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SPORTS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2018 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS < LAUREN RICHARDS 5A PITCHER OF THE YEAR 5A ALL-STATE FIRST TEAM Best in state Pendleton senior Lauren Richards leads 5A all-state softball teams, voted Pitcher of the Year By ERIC SINGER East Oregonian endleton’s standout pitcher Lauren Richards was voted as the best in Class 5A this sea- son, as the Buckaroo standout was named the Pitcher of the Year and a first team all-state pick by the clas- sifications coaches in the all-state teams released Sunday. It’s the third straight season that Richards made the first team list, as the future Claremont McKenna Col- lege pitcher has dominated opposing offenses throughout her career. This year, Richards went 26-2 in the cir- cle with a 1.42 ERA while striking out 232 batters in 171 1/3 innings pitched — a ratio of 9.5 strikeouts per seven innings. She threw eight complete-game shutouts, most nota- bly a seven-inning shutout with 12 strikeouts in the 5A championship victory over Putnam. “She’s just one of the most fierce competitors and toughest players mentally that I’ve ever coached, guys or girls,” Pendleton head coach Tim Cary said of Richards follow- ing the Buckaroos’ championship win in Corvallis. “She just will out- work you and she doesn’t get rat- tled. She’s just an unbelievable competitor and I can’t say enough about her.” Richards also brought a potent bat to each game, as she hit for a .461 average (47-for-102) with 14 doubles and 37 RBI. Cary along with Pendleton’s assistant coaches P Jim Newland, Josh Grass, Kristan Garton and Steve Richards were named as Coaching Staff of the Year and Marist Catholic’s sopho- more catcher and University of Ore- gon commitment Abby Doerr was named Player of the Year. Pendleton placed five players on the three all-state teams, but sur- prisingly Richards was the only first team pick as one of six pitch- ers. Senior infielder Kalan McGlo- than was the lone Buckaroo to make second team after hitting .464 with a team-best 10 home runs, 36 RBI and 35 runs scored while playing a solid third base. Junior catcher Kila Solomon (.408 avg., 7HR, 33 RBI), junior second baseman Aspen Garton (.438 avg., 6 HR, 39 RBI, 29 runs) and senior infielder Alexi Brehaut (.531 avg., 7 HR, 9 doubles, 35 RBI, 31 runs) were all third team selections. Two Hermiston Bulldogs earned spots on the all-state teams. Junior shortstop Sydney Stefani was a first team pick after she hit .568 with four home runs, 11 doubles, and scored 33 runs for the Bulldogs. Sophomore Bailey Noland was a second team pick at utility follow- ing a season where she hit .452 with eight home runs, 39 RBI and scored 24 runs. Pendleton and Hermiston’s league rival Hood River Valley had four first team picks with pitcher Hannah McNerney, catcher Zoe Munn, outfielder Haylee Baker and utility Lauren Decker. Staff photos by E.J. Harris and Kathy Aney ^ SYDNEY STEFANI 5A ALL-STATE FIRST TEAM < KALAN MCGLOTHAN 5A ALL-STATE SECOND TEAM BAILEE NOLAND 5A ALL-STATE SECOND TEAM ASPEN GARTON 5A ALL-STATE THIRD TEAM KILA SOLOMON 5A ALL-STATE THIRD TEAM ALEXI BREHAUT 5A ALL-STATE THIRD TEAM Each Omaha trip special for Casey Mariners hammer 4 homers in 6-3 win By BOB LUNDEBERG Albany Democrat-Herald By TODD MILLES Associated Press SEATTLE — Mitch Hani- ger and Ryon Healy each hom- ered twice as the first-place Seattle Mariners shook off two homers by Mike Trout for the second consec- utive night, beating the Los Ange- les Angels 6-3 on Tuesday. Trout took sole possession of the major league lead with 23 home runs. He also hit a pair in the Angels’ 5-3 loss Monday night at Safeco Field. Mike Leake (7-3) allowed one run in six innings for Seattle, which has won three straight and 10 of 12 GERMANY: BACK-TO-BACK CUP CHAMP? 2B AP Photo/Ted S. Warren Seattle Mariners’ Mitch Haniger watches his two-run home run against the Los Angeles Angels during the fifth inning of a base- ball game Tuesday in Seattle. It was Haniger’s second home run of the game. to remain a half-game ahead of Houston atop the AL West. Edwin Diaz worked the ninth for his big league-best 25th save in 28 tries. Haniger’s two-run homer in the fifth inning and Healy’s solo shot in the sixth gave the Mariners a 4-1 lead. Trout answered with his second of the game in the seventh, a drive that hit the scoreboard in left-center field to cut it to 4-3. Seattle added insurance runs on Jean Segura’s RBI double in the seventh and Healy’s leadoff homer in the eighth. See MARINERS/2B Oregon State has reached col- lege baseball’s grandest stage seven times in program history. Six have come in the last 14 years under Pat Casey, who believes every trip to the Col- lege World Series is a unique experience. “I remember the first day I stepped on the field in Omaha and I thought I was in baseball heaven,” OSU’s 59-year-old coach said Saturday after clinch- ing the Corvallis Super Regional. The third-seeded Beavers (49-10- 1) will open the CWS against No. 6 North Carolina (43-18) at noon Saturday, the NCAA announced Monday evening. “You never know if you’re going to get back, so crazy things happen.” OSU didn’t qualify for the NCAA tournament until Casey’s 11th season at the school. The Beavers won the 2005 Pac-10 championship — their first con- ference title since 1994 — and went 3-0 at the Corvallis Regional to set up a home rematch with USC in the supers. After taking the opener, OSU blew a late 8-3 lead in the second game and fell 9-8 in 10 innings. USC’s three-run ninth-inning rally included a Jeff Clement solo home run and a dropped fly ball in the outfield. “I told our guys after the game, I said ‘Hey, if we believe that we’re the team that we are then pack your bags, we’re going to Omaha,’” Casey recalled. “And See OSU/2B Sports shorts Hayward Field East Grandstand dismantled EUGENE (AP) — Work- ers have started dismantling the 93-year-old East Grandstand at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field. Workers began removing the grandstand’s original seat boards on Monday, The Register-Guard reported . The Douglas fir bleacher seats are among numerous items that may be reused in the modern sta- dium that will be built on the same site as Hayward Field. THIS DATE IN SPORTS Woods surprised he’s still at 14 majors SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) — A year ago, while watching the U.S. Open on television as he recovered from another back surgery, Tiger Woods had no idea if he’d ever compete again in what he calls “our national championship.” On Tuesday, he spoke about playing Shinnecock Hills as an opportunity to add to his three U.S. Open titles, but also as filling a hole in his existence after skipping the last two. This is his 20th U.S. Open. “I missed playing the U.S. Open,” Woods said. “It’s our national title and it has meant so much to me in my career. The biggest event you can win when I was growing up, it was a USGA event. To have won nine times is pretty special.” AP Photo/Julie Jacobson 1953 — Ben Hogan wins the U.S. Open for the fourth time, with a six-stroke victory over Sam Snead. 1997 — Chicago wins its fifth NBA championship in the last seven years when Steve Kerr’s last-sec- ond shot gives the Bulls a 90-86 Game 6 victory over the Utah Jazz. 2003 — Roger Clemens reaches 300 wins and becomes the third pitcher with 4,000 strikeouts. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com
