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East Oregonian
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
No pressure? Bailey’s job is to keep champion Beavers on top
By ERIC OLSON
Associated Press
Oregon State has won
111 of its last 130 baseball
games, is coming off its
third national championship
since 2006 and its career
coaching wins leader Pat
Casey retired last fall.
Enter Pat Bailey, the
63-year-old interim head
coach who hopes to earn the
permanent job for 2020.
“People think there’s a
lot of pressure,” Bailey said.
“I’m going to be who I am.
I can’t be somebody else. In
terms of the pressure part,
I just think people a lot of
times put undue pressure on
themselves and make things
out to be a lot bigger than
what they are.”
Bailey has been through
this before, though not at
this level. He was successor
to Casey at George Fox Col-
lege in Oregon and won the
Division III championship
four years before he joined
Casey’s Oregon State staff
in 2008. As a high school
coach in Oregon, Bailey
replaced a two-time state
champion coach at West
Linn and led the program
to a state runner-up finish
AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File
In this June 28, 2018, file photo, former Oregon State coach Pat Casey, left, celebrates with his
associate head coach Pat Bailey, after beating Arkansas for the NCAA College World Series
baseball championship in Omaha, Neb.
before he left for George
Fox.
Athletic director Scott
Barnes
named
Bailey
interim coach last Septem-
ber when Casey announced
he was retiring after 24 sea-
sons. Casey remains as a
PREP ROUNDUP
Umatilla boys
advance to district
championships
East Oregonian
The Umatilla boys have set their sights on the 3A East-
ern Oregon League district championships after defeat-
ing Burns on Tuesday, 49-38.
Although they took home the win, things didn’t look
promising the entire time — the Vikings were down by
11 points in the third quarter.
“It was a slow start, to say the least,” said coach Scott
Bow.
The Vikings rallied in the final eight minutes to out-
score their visitors 22-11 to pull ahead down the stretch.
“We brought the energy up and changed up our
defense,” Bow said. “We did better in transitioning our
offense to finally let us get to the net.”
Andrew Earl led Umatilla with 13 points.
The No. 2 Vikings (19-6, 7-4 EOL) challenge the No.
1 Nyssa Bulldogs on Friday to compete for the district
championship. Tip-off is at 5 p.m.
Boys hoops
NYSSA 58, RIVERSIDE 45 — The Pirates ended
their season with a home loss on Tuesday.
Coach Clair Costello said Riverside played “right with
Nyssa” until the third quarter, when the Bulldogs went on
a 22-6 run to put the game away.
“The third quarter was our downfall,” Costello said.
“But the boys overachieved this year. They played better
than they have in the past two years.”
Johan Pena posted 14 points to lead Riverside (10-
14, 4-6 EOL), and Juan Reyna and Mario Madrigal each
added eight.
Riverside stands at No. 4 of 6 in the Eastern Oregon
League.
Girls hoops
NYSSA 31, RIVERSIDE 23 — With the game tied
with just three minutes left to play, Nyssa’s Alexia Arre-
dondo hit a 3-pointer that kept the contest out of River-
side’s reach for good.
“After that 3, we missed a bunch of shots,” said coach
Clair Costello. “Up until then, we were right alongside
them.”
Megan Hegar scored 10 points to lead the Pirates (12-
11, 4-6 EOL), and Brendy Avalos and Faith Rosen each
posted five.
“The girls played really good defense this year,”
Costello said. “We’ve just had a hard time scoring.”
Riverside ended at No. 4 of 6 in the Eastern Oregon
League.
Update: College
athletes shine
Continued from Page B1
Feb. 8 in a 61-57 road win at Whitman
College.
The 5-foot-11 senior is averaging 12.7
points, 2.5 rebounds and 1.2 steals a
game for the Bruins.
She is averaging 14.6 points a game in
conference play.
Headings
The Bruins are 20-3 overall and 13-1
in Northwest Conference play.
Jada Burns (Irrigon), a 5-8 fresh-
man, is averaging 4.3 points and 1.8
rebounds a game for Chemeketa Com-
munity College. She has started four of
16 games.
Burns is shooting 41.3 percent from
the floor, including 30.3 from the 3-point
Burns
line.
She had a season-high 17 points on
Nov. 28 against Simpson College, and scored 15 on Dec.
15 against Highline.
The Storm (10-11 overall, 5-5 NWAC South) plays at
Portland Community College on Wednesday.
senior associate athletic
director. Bailey’s task is to
keep the Beavers doing what
they’ve been doing.
“Our expectations are
extremely high,” he said.
The Beavers begin the
defense of their national title
in Surprise, Arizona, when
the Division I season opens
Friday. They open against
New Mexico, play Gonzaga
on Saturday and Minnesota
on Sunday.
Kevin Abel, who as a
freshman won a record four
games in the College World
Series and threw a two-hit
shutout against Arkansas in
Game 3 of the finals, heads
a pitching staff that remains
mostly intact. Bryce Feh-
mel, a 10-game winner last
year, and Grant Gambrell
are the Nos. 2 and 3 start-
ers, and 16-save closer Jake
Mulholland returns.
The Beavers posted some
of the best numbers in pro-
gram history last year, and
six of the players from the
everyday lineup are gone.
They still have catcher Adley
Rutschman, the 2018 CWS
Most Outstanding Player
and possible No. 1 pick in
the Major League Baseball
draft in June, along with first
baseman Zak Taylor and
outfielder Preston Jones.
“I think we’re going to
be fine offensively,” Bailey
said. “We’re going to score
runs. We’re going to find
ways. And honestly, batting
average isn’t as important
as on-base percentage and
run production. That’s what
we’re working on.”
The Beavers, 12th in the
nation in fielding last year,
are without No. 4 overall
draft pick Nick Madrigal
at second base and Pac-12
defensive player of the year
Cadyn Greiner at short-
stop. Andy Armstrong will
start at second after filling
in for an injured Madrigal
last season. Junior-college
transfer Beau Phillip takes
over a shortstop. Bailey’s
undecided on who’ll play
third. Joe Casey or Jones
will play left field, Kyler
McMahon or Jones will be
in center and Tyler Malone
will be in right.
The Beavers will be going
for a third straight CWS
appearance. In 2017, they
won their first two games
in Omaha before going out
with losses to LSU. Last
year, they lost their CWS
opener before winning four
straight to reach the best-of-
three finals.
“Our freshman year,
making it so far and then
coming up short, there was
a lot of motivation there,”
Rutschman said. “I think we
have the same motivation
now. It’s just coming from a
different place, from having
won a national champion-
ship and having that unbe-
lievable experience, know-
ing that nothing else besides
that is really going to be the
same.”
Wrestling: Hermiston will send 7 to Mat Classic
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“To my knowledge, this
is the first time ever that
we have had to do this,”
WIAA Sports & Activities
Information Director Casey
Johnson said.
The tournament also will
have a different format than
in the past, with the six clas-
sifications split between
morning and afternoon
sessions.
The 3A, 2A and 1B/2B
teams will compete between
8:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Fri-
day, with the remainder of
the teams hitting the mats at
2 p.m.
All classifications will
compete starting at 9:45 a.m.
Saturday.
“We got lucky with that
format,” Johnson said. “It
was going into place this
year any way. This way, it
will go faster because we can
use more mats per round.”
The draws for the Herm-
iston wrestlers don’t mean
much in the grand scheme
of things. None have faced
their first-round opponents
before.
“I take the approach that
you aren’t wrestling a name
or a seed, just the man in the
singlet,” Larson said. “The
winning and losing will take
care of itself. When we show
up, we want people to worry
about wrestling Hermiston.”
Dyer will face Gage
Nelson of Yelm in his first
match. Nelson, ranked No.
11, finished seventh at state
last year at 106 pounds.
Shipley will take on Ryan
Davis of Yelm. Ranked No.
4, Davis placed fifth at state
late year at 126.
Franklin’s first oppo-
nent is Sam Smith of Penin-
sula, while Wagner will face
Stone Anderson of Gig Har-
bor. Wagner is ranked No.
12.
Cadenas, a freshman,
will battle sixth-ranked Jake
Flynn of Gig Harbor in his
first match.
Lee, who is ranked fifth,
will wrestle John Scott of
Yelm in his first match. He
is the only freshman ranked
in the top 16 in his weight
class.
Rounding out the group
is Coughlin, who is ranked
12th. He will wrestle Wil-
liam Christman of Gig
Harbor.
“Our guys are good
enough to compete at a high
level,” Larson said. “They
will go out and do their
best.”
While the wrestlers are
raring to go, Usher said they
have been monitoring road
conditions in Washington
and Oregon to find the saf-
est way to get the athletes to
Tacoma.
The main road to Tacoma
is I-90, which was closed
Tuesday after more than 4
feet of snow fell over the
span of two days on Sno-
qualmie Pass. The route
through Portland is no safer
with I-84 reporting icy
conditions.
“Hour by hour, that is our
job right now,” Usher said of
scouring road reports. “I’m
just about to get online and
see what it will be to fly our
guys there. That might be
the safest thing to do. Some
of the MCC teams are think-
ing of sending their guys on
Wednesday. It might be the
little window of time to get
them through the pass.”
The WIAA also is moni-
toring the roads in an effort
to advise teams from the
east side of the state of the
best routes to take.
“We are talking to peo-
ple from around the state,”
Johnson said. “People are
trying to find a way to make
it work.”
SCOREBOARD
LOCAL SLATE
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13
Boys Basketball
Ontario at Mac-Hi, 4:30 p.m.
Hood River Valley at Pendleton, 6:30
p.m.
Kennewick at Hermiston, 7 p.m.
Girls Basketball
Pendleton at Hood River Valley, 6:30 p.m.
THURSDAY, FEB. 14
Girls Basketball
Nixyaawii vs. Cove (at Baker), 6:30 p.m.
Hermiston vs. Kennewick-Mt. Spokane
loser, TBD
FRIDAY, FEB. 15
Boys Basketball
Umatilla at Nyssa, 5 p.m.
Stanfield vs. Enterprise (at Pendleton
Convention Center), 6 p.m.
Nixyaawii at Old Oregon League Dis-
tricts (at Baker), 6:30 p.m.
Pendleton at Redmond, 6:30 p.m.
Echo at Big Sky League Districts (at
Madras)
Girls Basketball
Heppner vs. Enterprise (at Pendleton
Convention Center), 2:45 p.m.
Echo vs. Ione (at Madras), 6 p.m.
Redmond at Pendleton, 6:30 p.m.
Stanfield vs. Union (at Pendleton Con-
vention Center), 7:45 p.m.
Boys Wrestling
Hermiston at Mat Classic XXXI (at
Tacoma), 8:30 a.m.
Heppner at Districts (at Halfway), 2 p.m.
Swimming
Pendleton at State Championships (at
Beaverton), 1:45 p.m.
SATURDAY, FEB. 16
Boys Basketball
Nixyaawii at Old Oregon League Dis-
tricts (at Baker), 3 p.m.
Heppner at Blue Mountain Conference
Districts (at Pendleton Convention Cen-
ter), 6 p.m.
Echo at Big Sky Districts (at Madras)
Girls Basketball
Ione at Big Sky Districts (at Madras),
noon
Echo at Big Sky Districts (at Madras)
Boys Wrestling
Hermiston at Mat Classic XXXI (at
Tacoma), 9:45 a.m.
Irrigon at Burns, 9 a.m.
Heppner at Districts (at Halfway), 10 a.m.
Swimming
Pendleton at State Championships (at
Beaverton), 1 p.m.
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic
Toronto
Boston
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
New York
Southeast
Charlotte
Miami
W
42
36
36
29
10
W
27
25
L
16
21
21
29
46
L
29
30
Pct
.724
.632
.632
.500
.179
Pct
.482
.455
GB
—
5½
5½
13
31
GB
—
1½
Orlando
Washington
Atlanta
Central
Milwaukee
Indiana
Detroit
Chicago
Cleveland
26
24
19
W
42
38
26
13
12
32
33
38
L
14
19
29
44
45
.448
.421
.333
Pct
.750
.667
.473
.228
.211
2
3½
8½
GB
—
4½
15½
29½
30½
Warriors roll past Jazz
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest
W
L
Pct
GB
Houston
33 23 .589
—
San Antonio
33 26 .559
1½
Dallas
26 30 .464
7
New Orleans
25 33 .431
9
Memphis
23 35 .397
11
Northwest
W
L
Pct
GB
Denver
38 18 .679
—
Oklahoma City 37 19 .661
1
Portland
33 23 .589
5
Utah
32 24 .571
6
Minnesota
26 30 .464
12
Pacific
W
L
Pct
GB
Golden State
40 15 .727
—
Sacramento
30 26 .536 10½
L.A. Clippers
31 27 .534 10½
L.A. Lakers
28 29 .491
13
Phoenix
11 47 .190 30½
———
Monday’s Games
Cleveland 107, New York 104
Detroit 121, Washington 112
Indiana 99, Charlotte 90
Toronto 127, Brooklyn 125
Houston 120, Dallas 104
Milwaukee 112, Chicago 99
Minnesota 130, L.A. Clippers 120
Oklahoma City 120, Portland 111
Denver 103, Miami 87
Tuesday’s Games
Atlanta 117, L.A. Lakers 113
Boston 112, Philadelphia 109
Orlando 118, New Orleans 88
San Antonio 108, Memphis 107
Golden State 115, Utah 108
Wednesday’s Games
Brooklyn at Cleveland, 4 p.m.
Milwaukee at Indiana, 4 p.m.
Detroit at Boston, 4:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at New York, 4:30 p.m.
Washington at Toronto, 4:30 p.m.
Houston at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Memphis at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Miami at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.
Sacramento at Denver, 6 p.m.
Golden State at Portland, 7:30 p.m.
Phoenix at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Charlotte at Orlando, 4 p.m.
New York at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.
Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 5 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Team World vs. Team USA at Charlotte,
N.C., 6 p.m.
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic
Tampa Bay
Toronto
Boston
Montreal
Buffalo
Florida
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
57 42 11 4 88 223 159
56 35 18 3 73 200 159
57 32 17 8 72 168 148
56 31 18 7 69 172 162
56 28 21 7 63 165 171
55 23 24 8 54 168 192
AP Photo/Ben Margot
Golden State Warriors general manager Bob Myers, third
from left, presents All-Star jerseys to Klay Thompson (11),
Stephen Curry (30) and Kevin Durant (35) prior to an NBA
basketball game against the Utah Jazz on Tuesday in Oak-
land, Calif. The Warriors defeated the Jazz 115-108.
Detroit
57 22 28 7 51 159 188
Ottawa
56 21 30 5 47 173 205
Metropolitan GP W L OT Pts GF GA
N.Y. Islanders 56 33 17 6 72 161 136
Washington 57 31 19 7 69 192 183
Columbus
55 32 20 3 67 180 167
Pittsburgh
56 29 20 7 65 193 173
Carolina
57 29 22 6 64 167 164
Philadelphia 57 26 24 7 59 167 190
N.Y. Rangers 56 24 24 8 56 159 186
New Jersey
56 21 27 8 50 162 194
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Winnipeg
57 36 18 3 75 198 163
Nashville
59 33 21 5 71 182 154
Dallas
56 29 22 5 63 145 140
St. Louis
55 28 22 5 61 163 162
Minnesota 57 27 25 5 59 160 167
Colorado
56 22 23 11 55 182 188
Chicago
57 23 25 9 55 185 209
Pacific
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
San Jose
57 34 16 7 75 210 177
Calgary
56 34 16 6 74 205 167
Vegas
58 31 23 4 66 172 162
Vancouver 57 25 25 7 57 164 181
Arizona
56 25 26 5 55 150 163
Edmonton 55 24 26 5 53 159 184
Los Angeles 56 23 28 5 51 136 171
Anaheim
56 21 26 9 51 127 182
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for
overtime loss. Top three teams in each
division and two wild cards per confer-
ence advance to playoffs.
Monday’s Games
Washington 6, Los Angeles 4
Pittsburgh 4, Philadelphia 1
San Jose 7, Vancouver 2
Tuesday’s Games
Columbus 3, Washington 0
Buffalo 3, N.Y. Islanders 1
Dallas 3, Florida 0
Boston 6, Chicago 3
Tampa Bay 6, Calgary 3
Carolina 4, Ottawa 1
Philadelphia 5, Minnesota 4
Winnipeg 4, N.Y. Rangers 3
St. Louis 8, New Jersey 3
Detroit 3, Nashville 2
Toronto 5, Colorado 2
Arizona 5, Vegas 2
Wednesday’s Games
Edmonton at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.
Vancouver at Anaheim, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
N.Y. Islanders at Columbus, 4 p.m.
Calgary at Florida, 4 p.m.
Ottawa at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.
Dallas at Tampa Bay, 4:30 p.m.
Colorado at Winnipeg, 5 p.m.
Montreal at Nashville, 5 p.m.
New Jersey at Chicago, 5:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Arizona, 6 p.m.
Toronto at Vegas, 7 p.m.
Vancouver at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.
Washington at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.
Friday’s Games
N.Y. Rangers at Buffalo, 4 p.m.
Edmonton at Carolina, 4:30 p.m.
New Jersey at Minnesota, 5:30 p.m.
Boston at Anaheim, 7 p.m.