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FIFA WORLD CUP 2018
RECAP
Thursday, June 21, 2018
Devils’ Taylor Hall edges Avalanches’
MacKinnon, wins NHL MVP award
By GREG BEACHAM
Associated Press
AP Photo/Francisco Seco
Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo celebrates after scor-
ing the opening goal during the group B match be-
tween Portugal and Morocco.
Goatee & goals turn
this into Cristiano
Ronaldo’s World Cup
By RONALD BLUM
Associated Press
MOSCOW — Cristiano
Ronaldo walked out for
warmups at sun-splashed
Luzhniki Stadium with
diamonds affixed to each
earlobe and a new goatee
sprouting from his chin —
like a goat, get it? Greatest
of All Time.
He sparkled, even
before the opening whistle
of Portugal’s World Cup
match against Morocco.
And then he validated his
flashy look with another
glittering goal.
Gems removed, Ron-
aldo headed in Joao
Moutinho’s cross after
Bernardo Silva’s short free
kick in the fourth minute
to become the career inter-
national scoring leader
among European players,
and followed with one of
his look-at-me-me-me cel-
ebratory runs. Ronaldo’s
tournament-high
fourth
goal stood up for a 1-0 win
over a tenacious Moroccan
team on Wednesday, put-
ting the European cham-
pions in good position
to advance to the World
Cup’s knockout rounds.
Prolific scorer, pretty
boy. Acrobat, diver. Win-
ner, whiner.
Goatee and goals are
turning this into Ronaldo’s
World Cup at age 33, past
the age considered a soc-
cer player’s prime,
Ronaldo’s competition
with Lionel Messi is the
great Millennial rivalry
in sports, soccer’s version
of Ali vs. Frazier, Bird
vs. Magic, DiMaggio vs.
Williams.
They’ve split the last
10 FIFA Player of the Year
awards. Ronaldo has won
four Champions League
titles with Real Madrid
in the past decade, Messi
three with Barcelona.
Ronaldo covets atten-
tion. After the first of his
three goals against Spain
in Portugal’s opener last
week, Ronaldo stroked his
chin as he ran in celebra-
tion. Adidas is running an
advertisement featuring
Messi with a real goat.
No question Ronaldo
works hard to be the best,
whether it’s effort in train-
ing, nutrition to keep his
body resembling Michel-
angelo’s “David” or ensur-
ing proper rest.
Ronaldo’s 85th goal
moved him one ahead
of Ferenc Puskas into
sole possession of sec-
ond on the career interna-
tional scoring list, trailing
only Ali Daei’s 109 goals
for Iran. He broke free
of defender Manuel Da
Costa and leaned low for a
header from the top of the
6-yard box.
His celebration was
a ballet that would have
made George Balanchine
proud. Ronaldo ran toward
a corner flag, and pounded
the number 7 on his jersey
twice — not the team crest.
He jumped and twirled
his right hand three times
before landing with arms
spread like a seagull’s
wings, mouth open.
If Portugal wins its
group and Argentina is
second — or if Portugal
is second and Argentina
first — Ronaldo and Messi
could even face each other
in the final.
Could Ronaldo stay at a
high level long enough to
play in a fifth World Cup
in 2022?
LAS VEGAS — New
Jersey’s Taylor Hall and the
hometown Vegas Golden
Knights went home with
major honors from the NHL
Awards.
Hall won the Hart Trophy
as the NHL’s most valuable
player Wednesday night in
the hockey world’s annual
postseason awards show.
The high-scoring Dev-
ils forward beat out fel-
low first-time Hart finalists
Nathan MacKinnon of Col-
orado and Anze Kopitar of
Los Angeles. Hall got 72
first-place votes and 1,264
total points in the media
voting to edge MacKinnon,
who got 60 first-place votes
and 1,194 points.
Hall became the first
New Jersey player to win
the NHL’s biggest individ-
ual honor after he finished
sixth in the league with 93
points.
Hall, the No. 1 pick in
the 2010 draft, likely got the
nod over two worthy con-
tenders because of the way
he carried the Devils offen-
sively while they reached
the playoffs for the first time
in five years. He scored 41
more points than rookie
Nico Hischier, the Devils’
second-leading scorer.
The Golden Knights also
took home four awards from
the Hard Rock Hotel and
Casino after their remark-
AP Photo/John Locher
Taylor Hall of the New Jersey Devils poses with the
Hart Trophy after winning the trophy.
able inaugural season.
Coach Gerard Gal-
lant won the Jack Adams
Award, and George McPhee
was named the NHL’s gen-
eral manager of the year in
recognition of the Golden
Knights’ immediate growth
into champions of the Pacific
Division and the Western
Hermiston Legion falls
8-1 to Southridge
Diego Costa
scores again,
Spain beats
Iran 1-0 at
World Cup
KAZAN, Russia —
Diego Costa scored on a
deflection to lead Spain
to a 1-0 win over Iran on
Wednesday at the World
Cup.
Costa broke the dead-
lock in the 54th min-
ute after being set up by
Andres Iniesta. The pow-
erful striker turned in
the area and took a shot
but the ball deflected off
Ramin Rezeian before
bouncing back onto Cos-
ta’s knee and into the net.
Costa, who also scored
two goals in the opening
match, has three goals at
this year’s World Cup,
trailing Cristiano Ronaldo
by one. He also has nine
goals in his last nine starts
for Spain.
Both Spain and Por-
tugal have four points in
Group B following their
3-3 draw and subsequent
1-0 victories. Iran has
three points in the group
but Morocco has been
eliminated.
Facing a very com-
pact Iranian team that
came out to defend, Spain
pressed very high and
had to be patient. The
2010 World Cup champi-
ons were almost caught
against the run of the
play when Karim Ansar-
ifard unleashed a power-
ful strike that ended up in
the side-netting following
a long thrown in.
Trailing in the second
half, Iran nearly equalized
when Saeid Ezatolahi had
a goal was ruled out on
video review.
Iran continued to push
hard and managed to
challenge with some fast
counterattacks.
Spain was lucky not to
concede toward the end as
Mehdi Taremi connected
with a cross from Ansar-
ifard but his header from
close range went over the
crossbar.
Corrections
In the June 20th story titled ‘Pendleton’s Naugh-
ton, Bower among best in state’ Pendleton junior Gabe
Umbarger was not included in the all-state team list due
to incorrect information provided to the East Orego-
nian. Umbarger, an outfielder, earned an all-state sec-
ond team selection after hitting .338 this season with
nine extra-base hits and 30 runs scored in 25 games as
Pendleton’s leadoff hitter.
Conference.
High-scoring
Knights
forward William Karlsson
won the Lady Byng Tro-
phy for the player best com-
bining sportsmanship and
ability. Defenseman Deryk
Engelland also won the
Mark Messier NHL Lead-
ership Award for his actions
during his team’s break-
through season in the wake
of the shooting massacre on
the Las Vegas Strip shortly
before their first game.
Tampa Bay’s Victor Hed-
man won his first Norris Tro-
phy as the NHL’s top defen-
seman, while New York
Islanders center Mathew
Barzal won the Calder Tro-
phy in a landslide as the
league’s top rookie.
Nashville’s Pekka Rinne
won his first Vezina Tro-
phy as the league’s top
goalie, while Kopitar won
his second Selke Trophy as
the NHL’s best defensive
forward.
Connor McDavid won
the Ted Lindsay Award as
the NHL’s most outstand-
ing player in a vote of the
players’ union member-
ship, but the Edmonton Oil-
ers star was not a finalist for
the Hart, which he won last
year.
New Jersey veteran Brian
Boyle won the Masterton
Trophy for perseverance and
dedication to hockey after
putting together an All-Star
season in the wake of his
cancer diagnosis and healthy
problems for his young son.
The NHL also welcomed
the survivors of the Hum-
boldt Broncos bus crash onto
the stage late in the show for
an emotional tribute. Darcy
Haugan, the late coach of
the Broncos, was honored
with the Willie O’Ree Com-
munity Hero Award.
East Oregonian
Columbia Juniors All-
Star softball wins district
Photo courtesy of Jennifer Brown
The Columbia Juniors All-Star Softball team, com-
prised of kids from Stanfield, Echo and Boardman,
poses after defeating Union 12-11 to win the district
All-Star tournament on Wednesday in Pilot Rock.
HERMISTON — Play-
ing its third game in two
days against Southridge, the
Hermiston Legion team had
its struggles continue as it
fell 8-1 at home on Wednes-
day evening.
Hermiston (3-11) scored
its only run in the bottom of
the first inning when Spen-
cer Juul led off the frame
with a double, advanced to
third on a groundout and
then scored on a ground-
out by Alexis Rosales for a
1-0. But after that Hermiston
managed only three more
hits and six total baserunners
over the final six innings of
the game.
Rustin Edmiston started
on the mound for Hermis-
ton, and he kept Southridge
off the scoreboard until the
fourth when Southridge
piled on three hits, drew
two walks and three hit-by-
pitches to put six runs on the
board to take the lead. Ethin
Randolph was solid in relief
with 2 2/3 innings pitched
while allowing three hits and
one run and three strikeouts.
Aside from Juuls dou-
ble, Sergio Rosales, Kel-
son Robertson and Edmis-
ton each picked up a hit for
Hermiston.
SCOREBOARD
Baseball
MLB
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W
L Pct GB
New York
49 22 .690 —
Boston
49 26 .653
2
Toronto
34 39 .466 16
Tampa Bay
34 40 .459 16½
Baltimore
21 51 .292 28½
Central Division
W
L Pct GB
Cleveland
40 33 .548 —
Detroit
36 39 .480
5
Minnesota
33 37 .471 5½
Chicago
24 49 .329 16
Kansas City
22 52 .297 18½
West Division
W
L Pct GB
Houston
50 26 .658 —
Seattle
46 28 .622
3
Los Angeles
39 35 .527 10
Oakland
38 36 .514 11
Texas
32 44 .421 18
———
Wednesday’s Games
Cincinnati 5, Detroit 3
Toronto 5, Atlanta 4
Cleveland 12, Chicago White Sox 0
Oakland 12, San Diego 4
Baltimore 3, Washington 0
N.Y. Yankees 7, Seattle 5
Houston 5, Tampa Bay 1
Minnesota 4, Boston 1
Texas 3, Kansas City 2
Thursday’s Games
Seattle (Paxton 6-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Seve-
rino 10-2), 10:05 a.m.
Boston (Porcello 8-3) at Minnesota (Gib-
son 2-4), 10:10 a.m.
Baltimore (Gausman 3-6) at Washington
(Scherzer 10-3), 4:05 p.m.
Oakland (Bassitt 0-2) at Chicago White
Sox (Giolito 4-7), 5:10 p.m.
Toronto (Sanchez 3-5) at L.A. Angels
(Skaggs 6-4), 7:07 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W
L Pct GB
Atlanta
43 30 .589 —
Philadelphia
39 33 .542 3½
Washington
39 33 .542 3½
New York
31 40 .437 11
Miami
29 46 .387 15
Central Division
W
L Pct GB
Chicago
42 29 .592 —
Milwaukee
43 30 .589 —
St. Louis
38 34 .528 4½
Pittsburgh
36 37 .493
7
Cincinnati
28 45 .384 15
West Division
W
L Pct GB
Arizona
40 33 .548 —
Los Angeles
38 35 .521
2
San Francisco
37 38 .493
4
Colorado
36 38 .486 4½
San Diego
34 42 .447 7½
———
Wednesday’s Games
Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, ppd.
Cincinnati 5, Detroit 3
Toronto 5, Atlanta 4
Philadelphia 4, St. Louis 3
Chicago Cubs 4, L.A. Dodgers 0
Oakland 12, San Diego 4
San Francisco 6, Miami 5
Baltimore 3, Washington 0
Colorado 10, N.Y. Mets 8
Thursday’s Games
N.Y. Mets (Matz 3-4) at Colorado (Free-
land 6-6), 12:10 p.m.
Arizona (Godley 7-5) at Pittsburgh (Kuhl
5-4), 4:05 p.m.
Baltimore (Gausman 3-6) at Washington
(Scherzer 10-3), 4:05 p.m.
Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 5-6) at Cincinna-
ti (Harvey 1-5), 4:10 p.m.
St. Louis (Martinez 3-3) at Milwaukee
(Suter 7-4), 5:10 p.m.
San Diego (Ross 5-4) at San Francisco
(Bumgarner 0-2), 7:15 p.m.
MiLB
Northwest League
North Division
W
L Pct. GB
Everett (Mariners) 3
3 .500 —
Tri-City (Padres)
3
3 .500 —
Spokane (Rangers) 2
4 .333
1
Vancouver (Blue Jays) 2
4 .333
South Division
W
L Pct. GB
Salem-Keizer (Giants)
4
2 .667
Eugene (Cubs)
4
2 .667 —
Hillsboro (D-backs) 3
3 .500
1
Boise (Rockies)
3
3 .500
1
———
Wednesday’s Games
Salem-Keizer 6, Boise 4
Everett 5, Vancouver 4
Eugene 4, Hillsboro 3
Tri-City 5, Spokane 2
Thursday’s Games
Salem-Keizer at Boise, 9:15 p.m.
Everett at Vancouver, 10:05 p.m.
Eugene at Hillsboro, 10:05 p.m.
Spokane at Tri-City, 10:15 p.m.
1
—
NCAA
College World Series
At TD Ameritrade Park Omaha
Omaha, Neb.
All games on ESPN Networks
(Double Elimination)
Tuesday’s Games
Game 6 — Mississippi St 12, North
Carolina 2
Game 7 — Florida 6, Texas 1, TEX
eliminated
Wednesday’s Games
Game 8 — Arkansas 7, Texas Tech 4
Game 9 — Oregon State 11, North Caroli-
na 6, UNC eliminated
Thursday’s Games
Game 10 — Florida (48-20) vs. Texas Tech
(45-19), 8 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Game 11 — Mississippi State (39-27) vs.
Oregon State (51-11-1), Noon
Game 12 — Arkansas (46-19) vs. Game
10 winner, 5 p.m.
Soccer
FIFA WORLD CUP
FIRST ROUND
GROUP A
W T
L GF GA Pts
x-Russia
2 0
0
8 1 6
x-Uruguay
2 0
0
2 0 6
Egypt
0 0
2
1 4 0
Saudi Arabia 0 0
2
0 6 0
x-advanced to second round
————
Wednesday, June 20
Uruguay 1, Saudi Arabia 0
Monday, June 25
At Samara, Russia
Uruguay vs. Russia, 4 a.m.
At Volgograd, Russia
Saudi Arabia vs. Egypt, 4 a.m.
GROUP B
W T
L GF GA Pts
Portugal
1 1
0
4 3 4
Spain
1 1
0
4 3 4
Iran
1 0
1
1 1 3
Morocco
0 0
2
0 2 0
————
Wednesday, June 20
Portugal 1, Morocco 0
Spain 1, Iran 0
Monday, June 25
At Kalinigrad, Russia
Spain vs. Morocco, 8 a.m.
At Saransk, Russia
Iran vs. Portugal, 8 a.m.
GROUP C
W T
L GF GA
France
1 0
0
2 1
Denmark
1 0
0
1 0
Australia
0 0
1
1 2
Peru
0 0
1
0 1
————
Thursday, June 21
At Samara, Russia
Denmark vs. Australia, 2 a.m.
At Yekaterinburg, Russia
France at Peru, 5 a.m.
GROUP D
W T
L GF GA
Croatia
1 0
0
2 0
Argentina
0 1
0
1 1
Iceland
0 1
0
1 1
Nigeria
0 0
1
0 2
————
Thursday, June 21
At Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
Argentina vs. Croatia, 8 a.m.
Volgograd, Russia
Nigeria vs. Iceland, 5 a.m.
GROUP E
W T
L GF GA
Serbia
1 0
0
1 0
Brazil
0 1
0
1 1
Switzerland 0 1
0
1 1
Costa Rica
0 0
1
0 1
————
Friday, June 22
At St. Petersburg, Russia
Brazil vs. Costa Rica, 2 a.m.
At Kalinigrad, Russia
Serbia vs. Switzerland, 8 a.m.
GROUP F
W T
L GF GA
Mexico
1 0
0
1 0
Sweden
1 0
0
1 0
Germany
0 0
1
0 1
South Korea 0 0
1
0 1
————
Saturday, June 23
At Rostov-on-Don, Russia
South Korea vs. Mexico, 5 a.m.
At Sochi, Russia
Germany vs. Sweden, 8 a.m.
GROUP G
W T
L GF GA
Belgium
1 0
0
3 0
England
1 0
0
2 1
Tunisia
0 0
1
1 2
Panama
0 0
1
0 3
————
Saturday, June 23
At Moscow
Belgium vs. Tunisia, 2 a.m.
Sunday, June 24
At Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
England vs. Panama, 5 a.m.
GROUP H
W T
L GF GA
Japan
1 0
0
2 1
Senegal
1 0
0
2 1
Colombia
0 0
1
1 2
Poland
0 0
1
1 2
————
Sunday, June 24
At Yekaterinburg, Russia
Japan vs. Senegal, 5 a.m.
At Kazan, Russia
Poland vs. Colombia, 8 a.m.
Pts
3
3
0
0
Pts
3
1
1
0
Pts
3
1
1
0
Pts
3
3
0
0
Pts
3
3
0
0
Pts
3
3
0
0
Basketball
NBA DRAFT
When: June 21
Time: 4 p.m. (TV: ESPN)
At Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.
FIRST ROUND
1. Phoenix
2. Sacramento
3. Atlanta
4. Memphis
5. Dallas
6. Orlando
7. Chicago
8. Cleveland (from Brooklyn via Boston)
9. New York
10. Philadelphia (from LA Lakers via
Phoenix)
11. Charlotte
12. LA Clippers (from Detroit)
13. LA Clippers
14. Denver
15. Washington
16. Phoenix (from Miami)
17. Milwaukee
18. San Antonio
19. Atlanta (from Minnesota)
20. Minnesota (from Oklahoma City via
Utah)
21. Utah
22. Chicago (from New Orleans)
23. Indiana
24. Portland
25. LA Lakers (from Cleveland)
26. Philadelphia
27. Boston
28. Golden State
29. Brooklyn (from Toronto)
30. Atlanta (from Houston via LA Clippers)
WNBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
Connecticut
7
4
Washington
7
5
Atlanta
6
6
New York
4
6
Chicago
3
8
Indiana
1 11
Pct
.636
.583
.500
.400
.273
.083
GB
—
½
1½
2½
4
6½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L Pct GB
Los Angeles
9
2 .818 —
Phoenix
10
3 .769 —
Seattle
8
4 .667 1½
Dallas
5
5 .500 3½
Minnesota
5
6 .455
4
Las Vegas
4
9 .308
6
———
Wednesday-Thursday
No games scheduled.
Friday’s Games
Connecticut at Atlanta, 4 p.m.
Los Angeles at Dallas, 5 p.m.
Washington at Chicago, 6 p.m.
Minnesota at Phoenix, 7 p.m.
New York at Las Vegas, 7 p.m.
Indiana at Seattle, 7 p.m.
Golf
PGA TOUR
TRAVELERS CHAMPIONSHIP
Site: Cromwell, Conn.
Course: TPC River Highlands. Yardage:
6,841. Par: 70.
Purse: $7 million. Winner’s share: $1.26
million.
Television: Thursday-Friday, 12:30-3:30
p.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday,
10-11:45 a.m. (Golf Channel); 12-3 p.m.
(CBS Sports).
Defending champion: Jordan Spieth.
FedEx Cup leader: Dustin Johnson.
LPGA
Upcoming Schedule
June 22-24 Walmart NW Arkansas Cham-
pionship, Pinnacle CC, Rogers, Ark.
Auto Racing
NASCAR
Monster Energy Cup Points Leaders
Through June 10
1. Kyle Busch, 664; 2. Kevin Harvick, 589;
3. Joey Logano, 566; 5. Brad Keselowski,
514; 6. Clint Bowyer, 510; 4. Martin Truex
Jr., 506; 7. Kurt Busch, 493; 8. Denny
Hamlin, 468; 9. Ryan Blaney, 457; 10. Kyle
Larson, 443; 11. Aric Almirola, 433; 12.
Jimmie Johnson, 377; 13. Chase Elliott,
362; 14. Erik Jones, 346; 15. Alex Bowman,
331; 16. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 327; 17. Paul
Menard, 327; 18. Austin Dillon, 292; 19.
Jamie McMurray, 283; 20. William Byron,
277.