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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