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B2 SPORTS East Oregonian PREP ROUNDUP Walton out as Lakers coach after 3 losing seasons Ontario hands Mac-Hi baseball two Greater Oregon League losses The Mac-Hi Pioneer baseball team was no match for their Ontario hosts, who held them to just one run across two games on Friday. The Tigers shut out Mac-Hi 25-0 in game one, and the Pioneers managed just one run in game two to end the day on a 9-1 loss. In game one, Ontario put the game away in the fourth inning, scoring 16 runs with Mac-Hi’s Matt Cunnington on the mound. Chance Palmer put in five runs for the Tigers, and Seth Forsyth and Josh Navarette each had four. Ontario ran out to an 8-0 advantage before Chase Fones put the Pio- neers on the board with a run in the top of the fifth. Mac-Hi pitcher Devon Cothey surrendered eight runs on four hits and five walks. Mac-Hi (3-6, 0-4) takes a break from the Greater Oregon League with a nonleague contest at Stan- field on Tuesday. Baseball GRANT UNION/ PRAIRIE CITY 4-9, W E STON - MC EW EN 2-5 — The TigerScots took home a pair of Blue Moun- tain Conference losses on Friday in a doubleheader against the Prospectors. Tanner Sater and Weston Philipps each scored runs for Weston-McEwen in game one. Philipps also struck out five and walked just one. The TigerScots led 5-1 for the first four innings in game two until the Pros- pectors fought back with three runs at the top of the fifth and four more in the sixth to come back on top. Chance McDowell was 3 for 3 at the plate for Weston-McEwen, scor- ing one run and an RBI. Meanwhile, Grant Union got three hits and three RBIs across five at-bats from Tristan Morris. Weston-McEwen (1-9, 1-4 BMC) travels to Hep- pner on Friday for another league game. BURNS/CRANE 12-21, RIVERSIDE 1-1 (5) — Riverside opened Eastern Oregon League play with two straight losses to their Burns visi- tors on Friday. The Hilanders led off with an 8-0 advantage in game one and never looked back. Pitcher Tucker Fye allowed six Hilander runs on three hits across 1⅓ innings on the hill for the Pirates. Meanwhile, Cade Tiller held Riverside to just two hits and struck out four. The Pirates held a brief 1-0 lead in game two until the Hilanders rallied off two nine-run innings to put the game away. AJ Cemore scored Riv- erside’s lone run, Ethan Saturday, April 13, 2019 Graham allowed 10 runs off eight hits, and Fran- cisco Barajas let slip eight runs on the mound. Riverside (2-6, 0-2 EOL) travels to Irrigon on Tuesday to continue in league play. Softball NYSSA 11-16, UMA- TILLA 1-0 — The Vikings opened Eastern Oregon League action with a pair of home losses on Friday. Catcher Stephanie Griggs scored Umatilla’s only run for the day, and picked off six Nyssa run- ners from the plate, but it wouldn’t be enough to contain their scoring. “She came in there and held down their run- ning game, but (Nyssa) got smarter as the day went on,” said Vikings coach Erick Olson. “Nyssa threw two really good pitchers at us. They no-hit us in the second game.” Umatilla (1-8, 0-2 EOL) travels to Echo/Stanfield on Tuesday for a non- league matchup. UNION/COVE 10-4, HEPPNER 0-0 — Fresh- man Callie Glenn shut down the Mustangs, strik- ing out 21 over two games, as the Bobcats swept Hep- pner in a Blue Mountain Conference doubleheader in Irrigon. “Their pitcher really brought it,” Heppner coach Rick Johnston said. Aubri Rodriguez and Eva Martin each hit a sin- gle for the Mustangs in the first game. For Union, Harley Creech went 2-for-3 with two RBIs, Kylie Bruce was 2-for-3, and Taylar Daggett drove in three runs. In the second game, Glenn struck out 12, but Sydney Wilson hit a dou- ble, while Dakota Durfey and Alexis Cutsforth had singles. Durfey threw both games, walking just one batter in 11 innings of work. Boys tennis HELIX 3, IONE 0 — The Grizzly boys posted three strong singles show- ings in a home match against Ione on Friday. Caleb Mann shut out the Cardinals’ Gary Walls in an 8-0 No. 1 match. Bryce Fairchild defeated Ione’s Josh Bleth 8-2, and Sam Kubishta ended the day with a narrow 8-6 victory over Chance McCormack. Girls tennis IONE 2, HELIX 1 — Mackenzie Dunn scored Helix’s only win against Ione on Friday, defeating Payton Miller 8-2 in a No. 1 singles contest. Ione’s Zoe Gilbert and Tresslyn McCurry both posted 8-2 wins over the Grizzlies’ Noelle Tex- idor and Rylee Mann, respectively. By GREG BEACHAM Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Luke Walton is out as coach of the Los Angeles Lakers after three losing seasons. Lakers general manager Rob Pelinka announced Wal- ton’s departure Friday, three days after the abrupt resigna- tion of president of basketball operations Magic Johnson. Pelinka called Walton leav- ing a mutual decision. The former Lakers for- ward went 98-148 after get- ting his first permanent head coaching job with the 16-time NBA champions. The former Golden State assistant never led the Lakers to the playoffs, not even after the arrival of LeBron James last summer. Walton leaves three days AP Photo/Nuccio DiNuzzo In this March 12, 2019, file photo, Los Angeles Lakers coach Luke Walton gestures to players during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Chicago Bulls in Chicago. after the Lakers’ final game of their 37-45 season was upstaged by the shocking pregame resignation of John- son, who inherited Walton when he took over the Lak- ers’ front office in February 2017. Johnson attributed his Dawgs: Back-to-back wins pushes Hermiston to 7-1 Continued from Page B1 homer two at-bats later, and Studer posted a two-RBI single. The Bulldogs would send 11 batters to the plate by the end of the inning. “Sydney is just a leader,” Greenough said. “She’s a trend-setter. The kids try to play like she does. She holds herself to a high standard.” The Bulldogs ran in five more in the second inning, with Noland and Studer both collecting another RBI each. It took two Kamiakin pitchers to contain the Bull- dogs in the first two innings. Hannah Jablonski gave up 10 hits, 11 runs, eight errors, and three walks across 1⅓ innings on the mound. Emma Wood relieved the last 4⅔, but only managed four strikeouts. The Braves scattered just three runs across the follow- ing two innings in response to Hermiston’s first two offensive showings. “Our core group is the same as it was last year, with a few new freshmen and sophomores,” Stefani said. “We’ve struggled building our chemistry all season, but today was an indicator of our progress. In that first game, we played with a lot of heart. We let it loose in the second game.” Stefani, Samantha Ati- lano and Ashley Cameron all posted a single and a run apiece to open game two, and Stefani saw fit to slug away another home run at the bottom of the second. At the bottom of the third, Daisy Maddox hit the Bulldogs’ fourth home run How to watch: The NWSL and A+E Networks terminated their broad- cast agreement in Febru- ary, leaving the league with no TV partner. Last sea- son, a “Game of the Week” aired on the Lifetime chan- nel. A+E also surrendered its stake in the league, but Lifetime remains a jersey sponsor. At least for now, the league’s games will be streamed live exclusively on the Yahoo Sports app, or on the Yahoo website. Expansion: The league currently stands at nine teams. Since the Boston Breakers folded just before the start of last season, there have been persistent rumors about whether the team will be revived by a new own- ership group. Spanish club Barcelona had expressed interest in fielding an NWSL team, although there has been no movement on that front, either. Major League Soccer’s LAFC could also jump into the fray, with co-owner Mia Hamm sug- gesting as recently as last week that it is a priority. Despite all the chatter, NWSL President Amanda Duffy previously indi- cated the league likely won’t make any expansion announcements until after this season. What’s going on with Sky Blue? The troubles that plagued New Jersey’s team, for the day, but their game started to falter in the fourth inning. Despite their five-run deficit, the Braves scored eight runs in two innings, including seven in the top of the fourth, capped off by Jablonkski’s home run in the fifth. By the bottom of the seventh, Hermiston trailed 10-6. “There was just a lack of focus,” Stefani said of the Kamiakin rally. “There was some lackadaisical playing on our part.” The Dawgs loaded the bases twice for their final at-bat. Maddox drove Cam- eron in on a single, and Stud- er’s walk-off grand slam on a 1-1 count and no outs sealed the rally in dramatic fashion. “I felt like I was strug- gling at the plate all day,” Studer said. “When I got up there, I was just looking to score. It feels good to win this one for my team. Kami- akin came ready to fight. I’m glad we stuck it out.” Maddox led Hermiston in game two, batting 2 for 3 with two runs and four RBIs. Studer’s grand slam helped her to a 1 for 4 performance at the plate with one run and four RBIs. Wood allowed 10 runs off 16 hits, along with 10 errors and just one strikeout for the Braves. The back-to-back wins pushed Hermiston (7-1, 5-1 MCC) to the top of the Mid-Columbia Confer- ence standings. On Tues- day, they’ll hit the road to challenge the No. 4 Kenne- wick Lions for more league action. SCOREBOARD LOCAL SLATE Richland at Hermiston, 7 p.m. SATURDAY, APRIL 13 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17 Baseball Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii at Stanfield/Echo (DH), 11 a.m. Crook County at Pendleton (DH), noon Softball Grant Union/Prairie City at Weston-McE- wen (DH), 11 a.m. Pendleton at Crook County (DH), noon Tennis Hermiston at Tri-Cities Invite, 9 a.m. Track and field Hermiston at Pasco Invitational, 9:30 a.m. Pendleton at Oregon City, 10 a.m. Mac-Hi, Weston-McEwen at La Grande Invitational, 11 a.m. Ione at Jeff Agar Memorial Invitational (Trout Lake), 11 a.m. MONDAY, APRIL 15 Tennis Sherman County at Weston-McEwen, 3:30 p.m. Golf Pendleton Girls vs. Crook County (at Prineville), 11 a.m. Pendleton Boys at Ridgeview, TBD TUESDAY, APRIL 16 Baseball Hermiston at Kamiakin (DH), 2 p.m. Grant Union/Prairie City at Heppner/ Ione, 4 p.m. Riverside at Irrigon, 4 p.m. Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii at Umatilla, 4 p.m. Mac-Hi at Stanfield/Echo, 4 p.m. Pendleton at Hood River Valley, 4:30 p.m. Softball Hermiston at Kennewick (DH), 4 p.m. Riverside at Irrigon, 4 p.m. Umatilla at Echo/Stanfield, 4 p.m. Mac-Hi/Helix at College Place (WA), 4:30 p.m. Hood River Valley at Pendleton, 4:30 p.m. Tennis Pendleton Girls at The Dalles, 4 p.m. The Dalles at Pendleton Boys, 4 p.m. Weston-McEwen at Mac-Hi, 4 p.m. Sherman at Ione, 4 p.m. Riverside at Stanfield/Echo, 4 p.m. Umatilla at Helix, 4 p.m. Hermiston at Kamiakin, 4 p.m. Track and field Ione at Mustang Invitational (Heppner), 4 p.m. Irrigon at Riverside, TBD Boys soccer Tennis Four Rivers at Helix, 4 p.m. Track and field Riverside, Weston-McEwen, Pilot Rock/ Nixyaawii at Pendleton, 3 p.m. Golf Hermiston at Richland, noon THURSDAY, APRIL 18 Tennis Mac-Hi at La Grande, 3 p.m. Ione at Weston-McEwen, 3 p.m. Umatilla at Riverside, 4 p.m. Track and field Ione at Condon Invitational, TBD FRIDAY, APRIL 19 Baseball Umatilla at Bruns/Crane (DH), 1 p.m. Riverside at Vale (DH), 2 p.m. Mac-Hi at La Grande (DH), 2 p.m. Heppner/Ione at Weston-McEwen, 2 p.m. Kennewick at Hermiston (DH), 4 p.m. Softball Weston-McEwen at Union/Cove (DH), 11 a.m. Umatilla at Burns/Crane (DH), 1 p.m. Riverside at Vale (DH), 2 p.m. Mac-Hi/Helix at La Grande (DH), 2 p.m. Pasco at Hermiston (DH), 3 p.m. Tennis Sherman County at Riverside, 4 p.m. Pendleton Boys at Crook County, 4 p.m. Crook County at Pendleton Girls, 4 p.m. Track and field Mac-Hi, Stanfield/Echo at Kiwanis Twi- light Invitational (Hermiston), 2 p.m. Golf Pendleton at La Grande, TBD Boys soccer Hermiston at Kennewick, 7 p.m. SATURDAY, APRIL 20 Baseball Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii at Sherman/Arling- ton/Condon (DH), 11 a.m. Pendleton at Redmond (DH), noon Joseph/Enterprise/Wallowa at Irrigon (DH), 1 p.m. Softball Grant Union/Prairie City at Pilot Rock/ Nixyaawii (DH), 11 a.m. Echo/Stanfield at Adrian (DH), 11 a.m. Redmond at Pendleton (DH), noon Enterprise/Wallowa/Joseph at Irrigon (DH), 1 p.m. Tennis Helix, Umatilla at Stanfield/Echo, 10 a.m. NWSL: A chunk of the league’s players will be away with their national teams Continued from Page B1 decision in part to his desire and reluctance to fire Walton, who is close to Lakers owner Jeanie Buss. A potential power strug- gle instead ended with both men out of their jobs after this wild week. Pelinka, who was hired along with John- son, announced the move in a possible sign of the increased organizational power of Kobe Bryant’s former agent. “I want to thank Jeanie Buss and the Buss family for giving me the opportunity to coach the Lakers,” Walton said in a statement issued by the Lakers. “This franchise and the city will always be special to me and my family.” Walton joined the Lak- ers with fanfare in 2016 after his successful tenure along- side coach Steve Kerr with the powerhouse Warriors. Walton stepped in as Golden State’s interim coach when Kerr was sidelined by health issues to start the 2015-16 season, and he led the War- riors to a 24-0 start and a 39-4 record before Kerr returned to the bench. Sky Blue, were well docu- mented last year after for- mer player Sam Kerr, now with Chicago, hinted at issues. But improvements have been made. In February, Sky Blue announced that Tammy Murphy, the wife of part- owner Gov. Phil Murphy, would take a more active role in running the team. And indeed, improvements have been made, with better housing and staff additions. The team will train this sea- son at Georgian Court Uni- versity in Lakewood, New Jersey, and have access to the school’s wellness facil- ities in addition to practice fields. Tony Novo, who served as team president and gen- eral manager, resigned and Alyse LaHue was named interim GM. Novo had been criticized by the Cloud 9 supporters’ group. Schedule: The league will take a short break during the group stage of the World Cup in France. But a chunk of the league’s players will be away with their national teams for extended periods this sea- son. The NWSL allowed teams to expand rosters to 22 players, in addition to four supplemental players who won’t count against the salary cap. Teams play a 24-game schedule that concludes on Oct. 12. The championship game is scheduled for Oct. 26 this season. Riverside at Mac-Hi, noon Track and field Riverside at Prosser, 10:30 a.m. Weston-McEwen, Stanfield/Echo, Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii, Ione at Pepsi Invita- tional (Union), 11 a.m. MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East W L Pct GB Tampa Bay 11 3 .786 — New York 5 8 .385 5½ Baltimore 5 9 .357 6 Boston 5 9 .357 6 Toronto 4 10 .286 7 Central W L Pct GB Cleveland 8 5 .615 — Detroit 8 5 .615 — Minnesota 6 4 .600 ½ Chicago 4 8 .333 3½ Kansas City 3 10 .231 5 West W L Pct GB Seattle 13 2 .867 — Houston 8 5 .615 4 Oakland 10 8 .556 4½ Los Angeles 7 7 .500 5½ Texas 6 7 .462 6 ——— Friday’s Games Detroit at Minnesota, ppd. Chicago Cubs 5, L.A. Angels 1 Chicago White Sox 9, N.Y. Yankees 6, 7 innings Tampa Bay 11, Toronto 7 Boston 6, Baltimore 4 Oakland 8, Texas 6 Kansas City 8, Cleveland 1 Houston at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Saturday’s Games Baltimore (Cashner 2-1) at Boston (Por- cello 0-2), 10:05 a.m. Chicago White Sox (Nova 0-1) at N.Y. Yan- kees (Sabathia 0-0), 10:05 a.m. Detroit (Ross 1-1) at Minnesota (Pineda 1-0), 11:10 a.m. L.A. Angels (Stratton 0-1) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 0-2), 11:20 a.m. Tampa Bay (Snell 2-1) at Toronto (Buch- holz 0-0), 12:07 p.m. Cleveland (Rodriguez 0-0) at Kansas City (Bailey 0-1), 4:15 p.m. Oakland (Estrada 0-1) at Texas (Sampson 0-1), 5:05 p.m. Houston (Verlander 1-0) at Seattle (Her- nandez 1-0), 6:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Baltimore at Boston, 10:05 a.m. Chicago White Sox at N.Y. Yankees, 10:05 a.m. Tampa Bay at Toronto, 10:07 a.m. Detroit at Minnesota, 11:10 a.m. Cleveland at Kansas City, 11:15 a.m. L.A. Angels at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m. Oakland at Texas, 12:05 p.m. Houston at Seattle, 1:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE East W L Pct GB New York 9 4 .692 — Philadelphia 8 4 .667 ½ Atlanta 7 6 .538 2 Washington 6 6 .500 2½ Miami 3 11 .214 6½ Central W L Pct GB Milwaukee 8 5 .615 — St. Louis 8 5 .615 — Pittsburgh 7 5 .583 ½ Chicago 5 8 .385 3 Cincinnati 4 8 .333 3½ West W L Pct GB San Diego 10 5 .667 — Los Angeles 8 6 .571 1½ Arizona 6 8 .429 3½ San Francisco 5 9 .357 4½ Colorado 3 10 .231 6 ——— Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs 5, L.A. Angels 1 Pittsburgh 6, Washington 3, 10 innings Philadelphia 9, Miami 1 N.Y. Mets 6, Atlanta 2 San Diego 2, Arizona 1 Saturday’s Games L.A. Angels (Stratton 0-1) at Chicago Cubs (Hendricks 0-2), 11:20 a.m. Colorado (Freeland 1-2) at San Francisco (Bumgarner 0-2), 1:05 p.m. Pittsburgh (Archer 1-0) at Washington (Sanchez 0-1), 1:05 p.m. Philadelphia (Eflin 2-0) at Miami (Smith 0-0), 3:10 p.m. St. Louis (Wainwright 1-0) vs. Cincinnati (Roark 0-0) at Monterrey, 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Vargas 1-0) at Atlanta (New- comb 0-0), 4:20 p.m. San Diego (Strahm 0-2) at Arizona (Kelly 1-1), 5:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Davies 1-0) at L.A. Dodgers (TBD), 6:10 p.m. Sunday’s Games Philadelphia at Miami, 10:10 a.m. Pittsburgh at Washington, 10:35 a.m. L.A. Angels at Chicago Cubs, 11:20 a.m. Colorado at San Francisco, 1:05 p.m. Milwaukee at L.A. Dodgers, 1:10 p.m. San Diego at Arizona, 1:10 p.m. St. Louis vs. Cincinnati at Monterrey, 1:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 4:05 p.m. The Masters: Most amateurs to make the cut in two decades Continued from Page B1 Rose’s performance was especially disappoint- ing, since he entered the Masters as the world’s top- ranked player. Martin Kaymer was the last No. 1 player to miss the Masters cut in 2011. Also sent home: Paul Casey, who stumbled to a 10-over 154 just three weeks after winning the Valspar Championship near Tampa, Florida. Amateur hour Four amateurs advanced to the weekend, the most to make the Masters cut in two decades. At the midway point, Viktor Hovland of Nor- way was the top amateur at 1-under 143, while Alvaro Ortiz of Mexico (144), Devon Bling of the United States (147) and Japan’s Takumi Kanaya (147) also earned two more rounds at the year’s first major. American Kevin O’Connell (148) was among those who missed the cut by a single stroke. Also failing to advance was South Africa’s Jovan Rebula (152). In 1999, amateurs Ser- gio Garcia, Tom McK- night, Matt Kuchar and Trevor Immelman sur- vived the cut.
