the
Montreal Canadiens get a
5-2 win against Dave Dryden
and the Buffalo Sabres at
the Montreal Forum. Ken
appears after a second-period
injury to Rogie Vachon and
then Dave is immediately put
in goal.
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