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Page 2B SPORTS East Oregonian Tuesday, May 1, 2018 SCOREBOARD Local slate PREP BASEBALL Tuesday Stevenson (WA) at Irrigon (DH), 3 p.m. Stanfield at Mac-Hi, 4 p.m. Umatilla at Riverside, 4 p.m. Heppner at Dufur, 4 p.m. Pilot Rock at Weston-McEwen 4 p.m. Pendleton at Hermiston, 4:30 p.m. Friday Riverside at Joseph (DH), 1 p.m. Umatilla at Stanfield (DH), 1 p.m. Nyssa at Irrigon (DH), 2 p.m. The Dalles at Pendleton, 4:30 p.m. Hermiston at Hood River Valley, 4:30 p.m. Saturday Dufur at Heppner (DH), 11 a.m. Weston-McEwen at Pilot Rock (DH), 11 a.m. Mac-Hi at Ontario (DH), 3 p.m. (MST) AP Photo/Brynn Anderson Joey Logano celebrates in after winning a NASCAR race at Talladega Superspeedway Sunday. Joey Logano snaps long losing streak with win at Talladega By JENNA FRYER Associated Press TALLADEGA, Ala. — Joey Logano had a clear race track in his windshield and a pack of fellow Ford drivers on his bumper. That combination helped the Team Penske driver snap a nearly yearlong losing streak. Logano won Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway to snap a streak that dated to April 30 of last year. That win at Richmond was later disqualified because his car failed inspection, so the benefits from the victory were stripped and it cost him a spot in the playoffs. Out front at Talladega, which is usually the worst place to be in the closing laps, Logano couldn’t be caught. His Ford team- mates were committed to getting a Ford the win, and they waited patiently in line until the closing laps to make their attempt at snatching the victory away from Logano. Only Kurt Busch was bold enough to make an early move, and he wrongly thought defending race winner Ricky Stenhouse Jr. would go with him. Sten- house didn’t get to Busch in time, Kevin Harvick wasn’t prepared for Busch to go so early, and Busch couldn’t garner enough steam to catch Logano. Logano sailed to an easy victory at a track where he should have been forced to defend several attempts at a pass on the final lap. “I really thought (Busch and Harvick) were the cars, no matter where they went, if they got to the outside of me, I was hosed. I knew that. That would have been the end of it for me,” Logano said. “I would have gotten passed by pretty much the whole train. I would have lost so much momentum. I knew they were going to work together, as they should. Once they got picked apart, think that was the game changer.” It was Logano’s third career win at Talladega. Busch finished second, his career best finish at Talladega, as Ford drivers went 1-2. Chase Elliott was third in a Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports, while Kevin Harvick was fourth in a Stewart-Haas Racing Ford. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was fifth, David Ragan sixth and Aric Almirola seventh as Ford drivers took six of the seven spots. Elliott said the Fords had too strong and steady of a strategy for him to have any chance at making a move to catch Logano. “I thought for sure one of them wanted to win more than they showed,” Elliott said. “If it was me, I would have wanted to do something or try. They were not interested in advancing. They were not going to help me move forward.” Busch said his intention was to work with Sten- house to help SHR get a victory from either Busch or Harvick. “Two Stewart-Haas cars running second and third should have been able to pull this off,” Busch said. “I’m happy that a Ford won. It wasn’t the right one. Kevin was in good position. I was going to roll with him in any direction that I could. We just got broken up by Stenhouse. “You wish you could go over and do it again. I feel like I left that one out on the table. “ Harvick felt Busch made his move too early. “The Fords are so fast, we had five or six lined up there, and Kurt went a lap before I was ready,” Harvick said. JOHNSON LOSING STREAK Seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie John- son’s losing streak hit 33 races when he finished 12th. He was part of a 14-car accident late in the race when he slid in front of teammate William Byron to start the melee that knocked out two Team Penske cars — Brad Keselowski and Ryan Blaney — as well as second stage winner Paul Menard. Johnson thought as he closed in on Byron, the air was taken off his Chevrolet. “I was in the second lane and he came up near my lane and then packed air underneath us and around it went,” Johnson said. Schimmel looked to be more fit then the last time she played with the Liberty. “I’m definitely ready to compete and am in shape,” said Schimmel, who will turn 26 on Friday. “I’m more excited to play than I’ve been in a while.” She watched the Liberty as much as she could while she was away. “It was different being on the other side and watching,” she said. “They PREP TRACK & FIELD Tuesday Echo, Heppner, Hermiston, Pilot Rock, Riverside, Stanfield, Weston-McEwen at Bulldog Invite (Hermiston HS), 4 p.m. Irrigon at Dayton Small Schools Invite 2.0, 3:30 p.m. Wednesday Pendleton at the 4th Annual Bucks In- trasquad Last Chance Throw Down, TBD Thursday Echo, Helix, Stanfield at Helix Small Schools Invite, 3 p.m. Friday Echo, Heppner, Mac-Hi, Pilot Rock, Weston-McEwen at Baker Invitational, 10 a.m. Hermiston, Pendleton at CRC Novice Championships (Hood River Valley), 2 p.m. Riverside, Umatilla at Ron Vanderholm (Royal HS), 3:15 p.m. Saturday Irrigon at Arlington Invite, 10 a.m. PREP GOLF Tuesday Pendleton (boys) at Emerald Valley, TBD Wednesday Pendleton (boys) at Emerald Valley, TBD Thursday Pendleton (boys) at Emerald Valley, TBD Nixyaawii at Mac-Hi Invite, 1 p.m. Mac- Hi at Vets Memorial, 2 p.m. Friday Pendleton (boys) at Emerald Valley, TBD Heppner at the Buffalo Peak Invite, 11 a.m. Saturday Hermiston (girls) at Sun River, TBD Sunday Hermiston (girls) at Sun River, TBD Pendleton (girls) at Meadow Lakes, TBD PREP TENNIS Wednesday Hermiston at Pendleton, 4 p.m. Friday Weston-McEwen (girls) at Sub-Districts (Tri Cities Court Club), TBD Helix, Heppner, Mac-Hi, Weston-McEwen (boys) at Sub-Districts (Tri Cities Court Club), TBD PREP LACROSSE Wednesday Hermiston at Southridge, 7 p.m. COLLEGE BASEBALL Wednesday Blue Mountain at Spokane (DH), 1 p.m. Saturday Blue Mountain at Columbia Basin (DH), 1 p.m. COLLEGE SOFTBALL Friday EOU at British Columbia Cascade Confer- ence Tournament (Ashland), 9 a.m. North Idaho at Blue Mountain (DH), 2 p.m. Saturday Spokan at Blue Mountain (DH), 12 p.m. Prep Standings Through Apr. 30 PREP BASEBALL 5A COLUMBIA RIVER CONFERENCE LG Ovr RS RA Rnk Pendleton 6-2 12-8 144 107 7 Hood River 5-3 11-10 114 107 12 Hermiston 3-5 7-13 89 140 20 The Dalles 2-6 5-14 69 150 24 4A GREATER OREGON LEAGUE Lg Ovr RS RA Rnk La Grande 8-0 14-2 154 45 2 Ontario 4-4 10-9 144 92 9 Baker 4-4 9-8 102 111 20 Mac-Hi 0-8 6-11 77 144 33 3A EASTERN OREGON LEAGUE Lg Ovr RS RA Rnk Stanfield 9-1 15-5 225 137 2 Vale 7-2 10-7 155 100 10 Joseph 5-3 12-5 149 82 8 Burns 5-3 7-10 125 143 14 Irrigon 5-5 9-8 137 135 13 Umatilla 3-6 7-7 107 86 26 AP Photo/Elise Amendola Boston Celtics guard Terry Rozier (12) makes a dribble move against Philadelphia 76ers guard JJ Redick (17) in the second half of Game 1. Riverside 1-8 5-13 115 181 29 Nyssa 1-8 1-20 50 320 32 2A/1A SPECIAL DISTRICT 6 Lg Ovr RS RA Rnk Sherman 6-0 11-2 152 53 11 Culver 6-0 10-4 113 65 8 Pilot Rock 6-1 11-2 119 31 5 Elgin 6-4 6-5 55 47 27 Grant Union 4-5 9-11 123 98 17 W-McEwen 2-5 4-13 104 156 34 Union 2-5 3-10 60 135 35 Heppner 0-6 5-12 150 208 28 Dufur 0-6 2-12 38 170 29 PREP SOFTBALL 5A COLUMBIA RIVER CONFERENCE Lg Ovr RS RA Rnk Pendleton 8-0 18-1 199 42 1 Hood River 4-4 16-4 168 62 4 Hermiston 4-4 13-7 159 128 7 The Dalles 0-8 7-14-1 126 190 17 4A GREATER OREGON LEAGUE Lg Ovr RS RA Rnk La Grande 6-0 13-4 152 52 2 Mac-Hi 6-2 14-7 172 115 4 Ontario 1-5 11-7 183 88 20 Baker 1-7 5-15 136 219 25 3A SPECIAL DISTRICT 1 Lg Ovr RS RA Rnk Echo 7-0 16-2 240 53 9 Irrigon 4-3 8-11 119 163 14 Riverside 3-3 6-7 82 78 16 W-McEwen 3-4 4-11 149 181 25 Umatilla 0-7 0-11 55 217 37 2A/1A SPECIAL DISTRICT 6 Lg Ovr RS RA Rnk Pilot Rock 7-1 15-2 207 37 5 Union 7-1 15-3 208 95 4 Heppner 2-6 7-9 79 136 13 Culver 0-8 0-10 64 320 29 Basketball NBA PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS Saturday, April 28 Golden State 123, New Orleans 101 (GSW leads 1-0) Sunday, April 29 Houston 110, Utah 96 (HOU leads 1-0) Monday, April 30 Philadelphia at Boston, 5 p.m. Tuesday, May 1 Cleveland at Toronto, 5 p.m. New Orleans at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 2 Utah at Houston, 5 p.m. Hockey NHL PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS Saturday, April 28 Boston 6, Tampa Bay 2, (BOS leads 1-0) San Jose 4, Vegas 3, 2OT (Series tied 1-1) Sunday, April 29 Washington 4, Pittsburgh 1 (Series tied 1-1) Nashville 5, Winnipeg 4, 2OT (Series tied 1-1) Monday, April 30 Boston at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m. Vegas at San Jose, 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 1 Washington at Pittsburgh, 4:30 p.m. Nashville at Winnipeg, 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 2 Tampa Bay at Boston, 4 p.m. Vegas at San Jose, 7 p.m. Baseball MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Boston 21 7 New York 18 10 Toronto 16 12 Tampa Bay 13 14 Baltimore 8 20 Central Division W L Cleveland 15 12 Detroit 11 16 Minnesota 9 15 Chicago 8 18 Kansas City 7 21 West Division Pct GB .750 — .643 3 .571 5 .481 7½ .286 13 Pct .556 .407 .375 .308 .250 GB — 4 4½ 6½ 8½ W L Pct GB Houston 20 10 .667 — Seattle 16 11 .593 2½ Los Angeles 16 12 .571 3 Oakland 14 14 .500 5 Texas 11 19 .367 9 ——— Sunday’s Games Baltimore 5, Detroit 3 Boston 4, Tampa Bay 3 Toronto 7, Texas 2 Seattle 10, Cleveland 4 Cincinnati 8, Minnesota 2 Houston 8, Oakland 4 Kansas City 5, Chicago White Sox 4 N.Y. Yankees 2, L.A. Angels 1 Monday’s Games Cleveland 7, Texas 5 Boston 10, Kansas City 6 Tampa Bay 3, Detroit 2 Houston 2, N.Y. Yankees 1 Toronto 7, Minnesota 5 Tuesday’s Games Texas (Fister 1-2) at Cleveland (Clevinger 2-0), 6:10 p.m. Kansas City (Junis 3-2) at Boston (Sale 2-1), 7:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Archer 2-1) at Detroit (Boyd 0-2), 7:10 p.m. N.Y. Yankees (Montgomery 2-0) at Hous- ton (Verlander 4-0), 8:10 p.m. Toronto (Estrada 2-2) at Minnesota (Gib- son 1-1), 8:10 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Shields 1-3) at St. Louis (Wacha 4-1), 8:15 p.m. Baltimore (Cobb 0-3) at L.A. Angels (Tropeano 1-2), 10:07 p.m. Oakland (Triggs 2-0) at Seattle (Hernandez 3-2), 10:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB New York 17 9 .654 — Atlanta 16 11 .593 1½ Philadelphia 16 12 .571 2 Washington 13 16 .448 5½ Miami 10 18 .357 8 Central Division W L Pct GB Chicago 16 10 .615 — Pittsburgh 17 12 .586 ½ Milwaukee 17 13 .567 1 St. Louis 15 12 .556 1½ Cincinnati 7 22 .241 10½ West Division W L Pct GB Arizona 20 8 .714 — San Francisco 15 14 .517 5½ Colorado 15 15 .500 6 Los Angeles 12 16 .429 8 San Diego 10 20 .333 11 ——— Sunday’s Games Miami 3, Colorado 0 Atlanta 10, Philadelphia 1 Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 0 Washington 3, Arizona 1 Cincinnati 8, Minnesota 2 Chicago Cubs 2, Milwaukee 0 N.Y. Mets 14, San Diego 2 San Francisco 4, L.A. Dodgers 2 Monday’s Games Chicago Cubs 3, Colorado 2 Washington 3, Pittsburgh 2 Miami 8, Philadelphia 4 Milwaukee 6, Cincinnati 5 Arizona 8, L.A. Dodgers 5 San Francisco 6, San Diego 5 Tuesday’s Games Pittsburgh (Kuhl 3-1) at Washington (Scherzer 5-1), 7:05 p.m. Atlanta (Newcomb 1-1) at N.Y. Mets (Syndergaard 2-0), 7:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Anderson 2-2) at Cincinnati (Bailey 0-3), 7:10 p.m. Philadelphia (Eflin 0-0) at Miami (Garcia 1-0), 7:10 p.m. Colorado (Gray 2-4) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 2-1), 8:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox (Shields 1-3) at St. Louis (Wacha 4-1), 8:15 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 1-4) at Arizona (Koch 1-0), 9:40 p.m. San Diego (Ross 2-2) at San Francisco (Suarez 0-1), 10:15 p.m. Soccer MLS EASTERN CONFERENCE Golf PGA Tour Zurich Classic of New Orleans Sunday At TPC Louisiana Avondale, La. Purse: $7.2 million Yardage: 7,425; Par 72 Final Horschel/Piercy (400), $1,036,800 65-73- 61-67—266 Dufner/Perez (163), $417,600 66-72-61-68—267 Oosthuizen/Schwartzel (105), $273,600 66-72-62-68—268 Garnett/Hadley (83), $216,900 64-73-61- 71—269 Fleetwood/Paisley (83/0), $216,900 62-75- 63-69—269 Finau/Summerhays (68), $172,800 62-72- 63-73—270 Duncan/Schenk (54), $127,200 64-72-64- 71—271 Cantlay/Reed (54), $127,200 65-71-66- 69—271 Knox/Laird (54), $127,200 64-73-63-71— 271 Chalmers/Percy (39), $73,512 66-72-65- 69—272 Upcoming schedule May 3-6 — Wells Fargo Championship, Quail Hollow Club, Charlotte, N.C. Auto Racing NASCAR GEICO 500 Results Sunday At Talladega Superspeedway Talladega, Ala. Lap length: 2.66 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (9) Joey Logano, Ford, 188 laps. 2. (2) Kurt Busch, Ford, 188. 3. (5) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, 188. 4. (1) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 188. 5. (7) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Ford, 188. 6. (12) David Ragan, Ford, 188. 7. (40) Aric Almirola, Ford, 188. 8. (11) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 188. 9. (18) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 188. 10. (14) Daniel Suarez, Toyota, 188. 11. (25) Chris Buescher, Chevrolet, 188. 12. (16) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 188. 13. (19) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 188. 14. (4) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 188. 15. (29) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 188. 16. (15) Darrell Wallace Jr, Chevrolet, 188. 17. (26) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 188. 18. (23) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 188. 19. (33) Matt DiBenedetto, Ford, 188. 20. (31) D.J. Kennington, Toyota, 188. 21. (36) Cole Whitt, Chevrolet, 188. 22. (30) Brendan Gaughan, Chevrolet, 188. 23. (32) Timothy Peters, Ford, 187. 24. (37) Gray Gaulding, Toyota, 187. 25. (35) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 186. 26. (3) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, accident, 184. 27. (34) Joey Gase, Chevrolet, engine, 178. 28. (27) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 174. 29. (17) William Byron, Chevrolet, accident, 165. 30. (13) Paul Menard, Ford, accident, 165. 31. (8) Clint Bowyer, Ford, accident, 165. 32. (20) Michael McDowell, Ford, accident, 165. 33. (10) Brad Keselowski, Ford, accident, 165. 34. (28) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, accident, 165. 35. (24) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, accident, 165. 36. (39) Timmy Hill, Chevrolet, engine, 151. 37. (38) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, suspen- sion, 79. 38. (21) Trevor Bayne, Ford, accident, 71. 39. (6) Erik Jones, Toyota, accident, 71. 40. (22) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, accident, 71. Upcoming schedule May 6 — AAA 400 Drive for Autism, Dover, Del. McMURRAY’S LONG WEEKEND Jamie McMurray was involved in two accidents at Talladega, including a frightening crash during a practice session in which his Chevrolet rolled several times. He didn’t catch any breaks on Sunday and was in an early accident that led to a 28th-place finish. UP NEXT Sunday’s race at Dover International Speedway in Delaware, where Johnson scored his last Cup victory last year. Schimmel: Set to return, Liberty will go uptempo Continued from 1B PREP SOFTBALL Tuesday Umatilla at Riverside, 4 p.m. Echo at Irrigon, 4 p.m. Pendleton at Hermiston, 4:30 p.m. Wednesday Southridge (WA) at Pendleton (DH), 3:30 p.m. Friday Irrigon at Weston-McEwen (DH), 1 p.m. Echo at Riverside (DH), 1 p.m. The Dalles at Pendleton, 4:30 p.m. Hermiston at Hood River Valley, 4:30 p.m. Saturday Heppner at Pilot Rock (DH), 11 a.m. Ontario at Mac-Hi (DH), 2 p.m. W L T Pts GF GA New York City FC 6 1 2 20 19 10 Atlanta United FC 6 1 1 19 21 9 Orlando City 5 2 1 16 16 13 New England 4 2 2 14 13 8 Columbus 4 3 2 14 13 10 New York 4 3 0 12 17 10 Chicago 2 3 2 8 11 12 Philadelphia 2 3 2 8 6 10 Montreal 2 6 0 6 10 21 D.C. United 1 4 2 5 8 13 Toronto FC 1 4 1 4 6 13 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA Sporting K.C. 5 2 2 17 20 12 Los Angeles FC 5 2 0 15 17 13 Vancouver 4 4 1 13 10 17 FC Dallas 3 1 3 12 10 6 LA Galaxy 3 4 1 10 10 13 Real Salt Lake 3 4 1 10 9 16 Minnesota United 3 5 0 9 11 16 Houston 2 3 2 8 15 11 Colorado 2 3 2 8 10 10 Portland 2 3 2 8 12 14 San Jose 1 4 2 5 12 15 Seattle 1 4 1 4 5 9 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. ——— Saturday, April 28 Atlanta United FC 4, Montreal 1 Chicago 2, Toronto FC 2, tie Philadelphia 3, D.C. United 2 Columbus 2, San Jose 1 New England 1, Sporting Kansas City 0 Minnesota United 2, Houston 1 New York 3, LA Galaxy 2 Sunday, April 29 Orlando City 2, Colorado 1 New York City FC 3, FC Dallas 1 Los Angeles FC 1, Seattle 0 did pretty well last year, but came up a little short.” New York had the league’s third best record, but for the second straight season was knocked out in the second round of the playoffs. Coach Bill Laimbeer left to take over the Las Vegas Aces, and the Liberty promoted Smith to be the head coach. The Liberty will look to be more of an uptempo team, and that suits Schim- mel’s game well. DRAWINGS FOR PRIZES FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY Online registration & race information at WWW.BUTTECHALLENGE.COM All proceeds benefit THE HERMISTON CROSS COUNTRY PROGRAM Thank you for your support!
