B2 SPORTS East Oregonian Coach: Dillenburg was selected by his peers throughout the IMC Continued from Page B1 Heriza, Jenna Senter and Kiana Sperl for his team’s success this season. Heriza is a former coach for the Bucks’ boys tennis team, Senter was a state qualifier for the girls team in 2017, and Sperl was also a member of the team that same year. “We have 26 players on the team this year,” said Dillenburg. “It’s really helpful to have these coaches. They give qual- ity feedback for the girls. They’re people who know what tennis is all about.” Dillenburg was selected by his peers throughout the IMC. “Truthfully, I don’t know why I happened to be chosen,” he said. “I voted for Kelly Tuso from Redmond. I like the way she interacts with her team. She’s always positive.” Positivity is something he, too, is known to bring to his team. He may be humble, but Dillenburg’s presence and experience has left an impact amongst his athletes. “Rocky cannot be explained in a few words,” said senior player Katie Bradt. “He’s one of the best coaches I’ve ever had. When he first told us about (the award), he said, ‘Guys, something embar- rassing happened tonight.’ Personality-wise, we’re both jokesters. That helps me out during matches. It takes away from all of the stress.” State: Flanagan is seeded No. 3 in Conference Continued from Page B1 Flanagan is seeded No. 3 in the Intermoun- tain Conference, and will square off against La Salle junior Ashley Smith at the state tourna- ment. Smith is this year’s Northwest Oregon Con- ference champion. “I feel like I have a pretty good chance against (Smith),” said Fla- nagan, 17. “Tennis is 90 percent mindset and 10 percent skill. I’m going to go in with a positive mentality.” Flanagan has been on the varsity team ever since she was a freshman. She said tennis wasn’t the sport for her in middle school, but some strong convincing from her fam- ily and Pendleton girls tennis coach Rocky Dil- lenburg compelled her to stick with it. “I practiced all last summer,” Flanagan said. “My strokes and serves have improved so much. I’ve aced a couple of girls this season. This whole team has come together and done so well through- out the year.” This year, the Pendle- ton girls tennis team tied with Wilsonville with the highest cumulative team GPA in the state’s 5A division with a 3.86. This year will mark the last on the Bucks’ court for both Flanagan and Bradt. Flanagan will grad- uate early and earn her associate’s degree from Blue Mountain Commu- nity College, and enroll in the Oregon Institute of Technology to become an ultrasound technician. Bradt will attend Carroll College in Helena, Mon- tana, with plans to major in psychology and minor in neuroscience. But first, one challenge still lies ahead: this week- end’s state tournament. If they defeat their first-round opponents, they’ll advance to Sat- urday’s semifinals at the Babette Horenstein Ten- nis Center in Tualatin. “Both are very athletic and have worked a lot on their strokes,” coach Dil- lenburg said. “They tend not to let too much get to them when they play. Irritating things happen in tennis. It’s part of the game. They both know how to move forward. They don’t like to lose.” Signing: ‘My teammates have encouraged me so much’ Continued from Page B1 “He had an interest in going to the next level, and we both knew there weren’t a lot of options for tennis in the area,” said Bulldogs head ten- nis coach Shann West. “We were able to reach out to (Heleker) and go down there for a visit, and it wasn’t too long after that he got an offer.” Cissna said he didn’t shift his focus to ten- nis until his junior year. Although he doesn’t have the years of experience with a racket that he does on the basketball court or the football field, he’s put in the hours to make up for it. “I just put in the hours,” he said. “It was the only sport where I was seeing the satisfac- tion of that work. It puts everything on yourself, which makes it more per- sonal. My teammates have encouraged me so much. We’ve built such a strong relationship together.” Cissna has been on the Bulldogs’ varsity team for all four years of his high school career. This year, he was the team’s No. 1 singles player. West said nothing has come between Cissna and improving his game, even if he has to do it alone. “He’ll be out there “OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, HE’S PUT IN COUNT- LESS HOURS. HE’LL BE PRAC- TICING WITH THE BALL MA- CHINE UNTIL 11 P.M.” Shann West, Bulldogs head tennis coach on the courts by himself doing anything he can do put in the effort, trying to get better,” West said. “Over the past four years, he’s put in countless hours. He’ll be practic- ing with the ball machine until 11 p.m.” After his time as a Chukar, Cissna will set his sights on the Univer- sity of Montana in Mis- soula, where he’ll pursue a degree in wildlife biol- ogy. He also hopes to be a walk-on for their tennis team. “His name’s Cissna, but we call him Cissy,” said West. “Because of the relationship we’ve sparked up over the years, I’m really happy to be the guy who has helped him pursue and achieve his goals. It’s awesome.” Friday, May 17, 2019 Pendleton’s Rendon to wrestle at SOU Raiders are an NAIA wrestling powerhouse By ANNIE FOWLER East Oregonian Southern Oregon Univer- sity signed its second East- ern Oregon wrestler in as many weeks when Pendle- ton’s Alex Rendon signed with the Raiders on Monday. SOU signed Irrigon’s Alex Miranda-Walls last week. Rendon received a Rollin Schimmel Foundation schol- arship last week. From SOU, he will receive an athletic and diversity scholarship. Rendon “ I ’ m excited for Alex to go down there and give it a shot,” outgoing Pendleton coach Fred Phil- lips said. “A year ago, we toured Oregon State and he decided he wanted to wrestle in college. He has changed a lot of what he did to get there. He changed his work ethic and his academ- ics to get him there.” SOU, located in Ashland, has been an NAIA wres- tling powerhouse for more than 40 years. The Raiders have won four national team titles, crowned 35 national champions, and boast 245 all-Americans. Phillips and assistant coach Trevor Hancock both wrestled for SOU coach Mike Ritchey, who is par- ticular about who he brings into his program. “I think it helped that Trevor and I vouched for him,” Phillips said. “He took a visit there after state. All there is, is upside for Alex. He can only get better.” Rendon, who placed sec- ond at the 5A state tourna- ment at 126 pounds in Feb- ruary, also placed second at the same weight his junior year. The last two years of high school, Rendon posted an impressive 90-10 record. He shares the Pendleton school record for wins with Dylan Holcomb. Rendon was an all-state selection at 126 pounds, an honor that included divi- sions from 2A to 6A. Blazers: Blazers built a 65-50 halftime lead Continued from Page B1 pass through the paint to a cutting Iguodala for a dunk with 3:06 left to make it 108- 105, then Green assisted on a layup by Looney the next possession. Green had 16 points, 10 rebounds, seven assists and five blocks. His seven straight playoff games with at least 10 rebounds are a career high. The Warriors missed Kevin Durant for a third straight game because of a strained right calf and he isn’t likely to return at all this round. Curry scored Golden State’s first eight points of the third to get his team back within 69-58 then Thomp- son hit two straight 3s. The Blazers had built a 65-50 halftime lead, capital- izing on 10 Warriors turn- overs for 18 points. Then two of the top back- courts in the Western Con- ference went at it in an entertaining final two quar- ters. The game was tied at 89 to start the fourth. The Warriors already got past James Harden and Chris Paul in the last round — now it’s McCollum and Lillard standing in the way of a fifth straight trip to the NBA Finals. “They’re a nightmare to have to cover,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said before the game. AP Photo/Jeff Chiu Portland Trail Blazers guard CJ McCollum gestures after scoring against the Golden State Warriors during the first half of Game 2 of the NBA basketball playoffs Western Conference finals in Oakland, Calif., on Thursday. Curry made 5 of his ini- tial 8 shots but Thompson struggled in the first half at 3 for 11 and missed 3 of 4 3-point tries. Portland showed it made adjustments from Game 1 and came out with energy on both ends from the opening tip after the Blazers had reg- ularly left Curry wide open on the perimeter off the pick-and-roll and he scored 36 points while matching his postseason high with nine 3-pointers. Durant update Durant will miss at least Games 3 and 4, scheduled to be re-examined by doctors in another week. That means he wouldn’t be expected to return until the NBA Finals if Golden State advances. Durant was re-evalu- ated Thursday and is not yet ready for on-court work — a necessary step before the two-time reigning NBA Finals MVP can return to game action. Golden State center DeMarcus Cousins will be re-evaluated again in a week as he works back from a strained left quadriceps muscle sustained in Game 2 of the first round against the Clippers on April 15 in just his second career play- off game. Cousins has begun doing extensive on-court work such as running, shooting and agility moves. Tip-ins Trail Blazers: Seth Curry stole the ball from big brother Steph in the second quarter. They are the first brothers to ever face each other in a conference final. ... The Blazers are 1-10 all- time against Golden State in the playoffs. SCOREBOARD LOCAL SLATE FRIDAY, MAY 17 Baseball Pendleton at Redmond (DH), 2 p.m. Softball Pendleton at La Grande, 5 p.m. Shadle Park-Kennewick winner at Herm- iston, 5 p.m. Tennis Pendleton at 5A state tournament, Portland Riverside at Semi-Finals (Oregon State Uni- versity), 3:30 p.m. Ione at State Tournament (Oregon State University), TBD Track and field Hermiston at District 8 Championships (Richland), 3 p.m. Heppner/Ione, Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii/ Ukiah, Weston-McEwen at Varsity Champi- onships (Western Oregon University), TBD Mac-Hi, Riverside at State Meet (Mt. Hood CC), TBD Pendleton vs. Crook County (at Prineville), TBD SATURDAY, MAY 18 Track and field Hermiston at District 8 Championships Richland), 11:30 a.m. Heppner/Ione, Pilot Rock/Nixyaawii/ Ukiah, Weston-McEwen at Varsity Champi- onships (Western Oregon University), TBD Mac-Hi, Riverside at State Meet (Mt. Hood CC), TBD Tennis Pendleton at 5A state tournament, Portland Hermiston at District 8 Championships (Kamiakin), 9 a.m. Ione at State Tournament (Oregon State University), TBD Riverside at State Finals (Oregon State Uni- versity), TBD NBA ALL TIMES PDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) Saturday, April 13 Brooklyn 111, Philadelphia 102 Orlando 104, Toronto 101 Golden State 121, L.A. Clippers 104 San Antonio 101, Denver 96 Sunday, April 14 Boston 84, Indiana 74 Portland 104, Oklahoma City 99 Milwaukee 121, Detroit 86 Houston 122, Utah 90 Monday, April 15 Philadelphia 145, Brooklyn 123 L.A. Clippers 135, Golden State 131 Tuesday, April 16 Toronto 111, Orlando 82 Denver 114, San Antonio 105 Portland 114, Oklahoma City 94 Wednesday, April 17 Boston 99, Indiana 91 Milwaukee 120, Detroit 99 Houston 118, Utah 98 Thursday, April 18 Philadelphia 131, Brooklyn 115 San Antonio 118, Denver 108 Golden State 132, L.A. Clippers 105 Friday, April 19 Toronto 98, Orlando 93 Boston 104, Indiana 96 Oklahoma City 120, Portland 108 Saturday, April 20 Philadelphia 112, Brooklyn 108 Denver 117, San Antonio 103 Milwaukee 119, Detroit 103 Houston 104, Utah 101 Sunday, April 21 Boston 110, Indiana 106, Boston wins series 4-0 Golden State 113, L.A. Clippers 105 Toronto 107, Orlando 85 Portland 111, Oklahoma City 98 Monday, April 22 Milwaukee 127, Detroit 104, Milwaukee wins series 4-0 Utah 107, Houston 91 Tuesday, April 23 Toronto 115, Orlando 96, Toronto wins series 4-1 Philadelphia 122, Brooklyn 100, Philadel- phia wins series 4-1 Denver 108, San Antonio 90 Portland 118, Oklahoma City 115, Portland wins series 4-1 Wednesday, April 24 Houston 100, Utah 93, Houston wins series 4-1 L.A. Clippers 129, Golden State 121 Thursday, April 25 San Antonio 120, Denver 103 Friday, April 26 Golden State 129, L.A. Clippers 110, Golden State wins series 4-2 Saturday, April 27 Denver 90, San Antonio 86, Denver wins series 4-3 CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) Saturday, April 27 Toronto 108, Philadelphia 95 Sunday, April 28 Boston 112, Milwaukee 90 Golden State 104, Houston 100 Monday, April 29 Philadelphia 94, Toronto 89 Denver 121, Portland 113 Tuesday, April 30 Milwaukee 123, Boston 102 Golden State 115, Houston 109 Wednesday, May 1 Portland 97, Denver 90 Thursday, May 2 Philadelphia 116, Toronto 95 Friday, May 3 Milwaukee 123, Boston 116 Portland 140, Denver 137, 4OT Saturday, May 4 Houston 126, Golden State 121, OT Sunday, May 5 Toronto 101, Philadelphia 96 Denver 116, Portland 112 Monday, May 6 Milwaukee 113, Boston 101 Houston 112, Golden State 108 Tuesday, May 7 Toronto 125, Philadelphia 89 Denver 124, Portland 98 Wednesday, May 8 Milwaukee 116, Boston 91, Milwaukee wins series 4-1 Golden State 104, Houston 99 Thursday, May 9 Philadelphia 112, Toronto 101 Portland 119, Denver 108 Friday, May 10 Golden State 118, Houston 113, Golden State wins series 4-2 Sunday, May 12 Portland 100, Denver 96, Portland wins series 4-3 Toronto 92, Philadelphia 90, Toronto wins series 4-3 CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Tuesday, May 14 Golden State 116, Portland 94 Wednesday, May 15 Milwaukee 108, Toronto 100, Milwaukee leads series 1-0 Thursday, May 16 Golden State 114, Portland 111, Golden State leads series 2-0 Friday, May 17 Toronto at Milwaukee, 5:30 p.m. Saturday, May 18 Golden State at Portland, 6 p.m. Sunday, May 19 Milwaukee at Toronto, 4 p.m. MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE East W L Pct GB Tampa Bay 26 15 .634 — New York 26 16 .619 ½ Boston 23 20 .535 4 Toronto 17 26 .395 10 Baltimore 14 29 .326 13 Central W L Pct GB Minnesota 27 15 .643 — Cleveland 23 19 .548 4 Chicago 20 22 .476 7 Detroit 18 24 .429 9 Kansas City 15 29 .341 13 West W L Pct GB Houston 29 15 .659 — Seattle 22 23 .489 7½ Los Angeles 20 23 .465 8½ Texas 19 22 .463 8½ Oakland 20 25 .444 9½ ——— Wednesday’s Games Minnesota 8, L.A. Angels 7 N.Y. Yankees 5, Baltimore 3, 1st game San Francisco 4, Toronto 3 N.Y. Yankees 3, Baltimore 1, 2nd game Boston 6, Colorado 5, 10 innings Houston 5, Detroit 1 Tampa Bay 1, Miami 0 Texas 6, Kansas City 1 Thursday’s Games Oakland 17, Detroit 3 Texas 16, Kansas City 1 Cleveland 14, Baltimore 7 Chicago White Sox 4, Toronto 2 Minnesota at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. Friday’s Games Tampa Bay (Stanek 0-1) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 2-1), 4:05 p.m. Baltimore (Bundy 1-5) at Cleveland (Rodri- guez 1-2), 4:10 p.m. Houston (Cole 4-4) at Boston (Porcello 3-3), 4:10 p.m. Oakland (Montas 4-2) at Detroit (Norris 2-1), 4:10 p.m. St. Louis (Mikolas 4-3) at Texas (Leclerc 1-1), 5:05 p.m. Toronto (Sanchez 3-4) at Chicago White Sox (Nova 2-3), 5:10 p.m. Kansas City (Keller 2-4) at L.A. Angels (Har- vey 1-3), 7:07 p.m. Minnesota (Perez 5-1) at Seattle (Gonzales 5-2), 7:10 p.m. Saturday’s Games Tampa Bay at N.Y. Yankees, 10:05 a.m. Toronto at Chicago White Sox, 11:10 a.m. St. Louis at Texas, 1:05 p.m. Baltimore at Cleveland, 1:10 p.m. Oakland at Detroit, 1:10 p.m. Houston at Boston, 4:15 p.m. Kansas City at L.A. Angels, 7:07 p.m. Minnesota at Seattle, 7:10 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE East Philadelphia Atlanta New York Washington Miami Central Chicago W 24 23 20 18 10 W 25 L 19 21 22 25 31 L 16 Pct .558 .523 .476 .419 .244 Pct .610 GB — 1½ 3½ 6 13 GB — Milwaukee 27 19 .587 ½ Pittsburgh 21 19 .525 3½ St. Louis 23 21 .523 3½ Cincinnati 19 24 .442 7 West W L Pct GB Los Angeles 29 16 .644 — Arizona 24 20 .545 4½ San Diego 22 21 .512 6 Colorado 20 22 .476 7½ San Francisco 18 24 .429 9½ ——— Wednesday’s Games Arizona 11, Pittsburgh 1 San Francisco 4, Toronto 3 Cincinnati 6, Chicago Cubs 5, 10 innings Milwaukee 5, Philadelphia 2 Washington 5, N.Y. Mets 1 Boston 6, Colorado 5, 10 innings Tampa Bay 1, Miami 0 Atlanta 4, St. Louis 0 L.A. Dodgers 2, San Diego 0 Thursday’s Games Milwaukee 11, Philadelphia 3 Washington 7, N.Y. Mets 6 Cincinnati 4, Chicago Cubs 2 Atlanta 10, St. Louis 2 Pittsburgh at San Diego, 7:10 p.m. Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs (Hamels 3-0) at Washington (Scherzer 2-4), 4:05 p.m. Colorado (Gray 3-3) at Philadelphia (Irvin 1-0), 4:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Hill 0-1) at Cincinnati (DeS- clafani 2-1), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (deGrom 3-4) at Miami (Richards 0-5), 4:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Chacin 3-4) at Atlanta (Gaus- man 2-3), 4:20 p.m. St. Louis (Mikolas 4-3) at Texas (Leclerc 1-1), 5:05 p.m. San Francisco (Samardzija 2-1) at Arizona (Kelly 3-4), 6:40 p.m. Pittsburgh (Lyles 3-1) at San Diego (Luc- chesi 3-2), 7:10 p.m. Saturday’s Games Colorado at Philadelphia, 1:05 p.m. St. Louis at Texas, 1:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Miami, 1:10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at Washington, 4:15 p.m. Milwaukee at Atlanta, 4:20 p.m. Pittsburgh at San Diego, 5:40 p.m. San Francisco at Arizona, 7:10 p.m. NHL All Times PDT FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) Wednesday, April 10 Columbus 4, Tampa Bay 3 N.Y. Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 3, OT St. Louis 2, Winnipeg 1 Dallas 3, Nashville 2 San Jose 5, Vegas 2 Thursday, April 11 Toronto 4, Boston 1 Washington 4, Carolina 2 Calgary 4, Colorado 0 Friday, April 12 Columbus 5, Tampa Bay 1 N.Y. Islanders 3, Pittsburgh 1 St. Louis 4, Winnipeg 3 Vegas 5, San Jose 3 Saturday, April 13 Washington 4, Carolina 3, OT Nashville 2, Dallas 1, OT Boston 4, Toronto 1 Colorado 3, Calgary 2, OT Sunday, April 14 N.Y. Islanders 4, Pittsburgh 1